<body text="Each month our disc editors work hard to bring you the best full products you'll find on any magazine disc. In addition to our exclusive free software you'll also find trial versions of new releases plus playable games demos. Our 'In The Mag' section contains software and documents that tie in with articles in this month's issue. You can also search for programs that have appeared on previous discs using our disc contents file.
The software on the disc is divided into categories including full products, limited demos and trial applications. Click on the category names on the left to see the contents of the category, and click on the application names for further details including website links, system requirements, and how to install the software.
With the advent of Windows Vista, we also have an important announcement about testing and technical support for our discs. <a href='!Support.html'>Click here to read it</a>.
We hope you enjoy the software on this disc.
Paul Sanders, Editor" />
<banner src="Assets\Banners\EastTecEraser.gif" >
<link title="East-Tec Eraser 2007" >
<step text="If you're selling or giving away your old PC, you need to ensure it's free of your personal data. With Eraser 2007 you can shred documents, emails, video clips, and more, using shredding algorithms that exceed US Government standards for data erasure.
Click the Install button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Extras\East-Tec\Eraser 2007\eteDennisPublishing.exe" />
<main text="Each month's Computer Shopper disc delivers the greatest selection of full software and world exclusive releases from the biggest brand names in software publishing." />
</intro>
<banner src="Assets\Banners\Pitstop.gif" >
<link title="PC Pitstop Optimize" >
<step text="This free scan will tell you how you can optimise your PC, by identifying unecessary files, Registry errors and applications which run at startup and slow your PC's performance." label="Install" href="Extras\PC Pitstop\optimize-setup-5120.exe" />
<description text="The combination of simple-to-use drawing aids and high-end capabilities allows novices and experienced users to create stunning graphics and animation, perfect for adding sparkle to websites." />
<highlight text="The combination of simple-to-use drawing aids and high-end capabilities allows novices and experienced users to create stunning graphics and animation, perfect for adding sparkle to websites." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Serif DrawPlus 6" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Full\DrawPlus\DrawPlus.exe"/>
<step text="Launch the software and select 'Registration Wizard' from the 'Help' menu. The Window that appears will display your installation number and code. You will need to quote these when registering the software by telephone. To do this, call the freephone number 0800 376 5467. You will then be quoted a registration number to unlock the software.
" />
<step text="Return to the Registration Wizard screen. Enter your registration number in the field provided and click on the 'Finish' button. Once successful registration is confirmed, click on the 'Close' button." />
<entry title="SafeIT Digital Media
Shredder 1.0.4.0" shorttitle="SafeIT Digital Media Shredder" highlight="true" >
<description text="This data-shredding utility is designed specifically for flash memory devices, such as USB drives, and SD (Secure Digital) and CompactFlash cards for digital cameras." />
<highlight text="This data-shredding utility is designed specifically for flash memory devices, such as USB drives, and SD (Secure Digital) and CompactFlash cards for digital cameras." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="SafeIT Digital Media Shred..." >
<step text="To claim your free six-month licence, you must install the software before Thursday 1st November 2007. Click the button below to install." label="Install" href="Full\Digital Media Shredder\DigitalMediaShredder.exe" />
<step text="Once installation is complete the Product Activation dialog will automatically appear. Complete the required information fields and click the 'Next' button to confirm successful software activation." />
</link>
<link label="Website" href="http://safeit.com" />
<link label="Upgrade" task="Upgrade offer" title="SafeIT Digital Media Shred..." >
<step text="To renew your licence beyond the free six-month period, click the button below to order directly from the SafeIT website." label="Website" href="http://www.safeit.com" />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP/Vista" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Exclusive six-month licence" />
<row text="Install before Thusday 1st November 2007 to claim the full six-month licence period." />
<description text="Versomatic saves and recovers multiple previous versions of files automatically in real time. Recover deleted files, help prove authorship and copyright, and protect website and source code locally, all without the need for backend servers or internet connectivity." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Versomatic" >
<step text="Click the button below to begin installation. The application will install as a trial and require you to restart your PC." label="Install" href="Full\Versomatic\versomatic_installer.exe" />
<step text="After restarting, Versomatic will display a dialog box asking for an Activation Code, which is:
BVW-1004-PCP
Please note that the Activation Code is case sensitive. Enter this code, ensuring you are connected to the Internet and click the 'Continue' button. A second dialog box will ask for your email address and details. Complete the form and click the 'Request Serial Number' button. You will be sent an email containing the product serial number.
" />
<step text="Enter the serial number in the field provided and click the 'Continue' button to complete installation and regstration of the product.
Please note, if you continue with installation without entering the serial number, the application installs as a 15-day trial. To enter the serial number at a later stage, launch the 'Versomatic' application from the Start menu, then within the application either select the 'Activate Trial' or the 'Enter Serial Number' entry on the Help menu.
" />
<description text="Looking for an online registration URL for any of the products above? Click the 'Open File' button below for a full listing of the registration links from this disc." />
<links>
<link label="Open file" href="!Register.html" />
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Requires web browser" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="For full installation instructions, please see the 'Install' instructions for each individual product." />
<main text="Each month's DVD edition of Computer Shopper is packed with extra full software and world exclusive releases that you won't find on the CD edition." />
</intro>
<banner src="Assets\Banners\spywarescan.gif" >
<link title="Spy Sweeper" >
<step text="The Spy Sweeper trial includes the ability to scan your PC for spyware. Once installed, select 'Sweep' from the list of options on the left-hand side, or by clicking the 'Sweep' button on the Spy Sweeper software's Home screen.
Click the button below to install the software.
" label="Install" href="Extras\SpySweeper\SpySweeperNeenerSetup_GBR.exe" />
<description text="A simple yet effective method of spam protection for Outlook users. Includes a range of filtering options, including a self-learning Bayesian filter that can be trained to individual preferences." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Agnitum Spam Terrier" >
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software, ensuring that Outlook is closed first.
" label="Install" href="Bonus\Spam Terrier\SpamTerrierInstall.exe" />
<step text="Once installed, you will be presented with a registration wizard. Enter your name and email address in the field provided then click the 'Next' button, ensuring you are connected to the internet. Your licence key will be emailed to you.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." />
<step text="On the next step of the wizard, enter your licence key into the field provided and click on the 'Next' button.
Click on the 'OK' button to confirm successful registration." />
<description text="The perfect creative tool for brainstorming and organising ideas and tasks efficiently in a tree-structured diagram. A great alternative to using a tabbed notebook or personal information manager." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="ConceptDraw MINDMAP" >
<step text="Click the button below to register online, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet. Your free serial number will be emailed to you within seconds.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.conceptdraw.com/registration/mm4special.php" />
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Bonus\ConceptDraw MINDMAP\setup.exe" />
<step text="Launch the software and select a task from the dialog box that appears. You will then be presented with a 'License Entry' dialog box.
Enter your serial number into the field provided and click the 'OK' button.
" />
<description text="CyberDefenderFREE will protect you against spyware, viruses, malware, adware, phishing scams and dangerous spam. This inclusive internet security software suite is completely free and is supported by safe and discreet advertising." />
<entry title="eXPert PDF 4.1.670.404" shorttitle="eXPert PDF" >
<description text="eXPert PDF Pro 4 is three programs in one: PDF Creator, PDF Editor and a PDF Viewer. You can modify text, images, layout or comments quickly and easily. This version can also be used as a default viewer for all your PDF documents."/>
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="eXPert PDF">
<step text="Click the button below to register online and receive your Product ID, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet. You will be emailed the Product ID which you need when installing.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.bluesquad.co.uk/dennis/expertpdf/register"/>
<step text="Click the button below to install the software. During installation, you will be requested to enter the Product ID. Enter this code then click the 'Next' button to continue with the installation." label="Install" href="Bonus\eXPert PDF\expertpdf_v4_avanquest_retail_enu.exe"/>
<description text="LinkScanner Pro inspects each website you visit for exploits, hacked pages and malicious lures. It integrates with major search engines to check search results and supports Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox browsers." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Exploit Prevention Labs...">
<step text="Click the button below to register online before Thursday 13th December 2007, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet. Complete the required personal information fields and your free licence number will be emailed to you.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register.
