Sticky: NEW DOMAIN is www.aldostools.org

Update your bookmarks! The ~~aldostools.com~~ or ~~aldostools.net~~ are now aldostools.ORG
(yes .ORG!! not ~~.COM~~ or ~~.NET~~).

Sticky: Support on Windows 7, Vista and 2008

To run my programs on Windows 7, Vista or 2008 you should install the Visual Basic 5 Runtime DLLs. Otherwise you will receive an error related to MSVBVM50.DLL. Windows XP or 2000 normally come with these DLLs already installed, so the runtime usually is not necessary if you are running XP, 2000 or 2003.

ePSXe 1.9 *updated* - August 3, 2013

Almost one year, after the last version of the BEST Playstation emulator for Windows, ePSXe team release a new build: ePSXe 1.9.0. My ePSXe Launcher now supports it :)

Aldo's FileSync 1.7 *updated* - February 27, 2012 by

Aldo's FileSync provides an easy and fast way to keep your files updated in different folders or medias. New: improved transfers of files larger than 4GB.

Aldo's NET Monitor 2.3.0.42 *updated* - February 13, 2012 by

Measure your Internet bandwidth, CPU and memory usage with this network traffic and CPU performance monitor for Windows 7/Vista/2000/XP. It's ideal to monitor the network traffic and CPU usage. New button to quickly eject USB drives, enable/disable volume and quick access to drives.

Download: Aldo's NET Monitor 2.3.0.42 (87KB)

About Pianito - MicroStudio 3.1 on Vista or Windows 7 *updated* - October 2, 2010 by

[new] | Suzu Ichinose Work

Suzu Ichinose moves through the crowded rooms of contemporary Japanese culture as if she’s quietly rearranging the furniture—nothing flashy, but everything better for it. A multidisciplinary creator whose work spans short fiction, lyric-driven songwriting, and intimate visual essays, Ichinose has become a name people mention when they talk about artists shaping an emotional, reflective corner of modern life.

If you’re seeking an author who invites you to slow down and attend to the quiet architecture of feeling, Suzu Ichinose is worth discovering—her work rewards patience with moments that stay with you long after you finish. suzu ichinose work

Narrative Style: Economy with Depth What defines Ichinose’s writing is economy. Sentences are pared down, images spare, yet beneath the surface there’s a depth that blooms slowly. She favors elliptical structures—scenes that imply histories rather than recount them outright—inviting readers to do the work of connection. The result is an intimacy that feels earned: characters are shaped by absence as much as presence, and silence is often more revealing than dialogue. Suzu Ichinose moves through the crowded rooms of

Themes: Memory, Home, and Quiet Reckoning Recurring themes in Ichinose’s work include memory’s unreliability, the meaning of home, and the small reckonings people perform to remain themselves. She is particularly interested in transitions: moving from one life stage to another, the slow erosion of familiar places, and the soft revolutions of people reorienting their lives. Rather than dramatize these shifts, Ichinose honors them with nuance—charting how ordinary gestures can contain radical tenderness. The result is an intimacy that feels earned:

Roots: Small Details, Big Threads Ichinose’s sensibility is rooted in attentive observation. She notices the small rituals most of us miss: the way steam clings to a winter window, the muted cadence of a commuter’s morning breath, the particular ache in a parent’s silence. These moments become the scaffolding for her narratives—fragile, specific, and unexpectedly universal. Her prose rarely grandstands; instead, it offers a steady, patient lens that lets readers inhabit a feeling rather than merely understand it.

Why She Resonates Now In an era saturated by spectacle and rapid consumption, Ichinose’s slow, deliberate art offers a counterweight. Readers and listeners drawn to contemplative work find in her a voice that respects silence and subtlety. Her pieces are suited to reading on a late-night commute, listening to while making tea, or returning to when you want to be reminded that complexity often lives in small details.

