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System, Hard Drive Maintenance
GPhotoShow Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Create your own screen saver from favorite photos or just about any graphic. Download Free. 489KB
Image Analyzer 1.17 Win98/Me/2000/XP
(graphics - try it and review for DigSIG)
Advanced image editing, enhancement and analysis software. Easy red-eye removal, noise reduction, automatic brightness, contrast, gamma and saturation adjustment. Resize, rotate, crop and warping. Distance, Fourier and discrete cosine transformation. Reads/writes BMP, ICO, CUR, WMF, EMF, JPEG, PNG, PCX and JPEG2000 images. Download Free. 588KB or 1.4MB with installer
IrfanView v 3.8 Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
If you're looking for a lean and mean graphics utility, IrfanView is a top choice--and the fact that it's both free and a high-quality program makes it nearly irresistible. The program's no-frills interface makes itself known at a glance; unlike Photoshop's many cascading menus, IrfanView's menus are spare and well chosen. Import images, view images, perform basic image editing, create slide shows, and convert files from one format to another. Crop, blur, and sharpen your images. Make modifications in regular mode or, if you have a jeweler's eye for detail, make changes in zoom mode. Download Free. 821.5KB
PhotoResizer Lite Win95/98/Me/2000/XP
A FREE utility developed for digital camera owners, webmasters, people traveling or anybody who quickly wants to resize a photo or picture for email or publishing on a web site. No need to open a photo editor or email-client. Download Free. 904KB
602Pro PC SUITE (Looks like a Microsoft® Office clone) Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Fast. Compatible. Free. Three words that define today's user requirements for an office suite. 602Pro PC SUITE, the free alternative to Microsoft® Office, has it all! The suite is composed of four full-featured applications: a word processor, spreadsheet, photo editor and photo organizer. Download Free. 17MB The Plus Version ($29.95) includes a lot of add-ons and plug-ins.
Eudora
7.0.1 Email
98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Eudora is the best email program for people who get
lots of email. If you're not one of those people today, you will be soon! Download
Free. 16.4MB
Ad Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06 Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
With its ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware can easily rid your system of these tracking components, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web. Download Free. 2.72MB
AntiVir Personal Edition Anti-Virus Software Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
The AntiVir Personal Edition offers the effective protection against computer viruses for the individual and private use on a single PC-workstation. Download Free. 8.66MB
AVG Antivirus Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Alternative to the pay-as-you-go antivirus programs currently on the market. A quality program that gives peace of mind protection. Download Free. 9.69MB
Core Control version 2.0 Security Program Win95/98/Me
A full featured advanced FREE security program designed for Windows 95/98/ME Operating Systems.
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Controls user access to your Windows Operating System
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Secures Windows User Profiles via it’s own User Profile Admin interface
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Disables/enables many of Windows options/settings and dialog boxes on a Per User basis
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Prevents users from installing software
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Disables/enables Control/Alt/Delete and the Windows Taskbar
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Controls access to the Internet on a per user basis
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Disables/enables use of third party programs
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Contains a single Administrator account
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The Administrator has full control over users of the computer
Ewido, Anti-MalwareV3.5 2000/XP
We offer you realtime protection
against these threats:
Hijackers and Spyware
Secure surfing in the Internet without fear of annoying
changes of the start page of your browser, tracking cookies and advertising
bars.
Worms
Nobody should receive e-mails in your name with malicious
files in the appendix anymore.
Dialers
Security against all kinds of dialers. No fear when
receiving the next phone bill.
Trojans and
Keyloggers
No chance for thieves to steal your bank data and personal
sensitive information by tapped Internet connections, remote controlled
webcams or secret keyboard recordings.
Download
Shareware 7.61MB Usable and free for
14-day trial.
Kerio Personal Firewall Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) is a software agent that builds a barrier between your personal computer and the Internet. KPF is designed to protect your PC against attacks from both the Internet, and other computers in the local network.
KPF controls all data flow in both directions – from the Internet to your computer and vice versa, and it can block all attempted communication allowing only what you choose to permit. Download Free. 2MB
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot can also clean program and Web usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer with other users. Download Free. 4.8MB
Stinger, McAfee AVERT Stinger V2.6.0 Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Stinger is a stand-alone
utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for
full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and
users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation
scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT
files, and scan performance optimizations.
Download
Free. 1.2MB
Sygate Personal Firewall (Version 5.0) Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Sygate Personal Firewall provides best of breed security in a user friendly interface, protecting your PC from hackers, trojans and DoS attacks. New features include full-ICS support, protocol driver level protection, enhanced logging, and more. Download Free 5MB
Zone Alarm Firewall Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Personal firewall protection to protect against intruders and also to protect against spyware from sending personal information from your PC to the internet. Download Free. 10.5MB
System, Hard Drive Maintenance
jv16 Power Tools Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
A pack of system tools which include a Registry Tool, a File Tool, a Temp File Tool, a Backup Tool and Access Control tool. Download Free. 2.1MB
RegCleaner Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
RegCleaner
is an easy to use program. With RegCleaner you can easily get rid of those old
and obsolete registry entries created by software that you have destroyed ages
ago. And by easily, I mean easily. You don't have to be any expert to use this
program.
