| PROGNAME |
WEBSITE |
DESCRIPTION |
| Adobe PDF reader 6.0 |
www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html |
Original PDF reader from Adobe - Win98 version. See also Foxit pdf reader. |
| Avery Label Pro (Eng) |
www.avery.co.uk/uk1/index.jsp |
Label programme and so much more - bit quirky sometimes. |
| BackRex Expert |
www.backsettings.com |
Backup Outlook Express, etc. Not free. |
| Belarc Advisor |
www.belarc.com/free_download.html |
Very full diagnostic programme. Produces a full report as HTML document. |
| C Cleaner |
www.ccleaner.com |
Windows Cleaner - clear everything out |
| Cute PDF Writer |
www.cutepdf.com/ |
Create professional quality PDF files - needs to auto download Internet component |
| DBQuikSite ver 1.5 |
www.dbqwiksite.com/ |
Utility to create html tables out of dBase and Access databases (e.g. this document). |
| DeepBurner |
www.deepburner.com/ |
DeepBurner is a CD/DVD burning software that lets you create Data CDs, etc, |
| Easy Office |
www.easyofficesuite.com/ |
Easy Office substitute for MS Office |
| EasyMail Plus |
www.homeplansoftware.com/ |
General Purpose wordprocessor, mail-merge and e-mail |
| eXpert PDF Standard 3 |
www.visagesoft.com/products/expertpdf/ |
PDF creation programme |
| FastStone Viewer |
www.faststone.org |
General purpose viewer - versatile and completely free |
| Fineprint |
www.fineprint.com |
Print viewer and organiser. Print to screen and decide what to do with it (you'd be surprised!) |
| Foxit PDF Reader |
www.foxitsoftware.com/ |
PDF reader much faster and neater than Adobe Acrobat |
| FSCaptureSetup.exe |
www.faststone.org/ |
General purpose screen capture - versatile and completely free |
| GENERIC_USB |
www.novatech.co.uk |
Generic_USB driver for Windows 98 |
| Internet Cleanup |
www.soft32.com/download_1657.html |
Deletes much Internet residue to speed up access. |
| Libra home library |
www.codejam.com |
Libra is a library software to organize your stuff: Books, Audio CDs, Movies, & Games. See also
OpenOfficeBase. |
| MailWasher |
www.firetrust.com |
Spam Filter - paid for version has effective heuristic spam awareness |
| NoteTab Lite |
www.notetab.com |
NoteTab Lite is a text editor with a variety of controls and facilities. |
| NVU html editor |
www.nvu.com/ |
Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. |
| pdfFactory |
www.fineprint.com |
Printdriver for creating PDF (Acrobat Portable Document Files). Works well with Fineprint (qv) |
| Photocopier |
www.nicocuppen.com/download.php |
Photocopy from your scanner to printer - works well with FinePrint/PDF Factory (qv). |
| PhotoshopSE starter 3.0 |
www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html |
Adobe's useful starter photoshop_album_SE_3.0 probably all you'll ever need! |
| Powerdesk |
www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Free_Trial.html |
Enhanced file manager with lots of user friendly features. Never use Windows Explorer again! |
| Registry mechanic |
www.pctools.com/ |
Registry Cleaner etc. |
| SpyWareBlaster |
www.javacoolsoftware.com/ |
Spyware blocking programme |
| Startman |
www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html |
To manage start-up programmes - will identify unnecessary and duplicate start-up programmes. |
| Stickies ver 4.5a |
www.tom.revell.btinternet.co.uk/download.html |
Another post-it note programme but one which works. Can double as a visible multi clipboard. |
| SyncBack |
http://www.2brightsparks.com/ |
File copy manager - copy/update whole directories. |
| Tweaking Toolbox |
www.tweakingtoolbox.com/ttw/index.html |
Tweaks various aspects of Windows |
| Vilma Registry Editor |
www.vsft.com/regexp/ |
Registry Editor |
| Wave Pad |
www.nch.com.au/wavepad/masters.html |
Audio management program, possibly better than Audacity; more versatile. |
| WinZip |
www.winzip.com |
Zip manager - the one everyone uses and which integrates with Powerdesk (qv) |
| X-Fonter |
www.blacksunsoftware.com/xfonter.html |
Font Manager - installs, uninstalls, catalogues, etc (see also utilities from My Tools or Moon Software) |
| XXCopy |
www.xxcopy.com |
Xxcopy will copy files and directories in DOS mode. Clone whole disks in Win98. |