Agent Component Page *updated* - June 28, 2009 by

Updated some broken links to TTS engines, included link for demo page of AT&T NaturalVoices. Use these components with Agent Reader and Aldo's Text-to-WAVE.

Macro Recorder 5.01 *new* - November 4, 2008 by

Aldo's Macro Recorder is an small yet powerful tool that let you record keystrokes and mouse clicks in an easy way. New: Improved macro language with more commands and support for user defined functions (subroutines), new internal web browser for web scripting, integrates Auto Type By Keyword, improved installer and more.
Update: Solved issue with macro editor

Download: Aldo's Macro Recorder 5.01 (467KB)

Aldo's Text-to-WAVE 4.0.2 *new* - June 24, 2008 by

Convert text, web pages, PDF and MS Word documents into audible documents in WAVE, OGG or MP3 formats. Listen the text copied to the clipboard.

Download: Aldo's Text-to-WAVE 4.0.2 (646KB)
Recommended voice: AT&T NaturalVoices™

LUA Shell with Adhoc Messenger *updated* - April 28, 2008

This is an updated version to 2.7 of the Adhoc Messenger 2.0 for the Playstation Portable (PSP) originally created by FaT30YCG. Changed the name to reflex the main features that I have added. New features include: Based on LUA Player HM 6.5, support for UMD ripping, internet browser, folder creation/rename/delete and bug fixes. The program has a file manager/media player/picture viewer/notepad/karaoke/system tools. Supports MP3/MOD/XM/S3M/IT/STM/MTM/669 and text files. It displays random visualizations when the lyrics TXT is not found in ms0:/LYRICS

Download: LUA Shell with Adhoc Messenger 2.7 741 KB

PS3.Proxy.Server GUI Extended *updated* - April 8, 2008

This is a frontend for the PS3.Proxy.Server GUI created by CF3B5, which is a program that allows to download the content from Playstation Network Store to the PC and install them later on the Playstation 3.

Download: PS3.Proxy.Server GUI Extended 1.3

Aldo's Click-a-Lot! 1.5 *updated* - August 30, 2007 by

It is an automatic clicker utility, ideal for cheating on some games. New: Minimize to system tray.

Download: Aldo's Click-a-Lot! 1.5 (20KB)

Zinc Frontend 2.2 *updated* - July 6, 2007 by

Aldo's Zinc Frontend simplifies the usage of ZiNc 1.1, the great emulator of Sony ZN-1 and ZN-2, Capcom, Taito, Konami, Tecmo, and Namco Systems. New: Changed GUI to listbox.

DAEMount 1.7.1 *updated* - June 24, 2007 by

New version of the shell front end for DAEMON Tools. New: Added support for the Compressed ISO (*.isz) recently added to DAEMON Tools 4.09. Works better with DT 3.47

Auto Type By Keyword 1.1 *updated* - February 7, 2007 by

Increase your productivity typing your frequently typed text faster than ever, with less effort and without errors! Just create a list of short keywords and define the text or keystrokes that should be typed, and Auto Type By Keyword will type them for you. New commands: DELAY, APPACTIVATE, WAITFOR, RUN

Download: Aldo's Auto Type By Keyword 1.1 (158KB)

PSP Portal FSK *new* - February 6, 2007 by

This is a modification of 'TheNameless Full Screen Browser portal' for the PSP Browser. FSK = Full Screen Browser + javascript Keyboard. For more info click here...

Try Again 2.0 *new* - October 12, 2006 by

This plugin for Mozilla FireFox developed by Mathijs Lagerberg, keeps trying to access a site when it returns a "404 not found error". I have added the ability to view the cached version of the page (when it is available) using Google's cache and WayBack Machine services. This plugin is useful to see a page even if the domain is temporarily down or the page is not longer available. Rated 4.92 of 5.

