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Actual patches and sytem utilites for old systems
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Everything you need to make life easier for the owner
of Legacy systems

[ Table of contents ]:

1. System and hardware tools for Dos
2. Windows processes and memory
3. Utilities for working with resources
4. Motherboards and CPU's utilities
5. Removable and external storage utilities
5. Windows Security Utilities
6. Hard drive utilities
7. Registry utilities and tweakers
8. Windows Explorer Extension
9. Windows system patches and updates

Here are the consequences of my experiments with old
systems. Here are many useful things that I acquired
through my experience with legacy industrial systems.

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System and hardware tools for Dos
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Borland Pascal fix [1 kb]
The program corrects Runtime error 200 in programs
written in Pascal version 7 for Dos.

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Set verm util for MsDos [1 kb]
A small utility, an alternative to setver.exe Running
it allows you to avoid the 'incorrect dos version' message
in different programs.

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DosPrn util [1 984 kb]
The utility allows you to print files from Dos programs
in a Windows environment via a USB port directly!

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Load Hi & devload [4 kb]
Two utilities for hot loading DOS drivers into memory
without restarting the computer.

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Qemm 97 [5 034 kb]
A memory manager for Dos and Windows 3x/95 that allows you
to solve the problem with the distribution of basic 640kb and
extended basic memory in Dos. Has limitless possibilities.
Supports up to 256 MB of RAM. The loadhi utility allows you
to forcefully move all drivers from the 640 kB base memory,
thus freeing it up to run other programs.

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XOSL Boot Manager  1.15 for Dos [449 kb]
Extended Operating System Loader Created by Geurt Vos.
XOSL is the first free high quality open source graphical
boot manager released under GPL.

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Ranish Partition Manager 2.40 for Dos [58 kb]
Partition Manager is a boot manager and hard disk
partitining tool. It gives you high level of control for
creaing dual- and multi- boot systems and booting
multiple operating systems such as Linux, Windows,
FreeDOS, and FreeBSD from a single disk.

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Partition magic 8.0 [882 kb]
The most powerful program for managing hard drives
partitions. Placed on a boot floppy disk. Much faster
and more efficient than analogues.

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Norton Ghost 8.2 [1 424 kb]
Norton GHOST is a Dos disk cloning and backup tool.

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Osr2kit patch from Microsoft [78 kb]
Patch for MsDos 7.0 file io.sys, allowing you to run
Windows 95 and Windows 3.11 in FAT32.

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Windows processes and memory
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Process explorer for Windows 98 [1 469 kb]
A compact but powerful program with a convenient interface
for monitoring processes occurring in the system in real
time. Provides detailed information about all running
processes, including owner, memory usage, libraries involved,
etc. It has a powerful search system that allows you to search
for processes that open a specific handle or load a specific
DLL.
Process explorer for Windows XP [1 1923 kb]
Version of the utility for Windows 2000/XP systems,
in 64 and 32 bit versions.

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Process Ifno for Windows 9x [89 kb]
PrcInfo is simple and fast process, thread and modules
manager for Windows.
Process Info for Windows XP+ [100 kb]
PrcInfo is simple and fast process, thread and modules
manager for Windows.

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SysMeter 1.03 for Win32 [102 kb]
A small horizontal bar hangs on any part of your desktop
and shows the consumption of your memory, processor,
and other things. SysMeter support skins!

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WMemory Info 3.01 for Win9x [586 kb]
WMI is a small system utility with the following
capabilities: CPU and Memory usage sensors, Automatic
or manual memory optimization, Windows restart or shut
down, desktop wallpaper changer, easy change of the
Windows cache and swap file settings.

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Win Ram XP [670 kb]
Utility for improving memory performance in Windows XP.

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Utilities for working with resources
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Resurce free for Windows 2000/XP/7 [1 kb]
This utility makes sure that the virtual machine does not
consume 99% of the processor resources when running Dos
programs in Windows. Soft created specifically for those
ases when you need to use Dos and Windows programs
simultaneously. For example, when transferring data in
the airport.

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Resources Extract 1.18 for Win32 [30 kb]
ResourcesExtract is a small utility that scans dll/ocx/exe
files and extract all resources (bitmaps, icons, cursors,
AVI movies, HTML files, and more) stored in them into
the folder that you specify.

