 Windows 98 desktop tools and utilities What system would be complete without a collection of tools and utilities to monitor, tweak and enhance your system? |
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| SiSoft Sandra 98 | |||||
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| Description: | Powerful information and diagnostic utility which tells you everything you need to know about your hardware and software. A Control Panel-like interface gives you easy access to information, and wizards help you collate information on various aspects of your system. The performance tune-up wizard gives you tips to show you how to improve system performance, although these tips tend to be of the 'consider buying a new processor' variety. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here) and run the setup.exe file. | ||||
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http://www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk/sandra/ | ||||
| Start Clean | |||||
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| Description: | Quickly and easily detects and removes broken links from your Start menu. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here). | ||||
| Links online: |
http://users.aol.com/felhasan | ||||
| StepUp 98 | |||||
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| Description: | StepUp 98 is a group of utilities designed to make working with Windows easier. It includes the customisable SetUp Menu that can be launched from the system tray or from the context (right click) menu, Folder Navigator which allows you to access folders you've recently used and advanced file handling capabilities such as renaming groups of files. It also allows you greater control over the way the user interface looks and feels. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here) and run the setup.exe file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.winability.com/ | ||||
| TrayDate | |||||
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| Description: | Displays the date in your system tray. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here). | ||||
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| TrayHide | |||||
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| Description: | Run this small program to hide the system tray. Run it again to bring it back. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here) and run the setup.exe file. | ||||
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| UltraEdit-32 | |||||
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| Description: | UltraEdit-32 is a powerful text editor. It is disk-based, which means the size of files you can edit is limited only by the size of your hard disk drive. It comes with a spell checker, and dictionaries for other languages can be added. Designed with programmers in mind, it has automatic syntax highlighting for C/C++, Visual Basic, HTML, Java and Perl. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here) and run the uedit32i.exe file to install the editor, then run the dictam.exe file to install the spelling checker.. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.idmcomp.com/products/index.html | ||||
| UwiSoft Progam Starter | |||||
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| Description: | Enables you to start programs with different priorities — from running in the background so it won't bother you, to real-time priority for programs that can't be interrupted. | ||||
| Requirements: | Freeware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.math.uni-goettingen.de/buenting/ups32.htm | ||||
| Waterfall | |||||
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| Description: | Waterfall is a small Windows 95 utility designed to cool down your CPU. It operates by issuing instructions to the CPU which shut down parts which aren't currently active. This can achieve substantial reductions in power consumption and heat generation, depending on CPU activity levels. Waterfall displays a system tray icon which changes colour when CPU activity is too high for it to take effect. Clicking on the icon displays an estimate of current power consumption and average consumption for the session. | ||||
| Requirements: | Freeware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here). | ||||
| Links online: |
http://cpu.simplenet.com/leading_wintech/ | ||||
| WindowPictures 1.1 | |||||
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| Description: | Allows you to add texture as well as colour to your window borders, backgrounds, toolbars and buttons. The program is a little tricky to configure, but the results are very impressive. | ||||
| Requirements: | 30 day trial | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/window_pictures | ||||
| Windows 95 Kernel Toys | |||||
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| Description: | A useful set of tools developed by Microsoft's Windows 95 Kernel Team. Keep track of how much conventional memory is being used by VXDs, teach the DOS prompt to automatically run your CD-ROM, network or sound drivers, edit your timezone settings, change the placement of the alt, ctrl, caps lock and shift keys, monitor your memory and CPU usage and disable the windows logo key while DOS applications are running. | ||||
| Requirements: | Freeware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/contents/powertoys/w95kerneltoy/default.asp | ||||
| WinGate 2.1 | |||||
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| Description: | Wingate 2.1 allows multiple users to share one Internet connection, be it a single modem or a permanent connection. It acts as a proxy server, allowing several computers to share the same IP address, which can be fixed or dynamic. It also caches frequently used graphics and files for faster browsing. It is also a firewall, preventing unauthorised access to your system. | ||||
| Requirements: | Demo | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.jantek.com.au/ | ||||
| WinSettings 97 | |||||
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| Description: | WinSettings 97 gives you control over the way your computer looks and works. You can add icons and menus to the system tray which will run whichever programs you choose. You can randomise your wallpaper, start-up and shut-down screens, and choose background music to play on startup. You can choose hot corners which will activate the screensaver. The windows settings allows you to change the way Windows boots up, as well as giving you control over shell icons and file extensions. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Internet Explorer users just click on the file and choose Open to run the setup program straight from the CD. Nestcape users download to your local drive and run the EXE file. | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.pgcc.com/win/ | ||||
| ZTreeWin 1.30 | |||||
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| Description: | ZTreeWin 1.30 is a text-based file manager for Windows. Reminiscent of ancient DOS-based file managers, but with full support of long filenames, none of the memory limitations of DOS-based programs and integration with archiving programs. Will appeal to those nostalgic for the days of DOS, or those who love doing things manually. | ||||
| Requirements: | Shareware | ||||
| Install instructions: | Download to your local drive, then unzip it (for help click here). | ||||
| Links online: |
http://www.ztree.com/html/ztreewin.htm | ||||
⌐ Australian Consolidated Press 1998
