Windows 3.1

Adobe Reader for Win/3.1x

PDF file reader for Windows 3.1

Video for Windows Allows you to

play.avi files in Win 3.1

Internet Explorer 5.01 IE 5 for

Win/3.1.

Calmira 3.3 Adds a Win/95

feel with a “Start” button, right mouse button functionality, etc.

Calmira XP 3.31 **** Calmira XP 3.33 These programs add a Windows XP feel to Windows

3.1x.

WARNING!: DO NOT INSTALL CALMIRA XP ONTO WINDOWS 95 AND UP!!! THERE IS NO WAY TO EXIT

CALMIRA AS IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION. EVEN IF YOU MANAGE TO FIND THE UNINSTALL PROGRAM AND

UNINSTALL IT, WINDOWS WILL BE CORRUPTED AND YOU WILL HAVE TO RE-INSTALL!!!

TCP/IP For Windows 3.1x The

internet protocol for Windows 3.1x. If you have an ethernet card and a broadband or DSL

connection, you can have a really good browsing experience.

osr2fix.exe This is a fix for

Windows 95B & C so that you can run Windows 3.1x (in DOS mode, I guess?). I’ve never

actually tried it.

WinRar 2.9 WinRAR for Windows

3.1x and 95.

Win/3.1 File Mgr Update

File Manager update for Windows 3.1

WFWG 3.11 File Mgr Update

File Manager update for Windows for Workgroups 3.11

WFWG Y2k Update

Year 2000 update for Windows for Workgroups.

Windows 95, 98 and ME

AVG 7.5

Antivirus

This is *FREE* antivirus software that is just as good,

if not better, than some of the products commercially available. This product has

installed on every version of Windows I have including server versions. I don’t have a

Win/95 unit up right now, but I expect it should work on it.

BitComet Great program

for P2P (peer to peer) file sharing of torrent files.

Download Accelerator Plus 5 Beta

Speeds up download times by making multiple connections to a file to increase download

speeds, and resumes downloads if they are interrupted. Integrates into Explorer and some

versions of Netscape Navigator. This is the DAP 5 Plus Beta version and my favorite. It

doesn’t have all the extra bells and whistles of the newer versions, and it doesn’t use

excessive resources. A very simple, straightforward tool that does exactly what it says it

does.

Easy Office Freeware

version. Similar to Microsoft Office. It comes with Easy Word, Bookeeper, Spreadsheet, and

Easy Zip, a free unzipping utility similar to WinZip. Note: This is a large file, about 27 megabytes! If you have a dial – up ISP, be prepared to wait 2 – 4 hours for download.

It’s worth the wait! Easy Word can also make simple web pages if you are in a hurry to get

a page up. Also Windows 2000 and XP compatible. It may work on other versions, but I

didn’t have them available for testing.

IZArc 3.4 By far the best free unzipping utility I have ever

seen. It supports 40 different file types and integrates into Windows Explorer. Use of

this utility is recommended for the zipped files on this site.

Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5

Excellent Firewall program. It is set to “Learn Mode” by default so that you can

configure it in the fly. If you don’t want to continually be prompted to permit the same

programs to run over and over again, check the box in the lower left corner that says

“Create Rule” and it won’t prompt you for that particular program again. Once

you have it configured, you will be very happy with it’s performance. I like this version

better than the newer ones because it’s easy on system resources.

Media Player 7 Windows Media

Player 7.0, the highest version that will install on Windows 95 natively.

Media

Player 7.1 for Windows 95 Complete instructions for NT/95 are in the archive. You may

also need the Dial-up Networking 1.4 update and DCOM95 in Windows 95 for it to work

properly. The DCOM95 file is in both the IE5.01 and 5.5 downloads. I will post the DUN 1.4

update as soon as I run across it. I have it somewhere.

Media Player 7.1 Media Player

7.1 for Windows 98 and up.

Media Player 8 for Win2k ONLY

I found this on the web (somewhere). It is meant for Windows 2000 ONLY and it works pretty

good.

Media Player 9 Windows Media

Player 9 for Win/98/2k/XP.

Media Player 9 for XP A

higher version of WMP 9 exclusively for XP.

