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nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows configuration. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on cd, the unwanted components. Mainly, it's a little bit of a slipstreamer, customizer, reducer and iso creator all in one package. nLite supports Windows 2000, XP x86/x64 and 2003 x86/x64 in all languages. It's written in C# (.NET) so requires Net Framework to run it.

nLite Features:
- Service Pack Integration
- Component Removal
- Unattended Setup
- Driver Integration
- Hotfixes Integration
- Tweaks
- Patches
- Bootable ISO creation

What's new in version 1.4.5 Final:
* upd: XP SP3 Slipstream under Vista, CD-Key issue

Download : nLite 1.4.5 Final

nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows configuration. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on cd, the unwanted components. Mainly, it's a little bit of a slipstreamer, customizer, reducer and iso creator all in one package. nLite supports Windows 2000, XP x86/x64 and 2003 x86/x64 in all languages. It's written in C# (.NET) so requires Net Framework to run it.

What's new in version 1.4.5 Beta 2:
* upd: XP SP3 build 5503 support (WMI service failing)

Download : nLite 1.4.5 Beta 2 | Mirror

nLite is a tool for permanent Windows components removal and pre-installation Windows configuration. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install does not include, or even contain on cd, the unwanted components. Mainly, it's a little bit of a slipstreamer, customizer, reducer and iso creator all in one package. nLite supports Windows 2000, XP x86/x64 and 2003 x86/x64 in all languages. It's written in C# (.NET) so requires Net Framework to run it.

ChangeLogs:
* fix: Setup stops at Saving settings
* fix: Crashing under Vista during processing or Hotfixes insertion

Download : nLite v1.4.1 Final

nLite is a GUI for permanent Windows component removal by your choice. After removal there is an option to make bootable image ready for burning on cd or testing in virtual machines. With nLite you will be able to have Windows installation which on install doesn’t include, or even contain on cd, unwanted components. Mainly, it’s a little bit of a slipstreamer, customizer, reducer and iso creator all in one package. Supports Windows 2000, XP and 2003, Vista will be added when it’s released. v1.2 Final

• update: Internet Explorer 7 Final integration support
• update: Better file version readout from some specific hotfixes
• update: KB917021, KB920342 non-english direct integration
• fix: optional.inf missing and setupenv error on Cursors removal
• fix: Build number readout (now shows whole version)
• fix: Admin full name was shown instead of user name
• fix: Autologon to none to ensure that OOBE runs
• fix: Modems drivers removal breaks Bluetooth modem support
• fix: Crash after CD copy

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Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining.
Latest Changes:

• Scripts: added Contact::Network property to identify contacts from Yahoo Messenger
• Messenger Plus! Live now refuses to start on previous beta versions of Windows Live Messenger
• Added compatibility for the "Clean Messenger" patch
• Clicking "Apply" in the preferences to select a new language closes the preferences window to make sure the changes are applied properly
• More resistant to Smiley Central, although if you install or uninstall it after Messenger Plus! Live, you’ll have to reinstall Messenger Plus! afterwards
• Emotion sounds are not played when another user is current logged in Windows
• "Auto replace" quick texts enclosed in ## characters now work properly for text smaller than 3 characters
• The Messenger Lock preference’s section has been reorganised
• Every character entered while the command helper window is displayed is properly inserted in the edit window
• The Quick Icons panel is back! this was initially planned for version 4.10 but all your messages convinced me that I couldn’t delay this feature anymore
• The panel now has a fixed size and provides a scrollbar to navigate in your list of emoticons. It loads faster this way and helps keeps things organized
• Custom emoticons are rendered a little bit bigger than before to help recognition (as 6 foot tall emoticons seems to be the trend nowadays)
• You now have an option to replace Messenger’s emoticon panel by the Quick Icons one (when clicking on the emoticon icon in the toolbar or pressing Ctrl E)
• Customization of the panel is much easier and understandable than before. You can create as many customised sections as you want , each with their own names. Use this to group emoticons by theme, frequency of use, etc..
• Fixed: closing the sound panel while a sound is being loaded for preview can crash Messenger
• You can now choose to display 20 sounds at a time in the sound panel
• Scripts: Menu buttons now generate CtrlClicked events
• Scripts can now be installed in Windows Vista and on limited Windows XP accounts (remember that Vista support is still experimental though)
• Scripts: LstBoxSelChanged and LstBoxDblClicked events are properly generated
• Global shortcuts can now be associated to personalized statuses
• Double clicking on a script pack or a sound pack in Windows Vista works properly (in Vista, it currently requires administrator privileges, you can bypass it by importing the files directly from the Messenger Plus! windows). If you still fail to import a
• Fixed: commands or scripts that send messages while a message is already typed in the edit window causes emoticons to be lost
• Scripts: the Messenger::MyName property can be changed even when the user is using a personalised status with a name tag
• Scripts: the OnEvent_ContactMediaChange and OnEvent_MyMediaChange events are fired when the media is removed
• Fixed: audio and video requests are not automatically accepted when "Auto Accept" is enabled
• Fixed: Messenger is not launched properly with MSN Explorer when Messenger Plus! Live is installed
• Compatible with MSNP14 (currently enabled when you sign-in for Yahoo Messenger interoperability). Messenger Plus! can now interact with Yahoo Messenger users exactly like it interacts with Windows Live Messenger users (remember however that your Yahoo use
• Fixed: very short emotion sounds sometimes don’t "stop" and the link doesn’t change to Play when the sound has ended

