Thegoldenear's Recommended (re-distributable) Software for Windows

This is the software contained on the Windows Toolbox. Other recommended software for Windows, which we aren't distributing, is in the list of non-re-distributable software.

The 'our info' links contain details (many currently out-of-date) of the software and, for some, our recommended settings for configuring them. Particularly noteworthy software is highlighted in red.

Contents

Admin (administering Windows)

• Associate (from Cool Toys)
  
  Purpose: set file type associations.
  Licence: Freeware. re-distributable on a personal basis, otherwise get permission from author (we have permission); (e).
  Web: http://www.cooltoys.org.uk/products/associate/

• Fire Daemon Lite
  
  Purpose: installs programs as services
  Licence: Freeware for non-commercial organisations; Shareware, 30-day trial, 25USD, for commercial organisations; re-distributable if don't charge for distribution, unless ask authors (we have permission); (e).
  Web: http://www.firedaemon.com/

• Hidden
  
  Purpose: run command-line programs in the background
  Licence: Freeware. re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.savardsoftware.com/hidden/

• RegEditX (from DC Software Design inc.)
  
  Purpose: a version of the regedit registry editor with navigation extensions
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.dcsoft.com/products/regeditx/

• RegMedic (from Easy Desk Software)
  
  Purpose: registry repair
  Licence: Shareware, ?-day evaluation, 39.95USD; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.easydesksoftware.com/regmedic.htm

• Reg (AKA RegFree) (from David G. Thomas)
  
  Purpose: sets registry keys and values; and environment variables including the system and user path. similar to Microsoft's Reg
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  web, available via: http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBA/tip0100/rh0170.htm

• RegBak (from Gary AKA Brainstormer, Brainstorm Enterprises)
  
  Purpose: simple backup and restore of important Windows 95 system files, including the registry
  Licence: Freeware; unsure if re-distributable but we're presuming that it is (mailed author at 2 addresses and got "550 unknown user"); (e).
  Web: http://members.tripod.com/~BraneStormer/harddisk.htm

• SetACL (from Helge Klein)
  
  Purpose: sets permissions / ACLs on files and directories, registry keys, printers, services and network shares. similar to a combination of Microsoft's cacls, xcacls, regini and more
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://setacl.sourceforge.net/

• The Windows Environment and Application Konfigurator (TWEAK) (from thegoldenear)
  
  Purpose: tweaks the Windows 2000/XP user interface and system configuration; configures applications; and manages icons, file permissions and associations by making automated changes to the Windows registry and file system, in accordance with our document on 'configuring Windows 2000/XP for performance, usability and security'. Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://thegoldenear.org/tweak/

• TweakDUN
  
  Purpose: optimize Windows' Dial-Up Networking settings to speed up your Internet connection speed
  Licence: FreeWare; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.pattersondesigns.com/tweakdun/

• X-Setup Pro (from XQDC)
  
  Purpose: configure Windows. similar to TweakUI, Tweaking Toolbox for Windows
  Licence: Freeware for personal, government controlled institution, non-profit and charity organisation and public library use; otherwise 30 day trial Shareware. re-distributable with some restrictions (we have permission to re-distribute all minor 6.x versions in the manner we intend); (e).
  Web: http://www.x-setup.net/

Database

• MySQL (Windows Essentials)
  
  Purpose: database (with command-line interface). similar to Microsoft Access when combined with phpMyAdmin, PHP and Apache
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql/

• MySQL Connector/ODBC
  
  Purpose: enables linking MySQL to other programs
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.mysql.com/downloads/api-myodbc-3.51.html

• MySQL Administrator
  
  Purpose: graphical database administration console. (Supercedes MySQL Control Center (MySQLCC))
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.mysql.com/products/administrator/

• phpMyAdmin
  
  Purpose: a graphical interface with which to administer MySQL databases. requires Apache and PHP
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

Diagnostics

• ASPI and SCSI

  • Id (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
    
    Purpose: "shows SCSI and ATAPI devices in a system, detailing their SCSI ID's, device type, manufacturer, description, internal revision number, and whether the media is fixed in place or removable"
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
    Web: http://grc.com/freestuff.htm

• CD, DVD

  • CD-R Media Code Identifier
    
    Purpose: displays disc manufacturer (as opposed to brand) and the recording strategy to be used for it (development discontinued)
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    web, via: http://www.pctip.ch/downloads/dl/19279.asp

• hard disk

  • IDEInfo (from Thomas Newman)
    
