BartPE and PE Builder

Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems with no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!

Requirements to build:

1. The files from your Windows Installation CD-Rom.
   Supported Windows versions are:
   
   • Windows XP Home Edition (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
   • Windows XP Professional (must be slip streamed with Service Pack 1 or higher)
   • Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
   • Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
   • Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
2. PE Builder runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE systems.
3. CD/DVD writer if you want to creat a bootable CD/DVD.
   

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RAM Optimizer

Free RAM Optimizer XP is a small utility that runs in the system tray and monitors your memory usage. If the available memory drops below a certain level, it will automatically attempt to free a specified amount of RAM, making it available to other applications. The tray icon indicates your current memory usage and you can also perform manual free-ups in 6mb increments.

Publisher: http://www.acelogix.com/
Size: 330 KB
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Version 1.0

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CDBurnerXP ver. 4.0.024

CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.
It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.




Key Features

* burn all kinds of discs
* audio-CDs with or without gaps between tracks
* burn and create ISO files
* data verification after burning process
* create bootable discs
* multi-language interface
* bin/nrg → ISO converter, simple cover printing and much more!
* Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

Publisher: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Size: 2039 kb
Version ver. 4.0.024
OS: Windows 2000/XP

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TV v2.1

Watch 300+ live worldwide TV channels, on your PC free.
TV is an award winning (2005-2008) freeware application for Windows®
Now you can watch 300+ LIVE worldwide TV channels on your PC.
TV is an extremely easy to use application and anyone can find their
stations on TV. Music, News, Educational, Sports & Shopping channels
are sorted in a very easy to find way, together with TV in English, Spanish,
German, French, Portuguese & Arabic sections.
You may also browse world TV by regions or by country name.
The intuitive & user friendly interface will give you a pure Plug n' Play!
Experience. All you have to do is easily find your
desired station, click on the station's name, then sit back & relax…
TV emulates the regular Television set on your PC,
by using the broadband Internet connection

Publisher: http://www.tvexe.com/
Size: 1.4 MB
OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/Vista

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Angry IP Scanner 2.21

Angry IP Scanner is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use.

Angry IP scanner is a very fast IP address and port scanner.

It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports. It is cross-platform and lightweight. Not requiring any installations, it can be freely copied and used anywhere.

Angry IP scanner simply pings each IP address to check if it's alive, then optionally it is resolving its hostname, determines the MAC address, scans ports, etc. The amount of gathered data about each host can be extended with plugins.

It also has additional features, like NetBIOS information (computer name, workgroup name, and currently logged in Windows user), favorite IP address ranges, web server detection, customizable openers, etc.

Scanning results can be saved to CSV, TXT, XML or IP-Port list files. With help of plugins, Angry IP Scanner can gather any information about scanned IPs. Anybody who can write Java code is able to write plugins and extend functionality of Angry IP Scanner.

It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and government agencies.

It runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, possibly supporting other platforms as well.

Publisher: Angryziber
Size: 108 kb
Version 2.21
OS: Windows Win (All), MAC, LINUX

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is an anti-virus scanner that offers Resident Protection, e-mail Scanner, On-Demand Scanner, and Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files and automatic updates. The free version is limited in features, but includes all basic scanning functionality as well as real-time protection. It uses the same scanning engine as the commercial version, however updates are provided on a low priority basis.

Publisher: Grisoft, Inc.
Size: 60 MB
Version 8.0.87
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista

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BullZip - FREE PDF Printer

The BullZip PDF Printer works as a Microsoft Windows printer and allows you to write PDF documents from virtually any Microsoft Windows application.

This program is FREEWARE which means that it is FREE for personal and commercial use. It does not contain any advertising or popups (Really!).

