What is BartPE and PE Builder?
Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.
It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!
Introduction
PE Builder is not a Microsoft product and does not create Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment ("Windows PE"). Using PE Builder does not grant you a license to Microsoft Windows PE or to use the Windows XP or Server 2003 binaries in a manner other than stated in the End-User License Agreement included in your version of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Microsoft has not reviewed or tested PE Builder and does not endorse its use.
Please do not contact Microsoft for support on the preinstallation environment that has been created by PE Builder!
Microsoft does not provide support for PE Builder or for the preinstallation environment created by PE Builder.
The PE Builder program (pebuilder.exe) runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE. It does not run on Windows NT4/ME/9x.
To avoid any confusion, the bootable CD generated by PE Builder should be called by its nickname "BartPE"!
A word from the author
Hi, my name is Bart Lagerweij. I've been creating DOS based boot disks and bootable CD-Roms from Dos 3.x (not sure what year) until 2002. I have created the: Corporate Modboot, Network bootdisk, CD-Rom bootdisk, a hardware independent Dos CD-Rom driver eltorito.sys and lots of other tools needed to boot a PC the way I want it to.
As you can read above I've stopped doing that in 2002. Why? I saw a Windows PE (WinPE) bootable CD-Rom (from Microsoft) in action and I got very, very curious. I knew then as I know now, that in time PE-based solutions will be every PC technicians best friend.
Goodbye to all the good and bad dos-based NTFS utilities! Now we can boot from a CD-Rom and have full read/write access to NTFS volumes!
Here are a few things that are possible with PE and are not possible with any type of dos-based boot disk, even when using network support and ntfsdos:
* Accessing very large (>2TB) NTFS volumes or accessing volumes that are not seen by the BIOS, like some fibre channel disks.
* Very reliable scanning and cleaning of viruses on NTFS volumes using a "clean boot".
* Active Directory support.
* Have remote control over other machines, using vnc or remote desktop.
While I was already thinking about what great things this could do, I noticed the end-user license agreement for Microsoft software that is included with Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 1.2 (eula.txt). In section "1. ELIGIBILITY." it states the following:
..."You may only install and use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT if you are an active Microsoft Software Assurance Member ("SAM") for the systems product pool or servers product pool, if you currently have license coverage for Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) Upgrades via a Campus Agreement or School Agreement, or if you are a current or former participant in the Windows XP Joint Development Program, Windows XP Rapid Adoption Program, Windows .NET Server Joint Development Program, or Windows .NET Server Rapid Adoption Program. If you do not meet one or more of the requirements listed above, you may not install or use this SOFTWARE PRODUCT and you must terminate the installation of this SOFTWARE PRODUCT immediately"...
Oops, that does not include me. As a matter a fact that does not include most of us! This was very disappointing. But then I started thinking, how difficult can it be to build something similar to Windows PE from a Windows XP installation CD-Rom? A quick file compare looked like most of the needed files are on the Windows XP CD-Rom. Only because I thought building this would be easy, I started coding my own builder program. Had I known how hard it would be, I would probably never have started programming PE Builder.
This first version (v1.0.0) of PE Builder was released on April 28, 2003. Yes, version 1 was a very simple, very static, very bad and copyright violating program. And the (very friendly) people at Microsoft had every right to kick my butt. But I learned from it and in May 2003 I started on a second version. In July (three months later) v2 was ready.
Version 2 did not have the problems that version 1 had. The version 2 build engine had its own registry hive builder which was not easy to program and took about 50% of my research and coding time. It also was dynamic enough that it could build from Windows XP and Server 2003. In v2.0.1 I added a small but very powerful menu program called nu2menu, which was written by my buddy Henk de Jong. The latest 2 version (v2.0.2b) even used a new ISO filesystem called "ISO-9660:1999 (version 2)" instead of the Joliet extensions. Some non-English versions of Windows XP had filenames longer than the maximum allowed length for Joliet filenames (103 chars). I had to patch the ISO building program (mkisofs.exe) so that the Windows NT bootstrap and setup loader would boot properly. The file and directory names can now be up to 207 characters. But again this version had something bad. When comparing some INF files they looked too much like the Windows PE builder from Microsoft.