    Purpose: report disk CHS characteristics, etcetera
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    atleast downloadable from:http://chinese-watercolor.com/LRP/hd/, (with source code at PC-WELT)

• network and internet

  • DialUp-Meter
    
    Purpose: use your Internet bandwidth more efficiently, and help avoid unwanted intrusions into your system
    Licence: Shareware evaluation; not re-distributable without permission (we have permission); (e).
    Web: http://www.dumeter.com/

  • IP_Agent (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
    
    Purpose: shows your IP address, also for use in conjunction with GRC's 'Shields Up!'
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
    Web: http://grc.com/su-help.htm

• ports

  • Parallel Port Detection and Test Utils (from Parallel Technologies)
    
    Purpose: check standard parallel port addresses for parallel ports; how fast they are; verify if they're working
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.lpt.com/Downloads/downloads.htm#Download

  • RS232 (from Analogue Information Systems Ltd.)
    
    Licence: re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PeterBalch/prb00013.htm

• RAM

  • MemTest86 (from Chris Brady)
    
    Purpose: tests physical memory for defects
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.memtest86.com

  • c'tSPD
    
    Purpose: reports RAM specification
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.heise.de/ct/ftp/ctspd.shtml

• TIP (Trouble In Paradise) (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
  
  Purpose: IOMega click-of-death detector
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site) ; (e).
  Web: http://grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm

• Systems

  • PC Wizard
    
    Purpose: system information and benchmark
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

  • WCPUID
    
    Purpose: displays CPU and chipset info
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.h-oda.com/

• YMark2000
  
  Purpose: test year 2000 compliance
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  web:: http://y2k.nstl.com/html/nstl_ymark2000.html

Disk Utilities

• FIPS
  
  Purpose: disk partition splitter
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/

• CD and DVD writing

  • CDR Tools
    
    Purpose: command-line CD writing.
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html or more recent builds from http://www.geoshock.com/cdrtools/

  • CDR Tools Front End
    
    Purpose: graphical front end to CDR Tools
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://demosten.com/cdrfe/ (often not available)

• floppy disk formatters

  • MAXIDisk (for Windows) (from Herne Data Systems Ltd.)
    
    Purpose: formats disks to many different formats and formats with extended capacity
    Licence: Shareware; 30-day trial Shareware for personal or community use; re-distributable apart from in CD collections, compilers of which must ask (we have permission); (e).
    Web: http://www.herne.com/mdisk1.htm

  • FreeForm (for DOS) (from Herne Data Systems Ltd.)
    
    Purpose: formats disks to many different formats [DOS, cmnd-ln]
    Licence: Shareware; 30-day trial Shareware for personal or community use; re-distributable apart from in CD collections, compilers of which must ask (we have permission); (e).
    Web: http://www.herne.com/free.htm

  • MAXIForm (from Herne Data Systems Ltd.)
    
    Purpose: formats with extended capacity [DOS, cmnd-ln]
    Licence: Shareware; 30-day trial Shareware for personal or community use; re-distributable apart from in CD collections, compilers of which must ask (we have permission); (e).
    Web: http://www.herne.com/mform1.htm

  • SMAX (from Herne Data Systems Ltd.)
    
    Purpose: driver for reading MAXI extended capacity disks
    Licence: Shareware; 30-day trial Shareware for personal or community use; re-distributable apart from in CD collections, compilers of which must ask (we have permission); (e).
    Web: http://www.herne.com/smax.htm

• The Partition Resizer (from John Lagonikas)
  
  Purpose: resize and move partitions without losing data
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.zeleps.com/

• Ranish Partition Manager
  
  Purpose: create, resize, delete, copy and multi boot disk partitions
  Licence: Shareware for personal use, 10 year evaluation then pay or send postcard; commercial for other uses, 20USD per department, 30-day evaluation; source code available for earlier Freeware edition; re-distributable ; (e).
  Web: http://www.ranish.com/part/

Docs (Documentation)

• The Windows Toolbox - Documentation
  
  Web: http://thegoldenear.org/toolbox/windows/docs-index.html
  local: docs-index.html

DOS

• FreeDOS
  
  Purpose: The full, original FreeDOS distribution, available for CD and multiple floppy disks. similar to MS-DOS, DR-DOS
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.freedos.org/

• Bootable FreeDOS
  
  Purpose: small FreeDOS distribution that fits on a single floppy disk
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://neons.hackers.lv/bootfd/

