Windows NT Power User's Toolkit
Windows NT is fast emerging as the power user's answer to UNIX, OS/2, even Windows 95. This is the first single volume resource to profile the most valuable shareware and freeware available for that rowing, high-end market. Bundled with a CD-ROM containing over 500 megabytes of software itself, the book features expert reviews of the best shareware and freeware. This wealth of reliable information, combined with the software provided, will save NT users, developers, and programmers untold...
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Windows NT is fast emerging as the power user's answer to UNIX, OS/2, even Windows 95. This is the first single volume resource to profile the most valuable shareware and freeware available for that rowing, high-end market. Bundled with a CD-ROM containing over 500 megabytes of software itself, the book features expert reviews of the best shareware and freeware. This wealth of reliable information, combined with the software provided, will save NT users, developers, and programmers untold quantities of time and money otherwise spent browsing, searching, and downloading. Hundreds of font samples are included, as well. An extraordinary collection of reviewed shareware/freeware--organized and selected for Windows NT power users Now you can dramatically improve your Windows NT potential with the wide range of valuable tools contained in this book/CD-ROM package. THe book identifies and reviews useful shareware and freeware available for Windows NT--while the accompanying CD-ROM offers you over 500 megabytes of NT-related software! The software described in this essential guide--and more than 300 files included on the CD-ROM--will give you capabilities not available with the tools bundled with NT. Much of it provides alternative, more convenient, or more powerful ways of accomplishing important tasks. The CD-ROM with Windows NT Power User's Toolkit features: The Java Development Kit (including a compiler and interpreter designed for programmers); A sampling of the hottest programming languages, including Python, Tel and Tk, perl, and AWK; A Web page directing NT users to other NT-related Web sites; 59 Internet programs; Games; Image manipulation software; A host of NT tools for optimizing your files and desktop, including compression/decompression software, program editors, and operating system utilities; A directory of business and engineering software, including a miniCAD application; A comprehensive index of the entire contents of the CD-ROM; Numerous system administration tools, customization tools, utilities, general applications, and programming tools. The wealth of information and software presented in this package will enhance your Wincdows NT skills--and save you time and money otherwise spent browsing, searching, and downloading.
IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction1Ch. 2Administration Tools9Ch. 3Process and Performance Management77Ch. 4Operating System Utilities93Ch. 5Internet Applications113Ch. 6Communications Software183Ch. 7Bitmap Graphics Programs193Ch. 8Desktop Customization Utilities213Ch. 9Desktop Enhancers and Replacements221Ch. 10Directory Management Utilities247Ch. 11File Manipulation and Viewing Utilities269Ch. 12Text Utilities299Ch. 13Compression and Archiving Programs321Ch. 14Command Shells341Ch. 15Programming Languages353Ch. 16Text Editors391Ch. 17Utilities for Programmers425Ch. 18Business, Productivity, and Engineering Programs451Ch. 19Games473App. ASources for NT Software and Information480App. BSoftware in This Book487App. CLicense and Copyright Statements511Index525
