SOFTWARE.TXT Driver File Contents (W95-11D.ZIP)

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WARNING: FIRST BACKUP ALL YOUR HARD DRIVES TO A SAFE LOCATION BEFORE
	 ATTEMPTING TO MAKE ANY SYSTEM CHANGES!
	 Take EXTREME CAUTION when modifying your System settings! Faulty
	 changes may result in computer crashes/lockups/permanent data loss,
	 or might lead to having you REINSTALL the ENTIRE Operating System(s)!
	 YOU are the ONLY one responsible for ANY changes YOU make!
	 ALWAYS HAVE YOUR MOST RECENT SYSTEM BACKUP READY!

IMPORTANT:
- Most of these files are archived in ZIP format. You need a file
decompression (unZIPping) tool to extract their contents. I recommend one of
these "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP FILE SHRINKERS" (Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 users) or PK(UN)ZIP (DOS users, no nag shareware), all
linked further below.
- STAY SAFE: Scan for viruses ALL files downloaded from the Internet!
- ORIGINAL Operating System/software/hardware REQUIRED for installing ANY
upgrades/patches/fixes/drivers!
- Install MS Windows Operating Systems upgrades/patches/fixes below in the
REVERSED order in which they are listed: OLDEST at the BOTTOM -> NEWEST at the
TOP, unless specified otherwise, to properly OVERWRITE ANY OLDER ones (if
any)!
- You MUST log on as Administrator/Sysadmin/Power User to install Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 upgrades/patches/fixes!
- If you discover any broken links, please let me know:
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- Almost ALL software featured here is FREE(ware) or ADware/Homepageware:
http://www.webattack.com/adsupport.shtml
unless specified otherwise.
- I do NOT recommend ANY shareware or retail programs, except the few
ESSENTIALS on my "MUST HAVE" list, and ONLY IF I could NOT find ANY FREE(ware)
alternative!
- Check back often for NEW ESSENTIALS, POWER TOYS + UPDATES.
- Enjoy.

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enough for their invaluable help.


SOFTWARE.TXT Contents:


WINDOWS 2003 SERVER ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION (MCE) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES -> FREE
WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS (further below)
WINDOWS EXPERIENCE (XP) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS MILLENNIUM EDITION (ME) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 2000 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION (SE) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 98 SERVICE PACK 1 (SP1) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 98 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 95B/95C OSR 2.X ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 95/95A OSR1 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY (NT) 4.0 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES
WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS
DIRECTX ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES, FIXES + TOOLS
INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES
MEDIA PLAYER (WMP) 6/7/8/9 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES
FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY TWEAKERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM ENHANCERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY FIXERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP BOOT TWEAKERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP TEXT EDITORS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP HEX EDITORS
WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP GRAPHICS EDITORS
WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP FILE SHRINKERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MEDIA PLAYERS + RECORDERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET BROWSERS
FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MTU TWEAKERS
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FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP AOL 32-bit POWER TOYS
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WINDOWS 2003 SERVER ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows 2003 Updates + Info on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Updates (automatic install):
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Save Updates to disk:
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/
Win2003 OS + MS IE 6 browser required.
MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323166
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/downloads/
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=winsvr2003
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Resources + HowTos:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource Kit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/reskit/resourcekit.mspx
- Microsoft Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544
- Unofficial Windows 2003 Resource Kit Tools (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WIN2003/ToolsW2003.htm
- Unofficial Windows 2003 SP1 Fix List:
http://www.ethan-c-allen.com/xpsp2/sp1.html
- Unofficial Enable XP System Restore on Windows 2003 Guide:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/?act=ST&f=77&t=91476

* Microsoft Windows 2003 RPC Buffer Overrun OLE32.DLL, RPCRT4.DLL + RPCSS.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-026.asp
Direct download [1.41 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/f/2/8f21131d-9df3-4530-802a-2780629390b9/WindowsServer2003-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823980

* Microsoft Windows 2003 HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [430 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/8/2/18247efe-b9d4-4ecb-abf2-405e8f1f3734/WindowsServer2003-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows 2003 with ISA Server SP1 Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=331062
Direct download [1.44 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/f/2/4f21a330-0598-4c04-801d-f25e6e4790bc/isahf255.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Security Guide:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14845
Direct download [2.33 MB, English, DOC format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/6/c86b1b59-0388-4945-8bd9-06f04db13136/Windows_Server_2003_Security_Guide.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Security Settings, Threats + Countermeasures
Guide:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=15159
Direct download [1.45 MB, English, DOC + Acrobat PDF formats]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/d/4/4d4ddedf-b630-4b94-afbf-5610983c446f/Threats_and_Countermeasures_Guide.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=d41b036c-e2e1-4960-99bb-9757f7e9e31b
Direct download [1 MB, English, DOC format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/4/264ac6b5-46a9-422a-99e1-292eae40dd87/Managing_Internet_Explorer_Enhanced_Security_Configuration.zip

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Wireless LANs Security Guide:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=cdb639b3-010b-47e7-b234-a27cda291dad
Direct download [6.5 MB, English, Acrobat PDF format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/0/c/40c9903b-51fd-4688-a1ad-b90c9dd34316/Securing_Wireless_LANs.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Group Policy Settings:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=15165
Direct download [812 KB, English, Excel XLS format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/3/aa32239c-3a23-46ef-ba8b-da786e167e5e/PolicySettings.xls

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Changes in Default Behavior Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0fa11476-2ba7-4474-bc35-8fc38c65ef16
Direct download [624 KB, English, DOC format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/3/663ce4fd-9d2d-4b52-9154-71b6d07828dc/DeltaDCR-merged.doc

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Security Glossary:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=16256
Direct download [495 KB, English, Acrobat PDF format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/2/83283260-a94a-4df6-a226-3085806fa3c7/Microsoft_Solutions_for_Security_Glossary.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows 2003 Migration Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e92cf6a0-76f0-4e25-8de0-19544062a6e6
Direct download [1.24 MB, English, DOC format]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/a/7/da767448-6875-489c-96e6-2003e036de6d/NT4_Migration.zip

* See "FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS", "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE)
4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL
SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS EXPERIENCE (XP) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows XP Updates + Info on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows XP Updates (automatic install):
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Save Updates to disk:
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/
WinXP OS + MS IE 6 browser required.
MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323166
- Microsoft Windows XP Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=winxp
- Microsoft Windows XP Pre-SP1 Hotfixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/servicepacks/windows/xp/pre-sp1_hotfixes.asp
- Microsoft Windows XP Post-SP1 Hotfixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/servicepacks/windows/xp/post-sp1_hotfixes.asp
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional HowTo:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resources + HowTos:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit DOCs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prork_overview.asp
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administration:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/administration/
- Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP Online Crash Analysis (OCA):
http://oca.microsoft.com/
- Microsoft Windows XP Benchmarking:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp
- NT Compatible: Unofficial Windows NT/2000/XP info, reviews, tips, downloads:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 2000/XP Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w2kxpupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial Windows 2000/XP/2003 Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates.htm
- MSKB: Microsoft Windows XP Fax Service:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306550
- Unofficial Windows XP Refresh Rates Flaw:
http://www.xp-refresh.net/
- Unofficial Windows XP Downloads:
http://bink.nu/
- Unofficial Windows XP Patches (German):
http://www.winfuture.de/
- Unofficial Windows XP Software Compatibility Site:
http://www.xpsc.net/
- Unofficial Windows XP SP2 Fix List:
http://www.ethan-c-allen.com/xpsp2/sp2.html
- Unofficial Windows XP SP2:
http://www.tech-critic.com/comments.php?id=2117
- Unofficial Windows XP Post-SP1 Patches Chart:
http://www.warp2search.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=21
- Unofficial Windows XP SP1 Patches (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WINXP/FixSP1XP.htm
- Unofficial Windows XP Pre-SP2 Security Pack:
http://keyserfiles.flexbeta.net/
- Unofficial Windows XP Patches (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WINXP/WinXP.htm
- Unofficial Windows XP Resource Kit Tools (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WINXP/ToolsXP.htm
- Unofficial Windows XP SP1 Bootable Setup CD Guide using Roxio:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=157
- Unofficial Windows XP SP1 Bootable Setup CD Guide using Nero:
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?object=article.cfm&id=160

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1/XP MCE Advanced Networking Pack (ANP) adds:
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), IPv6 Internet Connection Firewall (ICF)
and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networking:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817778
Direct download [1.21 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/f/1/2f1a22fd-e838-4bc6-ac40-fbdbcc3a17a4/WindowsXP-KB817778-x86-ENU.exe
ANP FAQ:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/f/1/2f1a22fd-e838-4bc6-ac40-fbdbcc3a17a4/anp_faq.htm
IPv6 Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/ipv6/
P2P Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/Teredo.asp
See "XP FIREWALL GUIDE" in TIPSXP.TXT (included) for more ICF details.

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/XP MCE USB 1.1 and 2.0 USBCCGP.SYS, USBEHCI.SYS,
USBHUB.SYS, USBOHCI.SYS, USBPORT.SYS + USBUHCI.SYS Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822603
Direct download [409 KB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/520092137223-0001/xp/WindowsXP-KB822603-x86-ENU.rar

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Hyper-Threading Intel Pentium CPUs Kernel
NTKRNLMP.EXE, NTKRNLPA.EXE, NTKRPAMP.EXE + NTOSKRNL.EXE build 5.1.2600.1228
Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/bootvis.mspx
Direct download [2.94 MB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/4players/mikemth/microsoft/Q821581_x86_ENU.rar

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Compile Takes Too Long to Complete CSCDLL.DLL,
MRXSMB.SYS + RDBSS.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816073
Direct download [638 KB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://www.future-lan.de/winfuture/downloads/patches/Q816073-WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.rar

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Shell Unchecked Buffer SHELL32.DLL build
6.0.2800.1233 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-027.asp
Direct download [2.65 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/7/c/e7c003d9-1f0e-441d-9a98-ef220399521d/WindowsXP-KB821557-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821557

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1/XP MCE RPC Buffer Overrun OLE32.DLL, RPCRT4.DLL
+ RPCSS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-026.asp
Direct download [1.23 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/b/98bcfad8-afbc-458f-aaee-b7a52a983f01/WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823980

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Error Reporting Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821558
Direct download [346 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f/d/9fdf1d64-6fc3-4b31-919a-7402e9801474/WindowsXP-KB821253-x86-ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Professional SMB Buffer Overrun SRV.SYS Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-024.asp
Direct download [416 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/9/449f342f-d39b-4eca-8a59-c8600e50d049/Q817606_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817606

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [376 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/4/4/d44637d6-0933-4b1d-be69-4d5277a9fee3/WindowsXP-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Netsh Script Error IFMON.DLL + NETSH.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818835
Direct download [260 KB, English]:
http://www.winfuture.de/web/index.php?inhalt=run/downloads/download.find.php&rubrik=Microsoft Patch Archive&name=WindowsXP Patch KB818835 Englisch

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Screen Saver Not Password Protected Group Policy
WINLOGON.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815424
Direct download [462 KB, English]:
http://www.winfuture.de/web/index.php?inhalt=run/downloads/download.find.php&rubrik=Microsoft Patch Archive&name=WindowsXP Patch Q815424 Englisch

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1 PC Crash With Hyper-Threading Intel Pentium CPUs
STREAM.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812035
Direct download [325 KB, English]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/520092137223-0001/xp/Q812035_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU-rar.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/XP MCE Bluetooth Wireless Support Files:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323183
Direct download [1.08 MB, English]:
http://www.winfuture.de/web/index.php?inhalt=run/downloads/download.find.php&rubrik=Microsoft Patch Archive&name=WindowsXP Patch Q323183 Englisch
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/tech/network/bluetooth/default.mspx

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/XP MCE Mobile Intel Pentium M CPUs Power
Management Driver GV3.SYS Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=332179
Direct download [63 KB, English]:
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/S1N/Hot%20fix_English_Q332179.zip

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Kernel Rollup Package NTKRNLMP.EXE,
NTKRNLPA.EXE, NTKRPAMP.EXE + NTOSKRNL.EXE build 5.1.2600.1224 and NTDLL.DLL +
SERVICES.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820128
Direct download [4.1 MB, English]:
http://www.winland.info/include.php?path=content/download.php&contentid=388&download=go

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 New Set Program Access and Defaults Icon + Help
APPWIZ.CPL, EXPLORER.EXE, SHMGRATE.EXE + SPAD.CHM Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820291
Direct download [1 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/3/a134a6a3-a69f-4b19-9292-35eae0b3e7fe/WindowsXP-KB820291-x86-ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/XP MCE DVD/TV DirectShow Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810243
Direct download [588 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/4/7/8472920e-f692-4905-94bd-ebf208dcb307/Q810243_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/tips/recordedtv.asp

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 + IIS 5.1 WebDAV Unchecked Buffer NTDLL.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.asp
Direct download [525 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/9/7/297a9f31-492d-4d52-98d8-6eb84b736654/Q815021_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815021

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 S1 Power State With Multiple ATA Drives
ATAPI.SYS + PCIIDEX.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812415
Direct download [384 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/1/0/71072c12-7fbc-4220-b94f-9b73975a725f/q812415_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Catalog Database Autorepair CRYPTSVC.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817287
Direct download [236 KB, English]:
http://www.windowsupdate.com/

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1/XP MCE Unrestored Mobile CPU Performance Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330512
Direct download [5.81 MB, English]:
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/S1000N/Hot%20fix_English_Q330512.zip

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Wireless Security
Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815485
Direct download [932 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/2/cc2aae3a-da13-4a9a-b3d9-802b0e7c877c/Q815485_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 RPC Endpoint Mapper Flaw RPCRT4.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-010.asp
Direct download [825 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/5/7/c57a996c-99ab-4158-b5cc-362cbcf6b016/Q331953_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=331953

* Microsoft Windows XP Program Compatibility ACGENRAL.DLL + SYSMAIN.SDB Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814995
Direct download [995 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/8/1/c81b893a-9c24-419f-a301-c3e1904cedf3/Q814995_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Windows Update Driver Install NEWDEV.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814033
Direct download [416 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8/2/a82161de-2efe-411c-8e81-51f219fd5247/Q814033_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP HCT Audio Test DMUSIC.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810272
Direct download [361 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f/b/9fb0cf76-b05f-4a2f-87e2-5cb97d618c7b/Q810272_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Redirector Privilege Elevation Unchecked Buffer
MRXSMB.SYS Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-005.asp
Direct download [646 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/4/0/c40b2fa1-1441-41e6-b73b-ddf19f06f8fb/Q810577_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810577

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1 Professional IEEE 1394 (FireWire) Inconsistent
Gap Count 1394BUS.SYS, 61883.SYS + SONYDCAM.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329256
Direct download [258 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329256/WXP/EN-US/q329256_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1a (SP1a):
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/
- XP SP1a Full (Network) Install:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/sp1lang.asp
XP SP1a Full [125 MB, English, withOUT MS Java VM]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/4/f/54f8bcf8-bb4d-4613-8ee7-db69d01735ed/xpsp1a_en_x86.exe
- XP SP1a Express (Web based) Install:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/expresso.asp
XP SP1a Express [1.93 MB, English, Setup only, withOUT MS Java VM]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/4/e4481402-244d-460a-8f98-ca0e5905a97c/sp1aexpress_usa.exe
Express Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading components.
A MUST: See "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" (further
below) to install MS Java VM Update 3810!
XP SP1a installs USB 2.0 + MS IE 6.0 SP1 (same as XP SP1) but does NOT include
MS Java VM:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=813926
If you already installed XP SP1 you DO NOT NEED XP SP1a!
Order Windows XP SP1a on CD [only USA (USD $14.95) or Canada (CDN $19.95) + S/H
fee]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/ordercd.asp
MSKB: XP Service Packs:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322389
List of Bugs Fixed in SP1a:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/servicepacks/windows/xp/sp1fixlist.asp
List of Security Bugs Fixed in SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/news/wxpsp1s.asp
SP1 + SP1a Release Notes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324722
SP1 Install + Deployment Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/spdeploy.asp
SP1a Deployment Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/deploytools.asp
MSKB: How To Change Volume Licensing Product Key in XP SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328874

* Microsoft Windows XP Network Connect Error After Restore Registry Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329441
Direct download [504 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329441/WXP/EN-US/Q329441_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Locator Service Unchecked Buffer LOCATOR.EXE Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-001.asp
Direct download [380 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/f/1/3f18e6d0-52aa-413d-bedf-3bb5879924dc/Q810833_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810833

* Microsoft Windows XP USB Hub USBHUB.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810400
Direct download [345 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/1/c/61cf6f45-19d5-47cc-af32-6e323df30f5f/Q810400_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Corrupted Hard Disk in Standby/Hibernate ATAPI.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=331958
Direct download [393 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/6/5/365c0586-dbd9-4766-a52e-36c10f8baf27/Q331958_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Panasonic DV Camera AVC.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810032
Direct download [330 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/1/c/31c916f8-6b1b-4c84-87e0-fdb9e506f4ab/Q810032_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP 3rd Party Web Browsers Support Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810565
Direct download [5.29 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/4/e/f4e1fb8c-5126-4bf5-85c8-1b49950fc750/Q810565_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Intel Indeo Video/Audio Codecs Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327979
Direct download [862 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q327979/WXP/EN-US/Q327979_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Unchecked Shell Buffer SHMEDIA.DLL Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-072.asp
Direct download [283 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/9/b/f9b8831e-3e57-4557-b6b8-dcf3061f9bec/Q329390_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329390

* Microsoft Windows XP WM_TIMER Message Handling Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-071.asp
Direct download [3.94 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/a/05acaef2-b18f-4d56-aa9d-f140c8e9ef1e/Q328310_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328310

* Microsoft Windows XP Explorer Error Message DUSER.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329692
Direct download [514 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329692/WXP/EN-US/Q329692_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP InterVideo DVD Player ACGENRAL.DLL + SYSMAIN.SDB Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329623
Direct download [816 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/0/3/803024eb-d0af-4553-8260-022d94dc4076/q329623_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Fax Console Preview FXSCLNT.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322011
Direct download [418 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/a/3/ea3b0e47-8142-4a8e-847c-f0d6d836d3c3/Q322011_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP PostScript Print Jobs WIN32K.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329604
Direct download [1.25 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329604/WXP/EN-US/Q329604_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Unchecked PPTP Buffer Denial of Service RASPPTP.SYS
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-063.asp
Direct download [210 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329834/WXP/EN-US/Q329834_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329834

* Microsoft Windows XP ZIP Decompression Unchecked Buffer ZIPFLDR.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-054.asp
Direct download [373 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329048/WXP/EN-US/Q329048_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329048

* Microsoft Windows XP SSL Certificate Flaw Identity Spoofing
CRYPT32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-050.asp
Direct download [484 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q329115/WXP/EN-US/Q329115_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329115

* Microsoft Windows XP Pre-SP1 Delete Files Via Help Center Malicious URL
HSCMUI.CAB, HSCXPSP1.CAB, PCHSHELL.DLL, PCHSVC.DLL, HELPCTR.EXE, HELPSVC.EXE,
HSCUPD.EXE + MSCONFIG.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-060.asp
Direct download [1.29 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q328940/WXP/EN-US/Q328940_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328940
Unofficial XPDite v1.1.1 Fix:
http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm
XPdite [30 KB]:
http://grc.com/files/XPdite.exe
More unofficial info:
http://unity.skankhouse.org/helpcenter.htm
Windows XP SP1 + XP SP1a include this Fix!

* Microsoft Windows XP CD Games Encoded with SafeDisc Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=35831
Direct download [55 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Patch/1.0/WXP/EN-US/updatesecdrv.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP 100 MB Networks High Rate Collisions Registry Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315237

* Microsoft Windows XP (E)IDE/ATA(PI) Hard Disks > 137 GB Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305098
Direct download [205 B, right-click to save!]:
http://fae.abit.com.tw/download/utilities/48bit-lba/48bitLba.inf
Right-click on 48bitLba.inf -> select Install -> restart Windows.
Requires 48-bit LBA (Logical Block Addressing) motherboard BIOS support!
More info:
http://club.aopen.com.tw/forum/viewmessage.asp?forumID=17&MessageID=9296
See "UDMA/66 ALL THE WAY" in TIPS2000.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows XP Step By Step Interactive (SBSI) Training Program
Errors Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307460
Direct download [91 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q307460/WXP/EN-US/Q307460.EXE

* Microsoft Windows XP COM+ Java Runtime Support Redistributable build 2600:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=39521
Direct download [148 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/redist/2600/WXP/EN-US/com.ms.mtx_dnld.exe

* Windows XP USB 2.0 Drivers + Fixes:
http://www.usbman.com/USB%202%20News.htm#XP
Microsoft Windows XP USB 2.0 Drivers:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312370
Direct download [291 KB, right-click to save!]:
http://www.download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/1801072_8021013819623215205831557649229163114321.cab
Intel Motherboards Windows XP USB 2.0 Drivers + Update:
http://developer.intel.com/design/motherbd/mv/mv_drive.htm
- Intel USB 2.0 Drivers Part 1 [200 KB]:
ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/mv/USB2.0_5.1.266.0_WinXP_EHCI.exe
- Intel USB 2.0 Update Part 2 [424 KB]:
ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/mv/USB2.0_5.1.266.0_WinXP_QFE.exe
Adaptec Windows 98/2000/ME/XP USB 2.0 Drivers v3.0:
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.html?filekey=usb2_win_drv_v30.exe
Direct download [162 KB]:
http://download.adaptec.com/usb/usb2_win_drv_v30.exe
MS HWDEV: More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/bus/usb/usb2support.asp

* Unofficial Windows XP UPnP Security Vulnerability Fixes:
- MooSoft UP&P Secure (MUPPS.EXE) [133 KB]:
http://www.moosoft.com/mupps.exe
- GRC UnPlug n' Pray (UNPNP.EXE):
http://grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm
UNPNP.EXE [22 KB]:
http://grc.com/files/unpnp.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Java = Sun J2SE + MS JVM:
see "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below!

* Microsoft Windows XP Upgrade Advisor (UPGADV.EXE):
- XP Professional Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
- XP Home Advisor:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
UPGADV.EXE [32 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Utility/1.0/WXP/EN-US/UpgAdv.exe
XP Upgrade Eligibility Checklist:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/matrix.asp

* See "FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS", "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE)
4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL
SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS MILLENNIUM EDITION (ME) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows ME Updates on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows ME Updates (automatic install):
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Save Updates to disk:
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/
WinME OS + MS IE 5/6 browser required.
MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323166
- Microsoft Windows ME Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=winme
- Microsoft Windows ME Support:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsme/support/
- MSKB: Windows 98 + ME Hardware/Driver Troubleshooting Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/hardware/hwddresctr.asp
- MSKB: Windows 98 + ME Error Message Resource Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/errormsg/emresctr.asp
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 98/ME Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w98meupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial Windows 98/ME Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates2.htm
- Unofficial Windows 98/98 SE/ME Patches (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WIN98/WIN98ALL.htm

* Microsoft Windows ME HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [305 KB, English]:
http://www.windowsupdate.com/
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows ME Help and Support Center HCUPDATE.EXE, HELPCTR.EXE +
PCHSETUP.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299014
Direct download [700 KB, English]:
http://www.windowsupdate.com/

* Microsoft Windows ME Help and Support Center Flaw HELPCTR.EXE Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-006.asp
Direct download [294 KB, English]:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/812709USAM_a05b8262c0f9ff1421f8d4b0cb7fe2b.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=812709

* Microsoft Windows ME ZIP Decompression Unchecked Buffer + Recoverable
Compressed Folders Passwords ZIPFLDR.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-054.asp
Direct download [270 KB, English]:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/CabPool/329048_3E84647A527E386B05A78DD79AF876BFCFC147E1.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329048

* Microsoft Windows ME SSL Certificate Flaw Identity Spoofing CRYPT32.DLL +
CRYPTDLG.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-050.asp
Direct download [367 KB, English]:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/CabPool/329115_ME_7B77D4AB183D2DF9F5306C17F13C959C2380DB44.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329115

* Microsoft Windows ME Certificate Flaw Deletion XENROLL.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-048.asp
Direct download [211 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WINME/PATCH/24421/WINME/EN-US/323172USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323172

* Microsoft Windows ME + ICS UPnP Unchecked Buffer System Compromise
SSDPAPI.DLL, SSDPSRV.EXE + UPNP.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.asp
Direct download [223 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/22940/WinMe/EN-US/314757USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314757

* Microsoft Windows ME DVD Player UDF.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310695
Direct download [165 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinMe/Update/22366/WinME/EN-US/310695USAM.EXE

* Microsoft Windows ME PnP Serial Device Error SERENUM.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=297125
Direct download [105 KB, English]:
http://www.txsystems.com/downloads/meupdate.zip

* Microsoft Windows ME Fast Mouse Pointer Moves Randomly USER32.DLL + USER.EXE
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=280800
Direct download [435 KB, English]:
http://members.aol.com/files2u/q280800e.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=267139

* Microsoft Windows ME System Restore Checkpoint SMGR.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290700
Direct download [219 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/update/16372/winme/en-us/290700usam.exe

* Microsoft Windows ME 16-bit Sockets Error IPHLPAPI.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279866
Direct download [158 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/13195/WinMe/EN-US/279866USAM.EXE

* Microsoft Windows ME Dial-Up Connection + VPN Server NETPPTP.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278031
Direct download [163 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/update/13111/winme/en-us/278031usam.exe

* Microsoft Windows ME Networking Errors VNETBIOS.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272991
Direct download [148 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/update/13387/winme/en-us/272991usam.exe

* Microsoft Windows ME Incorrect Battery Charge Icon SYSTRAY.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271264
Direct download [152 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/update/11438/winme/en-us/271264usam.exe

* Microsoft Windows ME Web Client NTLM Authentication FP4AWEC.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-001.asp
Direct download [304 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/14733/WinMe/EN-US/282132USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=282132
MS Office 2000 users MUST install MS Office 2000 SR-1a Upgrade FIRST:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/o2ksr1ddl.aspx
and ONLY after that install MS Office 2000 SP3:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/o2ksp3.aspx
instead of FP4AWEC.DLL Fix!

* Microsoft Windows ME Exception 03h in Module... Error Message with Network
Associates Software CMAPIENG.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=275003
Direct download [41 KB, English]:
http://download.nai.com/products/retail/english/cmapifix/Cmapifix.exe
More info:
http://www.mcafeehelp.com/faq1.asp?docid=362

* Microsoft Windows ME HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow HTICONS.DLL,
HYPERTRM.DLL + HYPERTRM.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-079.asp
Direct download [303 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/12395/WinMe/EN-US/274548USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274548

* Microsoft Windows ME Malformed IPX NMPI Packet NWLINK.VXD + VSERVER.VXD
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-073.asp
Direct download [216 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/11974/WinMe/EN-US/273727USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273727

* Microsoft Windows ME ScanDisk Runs Even If Correct Shutdown + DOS Device in
Path Name IFSMGR.VXD build 4.90.3002 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273017
Direct download [224 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/11956/WinME/EN-US/273017USAM.EXE
See "CACHE WRITE DELAY" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows ME WebTV Denial of Service ANNCLIST.EXE Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-074.asp
Direct download [180 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/12278/WinMe/EN-US/274113USAM.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274113

* Microsoft Windows ME AOL + WDM/USB Modems CCPORT.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272016
Direct download [156 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/11698/WinMe/EN-US/272016USAM.EXE

* Microsoft Windows ME WDM/USB Audio KMIXER.SYS, RT.SYS, USBAUDIO.SYS +
WDMAUD.SYS Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=280127
Direct download [261 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.gateway.com/pub/hardware_support/drivers/win_me/audio/7510515.exe
More info @ Gateway:
http://www.gateway.com/support/techdocs/audio/130217910.shtml
More info @ MSKB:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=284714

* Get one of the 3 available Unofficial Windows ME Real DOS Mode Patches (all
freeware) from "MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 ESSENTIALS" (further below) to FIX all
these BUGs: reactivate native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT +
CONFIG.SYS files (the Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that
do NOT work from within a Windows DOS session.

* Unofficial Windows ME Boot Disk Maker v1.2 32-bit creates a startup floppy
containing Windows ME boot files:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/bootdiskmaker/boot3.htm
Direct download [603 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/3dfiles/tweakfiles/misc/me_bootdisk_setup.exe

* Unofficial Windows ME System Restore Remover Pro (SRP) v1.5 32-bit removes
System Restore and PC Health safely while preserving Help:
http://www.defsoft.iwarp.com/
Direct download [516 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/3dfiles/tweakfiles/misc/SRPSetup.exe
Courtesy of Rick (rickdale@hotmail.com).
Older SRP v1.1 also removes WMI/WBEM [362 KB]:
http://members.aol.com/maxspeeed/srp11.zip
See "WINME WBEM (WINMGNT) BUG + FIX" in TIPSME.TXT (included) for details!

* Unofficial Windows ME System Editor (SysEdit) v1.5 32-bit edits
AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, HOSTS.SAM, PROTOCOLS, SYSTEM.INI + WIN.INI [36 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/3dfiles/tweakfiles/misc/sysEdit_ME_v1.5.zip

* See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" below for more CRITICAL
UPDATES!



WINDOWS 2000 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows 2000 Updates on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Updates (automatic install):
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Save Updates to disk:
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/
Win2000 OS + MS IE 5/6 browser required.
MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323166
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=win2000
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Critical Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/critical/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Recommended Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Support:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/support/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Software Compatibility Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/appcompat/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Post-SP2 Hot Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/servicepacks/windows/2000/win2000_post-sp2_hotfixes.asp
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kits:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows 2000 Resource Kit Tools:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win2000/
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Services DOCument [244 KB, right-click to save!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/docs/win2kservices.doc
- Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP Online Crash Analysis (OCA):
http://oca.microsoft.com/
- Unofficial Windows 2000 SP5 Fix List:
http://www.ethan-c-allen.com/xpsp2/sp5.html
- NT Compatible: Unofficial Windows NT/2000/XP info, reviews, tips, downloads:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 2000/XP Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w2kxpupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial Windows 2000/XP/2003 Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates.htm
- Unofficial Windows 2000 SP3 Setup CD-ROM Without MS IE/OE:
http://home.earthlink.net/~vorck/

* Microsoft Windows 2000 RPC Buffer Overrun OLE32.DLL, RPCRT4.DLL + RPCSS.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-026.asp
Direct download [898 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/1/f/01fdd40f-efc5-433d-8ad2-b4b9d42049d5/Windows2000-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823980

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 Utility Manager Message Handling Flaw SP3RES.DLL
+ UMANDLG.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-025.asp
Direct download [524 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/1/2619dbe3-23c3-4b93-8f24-4bcfe4c4a508/Windows2000-KB822679-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822679

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SMB Buffer Overrun SRVSVC.DLL + SRV.SYS Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-024.asp
Direct download [373 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/b/3/0b306d3f-f43e-4086-bc44-feacdfbd46bf/Windows2000-KB817606-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817606

* Microsoft Windows 2000 HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [383 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/0/6/006cef65-34f3-4db4-8153-e4a5bcc9b62e/Windows2000-KB823559-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/
Download 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/download.asp
- 2000 SP4 Full [129 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
- 2000 SP4 Express [588 KB, English, Setup only]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/1/A/B1A2A4DF-CC8E-454B-AD9F-378143D77AEB/SP4Express_EN.exe
Express Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading components.
Order Windows 2000 SP4 on CD [only USA (USD $14.95) or Canada (CDN $19.95) +
S/H fee]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/ordercd.asp
SP4 includes: SP1, SP2, SP2 SRP1, SP3, USB 2.0, MSI 2.0, Automatic Updates +
128-bit SSL encryption.
List of Bugs Fixed in SP4:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327194
SP4 Deployment Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/deploytools.asp
SP4 Support Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/supporttools.asp

* Unofficial Windows NT4/2000 DebPloit Kernel Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/story.php?id=9306
Direct download [44 KB]:
http://www.smartline.ru/software/DebPloitFix.zip
More info:
http://www.entercept.com/news/uspr/03-28-02.asp

* See "FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS", "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE)
4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL
SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION (SE) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE Updates on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows 98, 98 SP1 + 98 SE Updates (automatic install):
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Save Updates to disk:
https://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/
Win98 OS + MS IE 5/6 browser required.
MSKB: How to Save Updates from Windows Update Catalog:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323166
- Microsoft Windows 98 Corporate Updates (manual install):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/corporate.asp
- Microsoft Windows 98 Updates (manual install):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/
- Microsoft Windows 98 Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=w98
- MSKB: Windows 98 + ME Hardware/Driver Troubleshooting Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/hardware/hwddresctr.asp
- MSKB: Windows 98 + ME Error Message Resource Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/topics/errormsg/emresctr.asp
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- Unofficial List of ALL Windows 98 (retail) Updates, Patches + Fixes:
http://www.walbeehm.com/win98upd.html
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 98/ME Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w98meupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial Windows 98/ME Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates2.htm
- Unofficial Windows 98/98 SE/ME Patches (French):
http://www.autourdupc.com/Logiciel/WIN98/WIN98ALL.htm
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/
- Mr Scary's Post Windows 98 SE Updates + Add-ons:
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~mrscary/post98se.htm
- My Unofficial "KILLER REPLACEMENTS: ME -> 98 SE" in TIPS98.TXT (included).

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [305 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/5/d/c5dfa55f-a70d-49ad-b753-ba8a7d685633/823559USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE DVD Player UDF.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310695
See "ßETA SOFTWARE" at the bottom of this file for details!

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Laptop PC Hangs During Docking/Undocking NTKERN.VXD
+ VMM.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=288430
Direct download [362 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q288430/win-98se/qfe-winse-q288430-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Laptop PCs PCI.VXD Fix [136 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q280448/win-98se/qfe-winse-q280448-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE MS-DOS Internal Stack Overflow ACPI.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=263891
Direct download [144 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q263891/win-98se/qfe-winse-q263891-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE ACPI with Anti-Virus Software Stops Upon Reboot
VMCPD.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259253
Direct download [101 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q259253/win-98se/qfe-winse-q259253-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE SSL Certificate Flaw Identity Spoofing
CRYPT32.DLL, CRYPTDLG.DLL, SCHANNEL.DLL + SOFTPUB.DLL Security Vulnerability
Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-050.asp
Direct download [408 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/UPDATE/25897/W98/EN-US/329115USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329115

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE USB Keyboards KBDHID.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245065
Direct download [104 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q245065/win-98se/qfe-winse-q245065-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Certificate Flaw Deletion XENROLL.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-048.asp
Direct download [215 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/PATCH/24421/W98/EN-US/323172USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323172

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Shell Unchecked Buffer Arbitrary Code Execution
SHELL32.DLL build 4.72.3812.600 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-014.asp
Direct download [834 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/actdesk/4.01_sp2/W9XNT4/EN-US/q313829.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313829
BUG: This SHELL32.DLL fix breaks the ability of removing annoying arrows from
Desktop shortcut icons!
FIX: See "PATCHED SHELL32.DLL BUG + FIX" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for complete
details.

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE SNMP Unchecked Buffer Arbitrary Code Execution
SNMP.EXE + SNMPAPI.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-006.asp
Direct download [160 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/UPDATE/23433/W98/EN-US/314147USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314147

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE + ICS UPnP Unchecked Buffer System Compromise
SSDPAPI.DLL, SSDPSRV.EXE + UPNP.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-059.asp
Direct download [223 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Patch/Q314941/W98/EN-US/314941USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314941

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Digital CD Audio Error CDVSD.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274370
Direct download [162 KB, English]:
http://www.pcscomp.com/support/files/Win98se/274370usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE PnP Printer Errors VCOMM.VXD build 4.10.2225 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291854
Direct download [106 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q288550/win-98se/qfe-winse-q288550-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Windows Explorer Hangs With DHCP Card VDHCP.386 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=293197
Direct download [127 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q293197/win-98se/qfe-winse-q293197-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE MS Video With USB Digital Camera Error VFWWDM32.DLL
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278033
Direct download [121 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q278033/win-98se/qfe-winse-q278033-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Resource Kit Taskpads Scripting Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-007.asp
Direct download [251 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/reskit/win98/taskpads/tmcpatch.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=218619

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Dial-Up Networking (DUN) Upgrade v1.4 adds 128-bit
PPTP encryption:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285189
Direct download [459 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/17648/W98/EN-US/dun14-SE.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Computer Hangs in ACPI S4 + USB Device USBD.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241084
Direct download [153 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/3978/W98/EN-US/241084up.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE WDM/USB Audio Driver WDMAUD.DRV, KMIXER.SYS,
PORTCLS.SYS, SBEMUL.SYS, SYSAUDIO.SYS, USBAUDIO.SYS + WDMAUD.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242937
Direct download [374 KB, English]:
ftp://download.intel.com/design/motherbd/bt2/269601USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE WDM/USB Modems USBSER.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308349
Direct download [110 KB, English]:
http://www.open.co.nz/Support/Telstra_NT1_Plus_II/Downloads/USB%20Configuration%20Tool/Q308349.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE AOL + WDM/USB Modems CCPORT.SYS, USBSER.SYS +
WDMMDMLD.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242004
Direct download [268 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/wdmmdm/1.0/wxp/en-us/wdmmdm.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE TI-14xx Controller With CardBus Card CBSS.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=258010
Direct download [152 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.pbnec.nl/pub/itemnr/REFFIUP02620100/258010USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE USB OpenHCI Controller on Fast Computers OPENHCI.SYS
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=253697
Direct download [151 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/6101/W98/EN-US/253697USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Improper Shut Down in ACPI Standby CONFIGMG.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=253711
Direct download [204 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98se/update/14007/w98/en-us/253711usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE ScanDisk Runs Even If Correct Shutdown and DOS
Device in Path Name IFSMGR.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273017
Direct download [225 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/11956/W98/EN-US/273017USA8.EXE
See "CACHE WRITE DELAY" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Hard Disks > 64 GB FDISK.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=263044
Direct download [175 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/Win98/Update/8266R/W98/EN-US/263044USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE SCSI/RAID Controllers + Drives SCSIPORT.PDR Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290831
Direct download [151 KB, English]:
http://www.pcscomp.com/support/files/Win98se/290831usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE HyperTerminal Buffer Overflow HTICONS.DLL,
HYPERTRM.DLL + HYPERTRM.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-079.asp
Direct download [302 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/12395/W98/EN-US/274548USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274548

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Malformed IPX NMPI Packet NWLINK.VXD +
VSERVER.VXD Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-073.asp
Direct download [237 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/11974/W98/EN-US/273727USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273727

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE WebTV Denial of Service ANNCLIST.EXE Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-074.asp
Direct download [181 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/12278/W98/EN-US/274113USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274113

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Mapped Drives Shutdown USER32.DLL + USER.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=260067
Direct download [449 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/7602/W98/EN-US/260067USA8.EXE
See "TIMED SHUT DOWN" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE IP Fragment Reassembly + Fragmented IGMP Packet
VIP.386 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-029.asp
Direct download [192 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/update/8070/w98/EN-US/259728USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259728

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE IEEE 1394 (FireWire) 1394BUS.SYS + OHCI1394.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=252958
Direct download [184 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98se/update/5982/w98/en-us/252958usa8.exe
MUST install FireWire Fix below FIRST!

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE IEEE 1394 (FireWire) USER32.DLL, SYSTRAY.EXE,
USER.EXE, 1394BUS.SYS, OHCI1394.SYS, SBP2PORT.SYS, DISKTSD.VXD + IOS.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242975
Direct download [583 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98se/Update/2944-2/W98/EN-US/242975USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE FDISK Errors With Rebalanced IDE Controller
DISKTSD.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246387
Direct download [99 KB, English]:
http://support.toshiba-tro.de/tools/quick-fixes/q246387/win-98se/qfe-winse-q246387-en.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE IDE Controller Disabled in BIOS PCIMP.PCI Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245682
Direct download [149 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/ideupd/1/W98/EN-US/245682US8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE TCP/IP Prematurely Transmitted Packets VTCP.386
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=236926
Direct download [169 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/3111/W98/EN-US/236926USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE ScanDisk Errors on (E)IDE Hard Disks > 32 GB
ESDI_506.PDR Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=243450
Direct download [158 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/5638-6151/W98/EN-US/243450USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE File Access URL MSNET32.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-049.asp
Direct download [169 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/update/245729/w98/en-us/245729us8.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245729

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE USB Hibernation Hang USBHUB.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271811
Direct download [165 KB, English]:
http://www.tulipcomputers.com/drivers/tulip/notebook/drivers/vn100/271811usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE USB UHCD.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240075
Direct download [158 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Patch/4.10.2223/W98/EN-US/240075up.exe
See "FIX WIN98 SE USB + SHUTDOWN ERRORS" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more
details.

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Malformed Telnet Argument TELNET.EXE Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-033.asp
Direct download [146 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/6/e96ff524-06fe-40b0-b98b-eb45e070d5d0/TelnetUp.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240163

* Microsoft Windows 98 SE Shutdown Supplement APMBATT.SYS, CONFIGMG.VXD,
MSCONFIG.EXE, PCI.VXD, TSHOOT98.CHM + VPOWERD.VXD Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239887
Direct download [504 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/d/8/dd8e4f2d-3b66-41d7-8a4a-cefefd8deb2c/4756US8.EXE
REQUIRED READING:
- MSKB: How to Troubleshoot Windows 98 SE Shutdown Problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238096
- MSKB: Windows 98 Troubleshooters:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot/
- James' Windows 98 SE Shutdown Troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/a/shtdwnse.htm
- "FIX WIN98 SE USB + SHUTDOWN ERRORS" in TIPS98.TXT (included).

* See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more
CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS 98 SERVICE PACK 1 (SP1) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Microsoft Windows 98 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Components:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/servicepacks/windows/98/

* Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 System Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/wurecommended/systemupdate/
Direct download [1 MB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/bin/w98/wucsp.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232972

* Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 Year 2000 Update #1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/wurecommended/y2k/
Direct download [1.2 MB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/bin/w98/y2k.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=168116

* Microsoft Windows 98 SP1 Year 2000 Update #2:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/wurecommended/y2k2/
Direct download [635 KB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/bin/w98/Y2KW98_2.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234561

* See "WINDOWS 98 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" below for more Windows 98
SP1 CRITICAL UPDATES:



WINDOWS 98 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* See "WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION (SE) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" above
for more Windows 98/98 SP1 CRITICAL UPDATES! READ Microsoft guidelines for
each UPDATE, and install ONLY the ones that APPLY to Windows 98/98 SP1!

* Microsoft Windows 98 Dial-Up Networking (DUN) Upgrade v1.4 adds 128-bit PPTP
encryption:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285189
Direct download [505 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/17648/W98/EN-US/dun14-98.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 DOS Device in Path Name IFSMGR.VXD Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=256015
Direct download [222 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/6467/W98/EN-US/256015USA8.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 USB OpenHCI Controller on Fast Computers OPENHCI.SYS
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=241134
Direct download [160 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/4003/W98/EN-US/241134usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 IPF in GDI.EXE Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=220460
Direct download [204 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/220460/W98/EN-US/220460_98up.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 Computer Hangs After 49.7 Days VTDAPI.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216641
Direct download [133 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/Update/8/W95/EN-US/216641up.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft + Novell Networks + Client NETDI.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=190656
Direct download [270 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/Q190656/W98/EN-US/190656_98UP.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 98 Unrecognized USB Device After Standby OPENHCI.SYS,
USBD.SYS + USBHUB.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=189591
Direct download [154 KB]:
http://www.pcscomp.com/support/files/win98openhci.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98 Cached Domain Password MSNP32.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-052.asp
Direct download [161 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/update/168115/w98/en-us/168115us8.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=168115

* Microsoft Windows 98 Power Management Troubleshooter v1.3 PMTSHOOT.VXD
Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=185949
Direct download [158 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/pmtshoot.exe
REQUIRED READING:
- MSKB: How to Troubleshoot Windows 98 + 98 SE Shutdown Problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=202633
- MSKB: Windows 98 Troubleshooters:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/windows/tshoot/
- James' Windows 95, 98 + ME Shutdown Troubleshooter:
http://www.aumha.org/a/shutdown.htm

* See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more
CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS 95B/95C OSR 2.X ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* OSR2 Updates on the Internet:
- Unofficial Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x Resource:
http://24.237.160.4/files/omnibook/Win95osr2_stuff/osr2faq.html
- Unofficial List of ALL Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x Upgrades, Patches + Fixes:
http://www.walbeehm.com/win95upd.html
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 95 OSR2/NT4 SP6a Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w95ntupd.html
- My Unofficial "OSR 2.1 - 2.5 FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" in OSR2TIPS.TXT
(included):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/osr2.htm#OSR25

* Microsoft Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.0/2.1/2.5 USB Service Update Packs MUST be
installed in this EXACT order:
1. Windows 95B OSR 2.1 USB Service Update Pack (USBSUP) build 4.03.1214
upgrades OSR 2.0 to OSR 2.1, installs new KERNEL32.DLL core build 4.03.1212
and support for new USB, AGP and PCI peripherals:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=181661
USBSUP [957 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/aptiva/usbupdus.exe
International (localized) USBSUP releases:
http://www.walbeehm.com/win95upd.html#note031
2. Windows 95C OSR 2.5 USB Service Update Pack 2 (USBSUP2) upgrades OSR 2.1 to
OSR 2.5 and installs new USB drivers OPENHCI.SYS, UHCD.SYS, USBD.SYS +
USBHUB.SYS build 4.03.1215:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=253756
USBSUP2 [303 KB, English]:
http://www.usbman.com/WebDrivers/Win95USB%20SuppUpdate/usbupd2.zip
3. Windows 95C OSR 2.5 USB Service Update QFE (USBQFE) upgrades USB drivers
UHCD.SYS + USBHUB.SYS build 4.03.1218:
http://home.att.net/~wymette/drivers/USBupd.txt
USBQFE [56 KB]:
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/e7kusb9p.exe
USBMan OSR 2.x USB Service Packs install Guide:
http://www.usbman.com/Win95%20USB%20Guide.htm
Windows Purist OSR 2.x USB Service Packs install Guide:
http://home.pacbell.net/drakcap/Purist9.htm
Intel USB System Check (USBREADY.EXE) tool [533 KB]:
http://www.usb.org/data/usbready.exe
Microsoft USB View (USBVIEW.EXE) tool [68 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/DIAGNOSE/USBVIEW.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x AMD CPUs > 350 MHz Protection Error
NTKERN.VXD (OSR 2.1 ONLY!), ESDI_506.PDR, HSFLOP.PDR, SCSIPORT.PDR, CDFS.VXD,
DISKTSD.VXD, INT13.VXD, IOS.VXD + VFBACKUP.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=192841
Direct download [284 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/patch/1.2/w95/en-us/amdk6upd.exe
AMD Fix install Guide:
http://home.pacbell.net/drakcap/Purist10.htm
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234259

* Microsoft Windows 95B OSR 2.0/2.1 PnP CardBus OPENHCI.SYS v4.03.1214,
CBSS.VXD, PCCARD.VXD + PCI.VXD v4.00.1120 Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wuservicepacks/pccard/
Direct download [216 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/5503/W95/EN-US/PCCARDUPD.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=172652

* Microsoft Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x PC Card PCI.VXD build 4.00.1122 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=192067
Direct download [138 KB]:
ftp://ftp.toshiba.ca/models/p3440/p3k4e5pc.exe
MUST install PnP CardBus Fix above FIRST!

* Microsoft Windows 95B OSR 2.0/2.1 International (other than U.S. English)
Memory Leak IO.SYS Patch:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=170456
See "IO.SYS FIX" in OSR2TIPS.TXT (included) for more info.

* Get ALL available Unofficial Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x DOS Patches (freeware)
from "MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 ESSENTIALS" (further below) or go to:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/dos.htm#OSR
to FIX all these BUGs: dual-boot with previous MS-DOS 6.xx, IO.SYS + HIMEM.SYS
memory leak, FAT32 and install/run Win31 under MS-DOS 7.xx.