• FreeDOS Kernel
  
  Purpose: FreeCOM (command.com), the kernel (kernel.sys) and SYS for making DOS boot disks
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/

Drivers

• kX Audio driver and mixer (from Eugene Gavrilov)
  
  Purpose: more fully featured drivers for Creative SoundBlaster Live!, Audigy, Audigy2 and E-mu APS than those from their respective manufacturers.
  Licence: Freeware; not re-distributable without permission (we have permission); (e).
  Web: http://www.kxproject.com

Editors (and viewers)

• AbiWord
  
  Purpose: light word processor. similar to WordPad
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.abisource.com/

• Arachnophilia (from Paul Lutus)
  
  Purpose: web editor (not a WYSIWYG editor - provides a graphical interface for helping write HTML)
  Licence: Careware. re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/

• A.X.E.
  
  Purpose: Advanced heX Editor
  (no longer in development)
  Licence: Shareware, free registration (thus is it Freeware?); re-distributable if non-commercial ; (e).
  downloadable from http://www.softpile.com/Development/Editors_and_IDEs/Review_03080_index.html

• Patchit (from Robin Keir)
  
  Purpose: binary file byte-patching utility
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Note: no longer available from Robin Keir, instead it is available from Foundstone. We are distributing Robin Keir's version. Foundstone's version requires permission to re-distribute. We received no response from Foundstone or Robin Keir regarding re-distribution.
  web, for the Foundstone version: http://www.foundstone.com/resources/freetools.htm

• cd2html
  
  Purpose: creates a representation of a file and directory structure in web form
  Licence: Shareware, 20Euros, 1 month evaluation; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.cd2html.de/

• JED
  
  Purpose: text editor for DOS and Windows for when you need a sophisticated text editor and are not using Windows
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/

• NoteTab Light (from Fookes Software)
  
  Purpose: plain text editor. similar to UltraEdit, TextPad, etc. replacement for Microsoft Notepad
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.notetab.com/ntl.htm

• OpenOffice
  
  Purpose: word processor, spreadsheet, slide presentation, web editor, vector drawing, formula editor. similar to StarOffice (an alternately branded version of the same thing), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Equation Editor, not yet Access), WordPerfect, SmartSuite, Works, etc. Windows 95 users are recommended to instead use AbiWord.
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.openoffice.org/

• OpenOffice Spellchecker Dictionary Installer
  
  Purpose: spell checker installer for OpenOffice 1.0.x Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.ooodocs.org/dictinstall/

• MySpell spell checker dictionaries
  
  Purpose: spell checker dictionaries for OpenOffice, Mozilla and Mozilla Thunderbird (we include cy-gb, en-au, en-ca, en-gb, en-nz, en-us, ga-ie)
  Licence: BSD or LGPL compatible; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://lingucomponent.openoffice.org/download_dictionary.html

• Ghostscript
  
  Purpose: display, print and convert PostScript and PDF files
  Licence: Aladdin Free Public License; re-distributable with some restrictions (we have permission to re-distribute in the manners we intend); (e).
  Web: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/index.htm

• GSview
  
  Purpose: graphical interface for Ghostscript. similar to Adobe Acrobat Reader with some of the full Adobe Acrobat thrown in too
  Licence: Aladdin Free Public License; re-distributable with some restrictions (we have permission to re-distribute in the manners we intend); (e).
  Web: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.htm

• HTML Tidy
  
  Purpose: tidy up HTML source code and highlight errors
  Licence: W3C license; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://tidy.sourceforge.net/, with Windows-specific versions from http://dev.int64.org/tidy.html

• Mozilla Composer (from the Mozilla Foundation)
  
  Purpose: web editor (WYSIWYG editor (what you see is what you get)). part of the Mozilla browser suite
  Licence: MPL / LGPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://mozilla.org/ and http://mozillazine.org/
  localized builds and language packs: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_status.html#contrib

• Nvu (from the Disruptive Innovations (Daniel Glazman) / Linspire)
  
  Purpose: web editor (WYSIWYG editor (what you see is what you get)). Similar to Dreamweaver, FrontPage.
  Licence: MPL / LGPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.nvu.com/

• WinMerge (from Dean P. Grimm / Thingamahoochie Software)
  
  Purpose: text file differencing and merging
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/

File Utilities

• BinText (from Robin Keir)
  
