Special Edition Using MS-DOS® 6.22, Third Edition

Chapter 22. Third-Party Utilities

In this chapter

• Enhancing Your Computer with Utility Programs

• Understanding Freeware, Shareware, and Demoware

• PKWare's PKZIP and PKUNZIP

• McAfee VirusScan

• 4DOS

Enhancing Your Computer with Utility Programs

Because DOS has been available for so long and has been used on so many computer systems over the years, several utility programs that run under DOS and can accomplish various useful tasks are available. Many of these utilities are available either free or as shareware programs that you can evaluate free and then pay to license if you decide to keep them.

In this chapter, you learn about several such powerful utility programs for DOS; they can help you accomplish more with a DOS-based computer system or even make better ...