Cover Story: The Best Shareware
Exclusive on the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine!
We help you cut through the shareware clutter with the most popular shareware downloads from the Windows Magazine web site, our Readers' 10 favorite shareware programs, and new versions of previously featured shareware. As a bonus we've included the history of shareware!
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Take Our Reader Survey
Take a few moments and tell us what you think about the Windows CD-ROM Magazine.
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Tips for Building A Serverless Intranet
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The second hottest buzzword of the year, after the Internet, is the Intranet, a collection of browsable files on your internal network that allows you to access corporate information the same way you access third-party information on the web. We offer tips on building a serverless Intranet.
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Active XCavator 1.0: ActiveX Control Detection
Version 3.0 of Internet Explorer can automatically download and install ActiveX controls onto your system. But do you know what controls you have installed, or how to remove them? The WINDOWS Magazine Active XCavator gives you complete control over your ActiveX controls. Note: This application works with Windows 95/NT only.
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First-TV/Streaming Video
Exclusive on the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine!
CMP proudly presents the first edition of Fresh Click, a program from First-TV, the first 24-hour Internet-only television network. News, reviews, commentary, whimsy, all from inside your browser. This is the only place you can get it besides the Internet.
To view the program you'll need the streaming video players provided by Vivo Software Inc. Save yourself 10 or 20 minutes of download time; we have the players right here on this CD, as well as a link to the Vivo website, where you can find even more Internet video.
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Bring Your Copy of Windows 95 Up To Date
Microsoft has issued several major upgrades and patches since Windows 95 was released last year. You can scour Microsoft's web site and FTP site for these patches, and take a half hour or more to download them, or you can pick the main ones up instantly (and get pointed to the others) on this issue of the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine.
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Everything You Wanted To Know About The Internet
We've gathered together every feature, every review, every column and every new product section dealing with the Internet that's appeared in WINDOWS Magazine during 1996 and put all the material in one place. It's better than a book, and much more up to date. If the Web is where you long to be, as either a reader or a content producer, here's the best place to start.
As a bonus we've included our Web Publishing Tips, material normally available only on our website; the feature includes HTML and Java code you can use today.
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Audio-Visual Listing
Exclusive on the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine!
Each issue of the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine contains ScreenCam Movies, audio and video. This quick reference shows you where to find our multimedia.
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How-to Videos and ScreenCams
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Twenty-five great Windows 95 tips, including: Revving Up the Start Button, Adding More Explorer Options and Quick Shortcuts to Your Favorite Applications.
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Recommended List
In the market for new systems, software or hardware? See which products are recommended by the editors of Windows Magazine. The most complete and current list of its kind, this answers a simple question: What would I recommend to a friend or relative if asked, "Which one should I buy?"
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Wintune 95 Results
Compare your results to ours! Wintune« 95 test results
for many systems reviewed in the magazine can be found on this CD-ROM.
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Visit Our Web Site
Links to all the major locations on the WinMagWeb are yours, here on the WINDOWS CD-ROM Magazine, if you have a live internet connection available to you.
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Plus these "reference works" from past issues
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The 100 Best Software Products of the Year
Every year the editors of WINDOWS Magazine select the 100 best Windows software packages of the year before. The full text of the original review from the magazine is included in the CD-ROM listing.
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The 100 Best Hardware Products of the Year
Our annual Win100 awards showcase the hottest desktop and notebook systems, printers, monitors, modems, graphics accelerators and much more, as chosen by our editors. See full text of the original reviews, plus live-action video demonstrating key features and capabilities of some products.
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2,222 Tips and Tricks
Our most popular issue every year is this annual compendium of tips and tricks for the Windows operating environment (all flavors) plus the major Windows applications. New This Issue: a separate search engine that searches only the tips.
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