I had to change the entire INF file layout to use its own format. And on Sep 1, 2003 (almost 6 months after starting) version 3 was ready. After adding plugin support, PE Builder got very popular. People from all over the world are writing their own plugins to add the program they like and use.
BartPE vs. Windows PE?
* BartPE is not supported by Microsoft. Windows PE is an official Microsoft product.
* BartPE has a graphical user interface. Windows PE has a command line interface.
* The tools needed to make a BartPE installation are free software. Windows PE is available only to Microsoft OEM users.
* BartPE allows unlimited custom plugins. Windows PE has a limited range of plugins options.
What is the technical difference between BartPE and Windows PE?
* Target - Microsoft sees Windows PE as an installation platform. Bart sees Windows PE as the next generation rescue platform.
* Start-menu - Bart's builder gives you a simple, dynamic and powerful start-menu (Nu2Menu, see screenshots). Microsoft's builder does not give you a start-menu, it uses a command prompt.
* Build from - Bart's builder can also build from Windows XP Home Edition or from a preinstalled Windows XP version (without CD).
* Plugins - With PE Builder you can easily add applications, drivers or tools using plugins. This makes PE Builder extremely powerful. The end user can even combine plugins from different software vendors into one CD image.
* Network support - PE Builder includes its own network support tools (bartpe/penetcfg) to start TCP/IP and Microsoft Client. The TCP/IP settings like: dynamic/static ip-address, subnet-mask, default gateway, dns-servers computer-name, workgroup can be changed on-the-fly. You can create pre-defined profiles, that you can select. Microsoft Windows PE only supports DHCP or fixed settings using winbom.ini.
Also there is a plugin (NwDskPe) created by Erwin Veermans that loads the Netware Client on BartPE (IP/IPX).
* Fileshare - BartPE can start File Sharing support so you can connect to the system through a share.
* VNC - Because of the File Sharing support you can also run UltraVNC.
* Dos support - Bart's builder has a plugin called "dospe".
* License - Microsoft Windows PE is only for Enterprise/OEM customers (see previous), BartPE is for everybody!
* 64-Bit - Bart's builder does not support Windows 64-bit editions.
Requirements to build:
1. The files from your Windows Installation CD-Rom.
Supported Windows versions are:
* Windows XP Home Edition (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
* Windows XP Professional (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
* Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
* Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
* Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
2. PE Builder runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE systems.
3. CD/DVD writer if you want to creat a bootable CD/DVD.
Why did I build PE Builder?
Microsoft only provides Windows PE to OEM and Enterprise customers. So the small companies and end users do not get Windows PE. I think this is really bad. With PE Builder they can build a Bootable XP CD-Rom (called BartPE) to use for maintaining their systems.
Link Download HERE
Getting started
This page will help you create your very first BartPE CD. It assumes that you are using Windows XP.
1. Make sure that your system has about 500MB of free disk space!
2. Download the latest PE Builder version (self-installing package) and install it.
3. Start PE Builder (pebuilder.exe). When you start PE Builder for the first time it will ask if you agree with the license agreement.
4. Now PE Builder will ask to search for windows installation files. If you don't have your windows XP setup/installation files on your system you must insert the original Microsoft Windows XP installation/setup CD at this point.
The files you have at c:\windows are not installation files. They are your already installed files!
Click "yes" to start searching. PE Builder will now search all fixed- and CD-Rom drives for Windows installation files. This will take some time. When more than one valid location is found, a dialog will appear where you can select which location you want to use.
5. At the main PE Builder dialog, select the "Burn to CD/DVD" option. When you are using an erasable medium, make sure that the "AutoErase RW" option is enabled. The "burn using" option should be set to "StarBurn". Select your CD writer device from the Device list.
