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WebFerret |
WebFerret
By FerretSoft LLC
Download UtilityFind information on the Web.
WebFerret is a handy and efficient way to use Web search engines to find information. It adds an entry to the Find option of your Windows 95 Start button, adding the option to find Web pages in addition to the standard files and folders. Enter your search terms, click on Match All Keywords or Match Any Keywords, and WebFerret will use your Internet connection to check several of the more popular search engines (Lycos, Alta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, WebCrawler, Magellan, Infoseek, Yahoo, and Veronica). You can also do more-advanced searches, limiting the number of matches in total or by engine. Once the results are returned, Tooltips give you a little more information about a site. Just double-click to bring up your browser and launch the page.
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Monster Truck Screen Saver |
ZDNet's Monster Truck
Screen Saver
By Doug Tuttle
Make tracks on your desktop.
ZDNet's Monster Truck Screen Saver is a fun animated Windows screen saver that will rev up your desktop. A clunky monster truck crisscrosses your screen, making noisy engine sounds and leaving a trail of muddy tire tracks. Configure the monster truck for lower 'reliability' and watch what happens when it breaks down.
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ZDNet's Ant Farm |
ZDNet's Ant Farm
By Ziff Davis Interactive
Simulate an ant farm.
ZD Net's Ant Farm Screen Saver is a screen saver designed to turn your monitor into an ant farm. Some ants are workers, while others are slackers. Watch the workers dig and the slackers just get in the way.
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CD-Quick Cache for Windows 95 |
CD-Quick Cache forWindows 95
By Circuit Systems
Improve CD-ROM performance.
Dramatically improve the performance of your CD-ROM drive with the award-winning CD-Quick Cache. This utility stores frequently read data in RAM or a combination of RAM and hard-drive space to make CD-ROM reads almost instantaneous. It loads as a Windows 95 Virtual Device Driver (VxD), using an intelligent caching algorithm and dynamic read-ahead buffering to ensure top performance. Persistent disk caching lets the cache remember from disc to disc and session to session. The included QuickMon utility shows the total reads requested by your CD-ROM application and how many reads CD-Quick Cache has saved. It can be used to change the configuration settings (without forcing a reboot). CD-Quick Cache is compatible with virtually all CD-ROM drives supported by Windows 95 and that use a 32-bit driver. It automatically uses the drive with the most space available for cache storage. If you're tired of waiting on your pokey CD-ROM drive, CD-Quick Cache can add some zip to the task.
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Animated 3D Objects Screen Saver |
Animated 3D ObjectsScreen Saver
By Via Nova
Display impressive 3D images.
Animated 3D Objects Screen Saver I displays impressive renderings of 68 animated 3D objects. Photographs or other images can be displayed on the 3D objects. Objects include 3D text, airplanes, helicopter, tank, Zeppelin, fish, space station, running man, alien city and more. You can also make up your own 3D objects. The detailed configuration menu has options for color, smooth vs. flat shading, light positioning, object quality, fog effects, scaling, display duration, and precise positioning and motion adjustments. The screen saver uses Microsoft's version of OpenGL, a high-quality 3D drawing package that will be installed if not already on your system. You'll find an icon to activate the screen saver at any time and a slideshow function. Over 100 screens are displayed. Animated 3D Objects Screen Saver I is fascinating to tinker with and watch.
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Bill's Pie Toss Screen Saver |
Bill's Pie Toss ScreenSaver
By Rhode Island Soft Systems
Give Bill Gates a pie in the face.
No matter how you feel about Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, you'll no doubt enjoy giving him a face full of coconut meringue in the Bill's Pie Toss screen saver. This free, first-rate monitor protector (from the authors of the top download "Hey Macaroni") gives you the satisfaction of throwing pies at Mr. Bill in a carnival atmosphere, through a cut-out "Mac-in-a-box" or "King Kong holding Janet Reno" pieboard, or as he tools by on a tricycle. When you get Bill smack in the face, his tongue comes out cartoon-style and licks the pie off. You can just sit back and enjoy the display, or you can switch to interactive mode and do the pie-pitching yourself. The graphics and sound are excellent, with three sound options and password protection provided. Chooser, a 16-bit screen-saver utility, is also included. A longer version with a dunking booth scene and no ads is available from the developer for $9.
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BattleZone |
BattleZone
By Activision
Relive the BattleZone in glorious 3D.
Activision has resurrected its pioneering 3D shooter, BattleZone, and possibly spawned an entire new genre of computer gaming in the process. Remember the scenario? A certain meteor shower over the Bering Strait in the early 60's leads both the Americans and the Russians to discover alien biometals powerful enough to tip the balance of the Cold War. And before you know it, they're battling in outer space for the weapons that will ensure victory. BattleZone created such a sensation after its release that the U.S. Army began using modified versions for its own training. Now this great classic is back and better than ever! The gameplay is a superb hybrid of action and real-time strategy. From a first-person perspective, you control the production of and direct new units. You can jump into a vehicle and use it to fight if need be. Keyboard shortcuts let you give complex commands with just a few keystrokes, freeing you to fight and command at the same time. And that's good, because although you'll need to be sure you have enough units to defend yourself, you'll have to get in there and fight when the time comes. This demo includes four combat exercises and two missions. Although there are several known problems with BattleZone, they are well-documented and the included Windows Help file should be more than adequate.
System Requirements:
3Dfx card (optional), Microsoft DirectX Drivers, 100 MB HD, 32 MB RAM, and Windows 95.
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Barking Cards ZDNet Valentine Edition |
Barking Cards ZDNetValentine Edition By Blaze Technologies, Inc.
Create a Valentine card.
Barking Cards ZDNet Valentine Edition is a novel greeting card program for creating animated cards with real attitude. This demo version, which is a collaboration of Blaze Technologies and ZDNet, includes a single, professionally animated card with a "The Princess and the Frogs" theme. You can choose from several funny punchlines or create your own verse. This version shows how you can add images, sounds, and additional text using the system's intuitive tools. You can add to the sequence and create a standalone card, with player, to send on disk or as an email attachment. The program also provides a TWAIN interface for adding scanner or digital camera images. This special Barking Cards Edition is easy to use and ready to help you deliver a memorable Valentine's Day message.
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CheckIt v5.0 |
CheckIt v5.0
By TouchStone Software Corporation
Troubleshoot and fix your PC's problems.
TouchStone Software's CheckIt is a far-reaching Windows 95 diagnostics utility that can help you find problems, improve system operations, and more. It includes modules for determining system information and testing various components and tools for benchmarking and ensuring the safety of critical files. It's highly intuitive, with verbose instructions and information, an extensive Help file, and other avenues for assistance, including an online resource. Other functions list active tasks and resources in use, and CheckIt can print any of a long list of system and test reports. CheckIt has a long history of providing a good set of system diagnostics tools, and this Windows 95 version is no exception.
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3D Terrain Flight Screen Saver |
3D Terrain Flight ScreenSaver
By Leo Kuznetsov
See planes fly over and around mountains.
The 3D Flight Terrain Screen Saver shows an animated aircraft flying over and around a mountainous landscape. The effect is reminiscent of what you'd see in a 3D game. You can select from six planes: SU-27, F-16, glider, X-29, SR-71, or bomber. Options include password protection, the ability to run the program "full screen" (680 x 480), and DIB and DDB advanced display modes.
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The above list represents the top 10 Software Library utilities that Ziff-Davis Inc. has permission to distribute.