DOS "Disk Operating System" emulator

DOSBox (ver 0.74) - Abandoned Freeware

MAME "Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator"
~ includes: MESS "Multi Emulator Super System" emulator

MAME (ver 0.169) - Freeware = (Last Win2k version)


Hardware Allocators

Virtual Hardware Allocator

VirtualBox (ver 1.5.6) - Commercial made Freeware = (Last Win2k version)

Partition Manager

MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition (ver 9.1) - Freeware = (Last Win2k version)


The Microsoft philosophy is to advertise that their software does virtually everything. The company therefore bundles dozens of mini-programs called "applets" with their Windows Operating System, so that they can legally advertise that Windows offers the feature in question. However nearly all of these applets perform their roles rather poorly, and so should be replaced with the 3rd party applets found here.

Note: Nearly every useability feature Microsoft touted as being unique to Windows XP can be added to Windows 2000 using the 3rd party utilities found here.