Features

* Print to PDF from almost any Windows program.
* Runs on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/XP x64/2003/2003 x64/Vista/Vista x64/2008.
* Supports 64-bit operating systems.
* Direct output to the same file each time or prompt for destination.
* Control if the printer should ask if you want to see the resulting PDF document.
* Control output and prompts programmatically.
* Setup can run unattended.
* Graphical user interface.
* Password protect PDF documents.
* 128/40 bit encryption.
* Quality settings (screen, printer, ebook, prepress).
* Set document properties.
* Watermark text, size, rotation, and transparency.
* Superimpose/background documents.
* Appending/prepending documents.
* User interface control.
* Command line interface to all settings.
* COM/ActiveX interface for programmatic control.
* Support for Citrix MetaFrame
* Support for Windows Terminal Server

Publisher: BullZip
Size: 3809 kb
Version 4.0.0.564
OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista

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HDClone 3.5 - Professional hard disk cloning

HDClone copies the entire contents of hard disks and other IDE/ATA, SATA/eSATA, SCSI, USB, and Firewire media on a physical level. This even allows for the smooth creation of backups or copies of complete operating system installations. In combination with the special 'SafeRescue' mode of HDClone, this technique is also perfect for rescuing data in case of defective hard disks. Furthermore, HDClone works independent of a partition layout, file system and operating system (i.e. it works with FAT, FAT32, NTFS, etc.). Thus, it also works with proprietary data formats which could not be accessed otherwise. Besides copying complete drives, it is also possible to apply it to certain partitions only.

NEW: The SmartCopy mode, included in Standard Edition and higher, lets you create logical 1:1 copies. This allows to copy entire systems installations in a fraction of the time needed for a physical 1:1 copy.


Publisher: Miray Software
Size: 4772 kb
Version 3.5.2
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

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Disk Cleaner

Disk Cleaner allows you to easily clean up disk space that is used by temporary files like those in the system temporary folder, the Internet Explorer Cache and Cookies folder, Recycle Bin and various other areas of your system. In addition, you can erase personal tracks like recently used documents, typed URLs and more. The program comes with an attractive, user friendly interface. Disk Cleaner allows you to create cleaning profiles, and can automatically run at system start without user intervention. It supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera as well as various 3rd party applications.
Disk Cleaner is a free open source tool to quickly and easily clean your hard disk from temporary files like those in the system temporary folder, the Internet Explorer Cache and Cookies folder, and the Recycle Bin. Disk Cleaner is absolutely free from adware and spyware.


Publisher: Robert Moerland
Size: 420 kb
Version: 1.5.7
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003

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Look@LAN Network Monitor

Look@LAN Network Monitor is an advanced network monitor, that is easy to use and automatically detects and analyzes your network nodes, including operating system. The program can monitor the nodes and alert you of any changes (new nodes, offline nodes etc.). The main window lists all available nodes and detailed statistics and scan results are available for each individual machine, including a real-time traceroute report, ping results, active services (open ports) and more. In addition to the auto-detected nodes, you can also customize the scan ranges and add additional networks. Additional features include HTML reports, statistical graphs, network tree view, single node scanning and more. The program comes with a unique, user-friendly interface, but no documentation.

Publisher: Carlo Medas
Size: 2117 kb
Version: 2.50 Build 35 (history)
Last updated: Jan 16, 2006
OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

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Vista Sidebar 2.3

Vista sidebar for Microsoft Windows XP and Vista has gadgets like media players, google search, yahoo search and lots of more search engines. It has also gadgets like weather and system uptime and lots of more useful gadgets.

The sidebar uses 50% less RAM and is faster than the original Microsoft Sidebar with more extras and works on Microsoft Windows Vista and XP. Thoosje´s Vista Sidebar is also part of the Vista Transformation Pack that turns your XP OS into Windows Vista.

This new versions runs stable and small bugs have been resolved

Size: 5.08MB
Publisher: http://www.thoosje.com/
Release Date: 2007-10-22
OS: Windows XP/Vista

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Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.1

At last, Vista Transformation Pack has finally come out! Despite the name Vista, you´ll get whole new update and more functions. Get the awesome Vista look today!

