[Elfus]

I use to have the free version of JV16 power tools but now I have a new pc and no longer have the link to the free version. I came across a trial version but of course I want the free one. Does anyone know where I can download the free version? Does anyone have the link to this? Thanks

[johncorley]

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Reviews/r893.html

[raybro]

The link given by johncorley (no offense, John) is for v1.1.0.162. Here is a link for the last free version (v1.3.0.196) before they went from freeware to shareware. I've no idea what the difference is, but presumably newer is better

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1680

[Elfus]

Thank you Ray

[tronic592001]

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1680

The link is good but when i download the jv16 .1.3 version and install it .



I get (you are runing a old version please upgrade) and the program termanates.

Any ideas..

[jbcalg]

seems like there's a date trigger in the last free version
strange seeing as how the author distributed it as freeware not a dateware version

datecracker provides a workaround

[Elfus]

Well I tried that date cracker and I still couldn't open it

[jbcalg]

open date cracker
- use the 'add' button to add 'jvpowertools' (without quotes)
- enter a date before jan 01, 2004 in the simulated run date field, spell it out all the way, ie: November 21, 2003
- use the browse feature in the field at the bottom (...) to locate the jv .exe, click so it shows up in the filed

when those 3 fields are filled out
then click on 'Run' to run the jvpowertools software

you don't open powertools directly, it goes through datecracker and opens

works for me

edit: apparently its build 196 that has the time flag
here's a thread about it, including a link to the previous freeware version 195

[polak]

jbcalg,

Thanks for the info and the link to get JV16 v. 1.3.0.195

[Elfus]

Thanks I am going to try the link for the 195, I will let you know how it works out

[raybro]

I went to the link provided by jbcalg and then downloaded jv16PT v1.3.0.195 from the link found in one of the posts there. It goes directly to a download, so i was unable to get a URL for it. Tried copying the link and get "cannot find page".

Anyway, it works! The 195 build doesn't have the time bomb that disables v1.3.0.196 on 1/1/2004. I also noticed MajorGeeks took the download off their site. I just deleted the old jv16 folder and clicked on the setup file for the new. jv16 has no Registry entries so deleting the folder works just fine.

[jbcalg]

http://down.hengshui.com/download.asp?downid=1&id=726 is the link
and it's to a chinese language site, so kinda hard (for me at least) to pinpoint the exact download link

btw: as always, virus and spyware scan all files downloaded/installed to be safe
- the kind folks at BBR ran it through the paces and it comes up clean but you don't want to start the NY wrong

[tronic592001]

Jbcalg thanks a lot works fine.

exalent program. And as you said it is freeware the 1.3

[Elfus]

Yes thanks alot, It works great.

[jnibori]

jbcalg

Thanks from here, too. 195 works fine!

I'm glad I grabbed it last night (late). I checked today and the page took forever to load. I gave up. I wonder if it's overloaded, or just a coincidence.

For me, I really would not mind shelling out the money for jv16. It's been far better than the others I've used, which have sometimes caused problems. I've also been using 4.3 for a while, prior, for free too, so I guess paying the piper would be in order.

But the way the latest "freeware" was distributed with no mention for an expiration date, well that's a bit weak. Especially to the people who ran it a short time before it expired, and realized they needed their back-up.

jbcalg, thanks again!