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The Windows add/remove utility does a pretty crappy job of cleaning up after programs you've uninstalled. That's because it pretty much just relies on the built-in uninstall utilities that software makers package with their programs. And many of those are just sloppy. They might remove the application but leave behind settings and extra documents and folders. And there's a good chance they'll leave behind unnecessary or even problematic Windows registry settings.

ZSoft Uninstaller is an add/remove programs replacement that does a better job of handling uninstallations by seeking out changed registry settings and other gunk and cleaning it up. ZSoft will run the program uninstaller, but it will also prompt you to delete associated files and folders that are left behing. You can also analyze your PC before and after installing a program to detect changes manually.

The program does a decent job of uninstalling applications, but it's not quite as pretty or easy to use as other uninstallers like Revo or Absolute Uninstaller. But there are some nifty options to filter programs by "crapware" or "dead links."

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Like the idea of carrying a portable office suite on your USB flash drive, but think that OpenOffice.org and even smaller applications like AbiWord take up too much space? Tiny USB Office provides a ton of useful applications, hold the bloat.

Tiny USB Office started its life as "Floppy Office," an application suite with a footprint so small that it could fit on a 1.44MB floppy disk. You know, if you happen to have one lying around. But the developers have packed so many features into the latest release that there was no way to keep the suite that small. No, Tiny USB Office now takes up a whopping 2.4MB.

Here are a few of the applications included int he suite:

* CSVed - Database application
* NPopUK - Email Cleint
* FTP Wanderer - FTP client
* Spread32 - Spreadsheet application
* Kpad - Word processor
* 100 Zipper - File compression utility
* PDF Producer - PDF creator
* DScrypt - Data Encryption

And the list goes on. As you'd probably expect, these applications are missing some of the bells and whistles you'll find from Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org. But the price is right. Tiny USB Office is free, and we're betting you've got at least 2.5MB to spare on your flash drive.

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Dziobas RAR Player is a media player with a couple of nice features, but one that stands out in particular: the ability to play an incomplete RAR file.

With videos that have been compressed as RAR files, you usually have to wait until the entire archive is downloaded before you can uncompress the file for playback. With Dziobas RAR player, you can view any portion of the RAR file you've downloaded without having to wait for the rest. This can be helpful in a few ways:

* You can make sure that the RAR file is actually what it claims to be
* You can make sure that you have the proper codecs on your system to playback the file
* You can watch the video while the rest downloads; if you time it right, you can watch the RAR file all the way through without ever having to uncompress it.

To open an incomplete RAR file for playback in Dziobas RAR player, go to File, Streaming from Unrar, and locate the RAR file. That's all there is to it. The only limitation we could find was the inability to fast forward and rewind the movie while it was still downloading.

Dziobas RAR player also supports subtitles, has a thumbnail generator, and more. The free program is Windows only.

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Flash, like most things in life, has its good and its bad. The good: it's hard to imagine interactive content on the web without Flash. The bad: it's hard to imagine anything more annoying than poorly designed, seizure-inducing banners and advertisements created with Flash.

What we want is choice, isn't it? We want to be able to choose when to allow Flash, and when to keep it at bay.

Luckily there is an Internet Explorer add-on created just for this purpose: Toggle Flash. This simple add-on creates a new toolbar button on your IE window. A single click on the button turns off all subsequent Flash animation; and if you want to re-enable Flash at any time, just click on the button again.

So simple even your kid brother could do it.

For a walkthrough on getting the add-on installed, and for help if the toolbar button doesn't show up immediately, check out the developer's website.

Toggle Flash is a free download, and requires IE 7 and Windows.

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