Media Player 9 for

OS X WMP 9 for Macs. (Hey, why not?) 😀

Media Player 10 Newest

version for XP.

Personal Web Server for Windows 95

Convert Windows 95 into a web server. Limited to 10 connections.

RealPlayer 10 Newest version of RealPlayer For Win/98 and up and NT.

Win/95 is stuck with RealPlayer 8 .

Sambar Web Server 6.1

This is a good web server for Windows 95 and up. You can do Network Load Balancing if you

have multiple servers on a network which is why I went with Win2k Advanced Server. During

setup, it will ask you where you want to install the program. I suggest

“C:\Inetpub\wwwroot” otherwise it will install into a subfolder of wherever you

downloaded the file to. Your website goes into the “Docs” folder.

Savant Web Server 3.1

Webserver for Windows 95 and up. Turn your desktop into a webserver in less than 10

minutes. It has an excellent help section and it requires almost no configuration. Install

and start the program, load your website into C:\Savant\root, and you’re up. To actually

get your computer on the web, go to DSL/Cable

Webserver for a complete “How-to” on setting up a home server. It should be

noted that I had this program on my backup server at first, but it seemed to

“choke” on the larger downloads. Also, I found out that if you don’t put your

domain name into the DNS field at the top of the main window, you won’t be able to access

your site from the web! Very irritating.

Starships

in Flight Fantastic Star Trek screen saver.

It shows all the Starships from the original series to all the spin-offs flying in orbit

around planets, through the stars, with each other, etc. Also included are Romulan

Warbirds and Klingon Battlecruisers. Complete with sound effects. Even if you’re not a fan

of the show, it’s still worth a look. It’s really that good — AND it works in Windows

95!

VNC Viewer Handy

program for networks. Lets you “log in” on another computer in your network from

a remote location and run programs or help someone, etc. It must be installed on all the

computers to work.

Volumouse Nifty

little program that lets you adjust the volume on the computer by hovering the mouse

cursor over the taskbar and moving your mouse’s scroll wheel up or down. In 2000 and XP,

there is another setting that lets you adjust the transparency of a window by hovering the

mouse cursor over the title bar by moving the scroll wheel up or down. Neat! For 98 and

up. ( I tried this in Win/95 once. Although it will install, the program won’t actually do

anything!)

Weatherbug for Windows 95

This is the only version of Weatherbug that I

have found and/or know of that installs in Windows 95 and it works great. Always decline

offers to upgrade because newer versions don’t work in Win/95.

Weatherbug 5.3

For Windows 98 and up and my favorite. This program doesn’t use excessive system resources

or have extra stuff you don’t need. A simple staightforward tool great for desktop

weather.

Winamp 5.05 , Winamp 5.07 , Winamp

5.09 , Winamp 5.22

Winamp 5.05 and 5.07 both work in Windows 95. It’s

reasonable to assume the others will also, but this is NOT TESTED.

WinZip 6.0 WinZip for

Win/3.1x/95 and up. Not tested on Win/XP.

WinZip 8.1 WinZip for Win/9x and up.

Xplorer 2 lite A

Windows Explorer program with two explorer panes instead of one. Handy if you need to

manage files in mutiple places.

2X Explorer Previous version

of Xplorer 2.

Year 2000 update for Windows 98

This update has two parts. You must run this one

first and reboot the computer.

Year 2000 Update for 98 Part 2

Then install this update and reboot. Resolves certain

Y2k issues

Windows NT

Adobe Reader 6.0 ,

Adobe Reader 7.0 Adobe Readers for 98 and up.

Ext2IFS_1_10b.exe

Driver to read Ext2 and Ext3 Linux drives from Windows. I have only used it in Windows

2000, so I don’t know if it will work in other Windows versions or not.

NT Option Pack NT Option

Pack For Windows NT Workstation.

winntusb.exe Generic USB

driver for Windows NT. Works in ALL versions.