" label="Register" href="http://www.computershopper.co.uk/yoursoftware"/>
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software. Restart Windows when prompted.
LinkScanner Pro will install as a 15-day trial and automatically launch when Windows restarts.
" label="Install" href="Bonus\EPL LinkScanner Pro\LinkScannerProSetup_2_6_1_0063_15.exe"/>
<step text="Click the 'Unlock' button and enter your licence key in the field provided. Click the 'Apply' button to confirm your free 365 day subscription."/>
<step text="Click the button below for more information about renewing your LinkScanner Pro licence beyond Computer Shopper's 365-day promotional offer." label="Website" href="http://linkscanner.com" />
<description text="Protect yourself against data disaster with this flexible backup tool. Standout features include scheduled and incremental backups, archive compression, plus Outlook, Outlook Express and Registry tools." />
<highlight text="Protect yourself against data disaster with this flexible backup tool. Standout features include scheduled and incremental backups, archive compression, plus Outlook, Outlook Express and Registry tools." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Genie Backup Manager Pro">
<step text="Click the button below to register online, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet. Your registration name and serial number will be emailed to you.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.genie-soft.com/magazines/ComputerShopper.aspx" />
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software. Restart Windows when prompted.
" label="Install" href="Bonus\Backup Manager Pro\GBMPro_setup_5.0.25.1288.exe" />
<step text="Launch Genie Backup Manager Pro 5. A 'Product Registration' dialog box will appear, prompting you to register the software beyond the 15-day trial evaluation period.
If the dialog box does not appear, select the 'Registration' entry from the Help menu.
Enter your registration name and serial number into the fields provided. Click the 'OK' button to confirm." />
<row text="Full product originally sold for ú30" />
<row text="Requires online registration." />
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 Special Edition" shorttitle="Paragon Hard Disk Manager" highlight="true" >
<description text="A comprehensive hard disk toolkit that allows you to create, format and resize partitions, create compressed images and back them up to CD or DVD, schedule backups and much more." />
<highlight text="A comprehensive hard disk toolkit that allows you to create, format and resize partitions, create compressed images and back them up to CD or DVD, schedule backups and much more." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Paragon Hard Disk Manager" >
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Bonus\Hard Disk Manager\hdm8_se-20070203-0000-en.exe" />
<step text="During installation you will be prompted by the InstallShield Wizard to register the software. Click the 'Registration' button, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet.
Complete the required fields of information and your free product key and serial number will be emailed to you.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." />
<step text="Return to the InstallShield Wizard and enter your product key and serial number in the fields provided.
Click the 'Next' button to continue with the installation." />
<description text="Looking for an online registration URL for any of the products above? Click the 'Open File' button below for a full listing of the registration links from this disc." />
<links>
<link label="Open file" href="!Register.html" />
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Requires web browser" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="For full installation instructions, please see the 'Install' instructions for each individual product." />
<main text="Exclusive 60-day trials of Microsoft's new suite of professional web design applications: Expression Web, Expression Blend, Expression Design and Expression Media." />
</intro>
<banner src="Assets\Banners\CleanMyPC.gif" >
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="CleanMyPC - Registry Cleaner" >
<step text="It is recommended to back up your hard disk before using a Registry cleaner. This option is given within CleanMyPC - Registry Cleaner." label="Install" href="Extras\CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner\registry-cleaner-esell.exe" />
</link>
</banner>
<entries>
<entry title="Microsoft Expression
Web 12.0.4518.1014" shorttitle="Microsoft Expression Web" highlight="true" >
<description text="Build dynamic websites using Microsoft Expression Web. This professional design tool allows easy integration of XML data and features sophisticated CSS design features and tools." />
<highlight text="Build dynamic websites using Microsoft Expression Web. This professional design tool allows easy integration of XML data and features sophisticated CSS design features and tools." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Microsoft Expression Web" >
<step text="When you install Expression Web, you will be prompted to enter a 25-character product key in order to activate your trial. To obtain a free trial product key, please click the 'trial key' button below and allow your PC to connect to the internet.
<step text="Click the button below to begin installation. You will be asked to enter your product key during the installation process." label="Install" href="Microsoft\Expression Web\WebDesigner.exe"/>
<description text="This professional design tool allows programmers to work hand-in-hand with designers throughout the development process, to create engaging web-connected experiences for Windows." />
<highlight text="This professional design tool allows programmers to work hand-in-hand with designers throughout the development process, to create engaging
web-connected experiences for Windows." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Microsoft Expression Ble..." >
<step text="Microsoft Expression Blend requires .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Installer 3.1.
To continue click the install button below to begin installation." label="Install" href="Microsoft\Expression Blend\Blend.en.msi" />
<description text="Expression Design builds on the core tools found in Expression Blend, adding Polygon and Paintbrush tools which allow a wide range of creative vector power." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Microsoft Expression Des..." >
<step text="Microsoft Expression Design requires .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Installer 3.1.
To continue click the install button below to begin installation." label="Install" href="Microsoft\Expression Design\Design.en.msi" />
<entry title="Microsoft Expression
Media 1.0.8076.0" shorttitle="Microsoft Expression Media" >
<description text="Manage your media assets with Expression Media and you can visually catalogue and organise all digital assets for effortless retrival and presentation." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Microsoft Expression Me.." >
<step text="Microsoft Expression Media requires .NET Framework 3.0, Windows Installer 3.1, QuickTime Player 7.1.5 or later and DirectX 9.0c.
To continue click the install button below to begin installation." label="Install" href="Microsoft\Expression Media\Media.en.msi" />
<main text="Here you'll find the latest trial, demonstration and sharware releases that are free for you to evaluate under the software's specific licensing terms and agreements." />
<description text="A powerful eBay search tool with every kind of filtering option built in. Whether you want to find fixed-price items only, or those coming to the end of an auction, this will do the job perfectly." />
<highlight text="A powerful eBay search tool with every kind of filtering option built in. Whether you want to find fixed-price items only, or those coming to the end of an auction, this will do the job perfectly." />
<description text="This add-on for Internet Explorer 7 adds lots of useful new features and extras to help make browsing easier. Includes a tab history manager, the ability to open new tabs by dragging and dropping hyperlinks, and much more. " />
<description text="An Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. Spell checks are performed via the right-click context menu or Internet Explorer's Tools menu." />
<description text="A simple and highly effective way to record all on-screen desktop activity (including system audio) and export to Flash Projector, SWF, HTML or JPEG image sequences." />
<description text="Make your Flash projectors do new and innovative things with this advanced Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool. Includes over 800 Zinc commands, CD/DVD recording tools, and more." />
<description text="Possibly the best eBay search application anyone could want. The real unique selling point is the bargain hunting mode that can quickly track down items that have no bids in auctions coming to an end." />
<description text="A free form notes organiser that uses a unique keyword-based system to store related information in an efficient way, allowing for data retrieval by word association." />
<description text="Radmin (Remote Administrator) is fast and secure remote control and remote access software that enables you to work on a remote computer as if you were sitting right in front of it and access it from multiple places." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Radmin" >
<step text="Radmin requires installation of Radmin Server on the remote computer, and the installation of Radmin Viewer on the local computer. Both computers should be connected to the internet or a LAN (Local Area Network).
Click the Install button below to install Radmin Server on your remote computer.
" label="Install" href="New Releases\Radmin Remote Control\rserv30.exe" />
<step text="Click the Install button below to install Radmin Viewer on your local computer." label="Install" href="New Releases\Radmin Remote Control\rview30.exe" />
<step text="Configure Radmin Server on the remote computer by following the instructions below.
