Most are Freeware ..Some are Shareware!
Updated: 12 December 2008
| Freeware | ||
| Microsoft Comic Chat | ||
| Name | Description | Get It Now |
| Microsoft Comic Chat 2.5 |
A Different and Totally Fun way to chat. One chats in a 'comic strip' environment, rather than just plain text. (Version 2.5 uses color characters and color backgrounds). |
 1.7M |
| Character Editor for Comic Chat |
This is the creation program for making ones own personalized comic characters for use in the MS Chat 2.5 program. Special Download: Users of Older Comic Chat Version 2.1 Must get Version 0.55 Character Editor |
Ver 0.66 1.86M |
 Joey'sMS Chat Info 1.1 |
A small program which allows the user to change many of the Comic Chat program settings on one small Control Panel. (Download includes Help Pages) Author's Home Page: http://www.members.optushome.com.au/pret/mschat_info/ |
 100k |
| ChatCheck 2.5F |
This is a Comic Chat character Web search utility. It compares the .AVB character files that you have on your hard drive to what is available on the internet. Then shows you where to go if you want to download them. Created by Derek White aka Sqiz Win95, NT, 98, 98SE, 2000, ME, XP |
 240k |
| DIET_AVB |
A Japanese utility created by Shunji Haruki. It is a Comic Chat character 'pose' extraction utility (Ripper). It works very fast! Haruki had it in his older 'info' pages because it only works on the older MS Chat 2.1 color characters. Which most every one abandoned when MS Chat 2.5 was released. ~Mermaid added a sample file so it can be tested! |
 45k |
| Anti-Virus Programs | ||
| Avast Antivirus Free Home Edition v4.7 Win 95/98/Me NT/2000/XP/Vista |
Avast! (Me Matey ...ARRRGHH!) 4 Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus package designed exclusively for home users and non-commercial use.
(4 Home Edition not for server platforms). Home Page: http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html |
 12.71M |
| Spybot Search & Destroy v1.6.0.31 Win 95/98/Me NT/2000/XP/Vista |
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer.
Home Page: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html |
 14.38M or download .com |
| Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool v2.5 10.December.08 |
This tool, (KB890830), checks your computer for infection by specific, prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps to remove the infection if it is found. Microsoft releases an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month. ( For: Windows; ALL ) |
 7.4M |
| Archival Programs - ZIP/RAR/LZH/etc. | ||
| Power Archiver 6.11 22 Mar 04
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A totally FREE powerful compression utility that lets you compress and decompress files. Compression supports ZIP, CAB, LHA, BH, TAR, TAR.GZ, and TAR.BZ2. Decompression supports ZIP, CAB, LHA, ARJ, RAR, ARC, ACE, TAR, TAR.GZ, BH, TAR.BZ2, ZOO, GZ, and BZIP2. Other features include support for self extracting and password protected zip archives. Power Archiver 6.11 Is the last "Free" version. All subsequent versions have to be paid for. |
 2.1 Meg update file |
| 7-Zip 4.62 Win 95/98/ME/NT 2000/2003/XP/Vista |
7-Zip is an 'open source' file archiver with a high compression ratio Packing / Unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z Home Page: http://www.7-zip.org/ |
 912k |
| LHA ARJ ARC | Shell Extensions to add LZH, ARJ, & ARC capabilities to WinZip. Included, are instructions by Mermaid_Elizabeth and all files needed. Suggested for the Advanced user of WinZip. |  267k |
| PikaPika 3.00E | A Japanese desktop companion for children that has an LZH archive extraction utility built into it. Mermaid offers it here since some of the Comic Chat character sites in Japan have their files compressed in the LZH format. Created by: Hiroma |  89k |
| RarZilla 2.53 Win 95/98/Me/NT 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista |
RarZilla is a Free Unrar utility. It is a fast, easy, and beautiful decompression tool for RAR-archives that includes short instructions in 45 languages. Homepage: http://www.philipp-winterberg.de/software/rarzilla_free_unrar.php |
 1.23M |
| Graphics Related Programs | ||
