techfiles Note: Any programs marked with a dosico icon will not work on 64-bit operating systems!

 

Deployment Utilities

 

winico InstallRite 2.5c
Allows you to take a snapshot of your system, install an application and then take another snapshot. It then takes all the changes (files, registry additions, etc) between the two snapshots and places them in a standalone EXE file. Appears the program hasn't been updated since the year 2000, but seems to work fine under 2000/XP.

 

winico RegDACL 6.2
Console based program that pushes out specific permissions on registry files based on command line options

 

.winico RegPerm 1.1
Similar to RegDACL: console based program that pushes out specific permissions on registry files based on command line options.

 

winico WinInstall LE 2003
This is the last free version of WinInstall LE 2003.  Allows you to build and edit MSI files.  Also comes with DISCO32 which allows you can take before and after snapshots so you can make "difference" MSI files.

 

Disk Utilities

 

dosico EZ-DRIVE 9.09
A very cool utility for setting up hard drives! Comes with EZ-BIOS that allows you to overcome the 528mb/8.4 gig limitation, writes directly to disk, thus it can partition and format in seconds (not 20+ minutes like DOS!) and allows you to blow away invalid partitions that FDISK won't touch (illegal label names, etc.). You can also copy partitions from one hard drive to another (like Ghost) with this puppy! Best of all, it's FREE! *Note* Versions greater then 9.09 check to see what type of hard drive you have. This version works regardless of the type of hard drive you have. If anyone has a universal version greater then 9.09, please send it to me! Thanks.

 

File Utilities

 

dosico DOSLFN
A little TSR that you can load in real mode DOS and it will give you long filename support! The Volkov Commander supports this TSR in that you can even copy/create long filenames in DOS with VC under it! Be sure to snag a copy of LFN Tools 1.75 as well. Graphic Vision File Manager 1.51 also supports long filenames with this TSR. *Note* Do NOT try to install Windows 9x with this utility loaded as the install will hang. Also, DOSLFN does not work well with network drives.

 

dosico File Wizard 1.35
This is a very sweet file manager for DOS/Win9x and it's freeware too! LFN aware under Windows 9x/NT only.

 

winico 7-ZIP
Open source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be unpacked.

 

winico NexusFile
NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one. Basic Functions: Copy/Move To, Copy/Cut/Past, Delete/Shred, Rename, Change Attributes/Time. Many other useful functions with easy interface.

 

winico Zip2Secure
"ZIP 2 Secure EXE" is a freeware utility program that creates self-extracting EXE files for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. Self-extracting EXE files are executable programs (EXEs) that contain a ZIP file and the software necessary to unzip the contents. Users can unzip the contents of a self-extracting EXE simply by running it like any other program. No other software is needed.

 

winico ZtreeWin
A clone of the old Xtree Gold program for DOS now made for the Windows operating system! Updated weekly. The official forum to post messages about ZtreeWin can be found here.

 

Misc Utilities

 

winico 20/20 2.2
20/20 is an image viewer, screen capture and annotation application. It is also capable of creating slide shows, generating thumbnails, and creating muted backgrounds for web pages and stationery. I like it because you can highlight text in light transparent colors (the ONLY freeware application I ever found that does that) , also has textboxes and arrows that are great for doing annotations in screenshots. Unfortunately, it has no undo feature which can make it awkward to use at times.

 

winico ACITS LPR Remote Printing 3.4f for Windows 9x and NT 4.0
Allows you to print directly to an IP to a printer that has its own built-in queues (e.g. business class HPs with JetDirects, Xerox and Toshiba copiers, etc.) or to a plain JetDirect box attached to any printer. Great for users getting constant "Printer Offline" messages from the network (the print monitor can be setup to keep checking if the printer is online). This was the last version available for free for educational and personal use users.