Right-click on the Radmin Server tray icon and choose the 'Settings For Radmin Server' option. Click the 'Permissions' button to set the username and password for network access to the Radmin Server.
If you use a firewall, you should add the file rserver3.exe - located in C:\WINDOWS\system32\rserver30 - to the firewall's exceptions list.
" />
<step text="Run Radmin Viewer on the local computer by following the instructions below.
Launch the Radmin Viewer application from the Start menu. Choose the 'New Connection' item on the Connection menu.
Enter the IP address of the remote computer; to find this, move the mouse pointer over the Radmin Server tray icon on the remote computer and the IP address will appear as a tooltip. Save the settings by clicking the OK button.
" />
<step text="Select the required connection type from the 'Mode' menu, then double-click on the newly-created connection icon. Enter the username and password you set earlier." />
<description text="This utility searches for misspelt eBay auction items. Enter the correct search term and it looks for items that have been mistyped, so real bargains can often be unearthed." />
<description text="Anyone who is ever lost for words will find this writing tool irreplaceable. Containing a database of over 140,000 synonyms, WordFlood will analyse an entire document and suggest suitable replacements for both words and phrases." />
<highlight text="Anyone who is ever lost for words will find this writing tool irreplaceable. Containing a database of over 140,000 synonyms, WordFlood will analyse an entire document and suggest suitable replacements." />
<main text="Covering key areas like internet security, data backup and recovery, and PC maintenance, this collection of recommended trials allows you to evaluate trusted brands before you buy." />
</intro>
<banner src="assets\banners\DigiGuide.gif" >
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="DigiGuide" >
<step text="Please ensure that your PC's internal clock is set to the correct date. Click the button below to install the software. " label="Install" href="Extras\DigiGuide\DigiGuide-TV-Guide-Setup.exe" />
</link>
</banner>
<entries>
<entry title="Ashampoo Burning Studio 7.01" shorttitle="Ashampoo Burning Studio" >
<description text="Burn all sorts of CDs and DVDs quickly and easily with this intuitive burning application. There's support for Blu-ray discs and options to create MP3 CDs, work with disc images, erase rewritable discs and much more." />
<description text="Keep your data safe and secure with this collection of encryption tools. You can encrypt files to a self-extracting archive for email attachments, burn to disc and much more." />
<row text="Register online to extend trial period by 20 days."/>
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="Ashampoo Music Studio 3.21" shorttitle="Ashampoo Music Studio" >
<description text="This application contains essential tools to manage your music collection. Extract and convert CD audio files to the format of your choice, burn tracks and playlists to audio CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray discs, repair corrupt and damaged audio files, and more." />
<description text="Keep Windows as trim and speedy as possible with this expert utility. It monitors all changes to your system when you install any piece of software, allowing you to remove all traces when you uninstall." />
<description text="Keeping Windows running smoothly can be an uphill struggle, but a system utility suite like WinOptimizer provides all the tools you need to keep your PC in tip-top condition." />
<description text="Get 60 days of free anti-virus protection and defend your PC against malicious internet threats. Features include automatic updates and MailGuard POP3 email scanner." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Avira AntiVir PersonalEdi..." >
<step text="IMPORTANT: You must remove any anti-virus software already installed on your system before installing Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium. Failing to do so could seriously affect the performance of your PC.
Click on the button below to register online for your free 60-day trial license key, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet.
You will then receive a confirmation email containing your license key file, plus information and support text files.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.avira.com/dennis" />
<step text="Extract the file HBEDV.KEY from the confirmation email to your desktop or another location of choice, then click on the Install button below to install the software.
During installation you will be prompted to select the license key required to activate your 60-day trial period. Without a valid license key Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium will run in a functionally-restricted demonstration mode.
Click on the browse button. Locate and select the HBEDV.KEY file. Click 'Next' and continue with the installation." label="Install" href="Extras\Avira\antivir_workstation_win7u_en_hp.exe" />
<step text="Launch the software and you will be prompted to update the virus definition file. The expiry date for your 60-day license period will be displayed in the Status screen." />
<description text="To keep your computer in optimum working order, you should periodically clean the Windows Registry. CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner scans the Registry, finding and fixing obsolete Registry information, and allowing your system to run faster." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="CleanMyPC - Registry Clea..." >
<step text="It is recommended to back up your Registry before using a Registry cleaner. This option is given within CleanMyPC - Registry Cleaner." label="Install" href="Extras\CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner\registry-cleaner-esell.exe" />
<entry title="Dekart Private Disk 2.09" shorttitle="Dekart Private Disk" >
<description text="This simple, reliable, and versatile disk encryption program will secure your personal data from unauthorised access, making it an indispensable security solution for USB flash drives that can easily be lost or misplaced." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Dekart Private Disk" >
<step text="IMPORTANT: This is a 30-day trial version of Dekart Private Disk. Once the trial period is up, any encrypted data will be inaccessible until the software is fully registered." label="Install" href="Extras\Dekart Private Disk\PrvDisk.exe" />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover corrupt or inaccessible files from CDs and DVDs. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover files from damaged or formatted FAT hard disks. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover corrupt and deleted image files from cameras and other flash memory devices. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="DiskInternals Music Recovery 1.11" shorttitle="DiskInternals Music Re..." >
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover audio files from a variety of media, including MP3 players. If you can playback lost audio files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<link label="Upgrade" task="Upgrade offer" title="DiskInternals Music Reco..." >
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost files only." />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover files from damaged or formatted NTFS hard disks. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="DiskInternals Outlook Express Repair 1.2.1" shorttitle="DiskInternals OE Repair" >
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover deleted emails from Outlook Express. If you can preview lost or damaged emails, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
<row text="Supports all versions of Outlook Express." />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover files from damaged or reformatted hard disk partitions. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
<description text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover photos, documents, Zip files and more, from a wide range of storage devices. If you can preview lost or damaged files, you are guaranteed to be able to recover them once the software is fully licensed." />
<highlight text="A wizard-based utility to help you recover photos, documents, Zip files and more from a wide range of storage devices." />
<step text="For more information about upgrading your free trial to a fully-licensed product, launch the software and select the Order Now option from the Help menu. Please ensure that you are first connected to the internet." />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Trial version with the ability to preview lost or damaged files only." />
<description text="With this amazing interactive TV guide, you'll never miss your favourite programmes again. Search hundreds of channels in seconds with listings that are always up to date." />
<highlight text="With this amazing interactive TV guide, you'll never miss your favourite programmes again. Search hundreds of channels in seconds with listings that are always up to date." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="DigiGuide" >
<step text="Please ensure that your PC's internal clock is set to the correct date. Click the button below to install the software. " label="Install" href="Extras\DigiGuide\DigiGuide-TV-Guide-Setup.exe" />
<description text="Implement a proper, automated backup system to ensure that you never lose a thing. Backup 2007 offers incremental, differential and synchronised backups, plus AES encryption, FTP support, and much more." />
<description text="If you're selling or giving away your old PC, you need to ensure it's free of your personal data. With Eraser 2007 you can shred documents, emails, video clips and more, using shredding algorithms that exceed US Government standards for data erasure." />
<highlight text="If you're selling or giving away your old PC, you need to ensure it's free of your personal data. With Eraser 2007 you can shred documents, emails, video clips and more." />
<step text="Launch the software and click on the 'Buy Now' button to purchase the full version of Eraser 2007 for ú30.43" />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000/XP/Vista" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="15-day trial" />
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="ONSPEED" shorttitle="ONSPEED" >
<description text="For those on a dial-up or tightly-capped broadband service, this internet connection accelerator will compress the data being delivered to your web browser or email client to make your online experience a bit more speedy." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="ONSPEED" >
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet.
