Toolbox.
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1st Screen Capture 
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/1st_screencapture/

Need to take loads of screenshots? This could be just the job.


URL: www.screen-capture-tools.com

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4t HIT Mail Privacy LITE 1.01
W9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/4t_hitmail/

HIT Mail Privacy LITE allows you to hide a message within a picture and supports most popular image formats. Uses 128 bit encryption.

URL: www.4t-niagara.com/hitmail.html

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602Pro LAN Suite 2003
W98/ME/2000/NT4SP5/XP/2003
Free for 5 users
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/602_lan_suite/

Try this free 5-user version of 602Pro LAN Suite, a complete secure mail server with built-in firewall and proxy for controlled Internet sharing. Supports Windows Server 2003.

URL: www.software602.com/products/ls

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AboutTime 4.8
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/about_time/

Make sure your computer's time is correct using this simple application. It also acts as its own time server for other computers on your local network.

Install for a system with MS Internet Explorer 4 or later; install for a system without MS Internet Explorer.

URL: www.arachnoid.com/abouttime/index.html

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AceFTP 3.00.4
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Free – latest update
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/ftp/ace_ftp/

AceFTP is an excellent FTP client that is easy to use (this update includes a bug fix for creating folders on the server). The program has powerful features and puts in a good turn of speed. Make server-to-server file transfers, open several FTP sites easily, execute multiple file transfers concurrently, preview files with the integrated viewer, resume broken transfers and monitor transfers graphically with the Transfer Rate Viewer.

AceFTP has good configuration options and site management as easy as any file manager. Now with enhanced firewall support.

URL: http://freeware.aceftp.com/

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Ad-aware 6
W98/ME/2000/NT4/XP
Free – latest version
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/adaware/

Ad-Aware is a spyware removal utility that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware and scumware components and lets you remove them safely. These components are used by advertising supported software to 'call home' and exchange statistical data. Ad-Aware will list all detected files.

Removal is optional and may cause some so-called 'adware' programs to stop working. You can build backups easily before removing adware components or fixing your registry. The included backup-manager lets you reinstall a backup with a single mouseclick. You can also select to ignore certain components, and keep them on your system without triggering an alert each time you scan.

URL: www.lavasoftusa.com

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AIDA32 3.61
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/aida32/

AIDA32 – Enterprise System Information is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program. Keep a close eye on your hardware and software. Free registration is required for business use.

URL: http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

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Aladdin Stuffit Expander 8
W98/2000/NT/XP
Free – new version
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/stuffit_expander/

Aladdin's Stuffit Expander gives you an easy way to expand most compressed or encoded files including those downloaded from online services and the Internet. The program handles Mac and Windows archive files.

Note: StuffIt Expander is a free component of StuffIt 8. This means that you will also have the opportunity to install an unregistered trial version of StuffIt Standard Edition, as well as unregistered shareware versions of DropStuff and StuffIt Browser.

URL: www.stuffit.com

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Analog 5.32
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/analog/

Produce detailed usage reports for the traffic to your Web site. Use the information to improve the structure and content of your site. No installation is required – copy the folder as above to your hard drive, open it and run analog.exe from there. Documentation is included.

URL: www.analog.cx

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AnalogX tools 
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/analogx_tools/

Here is a selection of the heaps of free tools by AnalogX! Keyword Live 2.2 calculates the most popular search terms people are looking for, in real time; TrackSeek 2.07 digs out MP3s for you; TextScan 1 lets you sneak a peek at how other programs are written; TagMaster 1.03 helps you name and tag those hundreds of MP3s in your directories. The list goes on! Electronic music utilities are a specialty, too. You can download some of AnalogX's tracks, or read his weblog.

URL: www.analogx.com

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AntiVir Personal Edition 6.20.08.12
W9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Free û recently updated
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/antivir/

Note: uninstall any previous version of AntiVir Personal Edition before installing this one.

AntiVir Personal Edition detects and removes more than 50,000 viruses and includes a Virus Guard and an Internet update wizard for easy updating of the program and virus definitions.

URL: www.free-av.com

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Avast! Home Edition 4
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/avast_antivirus/

The home edition of Avast! keeps you protected and also makes sure you aren't unwittingly sending viruses to others.

URL: www.asw.cz

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Babylon-Pro 4
30-day trial version
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/babylon_translator/

Qu'est-ce que c'est? C'est language translator software. Babylon-Pro enables you to get translations and conversions simply by clicking on any word or value. The program will continue to run after the trial period, but with limitations.