6. Hit the "build" button. PE Builder will now ask you to create a BartPE directory, answer with "yes".
7. The license for your Microsoft Windows XP product is shown. Read it and agree to it to continue.
8. PE Builder will now start building BartPE. This will take a few minutes.
You will see a lot of files getting copied and/or decompressed, the ISO image build and the data recorded to your CD/DVD writer.
If the data verify was correct and there where no errors reported you can boot the CD/DVD!
A new version of Hiren's BootCD is out and it's now version 9.7 with lots of updated stuff.
The link to the LATEST version of Hiren's BootCD: http://hiren.latest-info.com
It's always updated with at least 5-10 download links, so make sure to bookmark it ;)
Hiren's Boot CD is a boot CD containing various diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others for fixing various computer 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.
ISO MD5: 0a7f054080c559487129c9165cca5c10
Enjoy =)
What is Hiren's BootCD ? It's a all in one Dos Bootable CD which has all these utilities:
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Partition Tools
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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 1.3.4
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
Partition Table Editor 8.0
Partition Table and Boot Record Editor
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Disk Clone Tools
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ImageCenter 5.6 (Drive Image 2002)
Best software to clone hard drive
Norton Ghost 11.5
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 Saving 3.60
A tool to backup/restore partitions. (SavePart.exe)
COPYR.DMA Build013
A Tool for making copies of hard disks with bad sectors
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Antivirus Tools
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McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (3012)
a virus scanner (with ntfs support and easy to use menu)
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Recovery Tools
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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 6.10
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 1.1.2.64
Another excellent data recovery software with many other options.
PhotoRec 6.10
File and pictures recovery Tool.
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Testing Tools
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System Speed Test 4.78
it tests CPU, harddrive, ect.
PC-Check 6.5
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
CPU/Video/Disk Performance Test 5.7
a tool to test cpu, video, and disk
Test Hard Disk Drive 1.0
a tool to test Hard Disk Drive
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RAM (Memory) Testing Tools
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GoldMemory 5.07
RAM Test utility
Memtest86+ 2.11
PC Memory Test
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Hard Disk Tools
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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) 2.10
Samsung Disk Diagnose (SHDIAG) 1.28
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.11
IBM/Hitachi Feature Tool 2.11
Gateway GwScan 5.12
ExcelStor's ESTest 4.50
MHDD 4.6
WDClear 1.30
Toshiba Hard Disk Diagnostic 2.00b
SeaTools for Dos 1.10
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 0.02
Hard Disk health, performance and temperature monitoring tool.
Active Kill Disk 4.1
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.
HDAT2 4.53
main function is testing and repair (regenerates) bad sectors for detected 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 Erase 4.0
Secure erase using a special feature built into most newer hard drives
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System Information Tools
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Aida16 2.14
a system information tool, extracts details of all components of the PC
PCI and AGP info Tool (3012)
The PCI System information & Exploration tool.
System Analyser 5.3u
View extensive information about your hardware
Navratil Software System Information 0.60.32
High-end professional system information tool
Astra 5.41
Advanced System info Tool and Reporting Assistant
HWiNFO 5.2.5
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 1.15
Detailed information on CPU (CHKCPU.EXE)
CTIA CPU Information 2.7
another CPU information tool
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MBR (Master Boot Record) Tools
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MBRWork 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)
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BIOS / CMOS Tools
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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.
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MultiMedia Tools
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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
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Password Tools
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Active Password Changer 3.0.420
To Reset User Password on windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista (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 1.02
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
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NTFS Ext2FS, Ext3FS (FileSystems) Tools
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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
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Dos File Managers
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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...