During installation you will be prompted to register online. Once this has been done successfully, you will receive a confirmation email containg your seven-day trial login details.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Install" href="Extras\ONSPEED\onspeed_dennis_trial.exe" />
<step text="Restart Windows and ONSPEED will automatically launch. Enter your login details when prompted." />
<entry title="Panda Internet Security 2007" shorttitle="Panda Internet Security 2..." >
<description text="Panda's new security software provides total defence against hackers, viruses, spyware, worms and trojans to keep your PC and all the confidential information contained on it totally safe." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Panda Internet Security" >
<step text="You must remove any internet security suites already installed on your system before installing Panda Internet Security 2007. Failing to do so could seriously affect the performance of your PC." />
<step text="Click the Install button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Extras\Panda\Internet Security\PIS2007promoDennisPublishing_EN.exe" />
<step text="Once installed, you need to register online to receive the following as part of your trial:
<ul>
<li>24-hour SOS</li>
<li>anti-virus upgrades</li>
<li>email technical support</li>
<li>virus signature file updates</li>
</ul>
Click on the question mark icon at the top of the main application window and select Online Registration.
Enter your details into the online form and submit them. The next page will show the dates until which you can trial these features along with details that you should record in case you need to contact Panda for support." />
<description text="Ever wondered how worms get on your PC, or what a bot is? Panda has put together an informative presentation enabling you to understand the dangers, and how you can combat them." />
<description text="This free scan will tell you how you can optimise your PC, by identifying unnecessary files, Registry errors and applications which run at startup and slow your PC's performance." />
<description text="Check now to see if there are any hidden spyware files on your PC. The scan is free, only takes a minute and could help alert you to hidden dangers." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Spy Sweeper" >
<step text="The Spy Sweeper trial includes the ability to scan your PC for spyware. Once installed, select 'Sweep' from the list of options on the left-hand side, or by clicking the 'Sweep' button on the Spy Sweeper software's Home screen." label="Install" href="Extras\SpySweeper\SpySweeperNeenerSetup_GBR.exe" />
<description text="This utility automatically scans for missing, corrupt, or invalid Registry entries, helping you to identify the cause of frequent error messages, slow startups, and declining and poor performance." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Uniblue Registry Booster" >
<step text="IMPORTANT! Incorrect use of Registry-editing utilities can severely damage your system. Always back up any valued data stored on your PC before making any final changes to your Registry settings.
Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Extras\Uniblue\Registry Booster\registryboosterdpub.exe" />
<description text="PC not running quite as well as it used to? This expert utility can help boost system performance, remove unwanted clutter, free up valuable disk space and much more." />
<description text="If your PC displays the symptoms of spyware infection, use this security tool to diagnose the problem, be it irritating nuisance adware and pop-ups to more serious threats from backdoor exploits and malware." />
<description text="A comprehensive website builder with cutting-edge design tools. Ideal for serious web developers, online retailers and amateur enthusiasts looking to build a great-looking, functional website." />
<highlight text="A comprehensive website builder with cutting-edge design tools. Ideal for serious web developers, online retailers and amateur enthusiasts looking to build a great-looking, functional website." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="NetObjects Fusion" >
<step text="Click on the button below, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet, to register online. Once registration is complete you will receive a confirmation email containing your serial number.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.netobjects.com/dennisv10trial" />
<step text="Click the Install button below to install the software. During installation you will be prompted to enter your serial number." label="Install" href="Extras\NetObjects Fusion\NOF10.exe" />
<step text="To order NetObjects Fusion 10 as a full retail boxed version, or as a download version, click on the button below, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet." label="Website" href="http://www.netobjects.com/dennisv10trial" />
<step text="Alternatively, install the trial software included on this cover disc, launch the software and click on the 'Purchase' button." />
<main text="To help you get started with created PC projects, you'll find here a variety of valuable resources which accompany specific articles and features in this month's issue." />
</intro>
<banner src="Assets\Banners\EastTecEraser.gif" >
<link title="East-Tec Eraser 2007" >
<step text="If you're selling or giving away your old PC, you need to ensure it's free of your personal data. With Eraser 2007 you can shred documents, emails, video clips, and more, using shredding algorithms that exceed US Government standards for data erasure.
Click the Install button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Extras\East-Tec\Eraser 2007\eteDennisPublishing.exe" />
</link>
</banner>
<entries>
<entry title="CD and DVD contents" shorttitle="CD and DVD contents" >
<description text="Complete listing of Computer Shopper's cover disc contents from issues September 2006 (issue 223) - August 2007 (issue 234)." />
<links>
<link label="Open file" href="In the Mag\Contents\CD & DVD Contents List 235.pdf" />
<description text="Here you'll find the complete SMART WMI project files as described in this month's Programming Expert. Please refer to the magazine for more information. " />
<highlight text="Here you'll find the complete SMART WMI project files as described in this month's Programming Expert. Please refer to the magazine for more information. " />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Programming Expert" >
<step text="Click the button below and extract the project files to a location of your choice. Compile the programs using Visual C# 2005 Express Edition or Visual Studio 2005." label="Install" href="In the Mag\Programming Expert\WMISmart.exe" />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Visual C# 2005 Express Edition or Visual Studio 2005" />
<description text="Please read this <a href='!Support.html'>important announcement</a> about testing and technical support for our discs. For support, email coverdiscs@computershopper.co.uk or click the button below to visit the online support forum.
Please supply as much of the information requested below as possible." />
<row text="For all problems, state your operating system and service pack version, CPU type and the amount of installed RAM.
" />
<row text="For problems with games, include the make and model of your graphics card, how much memory it has, and the exact DirectX verson installed. Type dxdiag into the Start->Run dialog to confirm this." />
<main text="Our monthly roundup of expert tools, utilities and exclusive full software titles provides everything you need to fix problems, as well as enhance, fine-tune and protect your PC." />
<step text="Get 60 days of free anti-virus protection and defend your PC against malicious internet threats. Features include automatic updates and MailGuard POP3 email scanner." />
<step text="IMPORTANT: You must remove any anti-virus software already installed on your system before installing Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium. Failing to do so could seriously affect the performance of your PC.
Click on the button below to register online for your free 60-day trial license key, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet.
You will then receive a confirmation email containing your license key file, plus information and support text files.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register." label="Register" href="http://www.avira.com/dennis" />
<step text="Extract the file HBEDV.KEY from the confirmation email to your desktop or another location of choice, then click on the Install button below to install the software.
During installation you will be prompted to select the license key required to activate your 60-day trial period. Without a valid license key Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Premium will run in a functionally-restricted demonstration mode.
Click on the browse button. Locate and select the HBEDV.KEY file. Click 'Next' and continue with the installation." label="Install" href="Extras\Avira\antivir_workstation_win7u_en_hp.exe" />
<step text="Launch the software and you will be prompted to update the virus definition file. The expiry date for your 60-day license period will be displayed in the Status screen." />
</link>
</banner>
<entries>
<entry title="Ashampoo Burning Studio 6.50" shorttitle="Ashampoo Burning Studio" highlight="true" >
<description text="Burn all sorts of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs quickly and easily with this intuitive burning application." />
<highlight text="Burn all sorts of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs quickly and easily with this intuitive burning application." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Ashampoo Burning Studio" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software, ensuring that you are first connected to the internet. The software installs as a 10-day trial until fully registered." label="Install" href="Expert\Burning Studio\ashampoo_burningstudio650_ds_gb.exe" />
<step text="Once installation is complete, your web browser will automatically launch and direct you to the registration page. If this does not happen, launch the application. Select the 'Buy / Register' option from the Internet menu. Check the 'obtain a FREE full version key' and click the 'OK' button. You will now be directed to the registration website.
A two-step registration procedure is used to make sure that your email address is not being used by somebody else."/>
<step text="First enter your email address in the online registration form. To receive your free key, click on the link provided in the first email that you receive and follow the instructions displayed. You will then receive a second email containing your free key.
