TClockEx for Windows 9x/ME/2000/NT/XP (428KB zip) added 23/08/02
Status: Freeware
Homepage:
Author:  Dale Nurden.
Description: "TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time, pop-up calendar and lots of other information in any format you like."

HJSplit for Windows 3/95/98/ME/2000/NT/XP, DOS, Amiga, Java (110KB zip) added 14/03/02
Status: Freeware
Homepage: www.freebyte.com/freeware/
Author:  Henk Hagedoorn
Description: "HJSplit will enable you to split a large file into smaller chunks, which can then be much more easily sent or stored. It is able to split files of any type and any size. The small executable file (only 175KB) needs no installation and can be freely sent or stored with the file fragments and then used to rejoin them."

Open Office for Windows 95/98/2K/XP added 18/11/01
Status: Freeware
Homepage: http://www.openoffice.org
Author:  
Description: "contains a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation and a drawing package. It is fully Office 97/2000/XP compatible and can load, create and save in these formats as well as its own. There is also a database package (currently separate). For RM Connect installation notes, see staroffice.txt."

Text Effects for Windows 95/98
Status: Freeware, added 12/05/01
Homepage: http://www.blaiz.net
Author: Blaiz Enterprises
Description: "A simple little program for creating a variety of fancy text effects. Ideal for creating web page graphics."

PowerArchiver 6.1 for Windows 95/98/NT (2.04MB)
Status: Freeware, added 10 April 2001
Homepage: http://powerarchiver.efront.com/
Author: Ivan Petrovic
Description: "An absolutely essential and totally free program to unzip all those compressed files that you download from the internet. You can also zip up your own files to save disk space, send to a friend or copy onto a floppy disk, and if it is still very big you can copy to multiple floppies too. It now includes a self-extracting exe function and an intelligent span disk function that knows when you need to insert another floppy disk."

WinZip 7.0 SR-1 for Windows 95/98/NT (921 KB)
Status: Shareware, with license popup warnings
Homepage: http://www.winzip.com
Description: "An absolutely essential program to unzip all those compressed files that you download from the internet. You can also zip up your own files to save disk space, send to a friend or copy onto a floppy disk, and if it is still very big you can copy to multiple floppies too. It now includes a self-extracting exe function and an intelligent span disk function that knows when you need to insert another floppy disk."

Metapad for Windows 95/98/NT (38 KB)
Status: Freeware, added 10 April 2001
Homepage: http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Description: "A significant  improvement on Microsoft Notepad providing a toolbar, drag & drop pasting, search & replace, word wrap, larger file capability and other minor enhancements without over-enlarging the executable (52 to 75KB only). Simply rename the file and use it to replace your existing Notepad.exe file. If you use Notepad a lot then this is an essential improvement to your armoury."

Textpad for Windows 95/98/NT (2.38 MB)
Status: Shareware, added 24 April 2001
Homepage: http://www.textpad.com/
Description: "Textpad is much bigger (executable is 1.8MB) but more powerful than Metapad. It is shareware but educational discounts for site licenses are available on request. It can load and view multiple files, compare files and do spellcheck or search & replace throughout them all, which makes it also very useful for web page authoring."

Editpad
Status: Shareware, added 24 April 2001
Homepage: http://www.editpadpro.com/
Description: "Similar to Textpad but I haven't looked at this yet."

Change Case 3.0 for Windows 95/98/NT (195KB)
Status: Freeware, added 10 November 2000
Homepage: http://www.zealsoftstudio.com
Author: Zeal SoftStudio
Description: "A utility used to change filename, directory name case and timestamp automatically. It is specially useful when transferring files between different operating systems, such as uploading to a UNIX web server (which is case sensitive). It provides four choices: upper case, lower case, capital case and word capital case. It can search & rename files in subfolders. Supports Explorer drag & drop, command line and Windows Explorer context menu."

Bat2exec for DOS (4.82KB) 
Status: Freeware, added 4 March 2000
Author:
Description: "Converts a batch file from .bat to .com. Use syntax: bat2exec myfile.bat"

Quickres  & Qres for Windows 95/98/NT/2K
Status: Freeware
Homepage: http://www.berend.com/qres.html
Author: Qres - Berend Engelbrecht
Description:

"QuickRes sits in the tray and allows you to change colour depth and screen resolution without restarting the machine. QuickRes is already built-in to Windows 95b and 98 but not Windows 2000 and not the original Windows 95 (found on an RM Connect Network).

"QRes adds a front end to QuickRes so that you can automatically switch colour mode or screen resolution when you start a Windows application. For instance, if a program needs 640 x 480 pixels screen area and 256 colour mode, you can make QRes automatically switch to this screen mode as long as you run the program and switch back to your regular screen mode when the program finishes."