| IrfanView 4.20 Upgraded Win 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista | Mermaid uses this terrific graphics program for lightening dark graphics, resizing graphics to use in the character editor, and for graphic file conversions. Mermaid thinks this is a 'must have' tool even if it isn't used for character creating. (She also uses this program and MS Paint in her web page graphic creating). |  8.2M with Plug-ins |
| Bryce 5.5 Win 98/ME/NT4-sp6/ 2000-sp2/XP/Vista - Mac OS X 10.2 or above |
Bryce is a 3D illustration and rendering program intended to help you create breathtakingly realistic 3D landscapes and animations using a drag-and-drop interface on a real-time canvas. With their recent release of version 6.1, DAZ, the makers of Bryce have decided to allow version 5.5c to be totally free as "tell ware"! GET FREE SERIAL NUMBER @ http://www.daz3d.com/bryce55 - Remember to also download their FREE additional 'presets' package WIN 23.7Meg |
 122M |
| DeKnop 4.3.12 | DeKnop (dutch for "The Button") is a graphics editor that is designed to let you create buttons for your web site without requiring any graphic design experience. This is the program Mermy used, combined with IrfanView, to create the new 'gradient' color sceme and 'gradient' titles on THIS web site! Besides English, this program is availabe in 18 other languages as well. Visit the HOMEPAGE for downloads other than english. |  950k |
| Photo Print Calendar Maker 3.00E beta |
An Awesome Totally Free Photo Print Calendar Making Program from YOKOHAMA |  2.16M |
| Text Editing Programs | ||
| RogSoft NotePad+ 1.11 |
This is a perfect replacement for Microsoft's Windows Notepad! It is what the Notepad program should have been! It allows one to save to HTML format. It is auto scrolling (NO annoying Wordwrap issues). It has no memory limitations like Windows Notepad! This is the ultimate workhorse text program for all Windows text documents! Mermy has been using RogSoft's NotePad+ since 1999. She writes all of her HTML code with it! |  207k |
OpenOffice 2.2.0 Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista |
An open source Full Office Suite comparable to Microsoft's Office program without the price, (Openoffice is totally Free)! OpenOffice will also handle Word docs, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint files This program is perfect for students or anyone else on a tight budget who need an Office Suite, but can't afford MS Office! Author's Home Page: http://www.openoffice.org/ |
 108M |
| XVI32 2.51 Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP |
A simple, powerful, but effective HEX editor thats free! Author's Home Page: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de |
 493k |
HexEdit 2.5F Win 95/98/ME NT/2000/XP/Vista |
HexEdit 2.5F is a free binary file editor or hex editor. Internet Explorer 5.0 or later is required for some features
(noteably the on-line help and the template system). Mermy used to use 'UltraEdit' and got tired of having to always pay for upgrades. Then she found 'HexEdit 2.5F' which performs very much like UltraEdit only FREE! Author's Home Page: http://www.hexedit.com/ |
 493k |
| Miscellanious Programs not yet catagorized | ||
 CDBurnerXP Pro 2.2.9 |
Extremely Powerful CD/DVD Burner Program Totally Freeware! ~ Burns Data on: ~ Burns Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg and wma* files More Features | Home Page | Download Page CDBurnerXP Pro works on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP Mermy Says: Get the 2.2.9 Version!!! ..It is the most stable and fully featured! It works like a dream! |
 14.3M |
| AgAnims 1.001 4 Oct 03 |
Microsoft Agent Animation Browser - allows you to examine and test all the animations within a selected Microsoft Agent character .ACS file. One must have MS Agent core and support programs installed for this to work. [ Get .ACS files Here ] |
 151k |
| CapJ 1.0 |
'Character Animation Previewer' (Written in J+) A Microsoft 'MS Agent' character .ACS file previewer. One must have MS Agent core and support programs installed for this to work. [ Get .ACS files Here ] This stopped working for Mermy after downloading and updating her Java package from Sun Microsystems. Aparently Sun decided to change the Java Class directory to a new location within one's hardrive. Mermy suggests to get the other previewer 'AgAnims' if you have updated your Java Class libraries as she has done. |  41k |
