Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5

Firefox is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X and is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages over Internet Explorer, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.

Download : Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Beta 5 for Windows

Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1

• The first development build of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 is out and ready for testing: "When we said 'soon,' even we didn't realize how soon it would be. 2008.0_beta1 is here. Your support and enthusiasm are greatly appreciated - thank you. You can help make 2008.0 amazing! Test out this beta and report any functionality issues you encounter. Since this is the first beta, we're looking only for bugs in functionality, not bugs in appearance such as desktop backgrounds or other artwork. We expect to release a second beta once your testing has helped us fix problems with this first beta. A migration to RPM was carefully considered again for this release, but in the end we decided to wait for the few remaining RPM-using distributions to migrate to the superior packaging format of ebuilds." Here is the brief release announcement. Download (mirror list) the universal live CDs from here: livecd-i686-installer-2008.0_beta1.iso (655MB), livecd-amd64-installer-2008.0_beta1.iso (701MB).

SystemRescueCd 1.0.1

SystemRescueCd 1.0.1 has been released. From the changelog: "Using JWM 2.0.1 as default window manager instead of WindowMaker; using Unionfs 2.2.4 as the root file system; updated GParted to 0.3.6 (add support for the labels), Squashfs to 3.3 (with LZMA compression) to save space, ntfsprogs to 2.0.0, NTFS-3G to 1.2310, Memtest86+ floppy disk image to 2.01, btrfs file system support to 0.13, default kernel to Linux 2.6.24.4 with Reiser4, cdrkit 1.1.7.1 (Fix for Joliet directory length bug); added ipmitool (Utility for controlling IPMI enabled devices), missing crypto modules in the default kernel; auto-detect software RAID volumes at boot time; fixed autorun bug; fixed bugs in network configuration boot options; fixed problems with udhcpc client when multiple Ethernet interfaces exists...." Download (MD5): systemrescuecd-x86-1.0.1.iso (183MB).

Plextor Announces New Internal Blu-Ray Drives

Plextor announced two new multifunction disc drives that combine next-generation Blu-Ray and HD DVD technologies.

The internal PX-B920SA drive features 4X BD-R write speed and a Serial ATA (SATA) interface for fast data throughput, up to 150 Mbits/sec. The new PX-B920SA is a Blu-Ray burner that also plays HD DVD discs and supports high-speed reading and recording of DVD and CD media formats, including DVD-RAM, Dual Layer DVD, Double Layer DVD, DVD±R/RW, and CD-R/RW.

The PX-B920SA drive supports fast Blu-Ray recording speeds of 4X BD-R (18 MB/sec transfer rate) and 2X BD-RE (9 MB/sec transfer rate) on single layer and double-layer media. Playback is 4.8X for Blu-Ray BDMV (movie) discs and 3X for HD DVD Video discs.

For DVD, the PX-B920SA delivers 16X DVD±R on single-layer media, 4X DVD±R on Double-Layer and Dual-Layer (DL) media, and 5X DVD-RAM. The drive also supports 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 6X max DVD-ROM, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, and 40X CD-ROM. The PX-B920SA drive features a 4MB data buffer. The drive is LightScribe enabled for direct disc laser printing.

The PX-B920SA drive comes bundled with a single rewritable 25GB BD-RE media disc and a complete package of application software, including InterVideo WinDVD 8, Ulead MovieFactory 5.5 SE, and Burn.Now 4.5 SE.

The new PX-B300SA multifunction drive is capable of playing both Blu-Ray and HD DVD media. The internal drive also reads and records DVD and CD media formats with recording speeds of 16X DVD±R, 24X CD-RW, and 40X CD-R. The PX-B300SA, which includes a SATA interface for high performance, is designed for PC OEMs, systems integrators, enterprises, professionals, and mid-market consumers who want to playback both Blu-Ray and HD DVD discs and record on DVD and CD media.

The PX-B300SA drive offers 4.8X BDMV and 3X HD DVD reading. For DVD, the drive delivers 16X DVD±R on single-layer media, 4X DVD±R on Double-Layer and Dual-Layer (DL) media, and 5X DVD-RAM. The drive also supports 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 6X max DVD-ROM, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW, and 40X CD-ROM. The PX-B300SA drive features a 4MB data buffer. The drive is LightScribe enabled for direct disc laser printing.

The PX-B300SA drive comes bundled with a complete package of application software, including InterVideo WinDVD 8, Ulead MovieFactory 5.5 SE, and Burn.Now 4.5 SE.

Plextor will ship the PX-B920SA drive to distributors in North and South America in late March 2008, with the MSRP of $599.99 USD. The PX-B300SA will be shipped the MSRP of $499.99 USD.

Source: Plextor

AMD Introduces 4 New Phenom X4 Processors, 2 New Triple-Core CPUs, 1 New 65W Quad-Core CPU

AMD today announced immediate availability of four new AMD Phenom X4 processors. Led by the AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition processor, each CPU features quad-core design, and when matched to AMD 790 series chipsets supports up to four ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards.

AMD Phenom X4 processors 9550 (2.2GHz), 9650 (2.3GHz), 9750 (2.4GHz) and 9850 (2.5GHz) are now available. More details are available at the comparison page.