  Purpose: Finds ASCII, Unicode and Resource strings in a file
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Note: no longer available from Robin Keir, instead it is available from Foundstone. We are distributing Robin Keir's version. Foundstone's version requires permission to re-distribute. We received no response from Foundstone or Robin Keir regarding re-distribution.
  web, for the Foundstone version: http://www.foundstone.com/resources/freetools.htm

• compression

  • 7-Zip (from Igor Pavlov)
    
    Purpose: extracts and compresses most compressed file formats. uncomplicated. similar to WinZip but more subtle, unobtrusive
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://www.7-zip.com/

  • Archive Peek
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/7017/arcpeek.htm

  • BZIP2
    
    Licence: BSD-style; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/

  • gzip
    
    Purpose: extracts and compresses .Z
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.gzip.org/#exe

  • Info-ZIP for DOS
    
    Purpose: extracts and compresses .zip. similar to PKZip for DOS
    Licence: BSD-like; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.info-zip.org/

  • LHA
    
    Purpose: extracts and compresses .LHA
    Licence: Freeware. open-source (older versions). re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://members.aol.com/DuckGroup/lha_comp.html

  • RAR for DOS and Windows command-line
    
    Purpose: extracts and compresses .RAR
    Licence: Shareware, 40-day evaluation, 29USD; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.rarlab.com/ ?

• DiskCopy
  
  Purpose: copies files and directory structure from one disk to others
  Licence: Shareware, undefined evaluation period for personal use, 30-day evaluation for commercial use, 17.95USD; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://members.aol.com/ron2222/disk.htm

• dd (from John Newbigin)
  
  Purpose: copy and convert input blocks
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite/dd.htm

• Explore2fs (from John Newbigin)
  
  Purpose: explorer for reading Linux ex2fs partitions from within Windows
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

• HJSplit and HJJoin

  • HJJoin
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/#hjjoin

  • HJSplit for Windows
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/#win32

  • HJSplit for DOS
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/

  • HJSplit for Java
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/#java

  • HJSplit Pro for Windows
    
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://freebyte.com/hjsplit/#hjsplitpro

• ISOBuster (from Smart Projects)
  
  Licence: "free"; some features require payment of 20USD; licence doesn't say if re-distributable (we have permission); (e).
  Web: http://www.isobuster.com/

• LIST Plus (from Buerg Software)
  
  Purpose: file viewing and browsing utility
  Licence: Shareware, 25USD; re-distributable if don't charge, otherwise ask permission (we have permission) ; (e).
  Web: http://www.buerg.com/

• RawWrite for Windows (from John Newbigin)
  
  Purpose: creates and copies disk image files
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm

• rawrite for DOS
  
  Purpose: creates and copies disk image files
  Licence: GPL-like; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.fdos.org/ripcord/rawrite/ or http://www.tux.org/pub/dos/rawrite/

• touch
  
  Purpose: sets the date and time of files
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PeterBalch/prb00013.htm

Fonts

• TrueType

  • Microsoft TrueType Core Fonts for the Web
    
    Purpose: Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana, Webdings typefaces
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://sourceforge.net/projects/corefonts/

Graphics

• Blender
  
  Purpose: 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production and interactive creation and playback
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.blender3d.com/

• Dia
  
  Purpose: draw diagrams such as entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flow charts, network diagrams, simple circuits, etc. similar to Microsoft Visio
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ in general and the Windows build is available at http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/

• Fractint
  
  Purpose: creates fractal images
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fractint.html

• GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
  
  Purpose: image manipulation / photo editing / painting of raster/bitmap images. similar to Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ (packaged by Jernej Simoncic); (the original GIMP site is at http://gimp.org/)
  
  GTK+
  
  Purpose: runtime environment required to run GIMP
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  
  GIMP Help
  
  Purpose: help files for use within GIMP
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).

• IrfanView
  
  Purpose: small, fast, graphics file viewer with some edit and conversion features and screen capture
  Licence: Freeware (for private non-commercial, educational (schools and universities) and humanitarian and charity organisations) or registration required for commercial use; registration/donation is 10Euros or 10USD; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.irfanview.com/

• SodiPodi
  
  Purpose: vector drawing
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.sodipodi.com/

• Inkscape
  
  Purpose: 2D XML/SVG graphics editor
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://inkscape.org/

Internet

• Apache HTTP server
  
  Purpose: web server. similar to Microsoft IIS
  Licence: The Apache License 2.0, GPL-like; re-distributable (The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, if any, must include the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."); (e).
  Web: http://httpd.apache.org/