Please note: If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, it's possible that any firewall or anti-spam software you have installed is blocking the email. Please adjust the software accordingly and re-register."/>
<step text="Return to the application. Select the 'Buy / Register' option from the Internet menu. Select the 'Enter Key' option then click the 'OK' button. Enter your key in the field provided and click on the 'Register' button to confirm.
"/>
<step text="To upgrade to Ashampoo Burning Studio 7, simply install the trial version from the 'New Trials' menu and follow the upgrade links embedded in the software. Alternatively, click on the button below." label="Website" href="http://www.ashampoo.com/shop/1110/upgrade_edition" />
</link>
</links>
<footer>
<column1 name="SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS" >
<row text="Windows 2000 SP2/XP/Vista" />
<row text="CD, DVD or Blu-ray writer" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Full product originally sold for ú10" />
<description text="CloneSpy can help you free up hard disk space by detecting and removing duplicate files, either by filename, size or by using a previously-generated checksum list." />
<description text="Use nLite when you need to reinstall Windows but want to keep the process as quick and simple as possible. This excellent slipstreaming utility will help you create custom installation discs that can include service packs and hotfixes." />
<description text="Add advanced options to your copy and move Windows operations, such as pause, resume and skip functions. Includes a buffer to guard against copying errors." />
<highlight text="Add advanced options to your copy and move Windows operations, such as pause, resume and skip functions. Includes a buffer to guard against copying errors." />
<description text="This is the perfect tool if you need to perform common tasks on a batch of images. You can create email-friendly versions of your images, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format and add your own watermark." />
<highlight text="This is the perfect tool if you need to perform common tasks on a batch of images. You can create email-friendly versions of your images, move them easily from folder to folder, change their format and add your own watermark." />
<main text="The rapid evolutionary process of open source delivers high-quality software that's free to use, modify, improve upon and redistribute under the terms of
open-source licences." />
</intro>
<banner src="Assets\Banners\EastTecBackup.gif" >
<link title="East-Tec Backup 2007" >
<step text="Implement a proper, automated backup system to ensure that you never lose a thing. Backup 2007 offers incremental, differential and synchronised backups, plus AES encryption, FTP support, and much more." label="Install" href="Extras\East-Tec\Backup 2007\etbackup_trial_dennis.exe" />
<description text="A handy tool for MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger users that allows you to back up and restore winks, emoticons, backgrounds and user tiles. Ideal for transferring any purchased content to a new PC." />
<row text="Source code: see website for details." />
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="Ubuntu Linux 7.04" shorttitle="Ubuntu Linux" highlight="true" >
<description text="A complete operating system for free that's as user-friendly as anything from Apple or Microsoft. Ubuntu is fully supported with automatic updates and comes with the latest releases of OpenOffice.org and The GIMP."/>
<highlight text="A complete operating system for free that's as user-friendly as anything from Apple or Microsoft. Ubuntu is fully supported with automatic updates and comes with the latest release of OpenOffice.org."/>
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Ubuntu Linux" >
<step text="This DVD contains an ISO image for Ubuntu Linux. You will need to use your CD writing software to burn one of the following images to a recordable CD. Select the option that allows burning a CD-ROM image and/or an ISO9660 file system. " />
<step text=" Click the button below to open the folder containing the Ubuntu ISO image. We recommend that you copy this file to your hard disk to burn back to a recordable CD." label="Open Folder" href="Opensource\Ubuntu Linux" />
<step text="Once the disc has been written, boot your PC from the disc."/>
<step text="Once Ubuntu is running, you can then install the full operating system. To do this, double-click on the desktop 'Install' icon and follow the instructions as prompted."/>
<description text="Desktop video processing and capture application. It might lack the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast batch-processing of files."/>
<highlight text="Desktop video processing and capture application. It might lack the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast batch-processing of files."/>
<main text="Each month we include a selection of the latest and greatest game demonstrations so you'll know exactly what you're getting before you buy." />
<entry title="Attack on Pearl Harbor" shorttitle="Attack on Pearl Harbor" >
<description text="Combined naval and air combat simulation based on the famous South Pacific battle of World War II. This single-player demo contains action from US and Japanese campaigns." />
<links>
<link label="Install" href="Games\Attack on Pearl Harbor\attackonpearlharbor_us_demo.exe" />
<description text="As the name suggests, this latest outing for rally legend McRae includes plenty of grimy off-road events - on mud, dirt and gravel. This demo gives you three tracks and three race types to try out." />
<highlight text="As the name suggests, this latest outing for rally legend McRae includes plenty of grimy off-road events - on mud, dirt and gravel. This demo gives you three tracks and three race types to try out." />
<description text="Global thermonuclear war simulation played out on a world map. Your aim: nuke the enemy before they can respond in kind. This online multiplayer demo contains a tutorial and support for two players." />
<description text="This playable demo of Capcom's new action game is the traditional DirectX 9 version. Please refer to Capcom's website if you require the flashy Vista-only, DirectX 10-compatible demo." />
<highlight text="This playable demo of Capcom's new action game is the traditional DirectX 9 version. Please refer to Capcom's website if you require the flashy Vista-only, DirectX 10-compatible demo." />
<row text="Pentium 4 with Hyper-Threading Technology support" />
<row text="512MB RAM (1GB for Vista)" />
<row text="256MB graphics card with Pixel Shader 3.0 support" />
</column1>
<column2 name="OTHER DETAILS" >
<row text="Limited demo"/>
</column2>
</footer>
</entry>
<entry title="Prism: Light The Way" shorttitle="Prism: Light The Way" >
<description text="Direct light from the Bulboids onto the Glowbos using mirrors, T-splitters, filter blocks, spinners and prisms in this puzzle game." />
<entry title="Sam & Max Episode 6:
Bright Side of the Moon" shorttitle="Sam & Max Episode 6" >
<description text="More irreverent episodic encounters with Sam and Max. What started out as a local mind-control scheme has grown to global proportions. Now Sam and Max are off to the moon to save the entire planet from a lifetime of hypnotic enslavement." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Sam & Max Episode 6" >
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software.
Should you decide to uninstall the software, an Telltale Games Start menu entry will be left behind. This can be manually deleted." label="Install" href="Games\Sam And Max Episode 6 Bright Side of the Moon\samandmax_brightside_setup_dl.exe" />
<description text="To celebrate 10 years of Tomb Raider, Lara goes back to her roots for more palm-sweating, platform-based, puzzling adventures. This demo contains one level from the full game." />
<main text="Windows comes with a pretty average selection of screensavers, so why not upgrade to one of the animated 3D digital masterpieces featured in this collection." />
<description text="This amazing screensaver will impress the wife, kids, next-door neighbours, the milkman and even the dog. It's ideal for family gatherings and also makes a great gift for loved ones." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Fantasy Moon">
<step text="Click the button below to install Fantasy Moon 3D screensaver.
In addition, Planesoft Screensaver Manager will automatically be installed. This can be used to configure and manage multiple 3Planesoft screensavers." label="Install" href="Screansavers\Fantasy Moon\fmoon.exe" />
<description text="Real koi carp cost silly amounts of money, so why not invest in some virtual fish instead? You will never have to feed them and your pond will always remain algae free." />
<highlight text="Real koi carp cost silly amounts of money, so why not invest in some virtual fish instead? You will never have to feed them and your pond will always remain algae free." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Koi Fish">
<step text="Click the button below to install Koi Fish 3D screensaver.
In addition, Planesoft Screensaver Manager will automatically be installed. This can be used to configure and manage multiple 3Planesoft screensavers." label="Install" href="Screansavers\Koi Fish\koifish.exe" />
<description text="The ancient Maya civilisation is noted for producing spectacular art and monumental architecture. If they had developed PC software, chances are their screensavers would look as spectacular as this." />
<highlight text="The ancient Maya civilisation is noted for producing spectacular art and monumental architecture. If they had developed PC software, chances are their screensavers would look as spectacular as this." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="Mayan Waterfall">
<step text="Click the button below to install Mayan Waterfall 3D screensaver.
