First I rightfully still do not endorse any Christians adds, anyone, any person, any organization, any Church  now trying to make any money from  the gospel, or begging, asking for money or even  any of the adds here.  I also do not endorse any of  Bibles, books, tapes listed here for sale too. Jesus said as we have freely received so we are freely to give. Hirelings in their greed and visible lack of faith don't do that. I do believe we should have the faith for God to supply what anyone needs  freely to anyone who needs it. 


More mostly freeware RECOMMENDED SOFTWARE
My favorite Graphic Editor "Gimp"  MY FAVORITE SOFTWARE PRESENTLY.  http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/  AND IT IS ALSO FREE.. Current release: 2000-12-26 (GIMP 1.2, Hadjaha) http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32//downloads.html
   
FOR THE "GOLD" TEXT" PORTIONS I HAVE FOUND THE  MEDIACHANCE   SOFTWARE" REALLY GREAT  http://www.mediachance.com/ REALDRAW AND PHOTOBUSH INCLUDED, AND YOU CAN GET IT FROM http://webattack.com/ OR
http://www.webattack.com/php/download.php?id=2323&app=photobrush AND
http://www.webattack.com/php/download.php?id=2323&app=photobrush    Neither OF THIS GOLD TEXT software is still adequate for me..

 S c r e e n R i p 3 2 .  This program is a freeware screen capture utility that let's you capture areas of the screen with a variety of methods .Download ScreenRip32 v1.0 (beta) here (367 KB) 
 
Microsoft animator.   Microsoft GIF Animator lets you easily create and customize animated GIF files for your Web site.  The GIF animations are based on the GIF89a file format, which stores timing information to create the illusion of animation like a cartoon 'flipbook'. With GIF Animator you can make your animations loop, spin, fade in and out; set the size and transparency of your images; and control a wide range of other options. GIF Animator also features automatic or custom palette creation.  Author:  Microsoft Corporation    Download Sites:   msdownload.microsoft.com  or  http://www.softpile.com/download.phtml?id=4769&n=1

Notespad!  Replace the windows one with a speller too. If you want free Notespad dictionary files ( place it  in (the windows system directory- c:\windows\) and additional text clip category files, you can pick them up at http://www.softcom.net/users/mikey719/freeware_page2.html Notespad is  freeware. YOU CAN SIMPLE COPY IT TO C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE to replace the Microsoft editor and have a dictionary too. http://www.newbie.net/NotesPad/index.html

Start Menu Cleaner  is a freeware utility which cleans the start menu by removing unneeded shortcuts and folders. Download Start Menu Cleaner  Version 1.51 (clean151.zip, 38KB) Download at http://www.iceview.com/dload/clean151.zip
602Pro PC Suite  FREE Alternative to MS Office®!  A great software, that can also do conversions.. Compatible with Word/Excel files, integration with Outlook Express and digital camera/scanner support is included. FREE!   http://www.software602.com/register/index.html   The latest version of 602Pro PC SUITE, the FREE alternative to MS Office, was release on September 12. Version 2001 incorporates a new registration system so you will need to download the latest version and follow the instructions included in the new version. New features:  New spell checker that supports: English US/UK, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Increased compatiblity with MS Office (97/2000/XP). More intuitive Open/Save dialogs.
New document AutoRecover system.  New 602Album (digital photo organizer) application is included. and much more...

Oscar's File Renamer  The Renamer takes and enhances the idea of editing files in directory in a full featured Text editor and then writing all the changes at once into the files.  http://www.mediachance.com/free/index.html   see also http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
 
Font Viewer, Font  Manager and 3D Font Graphic Program, A great and FREEWARE download from  http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/xfonter.html
 
* Transparent by Jay Guerette   freeware  program!!! This small utility will turn your Windows 9x or NT desktop icon text backgrounds transparent; allowing your wallpaper to show through. It will also allow you to easily change the icon text to any color. It's completely free, with no splash, and is only 25k. Download Transparent42.zip http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jguerette/transparent/Transparent42.zip
 
WebReaper  This a is web crawler or spider, which can work its way through a website, downloading pages, pictures and objects that it finds so that they can be saved on your computer, great for a back up. viewed locally, without needing to be connected to the internet. The sites can be saved locally as a fully-browsable website which can be viewed with any browser (such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, etc).  http://www.webreaper.net/
 