URL: www.babylon.com

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BigSpeedZipper 3.6.0.6
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/big_speed_zipper/

BigSpeedZipper is an all-purpose ZIP file utility. A great feature is the ability to view and extract ZIPped files from remote systems.

URL: www.bigspeedsoft.com

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BitTorrent 3.2.1
Donationware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/bittorrent/

Bandwidth costs are a growing problem for popular Web sites and can often cause major bottlenecks for file downloaders. BitTorrent is a relatively new protocol for distributing files using less bandwidth. Anyone who downloads a file from a server automatically mirrors it onto their system, meaning the 'upload burden' is shared across many clients and download times may be reduced.

URL: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html

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CableNut 4.08
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/cablenut/

Who said speed wasn't an issue now most of us are moving on to broadband? You can still tweak your TCP/IP settings to go even faster using this little utility.

URL: www.cablenut.com

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Coffee Cup Direct FTP 5.2
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
30-day evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/ftp/coffeecup_direct/

CoffeeCup Direct FTP allows you to edit HTML and text, right on the server. Also upload and download all types of files.

URL: www.coffecup.com

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CoffeeCup Zip Wizard 2
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/coffee_zip/

Try this fine little file archive utility that can upload your ZIP files via FTP or email them directly from the program.

URL: www.coffeecup.com/zip-wizard

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CuteFTP 5 XP
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Evaluation version
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/ftp/cute_ftp/

CuteFTP looks after your file transfer needs, using a connection wizard to connect to FTP sites in seconds. Compare local and remote directory content for quick updating of your Web site files, use the built-in text-based HTML editor to edit your files remotely, and queue multiple files for immediate or deferred transfer. The program can automatically reconnect and resume broken transfers.

CuteFTP is now Windows XP certified, looking good and more reliable. Site navigation is improved and most actions are faster. Requires MS Internet Explorer 4 or higher.


URL: www.cuteftp.com

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dtNotes 2.4
W98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Shareware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/desktop_notes/

Help save the environment and use desktopNotes as virtual Post-It notes on your desktop.

URL: www.dtbits.com

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Filetopia 3.04g
9x/NT/2000/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/filetopia/

This is a powerful file sharing system that includes instant messaging, chat client, email, Buddy List and message boards.

URL: www.filetopia.org/home.htm

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Find 1
15-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/find/

Find allows you to locate stuff in your files or folders, even email boxes, that you can't usually find all that easily – and it does it as quickly as you type.

URL: http://find.idealab.com/

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FreeMeter 2.7.5
W95b/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/freemeter/

Keep track of how many resources your programs are eating up. Pay for the Pro version to get more features.

URL: www.tiler.com/FreeMeter

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GeekTools Whois Client 5.4.1
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/geek_whois/

Check out who owns that domain name.

URL: www.geektools.com

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GetAnonymous 
30-day evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/get_anonymous/

Retain your online privacy by clearing your IE history, disabling cookies and preventing spyware. Stay anonymous when chatting online on ICQ, MSN and Yahoo Messenger.

URL: http://getanonymous.com/getanonymous/downloads.asp

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Go!Zilla 4.11.39
W98/ME/NT/2000/XP
30-day evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/ftp/gozilla/

Go!Zilla aims to help with managing downloads and provides integration with most current browsers. It includes Zip!Zilla, an integrated utility that lets you immediately install files after they're downloaded. You can drag-and-drop links to a desktop target. If you need to download several files Link Leecher can grab all files on an open Web page. Once a supported file type is detected, Go!Zilla goes to work by finding available mirror sites, and then downloading at the highest speeds possible.

Other features include auto-recovery from download errors, resume failed downloads, skin support, mulit-part downloading, download scheduler and FTP archive search. Note that Adaware is incorrectly identifying that this version contains adware, spyware, etc.

URL: www.gozilla.com

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Grokster 
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/grokster/

Grokster, a file sharing program that runs on the popular FastTrack network, will automatically delete any incomplete downloads from your computer. Hooray!

Requires Windows Media Player 6.

URL: www.grokster.com

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KaZaA Media Desktop 2.1.1
W9x/NT/2000
Free 'adware'
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/kazaa_media_desktop/

Note: requires MS Internet Explorer 4 or later and Windows Media Player 6.4.

Kazaa Media Desktop is a top peer-to-peer application allowing people around the world to share files. Search for and download media files from other KaZaA users. You can also organise, view, and play your media files through an integrated media jukebox, publish your own work, reach an audience, and communicate with other KaZaA users. It features recommendations and an automated feature that lets you communicate with contacts.

This new version has new playlists and skins, an expanded showcase and various bug fixes and improvements.

