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Driver Store Explorer – Deal with Microsoft’s Windows Driver Store in an easier way

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The DriverStore folder (C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore) is used to store the third-party drivers for hardware by Windows. When you manually install a hardware driver, the corresponding driver files will be copied to this folder. When you uninstall this driver, the files should be removed too. However, if you just update a driver, then Windows will keep the old versions of this driver in case you encounter a problem and roll it back in the future. But the problem is that we almost never need to use those old drives.

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Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP Official ISO download

The essence of Microsoft Plus! is a series of add-on packs and operating system enhancement components offered by Microsoft. The first version of this series is Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95, released in 1994; and the last version is Microsoft Plus! SuperPack for Windows XP (a single combination of its first two versions for Windows XP: Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP + Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition), released in 2004.

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[v4.x] Application as Service – Run any application as Windows service

The startup of programs (including viruses) includes at least three layers: 1) the Startup items floating on the top surface (as bare as our skin); 2) starts by disguising itself as a system service (like our muscles); 3) disguises as a drive file to run itself (like our bones). Here the thing to be considered is – let any program start with system boot as a Windows service.

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[v20.0] Diskeeper – World’s best, most advanced and fully-automatic disk defragmenting tool

File fragmentation on disk significantly slows down the file access (read/write) speed, especially in working environments where source code libraries and compilations are frequently updated. So defragmenting software is one of the common tools that computers must use. There are so many defragmenting programs in the market – commercial, free, or open-source. Among them, Diskeeper and PerfectDisk, both with a long development history and solid technologies, are recognized leaders – any other similar applications pale by comparison.

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[v3.3.91] DLL-files Fixer – *.dll file is missing errors universal killer

In the daily usage of Windows, we occasionally meet system or software errors/prompts like: “***.dll file is missing, xxx can’t start…”, causing us not to be able to run some software, especially a lot of games. In this case, the first thing we think of is often to search the error message and then download, install and register the corresponding missing DLL files, so as to achieve a manual repair. Therefore, this is not a troublesome thing for just a few missing DLL files, but too many, it will make a user feel hard to accept.

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[v9.0.0.14] DLL Suite – Fast and accurate DLL-file errors scanner & repairer

In the daily use of Windows, a lot of situations can lead to a DLL file related error. For example, installing/uninstalling some software, hardware driver is missing, virus infection, forcibly installed adware, implanted spyware and malware (DLL files occupied or covered). All these cases can cause your system/software to run slow or even crash down, or make your Windows reflect more and more slowly.

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[v0.6] CheVolume – Flexibly and totally control the volume of every sound ouput

Maybe you’d like to realize such a scenario on the same computer: use the PC speaker to play music while playing games wearing a headphone. At the same time, let the TV play movie via HDMI connection to your computer…. In this case, CheVolume can perfectly meet your needs. It provides complete control to all audio devices (including sound card and headset).

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