Top 10 tiny, and awesome Windows utilities

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March 23, 2009, 12:43 PM — According to Lifehacker's Kevin Purdy, it's the little things that make a Windows system great - like utilities that use less than 10MB of memory to make life easier. Purdy's post lists 10 Windows apps that pack a lot of greatness into very little space. It's a pretty great list (pasted below), and he does a nice job explaining each. Check it out here.

10. Taskbar Shuffle
9. Everything
8. DisplayFusion or UltraMon
7. Texter
6. Revo Uninstaller
5. NirSoft's password recovery tools
4. CCleaner
3. Process Explorer
2. Replacements for built-in Windows utilities
1. Rainlendar

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