• BitTorrent from Bram Cohen
  
  Purpose: peer to peer client for downloading files.
  Licence: MIT licence; re-distributable) ; (e).
  Web: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/

• browsers

  • Mozilla (from the Mozilla Foundation)
    
    Purpose: web browser; (also web editor; IRC chat; email and Usenet reader and Address Book; Javascript debugger; DOM inspector and plenty more that will plug into Mozilla. similar to Internet Explorer, Netscape and Opera
    Licence: MPL / LGPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://mozilla.org/ and http://mozillazine.org/
    
    localized builds and language packs: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/l10n/mlp_status.html#contrib or http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/l10n/lang/

  • Mozilla Firefox (from the Mozilla Foundation)
    
    Purpose: web browser; stand-alone version of Mozilla's browser component; note its still in development toward a stable version 1.0. similar to Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, etc
    Licence: MPL / LGPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://mozilla.org/products/firefox/

  • K-Meleon
    
    Purpose: light-weight web browser. similar to Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, etc
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/

  • Lynx
    
    Purpose: plain text web browser
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. web, for DOS:http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/ and for Windows:http://www.fredlwm.hpg.ig.com.br/cygwin/lynx/

  • Compass
    
    Purpose: manage browser bookmarks and convert between Internet Explorer, Mozilla / Netscape and Opera formats
    Licence: Shareware, 50-day evaluation, 25USD per person or workstation; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://www.softgauge.com/compass/

  • CompleteDir from Bram Cohen
    
    Purpose: create BitTorrent files.
    Licence: MIT licence; re-distributable); (e).
    Web: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/

• CVSNT
  
  Purpose: command-line CVS client
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.cvsnt.org/

• email

  • Pegasus Mail for Windows (from David Harris)
    
    Purpose: email client (also includes address book. will eventually include personal and group calendar/diary). integrates with Mercury for organisation-wide email management. similar to Thunderbird, Eudora, Outlook Express and some of Outlook
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    our info. Web: http://www.pmail.com/downloads_maine_t.htm

  • Mercury mail transport system (from David Harris)
    
    Purpose: collects and sends email and distributes it locally in a network environment. integrates with Pegasus Mail. similar to Microsoft Exchange
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.pmail.com/downloads_maine_t.htm

  • MPack
    
    Purpose: MPACK and MUNPACK (encode and decode binary files in MIME format mail messages)
    Licence: GPL-like; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.pcc.com/~jay/src/mail_news/mpack-1.5/ORIGINALS/

  • Mozilla Thunderbird (from the Mozilla Foundation)
    
    Purpose: email client (also includes news reader). similar to Pegasus Mail, Eudora, Outlook Express and some of Outlook
    Licence: MPL / LGPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

  • email-conversion

    • Mail System Converter
      
      Purpose: convert email folders and address books between various email programs and Pegasus Mail
      Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
      Web: http://www.dragon-it.co.uk/pegasus.htm#mailconv_heading

• FileZilla (from Tim Kosse)
  
  Purpose: FTP and SFTP client. similar to LeechFTP, BitBeamer, CuteFTP, WS_FTP, etc
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

• Freenet
  
  Purpose: anonymous peer-to-peer publishing. similar to the world wide web
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://freenetproject.org/

• Gaim
  
  Purpose: multi-protocol instant messaging client (supports all instant messaging formats). similar to ICQ, AIM, MSN Messenger, Exodus
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

• Gnucleus
  
  Purpose: peer-to-peer file sharing. similar to BearShare, LimeWire, Napster
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://gnucleus.sourceforge.net/

• HTTrack (from Xavier Roche and other contributors)
  
  Purpose: web site copier
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.httrack.com/

• PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)
  
  Purpose: general-purpose scripting language especially suited for web development
  Licence: The PHP License; re-distributable (Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment: "This product includes PHP, freely available from <http://www.php.net/>"); (e).
  Web: http://www.php.net/

• NewsXpress
  
  Purpose: simple Usenet reader. no longer actively developed
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. web, via: http://www.malch.com/nx2faq.html

• Putty (from Simon Tatham)

  
  

  • PuTTY - a Telnet and SSH (1 and 2) client

  • PSCP - an SCP client, i.e. command-line secure file copy

  • PSFTP - an SFTP client, i.e. general file transfer sessions much like FTP

  • Plink - a command-line interface to the PuTTY back ends

  • Pageant - an SSH authentication agent for PuTTY, PSCP and Plink

  • PuTTYgen - an RSA key generation utility

  Licence: The MIT License, BSD-like; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