CoffeeCup Free Viewer Plus  This is a fast, powerful, and easy to use Image  viewer and more. It has built in Email, FTP, and Zip functions that allows you to select a group of images and Email them to a friend, Upload them to your website, or create a Zip file, all from inside the program. You can also browse images by folder, find images on your computer with  the easy search feature, and make HTML thumbnail pages for your Website from any group of images, all with just one click !  http://www.coffeecup.com/software/
 
AceFTP 3 Freeware is the easiest Free software available for transferring files over the Internet. Its cool, uncluttered drag 'n' drop interface designed in a Windows XP fashion, lets you transfer files quickly and efficiently, and navigate with ease between folders, and both website and computer.   This robust software has high upload and download speeds, and enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously. Simply put, it beats many paid for FTP clients hands down.  This is a powerful yet easy-to-use twin-pane ftp file manager for transferring files between your PC and the Web server. If you are looking at ftp programs for transferring files to and from the Internet then you would have to place AceFTP Freeware high on your list."  . Your interent site must allow FTP transfers firstly. http://freeware.aceftp.com/  Download AceFTP 3 Freeware now
 
Popup preventer--     POP UP IS a  intelligent anti-popup Software product that can kill annoying popup windows without human  intervention . No more unsolicited pop-up windows while surfing the web. EASILY ADJUSTABLE. Popup preventer is an intelligent pop-up killer that prevents unwanted pop-up  windows from appearing as you surf the web, with no need to set up for particular websites or keywords. It is simple and powerful using artificial intelligent and intelligent agent technologies. http://www.myminer.com/popuppreventer.htm
 
 
Utiltities
Pcmag.com    http://www.pcmag.com/   The  great place for free utilties software too including  HotKey Detective  Hotkey Detective lists the hotkeys in use on your system, along with their associated shortcuts, and launches Explorer if you want to make changes or FontViewer 2  View all your fonts; remove those you don't use or FavesToGo  Take your IE favorites with you anywhere.  or Tray Magician  Tray Magician lets you hide the system tray to make room on your taskbar.   or Startup Cop  Startup Cop controls which programs Windows launches at start-up. or  Nautical Flags  Fill your idle Windows 95 or 98 screen with these colorful flags and pennants.  or  Freedom of Association  Freedom of Association finds and fixes your Windows  95  file-association problems. or MultiRen  MultiRen lets you rename groups of files from within Windows Explorer. or SiteSnagger  Avoid waiting for individual Web pages to load: SiteSnagger downloads entire Web sites or ExactTime  ExactTime calls up one of two time-of-day services, obtains the correct time, and sets your system clock.  or WMatch32: Download It Here WMatch32 lets you place the filenames of two directories in side-by-side windows, and then shows you which files in those two directories are the same and which are different. 
 
Java  http://java.sun.com/getjava/  Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) featuring Java Plug-in and Java Web Start, based on Sun's Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java technology powers many top Web sites     including financial tools, games and puzzles,  chat, email, and the arts.

task bar clock TClockEx  Dale's Freeware  delights  http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/tclockex.htm- (Win95/98/NT) An enhancement for the taskbar clock. Finally Windows has a useful clock and calendar, date http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/

Weather Watcher A Windows desktop weather station.  View your updated local weather forecast at the click of a button.  Weather Watcher v5.0 Beta 1.1.0  Download (1.82 MB)  http://www.singerscreations.com/DownloadWeatherWatcher.html  
 
Webshot free screensaver, wallpapers   DOWNLOAD WEBSHOTS - FREE   http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html   HOME  

Webreaper (freeware) OS: Win9x/NT  (English)  WebReaper is web crawler or spider, which can work its way through a website, downloading pages, pictures and objects that it finds so that they can be viewed locally, without needing to be connected to the internet.    Author/Home Page: Mark Otway http://www.webreaper.net/http://www.webreaper.net/
Download: v 9.8 (959 KB) http://www.simtel.net/autodownload.html?mirror=4&product=54400&key=00c161e04a4f8151fcb7
 
THEME MAKER With Theme Maker you can customise you computers appearance by changing the cursors and icons and wallpaper which are displayed. You can create your own images or use ready made images. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.. YOU CAN ALSO CAPTURE ANY SCREEN AND THEN MAKE IT INTO AN ICON AND IT IS FREE TOO.. You can change the sounds and colors and when you have finished save it as a self installing theme which you can give to others.Theme Maker is freeware. Click to download  http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/themes/themak05.zip
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/abates14/resource.htm
 
