Windows 98 - Utilities

• ACPI Compatibility Test

  Utility to verify the system hardware and firmware (BIOS) compliance with the ACPI specification.

• Active CPU meter in systray

  Utility that monitors the cpu usage and displays a small cpu meter in the taskbar.

• BgInfo

  Utility that can generate a wallpaper, which includes the computer system details.

• Boot Manager

  A boot manager can help with running multiple operating systems on the same machine.

• Bootable Windows 98 system on CD-ROM

  Guides and file packages for creating a bootable CD-ROM, which Windows 98 can run from.

• Diagnose startup problems with the Boot Log Analyzer

  Utility which scans the bootlog.txt and displays the time it took to load each driver.

• Extracting the cd key from the registry

  Utilities for extracting the the cd-key from the registry database.

• File and Partition Recovery

  Recover deleted or damaged files (and partitions) with undelete / unerase utilities.

• Killer replacement 98SE -> Me

  Update Windows 98 using the install files from Windows Me.

• Letter Assigner

  Utility that allows one to change drive-letter assignments for hard disk partitions.

• Make icon text background transparent

  Fix the background color for the icon text, so it doesn't ruin your favorite desktop wallpaper.

• Microsoft Auto Skip Driver Agent

  Utility to diagnose what hardware devices have failed to start and have been disabled.

• Microsoft Hardware Diagnostic Tool

  Unlocking the hidden hardware diagnostic tool using a command line parameter.

• Microsoft Office graphics filters for Mspaint

  Microsoft Office graphic filters allows programs like Mspaint to work with formats like jpeg and gif.

• Microsoft Regclean

  Registry cleaner to remove entries from the registry.

• Microsoft Scriptomatic

  Scriptomatic makes it easy to extract system information through WMI using scripting.

• Microsoft Tweak UI

  Microsoft powertoy for changing hidden settings in Microsoft Windows.

• Mount NTFS partitions inside Windows 9x

  NTFS device driver for accessing NTFS partitions inside Windows 9x.

• PC Speaker driver for Windows 9x

  Device driver for the PC speaker so it can play WAV files in Windows 9x.

• Remote Desktop Client

  Remote Desktop Client can take control of a remote computer running Microsoft Windows.

• Replace Microsoft JVM with Sun Java Runtime

  Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) contains security flaws and should be uninstalled and replaced with the Sun Java Runtime.

• Reveal password hidden under asterisks

  Utilities to recover lost passwords, which are only shown as asterisks.

• Utilities to configure file associations in Windows Explorer

  Utilities that makes it easier to modify the Windows Explorer context menu for the different filetypes.

• WMV & WMA Codecs for Windows Media Player

  Windows Media Video (WMV) and Windows Media Audio (WMA) codecs for Media Player 6.4 and 7.1

• Windows 95 Kernel Toys

  Kernel toys are small utilities created by Microsoft to make life easier.

• Windows 95 Power Toys

  Power Toys are small utilities created by Microsoft to make life easier.

• Windows 98 Resource Kit

  Collection of small utilities created by Microsoft to make life easier.

• Windows 98 Revolutions Pack

  Bring your old Windows 98 desktop into the new millenium.

• Windows 98 SE Service Pack

  Microsoft Windows 98 updates put into a single package.

• Windows Explorer file copy replacement

  Enhance the file copy abilities of Windows Explorer

• Windows Me Defrag Utility

  The disk defragmenter in Windows Me is faster than the one released with Windows 95 and 98.

• Windows Shell Replacement

  Alternative window shells that to change the desktop experience.

• Windows virtual desktop management utilities

  Virtual Desktop Manager utilities can give even more room on the Windows desktop.