• RASDial
  
  Purpose: auto dialer. useful in programs such as Pegasus Mail and Mercury mail transport system to work around problems in auto dialing using Dial-up networking / RAS in Windows and Windows NT

  • RASDial95 1.2
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.muconsulting.com/rasdialpro/rasdial95-1.2.zip

  • RASDial Pro
    Licence: Shareware, 30day trial, maximum of 29.99USD; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.muconsulting.com/rasdialpro/

• War FTP daemon (from Jarle Aase)
  
  Purpose: FTP server
  Licence: claims to be GNU GPL but has restrictions counter to that licence; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.warftp.org/ and http://support.jgaa.com/

• Wget
  
  Purpose: non-interactive downloader - command-line program for downloading from the web
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://space.tin.it/computer/hherold/

• WinCVS
  
  Purpose: CVS (concurrent versioning system) client for checking in and out code from a CVS repository
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.wincvs.org/

• WinSCP (from Martin Prikryl)
  
  Purpose: SCP (secure copy) client using SSH; use it for example to login to a GNU/Linux server from a Windows workstation
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/

• XChat (from Peter Zelezny)
  
  Purpose: IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client. similar to mIRC
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.xchat.org/

Java

• Sun Java 2 runtime environment (from Sun Microsystems)
  
  Purpose: Sun's Java Virtual Machine runtime environment (JRE), standard edition, international version
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (but a seperate documentation licence doesn't allow us to re-distribute documentation); (e).
  our info. Web: http://java.sun.com/j2se/desktopjava/jre/)

Multimedia

• Audacity
  
  Purpose: multi-track audio record and edit. similar to CoolEdit, SoundForge, etc
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

• audio-codecs

  • FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec (from Josh Coalson)
    
    Purpose: lossless compression. similar to LPAC, WAVPack
    Licence: Xiph.Org's BSD licence (codec libraries) and GNU GPL (plugins and command-line utilities); re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://flac.sourceforge.net/

  • Ogg-Vorbis
    
    Purpose: compressed audio format, similar to MP3 but better.

    • OggDrop encoder and Vorbis Tools
      
      Purpose: encoders
      Licence: GNU GPL and BSD; re-distributable; (e).
      our info. Web: http://www.vorbis.com/

    • oggdropXPd
      
      Purpose: drag-and-drop encoder/decoder/player for the experienced user
      Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
      http://rarewares.org/ogg.html

    • OggDS
      
      Purpose: Microsoft Media Player plug-in
      Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
      http://tobias.everwicked.com/oggds.htm

  • LAME (LAME Aint An MP3 Encoder) (from Mark Taylor and others)
    
    Purpose: high quality, command-line, MP3 encoder. can also be used as external or internal encoder for other software, such as Exact Audio Copy and Audacity
    Licence: GNU LGPL. re-distributable; (e).
    web, official site with uncompiled source code:http://lame.sourceforge.net/ and Kuts' compilation of that code:http://mitiok.cjb.net/ or http://mitiok.ma.cx/

• DVD Shrink
  
  Purpose: re-author and backup DVDs
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (we have our own terms slightly more liberal than its published licence; (e).
  Web: http://dvdshrink.org/

• Exact Audio Copy (from Andre Wiethoff)
  
  Purpose: read (digital audio extraction) and write audio CDs. the only software to extract near perfect quality from audio CDs, without putting crackles and pops in the sound, even when scratched. reads to various compressed and uncompressed formats.
  Licence: Cardware (almost Freeware) (re-distributable privately, otherwise requres permission (we have permission to distribute certain versions)); (e).
  our info Web: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de

• icecast
  
  Purpose: streaming media server (currently supports Ogg Vorbis and MP3 formats) (similar to SHOUTcast)
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.icecast.org/

• MPlayer - The Movie Player
  
  Purpose: multimedia movie player (similar to Microsoft Media Player, Real Player, QuickTime Player, VLC) and movie encoder
  

  • MPlayer and MEncoder (from the MPlayer team)
    Purpose: command-line version from the original authors
    Web: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  • MPF (MPlayer + Frontend) (from Szécsi Gábor (AKA Deje))
    Purpose: graphical frontend for MPlayer
    Web: http://deje.uw.hu/
    Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).