X-Fonter 3.6  X-Fonter is a user friendly Font Viewer, Font Manager and 3D Graphic creator.  It also allows you to make nice 3D Graphics that you can use for your webpages, emails and much more... http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/xfonter.html , download from primary site  (787 KB)
 
sTile99 - A great free graphics program HarmWave that creates seamless tiles, which can be used as web page backgrounds or as windows wallpaper. Current version is 2.6,  Download now - HarmTile.zip 808kb  ttp://www.users.qwest.net/~sharman1/HarmTile.zip
 
Embellish (freeware) (was shareware, unsupported) OS: Win9x  (English)  Graphics Editor / Paint / Animated GIF Editor  Author/Home Page: dadaware http://www.dadaware.com/    Download v 2.1 (2.1 MB) http://www.sharemation.com/mfanning/embwin.zip  

Ulead Gif Animator (freeware) (was shareware) OS:  (English)  Everything you need to start making those adorable little animated gif files...  .  Author/Home Page/Author: ULEAD (commercial version) http://www.ulead.com   Download v 2.0 (4.5 MB) ftp://ftp.futurenet.co.uk/pub/pcformat/gif%20animator.zip    Alternate download link v 2.0 (4.5 MB) http://www.pcformat.hu/download/Gif%20Animator.zip  

 X-Fonter (freeware) OS: Any Windows version  (English)  X-Fonter is a user friendly Font Manager and Font viewer. It also allows you to make nice 3D Graphics that you can use for your webpages, emails and much more... Browse through and preview any installed fonts. Browse through and preview any not-installed fonts. Install or uninstall any TrueType Fonts.  Basic Image editor built in (with cropping). JPG output supported for 3D graphics.  NOTE: no GIF support. Buzzy's review  Author/Home Page: Blacksum Eclypse http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/
Download v 3.7.5 (720 KB) http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/downloads/X-Fonter-setup.exe

DeKnop (freeware, cardware) OS:  (English)  DeKnop (dutch for "The Button") is a graphics editor that is designed to let you create buttons for your web site without requiring any graphic design experience. It provides an easy to use step-by-step interface that lets you select the text, font style, color, 3D bevel, size, gradients and many other aspects.    Author/Home Page: Sam Franke http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/deknop/deknop.htm
Download v 4.1 (839 KB) http://home.hccnet.nl/s.j.francke/deknop/deknop.zip

Buttonz! and Tilez! (donationware) OS:  (English)  Buttonz & Tilez! includes 2 applications, "Buttonz!", which creates buttons of various shapes, and "Tilez!", which renders seamless textures. Buttonz! renders buttons with various bevel types and shapes from either an imported image, or using a procedural texture. Various text effects are included.    Author/Home Page: Björn Ischo http://www.b-zone.de/index.htm
Program description: http://www.b-zone.de/software/bt.htm
Download v (Sept. 11, 1998) (2.7 MB) http://www.b-zone.de/zips/bttnztlz.zip

EasyThumb  http://www.toniarts.com/ethumbe.htm  is a small program which makes thumbnails and coverts images to different format. EasyThumb is 100% free! List of some features: Download at  http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/files/ETumb1_0.exe (1,07mb)

Easy Gallery Generator (EGG) (freeware) OS:  (English)  The basic idea of this program is to take some picture files, and build a gallery suitable for uploading to the web. The gallery consists of a main page which shows "thumbnails" (smaller versions) of the original pictures, and a page for each individual picture. Clicking on a thumbnail in a web browser brings up the individual page which has links to the next picture, previous picture and back to the main thumbnail page.  Author/Home Page: Ian's EGG Page http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tirain/egg/    Download v 2.1 (729KB) http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tirain/egg/InstallEgg21.exe

DDTitle (freeware) (last available freeware version) OS: Win9x/NT/ME/2000/XP  (English)  DD Title is a tool for fast and efficient design of high-quality images with titles. You can impose simple graphics objects, like rectangle and circle, and text boxes on background image. Text symbols and graphics objects can be decorated by applying basic effects, including contouring, shadow, color gradients, texturing, 3D looking bevels.  Author/Home Page: SoftLab NSK (commercial version) http://www.softlab-nsk.com/ddtitle/
Download Freeware version (844 KB) http://home.att.net/~willowbrookemill/ddtitle.exe