| Capture 1.4.7 Win 95/98/ME/2000/XP |
Controlable utility for capturing your favorite pictures to create your own Comic Chat characters. Mermaid prefers this program over others she's tried because this one doesn't distort the colors like some of the other costly capture programs do. (Sorry but Capture does not work in Vista) - Created by NestEgg Software |
 176k |
EasyCapture 1.0.0 Win NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista |
Mermaid has searched the internet over for a free replacement of the above "Capture" program for Vista users. EasyCapture not only works with Vista, but the control panel is similar to Capture so that long time users of Capture will have no problem using EasyCapture. Created by XYStudio http://www.xydownload.com/easycapture/ |
 2.56 Meg |
| EyeDropper 3.01 |
A very cool tool for discovering the HEX code of a color you may see and want to duplicate in your coding project! - HOMEPAGE - |
 28k |
| FineSplit 1.05 | Splits a file into floppy sized parts and creates a merging batch file to reassemble the pieces into a copy of the original file. Unlike other file splitters, it will also permit the user to define the exact size of each separate piece as an option. Options: Edit the enclosed .INI file to change the default part size, or other settings. |  9k |
| FontView 1.001 |
An easy to use font viewer to help quickly locate that perfect font for your project! |  77k |
| HDCopy 2.104 Win95/98/ME | With HDCopy you can make an identical copy of a hard drive onto another hard drive. If you buy a new hard drive and don't wish to change your Windows configuration in any way, you can use HDCopy to copy your old hard drive completely to the new one (hidden files as well). Web Page: http://home.tiscali.de/zdata/mainpage_e.htm Mermy used this FREE proggie for a flawless transfer from a 20gig to a 30gig HD! |  89k |
| Metric Converter 1.4 | A terrific way to keep up in international chat rooms! If a chatter thinks in Farhenheit and someone says it's 20 degrees C, then they can convert it quickly to understand! |  10k |
| Rainbow Font 2.1 |
Makes cool rainbow text for your HTML pages! ( In 'copy & paste' HTML Code! ) UPDATE: 1 April 2007 Mermy used a HEX editor on Rainbow Font and renamed all of the controls from Japanese to English for easier use. |
 197k |
| Rname-it 3.11.D | Rname-it is a file renaming utility specialized for batch process renaming. It allows the user to select multiple files and rename them all at once. |  108k |
| Startup Cop 1.010 | Allows you to take control of your Windows Startup string! Mirrored Help Pages! |  727k |
| TeaTimer 1.6 | A simple little timer for keeping track of your time! |  151k |
| Microsoft Necessities | ||
| Microsoft VB Runtime Libraries & MORE! |
Microsoft Linked resources below: Install to Windows\System folder: XP=Windows\System32 Other Links: Local Download DirectX_9c[9.22.1284]_redist.exe - 33.4M
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The files that are downloadable directly from this site are provided with permissions that are within each separate license agreement attached to the program (or somewhere on the authors original website). Programs with licenses that do not provide redistribution permissions are linked to the authors web site page for download instead.
| Shareware | ||
| Name | Description | Get It Now |
| Screen Ruler 3.2 | A ruler that measures in pixels. Terrific for graphic creations as well as web page designs. (Mermaid also uses it in mapping graphics for making 'clickable zones' on a web page graphic). |  68k |
| TypeItIn 2.7 Upgraded | A Macro utility for those who use a lot of macros. This program works in Comic Chat and supports 50+ macros. Cost: Free to try ... Professional is $19.95 to keep |
 660k |
| WebGraphics Optimizer 4.2 |
A handy graphics compression tool for compressing web page graphic files. Compressing them will help HTML web pages load faster. Mermaid_Elizabeth believes this is a 'must have' tool for Webmasters! Cost: Free to try ... Standard is $39.00 to keep |
 6.97M |