Note: the software is ad-supported and includes Cydoor, the Web tracking system.

URL: www.kazaa.com

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Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5
W98/ME/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/kerio_firewall/

Customisable firewall that can block all external IP traffic.

URL: www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html

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Key Wallet 1
W9x/Me/NT/2000
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/key_wallet/

Store your passwords in this virtual wallet.

URL: www.keywallet.com/

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LapLink Everywhere 2
W98/2000/NT/XP
15-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/laplink/

LapLink Everywhere lets you access your desktop files and email from a remote location.


URL: www.laplink.com

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LimeWire 2.9.11
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free û latest version
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/limewire/

LimeWire is a free ad-supported cross-platform tool that enables peer-to-peer file sharing on the Gnutella Network. You can share, search for and download MP3 music files, movies, pictures, games, and more.

LimeWireáis multilingual andáenables you to join a group of people with similar interests in order to increase the probability of finding what you are looking for.


URL: www.limewire.com

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Look@LAN Network Monitor 2.5
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/look_at_lan/

An easy to use network monitoring tool with detailed statistics on all available nodes.

URL: www.lookatlan.com

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Medi-Bank 1
W95/98/ME
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/medibank/

Medi-Bank offers a simple way of storing medical information about yourself in an easy to access interface.


URL: www.seymours.freeserve.co.uk

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Morpheus 3.1
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/morpheus/

Search, share and download tracks on the vast MusicCity network using this fully featured application.

URL: www.musiccity.com

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Password Notebook Plus 1.1
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/password_notebook/

Scramble passwords, make back-ups of files and generally keep your computer safe from prying eyes and hackers.

URL: www.moon1000.com

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Quick Hide Windows 1.6.1
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/quick_hide/

Playing Quake on company time, and want to hide your screen from the boss? Hide your desktop and taskbar with the minimum of keystrokes using this program. Or get back to work!

URL: www.cronosoft.com/

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RegCleaner 4.3.0.780
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/regcleaner/

Your Windows registry may be slowing your computer down with old entries. Time for a spring clean.

URL: www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

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Registry Commander 1.02
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/reg_commander/

Offers a more intuitive interface than the standard RegEdit program bundled with Windows.

URL: www.aezay.dk/aezay/regcmd

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Report Magic for Analog 2.21
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/report_magic/

Comprehensive log file analysis for your Web site. Report Magic uses the Computer Readable Output format created by Analog (included on this CD) to deliver enhanced site usage log reports.

URL: http://reportmagic.org

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SecureTask 2
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/secure_task/

Encrypt data on your computer with the freeware version of SecureTask.

URL: http://securetask.net/index.html

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SpywareBlaster 2.5.3
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Donationware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/spyware_blaster/

Prevents spyware from being installed onto your computer by disabling spyware ActiveX controls.

URL: www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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System Cleaner 4.9
W98/ME/2000/NT4/XP
30-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/system_cleaner/

Over time your system is bound to become cluttered with all sorts of files and information you don't need. Let System Cleaner clear out such things as temporary files and redundant shortcuts, log and CHK files, and can also tidy up your cache files and 'recent documents' lists. You can opt to store all targeted files so that you can reverse your actions if need be.

URL: www.allerasoft.com

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SystrayX 3.5
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Shareware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/systrayx/

Simplify your cluttered system tray.

URL: www.desktop-utilities.com/info.html

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Tiny Personal Firewall 4.5
30-day evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/tiny_firewall/

Protect your computer and shield yourself from unwanted intrusions.

Version 2.0 of the Windows Installer Service may be required to install TPF. If the install link above does not work, use the links here to download the appropriate installer file for your system: for W95/98/ME; for NT/2000.

URL: www.tinysoftware.com

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tinySpell 1.3
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/tiny_spell/

Sitting inconspicously on the taskbar, tinySpell monitors on the fly what you type in any Windows application, using a 120,000 word dictionary.

URL: www.megspace.com/computers/tinyspell

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Uniform Server 2.6
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/uniform_server/

Uniform Server is a very small server application for Windows machines with Apache 2, PHP 4, MySQL 4 and PERL 5. Please see the Web site for installation instructions.

URL: http://miniserver.sourceforge.net/

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VNC 3.3.7
W9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Free Open Source - updated
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/vnc/

VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It is remote control software that allows you to view and interact with one computer (the 'server') using a simple program (the 'viewer') on another computer anywhere on the Internet. The two computers don't even have to be the same type, so for example you can use VNC to view an office Linux machine on your Windows PC at home.