Matizha Sublime (freeware) OS:  (English)  Matizha Sublime 3.2 is the number one tool for any webmaster serious sbout the creation of web pages. In the first place, it is a powerful HTML editor but it also allows you to edit your pages in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) mode.    Author/Home Page: http://www.matizha.com  Program description:  http://www.matizha.com/en/products/sublime/index.html  Download v 3.2 http://www.matizha.com/en/download/index.html

Font Magic (freeware) OS: Win9x/NT4/ME/2000/XP  (English)  Use any TrueType font on your system and instantly create a three-dimensional image, with a variety of effects. The wealth of options and direct manipulation interface allow you to create attractive logos quickly and easily. You can: Create logos for web pages. Save static images and animations. Author/Home Page: Font Magic / Matt Cawley http://www.mattcawley.com/fontmagic/    Download v 1.0c (1.8 MB) http://www.mattcawley.com/fontmagic/downloads/FontMagic.zip 

Midi player   Get also this neat midi player has included 60 great hymns.. it's also free... you can also add your own midis too. I have it on my computer. get it at http://www.polsoftware.com/downloads/MPlayer.zip

MP3Gain (freeware) OS: Windows, Mac, Linux  (English, many other languages)  MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear.   NOTE: requires Visual Basic run-time files (see site for version including VB)  Author/Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/mp3gain/  Download v 1.0 (13 Jan 2003) (630 KB) http://www.speakeasy.net/~djkarmad/mp3gain/MP3GainNORMALinstall_1.0.exe
Alternate Download Link v 1.0 (2003-01-13) (630 KB) http://212.85.119.198/temp/mp3gain/MP3GainNORMALinstall_1.0.exe

Audacity (freeware) OS: Win98/ME/NT4/2000/XP, Mac, Linux/Unix  ( Audacity is a free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste (with unlimited Undo), mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings. It NOTE:  Author/Home Page: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/  Download v 1.0.0 exe (1.6 MB) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win.php/audacity-win.exe
Download v 1.0.0 zip (1.3 MB) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win-zip.php/audacity-win.zip  

MyVitalAgent   For those of you who regularly test Internet connections, MyVitalAgent from Lucent Technologies IP Services Product Group, formerly Quadritek Systems Inc., can be a real time-saver. This handy program monitors your Internet applications, such as your Web browser, e-mail system, DNS, and FTP, for any potential problems. MyVitalAgent will highlight where bottlenecks exist and recommend ways to improve your system's performance. Once installed, this tool gives a graphical display of your connection's condition. The display shows the number of bad packets, your upload and download speeds, and much more. MyVitalAgent works on DSL, cable, or dial-up connections. I found this program very helpful in fine-tuning my Internet connection.

WavPack v3.97 :  148Kb  Homepage    Updated WavPack for Windows (32 bit only) allows you to losslessly compress (and restore) 16, 20 and 24-bit mono or stereo audio files in the .WAV format. Unlike "lossy" compression schemes (like MP3) that discard information, WavPack converts the audio data into a more compact form so that the restored files are digitally identical to the original source. All new hybrid mode (provides high quality lossy + "correction" file). Small, efficient executable (no large programs or dlls to install). Selectable raw mode for any non-wav files (including CD image files). New Windows front-end (24Kb) and a DOS only version available. See Homepage for full details--
 
Aldo's Wave file editor that let you merge wave samples, cut/edit wave samples and convert single or multiple WAVE files  into MP3 files. Enhance your recorded songs producing professional quality wave/mp3 files. Download: Aldo's WAVEdit 1.2 (237KB)  Related Link: Lame MP3 Encoder 3.93.1
 
WMRecorder (WMR50) allows you to record Windows Media™ stream video and audio clips from the Internet and save them to your hard drive or CD. Recording can be done in several ways. In Browse Mode you can record media clips while browsing the Net. The program detects the beginning, the end and names of different media such that multiple clips can be recorded in a row without exiting recording. In URL mode you can download media files from their Internet locations. You can also use Windows Media Player™ to play and record simultaneously. WMR50 supports HTTP and TCP Windows Media™ Player video and audio streams.Download WMRecorder (WMR50.zip - 159 KB)

WorldTV version 2.0   WorldTV allows you to view and record Internet TV stations from around the world. You can record the TV programs in real time or setup one or more timers to start / end recording at a convenient time. Multiple programs can be simultaneously recorded. Version 2.0 supports Windows Media Player stream formats.  Download WorldTV.zip (229 KB)