Aldo's SPAM Cleaner 3.0 *new* - September 26, 2006 by

Aldo's SPAM Cleaner is a tiny but powerful POP3 email client with support for multiple accounts, spam filtering, message classification by folder, view attachments and more. Protect your computer against major SPAM attacks and save lot of your time wasted reading unwanted email. It deletes automatically all the SPAM, Worms, Virus, Junk emails, Unwanted and Phishing emails, email attacks and almost anything that you define before download them from your POP3 account.

Download: Aldo's SPAM Clean 3.0 (320KB)

Aldo's Magnifier 2.0 *updated* - September 11, 2006 by

Useful magnifier tool for people with visual problems, teachers that don't have a projector monitor, or simply for people that like to browse the Net far away of the PC screen or in a wide-TV screen. New: 6X and 8X, removed window title, fixed mouse pointer.

Aldo's Play 2.0 *updated* - September 10, 2006

New generic emulator frontend with an ultra simple user interface that can be used to play almost any emulator. New features include: Easier folder navigation, fixed animated snapshots, and other new features that I don't remember :o)

CVGS Video Patch XP 1.4 *updated* - July 23, 2006 by

New in this version: New screen resolution 1280x800 (common resolution on new laptops), added Above Normal & Below Normal process priorities.

PCSX2 0.9.2 *updated* - November 18, 2006

PCSX2 is a great Playstation2 emulator that already runs some commercial games. It requires a copy of the PS2 bios (not included with the emulator) and a high-end computer to run games at "acceptable" speed. Also try the new pSX 1.7 emulator for PSOne games.

DAEMON Tools 4.0.3 *updated* - March 1, 2006

New version of DAEMON Tools, the free Virtual DVD-ROM that let you run images of PSX games from your hard drive. Download it here. See also DAEMount 1.7.0.

Some Recomended Software - May 1, 2006

Vista Transformation Pack, WMP 11, SyncToy 1.2, Virtual PC 2004

KL Codecs Pack *new* - April 23, 2006

New audio/video codec packs K-Lite Codec Pack 8.4.0. Also try avidemux if you plan to reencode your movies.

Aldo's MAME Front End *updated* - August 11, 2005 by

New: Updated with the game list of the new MAME 0.99.

PSX Plugins Pack *updated* - June 12, 2005 by

Recently added plugins: ESSSPSX Pad Plugin 1.5, Pete's GPU 1.76 plugins (OGL/D3D), Soft GPU 1.17 and GPU OGL2 2.7.

PSXeven 0.19 WIP *updated* - April 29, 2005

New version of this Playstation emulator developed by Xeven. Very good compatibility, neat user interface and a lot of fixes in this update.

*tip* Ads/Spyware Removers *updated* - April 28, 2005

Protect your privacy against Spyware, Parasites, Trojans, Malware, Browser hijackers, tracking components, Keyloggers, Dialers.

Download: Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4 and Ad-Aware SE 1.06

>> Other Suggested Security Related Software:
Aldo's NET Monitor 2.0 - Check your in/out network traffic.
iNET Grabber 1.2 + AWeb - Capture/Filter web content.
Agent Reader 4.1 - Popup Killer, Block HOST Address and more.
Aldo's SPAM Cleaner 2.0 - Delete email threats from POP3 server.
HOSTS Manager 1.4 - Edit blocked domains/Merge HOSTS files
HOSTS file to block ads updated 05/10/06 (Right-click to save as HOSTS)
In Windows 2000/XP, to prevent browser slowdowns you should disable the DNS Client Service if you have a large HOSTS file

iNET Grabber 1.2 *updated* - March 21, 2005 by

Web screen capture, block banners/graphics, merge multiple web pages and more.

Download: iNET Grabber 1.2 (315KB)

Acrobat Reader 7.02 *updated* - March 15, 2005

A new version of Adobe Acorbat Reader is available. New: Play back a variety of embedded multimedia content, built-in search and accessibility capabilities, organize eBooks, photo albums and more.. Compare prices: while Adobe ask US$9.99/monthly to create PDF, with Aldo's Text-PDF PRO+ you can create unlimited graphic albums and convert text files into PDF.