* See "WINDOWS 95/OSR1 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" below for more OSR2
CRITICAL UPDATES! READ Microsoft guidelines for each UPDATE, and install ONLY
the ones that APPLY to Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x:



WINDOWS 95/95A OSR1 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Updates on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/
- Unofficial List of ALL Windows 95/OSR1 Upgrades, Patches + Fixes:
http://www.walbeehm.com/win95upd.html
- MSKB: Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM Extras:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=135315
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows 95 CD-ROM Extras:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/products/windows/windows95/cdromextras/
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/windows/windows95/reskit/

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Shell Unchecked Buffer Arbitrary Code
Execution SHELL32.DLL build 4.72.3812.600 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-014.asp
Direct download [834 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/actdesk/4.01_sp2/W9XNT4/EN-US/q313829.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313829
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 [84.1 MB, English] installed with Active Desktop (View
As Web Page) enabled:
http://downloads.evolt.org.uk/browsers/ie/32bit/5.5_SP2/ie55sp2.exe
BUG: This SHELL32.DLL fix breaks the ability of removing annoying arrows from
Desktop shortcut icons!
FIX: See "PATCHED SHELL32.DLL BUG + FIX" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for complete
details.

* Microsoft Windows 95/95a OSR1/95B OSR 2.0/2.1 UNC Share SHELL32.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160807
Direct download [488 KB]:
http://www.rangersuite.com/downloads/public/shellupd.exe
Do NOT install this SHELL32.DLL Fix IF MS IE 5.xx with Active Desktop (View As
Web Page) already installed!

* Microsoft Dial-Up Networking (DUN) Upgrade v1.4 adds 128-bit PPTP encryption
and Win98 TCP/IP functionality to Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=285189
Direct download [1.8 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/17648/W95/EN-US/dun14-95.exe
MS DUN Upgrade 1.4 introduces the self-adjustable "IPMTU" Registry setting
known to Win98/ME users. To learn how to modify your Internet Packet (IP) size
(also called "MTU") to MAXimize the speed of your DUN (TCP/IP) connections
over analog/dial-up modems, READ "FASTEST INTERNET 98 - Part 1" + "FASTEST
INTERNET 98 - Part 2", both in TIPS98.TXT (included).

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 32-bit Sockets Upgrade (Winsock) v2.0:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=182108
Direct download [963 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/0/0e05231b-6bd1-4def-a216-c656fbd22b4e/W95ws2setup.exe
MS Winsock 2.0 Upgrade MUST be installed BEFORE MS DUN Upgrade 1.4!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Malformed IPX NMPI Packet NWLINK.VXD +
VSERVER.VXD Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-073.asp
Direct download [238 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/11974/W95/EN-US/273727USA5.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273727

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 IP Fragment Reassembly + Fragmented IGMP
Packet VIP.386 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-029.asp
Direct download [176 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/8070/W95/EN-US/259728USA5.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=259728

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 DOS Device in Path Name IFSMGR.VXD Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=256015
Direct download [260 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/6467/W95/EN-US/256015USA5.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 File Access URL MSNET32.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-049.asp
Direct download [161 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/update/245729/w95/en-us/245729us5.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=245729

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Cached Domain Password MSNP32.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-052.asp
Direct download [148 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/update/168115/w95/en-us/168115us5.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=168115

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Password Encryption + Invalid Domain Server
DUN Password MPRSERV.DLL, NWNET32.DLL, NWREDIR.VXD, PPPMAC.VXD, RASAPI32.DLL,
VREDIR.VXD + VNETSUP.VXD Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=165402
- Windows 95/95a OSR1 Patch [484 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/secupd.exe
- Windows 95B OSR 2.0/2.1 Patch [496 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/secupd2.exe
- Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 VREDIR.VXD + VNETSUP.VXD Patch [211 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/vrdrupd.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=165403
- Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 NetWare NWREDIR.VXD Patch [222 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/nwredup4.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Data/Fax/Voice Modems Unimodem V build 4.10.431
Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=139383
Direct download [467 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/unimodv.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95 Service Pack 1 (SP1) upgrades Windows 95 retail to
Windows 95a OSR1 COMDLG32.DLL, KERNEL32.DLL, OLE32.DLL, SAGE.DLL, SHELL32.DLL,
NET.EXE, NETPWL.EXE, LPT.VXD, NWSERVER.VXD, VREDIR.VXD + VSERVER.VXD build
4.00.951:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wuservicepacks/w95svcpack1/
95 SP1 [1.2 MB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/SETUP.EXE
95 SP1 Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUServicePacks/W95SvcPack1/W95SvcPack1.asp
95 SP1 Complete 14 Disks Set:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/common/servicepack1/svcpk1diskset.asp

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 OLE2 Libraries v2.1 COMPOBJ.DLL, OLE32.DLL +
OLETHK32.DLL Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=139432
Direct download [495 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/OLEUPD.EXE
OLE2 2.1 Update MUST be installed AFTER Windows 95 SP1!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Year 2000 Update VDHCP.386, COMMAND.COM,
TIMEDATE.CPL, CFGMGR32.DLL, COMCTL32.DLL, MFC40.DLL, MSVCRT40.DLL,
SETUPAPI.DLL, SHELL32.DLL, DIALER.EXE, WINFILE.EXE + XCOPY(32).EXE Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=225050
Direct download [2.17 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/w95/y2kupdate/x86/en/w95y2k.exe
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/win95y2k/

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Computer Hangs After 49.7 Days VTDAPI.VXD
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=216641
Direct download [133 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/VTDAPI95.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 LBA and INT13 IDE Hard Disk Data Loss DISKTSD.VXD
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=148821
Direct download [147 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/DSKTSUPD.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 IDE Driver ESDI_506.PDR + VOLTRACK.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=171353
Direct download [143 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/REMIDEUP.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 HD + CD Drive IOS.VXD build 4.00.953 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=149563
Direct download [170 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/IOSUPD.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Data Link Control protocol DLC.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=170736
Direct download [207 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/DLC32UPD.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Password Cache Encryption MSPWL32.DLL + NET.EXE
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=132807
Direct download [318 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSPWLUPD.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Socket KERNEL32.DLL build 4.00.951 Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wuadmintools/s_wunetworkingtools/w95kernel32/
Direct download [329 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/9/4/094ED635-18BD-4FC5-BC29-8EDB661857B9/w95krnlupd.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 ECP Port LPT.VXD build 4.00.955 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=137152
Direct download [160 KB]:
http://www.nfive.com/Support/files/drivers_win/fargo/Primera_pro_elite/prnt5upd.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=141919

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Floppy Driver HSFLOP.PDR build 4.00.951 Fix for
Compaq + Toshiba PCs:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=145760
Direct download [26 KB]:
http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/hsflop.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 IOS Failed to Initialize RMM.PDR build
4.00.1112 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=157924
Direct download [100 KB]:
ftp://ftp.gw2k.com/pub/gw-sold_ms-apps/win_95/iosfix.exe
MS IE 4.01 + 5.xx install RMM.PDR Fix!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Spooler SPOOLSS.DLL build 4.00.952 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=159873
Direct download [212 KB]:
ftp://profax.co.nz/downloads/Patches/SpoolUpd.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Malformed Telnet Argument TELNET.EXE Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-033.asp
Direct download [174 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/Update/10/W95/EN-US/telnet95.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240163

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Infrared (IRDA) Communications Driver v2.0 Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=139445
Direct download [331 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/W95IR.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Infrared (IRDA) Data Transfer v1.0 Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wucommunications/w95infraredtrnsf/
Direct download [240 KB]:
http://www.boinklabs.com/download/win95_updates/W95irxfer.exe
IRDA 2.0 Update MUST be installed FIRST (see above)!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1 Backup Tool BACKUP.EXE Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wuservicepacks/w95backupUpdate/
Direct download [439 KB, English]:
http://www.boinklabs.com/download/win95_updates/W95BACKUPD2.EXE

* See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further below for more
CRITICAL UPDATES!



WINDOWS NEW TECHNOLOGY (NT) 4.0 ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES



* Windows NT 4.0 Updates on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=ntw40
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=nts40
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Technical Resources + HowTos:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/technicalresources/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Technical Resources + HowTos:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/techresources/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Resource Kit DOCs:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/technicalresources/ResourceKit/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit DOCs:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/reskit/reskit.asp
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386/
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Resource Kit:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt351/
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows NT 3.5 Resource Kit [7 MB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt35/i386/I386.EXE
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 Resource Kit [4 MB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe
- Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP Online Crash Analysis (OCA):
http://oca.microsoft.com/
- MS FTP: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Post-SP6a Hot Fixes:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/hotfixes-postsp6a/
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 7 Notice:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/sp7.asp
- NT Compatible: Unofficial Windows NT/2000/XP info, reviews, tips, downloads:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/
- ERPMan's Unofficial Windows 95 OSR2/NT4 SP6a Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w95ntupd.html
- Microsoft Windows OS Hardware Compatibility List:
http://www.microsoft.com/hcl/
- MSKB: How to enable Plug and Play in Windows NT 4.0:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=156344
- MSKB: Tips for Troubleshooting Windows NT 4.0 Installation Problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240045

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Flaw KERNEL32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-029.asp
Direct download [451 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/c/4/0c43ffdb-58fc-4231-83c6-4bfa69f70680/Q823803i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823803

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Named Pipes Connection Error NPFS.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823492
Direct download [196 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/0/8/308972d8-3907-4c48-935b-f0e00248cc99/Q823492i.EXE

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 RPC Buffer Overrun OLE32.DLL, RPCRT4.DLL +
RPCSS.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-026.asp
Direct download [1.35 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/5/1/651c3333-4892-431f-ae93-bf8718d29e1a/Q823980i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823980

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server SMB Buffer Overrun SRV.SYS Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-024.asp
Direct download [408 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/9/0a95e33a-2bb7-4e0a-b389-8eaac99ef364/Q817606i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817606

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 HTML Converter Buffer Overrun HTML32.CNV +
MSCONV97.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-023.asp
Direct download [290 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/f/2/ef23e6c9-f0fd-494c-a989-1e7ffc006085/Windows-KB823559-ENU.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=823559

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Web Server Unchecked Buffer NTDLL.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-007.asp
Direct download [491 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/3/f/93f82d57-0f2f-40ab-9873-f41d0384e5ee/Q815021i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815021

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Kernel Message Buffer Overrun NTKRNLMP.EXE,
NTKRNLPA.EXE, NTKRPAMP.EXE + NTOSKRNL.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-013.asp
Direct download [1.55 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/4/8e44f497-c947-47c0-b846-1be11c605811/Q811493i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811493

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Indexing Services Cross Site Scripting WEBHITS.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-084.asp
Direct download [561 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/2/26287382-4eff-4e39-b331-624eba8abdae/Q278499i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278499

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 WM_TIMER Message Handling Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-071.asp
Direct download [2.02 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/b/6/4b676156-8df8-46f4-a087-f98980d71a32/Q328310i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328310

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Locator Service Unchecked Buffer LOCATOR.EXE
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-001.asp
Direct download [221 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/6/d/36d7bf6a-56b3-4e56-b332-e4bd4ced994e/Q810833i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810833

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SSL Certificate Flaw Identity Spoofing CRYPT32.DLL,
CRYPTDLG.DLL, SCHANNEL.DLL + SOFTPUB.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-050.asp
Direct download [519 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q329115/NT4/EN-US/Q329115i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329115

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000 100 MB Networks High Rate Collisions Registry
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=169789

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Certificate Flaw Deletion SPMSG.DLL + XENROLL.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-048.asp
Direct download [268 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q323172/NT4/EN-US/Q323172i.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323172

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 DoS Unchecked SMB Buffer XACTSRV.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-045.asp
Direct download [160 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q326830/NT4/EN-US/Q326830i.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326830

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server RAS Phonebook Buffer Overrun RASAPI32.DLL,
RASDLG.DLL + RASSAPI.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-029.asp
- WinNT4 Patch [593 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q318138/NT4/EN-US/Q318138i.exe
- WinNT4 + RASS Patch [632 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/PatchSH/Q318138/NT4/EN-US/Q318138i.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318138

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Debugger Authentication Flaw Security Vulnerability
Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-024.asp
Direct download [109 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q320206/NT4/EN-US/Q320206i.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320206

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Shell Unchecked Buffer Arbitrary Code Execution
SHELL32.DLL build 4.72.3812.600 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-014.asp
- WinNT4 Patch [822 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q313829/NT4/EN-US/Q313829i.exe
- WinNT4 + Active Desktop Patch [834 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/actdesk/4.01_sp2/w9XNT4/en-us/q313829.exe
Requires MS IE 5.5 SP2 [84.1 MB, English] installed with Active Desktop (View
As Web Page) enabled:
http://downloads.evolt.org.uk/browsers/ie/32bit/5.5_SP2/ie55sp2.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313829
BUG: This SHELL32.DLL fix breaks the ability of removing annoying arrows from
Desktop shortcut icons!
FIX: See "PATCHED SHELL32.DLL BUG + FIX" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for complete
details.

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SNMP Unchecked Buffer Arbitrary Code Execution
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-006.asp
Direct download [159 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q314147/NT4/EN-US/Q314147i.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314147

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Post-SP6a Security Rollup Package (SRP):
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299444
SRP [14 MB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/critical/q299444/
MUST install SP6a FIRST (see below)!
Compaq Smart Array Controllers users MUST also install this CPQARRAY.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305228

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a (SP6a):
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/SP6/allSP6.asp
- SP6a High Encryption 128-bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/SP6/128bitX86/
- SP6a Standard Encryption 56-bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/SP6/x86Lang.asp
Size varies between 2-36 MB depending on system configuration.
SP6a includes all fixes and updates from all previous Service Packs.
- Order SP6a on CD-ROM [USA and Canada only]:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/SP6/ordercd.asp

* Unofficial Windows NT4/2000 DebPloit Kernel Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.ntcompatible.com/story.php?id=9306
Direct download [44 KB]:
http://www.smartline.ru/software/DebPloitFix.zip
More info:
http://www.entercept.com/news/uspr/03-28-02.asp

* See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" + "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" below for more CRITICAL
UPDATES!



WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS



* MS Windows Info + Help on the Internet:
- Microsoft Windows Family Home Page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/
- Microsoft Web Site Search Engine:
http://search.microsoft.com/
- MSKB: Service Packs:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=sp
- Microsoft Windows Deployment and Resource Kits:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/
- Microsoft Platform SDK Redistributables:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/psdkredist.htm
- Microsoft DLL Help Database:
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo.asp
- Microsoft Technical White Papers:
http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/whitepapers/
- "MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE MADE EASY" in TIPS95.TXT (included):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/newtip9.htm#MSKB
- "Windows 95 -> 98 -> ME Complete Specs, Features + FREE Upgrades" in
WININFO.TXT (included):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/win.htm
- "Windows 95 -> 98 -> ME Version + Build Info" in VERSION.TXT (included):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/ver.htm

* Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Update build 3810 for Windows
9x/NT4/2000 SP2/2000 SP3/ME/XP + MS Internet Explorer 5/6:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-011.asp
- JVM 3810 Update for Windows 9x/NT4/ME/XP + MS IE 5/6 [5.07 MB, English]:
http://www.gwdg.de/samba/updates/win98/msjavwu.exe
- JVM 3810 Fix for Windows 2000 SP2/2000 SP3 [2.31 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/7/577b7277-227d-4163-9b18-423356321682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816093
Windows XP SP1a does NOT install JVM.
Windows XP SP1 installs older JVM 3805 = BUGgy!
MS JVM Home:
http://www.microsoft.com/java/
MS JVM Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/java/

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 SP6a/2000/ME/XP + Internet Explorer 4.0x/5.xx/6.xx
HTML Help Update v1.40 build 5.2.3735 HH.EXE, HHCTRL.OCX, HHCTRLUI.DLL,
HHSETUP.DLL, ITIRCL.DLL + ITSS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811630
- Windows XP Patch [1.4 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/a/4/ca43de68-f341-431b-826b-b1021b744635/Q811630_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- Windows 2000 Patch [1 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/f/1/cf14eb83-ab53-440e-b00a-2c0bcceeec25/Q811630_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
- Windows ME Patch [497 KB, English]:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/CabPool/811630_me_9C33B723DFD302D233231AB3562EEA9F4B652105.EXE
- Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE Patch [500 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/1/2/c12bc7ae-1c9d-4e1c-b4bc-e2630a8d57a3/811630USA8.EXE
- Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 HTML Help Update v1.32 [717 KB, English]:
http://www.arealvalidator.com/download/hhupd.exe
MS IE 5.5 SP2 [84.1 MB] installs HTML Help 1.32:
http://downloads.evolt.org.uk/browsers/ie/32bit/5.5_SP2/ie55sp2.exe
HTML Help Update 1.40 is NOT compatible with Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2!
- Windows NT4 SP6a Patch [735 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/c/8/cc8a7962-f72f-4358-a13d-326be29d3623/HHUPD.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/XP Foundation Class (MFC), C Runtime + OLE
Automation Libraries (DLLs) ASYCFILT.DLL, MFC42.DLL, MFC42U.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL,
OLEAUT32.DLL, OLEPRO32.DLL, REGSVR32.EXE, REGTLIB.EXE + STDOLE2.TLB Updates:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=197298
- OLE Update v3.50.5016 for Windows XP: install Windows XP SP1a:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/
- OLE Update v2.40.4518 for Windows 2000: install Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/
- OLE Update v2.40.4518 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/NT4 [465 KB, English,
right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/oainst.cab
A MUST: Install OLE Update from OAINST.CAB:
1. ONLY IF using Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE(U): install OLE Update from
OAINST.CAB: extract ALL files from OAINST.CAB into C:\TEMP (example) ->
right-click on OAINST.CAB -> click Extract -> browse to C:\TEMP -> click OK.
Then click Start button -> Run... box -> copy + paste command below -> click
OK:
RUNDLL32.EXE ADVPACK.DLL,LaunchINFSection C:\TEMP\OAINST.INF,DefaultInstall
See "OS UPDATES MADE EASY" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more details on
installing Advanced INF files.
2. ONLY IF using Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4:
A. Install CabView from MS Power Toys 95 BEFORE installing OLE Update [204 KB,
free, unsupported]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/e/52e8fd68-e528-4995-abe2-5644583536e1/W95powertoy.exe
right-click on CabView.INF -> select Install.
B. ONLY IF using Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2: install OLE Update v2.30.4265 FIRST
[1.36 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/3/8/c386d681-4fcc-4dcf-838d-e3ff3ff67174/SPEU.exe
C. Install OLE Update from OAINST.CAB: see paragraph 1 above!
MS IE 6.0 SP1 installs OLE Update 2.40.4518 ONLY IF OLE DLLs are MUCH older!

* Sun Java 2 Runtime Environment Standard Edition (J2SE) v1.4.2 Java Applets
Plug-ins for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + Microsoft, Netscape and Opera
web browsers:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/
Direct download [8 MB, free]:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/XP/2003 iSCSI Software Initiator (iSI) v1.0
(English):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=12cb3c1a-15d6-4585-b385-befd1319f825
- iSI 1.0 RTM Free [1.03 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/e/9/ae91dea1-66d9-417c-ade4-92d824b871af/initiator_x86fre-RTM.msi
- iSI 1.0 RTM Checked [1.08 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/e/9/ae91dea1-66d9-417c-ade4-92d824b871af/initiator_x86chk-RTM.msi

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 SP6a/2000/ME/XP/2003 Messenger (WM) Client Updates:
http://messenger.microsoft.com/
- WM v6.0 for Windows XP/2003 [4.66 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/SETUPDL.EXE
- WM v6.0 for Windows 2000 [6.35 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/SETUPNT.EXE
- WM v6.0 for Windows 98/98 SE/ME [6.25 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/SETUP9X.EXE
- WM v5.0 for Windows NT4 SP6a [4 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/NT4/SETUPNT.EXE
- WM v4.6 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [1.41 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/95/MMSSETUP.EXE
- WM v6.0 Redist for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003 [7.92 MB, English]:
http://g.msn.com/7MEEN_US/EN/SETUP.EXE
WM6 Guide:
http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/
WM6 Features + Add-ons:
http://messenger.microsoft.com/feature/whatsnew.aspx
WM5 Multiple Language Interface (MUI) Package [1.34 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/8/4/f84ded53-1001-4c92-9750-4188ff567567/mmuisetup.exe
WM4 Add-In [59 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/windowsmessenger/utility/4.6/wxp/en-us/msnaddin.exe
WM 4.5/4.6 MSN Chat Control Buffer Overflow Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-022.asp
Direct download [85 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/chat/Patch/4.1/W98XP/EN-US/MSNChatSecFix.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321661
WM 4.7 + newer includes Chat Control Fix!
WM 4.7 Client, Service + Add-Ins APIs for developers:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=457d63c0-81b3-4a38-b88f-af78ba5ac550
Microsoft Windows Messenger Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=winmsgr
Unofficial Messenger Resources:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/
Stop Messenger Spam:
http://www.stopmessengerspam.com/
Mess with MSN Messenger:
http://www.mess.be/
Unofficial Messenger Plus (freeware):
http://www.msgplus.net/
Unofficial WM6 Ad Remover Patch (freeware):
http://www.osbetas.com/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=92
Unofficial Messenger Helper (freeware):
http://www.msnhelper.com/

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 Pre-SP5 Management Instrumentation (WMI) v1.5
Core APIs 32-bit:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322363
- WMI 1.5 for Windows 95/98:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=18492
Direct download [2.95 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wmi9x/1.5/W9X/EN-US/wmi9x.exe
- WMI 1.5 for Windows NT4 Pre-SP5:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=18491
Direct download [3.64 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wmint4/1.5/NT4/EN-US/wmint4.EXE
Requires MS IE 5/6 or newer!
Microsoft Windows 2000 Pre-SP3 WMI WBEMESS.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306274
Direct download [511 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Patch/1.50.1085.74/NT5/EN-US/Q306274.exe
MSDN: WMI Architecture:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/kmarch/hh/kmarch/wmi_2lk7.asp
MSDN: WMI Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/wmi.asp
WMI Admistrative Tools v1.1 for Windows 2000/XP/2003: CIM Studio, Object
Browser, Event Registration + Event Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=40804
WMI Tools [4.74 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/.NetStandardServer/Install/V1.1/NT5XP/EN-US/WMITools.exe
Windows 2000, ME, XP + 2003 include WMI!

* Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Service
Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 2000 SP2/2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/downloads/sp1.asp
Direct download [2.86 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ISAServer2000/SP/1/NT5/EN-US/isasp1.exe
ISA Server Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/isaserver/downloads/

* Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0/5.0/5.1 for Windows
NT4/2000/XP Cumulative Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-018.asp
- IIS 5.1 Patch for Windows XP [777 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/1/6/11606584-1476-44f7-863f-b578ec12c888/Q811114_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- IIS 5.0 Patch for Windows 2000 [1 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/4/c/34ca2e4e-da75-4844-aa28-179ae00b1ac0/Q811114_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
- IIS 4.0 Patch for Windows NT4 [919 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/b/e5b34aaa-c05c-4730-a6ef-23819aba0d4b/Q811114I.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811114
IIS 5.0 for Windows 2000 Certificate Renewal CERTWIZ.OCX Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325827
URLScan Security tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/tools/urlscan.asp
IIS 5/6 Registry Tool Patch [215 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/a/d/0ad8f178-835f-41f9-8f2a-b7b5082b8039/setmaxurllength.exe
Active Directory Group Policy Object [1 KB, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/7/1/e710d0b6-9c0a-48cb-a27e-2309583d4b4d/MaxClientBufferSize.inf
IIS 6.0 Resource Kit Tools for Windows XP/2003 [5.84 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/8/2/782c25d3-0f90-4619-ba36-f0d8f351d398/iis60rkt.exe

* Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) v1.1 for Windows 98/NT4
SP6a/2000/ME/XP/2003 includes: Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) support,
Common Language Runtime (CLR), .NET Framework Class Library (FCL), ASP.NET,
ADO.NET, ODBC.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, C++.NET, J#.NET + Security code necessary
for running .NET Framework applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/
NFR 1.1 [23.1 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/a/c/aac39226-8825-44ce-90e3-bf8203e74006/dotnetfx.exe
Requires MS IE 5.01 or newer installed!
MS .NET Home:
http://www.microsoft.com/net/
MSDN .NET Development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/
MSDN: NFR Technical Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/dotnetfxref.asp
MSDN: NFR Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/
MSDN: NFR Developer Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/XP/2003 Software Update Services (SUS) allow
deployment of critical updates to all networked PCs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/
- SUS Automatic Updates Client:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/susclient/
SUS Client [1 MB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Update/June2002/NT5/EN-US/WUAU22.msi
- SUS Automatic Updates Server v1.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/susserver/
SUS Server 1.0 [46.17 MB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000srv/Install/v1.0/NT5/EN-US/SUSSetup.msi
SUS Server v1.0 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/susdownloadsp1.asp
SUS Server 1.0 SP1 [32.2 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/b/9/0b97f864-2408-4748-ad96-3691e2451006/SUS10SP1.exe
SUS Server 1.0 SP1 Release Notes:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/sp1relnotes.asp
SUS FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/susfaq.asp

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/ME L2TP/IPSec VPN Client v1.0 32-bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/evaluation/news/bulletins/l2tpclient.asp
Direct download [3.9 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Install/1.0/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/msl2tp.exe
Windows 95/98 require MS Winsock 2.0 Upgrade, MS DUN 1.4 Upgrade + MS IE 5/6
with VPN enabled!
Windows 2000, XP + 2003 include VPN Client!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000 Pre-SP2/ME VeriSign Digital Certificates
Spoofing Hazard MSCRLREV.DLL, UPDCRL.EXE + Verisignpub1.crl Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-017.asp
Direct download [125 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Update/q293818/WIN98Me/EN-US/crlupd.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=293818
Windows 2000 SP3, XP + 2003, MS IE 5.5 SP2, 6.0, 6.0 SP1 + newer include
VeriSign Fix!

* Microsoft Plus! for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE ZIP Decompression Unchecked
Buffer + Recoverable Compressed Folders Passwords ZIPFLDR.DLL Security
Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-054.asp
Direct download [268 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/UPDATE/25556/W98/EN-US/329048USA8.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329048

* Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Illegal Operation THEMES.EXE
build 4.40.311 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=160846
THEMES.EXE [84 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/themes.exe
Windows 98, ME, MS Plus! for Kids + MS Plus! for 98 include Themes Fix!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Jet v4.0 Service Packs (SP),
Updates + Tools (English):
Jet 4.0 Service Pack 7 (SP7) for Windows 98/NT4/2000/XP/2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=282010
- Jet 4.0 SP7 for Windows 2003 [2.84 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/4/0/f4025609-aaea-4c98-b17c-ae8ebd6f84c6/WindowsServer2003-KB282010-x86-ENU.exe
- Jet 4.0 SP7 for Windows XP [2.83 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/b/a/cbaa60c3-3ee4-4172-909a-f00c43e4274e/WindowsXP-KB282010-x86-ENU.exe
- Jet 4.0 SP7 for Windows 2000 Pre-SP4 [2.84 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/4/e64744e8-6ac5-427c-a71d-33077c6baf98/Windows2000-KB282010-x86-ENU.exe
Windows 2000 SP4 installs Jet 4.0 SP7!
- Jet 4.0 SP7 for Windows ME [3.47 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/e/f/fefd6ea9-e5d8-4edf-810d-924f7d1d2de4/Jet40SP7_WMe.exe
- Jet 4.0 SP7 for Windows 98/NT4 [3.46 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/8/c/e8c5729c-d90a-4d15-bdc1-cbc9eae82924/Jet40SP7_9xNT.exe
Jet 4.0 SP7 requires Jet Replication Manager (JRM) v4.0 Update for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 ONLY IF using MS Office 2000/XP or newer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=321076
JRM 4.0 Update [170 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/Jet40/Update/4.0.4314/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/jet4repl.exe
MS Office 2000/XP and newer + Jet 4.0 SP5 include JRM 4.0!
Jet Compact tool (JETCOMP.EXE) v4.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=295334
JETCOMP.EXE [111 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/access2000/Utility/1.0/WIN98Me/EN-US/JetCU40.exe
MSO: Repair Damaged Access Databases with Jet Compact:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2002/articles/acRepairDamagedDbWithJetComp.aspx

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Scripting Engines (MSE) v5.6: VBScript 5.6,
JScript 5.6, Windows Script Components, Windows Script Host 5.6 + Windows
Script Runtime 5.6:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
- MSE 5.6 for Windows 9x/NT4/ME [715 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winscript56/Install/5.6/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/scr56en.exe
- MSE 5.6 for Windows 2000 [715 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winscript56/Install/5.6/NT5/EN-US/scripten.exe
Windows XP + 2003 include MSE!
JScript 5.6 Flaw JSCRIPT.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix for Windows 98/NT4
SP6a/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-008.asp
- JScript Patch for Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/ME [361 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/c/f/5cfd55d8-74b2-4338-868b-129ec01b5bd4/js56men.exe
- JScript Patch for Windows 2000/XP [361 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/0/2/a02d7c05-438d-49cd-853c-e69869d22d7a/js56nen.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814078
MSE 5.6 DOCs [1.36 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winscript56/Install/5.6/W982KMeXP/EN-US/scrdoc56en.exe
Microsoft ActiveX Script Control (MSC) v1.0 for Windows 9x/NT4/ME extends
application functionality through scripts:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=184739
MSC 1.0 [205 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winscript56/Install/1.0/W982KMeXP/EN-US/sct10en.exe
Windows 2000, XP + 2003 include MSC!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Data Access Components (MDAC):
http://www.microsoft.com/data/
- MDAC v2.7 SP1 for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP Pre-SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820910
MDAC 2.7 SP1 [5.13 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/b/f/3bf74b01-16ba-472d-9a8c-42b2b4fa0d76/mdac_typ.exe
Windows XP SP1 + 2003 include MDAC 2.7 SP1!
- MDAC 2.6 Unchecked Buffer MSADCO.DLL + MSADCS.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix
for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-065.asp
MDAC 2.6 Patch [814 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/dasdk/Patch/Q329414/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/q329414_mdacall_x86.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329414
- MDAC v2.6 SP2 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2:
http://www.microsoft.com/data/download_26sp2.htm
MDAC 2.6 SP2 [5.04 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/MDAC26/SP/1.0/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/MDAC_TYP.EXE
- MDAC 2.6/2.7 Unchecked Buffer SQL Server Compromise ODBC32.DLL +
ODBCCP32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-040.asp
MDAC 2.7 Patch for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME [225 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/dasdk/Patch/Q323263/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/Q323263_MDAC27_x86_en.exe
MDAC 2.6 Patch for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME [231 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/dasdk/Patch/Q323266/WIN98Me/EN-US/Q323266_MDAC26_x86_en.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326573
- MDAC WebDAV Requests MSDAIPP.DLL Fix for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-022.asp
Direct download [408 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Update/1.5/WIN98Me/EN-US/rbupdate.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296441
- MDAC Component Checker v2.7 SP1 (COMCHECK.EXE) for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
[600 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/3/4/534afa5c-71d4-4dab-bce8-afd65f8f8de5/cc.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/98 Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) v1.3 build
4.71.3328 Internet Interoperability APIs:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/tech/dcom.asp
- DCOM98 RPCLTSCM.DLL Fix for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=315575
RPCLTSCM.DLL Patch for Windows ME [150 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WINME/PATCH/23085/WINME/EN-US/263816USAM.EXE
RPCLTSCM.DLL Patch for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE [1.26 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WIN98/PATCH/23085/W98/EN-US/315575USA8.EXE
- DCOM98 v1.3 for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/dcom1_3.asp
DCOM98 1.3 [1.1 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/dcom/98/x86/en/dcom98.exe
- DCOM95 v1.3 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom95/dcom1_3.asp
DCOM95 1.3 [1.1 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/dcom/95/x86/en/dcom95.exe
- DCOM Configuration Tools (CISCNFG.EXE + DCOMCNFG.EXE) for Windows 9x/ME [192
KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/dcom/98/x86/en/dcm95cfg.exe
Windows ME includes DCOM98 1.3!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 Malformed RTF Word Control RICHED20.DLL,
RICHED32.DLL + USP10.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-005.asp
- RTF Patch for Windows 98/98 SE [818 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Update/5072/W98/EN-US/249973USA8.exe
- RTF Patch for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [818 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Update/5072/W95/EN-US/249973USA5.exe
- RTF Patch for Windows NT 4.0 [552 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/RTF/NT4/EN-US/Q249973i.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249973
Windows ME, 2000, XP + 2003 include RTF Fix!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 + Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2/5.0 Active Setup
Control INSENG.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-048.asp
Direct download [282 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/ASCV/5.0/W9XNT4/EN-US/q244540.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=244540
MS IE 5.5/6.0 + newer include Active Setup Control Fix!

* Microsoft Visual Basic (VB) Runtime Libraries (DLLs) for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x applications + games written in VB:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=vbruntime
- Visual Basic 6.0 (VB6) SP5 32-bit DLLs [1 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290887
- Visual Basic 5.0 (VB5) 32-bit DLLs [1.2 MB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSVBVM50.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=180071
- Visual Basic 4.0 (VB4) 16 + 32 bit DLLs [860 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/VB4RUN.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=196286
- Visual Basic 4.0 (VB4) 16-bit DLLs [1.4 MB]:
http://www.teratech.com/ftpsite/pub/teratech/vb40016a.zip
- Visual Basic 3.0 (VB3) 16-bit DLL [243 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/VB3RUN.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=196285
- Visual Basic 2.0 (VB2) 16-bit DLL [215 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/VBRUN200.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=99251
- Visual Basic 1.0 (VB1) 16-bit DLL [168 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/VBRUN100.EXE
IMPORTANT: VB1 16-bit, VB2 16-bit, VB3 16-bit + VB4 32-bit DLLs do NOT install
automatically:
1. Run their self extracting archives (*.EXE) above.
2. Move VBRUN100.DLL, VBRUN200.DLL, VBRUN300.DLL + VB40032.DLL to
%windir%\SYSTEM (Win9x/ME/3.1x) or %systemroot%\SYSTEM32 (WinNT/2000/XP).
3. Delete ALL MSVBVM*.DLL, VB4*.DLL, VB5*.DLL + VBRUN*.DLL files from ALL
other locations (if any)!
Windows XP + 2003 include VB5 + VB6 SP5 DLLs!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Installer (MSI) Runtime Libraries v2.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/centers/management/msi_faq.asp
- MSI 2.0 for Windows 9x/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=32831
Direct download [1.62 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
- MSI 2.0 for Windows NT4 SP6a/2000 Pre-SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=32832
Direct download [1.73 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe
MSI DOCument [881 KB, right-click to save!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/docs/wininstaller.doc
MSI Errors:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296742
MSI SDK:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/msi/setup/windows_installer_start_page.asp
Windows 2000 SP3, XP + 2003 include MSI 2.0!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x 3D Control Libraries (DLLs) v2.31
for 3D effects: CTL3D.DLL, CTL3D32.DLL, CTL3D32S.DLL + CTL3DV2.DLL [51 KB]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/3DCTRLS.ZIP
See "3D CONTROLS FOR 3D EFFECTS" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for complete
details!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 + Internet Explorer 4.0x Common
Control Library v5.80 build 5.80.2614.3600 COMCTL32.DLL Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/ie/comctrlx86.asp
Direct download [498 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/ieplatform/ie/readme.txt
Windows 98 SE + MS IE 5.0 include COMCTL32.DLL 5.80 Fix.
Windows 2000/ME + MS IE 5.01/5.5/6.xx include COMCTL32.DLL 5.81 Fix.
Windows XP includes COMCTL32.DLL 5.82 Fix.
Windows XP SP1 + 2003 include COMCTL32.DLL 6.0 Fix.

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Common Controls ActiveX Control
COMCTL32.OCX build 5.00.3828 Fix for applications written in Visual Basic,
Visual C++ and Visual Studio:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=167121
Direct download [461 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/update/1/w97/EN-US/comctlzp.exe
Visual Studio (VS):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/
VS Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/VisualStudio6.asp

* Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) Hotfix Checker
(QFECHECK.EXE) tool:
Windows 2000/XP command line QFE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=282784
- QFECHECK.EXE for WinXP [183 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Patch/Q282784/WXP/EN-US/Q282784_WXP_SP1_x86_ENU.exe
- QFECHECK.EXE for Win2000 [98 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/PatchW2K/Q282784/NT5/EN-US/Q282784_W2K_spl_X86_EN.exe
Windows 9x/ME GUI QFE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=145990
QFECHECK.EXE for Win9x/ME [94 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/QFECHKUP.EXE
More Win98 info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=206071
More WinME info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=295413
See "QUICK FIX ENGINEERING" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 OLE/COM Object Viewer (OLEVIEW.EXE)
v2.1 32-bit tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/oleview-o.asp
OLEVIEW.EXE [656 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/oleview/1.00.0.1/nt5/en-us/oleview_setup.exe
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/oleview.asp
Requires:
- Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
or NT4/2000 [1.73 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe
- MS IE 5/6:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
- IVIEWERS.DLL [125 KB, right-click to save!]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/DIAGNOSE/IVIEWERS.DLL

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME GDI+ RTM 32-bit GDIPLUS.DLL build
5.1.3097.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=32738
Direct download [1 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/redist/3097/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/gdiplus_dnld.exe
Place GDIPLUS.DLL in %windir%\SYSTEM (Win98/ME) or %systemroot%\SYSTEM32
(WinNT4/2000).
Windows XP + 2003 include GDI+!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x WinG v1.0 16-bit GDI Graphics/Video
Acceleration Runtime Libraries (DLLs) for older 16-bit applications + games:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=125698
Direct download [836 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wing/1/WIN98/EN-US/Wing10.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/ME Forms ActiveX Control FM20.DLL + FM20ENU.DLL
v2.01 Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-001.asp
Direct download [658 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office97pro/fm2past/97/WIN98/EN-US/fm2paste.exe
MS Office 97 users MUST install MS Office 97 SR-2b Upgrade FIRST:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/9798/sr2fact.aspx
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=214757

* Microsoft Windows 95/98 2 to 4 Digit Date Conversion Tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/contents/WURecommended/S_WUFeatured/DateConversion/
Direct download [88 KB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/bin/w98/2_4date.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 Agent Services + Extensions v2.0 32-bit
conversational speech interface extends, enhances and supports software
agents presentation:
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/
MS Agent components:
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads.htm
Windows 2000, ME, XP + 2003 include MS Agent!

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000/ME Active Accessibility Redistributable
(MSAAR) v2.0 32-bit:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/at/
MSAAR.EXE [736 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/1/c/c1cf13a6-4d7f-4b7d-9f67-51ef3a421fc7/MSAA20_RDK.exe
Windows XP + 2003 include MSAAR!

* Cognitronix Active Xcavator v2.04 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
+ MS IE 4/5/6 examines and displays all ActiveX Controls (.OCX) Registry
entries:
http://img.cmpnet.com/byte/columns/frantz/1999/06/xcavator.htm
Direct download [86 KB, free]:
http://img.cmpnet.com/byte/columns/frantz/1999/06/XCavate.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 NetMeeting v3.01 32-bit add-on:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=24f6c3cf-7958-41e6-aef0-a3c31968b520
Direct download [1.55 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/netmeeting/Install/3.01/W9XNT4/EN-US/NM30.EXE
MSKB: NetMeeting Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=nmt
Windows ME, 2000, XP + 2003 include NetMeeting!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x Office, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, Project and Outlook Converters + Viewers:
http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/9798/viewerscvt.aspx

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Word Viewer 97/2000 (WORDVIEW.EXE)
v8.0 32-bit:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/wd97vwr32.aspx
WORDVIEW.EXE [3.8 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/word2000/wd97vwr/2000/WIN98/EN-US/wd97vwr32.exe
MS Word Viewer may NOT work with DOCuments created by MS Office XP or newer!
MS Office + MS Word users do NOT need MS Word Viewer!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/3.1x PC Speaker Driver 16-bit SPEAKER.DRV enables
basic audio on computers without sound cards:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=138857
Direct download [21 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/SPEAK.EXE
See "PC SPEAKER" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more info.

* Microsoft Windows ME Hard Disk Defragmenter (DEFRAG.EXE) v4.90.3000 32-bit
tool for Windows 95/98 [96 KB]:
http://www.boogiejack.com/software/winmedefrag.zip
See "USE WINME DEFRAG + SCANDSKW WITH WIN98" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more
info.

* Microsoft Windows ME Disk Scanner (SCANDSKW.EXE) v4.90.3000 32-bit tool for
Windows 95/98 [4 KB]:
http://www5.driverguide.com/files67b/uploads15/3407/SDME.ZIP
See "USE WINME DEFRAG + SCANDSKW WITH WIN98" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more
info.

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/ME Paint (MSPAINT.EXE) v5.00.1523.1 32-bit fixed
tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=162500
- MSPAINT.EXE for Windows 9x/ME [736 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/paint95.exe
- MSPAINT.EXE for Windows NT4 [1.14 MB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/paintnt.exe
MSPAINT.EXE add-on Import Graphic Filters for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME + REG
file Installer for Windows 2000 [592 KB]:
http://www.jsiinc.com/dl/Graphic_Filters.zip
More info:
http://www.jsiinc.com/subh/tip3500/rh3550.htm
REG file Installer for Windows 9x/NT4/ME [1.35 KB]:
http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/windows/files/mspaint_fix.zip
More info => see MS Paint Codecs:
http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/windows/files.html

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP System Configuration Utility
(MSCONFIG.EXE) 32-bit tool:
- WinXP MSCONFIG.EXE v5.1.2600.0 with updated HTML Help + Installer for
Windows NT4/2000 [350 KB]:
http://www.3feetunder.com/files/win2K_msconfig_setup.exe
- WinME MSCONFIG.EXE v4.90.3000 [63 KB]:
http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/win9x/files/me_msconfig.zip
- Win98 SE MSCONFIG.EXE v4.10.2223 [30 KB]:
ftp://ftp.fluidlight.com/pub/nospin_files/Msconfig.zip
- Win98 SE MSCONFIG.EXE v4.10.2223 with Installer for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2
[364 KB]:
http://www.3feetunder.com/files/win95_msconfig_setup.exe
Requires HTML Help Update + MS IE 5.xx.
- Win98 MSCONFIG.EXE v4.10.1998 [25 KB]:
http://snakefoot.fateback.com/tweak/win9x/files/msconfig.zip
Place MSCONFIG.EXE in %windir%\SYSTEM [Win9x/ME] or %systemroot%\SYSTEM32
[WinNT4/2000/XP].
Win98, 98 SE + ME MSCONFIG.EXE work also with Win95/OSR1/OSR2.
WinXP MSCONFIG.EXE works also with WinNT4/2000.
Windows 98, 98 SE, ME + XP include MSCONFIG.EXE.

* Microsoft Windows 98/98 SE Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) v4.10.1998 32-bit
tool modified to work with ALL Windows 95/98 releases except Windows ME:
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~flibble/regsmall.html
REGEDIT.EXE [53 KB]:
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~flibble/reg/reg.zip
See "SHRINK THE REGISTRY!" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit SCANREG.INI Editor (SREDIT.EXE) 32-bit for
Windows 98/ME Registry Backup/Recovery tools: SCANREG.EXE (native DOS mode) +
SCANREGW.EXE (Windows GUI mode):
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=183603
SREDIT.EXE [64 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/SREDIT.EXE
See "SCANREGW, SCANREG + SCANREG.INI" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more
details.

* Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit WinAlign (WINALIGN.EXE) v4.10.1572 32-bit
tool for Windows 98/ME recompiles compatible 32-bit Windows executables to
force them to launch faster:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=191655
WINALIGN.EXE [41 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/perftool/WINALIGN.EXE
See "FASTER APP LOAD" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4/2000 SP3/ME/XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 Remote Desktop Web
Connection (RDWC) Update v5.2.3790 32-bit connects Windows 98/ME computers to
Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 computers with MS IIS 4/5/6 or newer pre-installed:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdwebconn.asp
RDWC.EXE [493 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/9/b/19bc3002-3173-4386-98c1-52f7d147f198/tswebsetup.exe
Windows 2003 includes RDWC Update!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Remote Desktop Client (MSTSC) v5.1 32-bit
connects Windows 9x/ME computers to Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 computers
with Remote Desktop Connection Protocol (RDCP) pre-installed:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp
MSTSC.EXE [3.31 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/tools/1.0/wxp/en-us/msrdpcli.exe
Windows XP + 2003 include RDCP!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/ME Management Console Center (MMC) v1.2 32-bit
allows administrators to manage Windows apps remotely:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/management/mmc/
MMC.EXE [2.93 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Install/1.2/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/mmcinst.EXE
MMC Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/howitworks/management/mmcover.asp
Windows 2000, XP + 2003 include MMC!

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Font Smoother uses pixel antialiasing to
enhance character edge visibility especially on LCD displays and small CRT
monitors:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/grayscal/smoother.htm
Direct download [173 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/c/8/bc8e0960-c558-4c26-bae4-65d86023df31/w95gray.exe
Windows 98, NT4, 2000, ME, XP, 2003 + MS Plus! 95 include Font Smoother!

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 True Type Font (TTF) Extension
(TTFEXT.DLL) v2.1 adds extra details info tabs to all TTF Properties
right-click context menus:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/property/property.htm
Direct download [477 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/f/f/effe51ca-369d-4a15-ba47-d465336efcbf/ttfext.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 Euro Currency Symbol Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/euro.asp
- Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Euro Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/w95europatch/
Direct download [2.2 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/euro/95/w95euro.exe
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 Euro Install Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/eurohelp.htm
- Windows NT4 Euro Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/archive/nteuropatch.asp
Direct download [1.34 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/euro/1.0/NT4ALPHA/EN-US/NT4_Euro.exe
Windows NT4 SP5 + SP6a install Euro Patch!
- Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE Euro HP + Lexmark Printers Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=195041
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP True Type Fonts (TTF) Euro Update [2.16 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/9/9/999a0c67-3cf7-42cd-a656-ed3173fff11b/OffTTUpd.EXE
MS TechNet Euro info:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/techsol/euro/
MS Typography Euro info:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/faq/faq12.htm

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP HTML Help Workshop Software Development
Kit (HHW SDK) v1.40 32-bit includes: HTML Help Compiler, HTML Help APIs, Help
Viewer, HTML Help Update 1.40 + HTML Help Java Applet (English) and allows
creation of HTML Help (.CHM) files or content used for local or remote access:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/vsconHH1Start.asp
- HTML Help SDK 1.40 [3.34 MB]:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14188
- HTML Help DOCs [1.31 MB]:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14581

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Cabinet Software Development Kit (CAB
SDK) v2.0 32-bit includes: LZX/ZIP Data Compression formats + Cabinet File
Docs and allows creation of self extracting executables or compressed CAB
files used for local or remote software installations:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dncabsdk/html/cabdl.asp
CAB SDK 32-bit [463 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/cab/2.0/w98nt42kmexp/en-us/Cabsdk.exe
CAB SDK 16-bit Supplement for Windows/WfWG 3.1x:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=182489
CAB SDK 16-bit [109 KB, English, right-click to save!]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/cab-16.cab
MSDN: Building and Packaging Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/vstool1/html/veovrsolutionbuildpackagereference.asp

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP Internet Explorer Administration Kit
(IEAK) v6.0 SP1 32-bit includes: Customization Wizard, Profile Manager,
Toolkit + Help and allows creation of Internet Explorer self extracting
executables or compressed CAB files used for local or remote software
installations:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ieak/
IEAK 6.0 SP1 [2.55 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_SP1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ieak6.exe
MSKB: How to Create Single EXE Install of Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=185375
Helpful Solutions: Silent IE5 Install:
http://www.helpfulsolutions.com/Silent_IE5_Install.htm

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP IExpress Deployment Kit (IDK) 99 32-bit
includes: Profile Designer, Profile Generator + Outlook Deployment Kit (ODK)
Add-Ons and allows creation of Exchange/Outlook self extracting executables,
compressed CAB files or user specific profiles used for local or remote
software installations or patching:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=237803
IDK 99 [636 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/idk99.exe
ODK 98 [888 KB, English]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/odkidk98.exe
IDK Readme DOC:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=236616
ODK Readme DOC:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=222017

* PC Magazine Image Viewer (ImgView) v1.0 32-bit enhancement for Windows 95/98
adds: GIF, JPG, PCD, PCX, PNG, TGA + TIF formats to QuickView right-click
context menu [IMGVIE.ZIP, 449 KB]:
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pub/pc/pcmagvol/vol15n21.zip



DIRECTX ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES, FIXES + TOOLS



* DirectX on the Internet:
- Microsoft DirectX Home:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/
- Microsoft DirectX Support:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/support/
- MSKB: DirectX FAQ:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/directx/faq/
- MSKB: DirectX Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=drx
- MSDN: DirectX Developer Center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
- MSDN: DirectX Developer Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/directx.asp

* My Original DirectX ©Tweaks + Secrets for Windows 95/98/ME (included):
- "DIRECTX TWEAKS" in REGISTRY.TXT.
- "WIN.INI DIRECTX + VIDEO SETTINGS" in MYTIPS95.TXT.
- "DIRECTX FIX WITH 2 3D VIDEO CARDS" in REGISTRY.TXT.

