Freeware that runs on CD? TIA

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Greetings.

I would like to know your personal experiences with different kinds of
freeware that you have sucessfully or perhaps without problems ran on
CD. Be it under DOS or windows(every version).

So far, I'm looking for a registry cleaner, anti-virus, spyware
remover, multi format file compressor, Bookmarks-Favorites checker-de-
duplicator-merger, video editor, image viewer, image editor(Photoshop
clone), file/text editor, email client, pop3 server side client, cd
burning software, firewall, office suite(M$ clone), video player,
download manager, audio player(mp3, etc.), web browser(java, activex,
etc.), ftp client, and any other usefull utilities that you can come up
with.

Thank you.
 
Hi!

roadster3043 said:
I would like to know your personal experiences with different kinds of
freeware that you have sucessfully or perhaps without problems ran on
CD. Be it under DOS or windows(every version).
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Why not use all this on a CD that brings its own OS with it? There are
Knoppix and MandrakeMove, two Linux LiveCDs that come with
OpenOffice.org, The Gimp and much more.

Greetings,

Joachim
 
roadster3043 said:
Greetings.

I would like to know your personal experiences with different kinds of
freeware that you have sucessfully or perhaps without problems ran on
CD. Be it under DOS or windows(every version).

So far, I'm looking for a registry cleaner, anti-virus, spyware
remover, multi format file compressor, Bookmarks-Favorites checker-de-
duplicator-merger, video editor, image viewer, image editor(Photoshop
clone), file/text editor, email client, pop3 server side client, cd
burning software, firewall, office suite(M$ clone), video player,
download manager, audio player(mp3, etc.), web browser(java, activex,
etc.), ftp client, and any other usefull utilities that you can come up
with.
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Seems to me that you would essentially want to look over how an app does
things, to see if it could be run from a CD.

1. Writes to local directory: not ok
2. Writes an ini to Windows directory: ok
3. Writes to the registry: ok
4. Needs to have had an installer write special things to the registry
(a small minority): not ok
5. Insists on a personal DLL or similar in System directory
(a teeny minority): not ok


Why not look over the programs you have on your hdd, and assess their behavior
according to the above, to narrow your likely candidates? Or, if it's faster
for you than analyzing, just place programs on CD, and observe which ones get
unhappy about it.
 
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