Key Features
Download Free. 540.7KB
Anti-Spam 25 Top Programs
25 shareware programs to help combat the spam attacks. Read the reviews and pick the one best suited for your situation. Download Shareware.
Belarc Advisor Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Handy personal PC auditor. Lists all your hardware by model number and serial number. All of your software by version and registration number if registration was required. Download Free. 619KB
Calendar 2000 Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Calendar 2000 is a small utility that will display a monthly calendar on the Windows desktop.
The calendar is similar to the one found in most checkbooks. You can also define your own holidays and important dates, but Calendar 2000 is not a full-blown time scheduler. Instead use Calendar 2000 to quickly check the date or calculate the day on which a certain date occurs.
Monthly calendars from January 1583 to December 3000 can be displayed using this handy desktop utility.
Calendar 2000 is a very small program and can easily be configured to be run directly from the Taskbar icon tray.
Calendar 2000 will run on MS Windows Millennium Edition and 98 as well as MS Windows 2000 and 95/NT systems. (Better than "Just a Calendar" Ed.) Download Free. 110KB
EnZip Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Excellent alternative to WinZip or PKZip. This freeware has all the features of the big boys. Download Free. 1.5MB
IE Privacy Keeper V2.7.3 Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Fast, simple and efficient browsing history cleaner for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Cleans up temporary Internet files, system files, cookies and more. Allows you to selectively keep history items. Cleans up index.dat files without the need for a Windows restart. Download Free. 1.2MB
Neutron 1.03 Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Neutron is a very simple and small time synchronizing program that retrieves the accurate time from one of several specialized time servers on the Internet. Once the network time has been retrieved the program can set your computer's clock to match it.
Options in the program enable you to automatically obtain the time from the time server and set your clock appropriately at program startup. It is also possible to have the program automatically exit after the time has been set and so is ideal for placing a shortcut in your Startup folder to sync your clock when your computer is started. Download Free. 6KB Zip
Pop-Up
Stopper Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Surf with style with this free browser pop-up ad blocking utility for Internet
Explorer and Netscape.
Download
Free. 517KB
Power Toys for XP Win XP
PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. What are they? PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released. Download Free.
Qurb Spam Win98/Me/2000/XP, Outlook 2003
Qurb is the safe, easy-to-use solution for ensuring you see messages from people you know while blocking junk e-mail from people you don’t. Qurb prevents spam from interrupting your work by reserving mail notification for messages received from approved senders. Qurb quickly learns who you communicate with and updates your list of approved senders as you work. Sender confirmation is an optional Qurb feature that helps legitimate senders get attention for their quarantined messages. When sender confirmation is enabled, Qurb will automatically send an e-mail message to the senders of quarantined messages. If the recipients reply to the confirmation requests, the original messages will be moved from the quarantine to the Inbox and their addresses will be added to the list of approved senders. Download Shareware $24.95, free to try.
SpamFighter 4.2.4 Win98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Outlook 2003
SpamFighter is an antispam plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. Whenever new mail arrives, it will automatically be tested by the SpamFighter server and if it's spam, it will be moved to your spam folder. Download Free. 9.18MB
TweakUI 1.33 98/NT/ME/2000
Adjust your Windows User Interface, including menu speed, window animation, automatic logon, several privacy settings (Paranoia) and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Download Free. 64KB
WebPrint Utility for Internet Explorer 6.0 Me/NT/2000/XP
WebPrint is a plug-in for Internet Explorer 6.0 that makes printing web pages - fast and easy
Simply install WebPrint on any Windows XP or 2000 PC and use the WebPrint toolbar to accurately print web pages every time. It supports Windows NT4 and ME, too!
Its time-saving "preview" feature allows you to see exactly what will be printed, providing the flexibility to print more on a single page. Individual pieces of web pages can also be printed if the web page was designed using multiple frames.
WebPrint helps to save paper, too. Not only can you put more on a page, you can also print on both sides if your printer is equipped with a duplexer.
WebPrint can be viewed as a small tool bar in the browser or can simply remain in the background ready to use with just a few clicks. Download Free.
578KB
WebTime 2000 Win95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
(Great for broadband internet users)
WebTime 2000 is a small utility program that will synchronize your PC's internal clock with one of the several atomic clocks maintained by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Download Free. 84KB (see Neutron above. My preference)