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003 DirectX v9.0b (DX9) Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) + Drivers accelerate 2D/3D
Video/Movie/Animation/TV, 3D Audio/Surround Sound/Music + local/network
Play/Voice/Chat directly in hardware:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/drx90.asp
- DX 9.0b Redist [32 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
DX9b Redist requires 60 MB of disk space during Setup and 18 MB after that.
- DX 9.0b Web Setup [292 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/3/c/73cc71c0-13d9-4274-8d9c-33d8a528a396/dxwebsetup.exe
DX9b Web Setup requires an Internet connection for download and 60 MB of disk
space.
DX9 FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/productinfo/overview/faq.asp
DX9b does NOT support Windows 95, OSR1 or OSR2! LAST DX release compatible
with these MS OSes is 8.0a (see further below).

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4 + MS IE 6.0 (SP1) or WMP 6.4/2000/ME/XP/2003
DirectX 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/9.0/9.0a DirectShow/NetShow Unchecked Buffer
QUARTZ.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-030.asp
- DX 9.0/9.0a Patch for Windows 98/98 SE/2000 SP2/2000 SP3/ME/XP/2003 [948
KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/e/1/ae129ec6-e61b-4670-a133-4c8c98f1aba4/DirectX9-KB819696-x86-ENU.exe
- DX 8.1 Patch for Windows 2003 [845 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/e/6/5e6f9e28-b684-4788-8b1a-013eb62a41ba/WindowsServer2003-KB819696-x86-ENU.exe
- DX 8.1 Patch for Windows XP [800 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/b/d/fbddd897-d228-4bfe-b1a0-8bb07afa2c99/Q819696_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- DX 7.0 Patch for Windows 2000 [532 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/7/9/b790e327-c5b9-4035-8433-6ef8084146ed/Windows2000-KB819696-x86-ENU.exe
- NetShow Patch for Windows NT4 + MS IE 6.0/6.0 SP1 or WMP 6.4 [512 KB,
English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/2/c/b2cef22e-f8a7-4029-af63-87011a64586c/Q819696i.EXE
- DX 5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x Patch for Windows 98/98 SE/ME:
Install DX 9.0b = see above.
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=819696
RECOMMENDED: Install DX 9.0b (see above) instead of DirectShow Fix if using
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003!

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Managed DirectX v9.0a (MDX9) Redist
includes security and performance updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/
MDX9 Redist [2.27 MB, English]:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/dx90amdx_a8fcbd90a56d03bc1063138df24e304.exe

* Microsoft Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 DirectX v8.0a (DX8) Application Programming
Interfaces (APIs) + Drivers accelerate 2D/3D Video/Movie/Animation/TV, 3D
Audio/Surround Sound/Music + local/network Play/Voice/Chat directly in
hardware:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/drx80a.asp
DX 8.0a [11 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/8.0a/W9XMe/EN-US/DX80eng.exe
DX8 requires 50 MB of disk space during Setup and 15 MB after that.

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME DirectX 8.0/8.0a 1394 Digital Video (DV) + PAL
TV Capture Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/vidcap.asp
Direct download [1.16 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/dx8bda/8.0/W982KMe/EN-US/dx80bda.exe
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/vidfaq.asp

* Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME DirectX 8.0 Input Debug Registry Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=27380
- DX 8.0 Input REG Patch for Windows 2000 [44 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Update/8.0/W9X2KMe/EN-US/mouse-keyboard-emulation-reg.exe
- DX 8.0 Input REG Patch for Windows 95/98/ME:
Copy text between cut & paste lines in Notepad -> save as DX8INPUT.REG ->
(double)-click on DX8INPUT.REG to merge into Registry:

-----Begin cut & paste here-----
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectInput]
"Emulation"=dword:00000018

------End cut & paste here------

* Microsoft SideWinder Windows 98/2000/ME Game Voice Share (GVS) v1.5 APIs
enable voice commands, communication and chat in DirectX 7/8/9 games:
http://www.gamevoice.com/
- GVS Engine 1.5 [491 KB, English, chat only!]:
http://www.gamevoice.com/download/GV1_5/GVS_ENG.EXE
- GVS Server 1.5 [212 KB]:
http://www.gamevoice.com/download/GV1_5/GVServer.EXE
Require Microsoft DirectX APIs 8.xx:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/

* Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP DirectX 5.0, 6.0, 7.0a, 8.0a + 9.0 Control
Panel Applets (CPLs) diagnostic + tweaking tools, part of Microsoft DX SDKs:
http://www.freewebz.com/firecat/
Direct download [196 KB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://www.freewebz.com/firecat/archive/dx_cpc.zip

* Microsoft Windows 9x DirectX v7.0a DirectSound DSOUND.DLL Patch:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=269604
Direct download [279 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/sidegamevoice/Patch/1.0/W98/EN-US/269604usa8.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 DirectX Media v6.0 (DXM) Runtime: DirectShow,
DirectAnimation, DirectX Transform + Media Player2 v6.x Control APIs:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=11771
Direct download [4.46 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/dxm/6.0/W9XNT4/EN-US/enduser.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4 DirectX Media v6.0 Runtime (DXM) DirectAnimation
AMSTREAM.DLL, DANIM.DLL, DATIME.DLL, DXTMSFT.DLL, DXTMSFT3.DLL + DXTRANS.DLL
Patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=11772
Direct download [996 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/dxmpatch/6.0/W9XNT4/EN-US/DXM6PTCH.EXE

* DirectX Plugin Manager v1.10 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays,
edits and adds/removes installed/obsolete audio plugins Registry information:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/dxman.htm
Direct download [226 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/dxmani.exe

* DirectX 9.0 Uninstallation Tool v1.4 Beta for Windows XP/2003:
http://vortex.winbeta.org/downloadables.html
Direct download [179 KB, freeware, right-click to save!]:
http://vortex.winbeta.org/DirectX.9.Uninstallation.Tool.v1.4%5Bbeta%5D-vorte%5Bx%5D.rar

* DirectX 9.0 Uninstaller for Windows XP restores original DirectX 8.1 from
Setup CD-ROM:
http://www.3dcenter.org/downloads/directx-dx9uninstaller.php
Direct download [33 KB, freeware]:
http://www.3dcht4u.de/3dc/k12tx6u/directx-dx9uninstaller.zip

* DirectX 6/7/8/9 Back Date for Windows 9x/2000/ME changes installed DX date
to allow install of older DX releases:
http://www.3dcenter.org/downloads/directx-backdate.php
Direct download [140 KB, freeware]:
http://www.3dcht4u.de/3dc/k12tx6u/directx-backdate.zip

* DXTweak2 DirectX 5/6/7/8/9 Joystick Tweak2 v4.20.137 for Windows
9x/2000/ME/XP game port/USB game controllers adjusts DirectInput Registry X,
Y, Z axis dead zones to any values:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#DX Tweak 2
Direct download [96 KB, free]:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Tools/DXTweak2/DXTweak2.exe

* DXDeadZone DirectX 5/6/7/8 Joystick Deadzone Application v3.65.205 for
Windows 9x/ME game port/USB game controllers adjusts DirectInput Registry
deadzone settings to any values:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm#DX Deadzone Application:
Direct download [160 KB, free]:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/files/Tools/DXDeadzone/DXDeadzone.exe

* DxdZFix DirectX 5/6/7 Joystick Fix v1.0 for Windows 9x/ME game controllers
adjusts DINPUT.DLL Z axis dead zone from 5% (MS default) to 0% or 1%, for
better center area stick response [32 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/DXDZFIX.ZIP
Courtesy of M. Cardinale (dx72fd_dx7@hotmail.com) author of DxdZFix.

* DirectX Remover (DXR) v2.0 removes MS DirectX 1.0 - 8.1 components from
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME (page in Russian):
http://www.raspopov.dem.ru/DxRemove.htm
Direct download [11 KB, freeware]:
http://www.raspopov.dem.ru/DxRemove.zip
Courtesy of Nikolay Raspopov (ryo-oh-ki@narod.ru) author of DX Remover.

* DirectX Eradicator (DXE) v1.09 removes MS DirectX 2.0 - 9.0 components from
Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.freewebz.com/firecat/
Direct download [91 KB, freeware]:
http://www.freewebz.com/firecat/archive/dxe109b2.zip

* DirectX Buster (DXB) v2.1 Beta 4 removes MS DirectX 5.0 - 8.1 components
from Windows 9x/2000/ME:
http://www.dxbuster.de/index_e.html
Direct download [831 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.dxbuster.de/files/dxb21b4e.zip

* DirectX Kicker beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME unloads DirectX Helper and DLLs
from memory to allow DirectX related changes when switching among apps/games
[77 KB, freeware]:
http://3dfx.infomaniak.ch/Utility/lsddxkck.zip

* DirectControl v5.5 Beta 6 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks DirectX 5/6/7/8,
DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound, 2D/3D Video, 3D/A3D Audio, VCache/Disk
Cache, CD/DVD Cache/Prefetch etc settings [106 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/3dfiles/utility/bgr/setupdcontrol.exe



INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES



* MS IE 4/5/6 + MS OE 5/6 downloads + fixes on the Internet:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5/6 Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5/6 Critical Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=ie
- Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + MS IE 4/5/6 Security Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/
- Microsoft Security and Privacy for Home Users:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/home/
- Unofficial Internet Explorer 2/3/4/5/6 Downloads:
http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/win95/msiexpl.html
- ERPMan's Unofficial Internet Explorer + Windows Media Player Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/iewmpupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial MS IE/WMP Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates4.htm
- Unofficial Outlook + Exchange Solutions Center:
http://www.slipstick.com/
- Unofficial Inside Outlook Express:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideOE/
- Unofficial Outlook Express Issues + Tips:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm
- Unofficial Outlook Express (OE) User Tips:
http://www.okinfoweb.com/moe/
- Unofficial Outlook Attachments:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/Outlook_Attachments.htm
- Microsoft Office + Outlook Updates:
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/
- MSKB: How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 5.5:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257234
- MSKB: How to Uninstall Internet Explorer 6:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=293907
- MSKB: Using Virus Protection Features in Outlook Express 6:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=291387
- MSKB: Fix Internet Explorer GIF + JPG Images:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307239
- MSKB: How to Disable Internet Explorer Error Reporting:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310116
- CIAC: How to Disable Microsoft Error Reporting:
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-005.shtml
- MSKB: How to Stop ActiveX Control from Running in Internet Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240797

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 Java = Sun J2SE + MS JVM:
see "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further above!

* Conny's Unofficial Internet Explorer 5.xx/6.xx SHDOCLC.DLL Refresh Link
Universal Fix for Dutch, English, French, German + Swedish Languages:
http://www.connysgraphic.com/shdoclc_eng.htm
Direct download [18 KB]:
http://www.connysgraphic.com/files/shdoclc_all.zip
More info:
http://members.aol.com/ojatex/showdoc.htm

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000 SP3/ME/XP
Web Server Download Error WININET.DLL build 6.0.2800.1193 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816868
Direct download [375 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/e/6/9e6f2dd4-f36b-4087-a99e-23034b8ee22c/q816868.exe

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3/5.5 SP2/6.0/6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/NT4
SP6a/2000 SP3/ME/XP/2003 Cumulative MSHTML.DLL, PNGFILT.DLL, SHDOCLC.DLL,
SHDOCVW.DLL, URL.DLL, URLMON.DLL + WININET.DLL Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-020.asp
- MS IE 6.0 SP1 Patch for Windows 2003 [981 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/8/2/482BE253-F07E-422A-A37C-6C4B46727D98/WindowsServer2003-kb818529-x86-ENU.exe
- MS IE 6.0 SP1 Patch [1.96 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/E/F/EEFAA3CD-7DE2-4DD0-8299-229527AB00D3/q818529.exe
- MS IE 6.0 Patch [2.39 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/D/5/2/D5201EE1-A185-468E-8382-F36B6CD58A24/q818529.exe
- MS IE 5.5 SP2 Patch [2.11 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/F/B/5FBA06F5-EE7B-427B-8BA1-BB389E306425/q818529.exe
- MS IE 5.01 SP3 Patch for Windows 2000 SP3 [1.86 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/C/A/ECA256FA-85F2-43F9-B37B-59F02B6A5D8A/q818529.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818529
Requires Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP HTML Help Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811630
MSKB: Customize Outlook Today Registry Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=820575
BUG: MS IE Print Preview Help can be accessed after installing this Fix ONLY
by searching MS IE Help for Print Preview!

* Microsoft Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000 SP3/ME/XP/2003 Rights Management Add-on
(RMA) v1.0 Beta for Internet Explorer 6.0/6.0 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/addon/
RMA [834 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/3/2/332d1ce9-4a81-49a5-a9ef-ab45b9466e5c/RMU.msi
RMA FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/addon/faq.asp
Requires:
- Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
or NT4/2000 [1.73 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 for Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000 SP3/ME/XP
VML Web Page Text VGX.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=814039
- Windows XP/XP SP1 Patch [463 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/c/c/0cc15024-21a1-47f4-b4c0-38f166c2a9a1/q814039.exe
- Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000 SP3/ME Patch [1.08 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/9/e69169b9-c4a0-4149-9046-ab1af8528f53/q814039.exe

* Microsoft Outlook Express (OE) 5.5 SP2/6.0/6.0 SP1 for Windows 9x/NT4
SP6a/2000/ME/XP Cumulative DIRECTDB.DLL, INETCOMM.DLL, INETRES.DLL,
MSIDENT.DLL, MSOE.DLL, MSOEACCT.DLL, MSOERES.DLL, MSOERT2.DLL, OEIMPORT.DLL,
OEMIGLIB.DLL, WAB32.DLL, WABFIND.DLL, WABIMP.DLL, MSIMN.EXE, OEMIG50.EXE,
WAB.EXE + WABMIG.EXE Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-014.asp
- MS OE 6.0 SP1 Patch [1.9 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/5/f/15f23ca7-965e-4a10-95a5-5b3d6a83f218/q330994.exe
- MS OE 6.0 Patch [852 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/d/1/fd19fc6e-7284-4a02-947e-a014fe473f1a/q330994.exe
- MS OE 5.5 SP2 Patch [835 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/5/3/d531604f-3074-4140-93eb-345343b9e36a/q330994.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330994

* Microsoft Internet Explorer v6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) 32-bit for Windows
98/NT4 SP6a/2000/ME/XP includes ALL previous Fixes listed below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/evaluation/ie6sp1.asp
Direct download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/
MS IE 6.0 SP1 Setup [480 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe
This release upgrades Security Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to 128-bit and
MS Outlook Express (OE) to version 6.0.
MS IE 6.0 SP1 Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading and 30-85
MB of disk space depending on selected components.
List of Bugs Fixed in MS IE 6.0 SP1:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326489
MS IE 6.0 Features:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/evaluation/features/
MS IE 6.0 Tweaking:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/enthusiast/
MS IE 6.0 Technical Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/techinfo/overview/
Windows XP SP1 installs MS IE 6.0 SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/servicepacks/sp1/
MS IE 6.0 SP1 does NOT support Windows 95, OSR1 or OSR2! LAST MS IE release
compatible with these MS OSes is 5.5 SP2 (see further below).
WARNING: MS IE 6.0 SP1 REMOVES Netscape-style plugins support:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303401
Internet based Apple QuickTime Movies can be viewed with these browsers ONLY
AFTER installing QTM 6.xx or QTM ActiveX Plugin:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/qtcheck/
See "MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2/5.5 SP1/5.5 SP2/6.0 for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Cumulative ACTXPRXY.DLL, DIGEST.DLL, MSHTML.DLL,
MSHTMLED.DLL, SHDOC401.DLL, SHDOCLC.DLL, SHDOCVW.DLL, SHFOLDER.DLL, URL.DLL,
URLMON.DLL, WININET.DLL + PLUGIN.OCX Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-047.asp
- MS IE 6.0 Patch [2.4 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/IE60/p28_IE/6/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/q323759.exe
- MS IE 5.5 SP2 Patch [2.12 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55sp2/p28_IE/5.5_sp2/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/q323759.exe
- MS IE 5.5 SP1 Patch [2.47 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55sp1/p28_IE/5.5_sp1/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/q323759.exe
- MS IE 5.01 SP2 + SP3 Patch for Windows 2000 [1.88 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501sp2/p28_IE/5.01_sp2/NT5/EN-US/q323759.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=323759

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.01 SP1/5.01 SP2/5.5/5.5 SP1/5.5 SP2/6.0
for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP File Reading via Incorrect VBScript Handling
VBSCRIPT.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-009.asp
- MS IE 6.0 Patch for Windows 2000/XP [309 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/IE60/Patch/Q318089/NT5XP/EN-US/vbs56nen.exe
- MS IE 6.0 Patch for Windows 98/NT4/ME [308 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/IE60/Patch/Q318089/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/vbs56men.exe
- MS IE 5.5 Patch for Windows 2000 [315 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55/Patch/Q318089/NT5/EN-US/vbs55nen.exe
- MS IE 5.5 Patch for Windows 9x/NT4/ME [314 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55/Patch/Q318089/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/vbs55men.exe
- MS IE 5.01 Patch for Windows 2000 [304 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/Patch/Q318089/NT5/EN-US/vbs51nen.exe
- MS IE 5.01 Patch for Windows 9x/NT4/ME [300 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/Patch/Q318089/W9XNT4/EN-US/vbs51men.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318089

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 for Windows XP XML HTTP MSXML Control
2.6/3.0/4.0 MSXMLx.DLL, MSXMLxA.DLL + MSXMLxR.DLL Security Vulnerability
Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-008.asp
- MSXML 4.0 Patch [4.45 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/Patch/Q317244/W9XNT4MeXP/EN-US/msxml4qfe.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=317244
- MSXML 3.0 Patch [550 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/Patch/3.0/W9XNT4MeXP/EN-US/Q318203_MSXML30_x86.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318203
- MSXML 2.6 Patch [368 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/xml/Patch/2.6/W9XNT4MeXP/EN-US/Q318202_MSXML20_x86.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318202
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 MSXML v4.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42
MSXML 4.0 SP2 [5.04 MB, English, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/6/5/9657c01e-107f-409c-baac-7d249561629c/msxml.msi
MSXML Web Services:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/

* Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) 32-bit for Windows
95/OSR1/OSR2 includes ALL previous Fixes listed below [84.1 MB, English]:
http://downloads.evolt.org.uk/browsers/ie/32bit/5.5_SP2/ie55sp2.exe
MS IE 5.5 SP2 for Windows ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a50996b-deb9-4a46-81da-abef1ebbd08a
MS IE 5.5 SP2 Setup [500 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/9/9/399607f6-6c74-45ea-8bc0-d7c2ee784016/ie5setup.exe
This release upgrades Security Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to 128-bit and MS
Outlook Express (OE) to version 5.5.
MS IE 5.5 SP2 requires 27-80 MB of disk space depending on selected
components.
MS IE 5.5 SP2 Fixes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303201
WARNING: MS IE 5.5 SP2 REMOVES Netscape-style plugins support:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303401
Internet based Apple QuickTime Movies can be viewed with these browsers ONLY
AFTER installing QTM 6.xx or QTM ActiveX Plugin:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/qtcheck/
See "MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01/5.01 SP1/5.5 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME
Incorrect E-mail Attachment MIME Header SHDOCVW.DLL Security Vulnerability
Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-020.asp
- MS IE 5.5 Patch [523 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55sp1/secpac17/5.5_sp1/win98me/en-us/q290108.exe
- MS IE 5.01/5.01 SP1 Patch [499 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501sp1/secpac17/5.01_SP1/WIN98/EN-US/q290108.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=290108

* Microsoft Outlook Express/98/2000 5.01 SP1/5.5 SP1 Malformed VCard Handler
WAB32.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-012.asp
Direct download [342 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55sp1/secpac14/5.5_SP1/WIN98Me/EN-US/q283908.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283908

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1/5.5 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Cached
Content Divulge Location MSHTML.DLL, MSHTMLED.DLL, SHDOCVW.DLL + URLMON.DLL
Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-015.asp
- MS IE 5.5 Patch [1.85 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55/q279328/5.5/WIN98Me/EN-US/q279328.exe
- MS IE 5.01 SP1 Patch [1.5 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501sp1/q279328/5.01_SP1/WIN98/EN-US/q279328.exe
MUST also install Microsoft Scripting Engines (MSE) v5.6 from "WINDOWS
9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM ADD-ONS" further above!

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01/5.xx for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME MSHTML.DLL
+ ASCTRLS.OCX Scriptlet Rendering and Frame Domain Verification Security
Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-055.asp
- MS IE 5.5 Patch [1.34 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie55/secpac11/5.5/WIN98/EN-US/q269368.exe
- MS IE 5.01 SP1 Patch [1.48 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501sp1/secpac11/5.01_SP1/WIN98/EN-US/q269368.exe
- MS IE 5.01 Patch [1.85 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/secpac11/5.01/WIN98/EN-US/q269368.exe
- MS IE 4.01 SP2 Patch [1.98 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/secpac11/4.01_SP2/W9XNT4/EN-US/q269368.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=269368

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 for Windows 9x/NT4 ADVPACK.DLL +
WININET.DLL Cached Web Credentials Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=273868
Direct download [346 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501sp1/q273868/5.01_SP1/WIN98/EN-US/q273868.exe

* Microsoft Outlook Express (OE) 4.0x/5.0x for Windows 9x/NT4/2000 Persistent
Mail Browser Link, Cache Bypass and Malformed E-mail Header INETCOMM.DLL,
MSOE.DLL + MSOERT2.DLL Security Vulnerabilities Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=261255
- MS OE 5.0x Patch [963 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/secpach9/5.01/WIN98/EN-US/q261255.exe
- MS OE 4.0x Patch [298 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/secpach9/4.01_SP2/W9XNT4/EN-US/q261255.exe

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/5.01 for Windows 9x/NT4 SSL/SSPI
SCHANNEL.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249863
- 128-bit SSL Patch for Windows 98/98 SE [193 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Patch/Q249863-128/W9X/EN-US/249863USA8_128.EXE
- 56-bit SSL Patch for Windows 98/98 SE [205 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Patch/Q249863/W9X/EN-US/249863USA8.EXE
- 128-bit SSL Patch for Windows NT 4.0 [146 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q249863-128/NT4/EN-US/Q249863i.EXE
- 56-bit SSL Patch for Windows NT 4.0 [174 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Patch/Q249863/NT4/EN-US/Q249863i.EXE
- 128-bit SSL Patch for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [197 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Patch/Q249863-128/W95/EN-US/249863USA5_128.exe
- 56-bit SSL Patch for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [208 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95/Patch/Q249863/W95/EN-US/249863USA5.exe
Windows NT4 SP6a SRP includes these Fixes.

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2/5.01 for Windows 9x/NT4 Malformed
Favorites Icon, Legacy ActiveX Control, Server Side Page Reference Redirect +
ImportExportFavorites SHDOCVW.DLL Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-037.asp
- MS IE 5.01 Patch [484 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/SPRR/5.01/W9XNT4/EN-US/q246094.exe
- MS IE 4.01 SP2 Patch [1.4 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie4095/SPRR/4.01/W9XNT4/EN-US/q246094.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246094

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5 for Windows 9x/NT4 Scriptlet.Typelib +
Eyedog Registry Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp
Direct download [108 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/Update/5.0/W9XNT4/EN-US/q240308.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240308

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5 for Windows 9x/NT4 DHTML Edit DHTMLED.OCX
+ TRIEDIT.DLL Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-011.asp
Direct download [169 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/msdownload/dhtml/5.0/x86/en/DHTMLED5.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=226326

* See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET BROWSERS", "FREE WINDOWS
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MTU TWEAKERS", "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET
ENHANCERS" + "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET MONITORS" further below
for more INTERNET ESSENTIALS!



MEDIA PLAYER (WMP) 6/7/8/9 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES



* Microsoft WMP 6/7/8/9 downloads + fixes on the Internet:
- Microsoft WMP Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
- Microsoft Windows Media Players:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/players.aspx
- Microsoft WMP Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=wmp
- Microsoft WMP Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/technologies.aspx
- Unofficial WMP FAQ:
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html
- ERPMan's Unofficial Internet Explorer + Windows Media Player Updates:
http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/iewmpupd.html
- CKiT's Unofficial MS IE/WMP Updates:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/updates4.htm
- Unofficial WMP Vulnerabilities + Fixes:
http://www.malware.com/stench.html
- MSKB: How To Turn OFF WMP HTML Scripts:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320944
- MSKB: How to Remove WMP Media Guide Entries:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271944

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) Radio Preset
Retrieval WMPLAYER.ADM + WMP.DLL build 9.0.0.3014 Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822964
Direct download [1.86 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/6/a/f6a45aa4-6fbd-4f12-90ec-7b4a59172319/WindowsMedia9-KB822964-x86-ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Media Player 9.0 (WMP9) Media Library Flaw WMP.DLL
build 9.0.0.3008 Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-021.asp
Direct download [1.96 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/9/2e90df3e-2d74-4be7-9279-538cfec1b895/WindowsMedia9-KB819639-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=819639

* Microsoft Windows 2000 Media Services (WMS) 4.1 ISAPI Extension Flaw
NSIISLOG.DLL, NSISAPI.EXE + NSISAPI2.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-022.asp
Direct download [286 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/c/8/ec87913f-a6c3-4d20-849c-5b3ead7e40e8/WindowsMedia41-KB822343-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822343

* Microsoft Windows NT4 Media Services (WMS) 4.1 ISAPI Extension Flaw
NSIISLOG.DLL, NSISAPI.EXE + NSISAPI2.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-019.asp
Direct download [216 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/3/c/73c35094-45f4-469d-9609-2c7288abeec3/WindowsMedia41-KB817772-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817772

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Media Services 9.0 Live Broadcast and
On-Demand WMSSERVER.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=818127
Direct download [1.29 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/b/e6b12928-7546-4872-b19e-8eb30ae8d76a/WindowsMedia9-KB818127-x86-ENU.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Media Player 7.1/8.0 Skins Downloading
WMPLAYER.EXE Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms03-017.asp
- WMP 8.0 Patch for Windows XP [360 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/4/e64435f5-8f8b-47e6-9ad8-adef6383d9fb/WindowsMedia8-KB817787-x86-ENU.exe
- WMP 7.1 Patch for Windows 98/2000/ME [263 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/7/7/577b1651-989b-4749-9999-a27a445d9372/WindowsMedia71-KB817787-x86-ENU.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817787

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Media Player 9.0 Hardware Created ASF Files
Lockup WMVCORE.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=816044
Direct download [860 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/c/e/5cea8639-6ecd-423b-ad39-a4d209b6a00b/wm816044.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Media Player 8.0 MPEG2 with Embedded MP3 Audio
WMVCORE.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=328572
Direct download [527 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/328572/WXP/EN-US/wm328572.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Media Player 6.4/7.0/7.1/8.0 Cache
Disclosure, PMSP Service, Active Playlist and ASF Unchecked Buffer DXMASF.DLL,
MSDXM.OCX, WMPCORE.DLL, MSPMSPSV.EXE + WMPLAYER.EXE Security Vulnerability
Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-032.asp
- WMP 8.0 Patch for Windows XP [1.33 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/320920/WXP/EN-US/wm320920_8.exe
- WMP 7.0/7.1 Patch for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME [1.33 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/b/c/cbcceca6-ab78-4cde-8a81-9bda0f133be8/wm320920_71.exe
- WMP 6.4 Patch for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME [892 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/320920/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/wm320920_64.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320920

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000 Media Server 4.1 Delayed Connections NSUM.EXE
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319907
Direct download [401 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediatech40/Update/319907/NT45/EN-US/wm319907.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 2000/ME Media Player 7.0 with Adaptec DirectCD Registry
Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=271265
Direct download [186 B, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/patch/1.0/NT5/EN-US/cddirect.reg

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Media Player 6.4/7.0 ASX Unchecked Buffer
and WMS Script Execution DXMASF.DLL, LAPRXY.DLL, STRMDLL.DLL, LOGAGENT.EXE +
MSDXM.OCX Security Vulnerability Fixes:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-029.asp
- MS WMP 7.0 Patch = upgrade to WMP 7.1 [10 MB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/playerv7.asp
- MS WMP 6.4 Patch [921 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/47357/WIN98/EN-US/WMSU47357.exe

* Microsoft Windows 98/2000/ME Media Player 7.0 OCX Attachment WMP.OCX
Security Vulnerability Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-068.asp
Direct download [261 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/28412/W982KMe/EN-US/WMSU28412.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274303

* See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MEDIA PLAYERS + RECORDERS" further below
for more WMP UPDATES + MEDIA TOOLS!



FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS



* Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 Power Tools on the Internet:
- Unofficial Windows XP/2003 Downloads:
http://bink.nu/downloads.htm
- SysInternals Win32 Utilities (mostly freeware):
http://www.sysinternals.com/
- Win32 Programmers' Resource:
http://www.internals.com/
- 545 Studios Software:
http://www.545studios.com/f/software.php
- Cronosoft freeware XP Tools + Skins:
http://www.cronosoft.com/
- Collake Software Downloads (some freeware):
http://www.collakesoftware.com/CSdownloads.htm
- Steve's Windows NT/2000/XP Freeware:
http://wettberg.home.texas.net/freeware.htm
- Free System Tools:
http://www.systemtools.com/free.htm
- Free Administration tools for NT:
http://marcstern.tripod.com/adminnt/
- Get "THE PLUS! PACKS" from TIPS95.TXT (included).

* Best System Tweaking Tool: Xteq X-Setup v6.3: 1200+ System tweaks + Registry
Hacks for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + related apps [4.6 MB, freeware for
personal use]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/x-award.htm
See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY TWEAKERS" further below.

* WINner Tweak SE v1.3.1 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP tweaks hidden system
+ Registry settings: Windows, Hardware, Security, Network + Software, includes
Disk Cleaner + Startup Manager, highly customizable:
http://www.winnertweak.nm.ru/Index_eng.dhtml
Direct download [1.95 MB, freeware]:
http://www.lviv.uar.net/~alexc/Downloads/WINnerTweakSetup.exe

* WT RegCleanerXP v1.0 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP deletes unnecessary Registry
entries to increase system performance:
http://www.winnertweak.nm.ru/Index_eng.dhtml
Direct download [880 KB, freeware]:
http://www.lviv.uar.net/~alexc/Downloads/WTRegCleanerSetup.exe

* Matrix Tweaker v2.0 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP tweaks hidden system
settings: debugging, virtual machine, page file, user info, logon, desktop,
autorun, UDMA66/100, last access, keyboard/mouse buffer, file checker etc:
http://matrix.3dnews.ru/
Direct download [361 KB, freeware, English]:
http://matrix.3dnews.ru/matrix20.exe

* RegScrubXP v3.25 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP deletes/backs up obsolete file
extensions, user/company names + uninstall Registry entries, highly
customizable:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/RegScrubXP/RegScrubXP.htm
Direct download [580 KB, freeware]:
http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/RegScrubXPSetup_3.2.exe

* ServiceManager v1.0 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP displays, modifies and
removes services and related info:
http://www.l5sg.com/products/downloads/servicemanager/
Direct download [551 KB, freeware]:
http://www.l5sg.com/products/downloads/servicemanager/ServiceManagerv1.00.zip

* DriverManager v1.0 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP displays, modifies and
removes drivers and related info:
http://www.l5sg.com/products/downloads/drivermanager/
Direct download [558 KB, freeware]:
http://www.l5sg.com/products/downloads/drivermanager/DriverManagerv1.00.zip

* PServ v2.1 32-bit Control Panel applet for Windows NT4/2000/XP displays,
modifies and removes local/remote devices, services and related info:
http://www.p-nand-q.com/e/pserv.html
Direct download [139 KB, freeware]:
http://www.p-nand-q.com/pserv/pserv-2.1.exe

* Windows XP Product Key Modifier v1.0 32-bit automates all necessary steps to
change 25 digit Windows XP Product Key with another valid one:
http://ryan.ript.net/xppid/
Direct download [288 KB, freeware]:
http://www.bouncefilterware.com/ryan/xppid/XPPID.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/downloads/
- XP MCE Critical Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815487
Direct download [910 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/f/97f4bfef-65fd-461d-84de-a860655b9ed1/Q815487_WxP_SP2_i386_ENU.exe
- XP MCE Windows Product Activation (WPA) DPCDLL.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811632
Direct download [337 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/b/f/6bf4e88e-7b98-4e4c-a480-8da8763bc7dd/Q811632_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- XP MCE Fast User Switching DXG.SYS Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811009
Direct download [352 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/a/1/3a1884a7-f4f9-4172-8867-e9dc1d42648a/Q811009_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- XP MCE Remote Sensor Driver + Firmware Update:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=331913
Direct download [326 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/8/9/089a2ea0-c40a-44d2-8f6f-49c72474d457/Q331913_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
- XP MCE Additional Set Top TV Boxes Support:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329262
Direct download [2.24 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/e/7/2e71e85a-3563-4414-9883-d4f812fe8bad/Q329262_WXP_SP2_x86_ENU.exe
XP MCE Solitaire game [2.06 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/a/9/6a9d5610-e078-4015-99e2-a4ed9e0c7681/mcsolitairesetup.exe
- XP MCE Screen Saver:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/downloads/mcescreensaver.asp
- XP MCE WMP 7/8/9 Skins:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/downloads/skins.asp
- XP MCE Desktop JPG Images:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/downloads/desktopimages.asp
- XP MCE MP3/WMA Songs:
http://www.pressthegreenbutton.net/
See "WINDOWS EXPERIENCE (XP) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" further above
for more CRITICAL UPDATES!
- Unofficial XP MCE Tips & Tricks Collection:
http://www.olcay-its.de/data/mce_tatc.htm

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP2/XP/2003 Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC) 32-bit
tool allows creation of new keyboard layouts based or not on existing ones,
modification of existing keyboard layouts and build new ones from them,
multilingual input locales, packaging for delivery/installation:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx
MSKLC [7.68 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/4/d/34d86d17-4b52-4a6c-9e90-a7a47415eaf6/MSKLC.exe
Unicode Keyboards DOC [541 KB, Adobe PDF, right-click to save!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/handson/dev/Unicode-KbdsonWindows.pdf
Microsoft Keyboard Layouts:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.aspx
Windows Keyboard Layouts FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/DrIntl/faqs/kbdfaq.mspx
Requires Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) [23 MB, free]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

* Microsoft Windows XP/2003 High performance Media Access Technology (HighMAT)
CD/DVD standard allows creation and playback of digital interactive
multimedia/audio/video/image mixed CD/DVD content and menus on HighMAT
compatible computer CD/DVD drives and consumer electronics CD/DVD players:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/consumelectronics/highmat.aspx
HighMAT:
http://www.highmat.com/
HighMAT Extension for Windows XP/2003 CD Writing Wizard [4.28 MB]:
http://www.highmat.com/eula/cdwiz/eng/setup.exe
HighMAT CD Extension info:
http://www.highmat.com/eula/help_cdwizard.htm
HighMAT Windows XP/2003 PC Viewer [823 KB]:
http://www.highmat.com/eula/viewer/eng/setup.exe
HighMAT PC Viewer info:
http://www.highmat.com/eula/help_viewer.htm

* Microsoft Windows XP Power Toys for Windows XP/XP SP1/XP MCE/2003: TweakUI
v2.xx, Open Command Window Here, Alt-Tab Replacement, Power Calculator, Image
Resizer, CD Slide Show Generator, Virtual Desktop Manager, Taskbar Magnifier,
HTML Slide Show Wizard + Webcam Timershot [NEW crippled release, unsupported]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
All XP Power Toys with TweakUI v2.00 [2.53 MB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/majorgeeks/allinone/xppowertoys.zip
- TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 [147 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
- TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE [564 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
- Open Command Window Here [514 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/CmdHerePowertoySetup.exe
- Alt-Tab Replacement [534 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TaskswitchPowertoySetup.exe
- Power Calculator [624 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/PowerCalcPowertoySetup.exe
- Image Resizer [521 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe
- CD Slide Show Generator [548 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/SlideshowPowertoySetup.exe
- Virtual Desktop Manager [550 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe
- Taskbar Magnifier [515 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/MagnifierPowertoySetup.exe
- HTML Slide Show Wizard [771 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/HtmlgenPowertoySetup.exe
- Webcam Timershot [610 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TimershotPowertoySetup.exe
OLD Power Toys XP Pack: TweakUI v2.00, Super-Fast User Switcher, Open
Command Window Here, Alt-Tab Task Switcher, Audio Shell Player, ISO Image
Burner, Power Calculator, Image Resizer, CD Slide Show Generator, Virtual
Desktop Manager, Taskbar Magnifier, HTML Slide Show Wizard + Webcam
Timershot [939 KB, OLD full release, unsupported]:
http://www.gwdg.de/samba/winxp/PowerToySetup.exe
- Alt-Tab Task Switcher (also part of Power Toys XP):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/xpvisualstyles.asp
Direct download [43 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Utility/1.00/WXP/EN-US/TaskSwitch.exe
- Unofficial ISO Recorder:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
Direct download [1.27 MB, right-click to save!]:
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/bin/ISORecorderSetup.msi
Power Toys XP review:
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_pt.asp
ALL TweakUI users: READ "BUGGY TWEAKUI 98" in TIPS98.TXT (included)!

* Microsoft TweakUI v1.33 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME and MS IE 4/5/6
[fixed most bugs!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
Direct download [110 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe
READ "BUGGY TWEAKUI 98" in TIPS98.TXT (included)!

* Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition (DME) for Windows XP/XP SP1/XP
MCE/2003: Photo Story, Party Mode, Dancer, Analog Recorder, Audio Converter,
CD Label Maker, Alarm Clock, Sleep Timer, Sync & Go for Pocket PC + 50
Effects and Transitions for Movie Maker 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme/
Buy Plus! DME [retail, $15-20, download only, USA only]:
http://shop.microsoft.com/Referral/Productinfo.asp?siteID=11488
Plus! DME Update 2:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/moreupdates.asp
Direct download [2.25 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/f/9/2f93ca82-9e69-465d-ad02-043274791706/PlusDMEUpdate2.EXE
Additional Plus! DME downloads (free):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/
- Extra Skins for Party Mode:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/moreskins.asp
- Extra Dancers for Dancer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/moredancers.asp
- Extra Photo Story Profiles:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme_more/moreprofiles.asp
- Portable Audio Devices Power Toy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/dme/portabledevices.asp#PTAudio
MSKB: Plus! DME Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=plusdig
WARNING: The Register:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28888.html
See "THE PLUS! PACKS" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.
Unofficial: How to install XP MCE on XP Home Edition:
http://www.olcay-its.de/data/mce.home_en.htm

* Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP/XP SP1/2003: WMP Add-ons: 3D Visualizations,
Skins, Voice Command, MP3 Converter, CD Label Maker, Speaker Enhancement +
Personal DJ; 3D games: Hyperbowl, Russian Square + Labyrinth; 3D Desktop
Themes: Aquarium, Space, Nature + Da Vinci; 3D Screen Savers: Serene Aquarium
SE, Space, My Pictures, Nature, Da Vinci, Robot Circus, Sand Pendulum +
Mercury Pool [retail, $30-40]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/windowsxp/
Plus! XP MP3 Access Violation ACSHELL.DLL Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311828
Direct download [104 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/plus/mp3qfe1/1.0/wxp/en-us/q309565.exe
Plus! XP Service Pack 1 (SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/windowsxp/more_plus.htm
Direct download [386 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/plus/sp1/1/WXP/EN-US/PlusServicePack_01.exe
Plus! XP Labyrinth Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/windowsxp/more_mazes.htm
Direct download [2 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/plus/LABBONUS/1/WXP/EN-US/PlusLabyrinthBonus.exe
Plus! XP CD Label Templates Update:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/plus/windowsxp/cdlm_Templates.htm
Direct download [106 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/plus/CDLU/1.0/WXP/EN-US/PlusCDLabelUpdates.exe
MSKB: Plus! XP Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=plusxp
MSKB: How to Install Plus! XP in Windows Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311410
Plus! XP Review:
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_plus.asp
3rd party Plus! XP downloads (site in German):
http://www.chip.de/downloads_updates/downloads_updates_8608980.html
See "THE PLUS! PACKS" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Plus! Game Pack for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 - Cards &
Puzzles: 12 classic Bicycle Card games, 10 Puzzle games + Pandora's Box puzzle
game trial version [retail, $20]:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/plusgamepack/
Pandora's Box Demo [15.5 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/pandora/Trial/1.0/WIN98/EN-US/pandemo.exe
Pandora's Box Intel Pentium III/IV CPUs DirectDraw Fix:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/pandorasbox/downloads.htm
Direct download [984 KB, English + French]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/pandora/Patch/1.0a/W9XMe/EN-US/Pandora10a.exe
See "THE PLUS! PACKS" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows XP DirectX 3D Screen Savers:
- Windows XP Screen Saver:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/xpscreensaver.asp
Direct download [392 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/1/WXP/EN-US/3DwindowsXP.exe
- Bliss Screen Saver:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/bliss.asp
Direct download [1.66 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/ssaver/1.0/WXP/EN-US/blisssaver.exe
- American Flag Screen Saver for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=33307
Direct download [300 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Utility/1/W982KMeXP/EN-US/AmericanFlag.EXE
- Winter Fun Screen Savers:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/downloads/screensavers.asp
Direct download [6.12 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/5/6/4560d9e2-982b-4e3e-9771-ed3ca074f4bb/screensaverfunpack.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Halo Desktop Theme: MUST solve the XP quiz 100%
first! [;)]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/quiz/
Skip the quiz [4.22 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Update/1.0/WXP/EN-US/HaloThemes_Sounds.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Digital Photography, Communications + Browsing Winter
Fun Packs: Holiday Greeting Card Templates + MS IE6 Holiday Favorites:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/downloads/photos.asp
Direct download [2.75 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/7/0/97062ccc-7564-4900-8e81-7ab1e506511d/dpfunpack.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Creativity Fun Packs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/create/
- Digital Photography + Browsing (DPB) Fun Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/downloads/create_photo_ie.asp
DPB Pack [4.42 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/3/8/13884B3B-8D16-4A37-BA0B-EBFC36C51870/creativity_bdpfull.exe
- Movie Maker 2 (MM2) Creativity Fun Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/create.asp
MM2 Pack [24.2 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/9/E/09E40152-4999-46AC-9918-D55D593C8CBE/creativity_mmfull.exe
- Windows Media Player 9 (WMP9) Fun Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/windowsmediaplayer/downloads/create.asp
WMP9 Pack [2.67 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/2/C/B2C2E2B0-A906-43FD-8C27-6B6B1053D4F3/creativity_wmpfull.exe
- Power Toys (PT) Fun Pack:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/experiences/downloads/create_powertoy.asp
PT Pack [1.57 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/F/1/3F10EED6-186C-451D-98CE-767B6586B3AD/PowerToys_Full.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 File Manager (FM = WINFILE.EXE) v4.0 32-bit for
Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 supports Long File Names (LFNs), dual pane windows,
highly customizable [244 KB]:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/WINFILE.EXE
FM may NOT support certain NTFS setups!

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP PnPReg (PNPREG.EXE) tool corrects invalid hardware
drivers Registry entries:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=810509
PNPREG.EXE [37 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/f/4/2f48baa1-801c-431a-b152-e0bfe766bf74/pnpreg.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP System Info (SYSTEMINFO.EXE) command line tool [32 KB]:
http://www.ntfs.org/out/tweak/systeminfo.zip

* Microsoft Windows XP ClearType:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/
- ClearType Online Tuneup:
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/cleartype/cleartypeactivate.htm
- ClearType Online Tuner:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/customize/cleartype/tuner/

* ClearTweak v1.1 32-bit for Windows XP fine tunes ClearType settings:
http://www.offroadsearch.com/software/cleartweak/
Direct download [327 KB, freeware]:
http://www.offroadsearch.com/software/cleartweak/ClearTweakSetup.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/XP/2003 Application Compatibility Toolkit (ACT)
v3.0:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=9513
ACT30.EXE [23.3 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/6/f/a6f42077-eae3-4d4c-8df6-7ac402594127/act30pkg.exe
MSDN: Application Compatibility:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/compatibility/
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/appexperience/

* Microsoft Application Compatibility Analyzer (ACA) COLLECTOR.EXE for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + ANALYZER.EXE for Windows 2000/XP/2003 v1.0 32-bit
tools detect + report network/remote application compatibility:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/appexperience/analyzer.asp
ACA [6.72 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/8/9/88913cda-15ea-41ce-b1bf-cd981b7ace27/setup.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP TCP/IP Config (WNTIPCFG.EXE) v1.0 32-bit tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/wntipcfg-o.asp
WNTIPCFG.EXE [152 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/wntipcfg/1.00.0.1/nt5/en-us/WntIpcfg_setup.exe

* IP Refresh Lite v1.1.9 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP DHCP client diagnostic
tool, Microsoft IPCONFIG.EXE + WNTIPCFG.EXE replacement:
http://www.iprefresh.com/
Direct download [2.5 MB, freeware]:
http://www.iprefresh.com/free/iprlite.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) v1.1.1
32-bit tool detects common security misconfigurations, installed/uninstalled
hotfixes, threats and vulnerabilities:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/tools/mbsahome.asp
MBSA.EXE [3.68 MB, right-click to save!]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/e/8ee73487-4d36-4f7f-92f2-2bdc5c5385b3/mbsasetup.msi
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320454
MBSA FAQ:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/tools/mbsaqa.asp
MBSA Guide:
http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/mbsa/

* Daisy v2.0 32-bit graphical tool for Windows 2000/XP/2003 checks for proper
installation of OS Service Packs, Hotfixes, Patches etc, determines which
Hotfixes/Patches need to be installed, downloads and installs them, handles
localized installs, supports command line options, includes and uses
Microsoft QFECHECK.EXE + QCHAIN.EXE and Shavlik HFNETCHK.EXE (see below),
highly customizable:
http://vtntug.w2k.vt.edu/daisy.html
Direct download [1.87 MB, free GPL]:
http://vtntug.w2k.vt.edu/bin/Daisy_v2.0.zip

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003 Network Security Hotfix Checker
(HFNETCHK.EXE) v3.32 command line tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303215
HFNETCHK.EXE 3.32 [252 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Utility/3.3/NT45/EN-US/Nshc332.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=305385
Shavlik Network Security Hotfix Checker v3.86 command line tool:
http://www.shavlik.com/pHFNetChkExe.aspx
HFNETCHK.EXE 3.86 [597 KB]:
http://hfnetchk.shavlik.com/hfnetchk_3.86.0.1.exe
HFNETCHK Advanced Windows Hotfix Manager (WHC) Front End GUI v3.2:
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/whotfixcheck2.asp
WHC [135 KB]:
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/whotfixcheck2/whotfixcheck2_exe.zip
HFNETCHK FE (HFE) Front End GUI v2.1.0:
http://www.pasture.com/~tcroc/hfnetchk-fe.html
HFE [1.8 MB]:
http://www.pasture.com/~tcroc/projects/hfnetchk-fe/HFNCFE332V210R.ZIP

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP Chain Multiple Hotfixes QCHAIN.EXE Fix tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=815062
QCHAIN.EXE [142 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/2/952ac356-53cb-43a2-9c85-54b1262fca2c/Q815062_W2K_spl_X86_EN.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296861

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP File-In-Use Replace (INUSE.EXE) tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/inuse-o.asp
- INUSE.EXE v4.71.1015 for Windows 2000/XP [790 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/inuse/1.0/NT5/EN-US/inuse.exe
- INUSE.EXE v1.31 for Windows NT 4.0 [40 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/Utility/1.3/NT4/EN-US/inuse.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=228930

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/2003 Fast Boot/Fast Resume Visualizer Performance
Trace (BOOTVIS.EXE) v1.3.37 32-bit tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.mspx
BOOTVIS.EXE [968 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/2/b/32b18416-c3b0-4e46-a99d-15b7707e3dba/bootvis.msi
Fast System Startup for PCs Running Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/fastboot-winxp.mspx
Fast Boot DOCument [378 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/hwdevfb/1.0/WXP/EN-US/fastboot-winxp.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP Service Pack Level of Components Checker
(SPCHECK.EXE) 32-bit tool (English):
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=279631
- SPCHECK.EXE for Windows XP [34 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Utility/Q279631/NT45XP/EN-US/XPSPChk.exe
- SPCHECK.EXE for Windows 2000 [96 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000pro/Utility/Q279631/NT5/EN-US/W2kSPChk.exe
- SPCHECK.EXE for Windows NT 4.0 [175 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsp/Utility/Q279631/NT4/EN-US/NT4SPChk.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Extensible Performance Counter List
(EXCTRLST.EXE) v1.0 tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/exctrlst-o.asp
EXCTRLST.EXE [615 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/exctrlst/1.00.0.1/nt5/en-us/exctrlst_setup.exe

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP (E)IDE/ATAPI/(U)DMA Drives DMA Check
(DMACHECK.EXE) tool:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=191774
DMACHECK.EXE [27 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/utility/1.0.0.1/nt4/en-us/dmachcki.exe
Does NOT work with 3rd party/add-on/proprietary (E)IDE/RAID/SCSI drive
controllers!