 

dosico FindCD 1.02
This file is a MS-DOS program that will find the CD letter and then return that letter into %CD% in the GETCD.BAT file! So you can rename GETCD.BAT to whatever you want, modify it and then copy it and FINDCD.COM in the ZIP file to where you need it. Then, you can run the batch file from the CD and it will run from any computer regardless of what the drive letter is! Says it relies on MSCDEX to return the information, but the utility worked under Windows 2000/XP without MS-DOS CD-ROM support. Sweet!

 

winico GOM Media Player

Very nice media player. Has built-in codec finder, ability to play broken AVI files, screen capture, and best of all: it's free!

 

winco Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v2.0
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry. It has the options to copy the key to clipboard, save it to a text file, or print it for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, Office 97, and Office XP. This version is a quick update to make it work with Windows Server 2003.

 

winico MWSnap 3.0
A small yet powerful program for taking screen captures of a desktop, an active window, menu, or a specified part of the screen. The program supports BMP, JPG, TIFF, PNG and GIF formats, with user selected color depth and quality settings. It also includes a zooming tool, a screen ruler and a color picker as well as system wide hotkeys and preset selection sizes.

 

winico Real Alternative
Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files. This way you can play RealAudio and RealVideo files without having to install RealPlayer (which likes to hijack file associations even when you tell it not to!). You do need a player that is capable of playing RealMedia. The included Media Player Classic supports it and works very well. Supported: RealAudio (.ra .rpm), RealMedia (.rm .ram .rmvb .rpx .smi .smil), RealText (.rt), ReadPix (.rp), RealMedia embedded in webpages. .smi and .smil files sometimes only play the first. Features: Media Player Classic 6.4.5.8, RealMedia Codecs and Mozilla/Netscape/Opera plugin.

 

dosico Sayver2
A DOS program made in 1987 from the ExecPC BBS. Allows you to change the DOS version to anything you want. For example: let's say you boot with a Windows 98 disk and want to run a DOS 6 command. No can do: it will say "Incorrect DOS version". Run sayver2 and pick what DOS version you want to be!

 

winico Windows PE Builder v3
Bart's PE Builder helps you build a bootable Window CD-Rom or DVD from Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on. This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time! Requirements: The files from your Windows Installation CD-Rom. Supported Windows versions are: Windows XP Home Edition (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1), Windows XP Professional (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1), Windows Server 2003 (all edition), PE Builder runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003 systems and you must be able to record an ISO image to a CD-Rom or DVD media


Spyware Cleanup Utilities

 

winico Autoruns
This Sysinternals application shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You'll probably be surprised at how many executables are launched automatically. You can also delete entries from its interface

 

winico Process Explorer
A more powerful version of Windows task manager. Great for killing off spyware processes and determining what processes are legitimate!

 

winico Spyware Blaster
Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted pests. Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox. Restrict the actions of potentially dangerous sites in Internet Explorer. Unlike other programs, SpywareBlaster does not have to remain running in the background.

 

winico System Repair Engineer
Another spyware cleanup utility that features an "all-in-one" approach. You can repair policies, see hidden processes and remove LSPs with this program

 

Sysinfo Utilities

 

winico Everest Home Edition 2.2.0
As of 12/1/05, Everest Home Edition has been discontinued. However, you can buy the Ultimate Edition for $39.99 over at www.lavalys.com. This includes 1 year of updates (yearly renewal is $19.99). This is the last freeware version available.

 

dosico PCI by Craig Hart
One word: WOW! This will tell you very specific information about what is in your system, including chipset and NIC information right in DOS! So cool for doing computer rebuilds where you don't know what exactly is in a computer. This puppy is a definite keeper! Be sure the grab the latest database file here. There is a PCI32 utility at his page that works under Windows 2000/XP operating systems. There's also a Windows GUI based program that uses PCIDEVS.TXT called Unknown Devices. The author states that he is interested in doing a 64-bit version, but doesn't have the money for the compiler.  Please consider donating money to him!

 

winico SIW (System Information for Windows)
A very comparable product to AIDA32/Everest, but this one is free! Rated 5 stars by yours truly!