Pricing:

• Phenom 9850 'Black Edition' (2.5GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 4000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) -- $235, effective 4/7;
• Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) -- $215, effective 4/7;
• Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) -- $215, effective 4/7;
• Phenom 9650 (2.3GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) -- $215, effective 4/7.

The next three novelties are the AMD Phenom X3 8000 series triple-core processors that are intended to be paired with the AMD 780 series chipset. This AMD desktop solution can provide a full HD experience with support for the latest and most demanding formats, including VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 on a mainstream PC. With the AMD Unified Video Decoder (UVD), the solution can process HD playback on the better-suited GPU rather than the CPU so consumers may enjoy a smooth HD viewing experience—less lag, stalling and dropped scenes—in the latest Blu-ray titles.

AMD Phenom X3 processor and AMD 780G chipset based desktop PCs offer DirectX 10 game compatibility. Gamers looking to scale their performance with the addition of a discrete graphics card can accelerate their performance with ATI Hybrid Graphics Technology. This technology can harness the graphics power of both an ATI discrete graphics card and the motherboard GPU in tandem, delivering in some applications up to 70 percent improvements in 3D performance as the press release claims. In addition, the AMD 780G chipset is the second generation AMD chipset to feature AMD OverDrive, a simple user interface that brings performance tuning to the masses.

AMD will be collaborating with ZT Systems to premiere the first system featuring the new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processor on QVC during the Computer Shop broadcast, which is scheduled to air March 31 at 10 p.m. EDT.

Systems powered by AMD Phenom X3 processors 8400 (2.1GHz) and 8600 (2.3GHz) are expected to be initially available from OEMs and system builders.

Finally, today AMD announced its first 65W quad-core desktop processor, the AMD Phenom X4 9100e. By coupling an AMD Phenom X4 9100e with an AMD 780 series chipset, AMD offers an efficient PC platform that plays Blu-ray movies and delivers a rich computing experience for casual gamers and multimedia enthusiasts.

The AMD Phenom X4 9100e processor embodies a series of AMD energy-efficient innovations, including:

• Cool'n'Quiet 2.0 technology, the next generation of AMD's power saving technology;
• AMD CoolCore technology that dynamically activates or turns off parts of the processor as needed;
• Independent Dynamic Core Technology, which allows a fully independent frequency control per processor core that can reduce processor energy consumption by adjusting power usage according to core utilization;
• Dual Dynamic Power Management, which enables a split power plane design, allowing independent voltage planes for processor and memory controller for greater control over performance based on system demands;
• AMD Wideband Frequency Control, for simplified performance state transitions to help reduce power consumption, latency and software overhead of performance states changes; and
• Multi-Point Thermal Control, multiple sensors across processor silicon designed to reduce speed and heat when temperature exceeds pre-defined limits.

The AMD Phenom X4 9100e processor is also expected to be available from OEMs and system builders.

Source: AMD

AMD Launches World's First x86 Triple-Core Processors

New AMD Phenom(tm) X3 8000 series processors and AMD 780 chipsets create the ultimate mainstream desktop platform - SUNNYVALE, Calif. - March 27, 2008 - AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of AMD Phenom(tm) X3 8000 series triple-core processors, providing gamers and digital media enthusiasts with exceptional performance at mainstream price points. AMD Phenom X3 processors are designed to improve multi-threaded application performance over dual-core processors at the same clock speed. As the world's only triple-core x86 processor, AMD Phenom X3 processors bring multi-core technology to a broader audience in search of desktop PCs that easily handle today's digital entertainment workloads.

When paired with the AMD 780 series chipset, AMD Phenom X3 processors can deliver significant enhancements in gaming and high-definition experiences for mainstream PC customers. This AMD desktop solution can provide a full HD experience with support for the latest and most demanding formats, including VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 on a mainstream PC. With the AMD Unified Video Decoder (UVD), the solution can process HD playback on the better-suited GPU rather than the CPU so consumers may enjoy a smooth HD viewing experience-less lag, stalling and dropped scenes-in the latest Blu-ray titles.

"In 2007, AMD committed to delivering AMD Phenom triple-core processors in Q1 2008 and today the company makes good on that promise," said Bob Brewer, corporate vice president, strategic marketing, AMD. "AMD understands that today's PC applications are best accelerated with a range of multi-core products from quad- to triple- to dual-core processors, and that's why we now deliver the broadest multi-core desktop lineup in the industry."

AMD Phenom X3 processor and AMD 780G chipset based desktop PCs offer DirectX 10 game compatibility, so casual gamers can now enjoy enhanced gaming experience such as truly lifelike 3D graphics and dynamic interactivity in the latest game titles. Gamers looking to scale their performance with the addition of a discrete graphics card can accelerate their performance with ATI Hybrid Graphics Technology. This technology can harness the graphics power of both an ATI discrete graphics card and the motherboard GPU in tandem, delivering in some applications up to 70 percent improvements in 3D performance. In addition, the AMD 780G chipset is the second generation AMD chipset to feature AMD OverDriveTM, a simple user interface that brings performance tuning to the masses.

