HyperTerminal Private Edition

HyperTerminal PE is the more powerful sibling of the terminal program that comes with Windows 95, Windows 98, and NT 4.0. Hilgraeve makes it available for free for private use and the program is also well supported.

PCWin Resource Center

Your one stop shop for all "must have" Windows shareware and freeware. Using an easy to read table format, each software listing contains version number, file size, a link to the author's homepage and a review. You don't waste time downloading what you don't need. 

FinePrint Printer Driver  

Here is a utility for Windows users that should pay for itself shortly: Select Single Track Software's printer driver from the printer pull down menu and have it print 2, 4 or 8 pages on one sheet. Moreover, the full formatting of the original page remains intact, fonts, graphics and all, a luxury that typically requires a Postscript printer. It is a great way to print out Web pages, long Word documents and source code. I've been using it for years and highly recommend it. 

Works with all versions of Windows and you can download a free trial version.

Personal MicroCosms and Pocket-Sized Software

Eric Bergmann-Terrell offers a varied collection of Windows shareware programs. Among them the the Astronomy Lab and Vault. I tried out Vault: Vault stores random notes as collapsible outlines. With its build-in dialer you can use Vault as an address book and it also makes a great place for storing the addresses of those Web sites you are planning on visiting. To boot, Vault uses Exchange so you can email your note directly from inside Vault! Other offering include games, a fractal viewer a photo-database for your digital photographs and more.