File Name
Download Link
Home Page |
Date Added
OS*
Cost** |
Description |
ARJ
arj250a.exe
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
file-compression utility |
Base64
base64_7.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
MIME / Base64 mail encoder/decoder |
COMPARE
compare.zip
|
2002-03-01
DOS
free |
Binary File-Comparison Utility from PC Magazine (from v7#11 1988) - also available for download from http://www.funet.fi/mirrors/simtel.net/msdos/pcmag-pre.html and see this page for reasons why we may no longer offer any ZDnet anything for download in the future. |
CPU Load
cpuload1.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
graphical tray display of the load on your CPU |
CPU Monitor
cpumon.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win9x
free |
CPU Monitor adds an icon to the Windows 95 System Tray, which shows the current utilisation of the systems processor. The utilisation is shown from 0 to 100, in increments of 10. |
CheckIP 1.2
CheckIP12.zip
|
2002-08-06
Win32
free |
Scan a range of IP addresses to see what responds. |
Clay's Utilities
cutpak13.zip
http://clayruth.com/ |
2001-03-12
DOS
free |
Collection of very useful tools - INIMOD, FileAge, Yank, XChange, etc. |
Copy and Move To Extensions
copy_and_move_to_extensions.zip
|
2002-07-31
Win32
free |
Visual Basic Scripts to add and remove 'Copy To Folder' and 'Move To Folder' Extensions to Windows Explorer. Tested under Win98 and Win2000. |
CopyURL+ 1.3.3
copyurlplus-v1.3.3.xpi
http://copyurlplus.mozdev.org/ |
2006-12-15
Firefox
free |
CopyURL Plus extension modified to work with Firefox 2.0 |
Cut
cut.exe
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
find-and-replace strings in any size file from command-line |
DateFix
datefix.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
re-set DOS clock to RTC clock |
DirMatch
dirmatch31.zip
|
2002-03-01
DOS
free |
PC Mag utility To display 2 scrollable, alphabetized directory listings side by side with MARK, COPY and MOVE facilities. - also available for download from http://www.funet.fi/mirrors/simtel.net/msdos/pcmag-pre.html and see this page for reasons why we may no longer offer any ZDnet anything for download in the future. |
Directory Freedom
df461b.zip
http://home.comcast.net/~ghaff/bitmason/files.html |
2000-11-26
DOS
free |
Small, fast, configurable file manager. Originally shareware, now freeware. 4.61b includes Y2k sorting fix |
Dunce
dunce252.zip
http://www.vecdev.com/dunce.html |
1999-12-31
Win32
educ |
easier dial-up networking than Win95 currently provides - auto "Connect To" dialog, redial your Internet Provider indefinitely, auto-reconnect, more. |
EasyTerm
easyterm.zip
http://www.arachnoid.com/easyterm/ |
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Free Telnet client. SSH add-on available. |
ExamDiff
examdiff16f.zip
http://www.nisnevich.com/ |
2001-08-23
Win32
free |
Visual Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2k file comparison tool with lots of bells-and-whistles. Website offers Pro version for sale. |
FileUp
fileup.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
GeoApps Freeware File-Update Tool v 2.0c 05-05-2000. Update files on workstation from standard location. Used in system login scripts to update virus scanners and other standard workstation programs. |
FixIni
fixini23.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win3
$15 |
Modify INI files during system login or from batch file |
For Your Information
fyi.zip
|
2001-01-19
Win32
free |
Pops up a message box with either command-line text OR the contents of a text file. Allows a program to be run on pressing [Continue] button, or aborted with [Cancel] button. |
Free Resources
free_res.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win3
free |
Monitor your system resources (GDI, User) in stay-on-top box, with warning if they get too low. Designed for Win3, works in Win9x. |
GetSDAT
getsdat.zip
|
2003-07-23
Win32
free |
GeoApps Freeware Win9x/Me/2k/XP scripts for retrieving SuperDAT files from McAfee. See README in ZIP for more details. Support on the McAfee Mailing List (click [LISTS] button to subscribe) |
GetStinger
getsting.zip
|
2006-04-07
Win32
free |
GeoApps Freeware Win9x batchfile for retrieving current STINGER file from McAfee. Support on the McAfee Mailing List (click [LISTS] button to subscribe) |
Grade
grade13.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
Classifies files as small or large and sets the ERRORLEVEL. MASM/OptAsm source code & docs included. Free for Non-military use only. |
Hard-Disk Status
hddstat2.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Display the free hard disk space in the Windows 95/NT taskbar. Changes color when free space drops below yellow or red thresholds. Author's home page is gone as of November 2000 |
IrfanView
iview317.zip
http://www.irfanview.com/ |
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Excellent Freeware graphical viewer - view JPeg, GIF, BMP, MPeg, make thumbnails, change formats. Current version at home page is newer than copy here. |
LHArc
lha255e.exe
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
Free DOS archiver (like PKZip) with some important additional capabilities. Used in GeoApps RegBack. |
Lister
listere.zip
http://www.ghisler.com/ |
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Fast, small, free text viewer with ASCII / BIN / HEX modes. Excellent. |
