IPCUG Logo  January 2003 CD of the Month

The January 2003 IPCUG CDOM (CD of the Month) features the latest updates for Office 2000 (Service Pack 3) and OfficeXP along with the latest 2.0 Windows Installer.  Also included are the latest Adobe Acrobate Readers 5.1 (standard and full versions) along with Netsacpe 7.01 (released 12/09/2002) and a number of useful utilities.  Following up on Al Hale's presentation of VirtualCD, we have a roundup of 3 VirtualCD programs.  For the Linux group, we have Smoothwall 1.0 - a great dialup server for multiple computers along with configuration and installation documentation.

On the CD are 10 folders: Utilities, VirtualCD, OxpRsKit, OxpUpdt, O2KUdpt, WinIstlr, WinLinux, SmthWall, FTPCommander, and Netscape.

Also on the CD is this auto-play browser based index to the CD. The hyperlinks in each section will run the installer for the program being described. On installable programs you will be prompted to open or save the "downloaded" file. You should "open" the file from its location in order for the installer to automatically run.

Acrobat Reader 5.1 - Contains 2 versions of Acrobat Reader. When installing Acrobat Reader version 5 or later, you should always uninstall any previous versions including 4 and 5, as removing it later will require that you reinstall the current version as well.

o AcroReader51_ENU - Version 5.1 of the Acrobat Reader standard edition.
o AcroReader51_ENU_full - Version 5.1 of the Acrobat Reader with search capabilities.

Netscape 7.01 - The latest offering of this powerful internet browser. Netscape 7.01 Installer.
                           Netscape 7.01 Linux 2.2 version is also contained in the Netscape folder

InstMsiA - 2.0 Version of the Windows Installer used by many programs including the Microsoft Windows updates on this CD as well other vendors.  Recommend you install this first before installing any of the Office programs listed below.

Office 2000 - Both of these updates require that you have updated to Office2000 Service Release 1. 1Two Version of this High Powered Windows Configuration Tool.  Both do basically the same thing but the later version has been updated and has a later version of the "L" information database.

o Service Pack 3 - Knowledge Base Article Q324108

OfficeXP- - If you have not updated to OfficeXP SP-1, you must apply this update before applying the Office 2002 updates below.  This service pack contains previous issued updates which will bring OfficeXP uptodate as of the date of this release.

o OfficeXP Service Pack 1
o OfficeXP Service Pack 2
o Word 2002 Update - 10/17/2002
o Excel 2002 Update - 10/16/2002
o Outlook 2002 Update - 12/4/2002

OfficeXP Resource Kit

o OfficeXP Resource Kit Tools
o OfficeXP Resouce Kit Documentation
o HTMLHelp Program

VirtualCD Programs

o Virtual CD - CD/DVD Drive Emulator 4.51 - Latest version of Virtual CD as demonstrated that the December meeting by Al Hale. 30 day free trial, $40 to buy.
o CDSpace 4.1 - Version 4.1 of this popular CD emulator includes support for external FireWire and USB CD-ROM drives, the ability to auto-detect the system's supplemental cache size, and some bug fixes. Free to try, software download license off the Web $29.
o Hekko Virtual CD - Free Virtual CD program for Windows2000 & XP

MD5 - A very useful program that runs in Windows and allows you to calculate the MD5 checksum of an .iso (CD Image) file after downloading to validate it as an error free download (At least, that's the plan.)

Smoothwall - This is .iso for Smoothwall 1.0 which free for personal use.  Smoothwall is Linux based "Firewall" which makes a very good dial-up (dial on demand as well as continually connected) server as it can provide Internet connectivity for multiple computers in a household which includes unique DHCP IP addresses for each computer as well as domain name services.  I use this in my "lab" at home so that I don't have to have separate modems for each computer and it is "plug and play" once the Smoothwall "server" is running.  It is administered via web browser.  Hardware requirements are pretty minimal, a 486 and 32 Megs of Ram (64 Recommended).  Installation and Configuration PDF files are also found in the Smootwall folder.  Using a program such as Roxio or other ".iso" aware program, you must "burn" a CD from this iso before using.

WinLinux 2000 - Free Version of WinLinux (circa 199) as demonstrated at the November Meeting; Installs as a Windows executable, no special partitioning needed and can be configured from Windows.

FreeZip - Free Windows Zip program, no nag screens like with WinZip and others.

FTP Commander - Very Good FTP File Transfer program and Free! No Nags!

Slide - Free Windows Slide Changer program.  From FreeZip!

PowerPointViewer97 - I keep getting requests for this free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft.

If you question on the use of any programs found on this CD, you can contact Clint Tinsley at C_tinsley@msn.com

Legal Disclaimer: Use of this software is at the users risk.  No warantee is expressed of implied.  The software on this CD is provided as a service to the members and friends of the Idaho PC Users Group. The software on this CD is provided at no charge other than a nominal charge for the duplication.  Licensing of the software is the responsibility of the user and all software is provided as-is.