I'm making a CD full of useful programs for fixing/tweaking computers. Here are the programs I have so far: Ad-aware add-remove pro acrobat reader belarc advisor DLL archive gfi languard HDD health IAA JDisk ReportPartition Magic password reveler lc4 zip cracker pop-up cop purge ie reg clean sisoft sandra start up editor sygate firewall ghost tweak ui (9x and xp) virus removers VNC Win zip x-setup What else should I put on it?

I would add: 1. Spybot Search and Destroy 2. Zone Alarm 3. Msconfig.exe (taken from a Windows 98 or Windows XP system) It is not included in Windows 2000, yet versions from 98 and XP work fine with Windows 2000. 4. DOS bootdisk images

Essential: Spybot Search & Destory AIDA32--system/hardware info Mozilla or Firebird/Thunderbird--the best web browser and email client! Registry backup and cleaning tools.... Firewall like ZoneAlarm... Maybe the Blaster Patch and Removal tool? Recommended: Scanner--shows hard drive usage Startup CPL--similar to Startup editor? Real & QuickTime Alternative--play realPlayer and QuickTime files SuperScan--if you need to troublshoot home networks FinePrint--EXCELLENT shareware... can help printer troubleshooting StarDownloader--download manager/accelerator PowerArchiver--like WinZip but can also extract RAR archives Others: Visual Basic 5 and 6 runtimes, perhaps? OpenOffice--reads and writes Microsoft Office files! Knoppix--Bootable Linux CD; bring life to machines with dead or missing hard drives Daemon Tools and DDump--Lets you copy data CDs and run them directly from your hard drive. (I install MS Office this way so that I don't have to fetch my CD every time it I need to install an additional feature or install an Office security patch)

Thanks. I used alot of those suggestions. Keep em coming!

You could also go to the Windows Update site and turn on the option for the Catalog. Then you can download ALL of the updates and patches for the various windows OSs.

I would add the following: Roxio GoBack (better than windows restore coz it backs up the entire system, including programs etc) Webroot Spy Sweeper MaxMEM HoverSnap Registry Mechanic Webroot Window Washer