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP SP1/2003 Administration Tools Pack (ADMINPAK)
allow administrators to remotely manage Windows 2000/XP SP1/2003 servers:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=304718
ADMINPAK [12.2 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/7/5/c750f1af-8940-44b6-b9eb-d74014e552cd/adminpak.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP/XP SP1/2003 Resource Kit (RK) Tools allow
administrators, developers and power users to manage Active Directory, Group
Policy, TCP/IP Networks, Registry, Security, Scalability etc:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd
RK Tools [11.7 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/e/c/8ec3a7d8-05b4-440a-a71e-ca3ee25fe057/rktools.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP XCACLS.EXE v1.00.0.1 command line tool
displays/modifies Access Control Lists (ACLs) of Windows Explorer file
system security options, useful for unattended installs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/xcacls-o.asp
XCACLS.EXE [582 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Update/1.00.0.1/NT5/EN-US/xcacls_setup.exe

* Microsoft Windows 2000 RPC Configuration tool (RPCCFG.EXE) v1.00.0.1 allows
to display and listen to specific network ports and subnets:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0f9cde2f-8632-4da8-ae70-645e1ddaf369
RPCCFG.EXE [167 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/c/5/4c5017b8-121f-45d7-bdaf-4683c0646621/rpccfg_setup.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP Boot Floppy Disks (BFD) allow installing Windows XP
both Professional and Home, with or without SP1/SP1a: full (clean/fresh) on an
empty HD, or as qualifying upgrade over previous MS Windows OS, even on the
same PC, even without bootable CD-ROM support [4.2 MB, English]:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310994
- XP Professional retail BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/310994/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/WinXP_EN_PRO_BF.EXE
- XP Home retail BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Install/310994/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/WinXP_EN_HOM_BF.EXE
- XP Professional SP1 BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/SP1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/winxpsp1_en_pro_bf.exe
- XP Home SP1 BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WinXPHome/Install/SP1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/winxpsp1_en_hom_bf.exe
- XP Professional SP1a BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/6/f/86f76f11-9369-4c6c-b923-092a94835278/WinXPSP1a_EN_PRO_BF.exe
- XP Home SP1a BFD:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/3/413e055b-3bf0-4996-963f-9f08cb9b10d7/WinXPSP1a_EN_HOM_BF.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308402
MSKB: How to Create a Bootable Disk in Windows NT4/2000/XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=119467

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Management Instrumentation (WMI) Scriptomatic
Tool v1.0:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/wmimatic.asp
Scriptomatic.HTA [97 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/.NetStandardServer/Utility/1.0/NT5XP/EN-US/Scriptomatic.exe
WMI Scripting Primer:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting06112002.asp

* Microsoft Windows NT4/2000/XP IIS 4.0/5.0/5.1 Lockdown Wizard v2.1 turns off
unnecessary features to reduce attack surface vulnerability:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools/tools/locktool.asp
IISLOCKD.EXE [285 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/iis50/Utility/2.1/NT45XP/EN-US/iislockd.exe

* Microsoft Windows XP SP1/2003 Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/gpmc/
GPMC.EXE [4.44 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/b/6/bb68315c-7b84-4a4d-b7be-ed43f8782642/gpmc.msi
Windows XP SP1 requires Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) [23 MB,
free]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Group Policy Object (GPO) tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=36351
GPOTOOL.EXE [77 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000platform/Tool/Q314147/NT5XP/EN-US/GPOTool.EXE

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/ntkit/
Direct download [6.88 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winntsrv40/rktools/1.0/NT4/EN-US/sp4rk_i386.Exe

* Microsoft Windows 2000 Performance + BenchMark Tests:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/guide/platform/performance/
PerfTune DOCument [357 KB]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/zipdocs/PerfTune.exe

* AR RAM Disk Driver v1.20 for Windows NT4/2000/XP, maximum RAM drive size 2
GB, includes customizable Control Panel applet:
http://www.arsoft-online.com/products/product.php?id=1
Direct download [93 KB, freeware]:
http://www.arsoft-online.com/download/ramdisk.zip
See "BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 2000/XP RAM Disk Driver RAMDISK.SYS, maximum RAM drive
size 32 MB, installs as Hardware Device:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257405
Direct download [56 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000ddk/sample01/1/NT5/EN-US/Ramdisk.exe
See "BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server Stay Secure STPP Scripts:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windows2000serv/staysecure/
Direct download [317 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000adserv/secops/RTM/NT5/EN-US/SecOps.exe
Stay Secure DOCs [781 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win2000adserv/pdf/RTM/NT5/EN-US/SecOpAll.exe
Symantec Stay Secure Guide:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/security.articles/security.fundamentals.html

* EruNT v1.0 + NTRegOpt v1.0 32-bit command line tools for Windows NT4/2000/XP
backup, restore and optimize the Registry:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/
Direct download [587 KB, freeware]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.zip

* SetACL v0.904 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP sets permissions (DACLs) for
files, directories, printers, Registry keys, services etc:
http://www.helge.mynetcologne.de/setacl/
Direct download [160 KB, free]:
http://www.helge.mynetcologne.de/setacl/program/setacl0.904/setacl.exe

* Command Prompt Explorer Bar v1.1 32-bit for Windows XP/2003 adds new Command
Prompt option to Windows Explorer:
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CommandBar.asp
Direct download [119 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/CommandBar/CommandBarSetup.zip
Windows XP requires Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) [23 MB,
free]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

* O&O Defrag 2000 Freeware Edition v3.5.562 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000 Defrag
replacement MMC console tool:
http://www.oosoft.de/english/products/ood2000free/ood2000free.html
Direct download [2.2 MB, freeware, English]:
ftp://ftp.oosoft.de/pub/ood2kfre/oodfre_V3.5.562_english.exe

* Deleted File Analysis v1.0 32-bit for Windows NT4/2000/XP lists all deleted
files not completely overwritten on all local hard drives/partitions:
http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp
Direct download [792 KB, freeware]:
http://www1.execsoft.com/download/download.asp?file=delutil_i.exe

* XP-AntiSpy v3.72 32-bit for Windows XP removes all Registry entries
responsible for transmitting user info, Media Player, Error Report, Remote
Desktop, MS IE 6.0, Automatic Updates, Synchronize Time Server, Balloon Tips,
PageFile, Support User, Services, Messenger, Unregister REGWIZC.DLL +
LICDLL.DLL etc:
http://www.xpantispy.org/news-e.php
Direct download [66 KB, freeware]:
http://www.xpantispy.org/download.php

* RefreshForce v1.10 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP fixes > 60 Hz video refresh
rate bug and customizes display/monitor refresh rates for all resolutions
overriding system defaults:
http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/
Direct download [165 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/reforce.zip

* NVRefreshTool v2.1a 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP fixes NVidia Detonator video
drivers > 60 Hz refresh rate bug overriding system defaults for all
resolutions:
http://www.nvrt.org/
Direct download [615 KB, freeware]:
http://www.nvrt.org/nowdownload.php

* nVidia Refresh Rate Fix MKII v2.11 E for Windows NT4/2000/XP fixes NVidia
Detonator video drivers > 60 Hz refresh rate bug overriding system defaults
for all resolutions:
http://www.sheep-design.de/com/prog/tools.htm
Direct download [1.9 MB, freeware]:
http://520010296761-0001.bei.t-online.de/prog/nvfixsfx.exe

* VDMSound (VDMS) v2.0.4 Update 1 for Windows NT4/2000/XP adds DOS box MPU-401
MIDI, FM/Adlib digital sound, DirectX DirectSound + joystick game port support
to ANY Sound Blaster compatible audio card:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/
VDMS 2.0.4 Update 1 [282 KB, free GPL]:
http://vdmsound.sourceforge.net/files/VDMSound.2.0.4.update1.zip
VDMS 2.0.4 [955 KB, free GPL, right-click to save!]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/vdmsound/VDMSound-2.0.4-WinNT-i386.msi
VDMS Launch Pad [986 KB, freeware]:
http://vdmsound.sourceforge.net/files/VDMSLaunchPad.v1.0.0.2.zip
VDMS Joystick Emulator [32 KB, freeware]:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/sandbox/EmuJoystick.v1.0.4.3.zip
VDMS Sound Blaster Emulator [28 KB, freeware]:
http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/sandbox/EmuSBCompat.v1.0.4.6.zip

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SETWIN95.CMD + IMAGECFG.EXE tools allow to
install/run Windows 9x/ME programs/games under Windows NT4/2000/XP (free):
http://www.geocities.com/gr_unit/downloads.htm
SETWIN95.CMD [321 B]:
http://www.geocities.com/gr_unit/files/setwin95.zip
IMAGECFG.EXE [25 KB]:
http://www.geocities.com/gr_unit/files/imagecfg.zip
MSDN: Avoiding Conflicts With Windows 95 Applications:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnappcom/html/winntwin95.asp
MS TechNet: Tricks & Traps:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/columns/tips/
CAUTION: IMAGECFG.EXE modifies irreversibly EXE/DLL files and thus may
adversely affect performance!

* FlexBeta Slipstreamer XP v1.0 32-bit for Windows XP + MS Office XP
slipstreams (integrates) Service Pack (SP) files into installation files,
which can be used to create Setup CDs using any CD-R(W)/DVD-R(W) burning tool:
http://www.flexbeta.net/main/comments.php?id=1810
Direct download [2.9 MB, freeware, right-click to save!]:
http://www.ccnyforum.net/slipxp/flexbetaslipstreamer_xp.rar

* Tweak FX v0.7 32-bit for Windows XP/2003 tweaks 50+ hidden Registry
settings, highly customizable:
http://www.smilianov.dir.bg/tweakfx.html
Direct download [834 KB, freeware]:
http://www.smilianov.dir.bg/files/tweakfx.exe

* miTweak-XP v2.5.1 32-bit for Windows XP tweaks hidden GUI, Desktop,
transparency, System, MS IE, Registry etc settings, highly customizable:
http://www.viettre.net/?pageid=5
Direct download [415 KB, freeware]:
http://www.viettre.net/?pageid=6

* Samurize v0.63c 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP displays a system stats menu in
the Taskbar, highly customizable:
http://www.samurize.com/
Direct download [1 MB, freeware]:
http://www.samurize.com/files/samversions/Samurize_063c.exe

* XPInfo 5-29-2002 release 32-bit for Windows XP shows hardware changes since
Windows Product Activation (WPA) installation date:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/
Direct download [19 KB, freeware]:
http://www.licenturion.com/xp/xpinfo-exe.zip

* WinLauncherXP v2.0.5 Beta 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP boosts SMP affinity,
application priority level, Windows state and translucency while launching
programs/games for better performance:
http://www.vosnouvelles.com/gameroffice/download.php
Direct download [590 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vosnouvelles.com/gameroffice/winlauncherxp-setup.zip

* HotkeyControl v3.1 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP customizes/(de)activates
ANY single/combo/hot keys for ANY function/purpose in ANY program/game:
http://digitalminer.tripod.com/hkconintro.html
Direct download [1.3 MB, freeware]:
http://digitalminer.tripod.com/hkcontrol.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* Logon Loader v2.1.0 32-bit Logon UI manager for Windows XP changes the
default logon screen with the image of your choice:
http://www.radfiles.com/logonloader/
Direct download [941 KB, freeware]:
http://files.deviantart.com/software/Logon_Loader_2.1.0.exe
XP Logon bitmaps (free):
http://www.deviantart.com/browse/?section=xplogon

* Logon Studio v0.99 32-bit for Windows XP changes/edits the default logon
screen with the image of your choice:
http://www.logonstudio.com/
Direct download [1.46 MB, freeware]:
http://www.stardock.com/files/logonstudio099.exe

* BootXP v2.31 32-bit Logon UI manager for Windows 2000/XP changes/backs
up/restores the default logon screen with the image of your choice, highly
customizable:
http://www.bootxp.net/
Direct download [1.1 MB, nag shareware]:
http://www.bootxp.net/download.htm

* LogonUI Boot Randomizer v3.9.0 32-bit Logon UI manager and randomizer for
Windows XP, highly customizable:
http://www.belchfire.net/~userxp/indexlbr.htm
Direct download [676 KB, freeware]:
http://www.belchfire.net/~userxp/logonuibootrandomizer.zip

* Boot Editor v0.9.77 beta 32-bit NTOSKRNL.EXE Boot Logo editor for Windows
XP:
http://members.rogers.com/userxp/indexbe.htm
Direct download [549 KB, freeware]:
http://members.rogers.com/userxp/booteditor.zip

* StyleItXP v1.0 32-bit for Windows XP adds visual styles support to most
Win32 applications:
http://www.bootxp.net/styleitxp/
Direct download [187 KB, freeware]:
http://www.bootxp.net/styleitxp/styleitxp.zip

* XP Skins v0.9 32-bit for Windows XP adds visual styles support to most Win32
applications:
http://www.cronosoft.com/download/xp_skins/
Direct download [56 KB, freeware]:
http://www.cronosoft.com/download/xp_skins/xp_skins_v0.9.zip
More skins [require XP Visual Style, shareware!]:
http://www.cronosoft.com/download/xp_visual_tools/download.htm

* Glass2k v0.9.2 beta 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP makes any window and the
Taskbar transparent, highly customizable:
http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
Direct download [55 KB, freeware]:
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~chime/products/glass2k/Glass2k.exe

* Trans2k v2.2 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP makes any window and the Taskbar
transparent, highly customizable:
http://www.545studios.com/f/software.php?id=11
Direct download [362 KB, freeware]:
http://www.545studios.com/f/download.php?id=11

* TransBar v1.2 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP makes any window and the Taskbar
transparent, highly customizable:
http://home.online.no/~akjersem/AKSoftware/
Direct download [344 KB, freeware]:
http://home.online.no/~akjersem/AKSoftware/software/transbar_setup.exe

* Desk Projection v1.0.6 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP superimposes a
transparent image over the Desktop, highly customizable:
http://vazagi.homepage.dk/DP.html
Direct download [288 KB, freeware]:
http://vazagi.homepage.dk/DPv106.exe

* Y'z Shadow for v1.9 32-bit for Windows XP/2003 adds shadow and transparency
effects to any window, Menu and the Taskbar, highly customizable:
http://yz.designtechnika.com/software/yzshadow/index_en.html
Direct download [235 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.designtechnika.com/downloads/yzsdw109.zip

* CursorXP Free v1.20 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP enhances static/animated
mouse cursors, can use any graphic format, adds antialiasing, shadow,
transparency + alpha blending, cursor themes, highly customizable:
http://www.cursorxp.com/
Direct download [2.06 MB, freeware]:
http://www.stardock.com/files/CursorXPFree120.exe
CursorXP Cursors (free):
http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=25

* StartBtn Renamer v1.60 32-bit for Windows XP replaces the Start button label
with any other text up to 255 characters:
http://www.startbtn.main-page.com/
Direct download [363 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/ProgFull.zip

* AtomicXP v2.01 32-bit for Windows XP clean installs disables/tweaks system
and registry annoyances:
http://members.optushome.com.au/bio2000/misc.htm
Direct download [394 KB, freeware]:
http://members.optushome.com.au/bio2000/atomicXP2.zip

* CopyToXP v1.2 for Windows 2000/XP turns on Copy To and Move To right-click
context menu Registry keys:
http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/frokkos/bloguesnando/downloads.html
Direct download [4 KB, freeware]:
http://planeta.terra.com.br/informatica/frokkos/bloguesnando/files/copyToXP12.zip

* XP ZIP Support Control v1.0.0 32-bit for Windows XP installs/uninstalls
built-in ZIP Folders control:
http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jester2ksoftware.htm
Direct download [36 KB, freeware]:
http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/downloads/Windows-XP-ZIP-Support-Control.exe

* Prefetch Clean And Control v1.2.0 32-bit for Windows XP tweaks Prefetch
parameters and deletes Prefetch log:
http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jester2ksoftware.htm
Direct download [28 KB, freeware]:
http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/downloads/Windows-XP-Prefetch-Clean-And-Control.exe

* Windows 2000/XP/2003 Skins, Themes, Logos, Icons + Wallpapers (free):
- ThemesXP:
http://www.themexp.org/
- Customize:
http://www.customize.org/
- WinCustomize:
http://www.wincustomize.com/
- SkinBase:
http://www.skinbase.org/
- DeviantART:
http://www.deviantart.com/
- DeskMod:
http://www.deskmod.com/
- XP Logos:
http://www.xplogos.com/
- Design Technika2:
http://www.designtechnika.com/
- VelocityArt:
http://www.velocityart.com/
- Pixtudio:
http://www.pixtudio.net/
- PC Desktops:
http://pcdesktops.emuunlim.com/
- Studio 28:
http://www.studiotwentyeight.net/main.htm



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY TWEAKERS



* Power Toys on the Internet (most are freeware):
- XTeq Systems Windows Power Tools (freeware for personal use):
http://www.xteq.com/products/
- Bob's 1000+ Wicked Tools - Shell Extension City:
http://www.shellcity.net/
- Major Geeks (lots of freeware):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
- Karen Kenworthy's Free Power Tools:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/powertools.asp
- CKiT's WorkStation Nine (WS9):
http://users.bigpond.net.au/thomps/cgmt/
- Tweak PC Downloads:
http://www.tweakpc.com/
- AnalogX Freeware:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download.htm
- Mike Lin's Freeware Utilities:
http://www.mlin.net/
- RoadKil Free Software:
http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~roadkil/Software.htm
- r2 Studios Free Software:
http://www.r2.com.au/
- ArsWare:
http://www.arsware.org/
- ArcaneWood Freeware Tools:
http://www.geocities.com/arcanewood/Prod_Body.html
- PSC Freebies:
http://www.nsclean.com/freebies.html
- GRC Freeware:
http://grc.com/freepopular.htm
- APK Windows Software:
http://www.pixelstation.com/APKWeb/software.html
- Funduc Freeware Utilities:
http://www.funduc.com/otsoft.htm
- Dx21 Win32 Software:
http://www.dx21.com/
- Aezay Software (freeware):
http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/
- PC Forrest's Freeware:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/software.html
- Ian Sharpe's PC Software (freeware):
http://www.iansharpe.com/
- Codeman's Freeware Programs:
http://www.walbeehm.com/mrcode.html
- Software Design (mostly freeware):
http://www.gregorybraun.com/
- WinAbility Windows Freebies:
http://www.winability.com/free/
- KMCS Freeware Tools:
http://www.kmcsonline.com/freeware.htm
- Brad's Butt Kickin' WinDoze Utility MegaSite:
http://home.plutonium.net/~bjackson/
- JPSoft DK Freeware Software Solutions:
http://www.jpsoft.dk/uk/freeware.html
- JavaScience Utilities (freeware):
http://pages.istar.ca/~neutron/
- JoeyR's File Downloads:
http://www.geocities.com/joeyr76/
- Jester2K Free Software:
http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jester2ksoftware.htm
- Kurt's Windows Programs:
http://www.zsoftware.de/mainpage_e.htm
- Christian's Freeware:
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/freeware.htm
- Bart's Utilities (mostly freeware):
http://www.nu2.nu/utilities/
- Cool Beans Software:
http://www.coolbeans.ws/
- No Design Software:
http://www.nodesoft.com/
- No Nonsense Freeware:
http://www.no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/
- AppControls: UtilMind FREE Software:
http://www.appcontrols.com/software.html
- Security Software:
http://www.securitysoftware.cc/apps.html
- SureCool Downloads:
http://www.surecool.com/download.htm
- 95 Is Alive Free(ware) Tools:
http://www.95isalive.com/
- System Tweak Tools + Apps:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~laar2002/tweak_tools.html
- The Gazette FREEWARE Downloads:
http://www.members.cox.net/scotterpops/downloads/downloads.html
- Steve's Freeware Picks:
http://www.systemsbysteve.com/mypicks.htm
- PC 911 Downloads:
http://www.pcnineoneone.com/downloads/
- SysInternals Win32 Utilities (mostly freeware):
http://www.sysinternals.com/
- Win32 Programmers' Resource:
http://www.internals.com/
- SmartLine Freeware for Windows:
http://www.protect-me.com/freeware.html
- Wilders.org Free Tools:
http://www.wilders.org/free_tools.htm
- Discontinued Win32 Software:
http://woundedmoon.org/win32_freeware.html

* Xteq X-Setup v6.3 32-bit is THE ultimate Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
power tool: BEST and most comprehensive system tweaker and registry "hacker"
ever created. Tunes over 1200 (with many more added frequently at the plug-in
pages listed below) little known, undocumented + hidden settings: GUI, System,
Hardware, Software, Personal, DOS, Boot, Disk/Virtual Cache, DMA/ATA66/100,
DirectX, CD/DVD, Explorer, MS IE 4/5/6, MS OE 4/5/6, TCP/IP, Internet, Modem,
Network, Server, Security, Netscape, Opera, MS Office 97/2000/XP, IM, ICQ,
Games, chipset specific 2D/3D Video (3dfx, NVidia, Matrox + ATI families) and
much more... strongly recommended for all power users, gamers, system
administrators and anyone aiming to obtain MAXimum computing performance,
customization, stability, compatibility and speed [TweakUI on steroids! :)]:
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/
All this is done from an Explorer-like, easy to use, familiar interface (GUI).
Features: plug-ins sorted into folders by category, single-click for all
items, unlimited number of Plug-ins/Wizards can be added/deleted at will,
record mode for REG file installation on multiple systems, Registry keys
backup creation for eventual restore, plug-in error check/alert/shut-down,
advanced OS detection, X-Update engine downloads and installs up to date
Patches + new Plug-ins/Wizards from a dedicated web site etc, highly
customizable.
Takes only 5 MB of RAM while running, entirely returned to the system upon
exit.
Download X-Setup 6.3 [4.6 MB, freeware only for personal use]:
http://www.xteq.com/downloads/#xset
Based on individual MS Visual Basic (VB) "plug-ins", users can create own
favorite/custom Wizards/Plug-ins using X-Setup Software Developer Kit (XSDK)
v6.1 [256 KB, freeware]:
http://www.xteq.com/products/xsdk/
X-Setup additional Plug-ins:
http://www.xteq.com/products/xset/plugs/
Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01/5.xx/6.xx:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
or:
- Microsoft Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.x for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
- Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) 1.3 Internet
Interoperability APIs for Windows 98 (DCOM98) or 95 (DCOM95):
http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/downloads.asp
Xteq X-Setup tech support:
http://www.xteq.com/support/

* Microsoft TweakUI Power Toy tweaks hidden Win9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + MS IE
4/5/6 settings: Mouse speed/sensitivity, X-Mouse, GUI Effects, Special folders
location, IE Search, Shortcut overlay, Startup, Explorer/IE settings, Desktop
icons, My Computer drives, Control Panel applets, Network logon, New
documents, Add/Remove programs, Boot options, Repair: Icons, File
associations, Fonts folder, Regedit, System files and Temporary Internet/URL
History files, Paranoia: clear history/passwords, disable Autoplay/Autorun,
Log illegal operations etc [final official release, free, unsupported]:
- TweakUI v2.10 for Windows XP SP1/XP MCE/2003 and MS IE 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
Direct download [147 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
- TweakUI v2.00 for Windows XP/XP MCE and MS IE 6:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/downloads/powertoys.asp
Direct download [564 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
- TweakUI v1.33 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME and MS IE 4/5/6 [fixed most bugs!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
Direct download [110 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe
- TweakUI v1.1 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 ONLY WITHOUT MS IE 4/5/6 installed
[buggy!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95pwrtoysset/
Direct download [204 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/e/52e8fd68-e528-4995-abe2-5644583536e1/W95powertoy.exe
ALL TweakUI users: READ "BUGGY TWEAKUI 98" in TIPS98.TXT (included)!

* Microsoft Windows XP Power Toys: see "FREE WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003 EXTRAS"
further above.

* Microsoft Power Toys 95 Set for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 [final official
release, free, unsupported]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95pwrtoysset/
Direct download [204 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/e/52e8fd68-e528-4995-abe2-5644583536e1/W95powertoy.exe
- CabView.
- CD AutoPlay Extender.
- Command Prompt Here v1.1:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTComPrompt.asp
- Contents Menu.
- Desktop Menu:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTDsktpMenu.asp
- Explore From Here:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTExplore.asp
- Find X v1.2:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTFindX.asp
- FlexiCD.
- HTML Printer Driver.
- QuickRes.
- Round Clock.
- Send To X v1.2:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTSendToX.asp
- Shortcut Target Menu v1.2:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTShrtctTarget.asp
- TweakUI v1.1 ONLY WITHOUT MS IE 4/5/6 installed [buggy!].
Replaced by TweakUI v1.33 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME and MS IE 4/5/6 [fixed
most bugs!]:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
Direct download [110 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Install/1.0/WinMe/EN-US/Tweakui.exe
- Telephony Location Selector.
- XMouse v1.2.
These Power Toys 95 work with Windows 98/2000/ME/XP:
- Desktop Menu.
- Command Prompt Here: Windows 98/ME ONLY!
- Send To X: MUST see "SEND TO" in TIPS95.TXT (included) to make it compatible
with ALL Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP + MS IE releases!

* Microsoft Kernel Toys 95 Set for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2: MS-DOS Mode
Configuration Wizard Customization Tool (DOSWZCFG.EXE), Keyboard Remap
(KEYREMAP.DLL), Logo Key Control (DOSWINKY.VXD), Conventional Memory Tracker
(CONVMEM.VXD), Windows Process Watcher (WINTOP.EXE) + Time Zone Editor
(TZEDIT.EXE):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/contents/wutoys/w95kerneltoy/
Direct download [57 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/1/a/c1a2a8d9-e2e0-4b94-8e47-61583e71b837/W95KRNLTOYS.EXE
Some MS Kernel Toys work with Windows 98/ME.
Do NOT install MS Kernel Toys on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003!

* NeoTweak XP v1.0 Beta 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP tweaks hidden
settings: Desktop, User, System, Explorer, Start Menu etc, allows users to add
new tweaks, highly customizable:
http://www.neowin.net/neotweakxp/
Direct download [322 KB, freeware]:
http://www.neowin.net/neotweakxp/files/neotweakb10.zip
Requires Microsoft .Net Framework Redistributable (NFR) [23 MB, free]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

* Optimizer XP v3.5XG 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP tweaks Desktop and
GUI hidden features:
http://www.se-ed.net/windowsx/enhance/
Direct download [563 KB, freeware]:
http://www.se-ed.net/windowsx/enhance/download/optimizerxp.zip

* Send To Toys v2.11 for for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP add more options to
Send To right-click context menu: Add to Send To menu, Remove from Send To
menu, Send To Clipboard, Send To Command Prompt, Send To Favorites, Send To
Folder + Send To Run:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/#sendtotoys
Direct download [408 KB, freeware]:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/downloads/sendtotoys.exe

* TweakDB v2.1a 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP tweaks hidden settings:
cache, swap file, memory, tasks, hardware, menu animation, security, alpha
blending, 3dfx, ATI, NVidia, Kyro + Savage video options etc:
http://www.tweakdb.tk/
Direct download [1.82 MB, freeware]:
http://www.stickney7.freeserve.co.uk/tweakdb21.zip

* pcTuner v1.8 beta 5 Special Edition 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
tweaks hidden settings: Desktop, System, OnStart, Policies, Internet, MS IE +
MS OE, System Folders etc:
http://flyrl.perm.ru/?part=pctuner
Direct download [642 KB, freeware]:
http://flyrl.perm.ru/files/pctuner_1_8_b5_911_edition_install.exe

* RegTick Pro v0.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP tweaks tons of hidden
Registry settings:
http://www.regshot.ist.md/
Direct download [217 KB, freeware]:
http://www.regshot.ist.md/regtickpro02.zip

* Tweak Revisited v3.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME and MS IE 4/5/6 tweaks hidden
settings: MS IE toolbar/title picture/text, view BMPs as icons, registered
owner/company info/code, add Control Panel to Start menu, add Quick View/Open
With Notepad to right-click, drives/folders/Start menu icons, icon
resolution/size, startup/shutdown logos, Cookie Manager, Startup Manager,
Backup Manager, Icon Editor/Convertor, highly customizable:
http://www.jsware.net/jsware/tweakr.html
Direct download [958 KB, crippled shareware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/twkrv32.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
Courtesy of Joe (joesware@jsware.net) author of Tweak Revisited.

* Letter Assigner v1.2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME + MS-DOS 4/5/6 assigns ANY
letter to ANY drive in your computer, prevents letter changes and non-bootable
situations, remembers drives by serial numbers/labels, automatically corrects
boot files location, tweaks drives Properties: DMA, SCSI, Disconnect,
Synchronize etc, highly customizable:
http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/
Direct download [1.06 MB, freeware]:
http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/LetAssig.zip

* Registry Styler 99 v1.31 32-bit for Windows 98/98 SE + MS IE 4/5 optimizes
tons of system settings:
http://blue-lemon-labs.virtualave.net/
Direct download [2.4 MB, freeware]:
http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/taz21/SETUP.EXE

* Tweaker 2001 v6.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE 4/5/6
tweaks hidden settings: double-click sensitivity, default menu alignment,
256+ color icons, split Start menu, beep on errors, window animation, menu
show delay, system icons etc:
http://rmsoft.itgo.com/tweaker.html
Direct download [826 KB, freeware]:
ftp://members.aol.com/spice4all/tweak60.zip

* Windows 98 Configurator v0.5.0.24 32-bit for Windows 98/98 SE and MS IE 4/5
tweaks hidden Start Menu, Explorer, Hints, System, Icons + Restrictions
settings:
http://jove.prohosting.com/~w98c/conowego_en.html
Direct download [260 KB, freeware, English]:
http://jove.prohosting.com/~w98c/w98c.zip

* More Control v0.01.0031 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME customizes File/Install
Locations, Autorun, Add/Remove Programs, Icon Names + System Colors:
http://www.lewe.com/morectrl.php
Direct download [2.9 MB, freeware]:
http://www.lewe.com/download/morectrl.zip

* More Control v1.1 16-bit (updated) for Windows 3.1x/9x/ME tweaks hidden
system settings: help engine colors, drop down menu alignment, icon spacing,
icon title font etc [21 KB, public domain]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/morecn.zip

* CacheMan v5.50 32-bit virtual file system (VFAT), HD + CD/DVD cache and
memory optimizer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 tunes your OS for MAXimum
performance:
http://www.outertech.com/?_charisma_page=product&id=2
Direct download [926 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.outertech2.com/files/cachm550.exe
See "HARD DRIVE THRASHING", "CD-ROM/DVD MAX SPEED" + "MAX CACHE SPEED" in
REGISTRY.TXT and "SYSTEM.INI TWEAKS" in MYTIPS95.TXT (both included) for
details.

* CacheBooster v1.00 32-bit virtual file system (VFAT) cache optimizer for
Windows 9x/ME tunes MinFileCache, MaxFileCache + ChunkSize SYSTEM.INI [vcache]
section settings for MAXimum HD performance:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/cb.htm
Direct download [218 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/cbi.exe
See "HARD DRIVE THRASHING" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for details.

* More Properties v2.03.0276 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT optimizes tons of hidden
interface settings:
http://www.imaginary.co.za/
Direct download [1.7 MB, freeware]:
http://www.imaginary.co.za/archive.htm

* My Properties v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT changes 35 default system icons,
registered user name/organization, edits/adds/deletes Run Registry entries,
deletes typed URLs in Microsoft and Netscape browsers:
http://home.talkcity.com/TechnologyWay/aeryc/myprop.html
Direct download [146 KB, freeware]:
http://home.talkcity.com/TechnologyWay/aeryc/myprop.zip

* TweakAll v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP tweaks boot/run/shut down
options, tons of GUI/Explorer/Internet/Security settings, Vcache/Disk Cache
parameters, 3dfx/NVidia video performance, frees unused memory etc, requires
installing separate plugins, highly customizable:
http://www.codeforge.co.uk/mainframes.htm
Direct download [4.12 MB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/majorgeeks/allinone/tweakall3fullsetup.exe

* Windows Administrator v.3.b+ 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4 tweaks over 30 hidden
interface settings, includes multilingual support:
http://radek.storm.com.pl/winad.html
Direct download [1.7 MB, freeware]:
http://radek.storm.com.pl/WinAdmin.zip

* OEM Information Editor v1.0.8 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME creates/edits custom
Logo and personal/OEM Information in the System Properties General tab:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/oeminfo_v1.html
Direct download [790 KB, freeware, right-click to save!]:
http://www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk/software/oeminfo10008.msi
Requires Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
See "SUPPORT INFORMATION" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* OEM Logo Stamper v2.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME creates/edits custom Logo
and personal/OEM Information in the System Properties General tab:
http://zemssoft.netfirms.com/softwares.html
Direct download [340 KB, freeware]:
http://galileo.spaceports.com/~zems/download/olsfree2.exe
See "SUPPORT INFORMATION" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.

* BSOD Properties v1.0a 16-bit for Windows 9x/ME/3.1x allows changing Blue
Screen Of Death (BSOD) background + foreground colors from a neat graphic
interface:
http://www.toastytech.com/news/bsod.html
Direct download [230 KB, freeware]:
http://www.toastytech.com/files/bsodprop.zip
See "BLUE (OR ANY OTHER COLOR) SCREEN OF DEATH" in TIPS95.TXT (included) for
more details.



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM ENHANCERS



* GXExplorer v0.994 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer replacement:
multiple (thumbnail) file viewer, full right-click support, dual pane view,
customizable toolbar, built-in ZIP manager, folder synchronizer, Run command
line, DOS box etc, highly customizable:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gxexplorer/
Direct download [1.04 MB, free GPL]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gxexplorer/gxexplorer0994.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 WITHOUT MS IE 5/6 or newer installed
require Microsoft Common Control DLL 5.80 Patch [498 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe

* Turbo Navigator v1.46 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer
replacement: full drag & drop support, built-in TXT, RTF + binary file
viewer, advanced attribute change, advanced copy/move filtering, total
deletion, built-in WAV, MID, MP3, AVI + MPG Media Player, built-in strong
encryption etc, highly customizable:
http://www.turbonavigator.com/
Direct download [870 KB, freeware]:
http://www.turbonavigator.com/download/files/tn146setup.exe
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 WITHOUT MS IE 5/6 or newer installed
require Microsoft Common Control DLL 5.80 Patch [498 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe

* 2xExplorer Z1 v1.4.1.12 32-bit dual pane Norton Commander style Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer replacement: Internal Editor/Viewer, Detailed
Folder Data, Advanced Find Utility, Batch File Creation etc, highly
customizable:
http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer/
Direct download [391 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/fileutl/2xex1412.zip

* JExplorer v1.6.0.6 32-bit dual pane Norton Commander style Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer replacement: File Manager, Web Browser, file
(de)compressor, FTP file transfer, POP3 mail/SPAM monitor, MAPI mail sender,
directory comparator, DUN interface, highly customizable:
http://members.fortunecity.com/woosjung/
Direct download [2.3 MB, freeware]:
http://members.fortunecity.com/woosjung/Files/JEX1606.exe

* Servant Salamander v1.52 32-bit dual pane Norton Commander style Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer replacement: File Manager, open plugin
architecture, self-updating directory listing, hotkeys, internal ZIP, RAR,
ARJ, CAB, ACE, TAR/GZIP + SFX support, internal 2 GB file limit text/hex
viewer, NTFS volume compression, fast file/directory search, highly
customizable:
http://www.altap.cz/salam_en/
Direct download [207 KB, freeware]:
http://www.altap.cz/download.html#salrel

* Diskeeper Lite v7.0 32-bit for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP Microsoft Defrag
tool replacement analyzes fragmentation levels and defragments manually one
hard disk/partition at a time, file system(s), paging/swap file(s), highly
customizable:
http://www.execsoft.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp
Direct download [11.8 MB, freeware]:
http://www1.execsoft.com/dklite.exe

* PowerPro v3.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP adds: tool bars, tray
icons, hot keys, mouse actions, menus, timer/scheduler, close, minimize,
maximize, roll-up to caption, minimize to tray, position, send keystrokes, run
commands when Windows loads, virtual desktops, clipboard extender, keyboard
macros, shut down, show all folders/files menu, sounds, wallpaper + screen
saver activation/randomization, highly customizable:
http://www.windowspowerpro.com/
Direct download [2 MB, freeware]:
http://www.windowspowerpro.com/download/pwrpro37.zip

* H-Menu v5.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP program/function/process
launcher: mouse activated Startup menu replacement, animated Toolbars,
supports Cascading Menus + Multimedia capabilities, configurable screen
settings, Tray icon, Menu Bars, Buttonbar groups, Dial-Up Connections, Sound
controls, End Windows Session, Change Screen, animation effects, custom
background bitmaps, multilingual support, highly customizable:
http://www.h-menu.com/main_en.htm
Direct download [595 KB, freeware]:
http://www.h-menu.com/H_menu-EN-Setup.exe

* Add/Remove Pro v2.06 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP shows, checks,
uninstalls and removes software on Add/Remove Programs list and corresponding
Registry entries:
http://www.superwin.com/ffreewar.htm
Direct download [343 KB, freeware]:
http://www.regvac.com/adrmpro2.exe

* Startup CPL v2.8 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP adds a new Startup applet to
Control Panel from which you can edit/add/delete any program/TSR running from
the Registry + Startup folder when Windows loads:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Direct download [58 KB, freeware]:
http://www.mlin.net/files/StartupCPL.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 WITHOUT MS IE 5/6 or newer installed
require Microsoft Common Control DLL 5.80 Patch [498 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe

* StartMan v1.3.96 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes any
program/TSR running from the Registry, WIN.INI + Startup folder when Windows
loads:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/startman_v1.html
Direct download [1.35 MB, freeware]:
http://www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk/software/startman10396.exe
Requires Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
or NT4/2000 [1.73 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe

* StartStop v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes any
program/TSR running from the Registry + Startup folder when Windows loads:
http://www.tfi-technology.com/startstop.htm
Direct download [118 KB, freeware]:
http://www.tfi-technology.com/strtst10.exe

* Startup Editor v0.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes
any program/TSR running from the Registry + Startup folder when Windows loads:
http://www.ibservice.com/startedit.htm
Direct download [1.7 MB, freeware]:
http://www.ibservice.com/files/Setup.exe

* Startup Manager v1.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes
any program/TSR running from the Registry, Startup folder + WIN.INI when
Windows loads:
http://home.ptd.net/~don5408/toolbox/startupcpl/
Direct download [614 KB, freeware]:
ftp://ftp.delphifreestuff.com/pub/freeware/sm-setup.exe

* Startup Manager v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes
any program/TSR running from the Registry + Startup folder when Windows loads:
http://www.appcontrols.com/software/startupman.html
Direct download [483 KB, freeware]:
http://www.appcontrols.com/software/download/StartupManSetup.exe

* Starter v5.6.1.23 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes
any program/TSR running from the Registry + WIN.INI when Windows loads:
http://codestuff.tripod.com/features.shtml
Direct download [482 KB, freeware]:
http://codestuff.tripod.com/StarterSetup.zip

* A-Spy v0.09 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP edits/adds/deletes any
program/TSR running from the Registry, Startup folder, SYSTEM.INI + WIN.INI
when Windows loads:
http://www.vipmeister.com/dl/aspy/aspy.html
Direct download [317 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vipmeister.com/dl/aspy/aspy009.zip

* AppPaths 2000 v2.6 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP adds a new AppPaths
applet to Control Panel which edits/adds/deletes any application/help path or
program/TSR running from the Registry:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/AppPaths.html
Direct download [40 KB, freeware]:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/APPPATHS.ZIP

* YTrayMagic Lite v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME restores (in case of an
Explorer crash) all Taskbar Tray icons:
http://yoconsoft.hypermart.net/products.html
Direct download [224 KB, freeware]:
http://yoconsoft.hypermart.net/download/ytraylsetup.exe

* TraySaver beta 10 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME hides/shows, allows easy
access to and restores (in case of an Explorer crash) all Taskbar Tray icons:
http://www.mlin.net/TraySaver.shtml
Direct download [241 KB, freeware]:
http://www.mlin.net/files/TraySaverB10.exe

* IconSaver v1.21 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME saves/restores Desktop
icons positions in any screen resolution:
http://www.core-project.com/nole/iconsaver/
Direct download [47 KB, freeware]:
http://www.core-project.com/nole/iconsaver/iconsaver.zip

* ActivIcons v3.20 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP replaces default
system folders/items/shortcuts icons, animated/static mouse cursors, Start
button graphic/text, MS IE/OE spinning logos, startup/shutdown logos,
increases/rebuilds Shell icon cache, removes shortcut arrow overlays, allows
animated icons on Desktop, makes Desktop icon labels transparent,
saves/restores Desktop icons layout etc, highly customizable:
http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_aifw.html
Direct download [1.5 MB, freeware]:
ftp://ftp.agt.net/pub/winsite/win95/desktop/acticon320.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 require MS IE 4/5/6 with Active Desktop (View As Web
Page) enabled:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

* StatBar v2.301 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays: CPU/memory
usage, OS uptime/version, battery status, CD door eject/close, exit/lock
buttons, HD info, lock status, master volume control, RC5/OGR counter, time
synchronization, Winamp controls, highly customizable:
http://www.statbar.nl/
Direct download [580 KB, freeware]:
http://members.home.nl/mrb/StatBarSetup.exe

* Effective Desktop v1.01 build 245 32-bit [discontinued :(] for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP includes: ExplorerX (hides tray icons, customizes Start
button logo/text, Desktop icons transparency), TaskbarX (Calendar, ClockX +
WindowsX Client) and WindowsX (multiple virtual Desktops), highly
customizable:
http://www.ministars.com/
Direct download [1.04 MB, donationware]:
http://w1.182.telia.com/~u18202752/efdsk101.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 require MS IE 4/5/6 with Active Desktop (View As Web
Page) enabled:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/

* Sub Desktop v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP moves all Desktop
icons to a separate window:
http://www.pnc.com.au/~garethth/SubDesktop.html
Direct download [464 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pnc.com.au/~garethth/download/SubDesktop.exe

* PropertiesPlus v1.65 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Windows Explorer
right-click menu add-on: modifies single/multiple file
attributes/extension/date/time, displays file size:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cool/kish/pplusmain.htm
Direct download [226 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cool/kish/pplus165.exe

* Defrag To ShutDown v1.5 32-bit runs Windows 9x/ME DEFRAG.EXE tool on all
fixed drives with 3 different options, disables screen saver during Defrag
and shuts down your PC after Defrag has completed:
http://medlem.spray.se/mokkelmannen/
Direct download [816 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/diskutl/dfshut15.zip
Courtesy of Bo (boimakra@hotmail.com) author of Defrag To ShutDown.

* PowerDefrag v2.10 beta 2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME improves Defrag tool
performance and prevents eventual crashes:
http://www.powerdefrag.com/
Direct download [2.62 MB, freeware]:
http://www.powerdefrag.com/download/pdc210B2.exe

* AutoIt v2.51 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP automates Windows and DOS
session tasks and software installations, simulates commands, key presses,
mouse movements and clicks, converts scripts to executables, highly
customizable:
http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/
Direct download [261 KB, freeware]:
http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/AutoIt.exe
AutoIt Script Editor v2.51a [1.8 MB, freeware]:
http://www.lkei.com/Downloads/files/setupautoedit.zip

* BatchRun v4.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows running several
Windows programs/files simultaneously or sequentially, with optional delays,
by launching automatically or manually registered scripts (.BRS), highly
customizable:
http://www.outertech.com/product.php?product=6
Direct download [684 KB, freeware]:
http://www.outertech2.de/files/btrun410.exe

* TrayLaunch v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME allows opening ANY
Windows/DOS program/screen saver from a dedicated Taskbar Tray icon with a
single click, highly customizable:
http://www.wolosoft.com/en/traylaunch/traylaunch.html
Direct download [22 KB, freeware]:
http://www.wolosoft.com/files/trayl11.zip

* SortMenu v2.0 32-bit for Windows 98/ME and MS IE 4/5/6 reorders Start Menu
items following specific criteria upon startup or at will [32 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/win98/sortmn20.zip
Courtesy of Diego (diegoam@flashmail.com).

* ShakeIt! Diving Edition 2nd release 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME and MS
IE 4/5/6 rearranges ALL Taskbar items including the Start button the way you
want:
http://www.thomas-w.de/shakeit/
Direct download [9 KB, freeware]:
http://www.thomas-w.de/shakeit/files/shakeit.zip

* InfoRapid Search & Replace v3.1e 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
searches and replaces multiple strings of text in selected groups of files:
TXT, HTML, RTF, MS Word, MS Excel etc, highly customizable:
http://www.inforapid.com/html/searchreplace.htm
Direct download [1 MB, freeware for non-profit use]:
http://www.inforapid.com/sr/sr.exe
Courtesy of TeXHeX (texhex@xteq.com).