Vista Transformation Pack will give to your Windows XP system the new and cool look of Microsoft´s future operating system: Windows Vista. The pack changes most of the system icons, skins and toolbars and also adds new enhancements to your desktop such as a dock bar or a different system tray clock.

Well, this is another very big update. In this release, you´ll get bunches of stuff you´ve never seen before in this pack such as Windows Media Player skins, WindowBlinds skin, new stuffs, etc. And bugs I´ve found are all fixed with 5270 additions.

• Added 2 Vista 5270 visual styles
• Aero Style (Glass - Beta 2)
• Aero Style (Vista - Beta 2)
• Added 2 Vista Media Player skins
• Windows Media Player 11 (TheVista.ru)
• WMP11 (MaStErHaCk)
• Added 2 Vista screensavers
• Added 8 new Vista wallpapers from build 5270
• Added Vista (Beta 2) stuffs such as
• login
• icons
• progress dialog
• start button
• toolbar icons
• Added WindowBlinds glass skin
• Corrected some Vista icons (Printers and Search)
• Fixed annoying cached files in harddisk source (such as i386, servicepackfiles, etc.)
• Fixed file extraction buffer error (some files that might be lost on some machines)
• Fixed Glass2k uninstallation bug
• Fixed unattended transformation issues on unattended installation (Works only on First-Run transformation mode)
• Removed "Aero Style (Glass - 51xx)" since it´s similar to Beta 2 ones
• Updated ToolBar style settings
• Updated Vista Beta 1 progress buttons
• Updated visual styles
• Fixed TreeExpandCollapse transparency bug
• Renamed "Aero Style (52xx)" to "Aero Style (Beta 2)"
• Fixed CaptionButton background bugs in Vista visual styles
• -Fixed Compact StartPanel bugs in Aero Style (Vista - Beta 1) visual style
• Updated ListviewHeader image to new Vista ones
• Updated Logoff/Shutdown button position in Beta 2 series
• Updated new 5270 stuffs to Beta 2 series
• Updated some improved elements in Beta 1 serires
• Updated Tabitem images to ones used in IE7 in Beta 2 series

Size: 27.55MB
Publisher: http://www.windowsxlive.net/
Release Date: 2007-11-27
OS: Windows XP

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FreeCommander

FreeCommander is an easy-to-use alternative to the standard windows file manager. The program helps you with daily work in Windows. Here you can find all the necessary functions to manage your data stock. You can take FreeCommander anywhere - just copy the installation directory on a CD, USB-Stick or even a floppy disk - and you can even work with this program on a foreign computer.


Main features in FreeCommander:

• Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical
• Tabbed interface
• Optional tree view for each panel
• Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
• File viewer inside archives too
• Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read)
• Nested archive handling
• Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
• Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders
• Wipe files
• Create and verify MD5 checksums
• File splitting
• File properties and context menu
• Calculation of folder size
• Folder comparison / synchronization
• Modification of file date and attributes
• Folder / program favorites
• File searching (inside archive too)
• File filters for display
• User defined columns for detailed view
• DOS command line
• Multiple language support

Size: 2.10MB
Publisher: http://www.freecommander.com
Release Date: 2007-12-06
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/XP/2K3
Version 2007.10a

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Recuva - File Recovery

Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses!

Size: 667KB
Publisher: http://www.recuva.com/
OS: Win 2000/XP

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IrfanView

Edit and convert graphics files with this top-notch image viewer.

IrfanView is a fast and simple image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, and TGA. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications, such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.

Size: 1.1MB
Publisher: http://www.irfanview.com/
Release Date: 2007-10-16
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/NT
Version: 4.10

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Movie Torrent

Movie Torrent is a P2P file-sharing application for music, mp3, movies, software, documents and games downloads. It is compatible with Bittorrent but allows you to add multi-tracker information to the torrent and bears simultaneous downloads, download queue, selected downloads in torrent package, fast-resume, disk cache, speed limits, port mapping, proxy, ip-filter, etc. You also have the ability to add priority for a torrent and to limit both the upload speed and the downloadspeed. NO SPYWARE or ADWARE!