DOS

MS-DOS 7.10 This version of

DOS was originally developed by Microsoft but never used in any operating systems. It will

support any version of Windows you want to put on it. It comes with its own CD-Rom drivers

so that you have access to your CD-Rom drive without an operating system. Excellent for

experimenting. It also has it’s own version of “Dosshell” and an excellent

“Help” feature. I highly recommend it! Note: During setup, it will ask you if

you want the splash screen during startup. Even though it’s pretty to look at, it uses up

memory and slows down boot – up. Save yourself some trouble and choose “no”. The

files are in *.IMG format. I have included RaWrite for Windows so that you can open the

files to diskette.

Disk 1 , Disk 2 , Boot Disk , MS DOS 7.10 Full CD with add-ons

Need a boot disk? Click here

. It’s a modified Windows 95 boot disk that supports most CD-Rom drives and doesn’t move

your drive letter back. So far, It has worked on every computer I’ve tried it on except

for one which was an SCSI (50-pin) drive. Those drives need their own special drivers. The

disk also comes with the usual tools — format, fdisk, edit, etc. I have included the

freeware tool RaWrite for Windows so that you can open the file. Just write it to a floppy

in your “A” drive and your good to go.

Utilities

Front Page Express –

I now have this program with an installer. The name is FPExpress_eng.exe and it is an installer that does everything

it is supposed to. If you downloaded the French version,

just uninstalling it isn’t enough. There are some files that you have to uninstall

manually to get it off your computer and to get it to quit speaking French. They are:

setdefed.exe and MFC40LOC.DLL in your System (system32) directory, and setup.ini in your

Windows (WINNT) directory. Click on it and read it in Notepad before you delete it just to

make sure it’s the correct file. Also remove fpxpress.inf and fpxpress.pnp from your

Windows (WINNT) \Inf directory. Now for the scary part: registry keys. If you are an

advanced user, this will be no problem, but if the only thing you know how to do is turn

it on, you may want to get some help because everything in the registry that had to do

with “Microsoft FrontPage Express” has to be removed so that the English version

will work properly. Otherwise, Windows will continue to look for a program that is no

longer there.

A couple of final things – If the French version is the

one you want, you must restart your computer after installation even though you aren’t

prompted to. You must do the same upon removal also, plus the extra work mentioned above.

The English version will tell you when to reboot.

TweakUI Popular powertoy that

gives more control over Windows settings.

Other

CD Players – Here are some CD players that I have

gathered over the years. They are all for Win/3.1x, but they will work in newer versions.

I think all of these players need vbrun300.dll to work. You can get it below under the

CD-Audio Player. Directions are provided under that heading.

Top Pick! — Splinter Creek

Media Player — Top Pick!

Originally written for Windows 3.1x, this program was

WAY ahead of it’s time. Not only does it play CD’s and media files, it also plays Windows

Audio Visual (.avi) files! The look is simple and it’s easy to use. The Splinter Creek

Media Player provides an unprecedented level of quality that would add to any Windows

operating system including Windows XP. Just place the player in your Windows (or WINNT)

directory, create a shortcut into your “Programs” folder, and you’re set. Enjoy!

CD-Audio Player CD Shuffle

player. Recommended for those who have limited manual installation skills with Windows. It

has it’s own setup program that does all the work for you. It is a small player that you

can move around your desktop with track times, numbers, etc. Note: This player needs

vbrun300.dll to run. If you don’t have it, you can get vbrun100, 200, and 300 here. Just place them into your System or System32

directory, and

you are good to go. Note: This player starts minimized. You must click it’s button on the

taskbar to bring it up.

CDTRAX Appears to only work in

Win/95. Does not work in Win/98 and up, which is a shame because this is a really nice

player. It has digital-like displays and the CD tracks are also displayed as buttons that

you can push to go directly to that track.

HYPERCD Small CD player that

stays in the bottom right corner of you screen. You must move your taskbar down to expose

the player and then move it up again to “push” it into view. It’s basically

shaped like a small taskbar.

MINICD A small CD player that

is intended to stay in the top left of your desktop, but you can move it wherever you

want. It looks like a mini taskbar.

MYCD Small CD player that

resembles a CD drive that you can move around your desktop.

TINYCD Lives up to it’s name

— it’s a small square with the most basic controls and a track number display.