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Other Tools
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Ghost Walker 11.5
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 91 different network card drivers
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Dos Tools
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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
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and too many great dos tools
very good collection of dos utilities
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extract.exe pkzip.exe pkunzip.exe unrar.exe rar.exe
ace.exe lha.exe gzip.exe uharcd.exe mouse.com
attrib.com deltree.exe xcopy.exe diskcopy.com imgExtrc.exe
undelete.com edit.com fdisk.exe fdisk2.exe fdisk3.exe
lf.exe delpart.exe wipe.com zap.com format.com
move.exe more.com find.exe hex.exe debug.exe
split.exe mem.exe mi.com sys.com smartdrv.exe
xmsdsk.exe killer.exe share.exe scandisk.exe scanreg.exe
guest.exe doskey.exe duse.exe biosdtct.exe setver.exe
intersvr.exe interlnk.exe loadlin.exe lfndos.exe doslfn.com
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Windows Tools
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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
7-Zip 4.62
File Manager/Archiver Supports 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS formats<> 9.7
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+Mini Windows Xp
+Password Renew 1.1
+WindowsGate 1.1
+Registry Editor PE 0.9c
+Smart Driver Backup 2.12
+Ultimate Windows Tweaker 1.0
+Off By One Browser 3.5
-DocMem
Ghost 11.5.0.2141
Ghost Walker 11.5.0.2141
Ghost Image Explorer 11.5.0.2141
IBM/Hitachi Drive Fitness Test 4.11
Memtest86+ 2.11
ExcelStor's ESTest 4.50
Astra 5.41
HWiNFO 5.2.5
CPU Identification utility 1.15
7-Zip 4.62
Recuva 1.22.384
Partition Find and Mount 2.31
Express Burn 4.16
Process Explorer 11.31
RootkitRevealer 1.71
Silent Runners Revision 59
Autoruns 9.37
CurrPorts 1.55
CPU-Z 1.49
SmitFraudFix 2.387
CCleaner 2.15.815
ProduKey 1.35
Wireless Key View 1.20
ShellExView 1.35
Xp-AntiSpy 3.97
PC Wizard 2008.1.871
SIW 2008-12-16
Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6 (3012)
SpywareBlaster 4.1(3012)
PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (3012)
McAfee Antivirus 4.4.50 (3012)
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (3012)
PCI and AGP info Tool (3012)
Unknown Devices 1.2 (3012)
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Final Uninstaller offers a new and better way to make your PC run more efficiently by cleaning up files and registry entries that were left after unsuccessful uninstallation. The program is based on a powerful leftovers database to support many functions of thoroughly scanning your computer, intelligently detecting leftover files of various programs, clearly listing applications that can be removed and completely uninstalling with only one click… This easy-to-use Final Uninstaller allows you to say goodbye to nerve-wracking leftovers and to speed up you PC performance.
Download Final Unintaller v2.09
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eBoostr? is an alternative solution to Vista?s ReadyBoost and SuperFetch technologies now available on Windows XP
It speeds up your PC and improves application responsiveness by using flash memory and free RAM as an extra layer of performance-boosting cache for your PC. Use up to four inexpensive flash devices to speed up your system. Add more speed to your PC without any hardware upgrade!
What?s new in this version:
* Memory caching (if you have plenty of RAM installed);
* Exclude list (the most requested feature);
* Power saving mode;
* More than 4GB cache file size (on NTFS file system only);
* One flash drive use on different computers;
* Unlimited number of files in cache;
* Build cache process improvement (including initial statistics used from XP prefetch information);
* Load balancing mechanism improvements;
* And many small fixes and enhancements;
* And finally 16 new languages added: Portuguese, Ukrainian, Finnish, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Polish, Korean, Swedish,
Microsoft has officially confirmed that Windows 7 (Codenamed Vienna) is not going to be released until early 2010. However, fresh rumors claim the release date to be June 3, 2009 - whatever the case maybe, we are not going to see the new OS anytime soon, so here we have another cool Windows Vienna Transformation Pack for Windows XP.
Windows 7 / Vienna Transformation Pack Features
* Vienna Navigator.
* Cool Superbar.
* Windows 7 Visual Styles.
* Sounds.
* Windows 7 wallpapers.
* Cursor Set.
* Windows Vienna Logon Screen.
* Windows Vienna Bootskin.
* All the required applications to apply these effects.
The Transformation Pack is 60MB in size. You can download it from Megaleecher.
