IsoBuster lets you explore a CD's File System while by-passing Windows This way you get better Error handling and several retry-mechanisms to aid you in getting the data anyway (or at least partially), more CDs stay 'readable' after problems (such as Buffer Underrun), read and extraction from CD-i, VCD, SVCD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, DVD, DVCD, mpg (*.dat) Extraction and dat2mpg 'in one', Short File-names Long File-names, recursive directory extracting, and more.

VIA has released a beta utility which might fix issues with 3D games when running Win2K or WinXP. The fix deals with an open RX55 memory register in BIOS. To read a detailed description of what this patch does and where to download hit read more. This is also known as VIA Service Driver Beta offered by some other sites.

V.Control is a free software which gives direct hardware control to your video graphics adapter; enabling custom refresh rates in increments of 1 Hz, over clocking without rebooting windows, and modifying PCI/AGP hardware configurations. Also provided are various registry tweaks. Currently supported are: 3dfx Voodoo Banshee, 3dfx Velocity, 3dfx Voodoo3, 3dfx Voodoo4, and 3dfx Voodoo5 (Voodoo5 6000 is untested). V.Control will also save and restore positions of desktop icons for any video graphics adapter. Compatible with Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP. Please note that this software is beta-ware.

Download V.Control v1.60

CPUCooL is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many motherboards. It works with all chipsets from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD, and SIS 5595 motherboards.

Whats new

Version 7.0.5 PLL's added, KT266A cooling changed, SMBUS search switchable, bug fixes

Download CPUCooL v7.0.5

With this Asus specific tool one can locate the latest BIOS for a supported board via the internet and directly install it. New features: Proxy support Passive mode support Download Asus LiveUpdate v3.28.08 for Win9x / NT4 / W2K / XP Asus also has a new beta BIOS out: Bios A7V 1010 - 001-A Beta Use caution when flashing your BIOS.

The BlindWrite suite is a tool designed to perfectly reproduce most CD.RAW mode is needed to produce perfect backups of some protected CDs ! DAO mode is even better. Almost all protected CD can be perfectly backed up using with DAO.Blindread / Blindwrite are perfect tools to produce backups in RAW and DAO mode.

NVIDIA BIOS Editor - new v0.98A beta release. This program will support all BIOSes from TNT2 and up to Ti 500. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control Block (less than version 3). Does not require any .dll, and will work under any version of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

HyperSnap-DX 4 is a screen capture and image editing tool for MS Windows. It captures screens from standard desktop programs and even those hard-to-grab DirectX, Direct3D, 3Dfx Voodoo and Glide mode games. HyperSnap-DX 4 can capture frames from many software DVD players and other video playing software.

CesarFTP is an easy-to-use and fast to configure FTP server. Fed up with modifying your hard disk structure to share your file ? Then enjoy CesarFTP virtual file system support ! You can with a few clicks configure your server to share specific files without moving and / or copying them to a new place. CesarFTP also supports quotas and ratios, download speed limitation, limitation of the number of connects and many other miscellaneous things ! You can as well configure file logs and screen logs. With events handling, you can configure an automatic processing of uploaded files. You can run the server as a system service and remote control it ! and did i say it's FREEWARE

IrfanView is a very fast FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) 32-Bit graphic viewer for Windoze 9x, Windoze ME, WinNT, Win2000 and WinXP

What's new in v3.60

Download IrfanView32 v3.60

NVIDIA BIOS Editor - new v0.98A beta release. This program will support all BIOSes from TNT2 and up to Ti 500. Except TNT and TNT2 with old version of Control Block (less than version 3). Does not require any .dll, and will work under any version of Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP.

No word on bug fixes yet

Download NVIDIA BIOS Editor v0.98A

ICQ is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who's on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. No longer will you search in vain for friends or associates on the Net. ICQ does the searching for you, alerting you in real time when they log on. The need to conduct a directory search each time you want to communicate with a specific person is eliminated. With ICQ, you can chat, send messages, files and URL's, play games, or just hang out with your fellow 'Netters' while still surfing the Net.

Gainward have released a new version of their ExperTool v2.8

Download Gainward ExperTool v2.8

CD Speed is a CD-ROM benchmark which can test the most important features of a CD-ROM drive. Tests include:

Transfer rate
Seek times
CPU usage
Burst rate
DAE quality
Transfer rate
Spinup/spindown time

Download Nero CD Speed v0.85B for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP

Rage3D have updated their tweak tool again. Here's what they're saying:

Almost there... I need to get this thing out of beta before we find any new stuff to add to it. =) Talk about feature creep in this version. Anyway, there's a bunch of updates, and some new stuff in this beta. Changes listed under Read More option.

Download Rage3D Tweak v3.0 Beta 4

A friend of mine has made a nifty little tool that makes every program ran in Windows XP have a XP skin. Try it out & feel free to comment

WinosCentral have upadated Zoom Powertoy so now it works on all MS OS's plus Yashiro added a couple of other features.

This toy adds a right-click context option of "Zoom In/Out" to images in your browser window.

CPUCooL is a program that monitors temperature, fan speed, and voltages for many motherboards. It works with all chipsets from Intel, ALI, VIA, AMD, and SIS 5595 motherboards.

What's new

Version 7.0.4 KT266(A) cooling started, bug fixes

Download CPUCooL v7.0.4 26.11.2001 for Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP

LimeWire is a software package which enables individuals to search for and share computer files with anyone on the internet. LimeWire is compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol and can connect with anyone else running Gnutella-compatible software. At startup, the LimeWire program will connect, via the internet, to the LimeWire Gateway, a specialized intelligent Gnutella router, at startup to maximize the user's viewable network space.

Download LimeWire v1.8c Final

Customizer XP is a special utility which is designed to optimize Windows 2000 and XP performance. Using a graphical user interface, it allows you to modify many hidden Windows registry settings only by simply clicking the provided checkboxes.