Publish Post
Size: 6896 KB
Publisher: http://www.goodkatshare.com/

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SoftPerfect Network Scanner

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and general users who are interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and displays which types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden).

In addition, it allows you to mount shared folders as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and report back if one is open. It can also resolve host names and auto-detect your local and external IP range. It supports remote shutdown and Wake-On-LAN.

Size: 631K
Publisher: http://www.softperfect.com/
OS: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista 32-bit and 64-bit
Version: 3.6 (December 27, 2007)

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Secure File Deletion: File Shredder

File Shredder enables you to delete files beyond recovery, using multiple passes, DoD 5220-22.M or the Gutmann method. The program can wipe individual files or entire folders (with optional subfolders), and also integrates with the right-click menu for convenient access from within Windows Explorer. File Shredder can also wipe the free disk space on selected drives, allowing you to erase traces of files that have been deleted previously by using standard deletion methods.

Size: 1.15 mb
Publisher: http://www.fileshredder.org
OS: 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista
Version: 1.20

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PassLocker

PassLocker Free Edition is a secure password manager that allows you to store all your logins and passwords in a 128-bit TripleDES encrypted database. It supports web based logins as well as application logins (or serial numbers) and allows you copy the username and password to the clipboard, so you can paste it into the login dialog. The program offers several security features, including a soft keyboard to prevent keyloggers from capturing your master password, clipboard protection, and a passkey generator that can be used along with a USB drive for additional security. Other features include a password generator, database backup, import and export. A pro version is available that offers 256-bit encryption and additional features.

Size: 3235 kb
Publisher: http://pisittasoft.altervista.org/
OS: 2000/XP/2003/Vista
Last updated: 2008-01-01
Version 2.1

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TVUPlayer

TVUPlayer enables you to view a variety of free TV stations that are broadcasted over the Internet (no TV card needed). The program does not include quite as many channels as found in similar programs, but the selection is of fairly good quality. You can add channels to a list of favorites and also switch to a borderless 800x600 video display size.


Size: 4300 kb
Publisher: http://tvunetworks.com/
OS: 2000/XP
Last updated: 2008-01-17
Version 2.3.5

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WebFormDesigner

WebFormDesigner provides a WYSIWYG interface to visually design complete web forms, that can be submitted via (your) script, or by using a free form-to-email service that is provided by the author. The program allows you to design your form by simply dragging elements into place, and offers support for form validation and required fields. WebFormDesigner produces the complete HTML code that you can copy into your page.


Size: 1036 kb
Publisher: http://www.webformdesigner.com
OS: 98/ME/2000/XP

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Mega MP3 Splitter

MP3 Splitter is a simple audio editing utility that is used to split an MP3 into multiple segments (tracks). It is handy for dividing long radio shows or mixes. The program is easy to use, just load the MP3 file, and set the breakpoints while you listen to the audio playback. No further documentation provided though.

Size: 404 kb
Publisher: http://www.megax.it/
Last updated: 2007-02-04
Version 2.0 Beta

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SuperScan

SuperScan is a powerful TCP port scanner, that includes a variety of additional networking tools like ping, traceroute, HTTP HEAD, WHOIS and more. It uses multi-threaded and asynchronous techniques resulting in extremely fast and versatile scanning. You can perform ping scans and port scans using any IP range or specify a text file to extract addresses from. Other features include TCP SYN scanning, UDP scanning, HTML reports, built-in port description database, Windows host enumeration, banner grabbing and more.

Size: 196 kb
Publisher: http://www.foundstone.com/
Last updated 2006-04-01
OS: Windows 2000/XP
Version 4.0

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ZipGenius v6.0.3.1150

ZipGenius has all the main features of compression programs (zip, unzip, etc.), but it´s different from the others because it offers very special features.