MLF-edit
MLFED006.zip
|
2002-04-16
Win32
free |
Mercury/32 Mailing List File Editor by Nils Lohse (Beta, Build 6, 2001-07-07) -- see included README.TXT for more details. needs Mercury/32 v3.2 or newer (the new Mercury List File Format) |
MPack
mpack15d.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format mail messages. For compatibility with older forms of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode messages in split-uuencoded format. DOS executables & docs. |
MakePDF
http://www.lexacorp.com.pg |
2001-10-08
Win32
free |
Create a PDF with free software from Lexacorp in Papua, New Guinea. Requires Ghostscript, another freeware package, and a PostScript printer redirected to a file. |
McAfee VirusScan Advanced Button Reg Tweak
mcupdateadvanced.reg
|
2002-07-31
Win2k
free |
Windows 2000 Registry File to add [Advanced] button to Schedule tab of Task Properties in VScan 4.5.1 Updating in VisusScan Console. Only tested for Win2k for VScan 4.5.1 SP1. |
Message Manager Lite
message-manager-lite-105.zip
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/loginfo/information.shtml |
2002-08-15
Win32
free |
Create login messages for your LAN |
NameDate
namd200.zip
http://home.attbi.com/~ghaff/bitmason/files.html |
2002-08-18
DOS
free |
Rename files based on the current date or time. Use for archiving log or message files. |
NotePad Plus
npplus.zip
http://www.mypeecee.org/rogsoft/ |
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Superb free replacement for Windows Notepad. An essential tool. |
Opera Daily Backup
backop6.bat
|
2002-05-17
Win32
free |
Utility to back up changed Opera files on a daily basis. Needs files from Clay's Utilities (also found here). Tested on Win2000, should work on other Win32 computers. Report bugs back to me, please. |
PKZip
pk250dos.exe
http://www.pkware.com/ |
1999-12-31
DOS
$29+ |
The standard file-compression utility for DOS. SHAREWARE. Limited (Win9x) support for long file-names |
Pegasus Mail Daily Backup
back-wpm.bat
|
2002-05-17
Win32
free |
Utility to back up changed Pegasus-Mail files on a daily basis. Needs files from Clay's Utilities (also found here). Tested on Win2000 and Win98SE, should work on other Win32 computers. Report bugs back to me, please. |
Pegasus Mail V4 VirusScan Extension
virscanv4.zip
|
2001-11-08
Win32
free |
Extension to Pegasus Mail Version 4 that automatically scans all attachments for viruses using your virus scanner. Version here is current as of 8 Nov 2001, for current version send e-mail to Martin.Ireland@gov.ab.ca with a subject of "Send_VirscanV4". Should work with Pegasus Mail 3.x as well; confirm with the author. |
Pegasus Mail VirusScan Extension Control File for McAfee 4.5.1
virscn32.fff
|
2002-01-03
Win32
free |
Control File for VirscanV4 for use with McAfee Virus Scanner v 4.5.1 on Win9x/2000 when McAfee is installed in default directory |
Pegasus Mail v4.01
http://www.pmail.com/ |
2001-12-01
Win32
free |
World's Best Win32 E-mail client. Versions also available for Win16, DOS, and outdated version for Macintosh. As of 12/13/2001 version 4 has been released and is in use. |
PowerArchiver
powarc61.exe
http://www.powerarchiver.com/ |
2000-12-27
Win32
free |
Superb free replacement for WinZIP. An essential tool. Product home page has additional tools. |
PrintKey 2000
printkey510se.zip
http://www.geocities.com/~gigaman/ |
1999-12-31
Win32
pers |
PrintKey 2000 is a little utility for printing the screen to a printer like the old DOS days when you pressed the PrintScreen key and the DOS screen was printed to a dot matrix printer. Prints the desktop or the active window from any application. This version is free. The website only has a shareware version now. |
Putty
putty052.zip
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ |
2002-01-14
Win32
free |
Secure SSH Telnet client for Windows - new version January 2002 supports SSH 2, has Windows HELP file |
RFTP
rftp.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Free graphical FTP client |
RFtpPro 2.1
rftrialp.exe
|
1999-12-31
Win32
$??? |
30-dial trial of "Pro" version of RFtp |
RamPage
rampg.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
v 1.4 - RAMpage is a small Windows utility that displays the amount of available memory in an icon in the System Tray. When the icon is double clicked, the program attempts to free a predefined amount of memory. RAMpage can also be configured to free memory automatically when the amount of available memory drops below a predefined level. |
RamPage
rampg15.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
v 1.5 - RAMpage is a small Windows utility that displays the amount of available memory in an icon in the System Tray. When the icon is double clicked, the program attempts to free a predefined amount of memory. RAMpage can also be configured to free memory automatically when the amount of available memory drops below a predefined level. |
RegBack v 1.7j
regbk17j.zip
|
2001-03-16
DOS
free |
GeoApps Freeware Win9x Registry Backup Tool. Back up the Windows registry once each day or any time you want. Restore registry, with "FAILSAFE" backup to current one in case you don't like the restored registry. New in v1.7j: simplified REGBACK RESTORE procedure. Added 16 March: extensive REGBACK.TXT documentation. ZIP includes all necessary freeware programs. |
RegClean
regcl41a.exe
|
1999-12-31