• Psycle
  
  Purpose: music production studio (tracker, sequencer, generators and effects) (similar to Buzz Machines, MODPlug Tracker)
  Licence: most is GNU GPL, some is public domain, open source; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://psycle.pastnotecut.org/

• VideoLAN Client
  
  Purpose: DVD, OGG and MPEG (including DivX) player, either from a local disc or a network
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.videolan.org/

• VirtualDub
  
  Purpose: digital video (DV) capture; pre- and post-processor; (companion to video editing software)
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.virtualdub.org/

• XviD
  
  Purpose: MPEG-4 encoder and codec. similar to DivX
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  web - binaries for installer and DirectShow filter: http://www.koepi.org/ and source code from original author: http://www.xvid.org/

• Zinf ('Zinf Is Not FreeAmp')
  
  Purpose: audio player. similar to WinAmp
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.zinf.org/

Networking

• Ethereal
  
  Purpose: network protocol analyser / packet sniffer
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.ethereal.com/

• Netcat
  
  Purpose: TCP/IP 'Swiss Army knife'
  Licence: free, open source; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.atstake.com/research/tools/network_utilities/

• Nmap
  
  Purpose: port scanner
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).

  • for Windows
    Web: http://www.nmapwin.org/

  • for Windows command-line
    Web: http://www.insecure.org/nmap/

• TightVNC (from Constantin Kaplinsky and others)
  
  Purpose: remote network access to graphical desktops
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.tightvnc.com/

Programming

• ActivePerl (from ActiveState)
  
  Purpose: a version of the Perl text processing language fot Windows
  "ActivePerl is the up-to-date, quality assures ActivePerl binary distribution from ActiveState. Current releases, and other professional tools for open source language developers are available at http://www.ActiveState.com"
  Licence: ActiveState Community License and possibly Artistic License, open source; re-distributable on a personal basis, otherwise non-profit re-distributors have to sign an agreement - we will soon sign one so that anyone can re-distribute it with the Windows Toolbox; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/

• ActivePython (from ActiveState)
  
  Purpose: the Python programming language
  "ActivePython is the up-to-date, quality assures ActivePython binary distribution from ActiveState. Current releases, and other professional tools for open source language developers are available at http://www.ActiveState.com"
  Licence: ActiveState Community License and possibly Artistic License, open source; re-distributable on a personal basis, otherwise non-profit re-distributors have to sign an agreement - we will soon sign one so that anyone can re-distribute it with the Windows Toolbox; (e).
  our info. Web: http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/

• Cygwin
  
  Purpose: GNU/Linux emulation environment
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.cygwin.com/

• Dev-C++ (from BloodshedSoftware
  
  Purpose: C++ integrated development environment
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.bloodshed.net/devcpp.html

• DJGPP Perl for DOS
  
  Purpose: a DOS version of the Perl text processing language
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/, and in particular perl561b.zip (program) and perl561s.zip (source) from a mirror such as http://www.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/

• MinGW (Minimalist GNU for Windows)
  
  Purpose: allows you to use GCC and produce native Windows programs that do not rely on 3rd-party DLLs
  Licence: some GNU GPL; some open source, public domain; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.mingw.org/

• Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)
  
  Purpose: creates installers for Windows programs
  Licence: open source; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/

• HM NIS Edit
  
  Purpose: NSIS editor / integrated development environment
  Licence: open source; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://hmne.sourceforge.net/

Scheduling

• Consult Communicator
  
  Purpose: project timekeeping
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://consultcomm.sourceforge.net/

Security

• Ad-Search (from Lavasoft)
  
  Purpose: list of software containing spyware
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adwatch/

• Darik's Boot and Nuke
  
  Purpose: emergency mass disk wiper
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://dban.sourceforge.net/

• ClamWin
  
  Purpose: anti-virus (on-demand scanner, not yet real-time scanner)
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  download:http://www.clamwin.com/

• encryptosystem

  • Enigmail
    
    Purpose: extension to the mail client of Mozilla / Netscape and Mozilla Thunderbird which allows access to the authentication and encryption features provided by GnuPG
    Licence: MPL / GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://enigmail.mozdev.org/

  • GnuPG
    
    Purpose: the GNU Privacy Guard. encryptosystem. similar to PGP
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.gnupg.org/

  • Windows Privacy Tools (WinPT) package
    
    Purpose: collection of tools for easy digital encryption and signing of content - a graphical user interface for GNUPG
    Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://winpt.sf.net/

  • QDGPG
    
    Purpose: GNUPG plug-in for Pegasus Mail
    Licence: Freeware, some of it open source; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdgpg.html

