 Windows 95 Windows
November
1996
PaintShop Pro 4.0
URL: http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/
Not yet reviewed
PaintShop Pro has always
been our favourite graphic file viewer and converter,
but in this latest version, PaintShop Pro is now
a comprehensive graphics package and virtually a
must for anyone getting into Web page authoring.
It lets you view, create and save graphics in the
GIF and JPG formats common on the Web, and provides
image manipulation tools that'll let you grab a
photo or other image and edit it to your heart's
content. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.
WinZip
URL: http://www.winzip.com
Rating: 9/10
The award-winning
shareware utility WinZip is our perennial favourite
for unzipping files. It can also be used to
compress files into ZIP archives and supports
other compression routines if you load the relevant
DOS utilities. WinZip boasts a nifty ZIP wizard
for beginners, excellent online help and
drag-and-drop operation.
-- David Flynn
See also our
guide on How to Use WinZip.
Cool Edit
URL: http://www.syntrillium.com/products.htm
Shareware program that does
a great job in recording, editing and compressing
sound files so they don't take up too much space
and time downloading. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.
ThunderByte
Anti-Virus
URL: http://www.
thunderbyte.com
Rating:
9/10
It's vital for Internet
surfers, but really all PC users should get a
good anti-virus program -- one with advanced
scanning techniques so that it can detect unknown
viruses and with regular, free updates so that it
can identify the latest viruses.
Thunderbyte qualifies on
all counts. When we tested Windows 95 anti-virus
programs in August 1996, we found this version of ThunderByte
wasn't quite as easy to use as its DOS/Windows
3.1 cousin. But it's still a very good package,
and a shareware version is available for download
and from our PC User Offline CD-ROM.
PowerToys for
Windows 95
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software.htm
Full collection of
Microsoft's shell add-ons from the Win95 Shell Development
team.
Once unzipped
right-click on the file called
"install.inf" and select INSTALL from
the pop-up menu.
Windows 95
Kernel Power Toys
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/software.htm
Not to be
outdone by the GUI team and their PowerToys, the Microsoft
team responsible for the Win95 Kernel (the heart
of the operating system) have produced their own
PowerToys. These small utilities do not come with
an install routine, so once unzipped, just copy
them to your Windows folder and run them.
Ani
Edit & Image Edit
URL: http://members.aol.com/dawindow/storage2.html
Two useful
little programs for creating animated Windows
cursors and icons.
Microsoft Viewers
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/
Free
You may come across some
Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents on the Net.
If you don't have the programs, you can use these
free viewers from Microsoft:
- Word 7 Viewer
- Excel 7 Viewer
- PowerPoint 95
Viewer
ZipFolders
URL: http://www.windows95.com
Registered price: $60
Rating: 8/10
This clever program lets
you handle your ZIP files directly, without any
zipping or unzipping. You can run executables and
play games right from your ZIP files. ZipFolders
is tightly integrated with Explorer. When you
install it, you'll see that for each ZIP file on
your system, ZipFolders has automatically created
a folder with a ZIF extension: open the folder
and work with the files as you would with any
other files. The ZIPS aren't removed from your
system, although you can do this if you wish to
save space. Now you can work with the zipped
files in the ZIF folder, just as if they weren't
zipped -- it makes archiving completely
transparent on your system. -- Angela Booth
Instant Drive
Access
URL: http://home1.inet.tele.dk/jel/English/start.htm
Rating: 8/10
Instant Drive Access
does exactly what it says. It installs itself as
a small icon in the Windows 95 taskbar, and gives
you immediate access to all the drives you have
on your computer. Optionally, it will also show
available memory and free disk space. -- Angela Booth
McAfee VirusScan
URL: http://www.mcafee.com
Rating:
6/10
McAfee's is probably the
most popular anti-virus program available and
does a reasonable job with known viruses (so keep
it updated!), but our tests found that there are
better packages available. Still, you might want
to try the shareware version so see why it's so
popular.
PaintShop Pro 3.11
URL: http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/
Not yet reviewed
PaintShop Pro has always
been our favourite graphic file viewer and converter,
but in this latest version, PaintShop Pro is now
a comprehensive graphics package and virtually a
must for anyone getting into Web page authoring.
It lets you view, create and save graphics in the
GIF and JPG formats common on the Web, and provides
image manipulation tools that'll let you grab a
photo or other image and edit it to your heart's
content. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.
WinZip
URL: http://www.winzip.com
Rating: 9/10
The majority of
downloadable software is compressed into a single archive
to save disk space and transfer time -- the ZIP
format and extension is the most common.
The award-winning
shareware utility WinZip is our perennial favourite
for unzipping these files. It can also be used to
compress files into ZIP archives and supports
other compression routines if you load the
relevant DOS utilities. WinZip boasts a nifty ZIP
wizard for beginners, excellent online help and
drag-and-drop operation.
-- David Flynn
See also our
guide on How to Use WinZip
Cool Edit
URL: http://www.syntrillium.com/products.htm
Shareware program that does
a great job in recording, editing and compressing
sound files so they don't take up too much space
and time downloading. See our Guide to Web authoring tools.
ThunderByte
Anti-Virus
URL: http://www.
thunderbyte.com
Rating:
9/10
It's vital for Internet
surfers, but really all PC users should get a
good anti-virus program -- one with advanced
scanning techniques so that it can detect unknown
viruses and with regular, free updates so that it
can identify the latest viruses.
Thunderbyte qualifies on
all counts. When we tested Windows 95 anti-virus
programs in August 1996, we found this version of ThunderByte
wasn't quite as easy to use as its DOS/Windows
3.1 cousin. But it's still a very good package,
and a shareware version is available for download
and from our PC User Offline CD-ROM.
Word 6.0 Viewer
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/word/internet/viewer/viewer6/default.htm
You may come across some
Word for Windows documents, for which you'll
either need a copy of WinWord or Microsoft's free Word
Viewer. -- David Flynn
TransMac
URL:http://zeppo.cnet.com/Resources/Software/Selections/Pcsys/transmac.html
The Apple Mac
has been able to read DOS format discs for ages, but
there are few solutions to reading a Mac disk on
a DOS/Windows machine. This shareware program
solves this problem.
ClipMaster Pro
URL: http://www.zdnet.com
Registered price: $40
Rating: 8/10
ClipMaster Pro is
completely transparent in use. Once started, it runs
in the background and collects anything and
everything that you either copy or cut. The
number of clips is limited only by your memory.
To make it visible, tap the hotkey, and a list of
the clips appears. -- Angela Booth
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