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Restorator 2007 3.70 [3 576 kb]
Resource editor for many file types, such as DLLs. Using
the utility, you can extract text, images, templates from
many file formats and programs.

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Motherboards and CPU's utilities
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Hardware monitor 1.5 for Win9x [175 kb]
Hardware Monitor is a program to monitor status of your
hardware.

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Motherboard Monitor 5.3.7.0 for Win32 [1 616 kb]
Motherboard Monitor will monitor the heat sensors in your
computer, and can take action should the heat rise above
a specified level. This utility is especially important
for computers (such as Servers) that are left unattended.

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The best solution for reducing heat in older processors
in machines tools with poor ventilation or manufacturing
facility temperatures
CpuIlde util for Windows 9x [234 kb]
This utility was used to manage the power consumption
of the processor and reduce its frequency when idle to
save energy and reduce temperatures. It achieved this
by sending special commands to the processor to set
certain registers and change its operating frequency.
This made it possible to reduce power consumption and
heat dissipation of the processor during periods
of system inactivity.

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Cpu Core temp for Windows XP+ [412 kb]
A very simple and necessary program, it just hangs in your
tray and shows the temperature of the processor cores.

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Removable and external storage utilities
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CD slow for Win32 3.3 [8 kb]
CDSlow is a program for controlling the speed of CD/DVD
drives. More precisely, to limit the maximum speed of the
drive in order to reduce its noise when it is not necessary
to read data very quickly (for example, when listening to
MP3 music or playing games).

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Nero drive speed for Win32 [124 kb]
Controlling the speed of your computer's CD/DVD drive.

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WinImage is a utility software that allows users to create,
edit, and extract disk image files (*.img, *.iso, *.ima).
It supports various disk image formats and provides users
with a user-friendly interface for manipulating these files.
It is possible to read floppy disk images by sector!
Win Image for DOS [8 kb]
Console version Win Image for DOS.
Win Image for Windows 9x/NT/XP [312 kb]
Windows version with GUI.

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Floppy Disk Format 7 for Win32 [356 kb]
A useful graphical utility for formatting floppy disks
with the ability to restore damaged sectors.

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Chip Easy 1.5.6.6 for Win32 [891 kb]
Great utility from Chinese developers that allows to get
full information about the hardware characteristics
of USB flash memory drive. Manufacturer VID and PID,
controller type, memory type, etc.

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USB Info 9.4.0.645 for Win32 [4 252 kb]
Program developed by Russian coders that allows to obtain
the following information about a USB storage: controller
model, memory chips installed, manufacturer, maximum
current consumption USB version, VID and PID, Chip F/W
(for some controllers).

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Rufus 2.18 for Windows XP [933 kb]
Rufus is a utility that helps format and create bootable
USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory
sticks, etc.

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Flashnul RC1 console for Windows 2000/XP [97 kb]
Flashnul is a utility for checking the functionality and
maintenance of Flash memory (USB-Flash, IDE-Flash,
SecureDigital, MMC,MemoryStick, SmartMedia, XD,
CompactFlash, etc.).

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USB drives formatting utility for Windows XP. Allows you
to format large flash cards (over 64 GB) in FAT32. Useful
for owners of old household TV or DVD players with USB
output. Since it allows you to copy a larger volume of movies
by formatting large drives larger than 64 GB in FAT32. Since
these devices only support FAT32. And as you know, using
standard Windows XP tools it is not possible to format
a flash drive larger than 64 GB in FAT32.
HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool 2.2.3 [40 kb]
How to format a 64-128 GB flash drive correctly to FAT32
for old DVDs and TVs with USB? Very simple! First, format
a 64 GB or more flash drive using standard Windows XP
tools. Then format the flash drive with this utility. And
any household video playback device will see the entire
volume of this flash drive. Then you can copy large TV series
and watch them on old DVD or TVs with a USB port. This
way you don't pay for updates, but just buy a large flash
drive.

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Windows Security Utilities
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Anvir Task Manager for Win32 [4 442 kb]
Free AnVir Task Manager provides convenience by offering
all of its features in a single interface.
Monitor processes, services, startup programs, CPU, HDD.
Replace Windows Task Manager. Get rid of spyware and
viruses that your antivirus missed!