Google Auto-Suggest *new* - December 11, 2004

New BETA feature from Google Labs™ that automatically suggests you what to search while you type, making your search even faster! Also try Lost Goggles™ plugin, which add even more features to your search.

*tip* Event ID 4226 Fix for XP SP2 *updated* - October 22, 2004

This unofficial patch will fix the limitation of 10 concurrent incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts imposed by XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), that prevents worms spread quickly on the Internet but also the SP2 make P2P applications (Kazaa, Ares, eMule, etc.) slow and virtually unusable for some users.

Aldo's Pianito 3.5 *updated* - October 16, 2004 by

Pianito is a very intuitive and funny piano simulator great to learn music. Recommended for children and adults. New: Setup wizard for easier installation, improved chords playback, associate keys to wave effects and more. Check the new feature that allows you to play any MP3, Wave or MIDI file in background as your music rythm.

Download: Aldo's Pianito 3.5 144KB

Bad IP Updater 1.5 *updated* - September 11, 2004 by

BadIPUpdater is a tool that automatically keep updated the list of bad IP addresses banned by Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.3. New: PGdb url history, prevent multiple updates in a single day, bug fix in PGdbDelimiter.

Download: Bad IP Updater 1.5 (96KB)

Aldo's Text-PDF PRO+ 2.1 *new* - May 15, 2004 by

New: filter option that allows to replace text dinamically without having to modify the source file, support for up to 5 millions pages, more information about the command line parameters and two new optional parameters in the ActiveX version. Text-PDF PRO+ converts plain-text, formatted text using HTML-like tags and image files to PDF.

Download: Aldo's Text-PDF PRO+ 2.1 (251KB)
Download: Aldo's Text-PDF PRO+ 2.1 SDK ActiveX (177KB)

Psx MultiConverter 3.23 *updated* - May 15, 2004

New version of the PSX movie and audio player: PsxMC 2.53 (freeware) and PsxMC 3.23 (shareware).

PEC Database Editor 2.1 *updated* - April 2, 2003 by

New: Fixed HTML importer for Game Shark Code Creators Club. [pec] is a GameShark emulator for Playstation emulators like ePSXe, VGS, Bleem and others.

Download: PEC Database Editor 2.1 (159KB)
Related Link: [pec] by Jens Duttke and DaNiL

DirectPad Pro 6 *updated* - January 30, 2004

New version of the driver to connect PSX pad in your parallel port. Includes schematics of Russian Direct Pad Pro 6.0, a translation of the publication in a magazine RADIO 12-2003.
Thanks to Roman Sergeenko for the news.

Aldo's GoEmu *updated* - January 13, 2004 by

New: Added support for VirtuaNES, Nestopia, RockNESX. GoEmu is a generic, simple and universal front end for popular emulators like MAME, Snes9x, ZSnes, Project64, Gens, Nebula, VisualBoy.

Aldo's GBA Front-End SDL *updated* - December 11, 2003

New: Support for the new filters of VisualBoy Advance SDL 1.7

HOSTS Manager 1.4 *updated* - October 26, 2003 by

Edit and update your Windows HOSTS file with new websites/servers names without losing or duplicating your existing entries.

Agent Reader 4.1 *updated* - October 22, 2003 by

New: Updated with new features of Aldo's Macro Recorder 4.1, New memory usage chart in Free Memory tool, improved set windows always on top, Customizable action for left click on system tray icon of Agent Reader.. Other new features include support for TTS voices compliant with SAPI 5.1 and SAPI 4.0 and voice activated macros. For more information on required components and new features click here.

Download: Agent Reader 4.1 (712KB)
Requires: MS Agent components for Agent Reader and Aldo's TTW

Patches News *updated* - September 10, 2003 by

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