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FREE UTILITIES #1 (A - D]

Reviewed:

Utilities for the home PC speed tweaker

Download links to excellent free utilities

Part 1 (here) General utilities and A to D

Part 2 (next) covers E to Z

GENERAL 1

• = Direct download • = Link download, good file • = Link download, useful

General

• Catch-Up Free
       Automatic files update

• CD Boot Free. 461KB
       Icon that restarts PC in "MS-DOS mode"
       Loads needed CD-ROM and sound drivers.
       Leaves about 600K of conventional memory

• Cleansweep95 v 3.0
       Uninstaller. Said to be the best

• Font Smoother Free
       Part of MS Plus!

• Hyperterminal PE Free 504KB
       Private Edition is superior

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GENERAL 2

• IE4 PowerToys Free
       For Internet Explorer 4.x only.

• Kernel Toys Free
       MS; Windows 95 add-ons

• ListQFE Free. 27KB
       Lists system updates. Superior to Qfecheck

• Oil Change Free
       Automatic files update

• PK Zip Free
       Stardard Zip / UnZip

• PowerToys Free. 64KB
       Are not 'toys'. Includes TweakUI

• Properties Plus Free. v1.59
       Extra functionality to your right-click in Explorer

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GENERAL 3

• StartEd Free. 171KB
       Edit the startup programs; its helpful

• TweakUI for Win 95. Free. 101KB
       Part of Powertoys (see previous)

• TweakUI for Win 98, Free

• Windrenalin Free. 459K v 1.0
       Optimizers and Diagnostics

• Win95ver Free. 21KB
       Shows the Windows 95 version in use

• WinZip Share - nag. 921K 32-bit
       The standard Zip & Unzip tools

• Yes2K Free
       Checks year 2000 position

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FREE UTILITIES

Backup

• CMOS S&R (DOS) Free 13KB
Saves, Restores, Verifies contents
of CMOS memory (all 114 bytes)

CD-ROM

• CD Analyzer Free 192KB v2.2 beta
       CD-ROM benchmark & test, 32-bit
• CDCheck (Windows) Free 124KB
       Windows 95/98 CD-ROM bench
• CDCheck (DOS) Free 14KB
       DOS CD-ROM benchmark utility
• CDGod Free 1MB
       Generic - creates a boot with lots of
       CD drivers. One should suit you.
• CD-Quick Share 489KB
       CD-ROM Accelerator. Needs 20-50MB HD space.
• CD-ROM Cheater
       Runs CD programs faster (from the Hard Disk)
• Easy CD

CPU

• AMIsetup Free 421KB ADVANCED USERS
       Access several hidden options in your Ami BIOS
• Cpuid Free 127KB
       Identifies your CPU details (Intel utility)
• CPUIdle Free 223KB ADVANCED USERS
       Enables a HLT instruction during the CPU's idle stages
       Useful for Overclockers
• Rain Free 121K ADVANCED USERS
       Similar. Useful for Overclockers
• Waterfall Free 117K ADVANCED USERS
       Similar. Useful for Overclockers
• Waterfall Pro Free 468KB ADVANCED USERS
       Similar. Useful for Overclockers

Diagnostic

• MDB95 Free
       Benchmark your computer
• Sandra Free 1.452KB
       PC infor and editing; comprehensive
• Techfacts
       Powerful Windows utility - view all aspects of your PC
• Winbench97 Free; 3.8MB
       Benchmark utility
• Wintune97 Free 993KB
       Benchmark your computer; test and tune-up
• InfoSpy Free
       Diagnostic
• PC Doctor
       Diagnostic

MS-DOS

• PKWARE Package Friendlyware. 202 KB v2.50 32-bit
       PKZIP.EXE + PKUNZIP.EXE
       Use ONLY in a Windows 9x DOS box (not in MS-DOS mode)
       The standard MS-DOS File Compressing + Decompressing

• PKWARE Package Free 197 KB v2.04g 16-bit
       PKZIP.EXE + PKUNZIP.EXE
       Use in DOS. Is unaware of Long File Names
       The standard MS-DOS File Compressing + Decompressing

Driver

• Driver Detective Free 1.2MB
       Gives information on your drivers, and updates

• VB Runtimes (versions 1-6) Free
       Runtime DLLs required by Visual Basic programs
       Install in Windows\System. All are FREE
• VBRun100 155KB Runtime files for running VB1 programs
• VBRun200 202KB Runtime files for running VB2 programs
• VBRun300 ???KB Runtime files for running VB3 programs
• VBRun400 461KB Runtime files for running VB4 16-bit progs
• VBRun400 565KB Runtime files for running VB4 32-bit progs
• VBRun500 1271KB Runtime files for running VB5 programs
• VBRun600 1031KB Runtime files for running VB6 progs

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Utilities Centre

• Microsoft Sites
   Software Sites
   Newsgroups
   FREEWARE SITES

• FREE Utilities 1
   General, plus
   Backup to Diagnostic

• FREE Utilities 2
   Graphics to Registry

• Useful Software
   Utilities in Win98 / 95

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* ALWAYS BACKUP FIRST * ALWAYS RECORD SETTINGS * ALWAYS MAKE ONE CHANGE AT A TIME

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