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USB Guard 5.3.20 [620 kb]
Protection against automatic install of viruses via USB
and other removable drives for Win98/Me/2000/XP.

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Folder Guard for Win32 [1 288 kb]
The utility installs password protection on any directory
within the Windows 9x GUI. Protection does not apply
to DOS applications.

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Active Password Changer Pro 3.5 [3 137 kb]
Password Changer is designed for resetting local administrator
and user passwords on Windows XP/VISTA/2008/2003/2000
systems in case an Administrator's password is forgotten
or lost.

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Password Renew for Win32 [247 kb]
Password reset and recovery utility for Windows 9x-Vista.

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Md5 file hash for Win32 [9 kb]
This is a simple utility that will calculate the MD5
hash of a given file. It features a progress bar during
calculation and a text field from which the final MD5
hash can be easily copied to the clipboard.

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Hard drive utilities
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Victoria 5.037 portable [1 577 kb]
Victoria HDD/SSD is the best free program for diagnosing,
researching, testing and minor repairs of hard drives, SSD
drives, memory cards, and any other drives in the Windows
operating system (XP and high versions).

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Active undelete 5.1 for Win32 [731 kb]
Portable utility for recovering deleted files and folders
for Windows 9x-Vista.

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Disk Data 3.3.2 for Win32 [542 kb]
The program creates detailed reports on your file
system. Namely, by the number of files, folders,
space consumption, and so on.

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Disk free 2.2 for Win32 [234 kb]
The program shows free disk space in megabytes. It updates
the information every second, so it is very useful with
programs which consume very much disk space very fast
(sound capture and video capture).

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HDD Wipe 2.35.1178 for Win32 [484 kb]
Utility for wipe data on hard drives. Please attention!
Be careful! Not support Windows 9x.

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HDD Scan 3.1 for Win32 [1 829 kb]
HDDScan is a freeware utility for storage devices
diagnostics (HDD, RAID, Flash) The program can scan
storage device for Bad-blocks, show S.M.A.R.T. attributes
and change some HDD parameters such as AAM, APM, etc.
Not support Windows 9x.

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Scanner 2.12 for Win32 [254 kb]
The Scanner provides a visualization of your media
usage. To show the relations optimally, all files and
folders of the selected disk(s) are displayed together
in one diagram - with an area size proportional to the
used space.

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File Case for Win32 [9 kb]
This is console program that will change the text case
of the names and/or extensions of a set of files.

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Registry utilities and tweakers
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RegCleaner for Windows 9x [516 kb]
A powerful utility for cleaning the registry from corrupted
software links.

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Reg Compact 1.0 [62 kb]
Registry optimization utility for Windows 9x. Compresses
the registry, preventing it from growing.

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Unistall tool 3.5.4 portable [3 841 kb]
A painless removal utility for installed and hidden programs.
Does not allow the Windows registry to become clogged.
I use this version almost every day. Works for Windows2000,
XP, 2003, Vista, 7.

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Windows 98 Configurator [242 kb]
Windows 98 Configurator lets you personalize many settings
of the Windows 98/95 system, restrict many user rights,
change icons, remove unnecessary registry strings etc.
An undisputed hit in all computer clubs of the early 2000s.
The administrator created a local account and then limited
rights using this utility, disabling all capabilities for
working with files and the OS. In essence, this is a
replacement for local security policies for Windows 9x.

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Neo Tweaker Pro [1 380 kb]
Neo Tweaker Pro is intended for your operational system
development, for improvement  her work and increase computer
speed. The program uses undocumented opportunities of systems,
which not adjusted by Windows standard methods. This util
works in all systems of Windows family above Windows 95:
Windows 95,98,98 SE, ME, NT 4.x, 2000, XP.

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Windows Explorer Extension
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Open with view for Windows XP [37 kb]
OpenWithView is a small utility that displays the list
of all available applications in the 'Open With' dialog
box of Windows, and allows you to easily disable/enable
the applications in the list. When application is disabled,
it won't be displayed in the 'Other Programs' section
of the 'Open With' dialog-box.

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Windows system patches and updates
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Microsoft speech API support for Windows XP [804 kb]
Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) is a collection of speech
recognition and synthesis technologies developed by Microsoft.
It provides developers with tools and libraries to integrate
speech recognition and speech synthesis capabilities into
their applications.