AMD Phenom(tm) X3 8000 Series Triple-Core Processors

AMD Phenom X3 8400 and AMD Phenom X3 8600 processors can improve performance over dual-core processors on single-threaded applications and can scale with the same applications that scale with quad-core. AMD Phenom triple-core processors can also increase performance for multitasking usage models and multi-threaded applications, aligned with similar benefits available with AMD Phenom X4 quad-core processors. AMD will be collaborating with ZT Systems to premiere the first system featuring the new AMD Phenom X3 triple-core processor on QVC during the Computer Shop broadcast, which is scheduled to air March 31 at 10 p.m. EDT.

"New ZT Affinity desktops featuring the AMD Phenom X3 8400 triple-core processor deliver 'The Latest Technology for Less,' empowering a broader range of customers to experience the performance and multi-tasking capability of true multi-core technology," said Russell Carlisle, VP of Marketing, ZT Systems. "The ZT Affinity 5202Zi is a perfect fit for consumers looking for a stylish, affordable compact PC with the power they need for today's cutting-edge digital entertainment."

Availability

Systems powered by AMD Phenom X3 processors 8400 (2.1GHz) and 8600 (2.3GHz) are expected to be initially available from leading OEMs and system builders. For processor pricing details, please visit www.amd.com/pricing. For press collateral pertaining to the new AMD Phenom X4 and X3 models including product specifications and availability, images and partner support, please visit www.amd.com/phenom/presskit.

About AMD

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide. For more information, visit www.amd.com.

Cautionary Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements concerning availability of products from OEMs and system builders and planned partnerships, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as "would," "may," "expects," "believes," "plans," "intends," "projects" and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this release are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this release and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Risks include the possibility that Intel Corporation's pricing, marketing and rebating programs, product bundling, standard setting, new product introductions or other activities targeting AMD's business will prevent attainment of AMD's current plans; AMD will require additional funding and may not be able to raise funds on favorable terms or at all; customers stop buying the company's products or materially reduce their operations or demand for its products; the company will be unable to develop, launch and ramp new products and technologies in the volumes and mix required by the market and at mature yields on a timely basis; the company's competitors, customers and suppliers may take actions that will negate the anticipated benefits of the company's acquisition of ATI; demand for computers and consumer electronics products and, in turn, demand for the company's products will be lower than currently expected; global business and economic conditions will worsen, resulting in lower than currently expected revenue in the first quarter of 2008 and beyond; there will be unexpected variations in market growth and demand for the company's products and technologies in light of the product mix that it may have available at any particular time or a decline in demand; the company will be unable to transition to advanced manufacturing process technologies in a timely and effective way, consistent with planned capital expenditures; the company will be unable to maintain the level of investment in research and development and capacity that is required to remain competitive; and the company will be unable to obtain sufficient manufacturing capacity or components to meet demand for its products or will under-utilize its microprocessor manufacturing facilities. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007.

1. 2 Based on testing conducted with the following system configuration:

• Screen Resolution: 1024x768x32
• AMD 780G -Phenom 9500 2.2GHz, HT 1.8 GHz, DDR2-800, WD 320GB
• Intel G35 -Intel Q6600 @2.4 GHz, DDR2-800, WD 320 GB
• Hybrid Graphics - ATI Radeon HD 3450
• Frames Per Second
  Game AMD 780G AMD780G + ATI Radeon HD 3450 Intel G35
  Call of Duty 4 44 75 23
  Half Life 2 EP2 40 68 15
  Doom 3 35 60 12

2. AMD is not responsible for damages caused by overclocking (even when overclocking is enabled with AMD OverDrive(tm) software).

(c) 2008 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Phenom, AMD OverDrive and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Hyper-V Management tool for Vista released

Update for Windows Vista (KB949758)

Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC0 role.

Update for Windows Vista x64 Edition (KB949758)

Install this update to enable remote management of a Windows Server 2008 computer running the Hyper-V RC0 role.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 stand-alone packages do not contain the updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Help files

Just in case this was posted before... I'll post it again.

Hopefully this will help those who are running into outdated Help files after upgrading to SP1.

From the KB article:

INTRODUCTION

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This article describes various scenarios in which you must manually install the updated Help files package for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1). You must manually install the Help files because the Windows Vista SP1 stand-alone packages do not contain the updated Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Help files.

MORE INFORMATION

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The updated Windows Vista Help file packages are named "Update for Help Files." These files are packaged separately for each language.

The updated Help files have been excluded from the stand-alone packages to reduce the size of the packages. However, the updated Windows Vista Help files are contained in the integrated SKUs of Windows Vista SP1. Therefore, a clean installation of Windows Vista SP1 does not require an updated Help file for the base language.

The following list describes various scenarios in which you must manually install the "Update for Help Files" package to obtain the updated Windows Vista Help files:

•	You install Windows Vista SP1 on a computer that is running the release version of Windows Vista by using Windows Update or by using a Microsoft Update Standalone (MSU) package for Windows Vista.
•	You have a Windows Vista Enterprise SKU installed or a Windows Vista Ultimate SKU installed, and then you install a new language by using the language packages. In this scenario, you must manually install the updated Help file because the "Update for Help Files" package uses the language that corresponds to the content language. Packages of "Update for Help Files" are language specific. For example, you cannot install the German version of the "Update for Help Files" package on a Windows Vista-based computer unless that computer already has the German language installed.
•	You remove a language package from a Vista-based computer after you install the "Update for Help Files" package for that language pack that you removed. In this scenario, the "Update for Help Files" packages are automatically removed.