Win95
free |
Microsoft's Free Registry-Cleaner |
RegMon
regmon.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
From NTInternals.com. Regmon is a GUI/device driver combination that together monitor and display all Registry activity on a system. It has advanced filtering and search capabilities that make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows 95 works, seeing how applications use the Registry, or tracking down problems in system or application configurations. |
Regback2 v 2.1
regback2.zip
|
2003-05-14
Win32
free |
GeoApps Freeware WinNT/2k/(XP?) Registry Backup Tool. Back up the Windows registry once each day or any time you want. Restore registry manually if something breaks. Tested only on Win2k, should run on NT and XP. ZIP includes all necessary freeware programs. |
Reveal
reveal.zip
http://www.scottandmichelle.net/scott/program/reveal.html |
2002-08-08
Win32
free |
Reveal passwords that show as ***** |
Revelation
revel11.exe
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Snadboy's freeware Password Revealer. Saved passwords are great - one less thing to remember. The dialog appears with those charming asterisks and your simply hit enter. Of course, there comes a time that you actually do need to remember that password - what to do??? SnadBoy's Revelation allows you to 'see behind' the asterisks and displays the password. |
SimpleTerm
sptn3209.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
A telnet/rlogin client with file download and KANJI display support. Network version of SimpTerm with telnet, rlogin support over a winsock 1.1 compatible TCP/IP stack under MS Windows 9x/NT AND Windows 3.1 with Win32s 1.15 and up |
Strings
strings.zip
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/48512.html |
2002-02-28
DOS
free |
PC Mag's freeware STRINGS - string handling in DOS. Originally published 1992, updated 1995. Used extensively in GeoApps batch files. Does not work properly under WindowsNT/2000. NOTE: 27 Feb 2002 - also available for download from http://www.funet.fi/mirrors/simtel.net/msdos/pcmag-pre.html and see this page for reasons why we may no longer offer any ZDnet anything for download in the future. |
TClock
tclockex-1.4.2.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
TClockEx v1.4.2 - Freeware Enhancement for the Windows 9x/NT/2000 taskbar clock Displays the time, date and other information in many formats. Features include: font and colour options, popup calendar, context menu, copy to clipboard, memory & resources, CPU usage, Internet time, user-defined display elements, control panel integration, etc. Released: February 2000. |
TClock
tclockex-free.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
TClockEx v1.00 - Replacement for the Windows 95 taskbar clock. Displays the time and date in any format (without using lots of little icons). |
TDel
tdel268.zip
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
Freeware Fancy File Deleter |
TreeSize
treesize.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win32
free |
Show & Print the size of directories and their contents |
UnGlue
unglue.zip
|
2000-08-14
Win32
free |
Fix Pegasus-Mail 'Glue' headers so Mercury/NLM can send them |
UnZip
unz541xn.exe
|
1999-12-31
DOS
GPL |
Freeware UnZip for DOS ... does everything PKZip does for free. Get companion Zip below |
View32
vw6037.zip
http://fastcad.com/vw_dl.html |
2000-10-24
Win32
free |
Stand-alone CAD Drawing Viewer (DXF, DWG, FCW, ECW, FCD) from fastcad.com. As of 2000/11/25, version at fastcad website is newer than the one at GeoApps |
VirusScan Extensions List
vsextens.zip
|
2001-08-08
DOS
free |
Current list of extensions that GeoApps recommends scanning for using McAfee VirusScan. This file is formatted for GeoApps's VSEXTFIX.BAT batch file that updates McAfee *.VSC and *.VSH files in your McAfee folder. ZIP includes explanations of why extensions are included. Contact GeoApps for more information. |
WZip
wiz501xn.exe
|
1999-12-31
Win32
GPL |
Graphical front-end for GPL'd Zip, Unzip tools |
Wait
wait.com
|
1999-12-31
DOS
free |
Wait for up to 59 seconds in a batch file. |
WinBarClock
wbarclk.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win3
$15? |
Windows 3.x title-bar clock |
WinCode
wncode.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win
free |
Wincode: Multi-Purpose Encoder/Decoder for Windows. |
WinLoad
wload31.zip
|
1999-12-31
Win3
free |
WinLoad automatically loads DOS- and Windows-Applications after Windows has been booted. It does this "in the background", that means that you can begin your work immediately after Windows has been booted. Includes TopClock: TopClock displays the current time (with or without seconds) and, if selected, the current date in a small window, which can remain visible on top of the screen. |
WinSCP2
winscp2.exe
http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/ |
2001-11-26
Win32
free |
Secure Copy for Windows is a graphical file-upload and -download client for Win32 systems that need secure connections to Unix hosts for managing websites. This version does not an installation program. v2.0 Beta Build 87. See website for documentation and a different build if you are having problems |
Zip
zip23xn.zip
|
1998-12-02
DOS
GPL |
Freeware Zip for DOS ... does everything PKZip does for free. Get companion UnZip above. |
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