Anim8or v0.8 :  571Kb  Homepage Anim8or is a 3D computer animation program for Win 9x,NT,2K that is designed to allow straightforward creation of animations. You interactively create and edit objects, figures, and scenes directly on the computers screen. The basic interface is similar to most 3D animation and CAD programs. See website for tutorials, manuals, system requirements and extensive capabilities of this program. Many new features and improvements in this new version--
EasyHtml  http://www.toniarts.com/ehtmle.htm   is 100% free HTML-editor. It is basically same as Window's memo, except EasyHtml has many useful features (thats why it is a popular HTML Download at http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/files/EHtml2_2.exe (2,21mb)
 
World Time Server http://www.worldtimeserver.com/ World Time Server provides the most accurate current local times of any world clock on the Internet. http://www.worldtimeserver.com/index.asp  It makes real time adjustments for Daylight Saving Time. No matter what time zone a country or city is located in, this site is your best resource for determining any time, anywhere. Keep your PC time accurate with the free   Atomic Clock Sync http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/
 
Having Problems to to see the Microsoft Doc files.. download  a free Ms Word doc  viewer. Word 97/2000 Viewer (Word 2000) (Windows 95/98/NT) download at http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/wd97vwr32.aspx 
 
 Time Clock Enhancement   Improves the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you like. 

Dimension4 Time Clock Synchronizer   Automatically synchronize your PC's clock to an atomic clock signal over the internet. Essential for top-priority assignments.
 
Oscar's File Renamer
The Renamer takes and enhances the idea of editing files in your file directory in a full featured Text editor and then writing  easily all of the changes at once into the files.  http://www.mediachance.com/free/renamer.htm
 
Pawbrowse Advanced image viewing, browsing and management.  Freeware Features include a fully resizable interface for both main dialog and file browser, new thumbnail browing mode, favorites folders system complete with favorites manager, detached or docked file browser, recent files and directories, full screen mode, slideshow mode, file management (move, delete, rename and copy file), multiple view modes including tiled view, many options for customisation, screen and window capture, file type association, send image to external editor and lots more. Interface has been developed for greatest user friendliness and features toolbars for one-click access to commonly used functions and status bars for image properties and file information.   http://www.pawsoft.com/download/pafiledb.php?action=download&id=5   http://www.pawsoft.com
 
MXtools Manage and view various images and movies using one simple interface. The ability to see a directory of thumbnails makes it extremely easy to find a specific picture. 
You can also use one of its many editing features to improve the overall look of your images and view your images full screen if to check quality. Freeware  
More details or directly download.

http://www.eyebrowse.co.uk/  EyeBrowse is imaging software which will help you work with graphics in the most efficient and fast ways possible. If http://www.eyebrowse.co.uk/downloadnow.php?ed=std&file=http://files.ubound-solutions.com/eyebrws.zip   Screenshot   About   Download Page   Service Packs   Register Free

Here is a free Graphic image viewer, browser and image converter at http://www.xnview.com

 WS_FTP LE   The most widely used FTP client for Windows. Free for personal and non-commercial use.   Freeware  ftp://ftp.ipswitch.com/ipswitch/product_downloads/ws_ftple.exe
 
TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you like TClockEx  http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen/tclockex.htm Freeware
 
DeskSweeper   Hide all desktop icons (including Recycle Bin, My Computer, Network Neighbourhood, etc.) DeskSweeper is always visible in the Windows system tray for easy access. A single mouseclick is all you need to hide or view your desktop icons.  http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/ Freeware

SetFileDate 1.0   Utility to alter the time and date of one or more selected files. There's several such utilities available, but we've found most of them to be too large, too complex or too expensive. SetFileDate is small, easy to use, and free. http://no-nonsense-software.com/cgi-bin/redirect/cgirdir.exe?setfiledate 

TexRep 1.1  Replace text in multiple selected files in a single operation. Make backup copies of your original files, select case sensitive or insensitive searches, or choose between replacing whole or partial text strings. New features in version 1.1 includes improved user interface, resizable windows, etc. Freeware. http://no-nonsense-software.com/cgi-bin/redirect/cgirdir.exe?texrep

PrintFolder 1.2  Handy utility to print or save a list of files located in any folder. Right-click any folder in Windows Explorer and select "PrintFolder" in the popup menu.  http://no-nonsense-software.com/cgi-bin/redirect/cgirdir.exe?printfolder Freeware