In addition, Planesoft Screensaver Manager will automatically be installed. This can be used to configure and manage multiple 3Planesoft screensavers." label="Install" href="Screansavers\Mayan Waterfall\waterfall.exe" />
<main text="Create the ultimate Windows environment that's tailored to suit your individual preferences. This comprehensive collection of system-enhancing tools will make Windows work better for you." />
<description text="Save time, secure your privacy, tweak your system settings and automate tedious daily tasks with this excellent collection of over 80 power tools for Windows." />
<description text="Enhance the functionality of the System Tray clock with this nifty application. Features include an alarm, atomic clock synchroniser and a pop-up calendar." />
<description text="Simplify the process of entering accented characters and common symbols into any Windows program. An essential utility for saving time and effort." />
<highlight text="Simplify the process of entering accented characters and common symbols into any Windows program. An essential utility for saving time and effort." />
<entry title="ClipCache Pro 3.1" shorttitle="ClipCache Pro" >
<description text="Extend the functionality of the Windows clipboard with this excellent utility. Clips can be organised into groups, edited using text clean-up functions and assigned to keyboard shortcuts." />
<description text="Extremely useful Windows Explorer extension that allows you to print out directory listings, entire tree structures and folder information such as name, size and type." />
<row text="<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&DisplayLang=en' >Windows Installer for Windows 2000</a>" />
<description text="Save time and toner with this versatile printing utility. Change page layouts, capture webpages for offline printing and reduce paper usage by printing lengthy documents as A5 booklets." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FinePrint" >
<step text="Users with 32-bit PCs, please click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Enhance\Fineprint\32-bit\FinePrint5.EXE" />
<step text=" Users with 64-bit PCs, please click the button below to view the installer. Double-click the file to install the 64-bit edition of FinePrint.
" label="Open folder" href="Toolkit\Enhance\Fineprint\64-bit\" />
<description text="Eliminate repetitive tasks with this Windows automation and keyboard macro utility. Includes right-click form filling, multiple clipboards to make gathering and re-use of several clips straightforward, program scheduling, and more." />
<description text="Customise the Places Bar, seen in most application's Open and Save dialog boxes. The Places Bar contains pre-set links to folders, which this application can change for you easily." />
<entry title="TaskSwitchXP Pro 2.0.11" shorttitle="TaskSwitchXP Pro" >
<description text="A highly-configurable task-management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves off, displaying advanced process information, thumbnail previews and more." />
<entry title="To-do List 2.4" shorttitle="To-do List" >
<description text="Don't write your to-do lists on a scrap of paper that you know you are going to lose! Keep your task list in To-do List and it will always be accessible from its icon in the System Tray." />
<description text="Use this excellent Windows Explorer extension to change the date, time and other properties of individual files or entire folder hierarchies." />
<row text="<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&DisplayLang=en' >Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows 2000</a>" />
<description text="Improve your System Tray time and date capabilities. TrayDay lets you see the date at a glance and comes with a handy pop-up calendar with week numbers." />
<entry title="TreeSize Professional 4.3.2.333" shorttitle="TreeSize Professional" highlight="true">
<description text="Ever wondered where all your free disk space disappeared to? Find out which folders are the largest on your drives and recover megabytes of disk space with this powerful application." />
<highlight text="Ever wondered where all your free disk space disappeared to? Find out which folders are the largest on your drives and recover megabytes of disk space with this powerful application." />
<description text="Completely change the look and feel of Windows by using new visual styles. WindowBlinds can change the look of Explorer views, title bars, and much more." />
<main text="The best productivity programs don't have to cost a small fortune. Here you'll find everything to help make office life easier, including OpenOffice.org - the free alternative to Microsoft Office." />
<description text="Slimline word processing program similar to Microsoft Word that can import Microsoft Word 97 and Rich Text Format documents, as well as support superscript/subscript and ruler toggling." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="AbiWord" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the main AbiWord software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Office\AbiWord\abiword-setup-2.4.6.exe" />
<step text="Click the button below to install the optional British dictionary for AbiWord." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Office\AbiWord\Dictionary\AbiWord_Dictionary_British.exe" />
<step text="Click the button below to install the optional Tools Plug-ins 2.4.6 for AbiWord.
" label="Install" href="Toolkit\Office\AbiWord\Plugins\abiword-plugins-tools-2.4.6.exe" />
<step text="Click the button below to install the optional Import/Export Plug-ins 2.4.6 for AbiWord.
" label="Install" href="Toolkit\Office\AbiWord\Plugins\abiword-plugins-impexp-2.4.6.exe" />
<description text="This application from Adobe allows you to easily view, print, and search PDF files. Adobe Reader 8 is now integrated with Adobe Connect software, which allows for easier group collaboration." />
<highlight text="This application from Adobe allows you to easily view, print, and search PDF files. Adobe Reader 8 is now integrated with Adobe Connect software, which allows for easier group collaboration." />
<description text="Multi-purpose thought assistant that allows you to capture, store, modify, rearrange and publish your ideas and thoughts in a free-form, tree-like hyperlinked model." />
<entry title="EmEditor Professional 6.00.4" shorttitle="EmEditor Professional" >
<description text="Excellent text editor that's particularly useful for dabbling with HTML. Offers full Unicode support, plug-ins, syntax highlighting, and many other powerful features." />
<row text="<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b6140f9-2d36-4977-8fa1-6f8a0f5dca8f&DisplayLang=en'>Windows Installer 2.0 for Windows 2000</a>" />
<description text="Store and manage all of your notes and information in an easy-to-use free-form database. An ideal replacement for Microsoft Cardfile that's perfect for home or business use." />
<description text="Ditch Microsoft Office for this fully-featured alternative office suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentation maker and drawing package. Best of all, it's still free!" />
<row text="Source code: see website for details" />
</column2>
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</entry>
<entry title="pdfFactory Professional 3.17" shorttitle="pdfFactory Professional" highlight="true" >
<description text="When it comes to Acrobat alternatives, pdfFactory Professional is hard to beat. Whatever you want to convert, including documents with tables, colour graphs or complex layouts, pdfFactory Professional does it accurately and without fuss." />
<highlight text="When it comes to Acrobat alternatives, pdfFactory Professional is hard to beat. Whatever you want to convert, pdfFactory Professional does it accurately and without fuss." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="pdfFactory Professional" >
<step text="Users with 32-bit PCs, please click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Office\pdffactory\32-bit\pdfFactory3 pro.EXE" />
<step text="Users with 64-bit PCs, please click the button below to view the installer. Double-click the file to install the 64-bit edition of pdfFactory Professional." label="Open folder" href="Toolkit\Office\pdffactory\64-bit\" />
<description text="Ever wanted to produce poster-sized pictures of your favourite photos? This application splits your photos into easy-to-assemble A4 sheets, which you can arrange together to construct big posters." />
<highlight text="Ever wanted to produce poster-sized pictures of your favourite photos? This application splits your photos into easy-to-assemble A4 sheets, which you can arrange together to construct big posters." />
<description text="Whether you simply need a powerful replacement for Notepad, a tool for editing your webpages, or a programming IDE, TextPad does what you want, the way you would expect." />
<row text="<a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=889482fc-5f56-4a38-b838-de776fd4138c&DisplayLang=en'>Windows Installer 3.1 for Windows 2000/XP</a>" />
<main text="Get the software internet experts rely upon. Upgrade your browser, surf faster, manage your downloads more efficiently and stop unwanted snoopers gaining access to your PC." />
<description text="Join CIX and navigate the world's most powerful online community with the help of Ameol, an offline reader and management solution for email and newsgroup subscriptions." />
<description text="Manage your dial-up connections and remote access services with this essential utility. Features include single-click start and hang-up of a dial-up connection defined by time or day of the week." />
<description text="FileZilla is an FTP client with a very simple user interface, supporting all the basic functions needed to browse a server and transfer files. Includes timeout detection and firewall support." />
<highlight text="FileZilla is an FTP client with a very simple user interface, supporting all the basic functions needed to browse a server and transfer files. Includes timeout detection and firewall support." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FileZilla" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\FileZilla\FileZilla_2_2_32_setup.exe" />
<step text="If you decide to remove FileZilla, you may find that an empty group is left behind in the Start menu. It is safe to delete this manually.