ZipGenius can create and handle several archive formats, including ZIP, RAR, CAB, ACE, 7-zip, ARC, SQX; also, it can read and decompress CD/DVD images in ISO9660 format (.ISO, .NRG, .CMI).

Size: 5.00MB
Publisher: http://www.zipgenius.it/
Release Date: 2007-10-13
OS: Win 98/ME/2K/XP

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Express Talk VoIP Softphone 3.01

Express Talk is software that works like a telephone to let you make calls from your PC. With Express Talk you can call anyone on the internet who has installed Express Talk (or any other SIP voip softphone). Calls are free. You can also call ordinary telephone numbers anywhere in the world if you sign up to a gateway service. It uses the SIP protocol and is compatible with most major VoIP SIP service providers.

Size: 388KB
Publisher: http://www.nch.com.au/talk/index.html
Release Date: 2007-08-28
OS: Win 98/ME/2K/XP/2K3/Vista

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Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured browser for Windows that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes pop-up blocking; a tab-browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window; integrated Google searching; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that shows you more of the page than any other browser; and a number of additional features that work with you to help you get the most out of your time online.

Size: 5.75MB
Publisher: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox
Release Date: 2007-11-30
OS: Win 9x/ME/NT/2K/XP/2K3

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RSS Readers : Streaming Stats 4.0

Streaming Stats keeps you informed by streaming live information directly to your desktop. Want to catch up on the latest Cricket Scores as they happen, no problems, the Cricket feed will keep you up-to-date with Cricket Scores from all around the world.

Add to this the News and Sports feeds of your choice and the somewhat amusing Odd News feed and Streaming Stats has you covered for all your News and Sports data.

Each category is chosen from the menus left and right, once selected, Streaming Stats will continually update your selection throughout the day through scrolling stories, news, statistics and scores.

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Web Browser Opera 9.25

Opera is an Internet browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-windows navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, e-mail client with Spam filter, and integrated search all for user security and speed. The cross-platform browser includes a multitude of other functions such as integrated built-in e-mail client, IRC-compatible chat, support for RSS newsfeeds, password manager, one-click customization and privacy protection settings.

Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts allow for accelerated Web navigation while the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons ease browsing. Users are able to run multiple windows as well as personalize the user interface with one-click skins. The browser also contains special elements for users with disabilities, drag-and-drop support, a notes function, user profiles, and a host of other features. Opera supports the latest in security and provides password and cookie managers. If you have already installed Java, you can download the smaller non-Java version.

Size: 4.94MB
Publisher: http://www.opera.com/
Release Date: 2008-01-04
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/NT/XP

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Fresh Download v7.94

Fresh Download is a robust and very fast download manager software that turbo charges downloading any files, such as your favorite software, mp3 files, video files, picture collections, etc.

Unlike any other similar utilities (e.g. Gozilla, Download Accelerator, Getright), this software is 100% free, no charges, no banners/ads in the software, no spyware.

Also includes split, resume, schedule and browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera, and Mozilla) integration features, clipboard monitoring, drag and drop url, download basket, internal zip extractor, integration with antivirus programs and proxy.

New in this version: support for Crazy Browser (using Method 2 of IE integration) and reported minor bugs fixed. Close the old version before installing it.

Size: 2.11MB
Publisher: http://www.freshdevices.com/
Release Date: 2008-01-20
OS: Win 9x/ME/2K/XP/NT

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Free Spam Filter for Outlook and Outlook Express

SPAMfighter has partnered up with Microsoft to build the strongest, safest, and most effective anti spam tool on the market. If you use Outlook, Outlook Express or Windows Mail and you want to get rid of spam, just install SPAMfighter. And if you use it at home, it's 100% free for the first month.


Operating System : 98, ME, 2000, XP (32 bit) and Vista (32 bit)
Email client : Outlook 2000/2002 (XP) 2003/2007 or Outlook Express 5.5 or later and Windows Mail
Memory : 64 MB minimum
Disk Space : 10 MB

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