Essential Downloads for Windows

PROGRAMS
Acrobat Reader: version 4, version 5, version 6 and version 7
EditPad Lite - excellent text editior
WS FTP LE - ftp client program, see this page for FTP help and WSFTP instructions
FileZilla - excellent opens source FTP program
FTP Explorer - ftp client program
Eudora for Windows, we recommend Mozilla Thunderbird, however, link below
Mozilla Firefox web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird email client
Internet Explorer 5.5 Installer - web installer: downloads IE5.5 from MS site
Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Full Installer - standalone full installer for Win98/NT/2000/XP, unzip and run ie6setup.exe
IrfanView (graphics viewer, home page)
PowerPoint Viewer 97 - a player for PPT slide presentations
Real VNC 3.3.5, 4.0 - VNC server and client software for Win32
TightVNC 1.2.9 - another VNC server and client for Win32
PuTTY - Telnet and SSH app for Windows
Deep Burner - CD/DVD burning software for Windows 2000/XP (free version available)
DRIVERS
HP Laser Jet 5000 driver and software bundle for Windows 2000/XP
HP laser Jet 4000, 4050, 4100 drivers for Windows 2000/XP
HP Color Laser Jet 4600 drivers for Windows 2000/XP
Splash PostScript Driver: Win98, WinNT4, Win2000, WinXP
Xerox Phaser 5400 driver for Windows 2000 and XP (Godzilla)
Adobe PS Version 1.0.2 Universal Installer: v.4.4.1 for Win 95/98; v.5.1.2 for Win NT 4.0; v.5 for Win 2000.
HP Network Printer Wizard for Win95/98/ME - allows IP printing to HP printers under 95/98/ME ReadMe
SYSTEM STUFF
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a with 128-bit encryption
Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. - SP2 includes all the files from SP1
Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 - includes all files from SP1 and SP2 the Rollup Package 2002
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 - includes all files from previous service packs
Windows 2000 Rollup Package January 2002
Windows XP Service Pack 1
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (complete installer, from Saturn) and directly from Microsoft.
Plain text password Registry patches
Full QuickTime Installers: QuickTime4, QuickTime5, QuickTime6, QuickTime7- run QT Updater after installation!
DirectX 8.1 for Win2000
KeyServer Client - for Windows 9x, 2000, ME and XP
Retrospect 4 Client Installer for Windows
Retrospect 6 Client Installer for Windows
UTILITIES
Aladdin StuffIt and Expander: v.7.0, v.7.5 - a compression/expansion utility for ZIP and SIT files
box StuffitExpander version 12 (expaner only but it does .sitx archives)
AVG Free antivirus software
Mac Afee antivirus software is no longer available
AboutTime - time synchronizer client and server
Tweak UI - additional tweaks to Windows 98/2000 interface
TweakUI for Windows XP - as above but for Windows XP only (home page)
Zone Alarm - a personal firewall (home page)
AdAware 1.0.6 - detects and removes spyware (home page)
SpyBot 1.4 -antispyware software, adds real-time protection (home page)
Startup Control Panel - a Control panel that let's you disable or delete startup items, use with caution! (home page)


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