The MSU package for "Update for Help Files" will be released through the Microsoft Download Center. Additionally, the same updates will be released through Windows Update for all languages. However, the "Update for Help Files" packages are built under the same Microsoft Knowledge Base article number, KB 937286. Therefore, if a system has more than one language installed and also has the corresponding "Update for Help Files" packages installed, Windows Vista Software Explorer displays multiple entries of KB 937286. Additionally, the title of the package will not display the language of the package.

To boil it down..... just go to (local disk drive) Windows\Help\Windows\en-US. (or other in case of a different language) If the majority of files are dated from 2006, they are old. If the majority are dated 2008, they are updated. What's kinda strange, is that MS said they did this to avoid a huge SP1 download of the stand alone package,.... these file sizes here are less than 25MB.

32 Bit Help Files Here

64 Bit Help Files Here

Hiren's BootCD 9.5

Hiren's Boot CD is a boot CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imagingcomputer problems. It is a Bootable CD; thus, it can be useful even if the primary operating system cannot be booted. Hiren's Boot CD has an extensive list of software. Utilities with similar functionality on the CD are grouped together and seem redundant; however, they present choices through UI differences. tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various

Hiren's BootCD - All in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these utilities.

Partition Tools:
- Partition Magic Pro 8.05 - Best software to partition hard drive
- Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0.554 - Popular disk management functions in a single suite
- Paragon Partition Manager 7.0.1274 - Universal tool for partitions
- Partition Commander 9.01 - The safe way to partition your hard drive,with undo feature
- Ranish Partition Manager 2.44 - a boot manager and hard disk partitioner.
- The Partition Resizer v1.3.4 - move and resize your partitions in one step and more.
- Smart Fdisk 2.05 - a simple harddisk partition manager
- SPecial Fdisk 2000.03t - SPFDISK a partition tool.
- eXtended Fdisk 0.9.3 - XFDISK allows easy partition creation and edition
- GDisk 1.1.1 - Complete replacement for the DOS FDISK utility and more.
- Super Fdisk 1.0 - Create, delete, format partitions drives without destroying data

Disk Clone Tools:
- ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002) - Best software to clone hard drive
- Norton Ghost 11.0.1 - Similar to Drive Image (with usb/scsi support)
- Acronis True Image 8.1.945 - Create an exact disk image for complete system backup and disk cloning.
- Partition Saver 3.50 - A tool to backup/restore partitions.
- COPYR.DMA Build013 - A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors

Antivirus Tools:
- F-Prot Antivirus 3.16f (1410) - Very good virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)
- McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (1410) - a virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)

Recovery Tools:
- Active Partition Recovery 3.0 - To Recover a Deleted partition.
- Active Uneraser 3.0 - To recover deleted files and folders on FAT and NTFS systems.
- Ontrack Easy Recovery Pro 6.10 - To Recover data that has been deleted/virus attack
- Winternals Disk Commander 1.1 - more than just a standard deleted-file recovery utility
- TestDisk 6.9b - Tool to check and undelete partition.
- Lost & Found 1.06 - a good old data recovery software.
- DiyDataRecovery Diskpatch 2.1.100 - An excellent data recovery software.
- Prosoft Media Tools 5.0 v1.1.2.64 - Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.
- PhotoRec 6.9b - File and pictures recovery Tool.

Testing Tools:
- System Speed Test 4.78 - it tests CPU, harddrive, ect.
- PC-Check 6.0 - Easy to use hardware tests
- Ontrack Data Advisor 5.0 - Powerful diagnostic tool for assessing the condition of your computer
- The Troubleshooter 7.02 - all kind of hardware testing tool
- PC Doctor 2004 - a benchmarking and information tool
- Test Cpu/Video/Disk 5.6 - a tool to test cpu, video, and disk
- Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0 - a tool to test Hard Disk Drive

RAM (Memory) Testing Tools:
- DocMemory 3.1b - RAM Test utility
- GoldMemory 5.07 - RAM Test utility
- Memtest86+ 2.00 - PC Memory Test

Hard Disk Tools:
- Hard Disk Diagnostic Utilities
- Seagate Seatools Desktop Edition 3.02
- Western Digital Data Lifeguard Tools
- Western Digital Diagnostics (DLGDIAG) 5.04f
- Maxtor PowerMax 4.23
- Maxtor amset utility 4.0
- Maxtor(or any Hdd) Low Level Formatter 1.1
- Fujitsu HDD Diagnostic Tool 7.00
- Fujitsu IDE Low Level Format 1.0
- Samsung HDD Utility(HUTIL) 2.04
- Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28
- IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.11
- IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.08
- Gateway GwScan 5.12
- ExcelStor's ESTest 4.20
- MHDD 4.6
- WDClear 1.30
- Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
- SeaTools for Dos 1.09
- HDD Regenerator 1.51 - to recover a bad hard drive
- Ontrack Disk Manager 9.57 - Disk Test/Format/Maintenance tool.
- Norton Disk Doctor 2002 - a tool to repair a damaged disk, or to diagnose your hard drive.
- Norton Disk Editor 2002 - a powerful disk editing, manual data recovery tool.
- Hard Disk Sentinel 0.01 - Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool.
- Active Kill Disk 4.1 - Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
- HDAT2 4.6b - main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for devices
- SmartUDM 2.00 - Hard Disk Drive S.M.A.R.T. Viewer.
- Victoria 3.33e and 3.52rus - a freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics
- HDD Eraser 1.0 - Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives

System Information Tools:
- Aida16 2.14 - a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC
- PCI and AGP info Tool (1410) - The PCI System information & Exploration tool.
- System Analyser version 5.3t - View extensive information about your hardware
- Navratil Software System Information 0.59.16 - High-end professional system information tool
- Astra 5.34 - Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant
- HwInfo 5.1.0 - a powerful system information utility
- PC-Config 9.33 - Complete hardware detection of your computer
- SysChk 2.46- Find out exactly what is under the hood of your PC
- CPU Identification utility v1.12 - Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE)
- CTIA CPU Information - another CPU information tool

MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools:
- MBR Work 1.07b - a utility to perform some common and uncommon MBR functions
- MBR Tool 2.2.100 - backup, verify, restore, edit, refresh, remove, display, re-write...
- DiskMan4 - all in one tool for cmos, bios, bootrecord and more
- BootFix Utility - Run this utility if you get 'Invalid system disk'
- MBR SAVE / RESTORE 2.1 - BootSave and BootRest tools to save / restore MBR
- Boot Partition 2.60 - add Partition in the Windows NT/2000/XP Multi-boot loader
- Partition Table Doctor 3.5 - a tool to repair/modify mbr, bootsector, partition table
- Smart Boot Manager 3.7.1 - a multi boot manager
- Bootmagic 8.0 - This tool is for multi boot operating systems
- MBRWizard 2.0b - Directly update and modify the MBR (Master Boot Record)

BIOS / CMOS Tools:
- CMOS 0.93 - CMOS Save / Restore Tool
- BIOS Cracker 4.8 - BIOS password remover (cmospwd)
- BIOS Cracker 1.4 - BIOS password remover (cmospwc)
- BIOS Utility 1.35.0 - BIOS Informations, password, beep codes and more.
- !BIOS 3.20 - a powerfull utility for bios and cmos
- DISKMAN4 - a powerful all in one utility
- UniFlash 1.40 - bios flash utility
- Kill CMOS - a tiny utility to wipe cmos
- Award DMI Configuration Utility 2.43 - DMI Configuration utility for modifying/viewing the MIDF contents.

MultiMedia Tools:
- Picture Viewer 1.94 - Picture viewer for dos, supports more then 40 filetypes.
- QuickView Pro 2.58 - movie viewer for dos, supports many format including divx.
- MpxPlay 1.56 - a small Music Player for dos

Password Tools:
- Active Password Changer 3.0.420 - To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003 (FAT/NTFS)
- Offline NT/2K/XP Password Changer - utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.
- Registry Viewer 4.2 - Registry Viewer/Editor for Win9x/Me/NT/2K/XP
- Registry Reanimator v1.02 - check and restore structure of the damaged registry files of NT/2K/XP
- NTPWD - utility to reset windows nt/2000/xp administrator/user password.
- ATAPWD 1.2 - Hard Disk Password Utility

NTFS Ext2FS, Ext3FS (FileSystems) Tools :
- NTFS Dos Pro 5.0 - To access ntfs partitions from Dos
- NTFS 4 Dos 1.9 - To access ntfs partitions from Dos
- Paragon Mount Everything 3.0 - To access NTFS, Ext2FS, Ext3FS partitions from dos
- NTFS Dos 3.02 - To access ntfs partitions from Dos
- EditBINI 1.01 - to Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition

Dos File Managers:
- Volkov Commander 4.99 - Dos File Manager with LongFileName/ntfs support (Similar to Norton Commander)
- Dos Command Center 5.1 - Classic dos-based file manager.
- File Wizard 1.35 - a file manager - colored files, drag and drop copy, move, delete etc.
- File Maven 3.5 - an advanced Dos file manager with high speed PC-to-PC file transfers via serial or parallel cable
- FastLynx 2.0 - Dos file manager with Pc to Pc file transfer capability
- LapLink 5.0 - the smart way to transfer files and directories between PCs.
- Dos Navigator 6.4.0 - Dos File Manager, Norton Commander clone but has much more features.
- Mini Windows 98 - Can run from Ram Drive, with ntfs support, Added 7-Zip which supports .7z .zip .cab .rar .arj .gzip, .bzip2 .z .tar .cpio .rpm and .deb, Disk Defragmenter, Notepad / RichText Editor, Image Viewer, .avi .mpg .divx .xvid Movie Player, etc...