ScreenGrab 1.0  ScreenGrab is a simple, yet effective screen capture utility for Windows. When running, ScreenGrab responds to preset hotkey combinations, making it easy to make screen captures without having to click on buttons or use the mouse. http://no-nonsense-software.com/cgi-bin/redirect/cgirdir.exe?screengrab Freeware

A good, free Screen capture program.   A utility for capturing images of your screen or selected windows or client areas of any open window. Download at http://www.progency.com/other.html#screenrip32   if you're looking for an integrated graphics solution - you need look no further!Download 

Screensaver Maker This program may be useful for those who have collections of pictures (in jpeg format) of love ones or hobbies and want to show it as a screensaver. The Album Screensaver maker will produce an installation executable file which may be distributed and will install your screensaver on any computer running Windows 95/98/Me/2000 or later.  More details or directly download. Freeware

Context ThumbView is a Windows Explorer context menu extension that provides a pop-up menu containing thumbnail of selected image file. It supports most of popular image file formats, including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, WMF, etc. Context ThumbView is invoked by right-clicking on an image file and is very handy for quick image viewing. Learn More... | Download

RGBtoHEX 1.1a  Useful HTML color picker, suitable for web developers. With RGBtoHEX, you can find the correct #rrggbb value for any color. You can also enter a hex color code to view its RGB value. 216-color safe web palette included. Probably the only HTML color picker you'll ever need. Version 1.1a fixes a scaling issue when running the program on systems with large fonts. Freeware. http://no-nonsense-software.com/cgi-bin/redirect/cgirdir.exe?rgbtohex Freeware

DoubleDesktop v2.0 for Windows'95/98/NT/2000  by Fat Free Software free   WWW Site:  http://www.fatfreesoft.com

IE Page-Reader Bar is an Internet Explorer tool Bar, that can read Web pages.   Home   http://www.text-reader.com/pagereaderbar/      Download the Page-Reader Bar from here.   Before you can use this component you have to install MS Speech API. If you use Windows2000, most likely, your system already has the necessary components. You also need at least one Speech engine installed. Speech engine is a "voice" that can be male or female, and can speak English or French or any other language.

Connection Keeper Connection Keeper will simulate Internet activity at random intervals in order to prevent your Internet Service Provider (ISP) from dropping your connection due to inactivity.  Connection Keeper can also automatically close those annoying popup windows. Click here to download version 5.0, released on March 7th, 2002. 670 KB T his file is a self-extracting archive; simply execute it and follow the installer's instructions. 

Agent Ransack An Alternative search engine for your own computer fiesl. Download Agent Ransack (Primary download site)    OR Download Agent Ransack (Secondary download site)      Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!

ATnotes  Create auto-sizing sticky notes for free More info & download at site  New version 9.01 (22-Feb-2002)
 
YTrayMagic Lite v1.0 [224] W9x FREE   Ah, the tried and true Control Panel. If only it had a link to the  Registry editor in there. Oh, and a link to MSConfig, too. While we're  at it, I'd love to have an icon for Solitaire, too. You won't be able  to do it (easily) without YourCPL.  http://www.iansharpe.com/
 
Xi-WARP v1.2c [435k] W9x/2k/XP FREE  With this application you can create your own bending and distorting  graphics. If that wasn't enough for you then how about the capability  to animate the morphing process? Have a sentence on your web site turn  into a spiral and back or make an animated logo. It's hard to explain  all of the cool graphics and animations you can make with Xi-WARP, but  lucky for us you can check out some samples on the creator's web site.  http://xiberpix.homestead.com/index.html
 
Customizable desktop calendar, one that can be designed to fit your tastes. You can change the font, the theme, the  color scheme, or even use your current desktop background.  http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/rainy/Rainlendar.html
 
mp3Tag 2.7 beta [637K]  The program is meant as easy-to-use multifunctional viewer and editor of mp3-tags (ID3v1 and ID3v2
 
MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. The program does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do, but instead attempts statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. The changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless, there is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding  http://www.webattack.com/download/dlmp3gain.shtml
 
Silent Bob Your easy-to-use sound recording application ! Download
 
Messer Features: Freeware  manual / time scheduled recording + support for free mp3 encoders + on-the-fly mp3 compression  http://www.dago.pmp.com.pl/messer/#download
SPELLING, DICTIONARIES

ieSpell spell checker for IE  ieSpell is a Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage (form fields). It should come in particularly handy for heavy web mail and/or forum users. The program installs as a new button in the IE toolbar - after filling a form, just hit the ieSpell button and it pops up a dialog, similar to the MS Word spell check.  Requires IE 5 and up. Download it  

