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Unofficial Windows 98 SE Service Pack 2.1a
Posted on April 27th, 2009 2 commentsMicrosoft has never released a service pack for Windows98 SE. But I made a Service Pack for Windows98 SE users. It contains all Windows98 SE updates from Windows Update site and more.
It is a self-extracting and self-installing pack like Microsoft’s update files. Thus, you cannot choice individual files. However, the pack installs only required fixes for your system. Uninstallation is possible from Add-Remove Programs. However, I don’t recommend uninstallation of the pack, if you don’t face any problem.
This is *only* for WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION ENGLISH. I highly recommend that you should backup your system before installing the pack. You must have at least 32 MB of RAM.
It contains only operating system updates. It does NOT contain Internet Explorer 6, DirectX 9, Media Player 9 and their updates.
For support and discussion, please go to the forum.
What’s New in 2.1a?
* Corrected timestamps of some files (2.1a).
* Corrected SCR56.INF version information (2.1a).
* Added COMPOBJ.DLL from DCOM98 (2.1a).
* Added COMCAT.DLL from DCOM98.
* Added Q212265 (JPEGIM32.FLT).
* Added Q240896 (OPENGL32.DLL).
* Added Q258765 (REG).
* Added Q269604 (DSOUND.DLL).
* Added Q285895 (CIMWIN32.DLL) and Q282949 (WBEMPROX.DLL).
* Added Q314941 (SSDPAPI.DLL, SSDPSVR.EXE, UPNP.DLL).
* Added Q323708 (NSCIRDA.SYS).
* Added Q327517 (REG).
* Added Q885836 (MSWRD632.WPC).
* Added Q887617 (HTML32.CNV, MSCONV97.DLL, MSWRD832.CNV).
* Added Q903235 (REG).
* Added a fix for VS2005 issue (REG).
* Added “No Channel Logging” registry tweak.
* Updated Q891711 (to U891711).
* Updated NWPP32.DLL (to Q250876-v2).
* Updated HTML Help (to Q896358).
* Removed DELINFS.INF.
* Corrected MOUHID.VXD and DISPEX.DLL files.
* Cleaned up some code.More information about this version.
Note: All old version users should install this version without uninstalling old version.
Features of 2.1a:
- 120+ updates and hotfixes (Detailed list will be prepared soon).
- Solves 512 MB of RAM problem.
- 256-color tray icons.
- Better Notepad: MetaPad 3.5 (Optional).
- Optimized swap file usage (Optional).
- Better WDM and USB support.
- Adaptec ASPI 4.60.1021 drivers (Optional).
- Windows Scripting Host 5.6.
- DCOM98 1.3.
- OLE Automation Libraries 2.40.4522.
- Dial-Up Networking 1.4.
- Microsoft Installer 2.0.
- HTML Help 5.0.
- TweakUI (Optional).
- Command Prompt Here (Optional).
- New Animated Boot and Shutdown Logo (Optional).
- Microsoft Layer for Unicode.
- Visual Basic 5.0 SP2 runtime library.
- Visual Basic 6.0 SP6 runtime library.
- Visual C++ 6.0 SP6 runtime libraries.
- Updates JET 3.5 files to JET 3.5 SP3.
- Supports 98lite 4.7.
- Windows 2000/ME desktop icons.
- Windows 2000 color scheme (Optional).
- Supports custom “Program Files” directory.
- Shows attributes column in details view on the Windows Explorer.
- Semi-slipstreaming support.
- Some tweaks (Optional).
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IrfanView – Free all in one digital photo utility
Posted on April 26th, 2009 2 commentsIrfanView32 is a fast FREEWARE image viewer/
converter for Windows.Features:- Preview option
- Drag&Drop support
- Fast directory view (fast moving through directory)
- Play Movies and Sounds
- Slideshow
- Batch conversion
- Print option
- Change the color depth
- Scan support
- Cut/crop and much more
Supported file formats:
- JPG/JPEG, GIF(and multiple animated GIF), BMP, DIB, RLE, PCX, PNG, TIFF (Multipage TIFF support), TGA, RAS/SUN, ICO, AVI, WAV, MID, RMI, WMF, EMF, PBM, PGM, PPM, IFF/LBM, PSD, CPT, MPG/MPEG, MOV, Multiple ICO support, and Photo-CD (Overview Photo-CD support).
This latest release supports Utah RLE file format, SSF (Structured Fax File) format, and Paint Shop Pro 7 files. It also includes the option to load DJVU files with maximum DPIs. In addition, this version offers several enhancements and bugfixes.
Features support for ICS format (Image Cytometry Standard) and CDR/CMX format, and adds RAW saving. MPG/AVI frames can now be extracted from the Options menu, and much more.The latest version features a host of updates, including a zooming function for videos, new JPG Transformation dialog option, new Browse Subfolders dialog, when folder end/begin reached and an option to show EXIF data from TIF files.
IfranView also has plugins to extend the functionalities of the program. The plugins download is available from FreewareFiles.
What’s New in version 4.23:
- Added History list for Random slideshow (”No file repeat” removed)
- New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
- Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
- TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
- New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /thumbs
- i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /convert=d:*.jpg
- => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
- New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
- Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
- External editor names are showed in the menu text
- New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
- Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
- New wallpaper menu: Stretched – proportional
- New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
- New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
- Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
- New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
- New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
- New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
- New hotkeys:
- SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
- CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
- SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
- Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
- Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)
- Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving
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uTorrent – Lightweight Torrent Client
Posted on April 25th, 2009 2 commentsµTorrent is an
efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. Most of the features present in other BitTorrent clients are present in µTorrent, including bandwidth prioritization, scheduling, RSS auto-downloading and Mainline DHT (compatible with BitComet).It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients. With BitTorrent, you can download files faster and contribute by sharing files and bandwidth.
Additionally, µTorrent supports the Protocol Encryption joint specification (compatible with Azureus 2.4.0.0 and above, BitComet 0.63 and above) and peer exchange.
Features:
- Multiple simultaneous downloads
- Smart bandwidth usage
- File level priorities
- Configurable bandwidth scheduling
- Global and per-torrent speed limiting
- Quickly resumes interrupted transfers
- UPnP support (WinXP only)
- Supports popular protocol extensions
What’s New in version 1.8.2 (build 15227):
- Change: installer increases the Ask rollout to 10%
- Change: If the toolbar download fails, it retries to download it from “download.utorrent.com/offers/…”. It only retries once.