Although tranformation packs slow down old computers or I should say computers with not enough graphics processing power. I never felt the drop in performance with my ATI HD 4850. Its good if you have a graphics card inside your cabinet. Have your say in the comments
Screenshoot Klik Here
Thanks To http://blog.ashfame.com and download to Megaleecher.
We are not going to get our hands on much anticipated Microsoft Windows 7 anytime soon, but we can enjoy the look and feel now on our Windows XP & Vista system’s using the "Windows 7 Desktop Theme", Since not much details about the upcoming OS is available, the theme looks very similar to Windows Vista but provide some nice refreshing changes to the same old look.
To install:
- Download Windows 7 Theme here >>
- Install "UXTheme Multi-Patcher 6.0.exe" from "UX Theme Patcher" folder.
- Double-click "Windows 7 M1 VS.msstyles" in "Theme’Windows 7 M1 VS" folder to install
It’s a fact!
Over time, all PCs become cluttered with unnecessary Internet files and invalid entries are injected into system registry. If not maintained, computer performance significantly deteriorates over time.
Thankfully, Ashampoo Magical Optimizer can reclaim this lost performance. A single mouse click of the mouse is all that’s needed to begin an onslaught of cleaning - deep within the heart of the PC.
In spite of its complicated work, Ashampoo Magical Optimizer is especially easy to use. In only a few minutes time, Ashampoo Magical Optimizer removes stagnant and unnecessary files from the hard drive, deletes Internet tracks (thereby insuring privacy), and the registry is streamlined by erasing invalid and orphaned entries. Best of all, optimization can be tailored to the preference of every user!
Features overview
Lean & smooth tool: Quickly starts, insignificant use of storage capacity only
Easy to use: only a single click is needed begin cleaning
Three different cleaning modes:
Internet Cleaner: wipe out online tracks instantly
Drive Cleaner: clean hard disc of redundant an unecessary files
Registry Cleaner: streamline the registry - the central data base of Windows
Manual start of individual cleaning modules
Make Backups of deleted files
Statitistical History: shows which files were deleted and when
Updates can be downloaded via the Internet
Multilanguage support
Link Site Here
Well, it's supposed to be released in late June 2008. However, due to various circumstances, I'm still amazed myself that it could have gone this far to nearly a year gap release from 8.0 to 9.0. However, I didn't sit idlely during these months doing nothing for sure ;) Reasons why this program is marked as adware:
Vista Transformation Pack v9.0
2008-11-12
Vista Transformation Pack 9.0 Keynotes
New 3rd-party applications
- ViSplore - Vista Glass explorer simulator
- Vista Drive Icon - adding free space percentage in your drive icon like Vista explorer
- Vista Rainbar - Lightweight Vista sidebar based on Rainmeter that even consume less resources than real Vista Sidebar
Improved 3rd-party applications
- ViStart - Files indexing for documents search, improved reliability and compatibilities
- ViOrb - Improved graphic and reliability (C++ re-written)
- TrueTransparency - Improved reliability with improved AeroStyle's glass border
- WinFlip - Improved stability and reliablity
New functionalities
- Setup personization - Allow customizing Vista experiences upon installation without access to Welcome Center
- Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatibilities - Now you can enjoy Vista themes after installation with Windows XP Service Pack 3
- x64 compatibilities - More secured x64 installation without getting hurt by incompatibilities
There're also a lot of bug fixes and refinements in the program but let's just keep it simple with these for now. You can experience the rest later by yourself.
Changelog
-Added Gavatx's Vista Rainbar 4.3 (Slim) in place of Thoosje's Vista Sidebar
-Added large icon resizing option for high resolution monitors
-Added Personalization setup screen for configuring current user account before installation
-Added running ViStart, ViOrb and ViSplore to WindowBlinds and TrueTransparency's exclusion list (prevent stability issues)
-Added ViSplore project (Vista Glass Explorer for Windows XP/2003)
-Added Vista Drive Icon in place of Vista Windows Drive Icon
-Added Windows XP Service Pack 3 uxtheme patching compatibilities
-Fixed automate 3rd-party applications optimization requirements
-Fixed graphic driver detection issues in transformation package for cases that doesn't use the first slot of driver
-Fixed OS detection incompatibilities with Windows Vista
-Fixed possible errors when auto-configuring user account during installation without "Express Mode"
-Fixed Thoosje Sidebar's auto-configuration bug on some resolutions.
