October 2002
TUG Tidbits
Mike Rapp demonstrated numerous utilities on a computer running Microsoft Windows 98SE. Thanks to Mike for a printout providing the URLs for many of the utilities
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Utility Name |
Payment Status |
Description |
Link |
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WCPUID |
Free |
Displays system information |
www.h-oda.com |
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MyCPU |
Free |
Displays system information. Also has DOS mode version |
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,20041,00.asp |
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Driver Detective |
Free |
Displays peripheral device driver information |
www.drivershq.com |
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Directory Printer |
Free |
Makes a hard copy of a disk folder’s contents |
www.karenware.com |
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NavRoad |
Payware |
Displays HTML files |
www.faico.net |
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File Revival |
Shareware (beta) |
Recover deleted files |
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Quickview Plus |
Payware |
Display various file formats. A light version which provides similar function on fewer file types comes with Microsoft Windows |
www.jasc.com |
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Atom Time |
Payware |
Synchronizes the user’s system clock with an acurate time standard |
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QuickRes |
Free |
System tray icon for conveniet screen resolution and color depth changes |
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Fine Print |
Payware |
Prints multiple pages on a single sheet of paper |
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WinTabs |
Shareware |
Provides tabs on the title bar of many multiple document windows. More convenient switching between files than the convention menu bar. |
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PRN Print |
Free |
Prints hard copy of documents printed to a disk file (extension PRN) |
www.magma.ca/~russrite |
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Cursor Clock |
Free |
Time display floats on screen below the mouse pointer |
www.noah.org/cursorclock |
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End It All |
Free |
Automatically shuts down unnecessary background applications when you need all your CPU’s power for a demanding application |
Special Interest Group
The SIG was led by Gene Strommen. He discussed numerous Microsoft Windows XP considerations. Gene described the increasing popularity of supplementary cooling, including multiple case fans, CPU chillers, and fans that mount against and circulate cooling air directly against hard drives. The group discussed the option of using the NTFS or the FAT32 file systems on hard drives under Windows XP. A brief discussion of hard drive defragmentation revealed that Windows XP continues with earlier version’s ability to run the default defrag utility from the drive properties dialog (tools tab). Gene continued with a demonstration of video playback from a hard disk file.
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