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Patches for Windows 98 SE/ME to run Windows XP/7
applications in this operating systems. A detailed summary
of my experience.
Microsoft Layer for Unicode [211 kb]
Unicode support update for  Windows 95/98/ME
KernelEX + updates + dll's for Windows 98 SE/ME [3 102 kb]
Extension for Windows 98SE/Me that allows you to run some
of the applications for Windows XP/2000/NT/7. In some cases
it is useful if you need to continue working in Windows 98, but
with programs for Windows XP. For example, a similar case
happened with a spectrograph. The updated version of the
spectrograph client did not work on Windows 98, so we had
to use this extension. As you know, in many cases there
is no point in changing industrial equipment for dubious
improvements and copy data at the same time.
Manual about install and update KernelEX [2 kb]
I wrote what I think is a detailed manual for installing
and updating KernelEX. If something doesn't work out,
write to me about it.

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Patches for Windows 2000 SP4 to run Windows XP/7
applications in this operating system. A detailed summary
of my experience.

This software by Pink Flying Whale/BlackWingCa make
Installer identify Windows XP and execute some software
or Rewrite MSI for Windows2000. And this soft has stronger
option to program to be recognized WinXP or Win Me,
and so on. You can use alose Stronger and stronger Version
Emulation with add-on KnownDllsWrapper. But you need
kernel32.dll wrapper 5.01.2599.0006 upper.
Force Compatibler Kernel 0.88 for Windows 2000 [182 kb]
After installing KernelEX for Windows 2000, be sure install
the unofficial Service Pack 5.1 for this operating system.
This way you can run applications for Windows XP and even
Windows 7, such as modern browsers:
Unofficial Service Pack 5.1 [237 mb] web page link
Install these Windows XP updates to your upgraded
Windows 2000 SP 5.1 or just your Windows XP 32 bit:
kb2868626 update [747 kb]
Supports the use of SHA-256 SSL certificates, allowing you
to connect to websites that use these certificates. Older
versions of Internet Explorer can also benefit from these
updates to connect to sites that use SHA-256 certificates.
kb3081320 update [711 kb]
TLS 1.1/1.2 support for Windows XP and Internet Explorer.

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Windows 3.11 support Win32s [2 477 kb]
A system patch that allows you to run some Win32 applications
in Windows 3.11 WFG.

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Windows 95 Shell Update [375 kb]
This update to SHELL32.DLL provides browsing of NetWare
Directory Service printers from the Add Printer wizard,
which is found in the Printers folder (provided you have
installed Service for NetWare Directory Services).

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Fixer of freezing on shutdown Windows 98SE [456 kb]
Update that fixes problems with shutting down and restarting
Windows 98SE.

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Win 98 Lite 3.0 Pro for PanEuro [767 kb]
Win Me Lite 3.0 Pro for Millenium [853 kb]
Windows 98 Lite is a utility that allows you to install
Windows 98/SE/ME without Internet Explorer and
a number of other programs using standard installer
tools, as well as install the interface from Windows 95!

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Real DOS-Mode Patch for Windows ME v1.3 [9 kb]
This patch will modify IO.SYS, COMMAND.COM and
REGENV32.EXE in order to  unhide the Real DOS-Mode
on Windows ME systems, resulting in a similar boot  process
to the one available in Windows 9x. This will allow, for
example, to  reach DOS directly by pressing Shift-F8 at
boot-up, to use CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT before
Windows loads, and to set up a startup menu.

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Microsoft Windows Millennium Low Cpu Fix [62 kb]
This fix is in first hand made for all the ppls out there
that gots a CPU under 150Mhz.. and wants to install
MS WinME. But the setup wont let you. Because off
low-cpu. This fix will remove that BAD thing from the
installation progam. So you can install WinMe on ex.
A Pentium 100Mhz.

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System Restore Remover Pro 1.5 [512 kb]
Removing system recovery and other Windows ME
functions what you don't need.

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Windows Me system editor [35 kb]
The patch brings back the System Edit utility for editing
system files in Windows Me.

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Windows XP SP1/SP2 WPA Kill [268 kb]
WPA Killer for Windows XP service packs 1 and 2.

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