Other Tools:
- Ghost Walker 2003.793 - utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP
- DosCDroast beta 2 - Dos CD Burning Tools
- Universal TCP/IP Network 6.2 - MSDOS Network Client to connect via TCP/IP to a Microsoft based network. The network can either be a peer-to-peer or a server based network, it contains 85 different network card drivers

Dos Tools:
- USB CD-Rom Driver 1 - Standard usb_cd.sys driver for cd drive
- Universal USB Driver 2 - Panasonic v2.20 ASPI Manager for USB mass storage
- SCSI Support - SCSI Drivers for Dos
- SATA Support - SATA Driver (gcdrom.sys) and JMicron JMB361 (xcdrom.sys) for Dos
- 1394 Firewire Support - 1394 Firewire Drivers for Dos
- Interlnk support at COM1 To access another computer from COM port
- Interlnk support at LPT1 - To access another computer from LPT port

Windows Tools:
- SpaceMonger 1.4 - keeping track of the free space on your computer
- WinDirStat 1.1.2.80 - a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for Windows.
- Drive Temperature 1.0 - Hard Disk Drive temperature meter
- Disk Speed 1.0 - Hard Disk Drive Speed Testing Tool
- MemTest 1.0 - a Memory Testing Tool
- S&M Stress Test 1.9.1 - cpu/hdd/memory benchmarking and information tool, including temperatures/fan speeds/voltages
- PageDfrg 2.32 - System file Defragmenter For NT/2k/XP
- WhitSoft File Splitter 4.5a - a Small File Split-Join Tool
- Ghost Image Explorer 11.0.1 - to add/remove/extract files from Ghost image file
- DriveImage Explorer 5.0 - to add/remove/extract files from Drive image file
- Drive SnapShot 1.38 - creates an exact Disk Image of your system into a file while windows is running.
- Active Undelete 5.5 - a tool to recover deleted files
- Restoration 2.5.14 - a tool to recover deleted files
- GetDataBack for FAT 2.31 - Data recovery software for FAT file systems
- GetDataBack for NTFS 2.31 - Data recovery software for NTFS file systems
- Recuva 1.10.223 - Restore deleted files from Hard Drive, Digital Camera Memory Card, usb mp3 player...
- Partition Find and Mount 2.3 - Partition Find and Mount software is designed to find lost or deleted partitions
- Unstoppable Copier 3.12 - Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data.
- HDD Scan 2.8 - This is a Low-level HDD diagnostic tool, it scans surface find bad sectors etc.
- Express Burn 4.06 - CD/DVD Burner Program to create and record CDs/DVDs, also create/burn .iso and .nrg images
- Data Shredder 1.0 - A tool to Erase disk and files (also wipe free space) securely
- Startup Control Panel 2.8 - a tool to edit startup programs
- NT Registry Optimizer 1.1j - Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista
- DefragNT 1.9 - This tool presents the user with many options for disk defragmenting
- JkDefrag 3.34 - Free disk defragment and optimize utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista
- Startup Monitor 1.02 - it notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup
- IB Process Manager 1.04 - a little process manager for 9x/2k, shows dll info etc.
- Process Explorer 11.04 - shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded
- Pocket KillBox 2.0.0.978 - can be used to get rid of files that stubbornly refuse to allow you to delete them
- Unlocker 1.8.5 - This tool can delete file/folder when you get this message - Cannot delete file: Access is denied, The file is in use by another program etc.
- HijackThis 2.0.2 - a general homepage hijackers detector and remover and more
- RootkitRevealer 1.7 - Rootkit Revealer is an advanced patent-pending root kit detection utility.
- Silent Runners Revision 55 - A free script that helps detect spyware, malware and adware in the startup process
- Autoruns 9.12 - Displays All the entries from startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys, Explorer shell extensions,toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, Scheduled Tasks, Winsock, LSA Providers, Remove Drivers and much more which helps to remove nasty spyware/adware and viruses.
- Dial a Fix 0.60.0.24 - Fix errors and problems with COM/ActiveX object errors and missing registry entries, Automatic Updates, SSL, HTTPS, and Cryptography service (signing/verification) issues, Reinstall internet explorer etc. comes with the policy scanner
- CurrPort 1.20 - displays the list of all currently opened TCP and UDP ports on your computer
- Unknown Devices 1.2 (1410) - helps you find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are
- PCI 32 Sniffer 1.1 (1410) - device information tool (similar to unknown devices)
- NewSID 4.10 - utility that changes the security ID (SID) for Windows NT, 2000 and XP
- Double Driver 1.0 - Driver Backup and Restore tool
- DriverBackup! 1.0.3 - Another handy tool to backup drivers
- CPU-Z 1.44 -It gathers information on some of the main devices of your system
- CWShredder 2.19 - Popular CoolWebSearch Trojan Remover tool
- SmitFraudFix 2.289 - This removes Some of the popular Desktop Hijack malware
- Winsock 2 Fix for 9x - to fix corrupted Winsock2 information by poorly written Internet programs
- XP TCP/IP Repair 1.0 - Repair your Windows XP Winsock and TCP/IP registry errors
- CCleaner 2.04.543 - Crap Cleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool
- EzPcFix 1.0.0.16 - Helpful tool when trying to remove viruses, spyware, and malware
- Content Advisor Password Remover 1.0 - It Removes Content Advisor Password from Internet Explorer
- WinKeyFinder 1.73 - Allows you to View and Change Windows XP/2003 Product Keys, backup and restore activation related files, backup Microsoft Office 97, 2000 SP2, XP/2003 keys etc.
- ProduKey 1.20 - Recovers lost the product key of your Windows/Office
- Wireless Key View 1.15 - Recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by WZC
- Monitor Tester 1.0 - Allows you to test CRT/LCD/TFT screens for dead pixels and diffective screens
- Shell Extensions Manager (ShellExView) 1.19 - An excellent tool to View and Manage all installed Context-menu/Shell extensions
- TweakUI 2.10 - This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows Xp
- Xp-AntiSpy 3.96.7 - it tweaks some Windows XP functions, and disables some unneeded Windows services quickly
- PC Wizard 2008 1.83 - Powerful system information/benchmark utility designed especially for detection of hardware.
- Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.5.2 (1410) - Application to scan for spyware, adware, hijackers and other malicious software.
- SpywareBlaster 3.5.1 (1410) - Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software.
- Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (1410) - find and remove spyware, adware, dialers etc. (a must have tool)