" />
<description text="Tired of being bombarded with intrusive internet clutter? FilterGate filters adult content, pop-ups, banners and helps to ensure peace of mind while surfing online." />
<description text="Turbo-charge your internet downloads with this fast and efficient download manager." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FreshDownload" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\FreshDownload\freshdow.exe" />
<step text="If you wish to continue using your free Fresh Devices software product for more than 11 days, you must register online at the Fresh Devices website. You will then receive free registration codes for all the available Fresh Devices software titles, including FreshDownload, FreshUI, FreshView, and FreshDiagnose.
Click the button below to register online." label="Register" href="http://www.freshdevices.com/download.html" />
<step text="After registering, you will receive an email message with a confirmation link. Click this and a second email will be sent to you containing the registration codes." />
<step text="When you have received the registration codes, launch the software and enter your user name and registration code using the 'Register' option in the 'Help' menu." />
<row text="Requires free online registration if you wish to continue using for more than 11 days." />
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<entry title="GetRight Professional 6.2a" shorttitle="GetRight Professional" >
<description text="GetRight works with your web browser and helps to manage your internet downloads. Advanced features include scheduling, automatic dialing, file searching and download recovery." />
<description text="Create a private network and share your personal files, such as photos and documents, with your family and friends using this application. All data exchanged on your network is encrypted (Blowfish encryption with a 128-bit key) for safe transportation over the internet." />
<entry title="Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP SP2" shorttitle="Internet Explorer 7" >
<description text="Windows Internet Explorer 7 provides a more personalised, productive and safer browser experience for users, and a richer, more compatible platform for developers and IT administrators." />
<description text="Outstanding favourites manager for Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla and Opera. Organise all your favourite links with comments, ratings, passwords, and much more." />
<description text="IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet, talk in private and participate in group discussions across hundreds of IRC networks." />
<description text="Mozilla Firefox 2 improves on its predecessor in many ways, including an updated interface, built-in phishing protection, online spell checking and much more." />
<description text="Create and manage multiple network profiles with this clever tool. Just one click switches your network settings from one profile to the next each time you move location." />
<entry title="Office Mail 2" shorttitle="Office Mail" >
<description text="Free email (POP and SMTP) server supporting Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Pegasus, Opera, and more. Includes browser support for remote administration." />
<description text="Opera is now more advanced than ever, with features including BitTorrent download capability, pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing and advanced functions like Opera's groundbreaking email program, RSS newsfeeds and IRC chat." />
<highlight text="Opera is now more advanced than ever, with features including BitTorrent download capability, pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing and advanced functions like Opera's email program, RSS newsfeeds and IRC chat." />
<entry title="Pegasus Mail 4.41" shorttitle="Pegasus Mail" >
<description text="Flexible email client (SMTP, IMAP, POP3) suitable for single or multiple users. Pegasus Mail can be left running permanently on any workstation, notifying the user when new mail arrives." />
<description text="This all-in-one application suite tends to your internet needs. It features a state-of-the-art web browser and powerful email client, as well as a WYSIWYG webpage composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="SeaMonkey" >
<step text="Click on the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\SeaMonkey\seamonkey-1.1.2.en-US.win32.installer.exe" />
<step text="To use the 'English (United Kingdom)' language pack with SeaMonkey, open the browser and choose 'Open File' in the 'File' menu. Locate the folder d:\Toolkit\Internet\
SeaMonkey\Language Pack - where d is the letter of your DVD/CD drive - and select the file called seamonkey-1.1.en-GB.langpack.xpi. SeaMonkey will queue the file for installation." />
<step text="Choose the 'Preferences' item in the Edit menu. Expand the 'Appearance' tree and click on the 'Languages/Content' option. Select the 'English (GB)' option, then click on the 'OK' button.
" />
<step text="Close and restart SeaMonkey to allow the language pack to take effect." />
<step text="To verify that the language pack has taken effect, choose the 'About SeaMonkey' option on the Help menu. If the user agent string contains the letters 'en-GB', then the installation has been successful." />
<description text="Widely regarded as the number one FTP server for Windows, War FTP Daemon packs tons of features into a nice, user-friendly interface. Set up an FTP server in minutes." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="WAR FTP Daemon" >
<step text="Click the button below to install WAR FTP Daemon 1.65" label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\WARFTP\WARFTP.EXE" />
<step text="Click the button below to install the update from version 1.65 to 1.67-5." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\WARFTP\PATCH\ward167-5.exe" />
<description text="Simple and efficient website copier and offline browsing utility. Download a website to a local directory, building recursively all directories, HTML, images and files." />
<description text="Still the best free personal firewall available offering two zones of protection: the internet zone for protection against unknown PCs, and the trusted zone for sharing with trusted PCs." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="ZoneAlarm" >
<step text="Click the button to read the copyright notice." label="Readme" href="Toolkit\Internet\ZoneAlarm\Legal Info\legal.html" />
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Internet\ZoneAlarm\zlsSetup_70_337_000_en.exe" />
<main text="Today, even the most basic PCs allow you to enjoy DVD movies and play audio CDs. With just a few clever bits of software you can transform your system into the ultimate media centre." />
<description text="Freehand painting package designed to provide a realistic and fun simulation of using paint, pens, pencils, crayons, and other artistic materials." />
<description text="Excellent free audio editor that's ideal for turning vinyl records and tapes into digital recordings or CDs. Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and Wav sound files, and change the speed and pitch of a recording." />
<description text="Shell extension that adds new tab properties and display information for audio files to Windows Explorer. Supports all popular audio formats." />
<entry title="dBpoweramp Music
Converter 12.1" shorttitle="dBpoweramp" >
<description text="Often referred to as the Swiss Army Knife of audio, this indispensable utility excels at extracting audio files from CD, converting file formats and normalising volume levels." />
<description text="Convert video such as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, QuickTime and more to DivX with this application. Features include batch encoding and automatic configuration of encoding settings." />
<description text="Free utility for creating accurate thumbnail images from a wide range of popular picture formats. You can rotate images, adjust their contrast, brightness and sharpness, and do a whole lot more!" />
<description text="Multimedia browser that makes organising image, audio and video easy. Requires free online registration if you wish to continue using for more than 11 days." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FreshView" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\Sound\FreshView\freshview.exe" />
<step text="If you wish to continue using your free Fresh Devices software product for more than 11 days, you must register online at the Fresh Devices website. You will then receive free registration codes for all the available Fresh Devices software titles, including FreshDownload, FreshUI, FreshView, and FreshDiagnose.