  • QDPGP
    
    Purpose: PGP plug-in for Pegasus Mail
    Licence: Freeware, some of it open source; re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://community.wow.net/grt/qdpgp.html

  • SPGP DLL
    
    Purpose: provides PGP support for Visual Basic and other languages. used by other software rather than being used directly
    Licence: Mozilla Public License (Open Source); re-distributable; (e).
    Web: http://www.oz.net/~srheller/spgp/

• TrueCrypt
  
  Purpose: disk encryption.
  Licence: open source; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.truecrypt.org/

• Eraser
  
  Purpose: secure deleter.
  Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

• Guideon
  
  Purpose: remove the unique identifier from Microsoft Office documents that can be used to trace a document to a particular computer
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://www.vecdev.com/guideon.html

• IDServe (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
  
  Purpose: query the software, version number and other information of what is running on web and other servers
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
  Web: http://grc.com/id/IDServe.htm

• leaktest (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
  
  Purpose: tests the security of personal firewall software
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
  Web: http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm

• MD5SUM
  
  Purpose: calculates checksum for a given file so its authenticity/integrity can be confirmed
  Licence: public domain; re-distributable; (e).
  download: http://pcp.gridpoint.com/FAQ.phtml#3.4

• MixMaster
  
  Purpose: anonymous remailer (used by QuickSilver)
  Licence: GPL-like; re-distributable; (e).
  download: ftp://mixmaster.anonymizer.com/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/mixmaster/

• QuickSilver (from Richard Christman, Benchmark Software)
  
  Purpose: graphical interface for MixMaster
  Licence: Freeware (for personal use), otherwise have to pay; source code available; binary not re-distributable unless have permission (we have permission to re-distribute stable versions, 1.2.0 onwards), source code not re-distributable; (e).
  Web: http://quicksilver.skuz.net/

• OpenSSL
  
  Purpose: implementation of SSL and TLS protocols and full-strength general purpose cryptography library
  Licence: Apache-style (OpenSSL and SSLeay); re-distributable (all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)" and "This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)". This must also be included: "This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com)"); (e).
  Web: binary distributions: we got ours from ftp://ftp.sunsite.dk/projects/wget/windows/ssllibs097c.zip; source code: http://www.openssl.org/

• Password Recovery

  • BIOS

    • cmospwd
      
      Purpose: extract the password from a protected BIOS
      Licence: GNU GPL; re-distributable; (e).
      Web: http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?cmospwd.html

    • KillCMOS
      
      Purpose: wipe BIOS settings to get around a password or corruption, etc
      Licence: bannerware (Freeware-ish), send an email saying you like it; re-distributable; (e).
      can't find a download from the author but available from many places including http://www.utilitygeek.com/details.php?fileid=82

  • Windows

    • OpenPass
      
      Purpose: uncover passwords displayed as asterisks [95/98/NT4] (from S&A Company)
      Licence: Freeware; unsure if re-distributable (doesn't say it cannot be, and people do on the web, so we're following their lead); (e).
      downloadable from http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utilmisc19.html but this is not the author's site

    • PWLHACK (from Hard Wisdom)
      
      Licence: Freeware, open source; re-distributable; (e).
      Web: http://www.password-crackers.com/crack2.html

    • ShoWin (from Robin Keir)
      
      Purpose: uncover passwords displayed as asterisks [95/98/NT4] and displays olther useful information about windows
      Licence: Freeware; re-distributable; (e).
      Note: no longer available from Robin Keir, instead it is available from Foundstone. We are distributing Robin Keir's version. Foundstone's version requires permission to re-distribute. We received no response from Foundstone or Robin Keir regarding re-distribution.
      web, for the Foundstone version: http://www.foundstone.com/resources/freetools.htm

    • Windows 95 'shared resource' password recovery (from David Ross)
      
      Licence: Freeware, open source; re-distributable if non-commercial; (e).
      downloadable from various places, including:http://www.phreak.org/archives/exploits/microsoft/ (look for sharepw.exe)

• PatchWork (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
  
  Purpose: IIS server anti-intrusion patch verification and intrusion evidence scanner
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
  Web: http://grc.com/pw/patchwork.htm

• Unplug'n'Pray (from Steve Gibson / GRC)
  
  switch Universal Plug'n'Play (UPnP) on/off as it has a gaping security hole
  Licence: Freeware; re-distributable (though GRC would prefer each person downloaded it from their site); (e).
  Web: http://grc.com/UnPnP/UnPnP.htm

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