APSC Spell Checker by Palware   Allows you to check the spelling on your text in just about any doc or text window you might have on your computer Freeware  http://www.math.mcgill.ca/rags/apscinst.exe

WordWeb Dictionary by Antony Lewis_   evidently it's a great dictionary!!  it is freeware, it's a good dictionary!!  http://www.wordweb.co.uk/free/       Select a download site listed below. The WordWeb data files are quite big (about 4.5 MB) WordWeb 1.63 for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/Me/XP  WordWeb is a powerful free English thesaurus and dictionary. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world use this top-rated software. Features include: Definitions and synonyms  Proper nouns  Related words120, 000 root words 100, 000 synonym sets Link up to MS Word
http://www.netword.demon.co.uk/wweb/  http://www.wordweb.co.uk/free/
http://www.x-word.com/cgi-bin/wordweb.exe

Merriam-Webster's Concise Dictionary This dictionary contains more than 40,000 entries, with clear, concise definitions and written pronunciations. When your cursor moves over a word, iFinger's software will automatically search the database and, if the chosen text is found, provide you with a definition in the top right corner of your Internet Explorer Web browser. The iFinger software works online and offline, and text searches can be manually entered for specific queries.<p>For more information on how to use iFinger as a translating tool, to get definitions, search for synonyms, encyclopedic or business information, as well as other iFinger dictionaries, please visit www.ifinger.com   Download Now!

The thinking man's Thesauraus-   Some people  consider this thesaurus to be on a par with WordWeb!
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/index.html#thes  This program is an ideal pop-up utility for when the right word is eluding you. It includes a powerful thesaurus and a dictionary which can check the spelling of individual words as well as provide you with a list of similarly spelt words. The package includes a version of the program which automatically links to the popular freeware dictionary WordWeb (You'll need the Win3.1 version), http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,27733,00.html
( or http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win3/util/wweb_15  3.zip[peek]    )  for looking-up definitions of words. For Win 3.1, Win  95/98/ME, WinNT/2000.  DOWNLOAD The Thinking Man's Thesaurus (808kb .ZIP, for Windows) - Freeware -  http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/files/ththes13.zip

Free Dictionaries for use with "Addict" or "TextShield" free word processor! http://www.addictivesoftware.com/addict2/dicts.html 

English.Dct (411KB) - Base English Dictionary that is vastly improved other the one supplied with Addict 2.34 (and earlier) - this is included in Addict 2.4. (*) Word List available. v2.02 5 June 2000

American.Dct (412KB) - American English Dictionary with just under 132,000 words. Designed as a standalone dictionary and vastly improved over the one supplied with Addict 2.34 (and earlier) - this is included in Addict 2.4. (*) Word List availablev2.02 5 June 2000

British.Dct (413KB) - British English Dictionary with just over 132,000 words. Designed as a standalone dictionary and vastly improved over the one supplied with Addict 2.34 (and earlier) - this is included in Addict 2.4. (*) Word List availablev2.02 5 June 2000

Aussie.Dct (419KB) - Australian English Dictionary with just over 133,500 words. Designed as a standalone dictionary (a superset of British English). (*) Word List availablev1.01 5 June 2000

EngLite.Dct (173KB) - a "lite" English Dictionary with around 53,000 of the more common words. Useful when disk space is at a premium. (*) Word List available.

French.Dct (163KB)- French Dictionary developed by  Chris Gallacher. (*) Word List available.

French6.Dct (237KB) - Improved French Dictionary from Ken Hale (D C Al Coda) and Laurent Pierre. (*) Word List available from author.

To run TextShield Fusion properly, you will need to have Windows 95/98/Me/Xp/2000/NT 4 or above. TextShield has succesfully been tested on Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98 SE. You can choose a download location for TextShield Fusion Setup here. Please choose the location nearest to the place you live. (1.55 Mb) If this link does not work, you can try this one. Windows 95 and 98 require an update. Download it here. TextShield needs this update to render text on the screen. It is an official Microsoft update, but Microsoft herself doesn't provide it at her website. When you've downloaded it, execute the program and follow the instructions on the screen.


Theslink This program enables you to highlight a word and then press a shortcut key of your choice, which will launch spell, and put the word into the Thesaurus automatically.