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(October 2002)

Programs listed alphabetically

FileZilla
Version 2.1.2, release date: October 19, 2002
FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client for Windows 9x, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP. It has been designed for easy use and for support for as much features as possible while still being fast and reliable.
The main features of FileZilla are:
Ability to resume Uploads/Downloads, Custom Commands, Site Manager with folders, Keep Alive system, Timeout detection, Firewall support, SOCKS4/5 and HTTP1.1 Proxy support, SSL secured connections, SFTP support, Upload/Download Queue, Drag&Drop, Multi-language support, GSS authentication and encryption using Kerberos.
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JAlbum
Version 2.6, release date: October 26, 2002
Drop a folder containing image and movie files onto JAlbum and press 'Make album'. JAlbum will create thumbnails of your images and display them in html index pages. You can also have JAlbum produce a slide show of your images for easy navigation one at a time. The output may contain scaled-down versions of the original images. Clicking on these images may bring up the original image (for printing etc). JAlbum does not touch or modify your original images in any way. It just adds some files and folders to the image folder you specify during web creation. JAlbum can also create a web of a hierarchy of image folders. JAlbum supports jpeg, gif and png image files and popular movie formats like .avi, .mpg and .wmv
(JAlbum is a 100% Java program and requires the Java Runtime 1.3 to be installed.)
Download 1.7 MB (without Java VM), 7.4 MB (includes Java VM)

jv16 PowerTools
Version 1.1.0.154, release date: October 28, 2002
jv16 PowerTools is a full set of tools to keep your computer up and running. Until now your computer might have been the one who is in charge, but with it you can take the control. It contains all the tools needed for monitoring and cleaning the Registry and the file system.
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MBM
Version 5.2.1.0, release date: October 30, 2002
Motherboard Monitor (MBM) is a tool that will display information from the sensor chip on your motherboard in your Windows system tray. MBM supports a wide range of Chipsets & Sensor Chip combinations. MBM is compatible with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and .NET.
It can sense temps from Cpu, HDD, GFx and Mobo. It does also sense Fan speeds. If it senses that your hardware is overheated it can protect it by Shutting it down (user configured).
It does also record all temps and fans for later viewing. This is a great implention if you want to overclock. Example to see how well cooled your computer runs over a time. Full load or idle time. Its recomended for all home built systems. Specially if you make your own HEAT SINKS or just test you newly OVERCLOCKED CPU or GFx Card.
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myIE2
Version 0.50.830, release date: October 8, 2002
MyIE2 is a browser based on IE core (IE5.x or IE 6.0 required), it can open multiple web pages in one window. But it only occupies a little system resource when its has a greatly integrated interface. It also support Plug-Ins and IE Extensions.
Features:
Multi-Windows Browsing, Tabbed Interface, Iconic progress bar, Close popup windows, Filter duplicates windows, Download Control tools, Support of NetAnts and FlashGet, And much more...

TICK
Version 1.17, release date: October 28, 2002
TICK is probably the ultimate freeware dial up enhancer for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/Me/XP. Logs all dial up networking calls including length and cost of call and the amount of data transferred. Uses no runtime files and has POP3 mail checker, finger, ping, web notify tools, popup digital display, password database, IP Address finder, context sensitive help and lots more.
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Vallen JPegger
Version 4.05, release date: October 25, 2002
Vallen JPegger is not any longer a handy and full featured image viewer only (automatic thumbnails, full customisable print support, up to 144 Images per page, twain interface, slide show, screen capture, and more).
Since Version 4 Vallen JPegger includes an MP3 player and organizer including a tag editor: MP3 files are categorized according their MP3 tag information into artist, genre and album in a comfortable tree structure. Great for larger music archives.
No installation required, therefore no system changes. Most important start options can be configured by command line parameters. So Vallen JPegger is the ideal tool to be used on your own image and/or music CDs.
Runs on all 32-bit Windows platforms: 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP. Supported languages: English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, French.
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WinDowse
Version 5.0, release date: October 26, 2002
An extremely convenient tool for obtaining necessary technical information about any window. Place a mouse cursor on a window, and WinDowse will show all parameters of the window and window class.
All parameters can be shown in hexadecimal, decimal or binary formats. Upon activation, Windowse displays a continous readout as the user moves the mouse about the screen - switching back and forth between separate or nested windows. At any time the continuous readout can be frozen by a click of the mouse, and the data for that window studied in detail. Windowse also allows results to be copied directly to the clipboard. Each field of the analysis is supplied with context-sensitive help explaining what is, and containing references to WinAPI functions.
Download (28 kB)

X-Fonter
Version 3.7.2, release date: October 31, 2002
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...
Features:
- Browse through and preview any installed fonts
- Browse through and preview any not-installed fonts
- Install or uninstall any TrueType Fonts
- Search for fonts on any drive/directory
- Network support included
- Font Filtering by Font Family, Codepages and Font Style
- Adjustable Colors, Styles and Sizes
- View Fonts in 3D mode
- Character map (ASCII and Unicode)
- Basic Image editor built in (with cropping)
- JPG output supported for 3D graphics
- and more...
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XoloX Ultra
Version 1.32, release date: October 16, 2002
XoloX Ultra is a high performance, user-friendly and spy-ware-free peer-to-peer file sharing software. Auto-install, auto-config, auto-connect and simple one-click controls make XoloX easy-to-use. You can search for audio, video, images, documents, software and more using the Gnutella Network or the Web. Find MP3, WMA and Ogg music, MPEG, DIVX, ASF, MOV and AVI movies and JPEG and GIF pictures. A parent-controlled adult filter for family use is included.

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