Contents

Click on the link for any selected software, when prompted select 'Open', then follow install instructions.

Note: As this index page is in HTML, it is treated as a 'webpage' and the download program recommends saving any program to disk instead of running it from location, this is always advisable when downloading anything from the Internet. This disc has been scanned with Vet ™ anti-virus software, but it is recommended that you should always run a scan on any new compilation CD to ensure there are no viruses.

Image

PhotoPlus 5.5 - great image editing software
1 Cool Tool Button - flas & java menus & buttons for websites
1 Cool Menu FX
Blender 2.26
DesignWorks Professional 4
Digital 5.3.7
Image Enhance 3.3.2
JPEG Imager 2.0 RC2
Insta3D standard
SendPhotos - evaluation
Thumber is a multi-purpose image management tool designed to automate many of the routine tasks associated with viewing, cataloging, transforming, renaming, presenting, transferring, editing, and archiving digital images
IrfanView - viewing & editing many image formats
xatio Image Optimiser

Office

Sphygmic Spread Sheet System free spreadsheet program
Open Office 1.03 - compatible with Microsoft Office
602 Pro PC Suite - range of office tools
PagePlus 5 - desktop publishing
KP Typing - typing tutorial
Kids Typing Skills - typing tutorial
TypeMaster Typing Test - typing test & demo tutorial

Security

Avast 4 - free for home use Anti Virus software - must register at http://www.avast.com/regist4.htm to obtain unlock key
Sygate Personal Firewall - free for home use - requires registration once installed
Win '98 Security patch

Web & Internet

Browsers #
Internet Explorer 6
Netscape 7

Email
Pegasus - email client
ABF - Outlook Express Backup utility
MailWasher - Spam control

WebPage Authoring
WebPage Builder toolkit
PageWiz - webpage building
CoffeeFree - webpage building
SERanker - webpage positioning

File Managers
Gozilla - file download manager - improves download speeds, allows scheduling & resuming.
WS_FTP le - free FTP (File Transfer Protocol) manager - moving files from your computer to your website etc. For assistance installing and using WS_FTP LE, visit http://www.ftpplanet.com/tutorial/install_ws_ftple.htm

Web camera
V-CamShow - is a free webcam slide show and screen saver
WebCam 3 personal edition

Connection
drtcp - useful if downloads appear to be stalling - tool for reducing packet sizes being transferred

Utilities

Internet Explore Toolbar Wallpaper - change the toolbar background for Win 95/98
Power Point viewer - for viewing Microsoft Power Point presentations
Acrobat 5 reader - for viewing PDF files
Tweak - addons for Win 95/98 control panel
Winzip 8.1 - opening & creating zip files
WinRar (trial) - opening & creating zip files
MojoMail - CGI script email list software for websites
Treesize - great utility for checking the size of files & folders on your hard drive, floppy or CD
Media Player 9 - Get more play, your way with Windows Media Player 9 Series. Get fast and flexible playback with the best audio and video quality for Windows and the Web. Includes special new features optimised for Windows XP.
Directx 9 - runtime is necessary for running the majority of game demos and other rich media software. DirectX 9 also provides support for the latest generation of 3D graphics acceleration hardware. The latest version of DirectX offers updated graphics features, faster frame rates and improved support for massive multiplayer games.
AdAware 6 - Adware is known by many names - spyware, trackware or even Big Brotherware. While producers of adware claim its purpose is to collect information about Internet habits to deliver ads tailored to a surfer's interests, privacy advocates are concerned about the potential misuse of this data. Ad-aware identifies and removes these surreptitiously installed applications.

Other

Office 97 service release 2 - if you have Office 97 installed
Win 98 shutdown patch - if Win 98 shutdown 'hangs'

Manuals

PDF help files for Microsoft Office '97 modules
Access | Excel | PowerPoint | Word

CIA Fact File

C.I.A FactFile - released every year as a source of basic information on all countires - politics, ecomony, resources, crops, geography etc - much useful information. (extract all files in zip to a new folder on your hard-drive then extract all files in map zip to same folder.

Use of this software is entirely at the discretion of the user. If you find any of this software useful, please do the right thing and purchase the 'full' version (if not freeware) and support the developers.

This software is made available to students of pclessons.net & others purely as an assist to their enjoyment of computers & the Internet - There is no charge or cost for this CD containing any of the above mentioned software.

No warranty as to the suitability of any software, included on this free CD, is made by pclessons.net - Use of all software is at users discretion and no liability will be assumed by pclessons.net or it's tutors for the use, misuse, suitability or functionality of any of the software contained on this CD.

You are encouraged to visit the developer/author's website of the above software to view any other information relevant to that particular software or version.

# Web browsers courtesy of May 2003 Australian Personal Computer magazine CD.

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Windows Media Player 9
Licence: Freeware.
Online: http://www.microsoft.com
Operating system: Windows 98 SE/Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP.
Requires: 233MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 100MB free disk space.

Install instructions Please note: Windows Media Player 9 is intended as a major system upgrade and installs Digital Rights Management (DRM) functionality on your hard drive. Standard un-installation procedures will not rid your PC of the player. Please read thoroughly the End User Agreement and Supplemental End User Agreement before proceeding with installation.
Win 98SE/Me/2000 or Win XP

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