Homepage - http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

Size: 94.7 MB

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VIA Hyperion Pro 5.16A

VIA Hyperion drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset and all Microsoft Windows 32, 64 bit Operating Systems. Please read the information about all VIA chipset driver choices, however, so that you chose the drivers that can best be recommended for your system. VIA Hyperion 4in1 drivers are suitable for any VIA chipset - but they are particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer.

Hyperion Pro drivers includes the following components:
• IDE Filter driver - Enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA-capable hard drives and ensures IDE device compatibility (also known as the ATAPI Vendor Support Driver)
• Inf driver - Identifies your VIA chipset.
• AGP - Provides service routines to your VGA driver and interfaces directly to hardware, providing fast graphical access - and in the case of 8X AGP cards on KT400 and P4X400 systems - provides a performance boost over previous drivers.
• VIA Falcon IDE device driver package is a setup package for user to install VIA IDE controllers and it is composed of MiniIDE driver and SATAIDE driver both. MiniIDE driver is in charge of PATA controller. Oppositely SATAIDE driver manages SATA controller. Moreover, VIA SATAIDE driver provided the Hot-Plug and Port Multiplier features on VIA SATA IDE controller. Any SATA device connects to VIA SATA IDE Controllers could be automatic identified and added into the computer without reboot system.
• VIA RAID Software Package is used to install the drivers and utility which are needed for using the VIA VT6410, VT6421, VT8251, VT8237/A SATA RAID controller.

The drivers will work with most recent VIA motherboards, but VIA advises that users of the following chipsets should download the update for improved performance:
* K7 chipsets: KT400, KT400A, KT600, KT880, KM400, KN400
* K8 chipsets: K8T800, K8T800Pro, K8M800, K8M890, K8N800, K8N890, K8T890, K8T890Pro, K8T900
* P4 chipsets: P4X400, P4X400A, PT800, PT880, PM800, PN800, PM880, PN880, PT880Pro, PT894, P4M800/Pro/CE, P4M900, PT890
* C Series Chipsets: CN700, CN400, CLE266, CX700,CX700M, CX700M2, CN800, CN896
* V Series Chipsets: VN800, VX700, VN896

Version 5.14A of the Hyperion Pro drivers includes the following components:
- INF V3.00A
- AGP V4.60A
- V-RAID V5.60A and RAID Tools v5.40
- VIA IDE Falcon Storage Device driver v2.20A

Homepage - http://www.via.com.tw

Size: 12.5 MB

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vLite 1.1.6 Beta

vLite - Vista Lite.
Windows Vista from Microsoft takes a lot of resources, we all know that. So here is the tool for easy removal of the unwanted components in order to make Vista run faster and to your liking. vLite can also create the bootable ISO and apply the tweaks directly.

This tool doesn't use any kind of hacking, all files and registry entries are protected as they would be if you install the full version only without the components you select for the removal.
It configures the installation directly, before the installation, meaning you'll have to remake the ISO and reinstall it. This method is much cleaner, not to mention easier and more logical than doing it after installation on every reinstall.

Changes in v1.1.6 beta:
* new: Vista Service Pack 1 Integration (Slipstream)

Changes in v1.1.5 beta:
* new: 'Character Map'
* new: 'DHCP'
* new: 'Disk Cleanup'
* new: 'Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)'
* new: 'Interactive Services Detection'
* new: 'Notepad'
* new: 'Photo Metadata Handler'
* new: 'Quality Windows Audio Video Experience'
* new: 'TV Tuners'
* new: 'Windows Ultimate Extras'
* new: More Languages removable
* upd: Universal preset files (old non-English will not load)
* upd: Display drivers separated
* upd: Removed the (vLite) tag from the OS title
* fix: Windows could not install the selected language

Homepage - http://www.vlite.net

Size: 1.60 MB

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Opera 9.50 Build 9864 Beta

Opera started out as a research project in Norway's largest telecom company, Telenor, in 1994, and branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA in 1995. Opera Software develops the Opera Web browser, a high-quality, multi-platform product for a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products.

