All Programs listed are windows 95/98/NT/ME unless noted.

AOL Message Tosser 5.0 Works with AOL 5.0, and possibly older versions. Kills the annoying idle message, the 45-minute stay online message, the irritating Thank You! sign-off message. It comes with vbrun.dll. It is recommended that you first check you computer for the vbrun.dll. If you do not find it please install the vbrun file first. Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size 1.34MB Nice!

Blender A fast and fun download. What would you do if you had a frog in a 10 speed blender? Size 655KB 

Buzme The free service includes voicemail, which you can check either online or with a toll-free access number, as well as caller ID. Whenever your phone is busy, the call is forwarded to Buzme's voicemail system. If you're logged into the software (from any computer), it also gives you a popup response dialogue, letting you know that there's an incoming call (with caller ID), and giving you the option to reply to, reject, send to voicemail, or take the call. Your local phone company will charge a small fee (amount depending on area -- the service is known by various permutations of "call forwarding no answer" or "call forwarding busy", if you'd like to check with your phone company before signing up) for the forwarding feature, but the basic Buzme service (including voicemail and instant notification) is free. Size 608KB 

Chess-it! is a very complete version of Chess. You get your choice of three sets of game pieces and can configure the playing board from a full palette of colors. Either or both players can be human or computer. Moves are listed as they're made, and you can retrace the sequence backward or forward. Save the record of your games and print it for future reference. There's no help file or manual, but the controls are self-explanatory. Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size 296KB 

Download Wonder is a downloading manager in the tradition of better-known programs like Go!Zilla that works with your browser to help you organize files as you retrieve them from the Internet. As soon as your browser begins a download of any file type or extension you define (Usually .zip or .exe), it springs into action from the system tray. information tracked includes description, notes, multiple keywords, category, originating Web site, and more. Download Wonder also features "keep alive" support , resumed download support, and optional disconnection when downloads complete. If you, like us, retrieve a lot of large files from the internet, Download Wonder will help take some of the wonder out of the process. Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size 125MB 

Financial Partner is a nice financial calculator with quite a few functions. A few examples are future value of investments, minimum savings for future value. Loan calculations include payments for different interest rates, loan amortization schedule, early loan payoff just to name a few. DOS program Size 400KB 

Huey is an HTML colour generator for Windows webmasters. It allows you to convert RGB colour schemes to #000000 format hex numbers, ideal for pasting into your web pages. It also allows you to convert hex back to RGB, useful for creating Photoshop images based around existing web sites. Its trump card is the ability to pick colors from any other Windows application without messing about with numbers. Just drag and click to get any colour from anything on your screen! Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size 274KB 

I-Video CD Player supports VideoCD, MPEG, AVI, DAT, and MOV file formats. You can view x1, x2, and full-screen size with I-Video CD Player. I-Video CD Player can be used for free, unless it's for commercial use, which is strictly prohibited. 

Requirements: Windows 95/98/ME with Microsoft Media Player (Microsoft Active Movie ActiveX control) or Windows NT with Intel Indeo Video Interactive R 3.1 Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size: 962 KB

PrintKey is a small utility that brings you back the Print Screen functionality of the DOS days And were not implemented in Windows95 nor Windows98. Print any image on your screen or save as GIF or JPEG for your email or web pages. Also requires an unzipping program. Available here. Size 257KB  

RoboForm is a free utility that will save you time and tedious keystrokes by automatically filling in those ubiquitous Web-based forms for you. It adds form-filler hot buttons to the toolbar and Explorer bar of Internet Explorer 4.5 or later -- all you have to do is click the Fill Forms button. A wizard helps you create an identity that includes your name, address, phone, email, username, password, bank account, and credit card information. A Password Manager even memorizes and fills in Website passwords. Size 491KB

Shapez is a challenging, free board game in which you try to move colored balls into groups to remove them from the board. With each move, three new balls are added to the board -- you must keep removing them before the board fills up and the game ends. The interface is colorful, with subtle icon controls that have pop-up tool tips to identify them. You can change the sounds or turn them off completely. The game is easy to play and will fascinate kids or bored workers alike. Size 710KB  

Winamp has become the standard to which all other MP3 players are compared. But this power-packed freebie also lets you audition files in other popular sound formats (including .wav, .mid, .voc, and .mod) or play CDs. Winamp includes a 10-band graphic equalizer and preamplifier, a drag-and drop play list window, an ID3 tag editor, and a mini-Web browser. Don't care for its default high-tech appearance? Change it with any of the thousands of free "skins" found on the Internet. Continue to customize Winamp with a multitude of plug-ins for enhanced audio functionality and animated effects called "visualizations." Plus, you can sign up for 3GB of free Internet music storage. This is the basic "lite" version. Size 267KB  

EnZip is another fine entry in the field of ZIP file utilities. It provides an attractive standalone interface that enables you to do just about anything you'll ever need to do with ZIP archives. And if that's not enough, this finely crafted program is absolutely free of charge. You can extract individual files, view files within ZIP files, and edit your ZIP files as needed. You can also test ZIP files, create self-extracting ZIP files, apply password protection, store path information, and more. Size 1.45MB