* BK Replace'Em v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP searches and
replaces multiple strings of text in selected groups of files, highly
customizable:
http://www.orbit.org/replace/
Direct download [572 KB, freeware]:
http://www.orbit.org/replace/bkrep20.exe

* CKRename v1.08 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP renames, eliminates and
replaces file names and changes file extensions sequentially or customized in
batch operations:
http://www.musicsucks.com/CKSoft/CKRename/
Direct download [601 KB, freeware]:
http://winsite.planetmirror.com/win95/dskutil/ckrn_108.exe

* ExamDiff v1.6f 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP compares 2 files side
by side, color coded highlighted differences, line numbers, highly
customizable:
http://www.prestosoft.com/examdiff/examdiff.htm
Direct download [200 KB, freeware]:
http://www.prestosoft.com/examdiff/ed16f.zip

* WAssociate v2.9 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME adds/edits/deletes
Registry associations between file extensions and file types, highly
customizable:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wstudios/Associate/
Direct download [343 KB, freeware]:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wstudios/Associate/WAssociate.zip

* CopyLock v1.04 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows replacement or
deletion of system files currently in use by OS:
http://www.noeld.com/dlmisc.htm#CopyLock
Direct download [100 KB, freeware]:
http://www.noeld.com/download/copylock.zip

* WinKey v2.8 32-bit Windows key enhancer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME
creates Windows key shortcuts to run apps, folders, web sites, supports
200+ key combos, includes Win9x/ME Task Manager:
http://www.copernic.com/winkey/
Direct download [1.2 MB, freeware]:
http://www.copernic.com/winkey/winkey.exe

* 3D Color Changer 3000 v3.00.3000.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
Color Settings Control Panel applet customizes ALL System colors, even those
NOT available from Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance tab:
http://jotenet.idealscience.com/
Direct download [583 KB, emailware, English]:
http://jotenet.idealscience.com/files/3dcc3k/3dcc-en.zip

* Color Control v1.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP customizes ALL
System colors, even those NOT available from Control Panel -> Display ->
Appearance tab:
http://aisle4.pair.com/personal/software.php3
Direct download [210 KB, freeware]:
http://aisle4.pair.com/personal/software/ColorControl.zip

* Wallpaper Changer (WPC) v1.90 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays
a different desktop background every time Windows starts, in .BMP, .GIF, .JPG
or .PNG format, schedules wallpaper change at preset intervals, resets screen
resolution, turns desktop icons background transparent, highly customizable:
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/
Direct download [813 KB, freeware]:
http://www.wallpaperchanger.de/archives/WPCSetup_v1.90.exe

* Paper v3.2a beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4 displays a random/selected
desktop background in .BMP or .JPG format (converts it to .BMP), schedules
wallpaper change at preset intervals, uses few system resources, highly
customizable:
http://krapplets.cream.org/paper.shtml
Direct download [175 KB, freeware]:
http://krapplets.cream.org/paper/paper.zip
Read the *README* for KNOWN BUGS + FIXES:
http://krapplets.cream.org/paper/paper.htm

* IcoFolder v2.5 32-bit for Windows 9x changes standard Windows folder icons
to any other icon, extracts/saves icons from executables/libraries, includes
60+ icons:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/IcoFolder.html
Direct download [729 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/icon/icofl35.zip

* Extended Character Map (ECM) v1.41 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Character
Map replacement features enlarged character rendering and preview boxes:
http://www.alphabetsoup.net/free.shtml
Direct download [189 KB, freeware]:
http://www.alphabetsoup.net/freeware/extcharmap1.41.zip

* RTV Reconnect v5.0 beta 8 32-bit TSR automatically pushes up to 50 buttons
in ANY Windows 9x/ME application, dialog box or Dial-Up Networking (DUN):
http://www.rtvsoft.com/rtvrecouser.htm
Direct download [47 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.rtvsoft.com/RtvReco50b8.zip

* FmLfns v1.1 32-bit TSR adds complete Long File Names (LFNs) support to
Windows 9x/ME 16-bit File Manager (FM = %windir%\WINFILE.EXE):
http://www.wincorner.com/home/fmlfns.html
Direct download [51 KB, no nag shareware]:
ftp://ftp.wincorner.com/fmlfns95.exe

* Old Menu Mode v1.10 32-bit TSR converts Windows 9x/NT4/ME Menu handling
from point & click back to Windows/WfWG 3.1x click & click Menu behavior:
http://www.artefaktur.com/corporate/kommer/projects/oldmenumode/oldmenumode-en.html
Direct download [32 KB, freeware]:
http://www.artefaktur.com/downloads/old/oldmmode/OldMenuMode_1.10.zip

* SeeThru v1.0.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP changes/removes and
monitors Desktop icons background/foreground colors:
http://website.lineone.net/~mstrong/apps.htm
Direct download [1.43 MB, freeware]:
http://website.lineone.net/~mstrong/stup102v.zip
Works ONLY with MS IE 5/6 or newer installed with Active Desktop (View As Web
Page) DISABLED!

* Invisible! 2000 v1.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME changes/removes and
monitors Desktop icons background/foreground colors:
http://www.mindbeat.com/invisi.shtml
Direct download [426 KB, freeware]:
http://www.mindbeat.com/programs/invisi.zip

* Hook99 v1.1.0.41 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME changes Start button text/icon and
Desktop icons text transparency/colors, highly customizable:
http://lbrisar.htmlplanet.com/e_hook.html
Direct download [28 KB, freeware]:
http://lbrisar.htmlplanet.com/hook99.zip

* TClockEx v1.4.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME displays the date, time,
memory, CPU usage in the Taskbar Tray, highly customizable:
http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/tclockex.htm
Direct download [189 KB, freeware]:
http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/files/tclockex.zip

* TClock v2.2.9 beta 3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME displays the date and
time in the Taskbar Tray, changes Start button/icon, Start Menu color/bitmap,
highly customizable:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/
Direct download [178 KB, freeware, English]:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/000105en98.zip

* Iconoid v3.1.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Desktop icon manager:
transparent icon background, custom icon text color, save/restore icon
positions for all screen resolutions, highly customizable:
http://www.sillysot.com/
Direct download [367 KB, sillyware]:
http://www.sillysot.com/iconoid.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 5 (VB5) Runtime Libraries [1.2 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSVBVM50.EXE

* Start Button Changer v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME changes the Start button
icon, text, font and background color, highly customizable:
http://fox.hispeed.com/quibb/start.shtml
Direct download [93 KB, freeware]:
http://fox.hispeed.com/quibb/tim_download/csInstall.exe

* PowerMenu v1.51 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP adds Always On Top,
Minimize To Tray, Priority and Transparency submenus to ALL top level system
menus:
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
Direct download [49 KB, freeware]:
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/PowerMenu_1_5_1.zip
Certain submenus + features are available ONLY to specific Windows OSes!

* AutoSizer v1.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP resizes/centers ANY
dialog box/window size/position, useful for stubborn ones that insist on
opening at fixed sizes and/or outside the screen at different resolutions:
http://www.southbaypc.com/autosizer/
Direct download [125 KB, freeware]:
http://www.southbaypc.com/download/assetup.exe

* WinSize v1.6 beta 1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP resizes/centers ANY
dialog box/window size/position, useful for stubborn ones that insist on
opening at fixed sizes and/or outside the screen at different resolutions:
http://www.daimi.au.dk/~maxx/maxximum-windows.html#WS
Direct download [548 KB, freeware]:
http://www.daimi.au.dk/~maxx/progs/winsize/ws16-b1.zip

* ResizeEnable v1.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP resizes most dialog
boxes/windows, useful for stubborn ones that insist on opening at fixed sizes:
http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/
Direct download [40 KB, freeware]:
http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/downloads/ResizeEnable.zip

* WinBar v1.2.95 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors system + network
stats and provides access to frequently used programs + settings, highly
customizable:
http://www.winbar.nl/
Direct download [326 KB, freeware]:
http://www.winbar.nl/download.php

* PC Magazine WinBar v1.2 16-bit taskbar and shell replacement for
Windows/WfWG 3.1x, the Windows 95/98/ME style, highly customizable, works also
with Windows 9x/ME [173 KB, free]:
http://www.abandondata.nl/download/winbar.zip

* QuickClick v1.0 16-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x assigns each of the
4 screen corners (by right-clicking once) to any program, screen saver or to
the Windows exit (Win9x/ME/3.1x only) function [78 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/QCLICK1.ZIP

* ZMatrix v1.5.2 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Desktop background animator +
screen saver "The Matrix" style, highly customizable (free GPL):
http://zmatrix.sourceforge.net/
- ZMatrix for Windows 2000/XP [1.97 MB]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zmatrix/ZMatrixSetupNT_1_5_2.exe
- ZMatrix for Windows 98/ME [1.96 MB]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/zmatrix/ZMatrixSetup9x_1_5_2.exe



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY FIXERS



CAUTION: These tools require advanced Registry + System knowledge: see
	 "COMPREHENSIVE WINDOWS REGISTRY GUIDE" [Intro Chapter] in
	 REGISTRY.TXT (included)!
	 *READ* their documentation and BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY + SYSTEM FILES
	 FIRST!

* Microsoft RegClean v4.1a build 7364.1 32-bit for ALL Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME
releases and MS IE 3/4/5/6 properly removes obsolete Software/OLE/DDE
Registry keys:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=458
Direct download [781 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/new/utilities/system_resources_tune_up/regclean.exe
Netscape web browsers v4.xx MUST apply this REG FIX AFTER using MS RegClean:
http://www.members.cox.net/scotterpops/enhancements/enhancements9b.html#regcleannet

* Microsoft RegMaid v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT detects and deletes invalid
OLE Registry entries:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=156078
Direct download [255 KB, free, unsupported]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/REGMAID.EXE

* Microsoft ShrDll v1.0.8035.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME displays the
"SharedDLLs" Registry key size (Win95 maximum Registry key size = 64 KB) and
allows invalid entries deletion:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=247497
Direct download [37 KB, free, unsupported]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/SHAREDLL.EXE

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME Installer CleanUp Utility (ICU) 32-bit,
also included with MS Office 2000 (free):
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238413
- ICU for Win9x/ME [279 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util22/1/W9X/EN-US/msicu.exe
- ICU for WinNT4/2000 [283 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/util20/1/NT4/EN-US/msicuu.exe

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME File + Registry Eraser (FRE) 32-bit for MS
Office 97/2000 (free):
- FRE for MS Office 2000:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=239938
Direct download [192 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/Update/3.1/WIN98Me/EN-US/eraser2k.exe
- FRE for MS Office 97:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=176823
Direct download [1.49 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/office2000pro/Utility/4.1/WIN98Me/EN-US/eraser97.exe

* Registry Key Backup v1.2.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP selects
desired number of Registry keys and saves them as *.REG files for easy
restoration:
http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp
Direct download [243 KB, freeware]:
http://www.moonsoftware.com/files/rkbk123.zip

* Registry Commander v1.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP flexible
Registry editor: browse, cut, copy, paste, move, delete, rename, edit,
convert Keys/Values, supports all 11 Value Types, Value Data size, History
list, Bookmarks, custom Search/Replace, REG file import/export, highly
customizable:
http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/regcmd/
Direct download [550 KB, freeware]:
http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/regcmd/regcmd.exe

* Registrar Lite v2.00 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Explorer-like
flexible Registry editor: browse, cut, copy, paste, move, delete, rename
Keys/Values same as files/folders, Address bar, Key Description, History,
Bookmark editor, Search/Replace, Detailed Key property pages,
text/multi-line/binary Value Editor, REG file Import/Export, highly
customizable:
http://www.resplendence.com/reglite/
Direct download [1.98 MB, freeware]:
http://www.resplendence.com/download/reglite.exe

* Registry Explorer Standard v1.4.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
Explorer-like flexible Registry editor: browse, cut, copy, paste, move,
delete, rename Keys/Values same as files/folders, Address bar, Key
Description, History, Bookmark editor, Search/Replace, Detailed Key property
pages, text/multi-line/binary Value Editor, REG file Import/Export, highly
customizable:
http://www.regxplor.com/
Direct download [1.38 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.regxplor.com/regxplor_full.exe

* RegMon v6.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors and displays in
real time all Registry changes (freeware):
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml
- Win9x/ME RegMon [85 KB]:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/regmon95.zip
- WinNT/2000/XP RegMon [85 KB]:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/ntregmon.zip

* RegShot v1.61e5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP takes Registry
snapshots before and after installing programs/drivers/updates/etc and
compares them for changes, highly customizable:
http://www.regshot.ist.md/
Direct download [34 KB, freeware]:
http://www.regshot.ist.md/regshot161e.zip

* RegSeeker v1.04 beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Registry tool:
(sub)key/value search, uninstall apps, clear histories, clean wrong entries,
look for startup items, highly customizable:
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
Direct download [205 KB, freeware]:
http://www.hoverdesk.net/dl/en/RegSeeker.zip

* RegistryProt v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME monitors, displays and
protects in real time important Registry keys changes, preventing known
viruses/worms/trojans from executing:
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/web/htm/regprot.htm
Direct download [95 KB, freeware]:
http://216.118.111.212/rpsetup.exe

* Registry Engineer v1.00.0003 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME searches, edits and
saves Registry keys/values:
http://www.geocities.com/arcanewood/Prod_Body.html#registry
Direct download [36 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/arcanewood/RegEng.zip

* BeClean v1.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP includes: Registry
Cleaner, Internet Cleaner, History Cleaner, Temporary Files Cleaner, Disk
Cleaner, Desktop Cleaner, Empty Recycle Bin, Custom Cleaner + Start Menu
Cleaner, highly customizable:
http://boozet.xepher.net/beclean/
Direct download [1.78 MB, freeware]:
http://www.green-tea.nu/boozet/download/beclean130.exe

* FixReg v2.05 32-bit fixes Windows 9x exported Registry recreation BUGs:
http://www.walbeehm.com/mrcode.html
Direct download [51 KB, freeware]:
http://www.walbeehm.com/files/FixReg.zip

* RegCompact v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP selectively shrinks
(compacts) Registry files eliminating fragmentation:
http://www.talismanic.net/codeworld/regcompact/
Direct download [104 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.talismanic.net/codeworld/downloads/RegCompact1.0.exe

* jv16 Power Tools v1.4.0.237 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
include: improved RegCleaner which deletes invalid file types, Add/Remove
Programs software entries and unused (shared) DLL files references from the
Registry, Files, LAN, Temp + Backup:
http://www.macecraft.com/
Direct download [1.35 MB, no nag shareware, 30 days trial]:
http://www.macecraft.com/downloads/jv16pt_setup.exe

* RegCln v2.0.1.6 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME detects Registry errors and invalid
keys you can manually delete:
http://www.utils32.com/regcln.htm
Direct download [670 KB, freeware]:
http://www.utils32.com/files/regcln.exe

* RegFixer v2.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME detects invalid PROGID, CLSID,
Typelib, Interface + AppID Registry keys you can manually delete:
http://www.vb-build.com/RegfixerMain.htm
Direct download [2 MB, freeware]:
http://www.vb-build.com/Download/RegfixerVBRun.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* OleClean v1.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME deletes and backs up invalid
OLE Registry entries:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=452
Direct download [254 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/majorgeeks/registry/oleclean.zip

* UnInstall Cleaner v0.8.0 Beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME uninstalls software,
identifies/removes orphaned Registry entries, adds/modifies/deletes Add/Remove
Programs entries:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jaesenj/software/software.html
Direct download [239 KB, freeware]:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jaesenj/downloads/jsuic.exe

* EasyCleaner v1.7f 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP searches and deletes
invalid Registry entries, duplicate and temporary files, highly customizable:
http://www.toniarts.com/ecleane.htm
Direct download [1.4 MB, freeware]:
http://www.toniarts.com/files/EClea1_7.exe
Windows ME users MUST apply this HELP fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/winme/scripts_desc/fixwinmehelp.htm
Windows XP users MUST apply this HELP fix:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/fixwinxphelp.htm

* CleanUp! v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP searches and deletes
invalid Registry entries, duplicate, orphan, temporary, MS IE + Netscape
cache/cookies/history files, highly customizable:
http://users3.ev1.net/~stevengould/cleanup/
Direct download [250 KB, donationware]:
http://users3.ev1.net/~stevengould/cleanup/CleanUp30.exe

* Clean System Directory v1.7 16-bit for Windows 9x/ME/3.1x scans for all DLL
references in C:\Windows\System and moves away orphan DLLs:
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/index.html#clnsys
Direct download [70 KB, freeware]:
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/clnsysdr.zip

* CleanReg3 v3.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP searches and deletes
invalid Registry entries:
http://www.cleanreg.com/
Direct download [790 KB, nag + feature limited shareware]:
http://www.armstrongsystems.bizland.com/cr3.zip

* Registry Pruner v2.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP removes orphaned
shared DLLs and Add/Remove Programs entries from the Registry:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptpruner.asp
Direct download [801 KB, freeware]:
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptpruner-setup.exe

* Registry Ripper v1.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP finds, exports as
REG files and then deletes/backs up selected Registry entries:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptregrip.asp
Direct download [856 KB, freeware]:
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptregrip-setup.exe

* Registry Extensions (RegEditX) v1.3.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
RegEdit add-on: history combo box of visited Registry keys for quick access:
http://www.dcsoft.com/prod01.htm
Direct download [330 KB, freeware]:
http://www.dcsoft.com/ftp/REGX.EXE

* BugSight v0.83 16 + 32 bit for Windows 9x/ME + MS-DOS 7/8 detects, lists,
logs and fixes running programs/TSRs errors, faults, crashes etc:
http://www.bugsight.com/
Direct download [143 KB, freeware]:
http://www.bugsight.com/bugsight.zip
First MUST add a BUGSIGHT.EXE line to AUTOEXEC.BAT, reboot, and then run
BUGSIGHT.EXE again from Windows GUI.

* Driver Detective (DD) v2.0.13 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects,
lists and updates your DLL, DRV + VXD system drivers:
http://www.drivershq.com/dd/driverdetective.html
Direct download [1.93 MB, freeware]:
http://www.drivershq.com/dd/dd32v20.exe

* Dependency Walker v2.0.2519 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP scans all
your system files, detects and lists in a hierarchical tree diagram 386, DLL,
DRV, EXE, OCX, SYS, VXD etc module dependencies, errors, mismatches, failures:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/
Direct download [398 KB, freeware]:
http://www.dependencywalker.com/depends21_x86.zip

* DLL Archive v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP scans all your system
files, detects and lists DLL module dependencies, archives/restores unneeded
DLLs:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/dllarch.htm
Direct download [151 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/dllarchi.exe

* Smart UNinstaller (SUN) v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME analyzes all
links/info on installed apps and completely uninstalls the ones of your choice
[371 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/install/sun1_0.zip

* System Icon Cleaner v2.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP removes
redundant icons from System Image List (SIL) to save memory:
http://www.skylarkutilities.com/program.pcs?system-icon-cleaner
Direct download [30 KB, freeware]:
http://www.skylarkutilities.com/download/sysicon.zip

* Keyfinder v1.4 Beta 4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays and
copies to clipboard installation Product Key number:
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.html
Direct download [252 KB, freeware]:
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/beta/kf14.zip

* 98Lite Windows 98/ME + MS Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6 Uninstallers:
http://www.litepc.com/products.html
- 98Lite v4.6 Professional (retail, $25):
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html
- 98Lite v4.6 Preview (donationware):
http://www.litepc.com/preview.html
Make Windows 98/ME run faster: "disintegrate" MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 from
Windows GUI, "implant" Windows 95B OSR2 Shell + Explorer into Windows 98/ME
core, while keeping all Windows 98/ME improvements.
- IEradicator removes completely MS Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6 from ANY Windows
95/98/2000/ME release (freeware):
http://www.litepc.com/ieradicator.html
Select your "poison":
http://www.litepc.com/download.html



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP BOOT TWEAKERS



* Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit WinBoot (WINBOOT.EXE) v1.5 32-bit
multi-boot tool allows installing/switching among multiple (different
language) versions of Windows 9x/ME on the same PC [free, unsupported]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/deploy/
Download both these files into the same folder:
- WINBOOT.EXE [177 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/deploy/winboot.exe
- WINBOOT.HLP [57 KB, right-click to save!]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/deploy/winboot.hlp
*READ* WINBOOT.HLP guidelines BEFORE using WINBOOT.EXE!

* Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit Boot Editor (BOOTEDIT.EXE) v1.01 32-bit
tool for Windows 9x/ME tweaks/backs up most MSDOS.SYS boot settings [free,
unsupported]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/
Download both these files into the same folder:
- BOOTEDIT.EXE [50 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/bootedit.exe
- BOOTEDIT.HLP [14 KB, right-click to save!]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/config/bootedit.hlp
See "COMPLETE MSDOS.SYS REFERENCE" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more
details.

* Boot Switcher v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 switches among
installed MS Windows OSes on the fly, works with multiple OSes, 3 different
boot timeout intervals, provides logoff/restart/shutdown options, Linux
compatible, single click Tray menu, highly customizable:
http://www.angelfire.com/wizard2/hkeylocal/boot.htm
Direct download [662 KB, freeware]:
http://www.winforums.org/files/bswitcher_setup.exe

* My Boot Manager (MBM) v3.0 32-bit multi-boot tool allows
installing/switching among multiple (different language) versions of Windows
9x/ME on the same PC [924 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/myboot30.zip

* MATTsoft Boot Manager v1.19g 32-bit multi-boot tool allows
installing/switching among multiple OSes: Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, DOS, OS/2,
Linux/Unix, Solaris on the same PC:
http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/
Direct download [830 KB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.penguin.cz/~mhi/mbtmgr/download.html

* MSDOS.SYS Editor (MSDSYS) v1.5.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks ALL
MSDOS.SYS boot settings, including the UNDOCUMENTED ones:
http://www.dx21.com/SOFTWARE/Dx21/ViewItem.ASP?OID=6
Direct download [1.6 MB, freeware]:
http://www.dx21.com/SOFTWARE/DX21/DOWNLOADS/MSDSYS.zip

* BOOT 95 v3.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks ALL MSDOS.SYS boot settings,
including the UNDOCUMENTED ones [1.6 MB, freeware]:
http://www.netprosweb.com/download/utility/boot32.zip

* PC Magazine BootOpt v1.0 32-bit MSDOS.SYS editor for Windows 9x/ME tweaks
ALL MSDOS.SYS boot settings, including the UNDOCUMENTED ones [172 KB, free]:
http://www.filelibrary.com/cgi-bin/freedownload/Multi-Platform/n/105/pcmbtopt.zip

* ZDNet BootMaster 95/98 v1.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks ALL MSDOS.SYS
boot settings, including the UNDOCUMENTED ones [1.54 MB, free]:
http://www.dwightbrown.net/DigitalPhotos/RECYCLER/S-1-5-21-768098793-486228279-911163043-1004/DD0/Bootmaster/zbtmst.zip

* Boot Configurator v1.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks most MSDOS.SYS boot
settings:
http://marina.fortunecity.com/havana/425/
Direct download [464 KB, freeware]:
http://marina.fortunecity.com/havana/425/files/bc.zip

* MSDOSED v1.10 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks/backs up most MSDOS.SYS boot
settings [128 KB, freeware]:
ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/utiltask/msdosed.zip

* APK BootTweakUI 98++ v8.0.0.153 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tweaks MSDOS.SYS,
CONFIG.SYS + SYSTEM.INI boot and system settings:
http://www.pixelstation.com/APKWeb/software.html
Direct download [460 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/util/apktweak.zip

* BOOT.INI Configuration Utility v1.0.0 32-bit for Windows NT/2000/XP tweaks
ALL BOOT.INI boot settings, including the UNDOCUMENTED ones:
http://www.dx21.com/SOFTWARE/Dx21/ViewItem.ASP?OID=14
Direct download [2.2 MB, freeware]:
http://www.dx21.com/SOFTWARE/DX21/DOWNLOADS/BOOTINI.zip

* Restart v1.45 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Taskbar tray tool reboots
to any other MS Windows 32-bit installed OS (NOT compatible with ANY 3rd party
boot managers!) or shuts down current OS, highly customizable:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/index.html#restart
Direct download [302 KB, freeware]:
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/downloads/restart.exe

* Bootlog Analyzer v1.23 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME checks/reports on slow
loading/failed drivers (.SYS, .VXD, .DRV, .DLL, .386 etc) at bootup by
analyzing C:\BOOTLOG.TXT:
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/
Direct download [233 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/files/bla.zip
See "SPEEEDUP YOUR GUI STARTUP!" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more info.

* Bootlog Examiner v1.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME checks/reports on slow
loading/failed drivers (.SYS, .VXD, .DRV, .DLL, .386 etc) at bootup by
examining C:\BOOTLOG.TXT [237 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/maxspeeed/ble.zip
See "SPEEEDUP YOUR GUI STARTUP!" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more info.

* Microsoft Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP System Configuration Utility
(MSCONFIG.EXE) 32-bit tool = See "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP ESSENTIAL SYSTEM
ADD-ONS" further above.

* Unofficial Windows ME System Editor (SysEdit) v1.5 32-bit = See "WINDOWS
MILLENNIUM EDITION (ME) ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES + FIXES" further above.



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP TEXT EDITORS



* Programmer's File Editor v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 is
the best + fastest FREEware Notepad replacement: opens ANY number of
ASCII/text/HTML files of ANY size limited ONLY by your computer's memory,
OLE2/DDE/MDI compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/tool/pfe/PFE32.htm
Direct download [608 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/editor/pfe101i.zip
HINT: BACKUP your original NOTEPAD.EXE, rename PFE32.EXE to NOTEPAD.EXE, and
then move the new NOTEPAD.EXE and PFE.HLP files to your Windows folder, to
have ALL your text files open with the NEW Notepad.

* ConTEXT Programmers Editor v0.97.2a 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
Notepad replacement: opens ASCII/text/HTML/INI/source files of ANY size
limited ONLY by your computer's memory, unlimited programming languages/file
types, programming types syntax highlight, multilanguage support,
Unicode/UNIX/Mac text support, HTML/RTF export, custom plugins, CMSDI
compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.fixedsys.com/context/
Direct download [1.03 MB, freeware]:
http://www.inet.hr/~edkirin/ConTEXTsetup.exe

* Programmers Notepad (PN) v1.2.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad
replacement: opens ASCII/text/HTML/INI/source files of ANY size limited ONLY
by your computer's memory, unlimited programming languages/file types, HTML
preview (MS IE 4+ required), supports UNIX text, HEX editor, HTML/RTF export,
clickable hyperlinks, custom plugins, CMSDI compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.pnotepad.org/
Direct download [1.6 MB, freeware]:
http://www.pnotepad.org/files/pn121.exe

* syn Text Editor v2.1.0.32 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad
replacement: opens multiple large ASCII/text/HTML/INI/source files up to 2 GB,
multilanguage syntax highlight, autocomplete, autocorrect, regular +
incremental search + replace, unlimited undo/redo, macro recorder, capture
output of command line programs, multilanguage scripting, real time spell
checker, export to HTML/RTF/LaTeX, KOI8-R/ISO8859/DOS/Mac codepage conversion,
file explorer, document templates, highly customizable:
http://syn.sourceforge.net/
Direct download [1.59 MB, free GPL]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/syn/synsetup-2.1.0.32.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 WITHOUT MS IE 5/6 or newer installed
require Microsoft Common Control DLL 5.80 Patch [498 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe

* CREdit v1.014 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens very large ASCII/text files, MDI compliant, supports UNIX/Mac text,
highly customizable:
http://www.praven3.com/credit/
Direct download [375 KB, freeware]:
http://www.praven3.com/credit/CREdit_1014_6.zip
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SP1/NT4 WITHOUT MS IE 5/6 or newer installed
require Microsoft Common Control DLL 5.80 Patch [498 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Comctl32/5.80.2614.3600/W9XNT4/EN-US/50comupd.exe

* Jarte v1.04 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement: opens
multiple large files, word processor, screen/image capture, multi-clipboard,
MS Word compatible, spell checker, online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia,
OLE2/DDE/MDI compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.jarte.com/
Direct download [1.6 MB, freeware, English]:
ftp://ftp.jarte.com/jarte_104.exe

* TextShield Fusion Build 644 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad
replacement: opens multiple large files, word processor, image import, MAPI
email capable, clickable hyperlinks, HTML support, ZIP compression, multiple
styles, customizable text/background colors, text effects, CD controls,
OLE2/DDE/MDI compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.textshield.com/
Direct download [1.54 MB, freeware]:
http://www.textshield.com/Setup.exe

* Crypt Edit v4.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large files, word processor, customizable text/background
colors, file encryption, spell checker, MS Word + Wheel Mouse compatible,
HTML/Unix/Mac/Word export, OEM/ANSI/Unicode/UTF-8 support, converters,
multiple styles, OLE2/DDE/MDI compliant, highly customizable:
http://www.polyedit.com/
Direct download [1.1 MB, donationware, English]:
http://www.polyedit.com/cedit.zip

* NotepadEx v1.7.7.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens very large ASCII/text/HTML files, supports DOS/Unix/Mac text, multiple
languages, restores cursor position, changes text case, previews HTML/XML
files in web browser, highly customizable:
http://notepadex.cjb.net/
Direct download [562 KB, freeware]:
http://www.student.tue.nl/u/t.a.v.roermund/notepadex/download/setup.exe

* Note And 1/2 v1.3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad
replacement: opens ASCII/text/HTML + RTF files of ANY size limited ONLY by
your computer's memory, supports text formatting, highly customizable:
http://www.designvortex.com/notehalf/
Direct download [87 KB, donationware]:
http://www.designvortex.com/notehalf/download/notehalf.zip

* W'right Pad v1.81 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens very large ASCII/text/HTML files, OEM/ANSI support, highly customizable:
http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/wpad/
Direct download [717 KB, freeware]:
http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/wpad/wpad.exe

* AR Editor 2K v2.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens ASCII/text/HTML/source files of ANY size limited ONLY by your computer's
memory, supports HTML tags, DMA module expansion, C/C++/VB/HTML/Pascal syntax
coloring modules, highly customizable:
http://www.arsoft-online.com/products/product.php?id=2
Direct download [529 KB, freeware]:
http://www.arsoft-online.com/download/editor2k.zip

* Notepad++ v1.62.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens text files of ANY size limited ONLY by your computer's memory:
http://www.plusplus.co.uk/notepad.html
Direct download [2.1 MB, freeware]:
http://www.plusplus.freeserve.co.uk/npadplus.exe

* NotePad+ v1.11 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large text files up to 20 MB, MAPI e-mail capable, highly
customizable:
http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/notepad.html
Direct download [207 KB, freeware]:
http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/npplus.zip

* NoteTab Lite v4.86 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large text files up to 2 GB, supports variable pitch fonts,
works with non-Roman alphabets, highly customizable:
http://www.notetab.com/ntl.htm
Direct download [1.45 MB, freeware]:
http://www.notetab.com/ftp/ntfree.zip

* EditPad Lite v4.5.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad
replacement: opens multiple large text files of ANY size on separate tabs,
supports UNIX/Mac text, highly customizable:
http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html
Direct download [862 KB, postcardware]:
http://download.jgsoft.com/editpad/SetupEditPadLite.exe

* Editor2 v2.0.0.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large text files of ANY size, highly customizable (freeware):
http://www.netez.com/2xExplorer/
- Editor2 ANSI for Win9x/ME [47 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/editor/ed2_2007.zip
- Editor2 Unicode for WinNT4/2000/XP [48 KB]:
http://personal-pages.ps.ic.ac.uk/%7Eumeca74/editor2_uc.zip

* MetaPad v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement: opens
text files of ANY size, supports external viewer, UNIX text, clickable
hyperlinks, optional quick exit, snazzy status bar, funky toolbar, highly
customizable:
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Direct download [40 KB, freeware]:
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/download.html

* Win32Pad v1.3.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens text files of ANY size, UNIX text, IntelliMouse support, toolbar, status
bar, highly customizable:
http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
Direct download [68 KB, freeware]:
http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/win32pad_1_3_1.exe
Windows 9x/NT4 require Microsoft RTF Control Libraries [free]:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=249973

* Prolix v3.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large ASCII/text/HTML files up to 16 MB, supports DOS/Unix/Mac
text, OLE2/DDE/MDI capable, highly customizable:
http://www.kobayashi.com/prolix.html
Direct download [507 KB, freeware]:
http://www.kobayashi.com/software/prolix32_v32.zip

* SuperEdi v3.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
multiple file editor, file/folder browser integrated with Explorer, clickable
hyperlinks, HTML creator/editor/previewer, highly customizable (freeware):
http://www.wolosoft.com/en/superedi/
- SuperEdi ANSI for Win9x/ME [1.1 MB]:
http://www.wolosoft.com/files/SuperEdi310.exe
- SuperEdi Unicode for WinNT4/2000/XP [1.1 MB]:
http://www.wolosoft.com/files/SuperEdi310U.exe

* NotePare v1.0a 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Notepad replacement:
opens multiple large text files up to 2 GB, highly customizable:
http://www.kuikun.com/tongsoft/NotePare/
Direct download [270 KB, freeware]:
http://www.kuikun.com/tongsoft/NotePare/Notepare.zip



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP HEX EDITORS



* Hex Tools on the Internet:
- Programmer's Heaven (some freeware):
http://www.programmersheaven.com/
- Free Hex Editors:
http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/tool/HexEds.htm

* XVI32 v2.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 is the best FREEware hex
editor: CRC16/CRC32 file/block selection, data inspector, script interpreter,
supports very large files up to 2 GB, text/ASCII/ANSI + hexadecimal
representation, no limit insert/overwrite, byte offset switch, fast text/hex
search algorithm, text/hex strings count, replace all mode, auto fill,
character conversion, 2 byte orders decoding/encoding, bit manipulation, read
only mode, block write/copy/move/delete, absolute/relative address go to,
width/up/down jump, Borland Pascal 7.0 EXE patch for CPUs > 200 MHz, highly
customizable:
http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm
Direct download [433 KB, freeware]:
http://www.handshake.de/user/chmaas/delphi/download/xvi32.zip

* Hackman v7.03 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 hex editor,
disassembler + debugger: edits ANY file, disk + RAM, cryptography, macros +
templates support, plugins, SDK, algorithm decoding, highly customizable:
http://www.technologismiki.com/hackman/
Direct download [3.08 MB, freeware]:
http://www.technologismiki.com/hackman/files/hack703.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* Resource Hacker v3.4.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 is the best
32-bit Windows (Win32) executable resource editor: views/plays, edits,
renames, adds, deletes, extracts, saves, compiles + decompiles resources:
graphics (cursors, BMP, GIF, JPG, icons), movies (AVI), audio (MIDI, WAV),
text/ASCII, hex, menus, dialogs, string tables, accelerators, Delphi forms,
version info, built-in script compiler/decompiler, highly customizable:
http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/
Direct download [542 KB, freeware]:
http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/reshack.zip

* eXeScope v6.30 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Windows 32-bit
(Win32) + 16-bit (Win16) executable resource editor: views/plays, edits,
renames, adds, deletes, extracts, saves, compiles + decompiles resources:
graphics (cursors, BMP, GIF, JPG, icons, fonts), movies (AVI), audio (MIDI,
WAV), text/ASCII, hex, menus, dialogs, string tables, accelerators, Delphi
forms, 3D controls, version info, highly customizable:
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003525/emysoft.htm#6
Direct download [527 KB, crippled shareware $20, English]:
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA003525/EXESC630.ZIP

* PE Resource Editor v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Windows
32-bit (Win32) executable resource editor: views, edits, renames, adds,
deletes, extracts, saves, compiles + decompiles resources: graphics (cursors,
BMP, GIF, JPG, icons), audio (MIDI, WAV), text/ASCII, hex, menus, dialogs,
string tables, accelerators, version info, Delphi forms, Windows XP Themes,
highly customizable:
http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/d6peresourceeditor.htm
Direct download [327 KB, free, open source]:
http://www.wilsonc.demon.co.uk/files/d6/peresourceexplorer/peresourceexplorer.zip



WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP GRAPHICS EDITORS



* IrfanView v3.80 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP is the best + fastest
FREEware Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool: supports ALL popular
graphic, icon, cursor, audio and video file formats, highly customizable:
http://www.irfanview.com/
Direct download [822 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.irfanview.com/download_sites.htm
IrfanView Plug-ins:
http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

* XNview v1.25a, Nconvert v3.16 + Plugins 32-bit Graphics Viewer, Editor +
Conversion Tool for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP supports most popular formats:
GIF, CUT, PIC, DIB, JPG, PCD, PSP, PNG, RAS, TGA, TIF, BMP, RLE, CUR, ICO,
WPG, PCX etc, highly customizable:
http://www.xnview.com/
Direct download [2.6 MB, freeware]:
http://3dfr.free.fr/download/viewer/XnView-win-full.exe

* GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) v1.2.4 + GTK+ v1.3.0 32-bit
Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
supports ALL popular graphic + icon file formats, highly customizable:
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/
Direct download [9.5 MB, free GPL]:
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html

* SlowView v0.9.9.5 32-bit Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP: fast image load, built-in ThumbNailer and
SlideShow, supports DirectDraw Texture Surfaces (DDS), Fast DirectoryView,
supports popular formats: BMP, RLE, DDS, EMF, GIF, ICO, IFF, JPG, IMG, PCX,
PIC, PNG, PSD, RAS, SGI, RGB, TGA, TIF etc, highly customizable:
http://www.slowview.at/
Direct download [1 MB, freeware]:
http://www.slowview.at/files/slowview.exe

* bls View v1.0.53 32-bit Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool for
Windows 9x/ME: fast image load, thumbnail preview, small memory usage, file
management, integrates in Explorer, slideshow, web pattern viewer, wallpaper
support, hex color selector, image hound, BMP converter etc, supports popular
formats: BMP, JPG, GIF, EMF, WMF, DIB, ICO and CUR, highly customizable:
http://www.brentleim.com/software/blsview/
Direct download [1.45 MB, freeware]:
http://www.brentleim.com/software/blsview/blsviewsetup.exe

* Microsoft TV Photo Viewer v1.1 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003
creates, edits, customizes and displays digital photo albums in slide shows:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/tvphotoviewer/
Direct download [4.25 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/TVPhotoViewer/Install/1.1/W982KMeXP/EN-US/Install_TV_Photo_Viewer_1_1.exe
Samples of Photo Albums:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/tvphotoviewer/samplealb.asp
TV Photo Viewer Tips & Tricks:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/tvphotoviewer/tipsntricks.asp

* Paint Shop Pro v8.01 32-bit Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.jasc.com/products/psp/
Direct download [54 MB, shareware, 21 days free evaluation]:
ftp://ftp.jasc.com/pub/psp801ev.exe

* LView Pro 2001 v2.85 32-bit Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion Tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.lview.com/
Direct download [7.5 MB, shareware, 21 days free evaluation]:
http://www.lview.com/lvsetup.exe

* SnIco Edit v1.3a 32-bit 16x16/32x32/48x48/custom size pixels 2/16/256/true
colors icons and mouse cursors creator/editor/extractor/viewer for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP supports also GIF, BMP, DLL + EXE formats resources,
executables and libraries, Windows XP alpha transparency and multiple
languages, highly customizable:
http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~meijer/software/icoedit.html
Direct download [1.21 MB, freeware]:
http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~meijer/software/icoedit.zip

* IconShop v1.20 Alpha Build 905 32-bit ICL icon library
creator/editor/extractor/viewer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP supports also
BMP, GIF, TIF, XPM + MacOS formats resources, executables and libraries,
highly customizable:
http://users.pandora.be/liontech/
Direct download [151 KB, freeware]:
http://users.pandora.be/liontech/IconShop.120.Alpha.zip

* PC Magazine IconEdit32 v1.0 32-bit 16x16/32x32/48x48 pixels 2/16/256 colors
icon creator/editor/extractor/viewer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,,11190,.asp
Direct download [538 KB, free]:
http://www.gwdg.de/samba/windows/html/iedit32.zip

* Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit Icon/Image Editor (IMAGEDIT.EXE) +
Animated/Static Cursor Editor (ANIEDIT.EXE) 32-bit tools for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/samples/ps/win98/reskit/desktop/
Download these groups of files into the same folder:
- ANIEDIT.CNT, ANIEDIT.EXE + ANIEDIT.HLP.
- IMAGEDIT.EXE + IMAGEDIT.HLP.



WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP FILE SHRINKERS



* PowerArchiver 2003 v8.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
ZIPping/unZIPping tool supports all popular compression formats: ZIP, CAB,
LHA/LZH, TAR, GZ, BZ2, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ, BZ2, XXE, UUE + MIME,
internal text viewer, ZIP + CAB self extracting archives, encryption,
multilanguage + FTP uploading support, highly customizable:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/
Direct download [2.38 MB, English, nag shareware, $20]:
http://download.powerarchiver.com/powarc850.exe

* 7-Zip v2.30 Beta 32 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping integrated Explorer shell
extension + DOS box command line tool for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
supports most popular compression formats: ZIP, 7Z, RAR, CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZ2,
TAR, CPIO + RPM, highest ZIP compression ratio (2-10% better than most other
ZIPpers) otherwise attainable only by ACE/CAB/RAR formats, highly
customizable (free GPL):
http://www.7-zip.org/
7-Zip Shell extension + DOS box tool [955 KB]:
http://www.7-zip.org/dl/7z230b32.exe
7-Zip DOS box tool [292 KB]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7za230b32.zip

* IZArc v3.3.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ZIPping/unZIPping tool and
Explorer shell extension supports all popular compression formats: 7Z, ACE,
ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, DEB, GZ, HA, JAR, LHA, LZH, PAK, PK3, RAR, RPM, TAR,
TGZ, TZ, ZIP + ZOO, multilanguage support, highly customizable:
http://www.florida.plus.com/izarc/
Direct download [2.71 MB, freeware]:
http://www.splenetic-spoons.com/izarc/IZArc33.exe

* UltimateZip v2.7.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ZIPping/unZIPping
tool supports all popular compression formats: ZIP, BH, CAB, RAR, JAR, LHA,
GZIP, TAR, ACE, ARJ, BZ2, ZOO, XXE + UUE, skinnable UI, highly customizable:
http://www.ultimatezip.com/
Direct download [3.3 MB, freeware, English]:
http://www.swe-von-schleusen.de/uz/27us/uzsetup.exe

* QuickZip v3.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP ZIPping/unZIPping tool
and Explorer shell extension supports most popular compression formats: ZIP,
7Z, RAR, TAR/TGZ, ACE, ARJ, LHA, BGA, BZ2 + YZ1, highly customizable:
http://www.quickzip.org/
Direct download [3.14 MB, freeware]:
http://homepages.borland.com/torry/apps/utilities/compress/quickzip.exe

* ZipGenius v1.43.1200 SR3 Suite 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
ZIPping/unZIPping tools support all popular compression formats: ZIP, JAR,
WAR, EAR, CZIP, CAB, RAR, ACE, ARJ, TAR, TAZ, TGZ, GZIP/GZ, PAK, ZOO, LZH,
LHA, UUE, XXE + MIME/B64, include ZGTools: Cutter, Time To Get!, DeCryptoZip,
Mail Recovery + CryptoZip Key Coded, highly customizable:
http://www.zipgenius.it/index_eng.htm
Direct download [5.4 MB, freeware]:
http://www.zipgenius.it/aps/zg14sr3_sui.exe

* CabPack v1.4 32-bit compression/decompression tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 supports Microsoft CABinet (CAB) format, capable of
achieving MAXimum possible compression ratio (using LZX), unattainable even
by ACE/RAR formats (freeware, English):
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/english.htm
Direct download [436 KB]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/cabpck14.zip
CabPack v1.4a EXE Upgrade [274 KB]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/upgr_14a.zip

* ZIPCentral v4.01 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP: zip file manager, self-extracting (SFX), multiple disk
spanning, drag & drop, shell extension, highly customizable:
http://www.torget.se/users/z/zcentral/
Direct download [1.29 MB, freeware, English]:
http://hemsidor.torget.se/users/z/zcentral/zcsetup.exe

* FilZip v3.0 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003: zip file manager, self-extracting (SFX), multiple disk
spanning, drag & drop, shell extension, highly customizable:
http://www.filzip.com/
Direct download [1.52 MB, freeware, English]:
http://www.filzip.com/fz/release/3.0/fz30.exe

* WinZip v8.1 SR1 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping tool for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
supports popular compression formats: ZIP, CAB, TAR, GZ, UUE, BIN + MIME,
also ARC, ARJ + LHA via external programs, highly customizable:
http://www.winzip.com/
Direct download [1.71 MB, shareware, free trial]:
ftp://ftp.winzip.com/winzip81.exe

* Info-ZIP WiZ v5.02 32-bit ZIPping/unZIPping tool for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.info-zip.org/WiZ.html
Direct download [468 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/WIN32/wiz502xN.exe

* StuffIt Expander v7.5 32-bit decompression tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP supports all MacOS formats: BIN, HQX, SEA + SIT, also ZIP,
ARC, ARJ, GZ, LHA, PF, TAR + UUE:
http://www.stuffit.com/expander/winindex.html
Direct download [4 MB, freeware]:
http://www.aladdinsys.com/downloads/files/STUFF75L.EXE



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MEDIA PLAYERS + RECORDERS



* WinAmp Full v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP is the best Hi-Fi
music/audio player: supports MP3, CD, WMA, Audiosoft, Mjuice, MOD, WAV etc
formats, the cool interface can be changed with add-on skins, accepts audio
visualization and effects plug-ins, highly customizable:
http://www.winamp.com/
Direct download [3.34 MB, freeware]:
http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client/winamp3_0-full.exe

* Microsoft Movie Maker2 (MM2) Update v2.0 32-bit for Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/moviemaker2.asp
Direct download [11.9 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/d/e/0decba0f-bb89-49c9-866a-40c900b2a57e/mm20enu.exe
MM2 Release Notes:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/releasenotes.asp
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/
MM2 Music + Sound Effects Winter Fun Packs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/moviemaker/downloads/holiday.asp
Direct download [14.2 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/e/1/3e18d0f1-dcc0-4d63-bd3f-98c5837e3ee6/mm2funpack.exe

* Microsoft Media Player2 v9.0 (WMP9) 32-bit for Windows 98 SE/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/
- WMP9 for Windows XP [9.65 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/a/2/8a27acce-5c9e-46b3-8996-1e76c0413d17/MPSetupXP.exe
- WMP9 for Windows 98 SE/2000/ME [13.2 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/b/c/1bc0b1a3-c839-4b36-8f3c-19847ba09299/MPSetup.exe
Plays HDCD, DVD (DAT, VOB), VCD, VCR, NetShow (ASF), QuickTime (MOV), Video
(AVI, MPEG), Audio (WAV), Music (MID, RMI), CD (CDA) etc.
WMP9 Encoder:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/encoder/
Direct download [9.45 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/1/f/81f9402f-efdd-439d-b2a4-089563199d47/WMEncoder.exe
WMP9 Video Compression Manager (VCM) Encoder/Decoder allows playback of older
content (WMP6) in WMP9 and playback of newer content (WMP8/WMP9) in WMP6:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs/vcm.aspx
Direct download [677 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/a/98a6cb2d-6659-485e-b1f9-2c0d9bf6c328/wmv9VCMsetup.exe
WMP9 Enhancements:
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/personalization/
WMP 8/9 Bonus Pack for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP: WMP PowerToys, Plus! MP3 to WMA
Audio Converter LE, Visualizations, Skins + Movie Maker Creativity Kit:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/bonuspack.aspx
Direct download [18.2 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/install/xp/wxp/en-us/wmbonusxp.exe
WMP PowerToys: MPXP Tray Control, Media Library Management Wizard, Clean Up
Media Library, Add New Files, Synchronize Track Information, Download Album
Art, Playlist Import to Excel PowerToy, PowerToys Skin + Skin Importer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/bppowertoys.aspx
WMP 8/9 TweakMP Power Toy for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP [228 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/c/8/1c89697d-6354-4813-98da-e0dbb520de2c/WM9Powertoy_TweakMP.EXE
WMP9 Skins + Visualizations Winter Fun Packs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/windowsmediaplayer/downloads/holiday.asp
Direct download [4.68 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/5/8/e581cd6a-d9b4-4556-a67d-b859a6f4403d/wmpfunpack.exe
WMP 8/9 Skins:
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/personalization/skins.asp
WMP 8/9 Visualizations:
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/personalization/visualizations.asp
WMP 8/9 Plugins:
http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/personalization/plugins.asp
WMP9 Plugins:
http://www.wmplugins.com/
MSDN: Windows Media Downloads:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/winmedia.asp

* Microsoft Media Player2 v7.1 (WMP7) 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/playerv7.asp
WMP7 [9.94 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/wmp71/7.1/W982KMe/EN-US/mp71.exe
Plays NetShow (ASF), QuickTime (MOV), Video (AVI, MPEG), Audio (WAV), Music
(MID, RMI), CD (CDA) etc.
WMP7 Bonus Pack for Windows 98/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/
Direct download [3 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/WMBK/7/W982KMe/EN-US/MPBONUS_FULL.EXE
WMP7 Media Encoder for Windows 98/2000/ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/wm7/encoder.asp
Direct download [4.3 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediatech40/wmenc71/7.1/W98NT42KMe/EN-US/wmencoder71.exe
WMP8 Codecs for WMP 6/7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=31921
Direct download [775 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediatech40/Install/8.0/WIN98Me/EN-US/wmpcdcs8.exe

* Microsoft Media Player2 v6.4 (WMP6) 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/win32otherx86.asp
Direct download [3.5 MB, English, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/Update/6.4/W9XNT4/EN-US/mpfull.exe
Plays NetShow (ASF), QuickTime (MOV), Video (AVI, MPEG), Audio (WAV), Music
(MID, RMI), CD (CDA), DVD (DAT, VOB) etc.
WMP9 Video Compression Manager (VCM) Codec for WMP6:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/codecs/vcm.aspx
Direct download [638 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/8/a/98a6cb2d-6659-485e-b1f9-2c0d9bf6c328/wmv9VCMsetup.exe
WMP6 Plug-In for Netscape browsers:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/plugin.aspx
Direct download [297 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/nsplugin/6.4/WIN98/EN-US/wmpplugin.exe

* See "MEDIA PLAYER (WMP) 6/7/8/9 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" further above for WMP
CRITICAL UPDATES!