Download: Messenger Plus! Live 4.01.240

Google Talk is a lightweight Jabber-based instant messaging client with voice capabilities. Google Talk is easy and intuitive to use. All you need to make free calls is an Internet connection, a microphone, and a speaker. After you download Google Talk, sign in with your Gmail username and password. Invite your friends to download Google Talk, and once they do, you’ll be able to talk or IM with them instantly. Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. When you use Google Talk, you can choose to have your IM chats stored locally on your own computer so that you have a chat history. Google does not collect the content of instant message chats or voice conversations.

Latest Changes:

• Avatars now available for users to use
• Rolling over a contacts name will show their information just like in GTalk
• Add/View contact buttons
• Multiple chat appearances in settings. There are currently nine different themes to chose from so that you can dress up your chat windows a little bit
• The display alerts can now be closed by clicking on the close button on them
• Links in chats have no underline until you roll over them with your mouse
• If you change your status while in a conversation then your new status will be displayed

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Google Talk is a lightweight Jabber-based instant messaging client with voice capabilities. Google Talk is easy and intuitive to use. All you need to make free calls is an Internet connection, a microphone, and a speaker. After you download Google Talk, sign in with your Gmail username and password. Invite your friends to download Google Talk, and once they do, you’ll be able to talk or IM with them instantly. Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. When you use Google Talk, you can choose to have your IM chats stored locally on your own computer so that you have a chat history. Google does not collect the content of instant message chats or voice conversations.

Latest Changes:

• Avatars now available for users to use
• Rolling over a contacts name will show their information just like in GTalk
• Add/View contact buttons
• Multiple chat appearances in settings. WOO HOO ? We now have themes! There are currently nine different themes to chose from so that you can dress up your chat windows a little bit
• The display alerts can now be closed by clicking on the close button on them
• Links in chats have no underline until you roll over them with your mouse
• If you change your status while in a conversation then your new status will be displayed

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µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.Latest Changes:

• Feature: Show a message if some incompatible firewalls are loaded in memory
• Feature: Boss key now hides the settings window too
• Feature: Argument /MINIMIZED and µTorrent starts up minimized (suitable for autostart)
• Change: Scrape. vs torrents in internal list are calculated a little bit differently in the main list
• Change: Swap the order of my requests / their requests in the Reqs column in the peers tab
• Change: Connect a little bit more aggressively to peers
• Fix: Better detection if BitComet clients threw away my requests
• Fix: Bug with | characters in langfiles
• Fix: Don’t preallocate diskspace if using compact mode
• Fix: !ut suffix was added if preallocating

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Seems CSNation have decided to start the hype machine for ‘this weeks release’ of Counter-strike: Source by claiming that they have inside information on the release of the Source engine powered first person shooter (the same engine that will eventually power Half-life 2)According to a reliable source, we here at CS-Nation have been given information regarding the upcoming release of Counter-Strike: Source. We have heard that CS: Source is due for a release tomorrow, the 4th of October. It should be noted that the source has told us that once the final version of CS: Source is released, the BETA period will come to a close. As no official announcement has been made by those at Valve, this is purely speculation based on the information we were given, and the date is subject to change.

Naturally I would love for it to be released today at some stage, I have a late start at work tomorrow and there is nothing on TV tonight. Those 2 facts combined with sods law lead me to believe that it won’t be released, also surely Valve would give a little bit of notice before the release? As much as I would love to be proved wrong, I can’t see it being released today, tho I am sure it will be released at some stage this week.

News source: CSNation |

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While it’s safe to assume version 7.0 will be released mid-2005.

Quote from Bruce Jaffe, Corporate Vice President and CFO of MSN:We have a new messenger coming out this year. I can’t talk too much about those features other than to say the messenger and your buddy list and your community represent a really powerful ecosystem that goes beyond just who you instant message with. If you think about taking this community and saying, “well, I can go hit the Web and find out what the general population thinks about, say, Harry Potter.脙垄芒鈥毬? But what I really want to know is what my qualified friends and friends of friends in my circle who happen to be my buddies, what they think about Harry Potter because they are all in that same social circle. The power of taking community along with the address book and the calendar and all those functionalities that we have with messenger and the related products and bringing them together into some social network is really powerful. We’re just at the tip of that because that’s a little bit more visionary than what’s all going to come out next year. But certainly some innovations on messenger.