You could control another computer across a network, as if sitting in front of that computer: help friends and relatives solve problems on their systems; provide a flexible hot-desking environment by allowing employees to access their office desktop and server machines from any machine in the company's offices or from other remote sites; VNC can also be used in educational contexts, for example to allow a distributed group of students simultaneously to view a computer screen being manipulated by an instructor, or to allow the instructor to take control of the students' computers to provide assistance.

URL: www.realvnc.com

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WebLog Expert Lite 1.61
W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/weblog_expert/

WebLog Expert Lite is a free log analyzer, a light-weight version of WebLog Expert. It allows you quickly and easily to analyse your log files and get information about your site's visitors: activity statistics, what files visitors accessed, information about referring pages, search engines, browsers, operating systems, and more. This version updates the program and offers fixes and enhancements.

URL: www.weblogexpert.com

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Webserver Stress Tool 6.07
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Limited evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/webserver_stress/

Perform stress testing on your site. This free version is limited to simulating a maximum of five users.

URL: www.paessler.com/webstress

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WinZip 8.1
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Shareware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/winzip/

WinZip is an excellent archive file manager, handling ZIP and other compression formats, including many common on the Internet, such as TAR, BinHex, UUencode and MIME. Features handy integration with Windows explorer.

A key addition to this latestáversion is compatibility with Windows XP. There are also major enhancements to the integration of WinZip into Windows Explorer, with many new functions and options in the context menu. You should generally find the handling of your ZIP files easier than before. There are various cosmetic changes and improvements to the program and its help files.

URL: www.winzip.com

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WS_FTP LE 5.08
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/ftp/ws_ftp/

WS_FTP LE (Limited Edition) is the cut-down version of WS_FTP Pro. It still gives you the most important file transfer functions: you can transfer files between a local PC and another remote computer system connected via a modem or by a local-area network; browse through directories and files, and transfer files between the two systems; create, change, and remove directories and view, execute, rename, or delete files; the program can also resume interrupted file transfers.

Free for non-commercial use.

URL: www.ipswitch.com

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Xdesk 1.96
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/xdesk/

Take control of your desktop with this virtual desktop manager. The shareware version also available will give you loads of system utilities.

URL: www.desktop-utilities.com/info.html

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ZoneAlarm 3.7.159
W98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Free û latest update
Location on CD: software/windows/utils/zonealarm/

This firewall software provides top-notch basic intrusion security for your PC. Pro version 3.7 offers many extras at a price. ZoneAlarm is free for individuals and non-profit charitable users. This update includes some fixes.

URL: www.zonelabs.com

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Acquisition 0.94
OS X Jaguar
Freeware
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/acquisition/

Share files with this Gnutella network client, which happily integrates into Apple's iLife.

URL: www.acquisitionx.com

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Aladdin Stuffit Expander 
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/stuffit/

Aladdin's Stuffit Expander gives you an easy way to expand most compressed or encoded files including those downloaded from online services and the Internet. The program handles Mac and Windows archive files.

Note: StuffIt Expander is a free component of StuffIt 7.5. This means that you will also have the opportunity to install an unregistered trial version of StuffIt Standard Edition, as well as unregistered shareware versions of DropStuff and StuffIt Browser.

URL: www.stuffit.com

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Analog 5.32
OS 8+
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/analog/

Produce detailed usage reports for the traffic to your Web site. Use the information to improve the structure and content of your site. Documentation is included.

URL: www.analog.cx

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LimeWire 2.9.11
OS X
Free û latest version
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/limewire/

LimeWire is a free ad-supported cross-platform tool that enables peer-to-peer file sharing on the Gnutella Network. You can share, search for and download MP3 music files, movies, pictures, games, and more.

LimeWireáis multilingual andáenables you to join a group of people with similar interests in order to increase the probability of finding what you are looking for.


URL: www.limewire.com

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RBrowserLite 3.0.8
OS X 10.1.5+
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/rbrowserlite/

If you work on remote systems or have to move files back and forth often, RBrowserLite can make your life a lot easier.

Entire file trees can be moved between local and remote host, or between remote hosts by simple drag & drop. Multitasking allows you to perform many operations simultaneously.

RBrowserLite is the free cut down version of RBrowser.

Delete all installations and installation files you may have on your system before installing this new version.

URL: www.rbrowserlite.com

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Report Magic for Analog 2.21
Classic
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/utils/report_magic/

Comprehensive log file analysis for your Web site. Report Magic uses the Computer Readable Output format created by Analog (included on this CD) to deliver enhanced site usage log reports.

URL: http://reportmagic.org