Es s e n t i a l s

Click here for help on installing and setting up these files on your hard disk.

Wi n d o w s
Title Description
DirectX 3.0 The essential drivers for playing all the latest games.
Paintshop Pro V3.11 (W3.11) Windows based Shareware paint package
Paintshop Pro V4.12 (W95) Shareware paint package for Windows 95
VBRun100,200,300,400.DLL Files without which many windows programs won't run
Video for Windows Enables you to view .avi video on your machine
WincodeEncoding and decoding for the internet
Winzip The popular compression-decompression utility for Windows
GRDUW for Windows 95 Format diskettes (720KB, 1.44MB, 1.68MB and 1.72MB)
Dos
TitleDescription
PKZIP,PKUnzipDos-based Compression Suite
Cachchk Detects fake cache






Explanations of the Software included

DirectX 3.0
DirectX 3.0 for Windows 95 installs multimedia libraries of drivers that you will need to make the most of a large number of the latest games.

Click here to copy DirectX v3.0 Drivers for Windows to your hard disk.

PaintShop Pro
This is a shareware drawing and painting program which enables you to create your own artwork in Windows. Files can be saved in many different formats(e.g .BMP,.TIF).

Click here to copy PaintShop Pro v3.11 for Windows 3.x to your hard disk.
Click here to copy PaintShop Pro v4.12 for Windows 95 to your hard disk.

VBRun100,200,300,400.Dll
Many programs for windows need the above files to work correctly, indeed without these files the programs will not work at all. The files should be copied into the system directory which can be found in the Windows directory on your hard disk.

Click here to copy VBRUN100.zip to your hard disk.
Click here to copy VBRUN200.zip to your hard disk.
Click here to copy VBRUN301.exe to your hard disk.
Click here to copy VB40016.DLL to your hard disk.
Click here to copy VB40032.DLL to your hard disk.

Video For Windows
This is a system extension which will allow you to view .avi movies (video).

Click here to copy Video For Windows to your hard disk.
Wincode

This is a utility which allows you to encoding/decoding material for the internet.
Click here to copy Wincode to your hard disk.

Winzip
This is a utility which will allow you to compress files into one archive.Compressed files take up much less room on a disk and make files easier to transport. It is important to note that Zipped files must be "Unzipped"before they can be used.
This utility is very easy to use and runs under Windows. There are two versions one for Windows '95 and one for Windows 3.11.

Click here to copy Winzip (for Windows '95) to your hard disk.
Click here to copy Winzip (for Windows 3.11) to your hard disk.

GRDUW for Windows 95
Format diskettes (720KB, 1.44MB, 1.68MB and 1.72MB). The 1.68MB media corresponds to the Microsoft DMF (Distribution Media Format). Duplicate diskettes, save diskette image to file; retrieve and write to diskette. Will also format hard disks, check the boot sector of your diskette or hard drive for viruses and recreate a new safe boot sector, repair your diskettes or hard disks. Also get technical disk information (logical and physical layouts). Fully integrates with the Windows 95 Explorer. (Windows 95 only -- doesnÆt work with NT)

Click here to copy GRDU to your hard disk.

Cachchk
This utility is used to find out if there is any fake cache on your system.

Click here to copy Cachchk to your hard disk.
Pkzip
This utility is needed to decompress most of the utilities in this section and a great deal of material that is downloaded from the internet. It is a great way to store large files on one disk or spread the program over a number of disks if the zip file is too big.

Click here to copy Pkzip to your hard disk.