* Unofficial Media Player Classic (MPC) v6.4.5.8 32-bit Microsoft Windows
Media Player (WMP) 6/7/8/9 replacement for Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP/2003 removes
DRM + unnecessary bloat, based on Microsoft DirectShow APIs (freeware):
http://www.gabest.org/mpc.php
MPC for Windows 9x/ME [701 KB]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc98me6458.zip
MPC for Windows 2000/XP/2003 [704 KB]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/guliverkli/mpc2kxp6458.zip
Requires Microsoft WMP 6/7/8/9, DirectX 7/8/9 + DirectShow APIs + Codecs!
Plays DirectShow (WMV), Video/DivX (AVI, DIVX, MPEG, MPEG4), Audio (WAV),
Music (MP3), QuickTime (MOV) [ONLY IF QuickTime 5/6 APIs + Codecs already
installed!], DVD (DAT, VOB) etc.

* RealOne Video/Audio Player Basic v9.0 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [10 MB, freeware with spyware!]:
http://www.real.com/realoneplayer.html
Plays Real Audio (RA, RAM, RM), Real Video (RV), Video (AVI, MPEG), Audio
(WAV) etc.
Older RealPlayer versions [freeware without spyware!]:
http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html
Unofficial Real Alternative v1.01 [5.49 MB, freeware with spyware!]:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1054136293

* Apple QuickTime Movie/Video/Audio Player (QTM) + PIC Viewer Standard v6.3
32-bit for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [10.5 MB, freeware]:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone/
Plays QuickTime Movie (MOV), Video (AAC, AVI, MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, 3GPP),
Audio (WAV), QuickTime/Cubic VR (QTV) etc.
WARNING: MS IE 5.5 SP2, 6.0 + 6.0 SP1 REMOVE Netscape-style plugins support:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303401
Internet based Apple QuickTime Movies can be viewed with these browsers ONLY
AFTER installing QTM 6.xx or QTM ActiveX Plugin:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/qtcheck/
See "MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET BROWSERS



* Browsers + Tips on the Internet:
- Netscape Custom Preferences:
http://www.ufaq.org/commonly/userprefs.html
- Netscape/Mozilla 6/7 Tips:
http://www.holgermetzger.de/net6e.html
- Removing adverts from web pages:
http://www.flourish.org/adremove/
- Counterexploitation Links:
http://www.cexx.org/links.htm
- Unofficial Netscape FAQ:
http://www.ufaq.org/
- Internet Explorer Error Messages:
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/erriexpl.htm
- IE Opera Browser (freeware):
http://www.ieopera.com/
- Avant IE Browser (freeware):
http://www.avantbrowser.com/
- IE SlimBrowser (freeware):
http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
- MyIE IE Browser (freeware):
http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/chsoft/download.html
- Crazy IE Browser (freeware):
http://www.crazybrowser.com/
- NeoPlanet IE Browser (freeware):
http://www.neoplanet.com/
- Beonex Mozilla Browser (free GPL):
http://www.beonex.com/
- K-Meleon Mozilla Browser (free GPL):
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
- Netscape 7 Compact (free):
http://www.hmetzger.de/net7comp.html
- Browser Archive:
http://browsers.evolt.org/
- Sillydog Netscape Browsers Archive:
http://www.sillydog.org/narchive/
- Unofficial Internet Explorer 2/3/4/5/6 Downloads:
http://helpdesk.uvic.ca/how-to/support/win95/msiexpl.html
- Microsoft + Netscape Browsers Easter Eggs: see EGGS.TXT (included).

* Mozilla Gecko web browser suite v1.5 Alpha 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [128-bit SSL encryption, free MPL/NPL, English]:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/
Latest stable build [11.6 MB]:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5a/mozilla-win32-1.5a-installer-sea.exe
Latest nightly build [11.6 MB]:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/mozilla-win32-installer-sea.exe
Mozilla 1.5a Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.5a/
Mozilla 1.x Support:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/support.html
Mozilla Add-Ons:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/addons.html
Mozilla Plugins:
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/plugins.html
Mozilla Themes:
http://www.mozilla.org/themes/download/
Mozilla Skins:
http://www.xulplanet.com/

* Mozilla Firebird stand alone web browser v0.6 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 based on Gecko 1.4 (see above) [128-bit SSL
encryption, free MPL/NPL, English]:
http://www.texturizer.net/firebird/
Latest stable build [6.66 MB]:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firebird/releases/0.6/MozillaFirebird-0.6-win32.zip
Latest nightly build [6.66 MB]:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firebird/nightly/latest-trunk/MozillaFirebird-win32.zip
Firebird Release Notes:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/release-notes.html

* Microsoft web browsers Public Release 32-bit [128-bit SSL encryption,
English]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/
- Internet Explorer v6.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows 98/NT4 +
SP6a/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/
MS IE 6.0 SP1 Setup [480 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe
MS IE 6.0 SP1 Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading and 30-85
MB of disk space depending on selected components.
- Internet Explorer v5.5 Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [84.1
MB, English]:
http://downloads.evolt.org.uk/browsers/ie/32bit/5.5_SP2/ie55sp2.exe
MS IE 5.5 SP2 for Windows ME:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a50996b-deb9-4a46-81da-abef1ebbd08a
MS IE 5.5 SP2 Setup [500 KB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/9/9/399607f6-6c74-45ea-8bc0-d7c2ee784016/ie5setup.exe
MS IE 5.5 SP2 requires 27-80 MB of disk space depending on selected
components.
MS IE 6.0 Features:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/evaluation/features/
MS IE 6.0 Tweaking:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/enthusiast/
MS IE 6.0 Technical Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/techinfo/overview/
MS IE Support Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=ie
MS IE 6.0 SP1 does NOT support Windows 95, OSR1 or OSR2! LAST MS IE release
compatible with these MS OSes is 5.5 SP2 (see above).
WARNING: MS IE 5.5 SP2, 6.0 + 6.0 SP1 REMOVE Netscape-style plugins support:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=303401
Internet based Apple QuickTime Movies can be viewed with these browsers ONLY
AFTER installing QTM 6.xx or QTM ActiveX Plugin:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/qtcheck/
See "MS IE 5.5 SP2 + 6.0 FIX" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for more details.
See "INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) 4/5/6 ESSENTIAL FREE FIXES" further above for ALL
current MS IE Security Patches!

* Netscape web browsers Public Edition 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 based on Mozilla Gecko code (see above) [128-bit SSL
encryption, English]:
http://www.netscape.com/download/
- Navigator v7.1 Full install [30 MB]:
http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.1/windows/win32/sea/NSSetup-Full.exe
- Navigator v7.1 Base install [12 MB]:
http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.1/windows/win32/sea/NSSetup-Base.exe
Navigator 7.x Release Notes:
http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/ns7/relnotes/7.html
Older Netscape browsers based on original Mozaic code:
- Communicator v4.8 complete install [22.7 MB]:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/4.8/windows/windows95_or_nt/complete_install/cc32d48.exe
Communicator 4.8 Release Notes:
http://www.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/4.8/relnotes/windows-4.8.html
- Navigator v4.08 stand alone [9.5 MB]:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/4.08/windows/windows95_or_nt/navigator_standalone/n32d408.exe
- Navigator v3.04 Gold [3.4 MB]:
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/english/3.04/windows/windows95_or_nt/navigator_gold/g32d304.exe
Netscape Browser Central:
http://browsers.netscape.com/
Netscape Browsers Knowledge Base (NBKB):
http://kb.netscape.com/
Netscape Browsers Help:
http://help.netscape.com/

* Opera web browser v7.11 32-bit + Sun Java for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
[128-bit SSL encryption, English]:
http://www.opera.com/
Direct download [12.6 MB, adware using Cydoor Spyware!]:
http://www.opera.com/download/



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MTU TWEAKERS



* Rob Vonk's EasyMTU v3.0 32-bit is the first, the best and the only FREEware
MTU tweaking tool for Windows 95/98 and AOL 32-bit 3/4/5:
http://www.rob.cybercomm.nl/easymtu/
Apply ALL: ©delete "aolsock" Registry key [AOL 32-bit: see "AOL MAXMTU
REVISITED" in AOLTIPS.TXT (included)], IPMTU [Win98], MaxMTU [Win95/OSR2],
DefaultRcvWindow [RWIN], DefaultTTL [TTL], NETBEUI, sessions, ncbs,
maxconnect, maxsockets, cachesize [NDI] and COMBoostTime [SYSTEM.INI] Dial-Up
Networking (DUN) TCP/IP tweaks to your Windows 95/98 system and surf the
Internet/AOL at full speeed!
Includes FindMTU [a PING tool] to determine EXACTLY the MTU value used by your
ISP/Online Service/AOL.
Direct download [360 KB, freeware]:
http://www.rob.cybercomm.nl/easymtu.zip

* TCP Optimizer v1.01 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows maximum Internet performance over Cable,
xDSL and DialUp modems:
http://www.speedguide.net/
Direct download [416 KB, freeware]:
http://www.speedguide.net/files/TCPOptimizer.exe

* CableNut v4.08 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows maximum Internet performance over Cable, xDSL and
DialUp modems:
http://www.cablenut.com/
Direct download [826 KB, freeware]:
http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~gottjl01/files/cablenut408.exe

* Speed Performance Enhancer 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tools
allow maximum Internet performance over Cable and xDSL modems (freeware):
http://www.speedcorp.net/tweaks/
- Speed9x v1.06 for Windows 9x/ME [150 KB]:
http://www.speedcorp.net/downloads/speed9x.exe
- Speed2k v1.22 for Windows 2000 [88 KB]:
http://www.speedcorp.net/broadband/2kenhancer/speed2k.exe

* Intelli-Dial-UP v2.51 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000 allows maximum Internet performance over analog, ISDN,
Cable and xDSL modems:
http://members.home.net/skylam/2000/
Direct download [5 MB, freeware]:
http://server1.hypermart.net/skylam/Intelli252.zip

* PowerUpMTU v1.2 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
98/98 SE allows maximum Internet performance over analog, ISDN, Cable and xDSL
modems:
http://www.intx.net/cybernet/Downloads.htm
Direct download [267 KB, freeware]:
http://www.intx.net/cybernet/downloads/PowerUpMTU.exe

* DrTCP v0.21 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows maximum Internet performance over Cable and xDSL
modems:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/front/drtcp.html
Direct download [53 KB, freeware]:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/front/DRTCP021.exe
DrTCP FAQ:
http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/578/

* TweakDUN v3.0.148 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + AOL 3/4/5 allows maximum Internet performance over
analog, ISDN, Cable and xDSL modems, includes TweakMeter + MaxMTU Finder [a
PING tool]:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/
Direct download [789 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/tdweb/td_30b1.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* DUN Optimizer v1.0.0 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 98/98 SE allows maximum Internet performance over analog modems [185
KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/DUNOPT.ZIP

* ISpeed v2.7.3 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
9x/NT4 allows maximum Internet performance over analog modems:
http://www.hms.com/_ispeed.htm
Direct download [1 MB, freeware]:
http://www.hms.com/apps/ispeed.zip

* PPP-Boost v1.4 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
95/OSR1/OSR2 (ONLY without MS DUN Patch v1.4 installed!) allows maximum
Internet performance over analog modems:
http://www.demonweb.co.uk/c3sys/ppp.htm
Direct download [368 KB, freeware]:
http://www.demonweb.co.uk/c3sys/ppp_setup.exe

* MTUSpeed Pro v4.10 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 (ONLY without MS DUN Patch v1.4 installed!) and Windows
NT4 allows maximum Internet performance over analog modems:
http://www.mjs.u-net.com/mtuspeed.htm
Direct download [375 KB, optionware]:
http://www.mjs.u-net.com/mtuspeed410.exe

* TweakIP 98 v1.00 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for Windows
9x allows maximum Internet performance over analog modems:
http://www.lewe.com/tweakip.html
Direct download [1.92 MB, freeware]:
http://www.lewe.com/download/tweakip.zip



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET ENHANCERS



* Netscape Navigator/Communicator 3/4/6/7 + MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 Java =
Sun J2SE + MS JVM: see "WINDOWS 9X/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM
ADD-ONS" further above.

* Netscape Plug-ins (most are freeware):
http://www.netscape.com/plugins/

* Microsoft Internet Font Packs for Windows 95/NT/3.1x:
http://beebo.org/core-fonts/

* Google Toolbar v2.0 Beta 32-bit for MS IE 5/6 and newer adds a Google
search + navigation toolbar to MS IE window + right-click context menu,
includes: Popup Blocker, Form Autofill, BlogThis!, News, Search History etc,
highly customizable (free):
http://toolbar.google.com/

* Macromedia Shockwave v8.5.1 + Flash v6.0 32-bit Web Players for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP support all Microsoft and Netscape browsers (free):
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
Require 2-6 MB of disk space depending on selected components.

* IE Booster v1.5 32-bit Internet Explorer 4/5/6 Power Toys for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays: forms, applets, page source, hyperlinks, images +
style sheets, open frame in same/new window, resize browser, open selected
text as URL and copy to clipboard: page title, link target, selection as text
+ image source path:
http://www.paessler.com/products/ieb/
Direct download [402 KB, freeware]:
http://www.paessler.com/download/ieboostr.zip

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 Power Toys + Web Accessories: Explorer Bars
(Alexa, New York Times + Bloomberg), Web Accessories, Toolbar Wallpaper, Power
Tweaks + Developer (free, unsupported):
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/
- Web Accessories [137 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/Utility/1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie5wa.exe
- Toolbar Wallpaper [171 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/Utility/1/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/tbwlpapr.exe
- Power Tweaks [127 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/Utility/1/W9XNT4MeXP/EN-US/pwrtwks.exe
- Developer [114 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/Utility/1/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/webdevaccess.exe
Fix Copy Location Power Tweak:
http://www.forrestandassociates.co.uk/pcforrest/ie5powertweaks.html

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Power Toys: Zoom In/Zoom Out, Quick Search,
Image Toggler, Text Highlighter, Open Frame in New Window, Web Search + Links
List:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/browsers/ie/32bit/4.01/addons/powertoysforie4/readme.txt
Direct download [235 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/browsers/ie/32bit/4.01/addons/powertoysforie4/ie4power.exe

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6 Import/Export Favorites Tool converts
Netscape Bookmarks to MS IE Favorites and vice versa:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=152681
Direct download [46 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://msdl.microsoft.com/msdownload/favexport/en/favtool.exe

* MeadCo Neptune v1.0 DHTML/ActiveX WebBrowser control plug-in for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP with MS IE 4/5/6 installed allows Netscape/Mozilla and Opera
browsers to use MS IE specific DHTML + ActiveX components:
http://www.meadroid.com/neptune/about.htm
Direct download [146 KB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.meadroid.com/neptune/download/

* Netscape TuneUp ActiveX control add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5/6
adds Smart browsing and access to Netcenter [40 KB, free]:
http://www.netscape.com/smartupdate/su_tuneup.html

* FastCache v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP local computer caching
DNS server allows faster DNS name resolve, works with any web/ftp browser:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/fc.htm
Direct download [175 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/fci.exe
DNS Cache Guide:
http://www.webattack.com/dns.html

* DUNCE v2.52 32-bit TCP/IP Dial-Up Networking (DUN) enhancement tool for
Windows 9x/ME: bypasses Connect To dialog box, redials/reconnects, enters ISP
password in Connect To dialog box, starts/closes up to 4 apps, schedules
preset DUN connections, highly customizable:
http://www.vecdev.com/dunce.html
Direct download [216 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vecdev.com/dunce252.zip

* IE Restrictions v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP enables/disables
MS Internet Explorer 4/5/6 restrictions + security settings:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/Restrictions.htm
Direct download [544 KB, freeware]:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Programs/restrc10.zip

* Connection Keeper v4.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME prevents ISPs from
disconnecting after a period of inactivity by pinging desired http/ftp sites
at random intervals, automatically redials after connection loss, "kills"
pop-up browser windows:
http://www.gammadyne.com/conkeep.htm
Direct download [651 KB, no nag shareware, $10]:
http://www.gammadyne.com/conkeep.exe

* WakeUp v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME keeps your Internet connection "awake"
by sending packets at user defined intervals, forces DUN reconnect by closing
disconnect dialog boxes:
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10062-108-42897.html
Direct download [95 KB, freeware]:
ftp://shell7.ba.best.com/pub/ktsai/cyen/WakeUp.exe

* Alive! v1.52 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT keeps your Internet connection "alive"
by pinging desired web/ftp sites at preset intervals:
http://www.zesoft.com/alive/
Direct download [296 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.zesoft.com/alive/Alive_W152.zip

* KeepLive v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME keeps your Internet connection "live"
by pinging random web/ftp sites at preset intervals:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/nmaher/keeplive.htm
Direct download [2 KB, freeware]:
http://users.bigpond.net.au/nmaher/zip/keeplive.zip

* Stay Live 2000 v2.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP keeps your Internet
connection "live" by pinging desired web/ftp sites at preset intervals:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/StayLive.html
Direct download [82 KB, freeware]:
http://www.gregorybraun.com/STAYLIVE.ZIP

* WebWasher v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME automatic bidirectional
cookie filter:
http://www.webwasher.com/
Direct download [1 MB, freeware for non-profit use]:
ftp://ftp.webwasher.com/wwash/wash30.exe
Courtesy of Axel (axel@uni-paderborn.de).

* Internet Organizer Pro v2.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE
4/5/6 "kills" annoying popups, cookies etc, highly customizable:
http://www.sf.yucom.be/wdprojects/
Direct download [3.03 MB, freeware, English]:
http://users.pandora.be/deboysere/wdprojects/downloads/pro2_us.exe

* CacheSentry v1.52 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE 3/4/5/6
manages and deletes stray/orphan MS IE cached Temporary Internet Files (TIF),
highly customizable:
http://www.mindspring.com/~dpoch/enigmatic/cachesentry.html
Direct download [144 KB, freeware]:
http://www.ticon.net/~dpoch/enigmatic/CacheSentry152.zip

* Empty Temp Folders (EmpTemp + EmpRunner) v2.8.3 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE 5/6 deletes Temporary Internet Files (TIF),
Cookies + History, other common temporary files (.TMP, .BAK, .OLD + .LOG),
invalid links (.LNK), highly customizable:
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/
Direct download [650 KB, freeware]:
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp/emptemp2Setup.exe

* PC Cleaner v3.5.1.617 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE 5/6
deletes unnecessary Temporary Internet Files (TIF), scans for and
deletes/backs up orphan/obsolete DLLs, highly customizable:
http://bernatbozzo.tripod.com/
Direct download [952 KB, freeware]:
http://bernatbozzo.tripod.com/downloads/pcclea35.exe

* CloseIEx v2.6.05 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP and MS IE 5/6 closes
all MS IE occurences and/or hidden/respawning/pop-up/pop-under windows:
http://www.geocities.com/closeiex/
Direct download [1.83 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/webbrows/clsiex26.exe

* Star Downloader v1.41 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Internet download
manager + accelerator: integrates with most popular web browsers, dynamically
selects fastest mirror site, resumes interrupted downloads, schedules selected
groups of downloads, splits files for faster access, integrates with installed
anti-virus tools for automatic file scan, built-in unzip/install, proxy
support, multi-lingual interface, highly customizable:
http://www.stardownloader.com/
Direct download [1.36 MB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/inetftp/stardown.exe

* LeechGet 2002 v1.0 RC3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Internet
download manager + accelerator: integrates with most popular web browsers,
dynamically selects fastest mirror site, resumes interrupted downloads,
schedules selected groups of downloads, splits files for faster access,
integrates with installed anti-virus tools for automatic file scan, proxy
support, highly customizable:
http://www.leechget.de/
Direct download [2.2 MB, freeware]:
http://home.t-online.de/home/MartinAlbiez/LeechGet.exe

* Popup Stopper Free Edition v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
automatically "kills" popup browser windows, works with Microsoft and Netscape
browsers:
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Direct download [454 KB, freeware]:
http://www.popupstopper.net/PopUpStopperFree.exe

* KillAd v0.11 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP automatically "kills"
popup browser windows, works with Microsoft and Netscape browsers:
http://www.iomagic.org/fsc/killad.htm
Direct download [41 KB, freeware]:
http://www.iomagic.org/fsc/killad.zip

* Ranish ZeroServ v1.4 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP automatically
"kills" popup browser windows, works with Microsoft, Netscape + Opera
browsers:
http://www.ranish.com/zero/
Direct download [42 KB, freeware]:
http://www.lester.co.uk/ranish/zero/zero140.zip

* POW! v1.57 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP automatically
"kills" popup browser windows, works with Microsoft and Netscape browsers:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pow.htm
Direct download [214 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/powi.exe

* Surf In Peace (SIP) v2.0.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
automatically "kills" popup browser windows, works with Microsoft and
Netscape browsers:
http://www.iconlabs.net/sip.html
Direct download [1.9 MB, freeware]:
http://www.iconlabs.net/downloads/sipfd.zip

* ieSpell v1.0.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Microsoft Internet
Explorer 5/6 right-click spell checker extension, highly customizable:
http://www.iespell.com/
Direct download [2.24 MB, freeware for non profit use]:
http://www.iespell.com/download.php

* AboutTime v4.8 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP sets your computer time
accurately by synchronizing it with the atomic clock server of your choice:
http://www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/
Direct download [378 KB, careware]:
http://www.arachnoid.com/lutusp/ftp/abouttime_nomsie.exe

* FastNet99 v4.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME speeds up Internet
connections by caching DNS addresses (HOSTS file manager), highly
customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/gcriaco/
Direct download [2 MB, natureware]:
ftp://volftp.mondadori.com/pub/pc/windows/win95/progs/communications/internet/fastnet99.zip
Works with ALL Netscape, Microsoft and Opera browsers.

* Active Caption v1.0 32-bit tool for Windows 9x/NT adds a sophisticated
search engine menu, a browser independent bookmark manager and handy browser
buttons to the title bar:
http://www.oneseek.com/ActiveCaption/
Direct download [466 KB, free]:
http://www.oneseek.com/activecaption.exe
Works with ALL Netscape and Microsoft browsers.

* Naviscope v8.69 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME monitors web browsing:
accelerates browsing (look-ahead prefetching), blocks advertisements, cookies
and JavaScript, synchronizes the computer clock, displays transfer/connect
rates, caches DNS addresses (HOSTS file manager), tunes MTU/RWIN Registry
values for maximum access speed etc, highly customizable:
http://www.naviscope.com/
Direct download [614 KB, freeware]:
http://www.naviscope.com/nscope.exe
Works with ALL Netscape, Microsoft and Opera browsers.

* Netlaunch v3.14d 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT launches/closes apps upon
connect/disconnect detection (highly customizable, programs can be
scheduled), presses the Connect/Redial buttons, adds Retry/Cancel buttons
to DUN error messages, manages multiple DUN connections, easy to access
shortcurts to Internet programs etc:
http://www.blackcastlesoft.com/netlaunch/
Direct download [125 KB, freeware]:
http://www.blackcastlesoft.com/files/launch.zip

* Proxomitron Naoko v4.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP universal web
filter (includes over 50 filters + new ones can be created): HTML text
matching engine, eliminates/alters unwanted web content (popup windows,
banners, alerts, animated GIFs, music, sounds, dynamic HTML etc), rewrites
JavaScripts, customizes web pages etc, highly customizable:
http://www.proxomitron.org/
Direct download [1.34 MB, freeware]:
http://www.proxomitron.org/download.html
Works with ANY web browser.

* EMS Free Surfer MK II v2.1.026 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE
5/6 includes: Intelligent popup stopper, FS-20 engine + plugin stops popups
BEFORE they appear on screen, Snap manager, disable Flash + GIF
animations, Panic! button + enhanced Total Panic option, Home page lock,
Silent mode disables ActiveX prompts, Slim mode disables terminated popups,
WashBoard cleaner plugin deletes temp files, cookies, autocomplete, typed
URLs + recent document folder, Timering scheduler, multilanguage support,
highly customizable:
http://www.emsproject.com/FS/fs.htm
Direct download [1.72 MB, freeware]:
http://www.emsproject.com/FS/Download.htm

* IE Tweakin' Tool v1.0b 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4 fixes and customizes MS IE
4/5/6 interface:
http://www.digitalspider.co.uk/tweak/
Direct download [45 KB, freeware]:
http://www.digitalspider.cwc.net/tweak/ie4tk10b.zip

* Cache Manager v1.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 adds
an IE Clear Cache/Cookies Toolbar icon, highly customizable:
http://wettberg.home.texas.net/cachemanager.htm
Direct download [454 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/stevesfreeware/ietool.zip

* CuteShield Internet Eraser Lite v2.30 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
+ MS IE 4/5/6 deletes: Cookies, Cache, Visit History, Typed URLs, Windows
History, Files, basic Pop-Up + Pop-Under Control, web browser integrated
Toolbar, highly customizable:
http://www.internet-track-eraser.com/compare.php
Direct download [875 KB, freeware]:
http://www.internet-track-eraser.com/download/eraserlite.exe

* Spider v1.16 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP deletes hidden files +
URLs from MS Internet Explorer 3/4/5/6 Cache + Cookies folders:
http://www.fsm.nl/ward/
Direct download [323 KB, freeware]:
http://www.fsm.nl/ward/spider116.zip

* ComClear v1.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT deletes the drop down List, Cache,
Cookies and History in specified user profiles from Netscape
Navigator/Communicator 4/6 and Mozilla 32-bit browsers:
http://www.neuro-tech.net/comclear.html
Direct download [237 KB, freeware]:
http://www.neuro-tech.net/files/cclear13.zip

* See "Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Internet Accelerators" for dial-up (analog)
modems (some are freeware):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/brow.htm#NET



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP INTERNET MONITORS



IMPORTANT:
- These tools require CURRENT Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP TCP/IP (DUN/RAS)
protocol UPDATES: see "SOFTWARE.TXT Contents:" at the top of this file!
- A MUST: SECURITY Resources on the Internet:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/modem.htm#TS
- "XP FIREWALL GUIDE" in TIPSXP.TXT (included):
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/xp2.htm#XFG
- CERT: Home Computer Security Guide:
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/HomeComputerSecurity/
- Internet Security Tools (some freeware):
Wilders.org Security Advisors:
http://www.wilders.org/
AnalogX Freeware Network Utilities:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm
SecurityFocus HOME Tools:
http://online.securityfocus.com/tools/
UK Security Online Tools:
http://www.uksecurityonline.com/tools/
Hacking Exposed Security Tools:
http://www.hackingexposed.com/tools/tools.html
Networking Files Firewalls:
http://www.networkingfiles.com/Firewalls/firewalls2.htm
PSC Freebies:
http://www.nsclean.com/freebies.html
Steel Bytes Networking Tools:
http://www.steelbytes.com/software_network.html
SaltMeadow Computer Privacy Downloads:
http://www.saltmeadow.com/privacy/
Tech Support Alert:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/trojan%20reviews/anti-trojan%20products.htm
AstonSoft Recovery Tools:
http://www.astonsoft.com/
Foundstone Free Networking Tools:
http://www.foundstone.com/knowledge/free_tools.html

* Kerio Personal Firewall (KPF) v2.1.5 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 protects against malicious inbound/outbound TCP + UDP
(inter)net based attacks, hacks, spyware, bombs and trojans, supports dual
CPUs and plugins, based on ICSA certified security technology, highly
customizable:
http://www.kerio.com/us/kpf_home.html
Direct download [2.06 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.kerio.com/dwn/kpf2-en-win.exe
KPF v4.0 Beta:
http://www.kerio.com/us/beta_section.html#kpf
Direct download [4.9 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.kerio.com/dwn/beta/kerio-pf-4.0.0-en-b3-win.exe
KPF Online Manual:
http://www.kerio.com/manual/kpf/en/
KPF Offline Manual:
http://www.kerio.com/us/supp_kpf_manual.html
KPF FAQ:
http://www.blarp.com/faq/faqmanager.cgi?toc=kerio
KPF + TPF Rules:
http://www.dslextreme.com/users/surferslim/tpf.html
KPF + TPF TinyLogger v0.10.1 [496 KB, freeware]:
http://hem.passagen.se/pluppis/dator_egnaprogram.html

* Tiny Personal Firewall (TPF) v2.1.5 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 protects against malicious inbound/outbound TCP + UDP
(inter)net based attacks, hacks, spyware, bombs and trojans, supports dual
CPUs and plugins, based on ICSA certified security technology, highly
customizable:
http://www.tinysoftware.com/tiny2/files/online/tpf/en/index.htm
Direct download [1.35 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.gwdg.de/samba/windows/persfw/pf2.exe
TPF FAQ + Rules:
http://members.rogers.com/zyklon/tpf.html
KPF + TPF Rules:
http://www.dslextreme.com/users/surferslim/tpf.html
KPF + TPF TinyLogger v0.10.1 [496 KB, freeware]:
http://hem.passagen.se/pluppis/dator_egnaprogram.html

* ZoneAlarm v3.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 includes 5
interlocking Internet security protection services: Personal Firewall,
Application Control, Internet Lock, MailSafe + dynamically assigned Security
Levels/Zones, protecting against malicious inbound TCP + UDP (inter)net/e-mail
based attacks, hacks, spyware, bombs and trojans, highly customizable:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/zonealarm/znalm_details.jsp
Direct download [3.6 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1001_cnet_zdnet/zaSetup_37_193.exe

* Agnitum Outpost Free v1.0.1817 32-bit firewall for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 protects against malicious inbound TCP + UDP (inter)net
based attacks and hacks, supports plugins, highly customizable:
http://www.agnitum.com/products/outpost/
Direct download [2.72 MB, freeware]:
http://www.agnitum.com/download/OutpostInstall.exe

* Sygate Personal Firewall (SPF) v5.0.1175 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 protects against malicious inbound/outbound TCP + UDP
(inter)net based attacks, hacks, spyware, bombs and trojans, based on ICSA
certified security technology, highly customizable:
http://soho.sygate.com/products/shield_ov.htm
Direct download [5 MB, freeware for personal use]:
http://dl23.sygatetech.com/pub/bws/bws_49/spf.exe

* Securepoint Intrusion Detection System (SIDS) v1.00 32-bit for Windows
98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 detects, monitors and analyzes network traffic +
intrusions, protects against illegal data packages, scans for trojans and
viruses, filters entire network traffic, fast alerts, includes 800+ editable
rules and virus, trojan + hacker package signatures, scans 1000+
packets/second, internal log, highly customizable:
http://www.securepoint.de/en/products-sids.html
Direct download [1.34 MB, freeware]:
http://www.securepoint.de/download/setup_sids.exe

* Floppy FireWall (FloppyFW) v1.1 32-bit Linux based software router and
firewall for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP adds shared security for more than one
PC, protects against malicious inbound/outbound TCP + UDP (inter)net based
attacks, hacks, spyware, bombs and trojans:
http://www.innovision.no/firewall/
Direct download [2.6 MB, free GPL]:
http://www.ihouse.no/download.php?op=getit&lid=9
Requires minimum 2 networked PCs, broadband connection (xDSL, Cable,
Satellite, fixed IP) and must be configured manually for dial-up analog
modems.

* SOHO Connection v2.1 32-bit Java based tool for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP,
OS/2 + Unix/Linux allows all networked computers to share a single Internet
connection, adds firewall protection:
http://www.servlet.com/soho2/
Direct download [12 MB, freeware]:
http://www.servlet.com/download/setup.exe

* VCatch v5.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP provides internet
anti-virus and unknown malicious app protection, monitors all
downloads/uploads, supports all popular e-mail, web and file sharing programs,
automatic deletion of suspect files and notification using Advanced Malicious
Application Detection system (APayya), automatic virus definition updates,
highly customizable:
http://www.vcatch.com/home.html
Direct download [1.18 MB, adware]:
http://www.vcatch.com/vcsetup.exe

* Trivial Firewall Leak Checker v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
demonstrates the outbound protection leak in most software based firewalls:
http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/
Direct download [3 KB, freeware]:
http://tooleaky.zensoft.com/tooleaky.exe

* Raw Sockets detection and blocking tools 32-bit (freeware):
http://grc.com/dos/sockettome.htm
- SocketToMe v0.92 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP [17 KB]:
http://grc.com/files/SocketToMe.exe
- SocketLock v0.92 for Windows NT4/2000/XP [22 KB]:
http://grc.com/files/SocketLock.exe

* PortBlocker v1.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP blocks common server
ports for increased security, highly customizable:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/pblock.htm
Direct download [230 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/pblocki.exe

* AD-Aware Standard Edition v6.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Internet
spyware removal tool detects and removes Web3000, Gator, Cydoor,
Radiate/Aureate, Flyswat, Conducent/TimeSink, CometCursor, Alexa etc
components, highly customizable:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Direct download [1.45 MB, freeware]:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

* SpyBot Search & Destroy (S&D) v1.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
detects and deletes adware/spyware files, Registry and web browser settings,
includes Spyware, Dialer + Keylogger scanners, highly customizable:
http://security.kolla.de/
Direct download [3.51 MB, freeware]:
http://security.kolla.de/?page=download

* SpywareBlaster v2.0.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 5/6
prevents spyware/adware/malware from installing/running by blocking ActiveX
controls, frequently updated database, highly customizable:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareblaster.html
Direct download [464 KB, freeware]:
http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1524/spywareblastersetup.exe

* SpywareGuard v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 5/6 scans for
and protects against spyware/adware/malware, frequently updated database,
highly customizable:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/spywareguard.html
Direct download [615 KB, freeware]:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/sg/spywareguardsetup.exe

* HijackThis v1.94 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP home page hijackers
Registry detector and remover, browser independent:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Direct download [137 KB, freeware]:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/hijackthis.zip

* StartupList v1.52 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects, lists and
displays in a plain text (.TXT) file (opened in Notepad) all startup
programs/TSRs/processes from all bootup/startup/initialization files +
Registry entries:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/#startuplist
Direct download [54 KB, freeware]:
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/startuplist.zip

* Browser Hijack Blaster v1.0 32-bit TSR for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP watches
and protects MS IE 4/5/6 Homepage, Default Page, Search Page, BHOs:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/bhblaster.html
Direct download [394 KB, freeware]:
http://www.wilders.org/HTMLobj-1456/bhblastersetup.exe

* SpySites v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 4/5/6 adds
extensive list of adware/malware/spyware web sites to MS IE Restricted Zone:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Pages/SpySites_Program.html
Direct download [482 KB, freeware]:
http://www.camtech2000.net/Programs/spysit10.zip

* Swat It v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP scans for Trojans, Worms,
Bots, Zombies and other Hacks, detects 3000+ Trojans + variants, uses MD5
unique File Signatures, frequently updated:
http://www.lockdowncorp.com/bots/downloadswatit.html
Direct download [1.29 MB, freeware, MUST pay for UPDATES!]:
http://download.lockdowncorp.com/swatit.exe

* AdShield v1.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 5/6 ad banner
blocker suppresses ad pics, pages and popups, highly customizable:
http://www.adshield.org/
Direct download [1.42 MB, freeware]:
http://www.adshield.org/AdShield.exe

* X-Cleaner Free v2.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS IE 5/6
detects + deletes: adware/spyware Registry entries, web browser settings and
files, browser cookies, Temporary Internet Files (TIF), Registry history etc,
highly customizable:
http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml
Direct download [307 KB, freeware]:
http://www.xblock.com/xcleaner_free.exe

* BHODemon v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP protects from, disables
and reenables adware/spyware Browser Helper Objects (BHOs), highly
customizable:
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
Direct download [90 KB, freeware]:
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/files/bhodmon1.zip

* DUNMon (DNM) v3.0 Beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors TCP/IP
Dial-Up modem/xDSL Internet connection speed, highly customizable:
http://www.jongrieve.net/dunmon/
Direct download [165 KB, freeware]:
http://www.jongrieve.net/download/dnm-3.0.0.349.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* TDIMon v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors TCP/IP Internet
connection TCP and UDP inbound/outbound activity (freeware):
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/tdimon.shtml
- TDIMon for Windows 9x/ME [96 KB]:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/tdimon98.zip
- TDIMon for Windows NT/2000/XP [96 KB]:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/tdimonnt.zip

* TCPView v2.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays all active TCP
and UDP endpoints, remote address and TCP connection(s) status:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml
Direct download [42 KB, freeware]:
http://www.sysinternals.com/files/tcpview.zip

* NetMonitor v2.6 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors TCP/IP
Internet connection speed, visited web sites, prevents frequent disconnects,
synchronizes PC System Clock, includes Trace Route, Whois, Local IP address,
IP address resolution, Proxy Server, highly customizable:
http://www.modemwizard.com/netmonitor.html
Direct download [856 KB, freeware]:
http://www.kissco.com/download/fnmxp.exe

* NetMeter v0.8.6.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 monitors any
TCP/IP, LAN, WAN Internet/network connection speed, highly customizable:
http://www.readerror.gmxhome.de/
Direct download [483 KB, freeware]:
http://212.227.240.95/netmeter/NetMeter_v0860.exe

* Connection Monitor v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors
TCP/IP Internet connection and RAM speed, highly customizable:
http://www.netikka.net/israels/krhapware/prgm/cmonitor.htm
Direct download [94 KB, freeware]:
http://www.netikka.net/israels/cmon_nt5x.zip
Requires:
- Microsoft Winsock ActiveX Control [54 KB, free]:
http://www.netikka.net/israels/winsock.zip
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* NetStat Live v2.11 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors TCP/IP
Internet connection speed, highly customizable:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm
Direct download [257 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/nsli.exe

* MyVitalAgent v8.0.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors TCP/IP
Internet connection quality, speed, highly customizable:
http://www.webattack.com/get/myvital.shtml
Direct download [1.4 MB, freeware]:
http://www.user-friendly.net/ftp/pub/vaconsmr.exe

* Modem Monitor Graph v4.2 Beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
monitors/shows Dial-Up modem/DUN received/sent data stats in real time,
highly customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/modemgph/
Direct download [870 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/modemgph/mgphbeta.zip

* NetTraffic v1.0 Beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors/shows
TCP/IP network adapters received/sent data stats in real time, highly
customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/modemgph/
Direct download [260 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/modemgph/nettraffic.zip

* 3D Traceroute v1.6.46:94 32-bit graphical Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
TRACERT.EXE replacement tool detects and displays TCP/IP/network/Internet
stats in real time and eventual packet loss, includes Connection Viewer, Ping,
Whois + PC Clock Sync, highly customizable:
http://www.hlembke.de/prod/3dtraceroute/
Direct download [973 KB, freeware]:
http://www.hlembke.de/prod/3dtraceroute/d3tr.exe

* NeoTrace Express v3.25 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP maps and traces
all steps to a given IP and determines eventual packet loss over Internet
connections, highly customizable:
http://www.networkingfiles.com/PingFinger/Neotraceexpress.htm
Direct download [801 KB, freeware]:
http://216.49.81.241/download/NTX325.exe

* Ultima Online Trace Route tool v1.02a for Windows 9x/ME determines eventual
packet loss over Internet connections:
http://support.uo.com/tech_0.html
Direct download [64 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.owo.com/pub/uo/uotrace/uotrace.exe

* CyberKit v2.5 32-bit net tools for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME combines Ping,
TraceRoute, WhoIs, Finger, Name Server LookUp, Time Synchronizer, DBScanner,
Check for New Mail and Keep Alive in a single interface:
http://www.webattack.com/get/cyberkit.shtml
Direct download [943 KB, postcardware]:
http://www.cyberkit.net/archives/cyber25.zip

* ITSDiag (Internet Tech Support Diagnostics) v1.2bf 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME
checks your COM ports, modem, network, TCP/IP, web browser etc settings and
suggests updates to improve your Internet stability/performance:
http://www.pacific.net/~ken/software/
Direct download [903 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pacific.net/~ken/software/itsdiag1_2bf.zip



FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP AOL 32-bit POWER TOYS



* AOL software on the Internet (mostly freeware):
- AOL Clients 16 + 32 bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x (ALL
available releases):
http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/dnld_aol/download_aol.adp
- AOL Plus Client v8.0 32-bit for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003 [38 MB, Setup,
English]:
ftp://ftp.newaol.com/clients/aol80/setup80.exe
AOL8 Setup requires an Internet connection for downloading components and 58
MB of free disk space. Installs MS IE 6.0 SP1 which requires up to 314 MB of
free disk space!
- AOL Email Guide using a web broswer:
http://www.aol.com/aolmail/
- AOL Email Sign In using a web browser:
http://aolmail.aol.com/
- America Online Freebies:
http://www.justfreestuff.com/aol.html
- AOL Timer Killer:
http://www.threeclicks.com/aoltimer.htm
- WebAttack Freeware AOL Tools:
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/misctools/fwaol.shtml
- AOL FAQs, Tips + Software:
http://www.cosmicat.com/aol/

* Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.xx/6.xx for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP AOL
Image Support [.ART] Add-On:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/recommended/aolfix/
Direct download [269 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie501/secpach6/5.01/nt5/en-us/aolsupp.exe
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=254518

* Rob Vonk's EasyMTU v3.0 32-bit is the first, the best and the only FREEware
MTU tweaking tool for Windows 95/98 and AOL 32-bit 3/4/5:
http://www.rob.cybercomm.nl/easymtu/
Apply ALL: ©delete "aolsock" Registry key [AOL 32-bit: see "AOL MAXMTU
REVISITED" in AOLTIPS.TXT (included)], IPMTU [Win98], MaxMTU [Win95/OSR2],
DefaultRcvWindow [RWIN], DefaultTTL [TTL], NETBEUI, sessions, ncbs,
maxconnect, maxsockets, cachesize [NDI] and COMBoostTime [SYSTEM.INI] Dial-Up
Networking (DUN) TCP/IP tweaks to your Windows 95/98 system and surf the
Internet/AOL at full speeed!
Includes FindMTU [a PING tool] to determine EXACTLY the MTU value used by your
ISP/Online Service/AOL.
Direct download [360 KB, freeware]:
http://www.rob.cybercomm.nl/easymtu.zip

* TweakDUN v3.0.148 32-bit TCP/IP, MTU, RWIN, TTL etc tweaking tool for
Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + AOL 3/4/5 allows maximum Internet performance over
analog, ISDN, Cable and xDSL modems, includes TweakMeter + MaxMTU Finder [a
PING tool]:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/
Direct download [789 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/tdweb/td_30b1.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* AOLSpeed v2.03 Patch for AOL 4/5/6/7/8 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP
disables unnecessary disk buffer flushing, increases AOL performance and
decreases excessive resource usage:
http://www.aolspeed.dhs.org/
Direct download [44 KB, free]:
http://www.aolspeed.dhs.org/AOLSpeed.exe
Courtesy of Steve Bass (steve_bass@pcworld.com) PC World Editor.

* NoAds v2002.11.05 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/AOL automatically
"kills" popup browser windows, works with Microsoft and Netscape browsers and
AOL:
http://www.southbaypc.com/noads/
Direct download [215 KB, freeware]:
http://www.southbaypc.com/download/nasetup.exe

* AntiIdle v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4 disables AOL 3/4/5 annoying 45 min
time limit messages:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/7380/ai.html
Direct download [12 KB, freeware]:
http://members.xoom.com/MWAud/files/antiidle.zip

* AOL KillTimer v4.9 32-bit for Windows 9x disables AOL 3/4 annoying 45 min
time limit messages, popups, IMs etc:
http://members.tripod.com/~cbajgier/
Direct download [74 KB, freeware]:
http://members.tripod.com/~cbajgier/killt49.exe

* AOL AntiTimer v1.52 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT disables AOL 3/4/5 annoying 45
min time limit messages, popups, IMs etc:
http://www.mindspring.com/~jediwarrior/antitimer/
Direct download [2 MB, adware]:
http://www.cshcomputers.com/downloads/aol_antitimer.exe

* AOLIMAnswer v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT answers IMs, dismisses annoying
AOL 4/5 45 min time limit dialogs etc:
http://www.chrismueller.com/aolimanswer/
Direct download [322 KB, freeware]:
http://www.chrismueller.com/aolimanswer/aolimv30.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* AOL Message Tosser (AMT) 32-bit v3.80 for Windows 9x/NT disables AOL 3/4/5/6
annoying 45 min time limit messages, popups, IMs etc, highly customizable [393
KB, freeware]:
http://www.s-i-n.com/aol/aolmt.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* AOL Super Free Tools (SFT) v5.41 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT automates AOL
3/4/5 redialing/often used AOL commands, fully handles IMs, recovers AOL from
lockups, disables annoying AOL 45 min time limit messages etc [1.25 MB,
freeware]:
http://www.threeclicks.com/applications/aolsft54.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* AIM Adjuster v1.50 32-bit AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) ad adjuster/remover
for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME:
http://members.home.com/pk101/AIMAd.html
Direct download [24 KB, free GPL]:
http://members.home.com/pk101/download/AIMAd-1.50b.zip
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* DeadAIM v2.04 Beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP removes annoying ads
from AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.xx and newer:
http://www.jdennis.net/index2.htm
Direct download [366 KB, freeware, right-click to save!]:
http://www.jdennis.net/DeadAIM/DeadAIM2.msi
Requires Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
or NT4/2000 [1.73 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe

* Ad Buster v1.0.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP removes annoying ads from
AOL 3/4/5/6/7/8 and AIM 4/5/6:
http://www.tpasoft.com/adbuster/
Direct download [2 MB, freeware]:
http://www.tpasoft.com/download/tpa_ab10.exe

* AOL Hider v1.0.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME hides/shows AOL icon in
Taskbar Tray:
http://www21.brinkster.com/lemonsoftware/pages/aolhider.asp
Direct download [475 KB, freeware]:
http://lemonsoft.virtualave.net/aolhider104.zip



SPEEED-UP + BENCHMARK TOOLS



WARNING: Messing with your CPU, Chipset, Bus, BIOS/CMOS, Video etc hardware
settings might damage/lockup your computer, and/or cause data loss! Make a
BACKUP IMAGE of your BIOS/CMOS settings, have a BIOS Flash tool ready:
http://www.wimsbios.com/
and BACKUP YOUR ENTIRE SYSTEM FIRST!

