Downloads

Direct X 6.1 -- A great, stable version of Direct X. There are two downloads for DirectX 6: directx61core.zip and directx61eng.zip. directx61core.zip does not contain any drivers. Users who have up-to-date video/sound hardware and drivers can download this version, and Windows 98 users should download this version as well. directx61core.zip currently supports the following languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Users who have other language version of Windows can install directx61core.zip but all the DirectX dialogs will be changed to English. Windows 95 users who want updated drivers should download directx61eng.zip. 6.8MB

Direct X 7.0a -- This is one of the most reliable versions of Direct X available. 6.1MB

Visual Basic Test Script -- This script will test to see if you have uninstalled Windows Scripting Host properly to prevent the execution of malicious scripts on your system. Dont find out the hard way. 176kb

Steves File Splitter v. 1.2 1999, by Steve D. Perkins -- This is a great little program that can split files into parts for placement on floppy disks. It also creates a small file that puts them back together again. Very easy to use and damn handy. 662KB

Dependency Walker 2.0 for Windows 98/NT/2000 -- Dependency Walker is a free utility that scans any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows module (exe, dll, ocx, sys, etc.) and builds a hierarchical tree diagram of all dependent modules. For each module found, it lists all the functions that are exported by that module, and which of those functions are actually being called by other modules. Another view displays the minimum set of required files, along with detailed information about each file including a full path to the file, base address, version numbers, machine type, debug information, and more. Dependency Walker is also very useful for troubleshooting system errors related to loading and executing modules. Dependency Walker detects many common application problems such as missing modules, invalid modules, import/export mismatches, circular dependency errors, mismatched machine types of modules, and module initialization failures. Dependency Walker runs on Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 3.51, NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. It can process any 32-bit or 64-bit Windows modules, including ones designed for Windows CE. It can be run as graphical application or as a console application. Dependency Walker handles all types of module dependencies, including implicit, explicit (dynamic), forwarded, delay-loaded, and injected. A detailed help is included. 434KB

Clean-all Batch files -- This file is from Fred Langa and is awesome. Run it when you need to really clean that system of old files and junk. This zip includes two different batch files: One is for medium cleaning and one is for super cleaning. Make sure you read each file in Notepad so that you know exactly what files it will be deleting. Ive used them with no problems and unless you have some funky setup on your system, you likely wont have problems either. 6KB

Webwasher v 2.2.1 -- This is a great utility for anyone with a slow connection to the internet. It speeds your surfing by blocking ads, cookies, scripts, pop up windows etc. It is fully configurable and quite easy to use. It is free for personal use. 938KB

PDISK -- This is a great little alternative to FDISK. Ive used this with success when FDISK failed to delete/modify or create partitions. Its faster too. 6KB

Zap -- This little program saved my butt the other day. ZAP writes 0's to the first 128 logical blocks of the drive with 00h pattern, starting at Cylinder 0, Head 0, Sector 1. This is helpful if you have a boot sector that you cannot fix. 21KB

TweakUI for Windows 98 -- For a very long time, I didn't like this utility..until I found out that it was created by Microsoft and makes changing various settings a very easy task. All information is included in this zip. Ensure you read the instructions prior to installation. 91KB

Windows 98 SE Shutdown Fix -- This file from Microsoft fixes the bug in Windows 98 that causes it to sometimes hang on shutting down. While this file is designed to fix this problem, you could have other issues that are preventing shutdown. It is encouraged that you visit this Windows 98 Shutdown Troubleshooting site. 460KB

Patch for "scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog" Vulnerability (Windows 98) -- (This patch prevents worm related viruses such as ILOVEYOU, Kak worm and others that use this exploit) This issue involves two ActiveX controls, scriptlet.typelib and Eyedog. These controls are not in any way related to each other; their only relationship is that both are incorrectly marked as "safe for scripting" and can therefore be called from Internet Explorer. scriptlet.typelib is a control used by developers to generate Type Libraries for Windows Script Components. It is marked as "safe for scripting", but should not be because it allows local files to be created or modified. The patch removes the "safe for scripting" marking, thereby causing IE to request confirmation from the user before loading the control. Eyedog is a control used by diagnostic software in Windows. It is marked as "safe for scripting", but should not be because it allows registry information to be queried and machine characteristics to be gathered. In addition, one of the control's methods is vulnerable to a buffer overrun attack. The patch sets the so-called "kill bit", which prevents it from loading within IE. If you need more detailed information, go here. 76KB

Patch for "scriptlet.typelib/Eyedog" Vulnerability (Windows NT 4.0) -- (This patch prevents worm related viruses such as ILOVEYOU, Kak worm and others that use this exploit) This issue involves two ActiveX controls, scriptlet.typelib and Eyedog. These controls are not in any way related to each other; their only relationship is that both are incorrectly marked as "safe for scripting" and can therefore be called from Internet Explorer. scriptlet.typelib is a control used by developers to generate Type Libraries for Windows Script Components. It is marked as "safe for scripting", but should not be because it allows local files to be created or modified. The patch removes the "safe for scripting" marking, thereby causing IE to request confirmation from the user before loading the control. Eyedog is a control used by diagnostic software in Windows. It is marked as "safe for scripting", but should not be because it allows registry information to be queried and machine characteristics to be gathered. In addition, one of the control's methods is vulnerable to a buffer overrun attack. The patch sets the so-called "kill bit", which prevents it from loading within IE. If you need more detailed information, go here. 76KB

eTrust Content Inspection - Personal Edition Version 2.0 -- This is a great addition to an overall computer security plan. This program is by the same folks that make InoculateIT. The features of Personal Edition are: Detecting and identifying any e-mail programs, Blocking all e-mail attachments containing VBScript, Blocking all e-mail attachments containing HTML pages with VBScript, Blocking e-mail messages in HTML format containing VBScript, and logging of these episodes. 2.5MB

eTrust Mail Watcher -- If there were a way to detect that a program — any program — that is attempting to generate email, and temporarily intervene, a user could be given the chance to examine what's going on and decide if this program that is attempting to generate email is something that they trust or not. If they trust it, they allow it to continue, if not, they stop the attempt to generate the email "dead in its tracks". This is what Mail Watcher does. It intercepts all attempts to generate email, and anything determined to be suspicious, is brought to the attention of the end user, who can decide for themselves if this is something they want to allow to happen or not. 930KB

Zone Alarm Personal Firewall -- This is one of the best products to come in a very long time. Today it is almost essential to have a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to your computer. The nice thing about Zone Alarm is that it is not only very good at what it does, but it also blocks outgoing communications which is something that is rare with firewalls. This product is also free for personal use. 1.7MB

InoculateIT Anti virus protection -- This is an awesome, free, anti virus program. It rates in the top three consistently in tests by independent labs. Its also free to upgrade and easy to use. 3.22MB

Script Defender from Analog X -- AnalogX Script Defender will intercept any request to execute the most common scripting types used in virus attacks, such as Visual Basic Scripting (.VBS), Java Script (.JS), etc and can even be configured to intercept new script extensions as needed! It's very simple to use and helps to ensure that you do not inadvertently run a script no matter what email program you use, or even if you get it via another method. 222K

OpenPass -- This small program will help you recall what your passwords are when trying to set dial up properties or other settings that use the ****** asterisks as symbols. Simply run the program and pass the cursor over the asterisks...viola! Your password is revealed. No more forgetting. 4K