Click the button below to register online." label="Register" href="http://www.freshdevices.com/download.html" />
<step text="After registering, you will receive an email message with a confirmation link. Click this and a second email will be sent to you containing the registration codes." />
<step text="When you have received the registration codes, launch the software and enter your user name and registration code using the 'Register' option in the 'Help' menu." />
<description text="HyperSnap combines the power of a first-class screen capture application with an advanced image editing utility - wrapped into one easy-to-use tool!" />
<description text="Superb image and multimedia viewer that's free for
non-commercial use. Save slideshows as an application or screensaver, or burn it to CD. Supports Adobe Photoshop filters." />
<highlight text="Superb image and multimedia viewer that's free for
non-commercial use. Save slideshows as an application or screensaver, or burn it to CD. Supports Adobe Photoshop filters." />
<description text="Tired of reaching for the volume control every time your MP3 player changes songs? MP3Gain analyses and adjusts MP3 files to a specified target volume." />
<description text="Unleash your creative side with the free version of project dogwaffle - one of the most creative, reasonably priced and powerful painting applications available." />
<entry title="Real-DRAW PRO 4" shorttitle="Real-DRAW PRO" >
<description text="A uniquely versatile application with no limit to the quality and style of output. Create professional web or multimedia graphics from simple images to whole interactive websites." />
<description text="Stamp will add a timestamp to the filename of your digital camera photos by extracting the time and date from the EXIF metadata. This allows you to sort your photos in chronological order, even if they have come from different cameras." />
<highlight text="Stamp will add a timestamp to the filename of your digital camera photos by extracting the time and date from the EXIF metadata. This allows you to sort your photos in chronological order." />
<description text="VideoInspector is a tool designed to provide you with as much information as possible about your video files, such as resolution and codec used." />
<entry title="VLC media player 0.8.6b" shorttitle="VLC media player" >
<description text="Versatile media player that can stream MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and DivX files, DVD-Videos and live videos on a network in unicast or multicast." />
<main text="Software to safeguard your PC against potentially disastrous system failures. If Windows isn't functioning the way it should, chances are there's a utility here that will sort the problem out." />
<description text="An excellent file compression utility with support for high compression algorithms such as 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB." />
<description text="Create discs that will automatically launch the file of your choice with this application. You can include your own splash screen graphic, custom icon, sound effects, background music and more." />
<description text="Feature filled, easy to use, free desktop search tool. Copernic Desktop Search executes fast searching of your entire hard disk to pinpoint the right file, email, music or picture." />
<entry title="Directory Opus 9.0.0.4" shorttitle="Directory Opus" >
<description text="File management and Windows Explorer replacement for Windows that's easy to use and amazingly configurable. Its sheer depth of options will change the way you view your desktop forever." />
<entry title="Diskeeper 2007 Pro Premier" shorttitle="Diskeeper Professional" >
<description text="Improve the effiency of your PC with Diskeeper 2007 Pro Premier. The new InvisiTask technology ensures maximum system performance by eliminating potential problems in real time as they occur while running silently in the background with total transparency." />
<description text="DVD Identifier retrieves and interprets the pre-recorded information that is present on blank DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD discs, such as manufacturer and supported write speeds." />
<description text="Safely remove personal or sensitive data - passwords, bank account details, digital photographs, financial records - from your hard disk completely." />
<description text="Analyse and benchmark your system's performance." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FreshDiagnose" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\System\FreshDiagnose\diagnose.exe" />
<step text="If you wish to continue using your free Fresh Devices software product for more than 11 days, you must register online at the Fresh Devices website. You will then receive free registration codes for all the available Fresh Devices software titles, including Fresh Download, Fresh UI, Fresh View, and Fresh Diagnose.
Click the button below to register online." label="Register" href="http://www.freshdevices.com/download.html" />
<step text="After registering, you will receive an email message with a confirmation link. Click this and a second email will be sent to you containing the registration codes." />
<step text="When you have received the registration codes, launch the software and enter your user name and registration code using the 'Register' option in the 'Help' menu." />
<description text="Configure and optimise Windows with hundreds of useful settings." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="FreshUI" >
<step text="Click the button below to install the software." label="Install" href="Toolkit\System\FreshUI\frui.exe" />
<step text="If you wish to continue using your free Fresh Devices software product for more than 11 days, you must register online at the Fresh Devices website. You will then receive free registration codes for all the available Fresh Devices software titles, including Fresh Download, Fresh UI, Fresh View, and Fresh Diagnose.
Click the button below to register online." label="Register" href="http://www.freshdevices.com/download.html" />
<step text="After registering, you will receive an email message with a confirmation link. Click this and a second email will be sent to you containing the registration codes." />
<step text="When you have received the registration codes, launch the software and enter your user name and registration code using the 'Register' option in the 'Help' menu." />
<description text="This easy-to-use program is designed to make automatic backup and restoration of your data as simple as possible. Features include file compression and encryption." />
<description text="A highly specialised yet easy-to-use CD and DVD data recovery tool that lets you bypass Windows when exploring a disc's file system. Supports all CD and DVD formats and file systems." />
<entry title="OutBack Plus 6.1.1" shorttitle="OutBack Plus" >
<description text="Back up your personal folder information from Microsoft Outlook. The perfect way to ensure that you have regular, updated backups of your critical data when you need them." />
<description text="This utility scans all running processes and then retrieves detailed information about each one from the Process Library database over the internet." />
<description text="Intelligent backup routine that runs as a screensaver! Create multiple backup sets defined as differential, duplication and version control, or configure sets to suit your own preferences." />
<entry title="SiSoftware Sandra
Lite 2007.5.11.35" shorttitle="SiSoftware Sandra Lite" >
<description text="Essential diagnostics utility that reports everything there is to know about your PC, including CPU, chipset, video adapter, sound card, memory, network, USB2, FireWire, and more." />
<description text="Essential adware and spyware detection and removal tool. Offers default and advanced modes to suit both novice and professional users." />
<description text="Quick disk defragmentation for FAT, FAT32, and NTFS volumes. Includes a great selection of tools for tuning your system and cleaning up unwanted trash." />
<description text="View and fully interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device over the internet." />
<links>
<link label="Install" task="How to install" title="VNC" >
<step text="Click the button below to install VNC for 2000/XP." label="Install" href="Toolkit\System\VNC\Windows\vnc-4_1_2-x86_win32.exe" />
<step text="Click the button below to browse the folder containing x86 Linux and Sparc Solaris 7 versions of VNC." label="Open folder" href="Toolkit\System\VNC\x86 Linux and SPARC Solaris" />
<step text="Click the button below to browse the folder containing Windows CE, Mac OS and DEC Alpha versions of VNC." label="Open folder" href="Toolkit\System\VNC\Other Platforms" />
<description text="Slam the door on spyware, adware and stubborn viral infections. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your computer so you know exactly what programs should be running at all times." />
<highlight text="Slam the door on spyware, adware and stubborn viral infections. WinPatrol puts you back in control of your computer so you know exactly what programs should be running at all times." />
<description text="Back up your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress Rar, Zip and other files downloaded from internet and create new archives in Rar and Zip file format." />
<description text="The original and most popular of all Zip file compression utilities for Windows. Includes powerful features in addition to basic file compression such as zipping directly to CD or DVD, scheduling backup jobs and FTP upload functionality." />
<highlight text="The original and most popular of all Zip file compression utilities for Windows. Includes powerful features in addition to basic file compression such as zipping directly to CD or DVD and more." />
<description text="Abel Gratis, one of the UK's oldest ISPs, provides a variety of Broadband packages and Domain Registration/Hosting. Alternatively, Abel's original and very popular dial-up packages offer subscription-free internet access. All accounts provide email facilities, webspace, e-commerce solution plus many other services including cgi-bin, PHP, MySQL and ASP." />
<link name="Support" text="With the advent of Windows Vista, we also have an <a href='!Support.html'>important announcement</a>
about testing and technical support for our discs. Technical support is available via email (coverdiscs@computershopper.co.uk) or <a href='http://www.computershopper.co.uk/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=20'>click here to visit the online forum</a>.
Please include the following information to help us deal with problems quickly:
- Operating System (including the version of any applied service pack).
- CPU type: e.g. Intel or AMD.
- Installed RAM.
For the above basic information, go to Control Panel and then select System. For problems with games, please try to include the following information too:
- Make and model of your graphics card.
- Graphics card memory.
- Exact DirectX version installed, e.g. 9.0c. Type dxdiag into the Start->Run
dialog to be certain." />
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