* Hardware + Test Tools on the Internet (most are freeware):
- H. Oda!'s Original Software:
http://www.h-oda.com/
- KoolSmoky's Freeware Tools:
http://www.voodooextreme.com/koolsmoky/
- Craig's Hardware Tools:
http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads.htm
- Overclockers.com User Utilities:
http://www.overclockers.com/tips166/
- EnTech Taiwan Free Tools:
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/
- AWARD BIOS Utilities:
http://www.biosupgrades.com/techsupport/award/awardutils.htm
- My BenchMarks page:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/bench.htm#BEN
- BenchMarks on the Net:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/bench.htm#NET

* TweakBIOS v1.53b 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME is the ultimate
BIOS configuration tool [freeware + $20 registered versions available]:
http://www.miro.pair.com/tweakbios/
A MUST for all PC performance tweakers, no matter what type of motherboard,
CPU, chipset or BIOS (X86 compatible CPUs only) you might have. Fine tunes
tons of hidden settings not available in BIOS Setup without rebooting.
Direct download [160 KB, freeware version]:
http://www.miro.pair.com/tweakbios/twk153b.zip

* BIOS Wizard v2.10 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP tests most popular
BIOSes, detects errors, recommends upgrades, highly customizable:
http://www.unicore.com/biosmd/
Direct download [478 KB, freeware]:
http://www.unicore.com/biosmd/021801/bwz-rel.exe

* Bios v1.35.1 16-bit for DOS + WinBIOS v1.2 32-bit front end for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP detect, display, save, restore and delete BIOS settings on
most BIOSes (tested with AMI and AWARD), show beep codes, passwords, turn
on/off Level 1/2 CPU Cache, highly customizable [30 KB + 129 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/mbockelkamp/?dos

* SMBIOS v3.00 16-bit for DOS + SMBIOSW v2.3.2 16-bit for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x detect, display and save BIOS settings on most PC/AT
BIOSes (freeware):
http://www.sudleyplace.com/
- SMBIOSW for Windows [295 KB]:
ftp://ftp.sudleyplace.com/sudleyplace/smbiosw.zip
- SMBIOS for DOS [102 KB]:
ftp://ftp.sudleyplace.com/sudleyplace/smbios.zip

* AGP Info v1.0.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP fine tunes most AGP
video and memory hidden settings/timings not available in BIOS Setup, without
need for reboot, extremely useful for overclocking [374 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/3dfiles/tweakfiles/video/agp_info.zip
Requires an Intel Pentium II/III 440BX or 440ZX chipset.

* ZTAGPTool v0.16 beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP fine tunes AGP
video bus hidden settings not available in BIOS Setup, without need for
reboot, extremely useful for overclocking [19 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/ztagp.zip

* AGP Timer v1.1 16-bit for Windows 9x/ME DOS box tweaks AGP latency clock
from default 248 (slow) to recommended 64 (fast) or even less, customizable,
extremely useful for overclocking:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles529/
Direct download [9 KB, freeware]:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles529/AGPTIMER.zip

* PCI Timer v3.0 16-bit for Windows 9x/ME DOS box tweaks PCI latency clocks
separately for each device, from default 248 (slow) to recommended 64 (fast)
or even less, customizable, extremely useful for overclocking:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles538/
Direct download [13 KB, freeware]:
http://www.overclockers.com/articles538/PCITIMER.zip

* RefreshLock v2.02 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP fixes/customizes
video display/monitor refresh rates for all resolutions overriding system
defaults:
http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rl/
Direct download [189 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rl/refreshlock.zip

* XPBench v1.03 32-bit for Windows XP tests 2D video card/driver capabilities:
http://www.stardock.com/products/xpbench/
Direct download [236 KB, freeware]:
http://www.stardock.com/files/xpbench_103.exe

* FastVid v1.10 16-bit PCI/AGP DOS video accelerator enables Write Posting
(WP), Banked VGA Write Combining (BVGAWC) and Linear Frame Buffer Write
Combining (LFBWC) modes on ALL PCI/AGP video cards in MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows
9x/ME/3.1x ONLY on Pentium Pro/II/III/IV class CPUs:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm#FAS
Direct download [229 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/fastv110.zip
Uses no memory.
FastVid is NOT compatible with Microsoft EMM386.EXE or ANY other DOS memory
manager, like Quarterdeck QEMM, Helix Netroom RM386, Qualitas 386MAX, Lineo
DR-DOS EMM386 etc! Therefore you MUST use only HIMEM.SYS in your CONFIG.SYS,
or better, install UMBPCI.SYS (see "MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 ESSENTIALS" further
below), to provide access to the Upper Memory Area (UMA) and load ALL
devices/drivers/TSRs high!

* Zeno v1.74 16-bit DOS TSR text mode video BIOS accelerator for MS-DOS 5/6
and Windows 9x/ME speeds up and benchmarks (using VTEST.EXE v1.03) ALL DOS
text screen writes/scrolls, compatible with ANY program [43 KB, public
domain]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/ZENO174.ZIP
Uses 1 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in Config.sys or 1.3 KB
if using LOADHIGH in Autoexec.bat (upper memory manager required in
Config.sys).
A MUST for ANY PC!
Courtesy of Elviro Mirko (beast2@freemail.it) coauthor of Zeno.

* TheFAST v1.06 16-bit DOS TSR text mode video BIOS accelerator for MS-DOS 5/6
and Windows 9x/ME speeds up ALL DOS screen writes/scrolls, compatible with ANY
program [3 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/screen/thefast6.zip
Uses 1.4 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in Autoexec.bat (upper
memory manager required in Config.sys).
A MUST for ANY PC!

* UniRefresh v1.42 graphical universal DOS VESA/VGA/text video refresh rate
TSR changer sets optimal refresh rates for all graphics modes on most VESA 3.0
compliant video cards, especially useful for playing DOS games on 3Dfx, NVidia
or S3 chipsets:
http://unirefresh.demonews.com/
Direct download [34 KB, uncrippled shareware]:
http://unirefresh.demonews.com/unirfrsh.zip
Uses 240 Bytes RAM.
Requires VESA 3.0 compliant video card, multiscan monitor and MS-DOS 5/6 or
Windows 9x/ME.

* VBEPlus v0.81 beta DOS VESA/VGA/text video refresh rate TSR adds
unsupported, user configurable VESA resolutions on VESA compliant video cards,
full support for NVidia chipsets:
http://unirefresh.demonews.com/download.html#VBEPlus
Direct download [11 KB, freeware]:
http://unirefresh.demonews.com/vbeplus.zip
Uses up to 1 KB RAM.
Requires VESA 3.0 compliant video card, multiscan monitor and MS-DOS 5/6 or
Windows 9x/ME.

* VBEHz v2.22 DOS VESA/VGA/text video refresh rate TSR changer adjusts: pixel
clock/refresh rate, H/V size, H/V position, H/V sync polarity on most VESA 3.0
compliant video cards, especially useful for playing DOS games on 3Dfx, NVidia
or S3 chipsets:
http://home.germany.net/100-116853/vbehz.htm
Direct download [40 KB, freeware]:
http://home.germany.net/100-116853/vbehz.zip
Uses 1 KB RAM.
Requires VESA 3.0 compliant video card, multiscan monitor and MS-DOS 5/6 or
Windows 9x/ME.

* SciTech Display Doctor (SDD) 32-bit protected mode DOS TSR Universal VESA
BIOS Extensions (VBE) 2.0/3.0 video accelerated driver (UNIVBE.EXE) +
calibration tools for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP add linear
frame buffer (LFB), high speed bank switching, page flipping, hardware
scrolling and 2D hardware acceleration support for most video cards without
VESA hardware standard built-in, in ANY text and graphics (S)VGA/XVGA modes +
ANY number of colors, to accelerate ALL DOS/Windows graphics intensive
apps/games noticeably (unsupported freeware):
http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/enterprise/free_titles.html
- SDD v6.53 for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP + MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 [2.76 MB]:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/sdd653-w.exe
- SDD v6.7 for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 [696 KB]:
http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/sdd/univbe67.exe
UNIVBE.EXE takes 23 KB of DOS RAM, but does NOT fit in upper memory if
EMM386.EXE loads with expanded memory enabled (RAM switch). Add the NOEMS
switch to the EMM386.EXE line in CONFIG.SYS, or use UMBPCI.SYS (further
above), to load UNIVBE in UMA.
DOS accelerated games + applications using VESA 2.0 standard:
- 3D Realms Duke Nukem 3D
- Access Under a Killing Moon
- Acclaim Constructor
- AutoDesk Animator
- Blizzard WarCraft II
- Bullfrog Magic Carpet 2
- Cryo: Dreams to Reality + Megarace II
- Hercules Total Mayhem
- id Quake
- Legend Mission Critical
- Lucas Arts: Rebel Assault II The Hidden Empire + TIE Fighter
- Midway Mortal Kombat Trilogy
- Metropolis Katharsis
- Perfect Discworld II
- Sierra Phantasmagoria
- Spectrum HoloByte: Star Trek Next Generation A Final Unity + Falcon 3
- Trilobyte The 11th Hour
- Virgin Hyper 3D Pinball Tilt!
NOT needed by newer video adapters WITH built-in VESA 2.0/3.0 support!

* Free VBE/AF v1.2 32-bit protected mode TSR universal VESA BIOS Extensions
(VBE) 2.0/3.0 video accelerated driver (VBEAF.DRV) for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP adds linear frame buffer (LFB), high speed bank switching,
page flipping, hardware scrolling and 2D hardware acceleration support for
most video cards without VESA hardware standard built-in, in ANY text and
graphics (S)VGA/XVGA modes + ANY number of colors, to accelerate ALL
DOS/Windows graphics intensive apps/games noticeably:
http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/freebe/
Direct download [246 KB, free open source]:
http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/freebe/freebb12.zip
NOT needed by newer video adapters WITH built-in VESA 2.0/3.0 support!

* Nokia Monitor Test v1.0a 16-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x tests your
CRT/LCD/plasma display for screen imperfections:
http://www.freepctech.com/rode/004.shtml
Direct download [444 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.fluidlight.com/pub/nospin_files/Nokia.zip

* CpuIDMax2 v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects/displays
detailed Intel + AMD CPUs, frequency, overclocking, cache, BIOS + chipset
info:
http://cpuid.starthotel.dk/?itemid=19
Direct download [361 KB, freeware]:
http://cpuid.starthotel.dk/cpuidmax2.zip

* CPU-Z v1.18c 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects/displays detailed
Intel + AMD CPUs, frequency, overclocking, cache, BIOS, chipset, memory, PCI
and AGP info:
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Direct download [185 KB, freeware]:
http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-118.zip

* PC Wizard 2003 v2003.1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
detects/displays detailed System, Hardware, OS, Software Libraries, CPU,
Chipset, Buses, BIOS, Memory, Sensors etc info:
http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php
Direct download [1.69 MB, freeware]:
http://www.cpuid.com/download/pcw2003.exe

* CPU Stability Test v6.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP multi-threaded,
multi-processor, error and CRC checking, CPU, RAM, Hardware and OS benchmark
tool:
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/software.shtml
Direct download [430 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/programs/StabilityTest.exe

* CPU Peeker v2.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors/displays CPU,
Physical Memory and Page File usage + Process Viewer, highly customizable:
http://pages.infinit.net/bionic/cpu_peeker.htm
Direct download [320 KB, freeware]:
http://pages.infinit.net/bionic/dl/CPU_Peeker27.exe

* Computer Profiler v2.5.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
detects/displays detailed: OS, CPU, Memory, Ports, PCI, SCSI, USB, PCMCIA,
Network, GUI, Drives, Locale, Time, Printers, Folders + Programs info:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp
Direct download [937 KB, freeware]:
http://www.karenware.com/progs/ptprofiler-setup.exe
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* ResMan v1.41 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME resource monitor, task/process manager
and memory recovery tool, highly customizable:
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/
Direct download [121 KB, freeware]:
http://www.entechtaiwan.com/files/resman.exe

* CoolKill v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays and "kills"
ANY visible/invisible running/locked app/process/thread/DLL/executable from a
right-click Tray icon:
http://www.prowebsitemanagement.com/cooltools/coolkill.html
Direct download [797 KB, freeware]:
http://www.prowebsitemanagement.com/downloads/coolkill.zip

* TaskMan v1.03.0012 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME monitors and "kills" ANY
visible/invisible running/locked app/process [16 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/arcanewood/Prod_Body.html#taskman
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 5 (VB5) Runtime Libraries [1.2 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSVBVM50.EXE

* Task Manager v0.9.7 32-bit adds most features from Windows NT4/2000/XP Task
Manager to Windows 9x/ME, highly customizable:
http://www.niresoft.com/tm.asp
Direct download [2.1 MB, freeware]:
http://www.niresoft.com/downloads/tm9xME.zip

* Tray Killer v1.0.8 beta 1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME "kills" and
restarts at will ANY background/invisible/tray process/task/app/TSR:
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~reichler/TrayKiller/
Direct download [1.41 MB, freeware]:
http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~reichler/TrayKiller/TrayKillerSetup.exe

* Process Viewer 2000 (PV2K) v2.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME manages, monitors
and "kills" ANY running/locked app/process/thread/DLL/executable, includes
PV2KTray, PV2KShellX and RestartExplorer:
http://www.blehq.org/pv2k.htm
Direct download [426 KB, freeware]:
http://www.blehq.org/PV2K/PV2KSFX.EXE

* Process Viewer v3.2.3.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME manages, monitors
and "kills" ANY running/locked app/process/thread/DLL/executable:
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/
Direct download [78 KB, freeware]:
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/PrcView.zip

* dTime98 v1.0 beta 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME accelerates CD/DVD transfers up
to 400% by caching frequently accessed data on local hard disk(s):
http://www.buttonware.com/
Direct download [689 KB, homepage adware!]:
ftp://ftp.buttonware.com/pub/download/dtime.exe

* FreeRAM XP Pro v1.22 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors,
defragments and compacts unused memory at preset/adjustable intervals,
highly customizable:
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/products.html
Direct download [518 KB, freeware]:
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/framxpro.zip

* RAMBooster v1.6 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME monitors, defragments and
compacts unused memory at preset/adjustable intervals, highly customizable:
http://www.saunalahti.fi/~borg/rambooster/
Direct download [925 KB, freeware]:
http://www.sci.fi/~borg/rambooster/Rambooster.zip

* RAMPage v1.6 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME monitors and frees unused memory with
a simple double-click, highly customizable:
http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/
Direct download [169 KB, freeware]:
http://www.jfitz.com/software/RAMpage/RAMpageDownload.html
Courtesy of John Fitzgibbon (fitz@jfitz.com) author of RAMPage.

* RAM Idle Standard v4.8.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME monitors, compacts and
recovers unused memory at preset/adjustable intervals, highly customizable:
http://www.tweaknow.com/ramidl.html
Direct download [695 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.getafile.com/cgi-bin/merlot/get/tweaknow/ramidl9x.exe

* MEM-Trax III v3.5 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME monitors and compacts
unused memory at preset intervals, highly customizable:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=348
Direct download [2.51 MB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/majorgeeks/memory/mt3setup.exe
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 require Microsoft Scripting Engines (MSE) 5.6:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/

* MaxMem v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME monitors and compacts unused
memory at preset intervals, highly customizable:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/system/maxmem.htm
Direct download [214 KB, freeware]:
http://www.analogx.com/files/maxmemi.exe

* SiSoft System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant (SANDRA) Standard
2003 v2003.1.9.26 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 detects and
benchmarks: OS, CPU, BIOS, RAM, Disks, I/O, PnP, Ports, 2D/3D Video, DirectX,
OpenGL, Communications etc, highly customizable:
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/
Direct download [4.97 MB, freeware]:
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sware.php

* BenchMarX (BMX) v4.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays: Owner,
Time Zone, Machine, IP/MAC, SMBIOS/DMI, CPU, OS, CD/DVD, Video, Sound, Memory,
Printers, Disks, File System, BIOS, Network, DirectX, Devices, Resources +
Internet detailed info and benchmarks: CPU, FPU, Memory, Video/OpenGL + Hard
Disks:
http://vultur.go.ro/software.htm
Direct download [670 KB, freeware]:
ftp://ftp.listsoft.ru/pub/9610/bmx.zip

* AIDA32 v3.23.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays extensive
hardware + software details and benchmarks Memory reads + writes:
http://www.aida32.hu/
Direct download [1.86 MB, freeware, free registration]:
http://www.aida32.hu/3234.zip

* Fresh Diagnose v5.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP displays extensive
hardware + software details and benchmarks: OS, CPU, BIOS, RAM, Video,
HDs/CDs/DVDs, I/O, Ports, Communications + Multimedia:
http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html
Direct download [1.12 MB, freeware, requires e-mail registration!]:
http://www.freshdevices.com/files/diagnose.exe

* Windows Magazine WinTune Benchmark 32-bit Tools + Tuneup Kits (free):
- WinTune v1.0.43 11-6-2000 release for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP [1.7 MB]:
ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/utildiag/wt98_43.zip
- WinTune 97 v1.0 6-16-1997 release for Windows 9x/ME [992 KB]:
http://www.img.net/ftpsite/software/win%2095/wintn975_616.zip

* Ziff Davis eTesting Labs Media Benchmarks 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP (free):
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/
WinStone 2001, WinBench 99, 3D WinBench 2000, Audio WinBench 99, CD WinBench
99 etc are available on CD-ROM for $5 S/H fee [USA] per CD:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/reqfrm.asp
- Business WinStone 2001 v1.0.2 [CD-ROM only]:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/bwinstone/bwinstone.asp
Business WinStone 2001 v1.0.2 Update [4.6 MB]:
ftp://ftp.etestinglabs.com/pub/etestinglabs/bwinstone/ws0102up.exe
- Content Creation WinStone 2001 v1.0.2 [CD-ROM only]:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/ccwinstone/ccwinstone.asp
Content Creation WinStone 2001 v1.0.2 Update [3.6 MB]:
ftp://ftp.etestinglabs.com/pub/etestinglabs/ccwinstone/cc0102up.exe
- CPU Mark 99 v1.0:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/bi/cont1999/1999print/scoring.asp
Direct download [204 KB]:
ftp://ftp.cronyx.ru/mirror/zdbop/winbench/cpumk99.exe
- Processor Identification Tool v2.4:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/bi/cont1999/199904/cpuid.asp
Direct download [166 KB]:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/downloads/bi/cpuid32.exe
- 3D WinBench 2000 v1.1 [supports DirectX 7]:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/3dwinbench/3dwinbench.asp
Direct download [84 MB]:
ftp://ftp.etestinglabs.com/pub/etestinglabs/3dwinbench/3d0011.exe
- WinBench 99 v2.0:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/winbench/winbench.asp
Direct download [120 MB, full]:
ftp://ftp.etestinglabs.com/pub/etestinglabs/winbench/wb9920g.exe
- CD WinBench 99 v2.0 [CD-ROM only]:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/cdwinbench/cdwinbench.asp
- Audio WinBench 99 v1.0.1:
http://www.etestinglabs.com/benchmarks/auwinbench/auwinbench.asp
Direct download [4.3 MB]:
ftp://ftp.etestinglabs.com/pub/etestinglabs/auwinbench/au9911.exe
- SpeedRate v1.5 Windows 9x/ME System Benchmark Tool [2.9 MB]:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/zdbop/speedrate/srinst15.exe

* Norton System Information (NSI) v4.20 32-bit benchmark tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP [3.22 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.fluidlight.com/pub/nospin_files/nortonsi.zip

* Video Bench '99 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME tests 2D video card speed:
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/othersoft.shtml
Direct download [194 KB, freeware]:
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/programs/videobench.exe

* DiskSpeed32 v3.0.0.1 32-bit speed analyzer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
reads hard disks sector by sector, measures reading times and saves results to
file [136 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/vgrinenko/DiskSpeed32/

* HD Tach v2.61 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP performs read only
benchmarks on all local fixed/removable disks:
http://www.tcdlabs.com/hdtach.htm
Direct download [957 KB, crippled shareware]:
http://www.tcdlabs.com/htach261.exe

* Nero CD Speed v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP tests thoroughly
all CD-ROM tracks:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/cdspeed.html
Direct download [247 KB, freeware]:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/files/NeroCDSpeed_1013.zip

* CDSpeed32 v1.01 32-bit speed analyzer for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP reads
CD-ROM disks sector by sector and measures reading times [64 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/vgrinenko/CDSpeed/

* CD Analyzer v2.3.2 32-bit CD-ROM Benchmark + Testing Tool for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.ln.com.ua/~maverick/
Direct download [238 KB, freeware]:
http://www.ln.com.ua/~maverick/zipunits/cda_232.zip

* CD Check v3.0.0.22 32-bit CD-ROM Diagnostic Tool for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP detects errors and recovers files from defective
CDs/CD-Rs/CD-RWs:
http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/
Direct download [799 KB, freeware]:
http://www.elpros.si/CDCheck/rc2CDCheck_setup.exe

* CDCheck v1.01 16-bit CD-ROM Benchmark Tool for Windows 9x/NT/3.1x [125 KB,
no nag shareware, no time limit]:
ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/utildisk/chkcd101.zip

* CD Speed v0.76 16-bit for DOS tests all CD-ROM tracks using a graphical
interface:
http://users.pandora.be/erik.deppe/oldpage.htm
Direct download [24 KB, freeware]:
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/files/cdspeed_076.zip

* CD-Check v2.1 16-bit CD-ROM Benchmark Tool for native MS-DOS mode:
http://digilander.libero.it/pnavato/#utils
Direct download [14 KB, freeware]:
http://digilander.libero.it/pnavato/zip/pn_cdb21.zip

* MicroSoft Diagnostics tool (MSD) 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME
(free):
- MSD v2.11 also included with MS-DOS 6.22 [180 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/GA0363.EXE
- MSD v2.13 also included with MS Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 [176 KB]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSDZIP.EXE
- MSD v3.01 fixes memory errors + modem bug, autodetects sound card, updated
CD-ROM + Video database [160 KB]:
ftp://ftp.sac.sk/pub/sac/utildiag/msd301.zip
See MSD95.TXT (included) for complete details.
JUST 4 FUN: See "MSD EASTER EGGS" in EGGS.TXT (included). :)

* TestCPU v0.96 32-bit CPU diagnostics and benchmark tool for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP detects any 32-bit X86 CPU:
http://testcpu.webz.cz/
Direct download [570 KB, freeware, English]:
http://testcpu.webz.cz/testcpue.zip

* CPUInfo v2.0 Beta 4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects and
displays extensive CPU details:
http://www.pcanalyser.de/eng/
Direct download [261 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pcanalyser.de/download/cpuinfo20b4.zip

* Navratil Software System Information (NSSI) v0.54.5 16-bit DOS diagnostics
and benchmark tool for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME detects Windows, works in
a DOS box:
http://www.navsoft.cz/products.htm
Direct download [425 KB, freeware]:
http://www.navsoft.cz/nssi054.exe

* SysChk v2.46 beta 7 16-bit DOS diagnostics and benchmark tool for MS-DOS 5/6
and Windows 9x/ME detects Windows, works in a DOS box:
http://www.syschk.com/beta.htm
Direct download [130 KB, nag shareware]:
http://www.syschk.com/Syschkb.exe

* Core Speed v6.20 16-bit CPU benchmark tool for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME
tests any X86 compatible processors up to 300 MHz [94 KB, nag shareware]:
ftp://ftp.galilei.com/library/utility/corspeed.zip

* Microsoft OSR2 HardWare DIAGnostic tool (HWDIAG) 32-bit works with ALL
Windows 9x/ME releases [34 KB, free]:
http://www.mvps.org/winmac/hwdiag.zip
See "HARDWARE DIAGNOSTIC" in OSR2TIPS.TXT (included) for details.

* Intel P6Perf v1.0.1.2 32-bit Windows 9x/ME System Monitor (SYSMON.EXE)
add-on monitors and displays advanced Pentium Pro/II/III/IV CPU real-time
stats [40 KB, free]:
http://www.dvpc.org/downloads/p6perf98.zip

* Intel Processor Frequency ID (PFID) v5.6 identifies and tests
Pentium/Pro/II/III/IV CPU families up to 4 GHz (free):
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/frequencyid/
- PFID 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP [1.95 MB]:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/frequencyid/freqid.htm
- PFID 16-bit Bootable, OS independent [89 KB]:
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/tools/frequencyid/bootable.htm

* Intel Chipset Identification Utility v2.83 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP detects all 4XX/8XX Pentium II/III/IV chipset families:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/inf/chipsetid.htm
Direct download [124 KB, free]:
http://aiedownload.intel.com/df-support/5943/eng/chiputil.exe

* Intel Active Monitor v1.19 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP monitors
CPU + System temperatures + Fan RPMs on 4XX/8XX chipsets Pentium II/III/IV
Intel motherboards:
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm
Direct download [7.1 MB, free]:
ftp://download.intel.com/business/ibp/private/boxbrd/software/IntelActiveMonitor.exe

* Intel CPUID v1.2 identifies 80836, 80846 + Pentium/Pro/II/III/IV CPU
families (free):
- CPUID 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP + 16-bit for Windows/WfWG 3.1x
[164 KB]:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/processors/procid/cpuinfo.zip
- CPUID 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 [10 KB]:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/processors/procid/cpuid.exe



MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 ESSENTIALS



* DOS Software on the Internet (mostly freeware):
- FREE Software for DOS:
http://members.cox.net/dos/
- Interesting DOS Programs:
http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/
- FDISK.COM DOS Internet Pages:
http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/
- DOS Only Tools:
http://www.dosonly.net/
- The Valuable DOS Freeware page:
http://a2.swlibero.org/the_valuable_dos_freeware_page.html
- The Useful Site - Essential DOS Utilities:
http://www.salokin.demon.co.uk/dos_utils.htm
- Mega 16-Bit Freeware DOS Utilities:
http://www.cygnuswebdesign.com/16fw/fw-dos.html
- Utilities for 16-bit DOS:
http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/dos/utildos.htm
- The DOS Page:
http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/computer/dos.htm
- Bart's Utilities:
http://www.nu2.nu/utils/
- Canadian Mind Utilities:
http://www.mindprod.com/products.html
- Bruce Guthrie's Utilities:
http://users.erols.com/waynesof/bruce.htm
- Downloadable DOS Versions:
http://disvr.cjb.net/dos/dls.html
- BootDisk Utilities:
http://www.bootdisk.com/utility.htm
- Freeware DOS Tools:
http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de/~ifw98223/dostools.htm
- Sverre's Old Freeware for MS-DOS + MS Windows:
http://shh.thathost.com/pub-dos/
- PC Tools DOS Freeware:
http://www.pc-tools.net/dos/freeware/
- Freeware Utilities:
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html
- Uwe Sieber's Utilities for DOS + Windows:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/util_e.html
- KI Archive MSDOS and compatible DOS world:
http://www.kiarchive.ru/pub/msdos/
- The 386 Experience Downloads:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/the386experience/downloads.html
- Useful DOS Tools:
http://home.t-online.de/home/K_meinhard/dtools.htm
- Jason's Software:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/
- Free DOS Software:
http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko9012/freedos.html
- DOS User Utilities:
http://saturn.spaceports.com/~dosuser/
- DOS FAQs + Downloads:
http://www.drdos.net/faq/
- Discontinued DOS Software:
http://woundedmoon.org/msdos.html
- FTP: Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Resource Kit Tools:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/technet/windows/msdos/RESKIT/SUPPDISK/

* Uwe Sieber's UMBPCI.SYS v3.48 [30 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/umbpci_e.zip
is the best FREEware DOS upper memory driver. Provides access to the Upper
Memory Area (UMA) for loading devices/drivers/TSRs "high", using HIMEM.SYS
extended memory manager, on Intel, FIC VIA, SiS and ALI PCI/AGP chipsets.
Supports Intel Pentium/Pro/II/III/IV, AMD and Cyrix CPUs, in MS-DOS 5.00/6.xx,
MS Windows 9x/ME/3.1x, DR-DOS, Open DOS and Novell DOS, WITHOUT the need for
an extended/expanded DOS memory manager, like Microsoft EMM386.EXE,
Quarterdeck QEMM, Helix NetRoom RM386, Qualitas 386MAX, Lineo DR-DOS EMM386
etc.
Add a DEVICE line for UMBPCI.SYS in CONFIG.SYS, AFTER the HIMEM.SYS line, and
use DEVICEHIGH (in CONFIG.SYS) and LOADHIGH (in AUTOEXEC.BAT) to load ALL
devices/drivers/TSRs high properly!
Takes only 240 Bytes of conventional RAM and allows up to 629 KB of free low
DOS memory.
Uwe Sieber's UMBPCI.SYS English page:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci_e.html
Uwe Sieber's UMBPCI.SYS German page:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/umbpci.html
My Complete UMBPCI.SYS Guide:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm
TIPS:
- You can load HIMEM.SYS in upper memory by using HIRAM.EXE v1.9 [74 KB,
freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm#HIR
in combination with UMBPCI.SYS.
- UMBPCI.SYS is IDEAL for using FastVid:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm#FAS
ONLY IF you own a Pentium Pro/II/III/IV class CPU!

* V-Communications System Commander v7.0 for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, MS-DOS
5/6/7/8 + Unix/Linux (retail):
http://www.v-com.com/product/sc7_ind.html
the ultimate multi-OS multi-boot manager, safely installs and runs ANY
combination of PC compatible Operating Systems: all MS Windows flavors, all
DOS flavors, all PC compatible Unix flavors including Linux etc, even in the
same partition, includes MBR virus scanner and partition resizer.
Does NOT use ANY memory, eliminates OS conflicts, fully restores the system to
its original state.

* XOSL (eXtended Operating System Loader) v1.1.5 16-bit DOS graphical VGA
multi-OS multi-boot manager supports all flavors of DOS, MS Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, Linux, BeOS and Solaris, can boot from CD-ROM:
http://www.xosl.org/
Direct download [437 KB, free GPL]:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/geurt/download.html

* Graphical Boot Manager (GAG) v4.1 16-bit DOS graphical VGA multi-OS
multi-boot manager supports all flavors of DOS, MS Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP,
Linux, BeOS and Solaris, maximum 9 different OSes:
http://www.rastersoft.com/gageng.htm
Direct download [164 KB, free GPL, English]:
http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/gag/gag41.zip

* Unofficial Windows ME Real DOS-Mode Patch v1.3 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM +
IO.SYS (from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System)
to reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS
files (the Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT
work from a Windows DOS session:
http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/
Direct download [9 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/mfd4life_2000/mfddme13.zip
See MEMORY.TXT (included) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn
how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS
memory.

* Unofficial Windows ME Realdos Fix v1.3 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS
(from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to
reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS
files (the Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT
work from a Windows DOS session:
http://www.se-ed.net/windowsx/enhance/wmedos/
Direct download [200 KB, freeware]:
http://www.se-ed.net/windowsx/enhance/download/wmedos.zip
See MEMORY.TXT (included) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn
how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS
memory.

* Unofficial Windows ME Dosfix v3.0 16-bit modifies COMMAND.COM + IO.SYS
(from C:\Windows\Command\EBD) and REGENV32.EXE (from C:\Windows\System) to
reenable native MS-DOS boot option and use custom AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS
files (the Windows 95/98 style) to run MS-DOS based apps/games that do NOT
work from a Windows DOS session:
http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_dos_me/
Direct download [474 KB, freeware]:
http://www.overclockers.com.au/techstuff/a_dos_me/Dosfix%203.exe
See MEMORY.TXT (included) for complete memory management guidelines, and learn
how to tweak your AUTOEXEC.BAT + CONFIG.SYS to free MAXimum conventional DOS
memory.

* Unofficial Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SE OSR2FIX v1.57 includes:
http://win95.winware.org/
- HIMEM.BUG [OSR 2.0/OSR 2.1]: International (other than U.S. English) IO.SYS
+ HIMEM.SYS Memory Leak Fix.
- DUALBOOT.BUG [OSR 2.x]: Dual-Boot with MS-DOS 6.xx Fix.
- WIN3X.BUG [95/OSR1/OSR2/98/98 SE]: enable Windows/WfWG 3.1x install/run
under MS-DOS 7.xx + FAT32 Fix.
Direct download [30 KB, freeware]:
http://win95.winware.org/files/osr2fix.exe
See "IO.SYS FIX" and "DUAL-BOOT IN OSR2/WIN98" both in OSR2TIPS.TXT (included)
for more details.

* Unofficial OSR2DOS6 v1.01 DOS TSR correctly implements the dual-boot feature
on OSR 2.x systems to enable the use of MS-DOS 6.xx as "Previous Operating
System" without modifying IO.SYS:
http://www.navsoft.cz/products.htm
Direct download [8 KB, freeware]:
http://mujweb.cz/www/navsoft/osr2dos6.zip

* Dos Fix v1.1009 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME patches Microsoft
COMMAND.COM to display files in hidden directories using the DIR command [10
KB, free]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/dos-fix1.zip

* IO Patch v1.4 16-bit for Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x and 98/98 SE patches
Microsoft IO.SYS to allow using it on creating bootable CD-ROM/floppy images
[37 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/cdrom/iopat14.zip

* NoOff v1.4 16-bit DOS TSR prevents computer power off by disabling BIOS ACPI
"soft-off" function forcing Windows 95/OSR2/98/98 SE to exit to native MS-DOS
upon shut down on ATX motherboards:
http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de/~ifw98223/dostools.htm
Direct download [279 B, freeware, right-click to save!]:
http://www.informatik.fh-muenchen.de/~ifw98223/nooff.com
NOOFF.COM uses 336 Bytes of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in
AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Does NOT work with Windows ME!
See "WIN98 ATX SHUT DOWN FIX" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for details.

* Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Supplemental Disk includes MS DOSShell (DOSSHELL.EXE)
files for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=117600
Direct download [762 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/SUP622.EXE
Most Supplemental files work ONLY with MS-DOS 6.22!
See "MS DOSSHELL = MS-DOS File Manager" in DOSTIPS.TXT (included) for details.

* Microsoft Old MS-DOS 6.xx Backup Tool (MSBACKUP.EXE) for Windows 9x/ME is
included with MS-DOS 6.00 - 6.22:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=135315
Direct download [558 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSBACK.EXE
More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=138135

* Microsoft Old MS-DOS 6.22 Utilities for MS-DOS 6.xx and Windows 9x/ME
include UNDELETE.EXE:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=135315
Direct download [836 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/OLDDOS.EXE
Some Old Utilities work ONLY with MS-DOS 6.22!
See "GOOD OL' UNDELETE" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for UNDELETE.EXE details.

* UNDELETE.COM v0.83 beta 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME recovers
deleted files if deleted clusters still intact, supports FAT32 [9 KB,
freeware]:
http://dos.li5.org/DOWNLOAD/UNDELETE.ZIP

* Real Delete v1.05 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME safely and
completely deletes sensitive data by securely overwriting it with
unrecoverable patterns:
http://www.bonaventura.free-online.co.uk/realdelete/
Direct download [17 KB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.bonaventura.free-online.co.uk/realdelete/realdeal.zip
Uses 2 KB of DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory
manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* DOSMAX v2.1 16-bit DOS Memory Management + Enhancement Tools for MS-DOS 5/6
moves BUFFERS, FILES, FCBS, STACKS, LASTDRIVE and COMMAND.COM environment in
upper RAM, freeing up to 90 KB of low DOS memory [82 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/dosmax21.zip
MUST HAVE! I *repeat*: MUST HAVE!
See MEMORY.TXT (part of W31-11D.ZIP) for details:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/31.htm

* FIX27.COM v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME reclaims
environment memory blocks from TSRs already loaded in RAM [1 KB, free]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/tsrutil/fix27.zip
Uses 194 Bytes of DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* DRVLOAD.COM v1.0 16-bit PC Magazine DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME
loads CONFIG.SYS specific devices/drivers/TSRs from the DOS prompt or from
AUTOEXEC.BAT without need for reboot:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pcmag/1993/1109/drvloa.txt
Direct download [19 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pcmag/1993/1109/drvloa.zip
Useful for DOS apps/games that do NOT run from a Windows 9x/3.1x DOS
box/session: exit Windows to native MS-DOS and load your drivers in upper RAM
with DRVLOAD using LOADHIGH (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* Creative Labs CTLOAD.COM v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows
9x/ME loads CONFIG.SYS specific devices/drivers/TSRs from the DOS prompt or
from AUTOEXEC.BAT without need for reboot [23 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.mwmicro.com/pub/bbs/CDROM/CTLOAD.EXE
Useful for DOS apps/games that do NOT run from a Windows 9x/3.1x DOS
box/session: exit Windows to native MS-DOS and load your drivers in upper RAM
with CTLOAD using LOADHIGH (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* WRAPPER.SYS v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME loads
almost ANY DOS program/TSR as DEVICE(HIGH) from CONFIG.SYS [17 KB, no nag
shareware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/bootutil/wrap10.zip
Useful for saving low DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Courtesy of Jorge (j_walker7@hotmail.com).

* CONFIX.SYS v1.0 16-bit PC Magazine DOS tool for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME
loads DOS (batch) commands: PAUSE, ECHO, REM, PRINTSCR + CLS, lock keys
commands: NUMLOCK, CAPSLOCK + SCROLLLOCK, video and memory access commands
early in the boot process from CONFIG.SYS:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pcmag/1994/0222/confix.txt
Direct download [10 KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pcmag/1994/0222/confix.zip
Uses no memory.

* BAT2EXEC.COM v1.5 16-bit PC Magazine DOS batch file compiler for MS-DOS 5/6
and Windows 9x/ME converts any DOS batch (.BAT) text/ASCII file to binary
(.COM) executable for faster execution and/or to hide the purpose of converted
batch [34 KB, free]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/batchutl/bat2ex15.zip

* XMS/EMS RAMdisk v1.9i 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft RAMDRIVE.SYS
replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x [74 KB, freeware]:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/files/xmsdsk.zip
XMS/EMS RAMdisk v1.9i with installer/uninstaller for Windows 9x/ME [114 KB,
freeware]:
http://www.speedcorp.net/downloads/ramdrive.exe
Loads and resizes the RAM drive (up to 2 GB) from AUTOEXEC.BAT or native
MS-DOS prompt. Does NOT shift drive letters. Includes two separate drivers:
XMSDSK.EXE (loads in extended RAM: requires an upper/extended memory manager
in CONFIG.SYS) and EMSDSK.EXE (loads in expanded RAM: requires EMM386.EXE
with the "RAM" switch or any other 3rd party expanded memory manager in
CONFIG.SYS).
Uses 688 Bytes of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Courtesy of Sven (backend@gmx.de).
See "BROWSER CACHE IN MEMORY" in REGISTRY.TXT (included) for more info.

* NANSI.SYS v3.4 16-bit DOS ANSI CONsole Driver Accelerator TSR fastest and
most versatile Microsoft ANSI.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME
with built-in support for key remapping [60 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.kegel.com/nansi34.zip
Uses 3.3 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in CONFIG.SYS (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
NANSI.SYS ASCII sequences can be used to create colorful DOS prompts, start
ANY DOS/Windows program at the touch of a key by remapping ANY keys on ANY 101
(or more keys) enhanced keyboard etc.
See "F1-F12 Remapping = MS-DOS Mode + ANSI Driver" in DOSTIPS.TXT (included)
for details.

* ANSI.COM v1.3L 16-bit DOS ANSI CONsole Driver Accelerator TSR fast and
versatile Microsoft ANSI.SYS replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME with
built-in support for key remapping, loads from AUTOEXEC.BAT or DOS prompt [42
KB, free]:
ftp://ftp.mpoli.fi/pub/software/DOS/UTILS/SCREEN/ANSI13L.ZIP
Uses 2.7 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
ANSI.COM ASCII sequences can be used to create colorful DOS prompts, start ANY
DOS/Windows program at the touch of a key by remapping ANY keys on ANY 101 (or
more keys) enhanced keyboard etc.
See "F1-F12 Remapping = MS-DOS Mode + ANSI Driver" in DOSTIPS.TXT (included)
for details.

* RECALL.COM v1.2c 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line editor and
history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and
Windows 9x/ME, highly customizable:
http://www.tifaware.com/
Direct download [37 KB, public domain]:
http://www.tifaware.com/zips/recall12.zip
Uses 2.5 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* CMDEDIT v3.21 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line, application,
directory, macro editor and history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM
replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME, supports LFNs, loads itself high
if UMA available, highly customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/cmdedit/
Direct download [163 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/cmdedit/cmded321.zip
Uses 9 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded from AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager
required in CONFIG.SYS).

* DOSKEY.COM v1.3b 16-bit DOS keyboard enhancer and command line editor and
history TSR improved Microsoft DOSKEY.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and
Windows 9x/ME, highly customizable [6 KB, freeware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/keyboard/doskey.zip
Uses 3.9 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* XXCOPY16.EXE 16-bit + XXCOPY.EXE 32-bit v2.84.0 improved Microsoft XCOPY.EXE
+ XCOPY32.EXE replacements for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP, highly
customizable:
http://www.xxcopy.com/
Direct download [244 KB, freeware for personal use]:
http://www.xxcopy.com/download/xxfw2840.zip

* ATTRIB.COM v2.0 16-bit improved Microsoft ATTRIB.EXE replacement for MS-DOS
5/6 and Windows 9x/ME [24 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.23cc.com/programs/attrib20.zip

* ATTRIB.COM v1.09b 16-bit improved Microsoft ATTRIB.EXE replacement for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME, highly customizable:
http://www.highfiber.com/~raster/freeware.htm
Direct download [44 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.highfiber.com/~raster/attrib.zip

* XRD (eXtended Remove Directory) v3.03 16-bit improved Microsoft DELTREE.EXE
replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME deletes entire/selected
directories/subdirectories/files even if hidden/read-only/system, supports
wildcards, FAT32 and LFNs (Long File Names), highly customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/delenxrd/
Direct download [25 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/delenxrd/xrd303.zip

* DELTREE.COM v1.02c 16-bit improved Microsoft DELTREE.EXE replacement for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME, highly customizable:
http://www.highfiber.com/~raster/freeware.htm
Direct download [33 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.highfiber.com/~raster/deltree.zip

* PictView v1.4 16-bit DOS Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion tool for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x, very fast and accurate, supports most
popular formats: BMP, CDR, CLP, CUR, CUT, DIB, FLC, FLI, GIF, ICO, IMG, JIF,
JPG, LBM, MAC, PCD, PCX, PGM, PIC, PNG, PSD, RAW, RLE, SGI, TGA, TIFF, WPG
etc:
http://www.pictview.com/
Direct download [105 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.pictview.com/pictview.zip
PictView can be used to display a full screen [any VGA/(X)SVGA mode up to
1600x1200 screen resolution, even in true color: 16 million colors] picture,
whenever you load Windows from a batch file, replacing the Windows default
startup/built-in (read "boring") logo.
Requires VESA 2.0/3.0 compliant video card and multiscan monitor.
See NEWLOGO.TXT (included) for details.

* Ombra v7.22 16-bit DOS Graphics Viewer, Editor + Conversion tool for MS-DOS
5/6 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x, very fast and accurate, supports popular formats:
BMP, GIF, PCX, RAW, TGA:
http://www.enet.it/hpg/ew/rick.htm
Direct download [96 KB, freeware]:
http://www.enet.it/hpg/ew/ombra722.zip
Ombra can be used to display a full screen [any VGA/(X)SVGA mode up to
1600x1200 screen resolution, even in true color: 16 million colors] picture,
whenever you load Windows from a batch file, replacing the Windows default
startup/built-in (read "boring") logo.
Requires VESA 2.0/3.0 compliant video card and multiscan monitor.
See NEWLOGO.TXT (included) for details.

* ZiPaper v1.3c 16-bit DOS mode wallpaper changer for Windows 9x/ME/3.1x
desktop [40 KB, nag shareware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/ZIPAP13C.ZIP
ZIPAPER extracts each time a different wallpaper (.BMP format) from a ZIP
archive, allowing Windows to display a NEW background picture every time it
starts.
Requires PKUNZIP.EXE (see below).
See NEWLOGO.TXT (included) for details.

* PKWare (PKZIP + PKUNZIP) v2.50 16 + 32 bit for MS-DOS and MS Windows DOS
box: THE popular DOS ZIPping/unZIPping tools, LFNs compliant ONLY in a
Windows 95/98/ME DOS box:
http://www.pkware.com/products/pkzipdos.html
Direct download [202 KB, no nag shareware]:
ftp://ftp.pkware.com/PK250DOS.EXE

* System 2001 v6C build 2646 16-bit graphical SVGA multifunctional mouse
driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
http://jaja.kn.vutbr.cz/~rozsnyo/system2001/
Direct download [220 KB, freeware, open source]:
http://jaja.kn.vutbr.cz/~rozsnyo/system2001/down02/V6C-2646.zip

* DOS Start! v1.9b build 9.2.2002 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional mouse
driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
http://www.icdc.com/~dnice/dosstart.html
Direct download [375 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.icdc.com/~dnice/dosstart.zip

* Dos Navigator v3.70 16-bit text mode multifunctional multiwindowed mouse
driven menu shell and file manager for DOS/Windows, OS/2 and Unix/Linux: Text
Editor, Archive Manager, Serial Link, Spreadsheet, Calculator, Physical Disk
Editor, Terminal with Phonebook, Floppy Disk Formatter, Environment Editor,
File Uneraser, CD Player, Disk Image Unpacker, SmartPad and Tetris:
http://www.dnosp.ru/e_index.htm
Direct download [840 KB, free open source]:
http://www.dnosp.ru/download/e_dos.htm

* Seal v2.0 Lambda 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional mouse driven menu
shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME: calculator, clock,
editor, disc commander, CD + sound players, image viewer, offline browser,
wallpapers, config tools etc:
http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/
Direct download [1.2 MB, free GPL]:
http://sealsystem.tuxfamily.org/dev/seal2-user-lambda.zip

* Desktop 2 v2.62 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional multiwindowed mouse
driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
Calculator, CD Player, Screen Savers, Config Tool etc:
http://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~fritter/bdy-desktop.html
Direct download [566 KB, free GPL, English]:
http://wwwisg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~fritter/files/desktop2/dsk2-eng.zip

* WinDos v250 16-bit graphical VGA multifunctional multiwindowed mouse
driven menu shell and file manager for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
ZIP/LHA/ARJ/RAR/PAK (de)compression manager, config tool, skins etc:
http://www.geocities.com/hitech_laboratories/windos.html
WINDOS [1.5 MB, freeware = INSTALL 1st!]:
http://www.geocities.com/hitech_laboratories/WinDos/WINDOS.ZIP
DESKTOP [200 KB, freeware = INSTALL 2nd!]:
http://www.geocities.com/hitech_laboratories/WinDos/DESKTOP.ZIP

* WinTix v3.11 16-bit [also part of FreeDOS: http://www.freedos.org/]
graphical VGA multifunctional mouse driven menu shell and file manager for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME:
http://213.84.241.227/wintix/
Direct download [1.31 MB, free GPL]:
http://213.84.241.227/wintix/download.htm

* MEdit v1.8.0 32-bit graphical SVGA text/ASCII editor improved Microsoft
EDIT.COM replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME, opens large files,
highly customizable:
http://web.tiscali.it/morello/MGui/demos.html
Direct download [238 KB, freeware]:
http://volftp.mondadori.com/pub/pc/msdos/progs/editor/medos180.zip

* HyperWare HyperKey v4.77 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft MODE.COM
replacement for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME accelerates keyboard response
tremendously in ALL DOS modes, highly customizable:
http://www.hyperware.com/speedkit.html
Direct download [298 KB, nag shareware]:
http://www.hyperware.com/pub/spk477s.zip
HYPERKEY.EXE is the ONLY HyperWare tool compatible with Windows 9x/ME/3.1x in
a DOS session/box, but it MUST be loaded in memory (from AUTOEXEC.BAT or
CONFIG.SYS) BEFORE starting Windows!
Uses up to 3 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT
(upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
See "Killer Replacements" in MEMORY.TXT (included) for more info.

