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Wireless Network Watcher is a new utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.
For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.
You can also export the connected devices list into html/xml/csv/text file, or copy the list to the clipboard and then paste into Excel or other spreadsheet application.

Wireless Network Watcher

You can download this new utility from this Web page.

BatteryInfoView is a new utility for laptops and netbooks that displays the current status and information about your battery. The displayed battery information includes the battery name, manufacture name, serial number, manufacture date, power state (charging/discharging), current battery capacity, full charged capacity, Designed Capacity, voltage, charge/discharge rate, and more…

BatteryInfoView provides 2 different view modes:

1. Battery Information: Displays general status and information about your battery. The information is updated every 10 seconds by default, and you change this update rate in the ‘Advanced Options’ window.
   

   Battery Information View

2. Battery Log: In this window, a new log containing the status of the battery (Power State, % Capacity, and so on) is added every 30 seconds. You can change the log interval in the ‘Advanced Options’ window.
   

   Battery Log View

You can download this new utility from this page.

The new version of NirCmd provides 3 new commands to control the sound volume on Windows 7/Vista/2008:

1. setdefaultsounddevice – Allows you the set the default sound device on Windows 7/Vista/2008, exactly like you can do it from this window:
   

   Set Default Sound Device

   Example for using this command:
   NirCmd.exe setdefaultsounddevice “Line In”

2. setsubunitvolumedb – Allows you the set the sound volume level of subunits of a sound device, as you can do in the following device properties window:
   

   Speakers Properties Window

   As opposed to the above user interface of Windows, which allows you to set the volume level in percent scale, the command of NirCmd only allows you to set the volume level in decibel unit. So far, I couldn’t locate the exact formula that Microsoft uses to convert the decibel values into %.
   Examples for using the setsubunitvolumedb command:
   setsubunitvolumedb “Speakers” “Line In” -12
   setsubunitvolumedb “Speakers” “Microphone” -20

3. mutesubunitvolume – Allows you to mute/unmute the subunits of a sound device.
   Examples for using the mutesubunitvolume command:
   mutesubunitvolume “Speakers” “Line In” 0
   mutesubunitvolume “Speakers” “Microphone” 1

The third Beta of Volumouse 2 has a new feature that allows you to create a rule with any key/mouse click combination you like.
For example: if you want to change the volume when both Windows key and left control key are pressed, simply choose ‘Custom keys are pressed’ in the condition combo-box, and then in the ‘Advanced Rule Option’ window, check the ‘Windows Key’ and ‘Left Control’ options.
You can also use this feature with all other conditions. For example, you can choose the ‘Mouse cursor over the taskbar’ condition, and then in the Custom Key Combination, select the Shift key, so the rule will be used only when the mouse cursor is over the taskbar and the Shift key is pressed.

The new version IPNetInfo utility (v1.35)  allows you get information about IPv6 addresses. In order to use this feature, you have to check the ‘Detect IPv6 Addresses’ option in the ‘Choose IP addresses’ window. (This option is disabled by default)

After enabling this feature, you can type one or more IPv6 addresses in the addresses list text-box, and then the result looks like the following sample screenshot:

IPv6 Addresses on IPNetInfo

Be aware that for now, the ‘From IP’ and ‘To IP’ columns on the upper pane are not filled for IPv6 addresses, but this issue will be fixed in future versions.

The new version of BluetoothView utility (version 1.50) allows you to generate a log file  that specifies when a device appeared in your area and when a device left your area.
You can activate the log file feature in the Advanced Options window of BluetoothView, by checking the ‘Write the bluetooth activity into a log file’ option:

BluetoothView Advanced Options Window

After you activate the log file feature, the bluetooth activity will be written into the specified text file, as long as BluetoothView is running.
Here’s an example of Bluetooth activity log created by BluetoothView:

07/06/2011 21:28:11 Device Arrival: 00:07:61:12:2f:1f, NIR1
07/06/2011 21:29:11 Device Arrival: 78:2e:ef:13:44:99, Nokia C7-00
07/06/2011 21:32:18 Device Arrival: 00:1f:5d:ad:15:3d, DEVICE01
07/06/2011 21:35:18 Device Arrival: e8:e5:d6:a8:15:41, BLUE01
07/06/2011 21:37:29 Device Arrival: ec:9b:5b:cb:a1:99, Nokia 3120 classic
07/06/2011 21:38:28 Device Left: 00:07:61:12:2f:1f, NIR1
07/06/2011 21:45:25 Device Left: e8:e5:d6:a8:15:41, BLUE01

Be aware that a new log line is added only when a device is detected for at least 5 Bluetooth scans (Device Arrival) and when a device is not detected anymore, for 5 Bluetooth scans (‘Device Left’ lines).  This Bluetooth log feature is somewhat in a Beta state, and I’ll try to improve it in future versions according to your feedback.

As I promised a few months ago, The first version of WhatIsHang is finally here.

WhatIsHang is a small tool that can detect applications that stopped responding (hang) and  displays some information that may help the user to understand what exactly may cause the hang problem. Currently, most  of the hang information displayed by WhatIsHang is designed for Windows experts and programmers, but I’ll gradually try to make it more friendly for all users, in the future versions.

For more information about WhatIsHang utility, click here.

After long time without updates, a new Beta version of Volumouse with improved x64 and Windows 7/2008/Vista  support is available to download.

Here’s the list of major improvements available in the Beta version of Volumouse 2.00:

• Volumouse now allows you to configure up to 12 rules, in 2 pages.
• Volumouse x64 now supports both x64 applications and 32-bit applications, without the need of running 2 instances of Volumouse.
• On Windows Vista/7/2008 you can now change the volume of specific application. (See the ‘Windows 7/Vista/2008 Options’ in the ‘Advanced Rule Options’ window)
• On Screen Display indicator now allows you to add your own text that describes the rule.
• Added ‘Send Hot Keys’ component, which allows you to send the specified keys combination to the active application on every wheel move. (Be careful with this feature: Don’t use it with Ctrl/Shift/Alt keys on the rule’s condition)
• Added “Don’t restrict the indicator position to screen size” option for TrackBar indicators. This feature may be useful for users with multiple monitors.

You can download the Beta version of Volumouse 2 from this page.

Volumouse 2 Beta - Main Window

Volumouse 2.00 Beta - Advanced Rule Options

ChromeHistoryView is a new utility that reads the history data file of Google Chrome Web browser, and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days.
For each visited Web page, the following information is displayed: URL, Title, Visit Date/Time, Number of visits, number of times that the user typed this address (Typed Count), Referrer, and Visit ID.
You can select one or more history items, and them export them into html/xml/csv/text file, or copy the information to the clipboard and paste it into Excel.

For more information about this new utility, click here.

ChromeHistoryView

ChromeCookiesView is an alternative to the standard internal cookies viewer of Google Chrome Web browser. it displays the list of all cookies stored by Google Chrome Web browser, and allows you to easily delete unwanted cookies. It also allows you export the cookies into text/csv/html/xml file.
For every cookie, the following information is displayed: Host Name, Path, Name, Value, Secure (Yes/No), HTTP Only Cookie (Yes/No), Last Accessed Time, Creation Time, Expiration Time.

For more information about this new utility, click here.

ChromeCookiesView