-Fixed uninstallation script to terminate newly added applications such as WinFlip, TrueTransparency, etc.
-Fixed Vista orb positioning in "System Properties" dialog
-Fixed WindowBlinds' installation detection bug in configure user account dialog
-Updated Aero Style's glass border for more visibility and less distortion for both WindowBlinds and TrueTransparency
-Updated AeroStyle's glass border in TrueTransparency to simulate "little-blurring-like" WindowBlinds
-Updated boot screen to traditional ones without Vista flag
-Updated configure user account's installed components and applications UI
-Updated "Glass" sounds scheme from Windows Vista's Ultimate Extras
-Updated installation branding bar image
-Updated TrueTransparency to version 0.9.4
-Updated ViOrb to version 1 (C++ re-written)
|-Added start orb's right click menu
|-Fixed hook recovery when explorer shell is reloaded
|-Fixed always on top visibility issues with some applications including ViStart
|-Updated start orb graphic to for all sides compatibilities
-Updated ViStart to version 2.0 build 3467
|-Added font customization feature in settings.xml
|-Added indexing file search support like Vista (you can search for extension with .ext)
|-Added "Reset Shell" in menu option to reload explorer along with ViStart
|-Added multi-DPI Support
|-Fixed Chinese characters issue with Recent Documents
|-Fixed hook recovery when explorer shell is reloaded
|-Fixed start menu's hooking reliability with full screen and resolution changes
|-Fixed strange ActiveX errors
-Updated Visual style's top taskbar background to have the same image as bottom's like Vista
-Updated WinFlip to version 0.50
-Updated wording in some areas for easier understanding
-Updated x64 operating systems compatibilities
Bring to your desktop the look of Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system
I'm pretty sure you must know and have seen Windows Vista before. It looks really nice for major GUI updates. Many people who have seen it wish to get Vista-style looks for their operating system. It might sounds stupid to say this since you all know what it is but just bear it
Vista Transformation Pack will transform your Windows user interface to ultimate Windows Vista alike looks that everyone will never notice it's the same old Windows XP (or 2003).
Vista Transformation Pack gives to your Windows XP system the fresh and cool look of Microsoft's new operating system: Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and toolbars and also adds new enhancements to your desktop.
You sure will be surprised if you hear this. From now on you can update Vista Transformation Pack without uninstalling and you can even integrate Vista Transformation Pack into Windows setup files. (Still experimental, though but most of them are fine enough to be implemented).
Here are some key features of "Vista Transformation Pack":
· Boot screen
· Welcome Screen / Logon Screen
· New msstyles files (visual styles)
· New desktop and file icons
· New toolbar icons
· Progress Dialogs
· Sounds scheme
· System Tray icons
· New Wallpapers
· Windows Media Player Skins
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added ViSplore in unsafe applications list (It's first beta version after all)
· Added restrcting applications don't meet the requirements from startup list (But not from installation so you can set it manually still)
· Added restrcting to set unsafe applications in Personalization page (Welcome Center only)
· Fixed Windows XP Service Pack 3 compatibilities (Even non-RTM version can apply so make sure you use official build 5512)
· Fixed "Do not show this welcome screen after restart" option bug that always keep program in startup instead
· Updated Vista Rainbar's launcher for constant waiting cursor activity issue
· Updated Vistalize basic desktop theme components to apply font and toolbar in Personalization
· Updated VisualTooltip default configuration to set area space in bottom from 30 to 0
· Updated WinFlip's configuration for higher reliablity and compatibilities with ViStart
· Changes browser homepage to http://www.windowsxlive.net/