Opera is known as the fastest and smallest full-featured browser, a first choice for people using older PCs and Windows 95 and a brilliant alternative to the default IE from Microsoft. Opera, first of all, is client World Wide Web, that is the program for extraction of the information from WWW as the documents created with help HyperText Markup Language (language of a marking of hypertext HTML).
Low requirements to resources of system. Opera will work even on 386 computer about 6 MB of operative memory. MDI the interface. You can open without special expenses of memory any quantity of windows inside one working window, having chosen thus a tabulared or cascade mode.

• The world's fastest...now even faster. Even though it's hard to imagine, we made Opera faster.
Following the release of Opera 9 last year, we re-wrote Opera's rendering engine for the coming Opera 9.5 release. As a result, Opera 9.5 contains more than a year's worth of speed, standards and performance improvements. Some enhancements include:

Some enhancements include:
* Faster and less-memory intensive ECMAscript engine
* A greatly improved layout algorithm
* The font-rendering speed is improved significantly, along with the tiling of bitmaps
* More responsive user interface

Internal benchmarks show up to 50 percent increase in speed compared to the previous core version in Opera 8. But, performance is more than just showing Web pages faster. Performance is about making your browsing experience more enjoyable and productive. In the past, we introduced much-loved and powerful features like Tabbed browsing, Mouse gestures, Fast Forward and Rewind, Speed Dial all designed to make you get more out of your time browsing the web. With Kestrel we add another powerful feature to this family:

• Synchronize: The preview
Log in just once. Then access your stuff anywhere, anytime.
A new Internet revolution is under way and millions of people are now surfing their favorite Web sites every day. But they're not just browsing on their computers. Instead, they're browsing from practically any device mobile phones, TVs, game consoles, PDAs. In fact, Internet users today tend to browse from various devices throughout the day.

• Full History Search
Have you ever read something interesting, but then later struggled to find your way back to that same small portion of a Web page? Now you can say goodbye to that problem. With Opera 9.5, we introduce full history search - search the complete Web pages you visited, but without requiring you to bookmark them.
Unlike previous and other browser history searches which only look at the URLs of the pages you have visited full history search searches the actual content of the Web pages you have visited. When typing a keyword, Opera 9.5 will automatically search the text of Web pages in your history.
Moreover, we have directly integrated Full History Search into the URL field of the Opera 9.5 browser, making it extremely easy and quick to find what you're looking for.

• Status bar with Zoom and Image control
Opera's excellent zoom function and the bandwidth saving control of images are now made easily available on the Status bar. Tip: Add your own buttons like the developer console to the Status bar.

• Restore closed windows and changes in Speed Dial
Kestrel has an improved version of the much loved trash-can feature by adding support for opening closed windows, not only the closed tabs. You can also use the undo function now for Speed Dial.

• Improved BitTorrent™ performance
We added support for BitTorrent Peer Exchange to allow you to connect to more download hosts and improve your download speeds.

• Platform integration
We worked to make Kestrel feel even more integrated with your platform. Mac users can expect a nice new visual look and feel, while Opera for Linux will add a QT4 build, so you can easily adjust your skin to match the desktop. 64-bit Linux/FreeBSD packages will also be available.

• VoiceOver support
Kestrel adds support for Apple's screen reader "VoiceOver" found in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. This allows visually impaired Opera users to more easily use all of the features in the browser. For more details, please see: www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover

• Skin
Our skins in Opera 9.5 feature improved conformance to Apple Human Interface Guidelines. We have also added a new native skin with a brushed metal appearance, for those of you in to that sort of look.

• Mail improvements
Kestrel features great stability and performance to Opera's integrated email client, M2. We've added a new mail backend and new IMAP support. M2 is also much faster than in previous versions of Opera.
Note to existing M2 users: Please be aware that you will need to install this version on top of your existing Opera version to use this version for mail. Opera will then re-index all your email, something which can take several minutes if you have thousands of emails.

Changes in Opera 9.50 Build 9864 Beta:

WARNING: These are development snapshots: they contain the latest changes, but they also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, they may not work at all.

Known issues
* Opening Help will cause Opera to crash.
* Save As for a web page only lets you save as "HTML file" on Windows.
* The progress bar does not show if it's set to "Pop-up at the bottom".
* On OS X, scrolling to the bottom of a page with the scrollbars does not work.

Changelog
* Several download fixes
* "Open With" other browsers now works.
* Fixed funky parsing problems on YouTube.
* All downloads and saved content (except web pages) are now put in the transfer window for easier access
* Viewing source should now work properly with applications that need a file extension to work
* UNIX: Fixed a Flash crash
* UNIX: Made the mplayer plug-in draw itself in the correct size again
* UNIX and Mac: Fixed various command line bugs
* Calling substr with negative length now returns an empty string
* Array indexOf now treats a non-numeric second parameter as 0

Mail
* Fixed problems expunging or moving messages on certain servers
* Fixed issue where the "Contacting Folder" status message displayed the wrong count

ACID3 fixes
* Zero bytes in encodeURIComponent and encodeURI are now handled correctly
* Unicode escapes can no longer be used to put non-identifier characters into identifiers

Homepage - http://www.opera.com

Size: 4.94 MB

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