FREE WWW/FTP, HTML + GIF/JPG Publishing Tools.

Software Essentials: FREE Upgrades + Fixes.

Disk Partitioning, Formatting, Backup + Recovery.

DirectX (DX) Essential FREE Upgrades, Fixes + Tools.

FREE Windows/WfWG 3.1x Internet Essentials.

Internet Monitors, Firewalls + Anti-Spyware :

Media Players + Recorders + K-Lite Codec Pack (KLCP).

I can't thank enough for their invaluable help.

Please let me know if you discover any brokenĬREDITS: Some of these links appear courtesy of Ojatex, Captain SiskoX, Chris, Robert + ERPMan, all of whom.

Check back often for NEW tools + UPDATEs.

Most unofficial Windows OSes (Hot)Fixes, Packs + Updates created using official Microsoft IEAK ( INF + SED) installer toolkit (free).

I do not recommend any shareware/trialware/retail programs, except the few essentials on my MUST HAVE list, and only if I could not find any.

Most all software featured here is free(ware) ➜ Freeware, Free +/- Open Source.

NEWest at the top ➜ OLDest at the bottom.

User Account Control (UAC)' items to Desktop right-click shell context menu. User Account Control (UAC) tweaking tools :įYI : MDGx tweaked + customized File Manager (FM) installer (FMNT32.EXE) (free) also installs ' Disable User Account Control (UAC)' + ' Enable Select ' Run as Administrator' (temporary fix) or disable User Account Control (UAC) (permanent fix) in:

Windows Vista//8.1/20/20 users ➜ right-click each file ➜.

May require you to be logged on with Administrative/Power User/Sysadmin privileges.

Installing Windows OS components/upgrades/patches/fixes/drivers/tools.

Target Operating System(s)/software/hardware REQUIRED for installing upgrades/patches/fixes/drivers!.

all files downloaded from the Internet, and beware of false positives, also here (plain TXT) !

DOS/MS-DOS/ FreeDOS/ DR-DOS/OpenDOS users: DOS ZIP/unZIP 16-bit tools.

Windows/WfWG 3.1x users: Info-ZIP WiZ 16-bit.

Windows 9x/NTx users: File Shrinkers 32-bit + 64-bit.

Tool to extract their contents ➜ I recommend : Of these files are archived in ZIP, RAR, 7Z or CAB format ➜ you need a file decompression (unZIPping/unARChiving/unRARing) REGISTRY/REGISTRY KEY(S)', also here (TXT) !

BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES ! ➜ see ' BACKUP/EXPORT + RESTORE/IMPORT.

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