AutoIt for Windows 95/98/NT4
Status: Freeware, added 10 April 2001
Homepage: http://www.hiddensoft.com/AutoIt/
Author: Jonathan Bennett / Lee Boswell
Description: "A tool for creating simple or quite complicated scripts to run programs and other procedures. Better than using MTSL's or DOS batch files. This looks like a very useful utility for network managers."

Battime 1.0 for Windows 95/98/NT4 (7 KB)
Status: Freeware, updated: 7 December 1997
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5809/00_index.html
Author: Jan Jacob
Description: "Starts one program after another, which are listed in a plain BAT file, but without opening a DOS box on the screen. It is therefore much faster than using the START command in a normal batch file. Change directory DOS commands are understood but not others like SET or DIR."

AlphaScript for Windows 95/98 (28 KB)
Status: Freeware, updated: 6 July 1999
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/4414
Author: Folletto Malefico
Description: "This is an easy to use script language for Windows 95/98. Better than using MTSL's or DOS batch files. Requires Visual Basic 5 SP2 runtime files."

Path Copy 3.0 for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 (40.4KB)
Status: Freeware, upgraded: 16 April 2000 - now with better support for user defined copying methods
Homepage: http://home.worldonline.dk/~ninotech/
Author: Ninotech Software
Description: "Quite often you need to type the name and path of a file in a dialogue box and have to spend ages working it out. This enables you to simply right-click on a file or folder icon, choose "Copy Path" in the context menu, and paste the Clipboard contents in Word, Notepad or any dialogue box. (You may need to press <Ctrl/V> to paste if there is no context menu). The path can be copied in 5 different formats: Short (8.3 DOS form), Long, Short UNC, Long UNC, and Internet."

Date Edit 3.0 for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 (42KB)
Status: Freeware, upgraded: 16 April 2000
Homepage: http://home.worldonline.dk/~ninotech/
Author: Ninotech Software
Description: "Ever need to change the date of a file? This enables you to simply right-click on a file icon and choose "Edit Date" in the context menu. A dialogue box appears so that you can view or change the date and time."

CyD Open Pass for Windows 95/98/2000/XP
Status: Freeware, updated: 30/03/06
Author: www.cydsoft.com/products.php?product=16
Description: "Ever forgot your password and all you can see is ****** ? If you run this program and move the mouse over the asterisks your password will change to text that you can read."

Paint.NET for Windows 2000/XP added 08/12/05

Status: Freeware. Requires Microsoft.NET Framework available from same site.
Homepage: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Author: Washington State University
Description: "Looks and feels similar to premium programs like PaintShop Pro or Photoshop. Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software that supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

IrfanView for Windows 95/98/2000 (427KB) added 03/07/00
Status: Freeware
Homepage: http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm
Author: Irfan Skiljan
Description: "Similar to PaintShop Pro 4 but very much smaller and free for non-commercial use. An essential program to scan/create/edit images for your web pages. Loads and saves in many different file formats (bmp, jpg, gif, etc.) including those used by digital cameras and includes many special effects tools."

PaintShop Pro 4.12 for Windows 95/98/NT (2.9MB)
Status: Shareware (an older version with unknown expiry date)
Homepage: http://www.jasc.com/pspdl.html
Author: JASC Inc
Description: "A program to scan/create/edit images for your web pages. Loads and saves in many different file formats (bmp, jpg, gif, etc.) and includes many special effects tools. Later versions available from the web site as time-limited demos."

Sophos for Windows
Status: 30-day free trial. RM Connect^® friendly!
Homepage: http://www.sophos.co.uk
Norton AntiVirus
Status: 30-day free trial. RM Connect^® friendly!
Homepage: http://www.norton.com

Modern Languages Assistant for MS Word 97+ (149KB)
Status: Shareware, updated: 21/11/04 - Installation is fully automatic & RM Connect 2/3 friendly.
Author: Ian Lee
Homepage: www.idlee.co.uk
Description: "This add-in provides an extra menu and toolbar for many European characters. You can simply highlight a letter, or type it and click a button to add an accent. Included are all the characters you need for writing in French, Spanish, German, Welsh and Greek. The latter also being especially useful for producing mathematical and scientific equations. Clicking on a named language button provides another method for inserting characters and also sets the language and dictionary for the whole page. If you have that language installed, it will be used, if not it switches off the 'spell-check as you type' function (which could be useful). Note: proofing tools for some languages are included with Word 2000 onwards but need to be purchased separately for Word 97 - cost around £35 per language. (The buttons still work without these extra proofing tools)"

The other 'extra' buttons shown here in the standard toolbars, an Adobe pdf converter and also a page footer which includes the username (network username too) are also provided as separate installations within the zipped package.