* KBFIX2.COM v3.0 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft MODE.COM replacement for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME accelerates keyboard response tremendously in ALL
DOS modes, highly customizable [11 KB, public domain]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/keyboard/kbfix230.zip
Uses up to 3 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT
(upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* FASTBF26.COM v2.6 16-bit DOS TSR improved Microsoft MODE.COM replacement for
MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME accelerates keyboard response tremendously in ALL
DOS modes, highly customizable [33 KB, public domain]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/keyboard/fastbf26.zip
Uses up to 1.8 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT
(upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* DOSLFN.COM v0.32n Long File Names (LFNs) DOS mode TSR 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6
and Windows 9x/ME supports FAT32 and Joliet CD-ROMs, includes LOWDMA and
FastOpen cache, highly customizable:
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/freew.html
Direct download [291 KB, freeware, open source, German]:
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/doslfn.zip
Uses 12 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Load LOWDMA.SYS after UMBPCI.SYS in CONFIG.SYS to fix ISA DMA errors in native
MS-DOS:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm#TOO

* LFN (Long File Name) DOS Tools v1.78 16-bit for MS-DOS 6 and Windows 9x/ME:
LCOPY, LDIR, LCD, LDEL, LCHK, LREN, LMD and LRD work in a Windows DOS box,
FAT32 compliant:
http://www.odi.ch/prog/lfn/
Direct download [278 KB, free GPL, English]:
http://www.odi.ch/prog/lfn/lfn.zip

* InkUtils Suite v1.53 16-bit for MS-DOS 6 and Windows 9x/ME include 11 DOS
utilities with LFN and FAT32 support: Cache Control (CC), Critical Error (CE),
Delete Directory (DD), Description Editor (DEDIT), Divide by Zero (DZ),
Evaluate Expression (EE), Fast Mouse (FM), List Executables (LE), Make/Change
Directory (MCD), Text Mode (TM) and a graphical tool menu:
http://www.inkland.org/inkutils/
Direct download [256 KB, freeware]:
http://www.inkland.org/inkutils/ink153.exe

* IconDLL v2.0 16-bit for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x compresses up to
600 individual .ICO files (32x32 pixels 16 colors Windows icons ONLY!) into a
single .DLL library [8.5 KB, public domain]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/ICONDL2.ZIP

* SlowDown v3.10 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME slows down
CPU to desired speed on fast PCs to allow older programs/games to run
properly:
http://members.aol.com/bretjohn/
Direct download [75 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/bretjohn/programs/slodn310.zip
Uses up to 11 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT
(upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* Pro200 v1.0 16-bit DOS TSR for MS-DOS 5/6 and Windows 9x/ME fixes "Runtime
error 200" BUG caused by programs written in Borland Pascal 7.0 on X86 CPUs
faster than 200 MHz:
http://karol.adlerka.sk/~pixel/tools/prot200.htm
Direct download [67 KB, freeware]:
http://karol.adlerka.sk/~pixel/tools/prot200.zip
Uses 1 KB of upper DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).
Similar solutions:
http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus/pascal/runerr200/



FREE WinDOwS MOUSE DRIVERS + TOOLS



* WinDOwS Mouse + Joystick Drivers + Tools on the Internet:
- Metropoli Mouse Drivers:
http://www.mpoli.fi/files/hardware/MOUSE/
- LogiTech MouseWare Driver Upgrades FTP:
ftp://ftp.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/mouse/
- Microsoft IntelliPoint Software Upgrades:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/download.asp
- Razer Boomslang Mouse Driver Upgrades:
http://www.razerzone.com/products/drivers.html
- Stickworks Utilities:
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html
- The Control Center Files:
http://www.joy-stick.net/downloads.htm
- LogiTech Wingman Gadgets:
http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm
- Microsoft SideWinder Downloads:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/sidewinder/downloads.asp

* Cool Mouse 97 v2.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4 assigns frequently used key
combos or window functions: double-click, roll-up, scroll, drag-and-drop etc
to any mouse button, works with ANY 2/3 buttons mouse/trackball:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,4214,00.asp
Direct download [233 KB, freeware]:
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/system/peripherals_utilities/cm97set.exe

* XMouse 2000 v1.3 32-bit improved Microsoft TweakUI XMouse replacement for
Windows 98/2000/ME adds XMouse GUI functionality: Mouse Focus, AutoRaise and
proper Delay [9 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/maxspeeed/XMOUSE2K.ZIP

* PS/2 Mouse Adjuster v1.2 32-bit for Windows 2000/XP tweaks: Sample Rate,
Wheel Detection, Input Buffer Length + Fast Initialization:
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~mem/html/products.html
Direct download [148 KB, freeware]:
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~mem/files/memps2.zip

* Mouse Rate Checker v1.1b 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME:
http://www.tscherwitschke.de/mouseratechecker.html
Direct download [73 KB, freeware]:
http://www.tscherwitschke.de/download/mouserate-s.zip

* PS/2 Rate v0.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME PS/2 mouse rate changer:
http://www.udpsoft.com/
Direct download [111 KB, freeware]:
http://www.udpsoft.com/ps2rate.zip

* Cute Mouse (CTMOUSE.EXE) 16-bit Mouse Drivers for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows
9x/ME/3.1x work with all Microsoft, LogiTech, Mouse Systems and compatible
serial + PS/2 mice/trackballs (free GPL):
http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/
- CTMOUSE.EXE v2.0 alpha 4 with hardware and wheel support [60 KB]:
http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/program/ctm20a4.zip
- CTMOUSE.EXE v1.9.1 alpha 1 with BIOS support [58 KB]:
http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/program/ctm191a1.zip
Uses 3.3 KB of upper DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* Alps USA GlidePoint (AMOUSE.COM) v9.10 Mouse Drivers for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 +
Windows 9x/ME/3.1x work with most Microsoft, LogiTech and compatible serial +
PS/2 mice/trackballs:
http://www.alpsusa.com/Product/MDP/drivers/
Direct download [368 KB, free]:
http://www.alpsusa.com/Product/MDP/drivers/amous124.exe
Uses 5 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper
memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS).

* Microsoft IntelliPoint Mouse Drivers, Tools + Wheel for Windows 9x/NT4 +
SP6a/2000/ME/XP + MS-DOS 6/7/8 (English):
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse/download.asp
- IntelliPoint v4.12 for Windows 98/NT4 SP6a/2000/ME/XP [9.68 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/8/c/48ca781f-a1be-4cdc-8d97-dfc33535d4da/IP4_12EngALLMsi.exe
- IntelliPoint v4.01 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 + MS-DOS 6/7/8 [7 MB, English]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/intellimouseex/Install/4.01/W9XNT4Me/EN-US/IP4_0EngALLMsi.exe
Alternative Mouse Pointers for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=154500
Mouse Pointers [90 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98SE/Utility/1/WIN98/EN-US/altpnt.exe

* LogiTech MouseWare Mouse Drivers, Tools + WebWheel for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + MS-DOS 6/7/8:
http://www.logitech.com/downloads/software/
- MouseWare v9.78 for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [4.34 MB, English]:
http://www.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/mouse/mw978enu.exe
MouseWare 9.7x Advanced Settings Utility for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
[140 KB, English]:
http://www.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/mouse/mwadvanced_enu.exe
- MouseWare v9.73 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2 + MS-DOS 6/7/8 [4.96 MB, English]:
http://www.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/mouse/mw9731enu.exe

* LogiTech MouseWare Cloaked Mouse Driver (MOUSE.EXE) for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 +
Windows 9x/ME/3.1x works with most LogiTech, Microsoft and compatible serial
+ PS/2 mice/trackballs (free):
- MOUSE.EXE v8.20 [86 KB]:
http://www.logitech.com/pub/techsupport/mouse/mouse.exe
- CLOAKING.EXE v1.02 [64 KB]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/CDX.ZIP
Uses 1 KB of upper DOS RAM and 54 KB of extended RAM ONLY IF CLOAKING.EXE
loads FIRST with LOADHIGH in AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in
CONFIG.SYS). Example:
LH C:\HELIX\CLOAKING
LH C:\HELIX\MOUSE AHIGH S04

* Joymouse v2.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP allows using properly
installed/calibrated joystick/gamepad as mouse, highly customizable:
http://www.phatsoft.net/
Direct download [109 KB, free GPL]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phjoymouse/Install_JoyMouse20.exe

* MouseStick v1.0.2 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME allows using properly
installed/calibrated joystick/gamepad as mouse:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/mousestick.htm
Direct download [18 KB, freeware]:
http://www.pattersondesigns.com/mousestick.zip
Works ONLY with FIRST joystick/gamepad if more than one!
Requires Microsoft Visual Basic 5 (VB5) Runtime Libraries [1.2 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/MSVBVM50.EXE

* RB-Joy v5.8 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP simulates key presses or
mouse events using properly installed/calibrated joystick/gamepad, highly
customizable:
http://www.rbsoft.de/RB-Joy/rb-joy.html
Direct download [87 KB, charityware]:
http://www.rbsoft.de/rbjoy4.zip



FREE WinDOwS CD/DVD DRIVERS + TOOLS



* CD/DVD + Multi-Boot Drivers, Boot Disks, Tools + Guides on the Internet:
- The Perfect Rescue Tool:
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=10700681
- BootDisk:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
- Ultimate Boot Disk:
http://www.startdisk.com/
- Bart's Boot Disks:
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/
- Ultimate Boot CD:
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
- MadBoot Boot Disks:
http://www.madboot.com/
- 911 Rescue CD + Boot Disks:
http://www.911cd.net/
- DrDevice's Windows 9x/NT Bootdisks:
http://www.drd.dyndns.org/index2.html
- Metropoli CD-ROM Drivers:
http://www.mpoli.fi/files/hardware/CDROM/
- CD-ROM Drivers:
http://digilander.libero.it/pnavato/drivers/
- Driver Guide (requires free subscription):
http://www.driverguide.com/
- MSKB: How to Create an El Torito Bootable CD-ROM:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=167685
- MSKB: How to Create a Windows 98 Boot Disk:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255292
- Bootable CD-ROMs:
http://www.nu2.nu/bootablecd/
- Bootable CD FAQs:
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rossstew/drs/bootcd.html
- Bootable CD Page:
http://www.goldentimes.net/bootcd.htm
- CD-Recordable FAQ:
http://www.cdrfaq.org/
- Windows 98 on CD:
http://www.lachiesadicristo.it/w98cd/
- Bootable Windows 2000/XP CD:
http://bink.nu/bootcd/
- The REAL Multi-Boot:
http://www.trombettworks.com/multi-boot.htm
- CD Media World: CD/DVD Utilities (most are freeware):
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_utils.shtml
- CDR Info:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/
- CD Freaks:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/
- DVD InfoMatrix:
http://www.inmatrix.com/
- DVD FAQ:
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
- DVD Firmware:
http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/
- DVD Backup Resource:
http://www.doom9.org/

* Adaptec Standard ASPI Layer 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Drivers for
(E)IDE/ATAPI/SCSI CD-R(W)/DVD-R(W)/DVD-RAM drives (free, English):
- ASPI v4.71.2 for Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.html?filekey=aspi_471a2.exe
Direct download [510 KB]:
ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/software_pc/aspi/aspi_471a2.exe
A MUST: Apply the Windows NT4/2000/XP "GET BACK YOUR CD/DVD" ASPI Fix from
TIPSXP.TXT (included)!
- ASPI v4.60 for Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2:
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.html?filekey=aspi32.exe
Direct download [282 KB]:
ftp://ftp.adaptec.com/software_pc/aspi/aspi32.exe
More info:
http://www.nu2.nu/aspi/

* Ahead Nero Standard ASPI Layer 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP Drivers for
(E)IDE/ATAPI/SCSI CD-R(W)/DVD-R(W)/DVD-RAM drives (free, English):
http://www.nero.com/en/content/c1023694368810.html
- ASPI Drivers [95 KB]:
ftp://ftp6.nero.com/NeroASPIen.exe
- WNASPI32.DLL Driver for Windows NT4/2000/XP [128 KB, right-click to save!]:
ftp://ftp6.nero.com/wnaspi32.dll

* CDBurnerXP Pro v1.1.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP
creates/erases/(re)writes to CD-R(W) drives, extracts to/writes from ISO CD
images, supports ISO9660 + Joliet standards, Burn-Proof technology,
multi-session disks/data tracks, burns audio CDs from WAV files only, rips CDs
to MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, highly customizable:
http://w1.737.telia.com/~u73702956/
Direct download [7.84 MB, freeware]:
http://w1.737.telia.com/~u73702956/updates/setup.exe
Requires:
- Microsoft Installer (MSI) for Windows 9x/ME [1.62 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe
or NT4/2000 [1.73 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (VB6) Runtime Libraries [1 MB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe

* IsoBuster v1.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP reads/extracts: CD-I,
VCD, SVCD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, DVD, DVCD, MPEG, CD image files in most popular
formats: ISO, TAO, DAO, BIN, IMG, CIF, FCD, NRG, GCD, P01, C2D etc,
multilanguage support, highly customizable:
http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/
Direct download [2.36 MB, crippled freeware]:
http://www.isobusterdownload.info/isobuster_14_all_lang.zip

* VIDE-CDD.SYS v2.14 Acer "Universal" DOS mode IDE/ATAPI CD/DVD driver for
MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x:
http://www.benq.com/drivers/storage_drivers.html
Direct download [176 KB, free]:
http://www.benq.com/ss_download/drivers/storage/cd-rom/drivers/dos/apicd214.exe
Works with most IDE/ATAPI compliant internal CD/DVD drives of ANY speed.
VIDE-CDD.SYS takes 5 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in
CONFIG.SYS (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS). Example:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MYCDROM
See "CD-ROM DRIVERS 4 DOS" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for details.

* TEAC_CDI.SYS v1.27Q Teac "Universal" DOS mode IDE/ATAPI CD/DVD driver for
MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and Windows 9x/ME/3.1x:
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/downloads/drivers/dtide_d.htm
Direct download [37 KB, free]:
http://www.teac.com/DSPD/downloads/drivers/atapicd.exe
Works with most IDE/ATAPI compliant internal CD/DVD drives of ANY speed.
TEAC_CDI.SYS takes 9-13 KB of upper DOS RAM if loaded with DEVICEHIGH in
CONFIG.SYS (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS). Example:
DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDROM\TEAC_CDI.SYS /D:MYCDROM
See "CD-ROM DRIVERS 4 DOS" in MYTIPS95.TXT (included) for details.

* SHSUCDX.EXE v2.0 DOS mode CD/DVD EXtensions Driver for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and
Windows 9x/ME/3.1x replaces successfully Microsoft MSCDEX.EXE:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/shsucdx/
Direct download [43 KB, free]:
http://www.geocities.com/jadoxa/shsucdx/shsucdx2.zip
Open README.TXT with Notepad in Windows or EDIT.COM in DOS to learn its
command line parameters. Then add a SHSUCDX line to AUTOEXEC.BAT (BEFORE the
SMARTDRV line), and REMark your MSCDEX line. Reboot.
SHSUCDX takes 6.5 KB of upper DOS RAM (upper memory manager required in
CONFIG.SYS) on systems with one CD/DVD drive (each additional CD/DVD drive
requires 2 KB of RAM). Example:
LH C:\CDROM\SHSUCDX /D:MYCDROM,D,,1
Your CD/DVD drive name (MYCDROM above) MUST match EXACTLY the one on your
CD/DVD driver line in CONFIG.SYS!

* NWCDEX.EXE v2.81 DOS mode CD/DVD EXtensions Driver for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 and
Windows 9x/ME/3.1x [64 KB]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/CDX.ZIP
also part of Lineo (formerly Caldera) DR-DOS v7.03 [6 MB, free trial]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/drdos/DR-DOS.703/dr703.exe
replaces successfully Microsoft MSCDEX.EXE.
Run NWCDEX /? from any DOS prompt for specific command line parameters. Then
add a NWCDEX line to AUTOEXEC.BAT (BEFORE the SMARTDRV line), and REMark your
MSCDEX line. Reboot.
NWCDEX takes 1 KB of upper and 40-60 KB (depending on the number of /M:XX
buffers) of expanded RAM. Example:
LH C:\CDROM\NWCDEX /D:MYCDROM /M:20 /E /F:80
Your CD/DVD drive name (MYCDROM above) MUST match EXACTLY the one on your
CD/DVD driver line in CONFIG.SYS!
An expanded memory manager (i.e. Microsoft HIMEM.SYS + EMM386.EXE with the RAM
switch enabled) in CONFIG.SYS is required to load NWCDEX in expanded memory
with the /E switch.

* Helix Cloaked DOS mode CD/DVD EXtensions Driver for MS-DOS 5/6/7/8 + Windows
9x/ME/3.1x [free]:
- MSCDEX.EXE v2.23 [64 KB]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/CDX.ZIP
replaces successfully Microsoft MSCDEX.EXE.
MSCDEX takes 1 KB of upper and 16-48 KB of extended RAM (depending on the
number of /M:XX buffers) if CLOAKING.EXE loads FIRST with LOADHIGH in
AUTOEXEC.BAT (upper memory manager required in CONFIG.SYS). Example:
LH C:\HELIX\CLOAKING
LH C:\HELIX\MSCDEX /D:MYCDROM /M:20 /B
Your CD/DVD drive name (MYCDROM above) MUST match EXACTLY the one on your
CD/DVD driver line in CONFIG.SYS!



FREE WinDOwS 3D/VIDEO, AUDIO + DISK DRIVERS + TOOLS



* Drivers + Tools on the Internet:
- Drivers HeadQuarters:
http://www.drivershq.com/
- Driver Zone:
http://www.driverzone.com/
- MR Tech News:
http://www.mrtech.com/news/
- Station Drivers (French):
http://www.station-drivers.com/
- Voodoo Extreme 3D Video Drivers:
http://www.voodooextreme.com/hw/Binaries/drivers.html
- Windows Video + Audio Codecs:
http://www.moviecodec.com/
- Codec Zone:
http://codeczone.virtualave.net/fixes.htm
- Free Codecs:
http://www.freecodecs.com/
- AnalogX Audio Utilities + Plugins:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio.htm
- NVidia BIOSes, Drivers + Tools:
http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/nvbios.htm
- Soundcard Utilities:
http://www.3dss.com/drivers/utils.html
- Jargon's Driver Archive:
http://www.drivermuseum.com/
- USBMan:
http://www.usbman.com/
- USB-Drivers:
http://www.usb-drivers.com/
- USB Drivers + Tools for DOS:
http://www.bgdf.com/darkehorse/PC/DOS/Drivers/USB/
- IBM Hard Drive Drivers + Tools:
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
- Western Digital Hard Drive Drivers + Tools:
http://support.wdc.com/download/
- Maxtor Hard Drive Drivers + Tools:
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/
- Seagate Hard Drive Drivers + Tools:
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/
- WinImage: Free Tools:
http://www.winimage.com/othertl.htm

* XStore Pro Windows 9x/ME standard (E)IDE Hard Disk (Ultra)DMA + (E)IDE/ATAPI
CD/DVD Accelerator Drivers + Tools v1.20 for Abit motherboards [996 KB]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/abit/download/drivers/ide/abit120.exe
NOT for 3rd party/add-on/proprietary (E)IDE/(U)ATA/UDMA/RAID/SCSI drive
controllers!

* Intel Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Graphics/INF/Bus Master/Ultra ATA
Driver Updates for all 4XX and 8XX Pentium/Pro/II/III/IV chipsets:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/driver.htm
Intel Ultra ATA Driver for all 8XX Pentium III/IV chipsets:
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/storagedrivers/ultraATA/
Install Intel Bus Master (BM) driver ONLY on Win95 retail or Win95a OSR1!

* Intel Windows 98/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Application Accelerator (IAA): Faster
Boot via Accelerated OS Load Time, Accelerated Disk I/O, Performance Enhancing
Data Prefetcher + Hard Drives > 137 GB Support for all 8XX Pentium III/IV
chipsets:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa/
IAA Windows 2000/XP/2003 RAID Edition for all 856/875 Pentium IV chipsets +
Serial ATA (SATA) controllers/drives + RAID:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/

* Intel Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Indeo Video v5.11 + v4.2 and Indeo
Audio v2.5 32-bit Movie, Video + Audio Playback Drivers/Codecs:
http://www.ligos.com/indeo.htm
Direct download [1.97 MB]:
http://download.ligos.com/dld-product/indeo/iv5setup.exe

* DivX Bundle Standard v5.0.5 32-bit Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 MPEG Video
+ Audio Playback Drivers/Codecs + Tools:
http://www.divx.com/divx/
Direct download [3.17 MB]:
http://download.divx.com/divx/DivX505Bundle.exe

* AC3Filter DirectShow AC3 Decoder filter 32-bit Beta for AC3
AVI/MPEG/DVD/DivX playback with multichannel and S/PDIF support for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter/
Direct download [295 KB, free GPL]:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ac3filter/download/
Requires Microsoft DirectX 7/8/9, DirectShow + WMP 7/8/9 APIs installed:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/
More info:
http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/

* Creative Labs Sound Blaster AWE/PCI/Live!/Audigy/Extigy + Video/3D Blaster
series Official Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x + DOS Sound/Video Drivers
+ Tools:
http://www.americas.creative.com/support/

* KX Project Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live!/Audigy/Extigy series
Unofficial Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP/2003 ASIO enabled Sound Drivers + Tools:
http://www.kxproject.spb.ru/

* Aureal 3D Vortex (A3D) sound card series Official Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Sound Drivers + Tools:
http://www.vortexofsound.com/drivers/drivers.htm

* RivaTuner v2.0 RC 12.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP/2003 is the BEST
NVidia TNT2/GeForce/2/3/4/FX/Quadro/2/3/4/FX Detonator video drivers
tweaking tool, highly customizable:
http://www.nvworld.ru/docs/rt_e.html
Direct download [897 KB]:
http://www.nvworld.ru/downloads/rivatuner.zip

* NVidia TNT/2/GeForce/2/3/4/FX/Quadro/2/3/4/FX series Official Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x Direct3D/OpenGL ICD Detonator Video Drivers +
Tools:
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

* 3D Chipset NVidia TNT/2/GeForce/2/3/4/FX/Quadro/2/3/4/FX series Unofficial
Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Direct3D/OpenGL ICD Detonator Video Drivers:
http://www.3dchipset.com/drivers/index.php

* Guru 3D NVidia TNT/2/GeForce/2/3/4/FX/Quadro/2/3/4/FX series Unofficial
Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 Direct3D/OpenGL ICD Detonator Video Drivers:
http://www.guru3d.com/files/detonator/

* OmegaDrive NVidia, ATI + 3dfx series Unofficial Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Direct3D/OpenGL ICD tweaked Video Drivers:
http://www.omegacorner.com/

* ATI Mach/Rage/MAXX/Radeon series Official Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x + DOS Video Drivers + Tools:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html

* 3dfx Voodoo Files Voodoo/2/3/4/5/6/Banshee series Official + Unofficial
Glide/Direct3D/OpenGL Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Video Drivers:
http://www.voodoofiles.com/3dfxhelp.asp

* 3DFX Lives On Voodoo/2/3/4/5/6/Banshee series Unofficial
Glide/Direct3D/OpenGL ICD Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Video Drivers:
http://www.3dfxliveson.org/

* x-3dfx Voodoo/2/3/4/5/6/Banshee series Unofficial Glide/Direct3D/OpenGL
ICD Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Video Drivers:
http://www.x-3dfx.com/

* Matrox M3D/Mystique/Millennium/G100/G200/G400/G450/G550/Parhelia series
Official Direct3D/OpenGL ICD Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 Video Drivers:
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drivers/

* Microsoft Windows 95/95a OSR1 OpenGL 3D Video Drivers v1.1 + 3D Screen
Savers 32-bit:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=30335
Direct download [696 KB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/Redist/1.1/W95/EN-US/opglinst.EXE
Compatible (3D accelerated recommended) video controller required.
Place GLU32.DLL + OPENGL32.DLL in the %windir%\SYSTEM subfolder.
Windows 95B/95C OSR 2.x, NT, 98, 2000, ME, XP + 2003 include MS OpenGL
drivers!

* Organic Art Microsoft Edition v1.20.04 DirectX 3D Screen Savers 32-bit for
Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://www.artworks.co.uk/organic.htm
Direct download [5.1 MB]:
ftp://ftp.clara.net/pub/pc/win95/misc/oams04dx.exe
Requires Microsoft DirectX APIs 5.0 or newer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/



FREE WINDOWS 9x/2000/ME/XP MODEM DRIVERS



* 56K/xDSL/Cable Modems + Communications reference links:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/modem.htm

* 3COM Modem Drivers and INF files for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x:
http://support.3com.com/software/

* US Robotics Modem Drivers and INF files for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003/3.1x:
http://www.usr.com/support/

* Serial High Speed Mode (SHSMOD) driver patchers/enablers for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME, Linux and OS/2:
http://www.devdrv.com/shsmod/



FREE WinDOwS GAMES + CHEATS



* FREE PC Games + Cheats on the Internet:
- My PC Games News + Links:
http://members.aol.com/maxspeeed/game.htm
- Game Hippo:
http://www.gamehippo.com/
- Happy Puppy (requires free subscription):
http://www.happypuppy.com/
- Free Games Net:
http://www.free-games-net.com/
- Download Free Games:
http://www.download-free-games.com/
- DOS Games Archive:
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/
- DOS Games:
http://www.dosgames.com/
- Classic Gaming:
http://www.classicgaming.com/
- Home Of The Underdogs:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/
- FREE Abandoned + Classic DOS + Windows Games:
http://www.alex-soft.net/
- Noodan Free Games:
http://www.noodan.com/
- GratisWare (freeware spyware!):
http://www.gratisware.com/
- Moraff Games (uncrippled shareware):
http://www.moraff.com/downloads.htm
- MegaGames: Free Games:
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/freegames/freegames.shtml
- SHD Freeware Games:
http://stuwww.kub.nl/~s527912/
- IogoPro Freeware Games:
http://www.iogopro.co.uk/html/products.html
- Jaywalker's Freeware Games:
http://www.wilfmoss.force9.co.uk/games.htm
- Chess Web Pages:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Games/Board_Games/Abstract/Battle_Games/Chess/
- 3D Gamers Games Cheats:
http://www.3dgamers.com/cheats/
- Cheat Heaven - PC Games Cheats:
http://www.cheatheaven.co.uk/pc_cheats.htm
- Game Revolution PC Games Cheats + Codes:
http://www.game-revolution.com/games/codes/pc/lists/a.htm
- MegaMames PC Games Cheats:
http://www.megagames.com/cheats/pc/a_index.shtml
- PC Cheat Planet:
http://www.cheatplanet.com/pcplanet.html
- Adrenaline Vault - Cheats & Hints:
http://www.avault.com/cheats/
- Cheating Planet PC Cheats:
http://www.cheatingplanet.com/cheats/pc/
- Happy Surfer Cheat Links:
http://www.happysurfer.com/cheats.html
- PC Game World Cheats:
http://www.pcgameworld.com/cheats/
- Cheating Dome PC Games Cheats:
http://www.cheatingdome.com/pc/pc.htm
- Saved Games:
http://www.savegames.net/

* Commander Keen Nostalgia:
- A Look Back at Commander Keen:
http://www.3drealms.com/keenhistory/
- Commander Keen Help:
http://www.3drealms.com/tech/keen.html
- Commander Keen 1-3 Cheats:
http://www.3drealms.com/cheat/keen1.html
- Commander Keen 4-6 Cheats:
http://www.3drealms.com/cheat/keen4.html
- The people behind Commander Keen games:
http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/ck.shtml
- Get 5 Commander Keen games on CD-ROM [$20 + S/H]:
http://store.yahoo.com/3drealms/comkeencom.html
- Cerebral Cortex 314:
http://www.classicgaming.com/cc314/
- The Keencyclopedia:
http://www.commanderkeen.net/keencyclopedia/
- Quest of Commander Keen:
http://www.angelfire.com/pq/quest/
- Gert's Commander Keen Page:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/1561/keen.htm
- Commander Keen Info Center:
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Portal/5308/
- Keen Portal Downloads:
http://www.geocities.com/keenportal/downloads.html
- Commander Keen Downloads:
http://www.maeg.ch/jump.htm
- Andy's Keen page:
http://www.durdin.net/andy/keen/
- Commander Keendom:
http://www.cosmicoding.com/Keendom/
- Dope Fish:
http://www.dopefish.com/

* Commander Keen I "Invasion of the Vorticons" - Episode 1: "Marooned on Mars"
16-bit v1.31 funny classic action adventure EGA game for DOS:
http://www.3drealms.com/keen1/
Direct download [238 KB, shareware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/freedos/files/games/1keen.zip
More info:
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-vorticons/

* Commander Keen 3.5 "Keen Dreams" - Demo 16-bit: funny classic action
adventure EGA game for DOS:
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-dreams/
Direct download [350 KB, shareware]:
http://download.dosgamesarchive.com/keendrms.zip

* Commander Keen IV "Goodbye, Galaxy!" - Episodes 1 & 2: "Secret of the
Oracle" v1.41 16-bit funny classic action adventure EGA game for DOS:
http://www.3drealms.com/keen4/
Direct download [712 KB, shareware]:
http://downloads.planetmirror.com/pub/freedos/files/games/4keen.zip
More info:
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/ck-galaxy/

* Commander Keen VI "Aliens ate my baby sitter!" - Demo 16-bit funny classic
action adventure EGA game for DOS:
http://www.idsoftware.com/games/vintage/commanderkeen/
Direct download [331 KB, shareware]:
http://download.dosgamesarchive.com/keen6.zip

* Commander Keen 2000 16-bit funny classic action adventure spin-off VGA game
for Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP [1.08 MB, freeware]:
http://download.dosgamesarchive.com/ck2000.zip

* nvChess v1.01 32-bit for Windows 9x/2000/ME/XP DirectX 3D chess game uses
hardware accelerated pixel and vertex shader technology, supports multiple
board/piece sets etc, highly customizable:
http://www.superxstudios.com/Products/nvChess/
Direct download [14.3 MB, freeware]:
http://www.superxstudios.com/Files/nvChess/nvChess.exe
Additional nvChess levels [$9.95]:
http://store.yahoo.com/superxstudios/nvchess01.html
Requires new generation 3D accelerated video controller + Microsoft DirectX
8.1 or newer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/

* Rival Chess (RC) supports multiple piece/board/background colors/styles,
multiple undo levels, edit board, digital clock, move list, championship
level, highly customizable:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/rival/
- RC v1.8.29 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP [355 KB, no nag shareware]:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/rival/files/rival-files-1.8.29.zip
Requires Microsoft WinG v1.0 GDI Acceleration DLLs [836 KB, free]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/platformsdk/wing/1/WIN98/EN-US/Wing10.exe
- RC v1.5f 16-bit for DOS [127 KB, freeware]:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/rival/files/rival15f.zip

* Chess-it! v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP supports multiple piece
sets, digital clock, unlimited undo levels, move list, highly customizable:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Grid/5841/
Direct download [499 KB, freeware]:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Grid/5841/chess_it3.zip

* GNU Chess v4.14 32-bit for Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.tim-mann.org/gnuchess.html
Direct download [380 KB, free GPL]:
http://www.tim-mann.org/gnuchess/gnuchessPC-4.14.zip
Windows/WfWG 3.1x require Microsoft Win32s 32-bit Extensions Add-on v1.30c
[2.4 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/PW1118.EXE

* Microsoft Chess game 16-bit for Windows 3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 [183 KB,
free]:
http://members.aol.com/mjwellsut/FTP/chesszip.exe

* Microsoft Space Cadet 3D Pinball arcade game 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [1.3 MB, free]:
http://home.att.net/~alicewyman/files/mspinball.exe
MS Plus! 95, Windows ME, 2000 + XP include 3D Pinball.
See "3D PINBALL" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more details.

* Microsoft Spider Solitaire card game 32-bit for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/spider_solitaire/
Direct download [552 KB, free]:
http://www.angelfire.com/nv2/spider_solitaire/SpiderSolitaireSetup.exe
Windows 95/OSR1/OSR2/NT4 require MS IE 4/5/6 installed (which updates
SHELL32.DLL to build 4.72) with Active Desktop (Web View) enabled!
MS Plus! 98, Windows ME, 2000 + XP include Spider Solitaire.
See "KILLER REPLACEMENTS: ME -> 98 SE" in TIPS98.TXT (included) for more
details.

* Swarm v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP DirectX 3D enhanced popular
space arcade shooter with interactive backgrounds, music and sound:
http://www.reflexive.net/Swarm/
Direct download [6.43 MB, shareware playable demo]:
http://www.reflexive.net/Demos/SwarmDmo.exe

* Space Tripper v1.4 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP DirectX 3D vertical
space arcade shooter with interactive backgrounds, music and sound:
http://www.pompom.org.uk/STpage1.htm
Direct download [3.56 MB, shareware playable demo]:
http://www.btinternet.com/%7Ebongpig/setup_st_demo.exe

* Ricochet v1.3 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP DirectX 3D enhanced
popular arcade block breaker with animated backgrounds, music and sound:
http://www.reflexive.net/Ricochet/
Direct download [6.86 MB, shareware playable demo]:
http://www.reflexive.net/Demos/RicochetSetup.exe

* Super Rebound v3.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP popular arcade
block breaker with music and sound:
http://www.gratisware.com/Gratisware.nsf/htmlmedia/superrebound.html
Direct download [3.2 MB, freeware using Gratis spyware!]:
http://downloads.gratisware.com/JoshBender/SuperRebound.exe

* ZDNet Flipperama v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP 3D pinball game
with funky backgrounds, music and sound:
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2099-10059190.html
Direct download [2.2 MB, free]:
ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/acq/downloads/pub/zd/zflprama.zip

* BriX v1.62 32-bit breakout game for Windows 9x/ME: 62 levels, special
bricks, bonuses, level "boss", cool graphics, sound effects and music score:
http://www.omnidimension.com/brix/
Direct download [3.36 MB, freeware]:
http://www.omnidimension.com/brix/brix.exe

* Bricks' 2000 v1.1a 32-bit Tetris clone for Windows 9x/NT:
http://www.doob.de/Bricks2000/
Direct download [278 KB, freeware]:
http://www.doob.de/Bricks2000/Brk_2000.EXE

* Block Game v1.03 32-bit Tetris clone with a twist for Windows
9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.programming.de/my_prog.html#12
Direct download [117 KB, freeware]:
http://www.programming.de/cpp/blockgam.zip

* Tetris v1.0 32-bit for Windows 9x/ME classic game:
http://fox.hispeed.com/quibb/tetris.shtml
Direct download [40 KB, freeware]:
http://fox.hispeed.com/quibb/tim_download/Tetris.exe

* Block Breaker v4.21 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.emurasoft.com/block/
Direct download [230 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.nifty.ne.jp/forum/femsoft/pub/blc421e.exe

* EmLith v3.21 32-bit Tetris clone for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.emurasoft.com/emlith/
Direct download [115 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.nifty.ne.jp/forum/femsoft/pub/eml321e.exe

* EmPipe v1.21 32-bit match-the-pipes game for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.emurasoft.com/empipe/
Direct download [171 KB, freeware, English]:
http://www.nifty.ne.jp/forum/femsoft/pub/emp121e.exe

* DX-Ball v1.09 32-bit DirectX breakout game for Windows 9x/ME:
http://www.blitwise.com/downloads.html
Direct download [820 KB, freeware]:
http://www.blitwise.com/Scorched_Reality/DXBall19.EXE

* DX-Ball 2 v1.25 32-bit DirectX breakout game for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxball2.html
Direct download [2.07 MB, crippled shareware]:
http://www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxb2game125.exe
Requires DirectX 5 or newer, 16-bit video, 100 MHz CPU and 16 MB RAM.
DX-Ball 2 In-Game Music Pack add-on [2.65 MB, free]:
http://www.longbowdigitalarts.com/dxb2mods.exe

* Arkanoid v1.21 32-bit DirectX classic breakout arcade game for Windows
9x/ME:
http://www.chaossoft.com/arkanoid.shtml
Direct download [601 KB, freeware]:
http://www.realityrift.com/pub/arkanoid/arkanoid.zip

* Astrorix Gold v2.3 32-bit DirectX classic breakout arcade game for Windows
9x/ME:
http://www.skullbyte.de/eng/astrorix.html
Direct download [857 KB, freeware]:
http://www.skullbyte.de/download/astrorix2.zip

* Hyper v1.03 16-bit classic breakout arcade game for Windows
3.1x/9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://sol.spaceports.com/~smiley/gamehyper.htm
Direct download [681 KB, freeware]:
http://sol.spaceports.com/~smiley/files/hyper.zip

* glTron v0.61 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP OpenGL 3D lightcycle
racing game inspired from the sci-fi movie "Tron":
http://www.gltron.org/
Direct download [3.1 MB, free GPL]:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gltron/gltron-0.61-win32.exe

* Tetrix 2000 v1.2 32-bit Tetris clone for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP:
http://www.nicetime.nu/te.htm
Direct download [987 KB, freeware]:
ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/vol/wojsyl/ntware/games/files/tetr2000.zip

* XO v1.1 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP single player five-in-a-row
board game against the computer AI:
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/
Direct download [139 KB, freeware]:
http://www.steffengerlach.de/freeware/xo1.zip
Play XO online:
http://www.steffengerlach.de/xo5k/

* Five-In-A-Row (Gomoku) v0.3 16-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/3.1x [23
KB, freeware]:
http://shh.thathost.com/pub-dos/files/5row030.zip

* Electro Man - Episode 1 16-bit classic action adventure VGA game for DOS:
http://www.epicgames.com/puzpack.htm
Direct download [432 KB, shareware]:
http://www.epicgames.com/files/electro.zip

* Raptor: Call of The Shadows v1.2 - Demo 16-bit classic VGA vertical space
arcade shooter for DOS with cool graphics, music and sound:
http://www.3drealms.com/raptor/
Direct download [1.92 MB, shareware]:
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/ibmpc/games/apogee/share/1rap12.zip



HOSTED + SPONSORED BINARIES



Most of these BINaries are detailed in SOFTWARE.TXT (this file) under
dedicated sections (further above) and at:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/bin.htm

* Best System Tweaking Tool: Xteq X-Setup v6.3: 1200+ System tweaks + Registry
Hacks for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 + related apps [4.6 MB, freeware for
personal use]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/x-award.htm
See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM + REGISTRY TWEAKERS" further above.

* Inno Setup Installer v3.0.7 32-bit for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003
supports: single EXE creation, disk spanning, setup wizard interface,
customizable setup types, complete uninstall capabilities, integrated
ZIP/BZIP2 file compression, file versions comparison, in use files
replacement, shared file counting, DLL/OCX registration, fonts installation,
REG/INI entries creation, shortcuts creation, silent install/uninstall etc,
highly customizable:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Direct download [921 KB, freeware]:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/files/site1/is32.exe
Inno Setup v4.0.5 Beta:
http://www.jrsoftware.org/is4.php
3rd party Inno Setup add-ons (freeware):
http://www.jrsoftware.org/is3rdparty.php

* Cliff's Windows XP Tips Collection in RTF format:
http://thor.prohosting.com/~1cls/windows_xp.htm
Direct download [142 KB, free]:
http://thor.prohosting.com/~1cls/Freeware/XP%20Tips.zip
See XPTIPS.TXT (included).

* BETA 10 Optional Component Maker v2.1 for Windows ME (OppComME) adds a new
"Beta 10 Optional Components" menu to Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs ->
Windows Setup tab from which you can add/remove/restore at will: PC Health,
Movie Maker, MsInfo, Help, Out Of Box Experience (OOBE), Microsoft Scripting
Host (MSE), System Agent, System File Protection (SFP), System Restore (SR),
Web Based Computer Management (WBEM), Windows Management Interface (WMI), Web
Folders, Windows Media Player (WMP), Windows Update (WU), Task Monitor + Task
Scheduler:
http://www.beta10.com/oppcom.htm
Direct download [96 KB, freeware]:
http://www.beta10.com/files/oppcomme.exe
PowerMenu v1.0 REG file for Windows 98/ME adds new options: Reboot, Shutdown,
Msconfig, Hardware Info, IPconfig + File Manager to My Computer right-click
context menu [1.2 KB, free]:
http://www.beta10.com/files/powermenu.zip
Courtesy of Terry Stevens (tsteve@usa.com) author of OppComME.

* Andrew Bourdon's Windows 2000/XP High Performance TCP/IP Package v1.13
includes: Registry + non-Registry settings and documentation for optimizing
internet browsing and online gaming performance:
http://educ8search.tripod.com/win2khptcpip/
Direct download [31 KB, free GPL]:
http://educ8search.tripod.com/w2khptcpip.zip

* Captain SiskoX's Batch Utils v1.0 for Windows NT4/2000/XP: X-CleanNT.bat
(temp files cleaner) + IPGather.bat (shows IP info):
http://members.fortunecity.com/computingx/tools.htm
Direct download [4 KB, free, unsupported]:
http://members.fortunecity.com/computingx/utils.zip

* Super ScanDisk (SSC) Wrapper v1.0 for Windows 95/98 simulates Windows ME
behavior of running Windows Scandisk (Scandskw.exe) instead of MS-DOS based
counterpart (SCANDISK.EXE) after improper shutdown [123 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/files2u/ssc10.zip
Courtesy of Pavel Vitis (pavel.vitis@seznam.cz) author of SSC Wrapper.

* Windows ME, XP + Internet Explorer 6.0 high color Icons in DLL (Dynamic
Link Library) format for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003 [324 KB, free]:
http://members.aol.com/files2u/WINICONS.ZIP

* Windows XP + Internet Explorer 6.0 high color Icons in ICL (Icon Library)
format for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://www.winxpico.tk/
WINXPICO [335 KB, free]:
http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/va3/va3malevolence/downloads/winxpico.exe

* Xen Packs for Windows 9x/NT4/2000/ME/XP: Cleanup, Backup + Restore BATch
Files, Tweaks, VBS Scripts, HOSTS file + Optimizing DOCs (freeware):
http://www.x9000.net/
- Xen Cleanup v1.89 [978 KB]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/xen.zip
- Xen Tweak v0.61 [723 KB]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/xentweak.zip
- Xen Tweaking + Optimizing Windows [630 KB, HTML format]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/tweakdoc_html.zip
- Xen Tweaking + Optimizing Windows [359 KB, DOC format]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/tweakdoc_word.zip
- Xen VBS Scripts [43 KB]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/scripts.zip
- Xen HOSTS v1.1 [67 KB]:
http://www.x9000.net/downloads/xenhosts.zip

* Fastest DOS PCI/AGP Video Accelerator: FastVid v1.10 for Pentium
Pro/II/III/IV CPUs [229 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm#FAS
See "SPEEED-UP + BENCHMARK TOOLS" further above.

* Fastest DOS BIOS Accelerator: Zeno v1.74 [43 KB, public domain]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/speed.htm#Z
See "SPEEED-UP + BENCHMARK TOOLS" further above.

* DxdZFix DirectX Joystick Fix v1.0 for Windows 9x/ME games [32 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/dx.htm#DZ
See "DIRECTX ESSENTIAL FREE UPGRADES, FIXES + TOOLS" further above.

* Best DOS Upper Memory Manager: Uwe Sieber's UMBPCI.SYS v3.48 for Windows
9x/ME + MS-DOS 5/6 [30 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/umb.htm
See "MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00 ESSENTIALS" further above.

* Best MTU Tweaker: Rob Vonk's EasyMTU v3.0 for Windows 9x/ME [360 KB,
freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/toy.htm#MTU
See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP MTU TWEAKERS" further above.

* Best Notepad Replacement: Programmer's File Editor v1.01 for Windows
9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/2003 [608 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/toy.htm#TXT
See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP TEXT EDITORS" further above.

* XMouse 2000 v1.3 for Windows 98/2000/ME [9 KB, freeware]:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/web.htm#MOU
See "FREE WinDOwS MOUSE DRIVERS + TOOLS" further above.

* Hot Screen Corners: QuickClick v1.0 for Windows 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP/3.1x [78
KB, no nag shareware]:
http://members.aol.com/files4u/QCLICK1.ZIP
See "FREE WINDOWS 9x/NT/2000/ME/XP SYSTEM ENHANCERS" further above.



ßETA SOFTWARE



WARNING:
Beta software contains unreleased, buggy code which may crash your computer!
Use at your own risk!

* ßeta web sites:
- BetaNews:
http://www.betanews.com/
- xBetas:
http://www.xbetas.com/
- Betas.Intercom:
http://betas.intercom.net/
- OS Betas:
http://www.osbetas.com/
- Intense Beta Elite:
http://www.ibelite.com/
- ieXbeta:
http://www.iexbeta.com/
- Windows Beta:
http://www.windowsbeta.org/
- FlexBeta:
http://www.flexbeta.net/
- WinBeta:
http://www.winbeta.org/
- Beta Base:
http://www.betabase.com/
- Beta Bites:
http://www.betabites.com/

* Open beta Microsoft programs are available by e-mail subscription (free):
betareq@microsoft.com
Microsoft Windows Beta web site:
http://windowsbeta.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Beta Signup:
https://www.betaplace.com/
How to become a Microsoft beta tester:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=33814
ALL Microsoft beta info is CONFIDENTIAL and NOT transmissible!

* Microsoft Network (MSN) Internet Search Bot Engine:
http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm

* Microsoft Do Amazing Things With Windows XP audio/video samples DVD-ROM for
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/dvdrom/
Only USA and Canada. Free + $2.99 S/H fee.
Requires DVD drive.
A MUST: Includes Microsoft Windows 98 SE DVD Player UDF.VXD Fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310695
File on DVD [166 KB, English]:
D:\Components\310695USA8.EXE
D = DVD drive letter (replace if necessary).
Unavailable ANYWHERE ELSE!

* Microsoft PC Satisfaction Trial (PST) for Windows XP/2003 includes Tiny
Personal Firewall 4.0, AntiVirus, PC Health Update, Windows Update + CD-R(W)
Backup:
http://www.pcsatisfactiontrial.com/
PST Support:
http://www.pcsatisfactiontrial.com/support/
Requires an Internet connection for downloading components + updates.

* Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition RTM (Gold) Evaluation CD +
Download [180 days free trial! (+ S/H fee), English]:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/
Order CD:
https://microsoft.order-5.com/windowsserver2003eval/
Download CD Image (ISO):
https://microsoft.order-5.com/windowsserver2003evaldl/
- Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 32-bit [550 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/2/b/52beb621-1a93-41bb-a57d-ea5c7aef7f76/x09-22207.iso
- Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition 64-bit [550 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/c/c/4cc5a2fe-c8cf-4f58-8d4b-b21e76f5bcf9/x09-45916.iso
- Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) [37 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/6/2/86288a4d-0dcc-4d1b-9748-c11a16c3580a/server2003_usa_3790_wsrm.iso
Product Keys required (provided at time of registration)!
Available only from 4-24-2003 to 7-31-2003.
More info:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/trial/evalfaq.mspx

* Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 RTM (Gold) Evaluation CD + Download [120 days
free trial! (+ S/H fee), English]:
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/trial/
Order CD:
https://microsoft.order-6.com/exchange2003eval/
Download Full Setup:
https://microsoft.order-6.com/exchevaldl/
- Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition [116 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/4/2/c426744f-2a51-4d53-b186-1d5ed782d628/E3SEVAENG.EXE
- Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition [116 MB]:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/1/9/4195df06-8694-4d7b-ad94-a0003f139e97/E3EEVAENG.EXE
Available only from 6-10-2003 to 7-31-2003.
More info:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/4/2/c426744f-2a51-4d53-b186-1d5ed782d628/ReleaseNotes.htm
Download Driver Pack

How To Update Drivers Manually

After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.

  • Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).

  • If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.

  • Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.

  • Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.

  • Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.

  • From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.

  • Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.

Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.

For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.

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