- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: March 28, 2009
- Total Downloads: 6,389
- Downloads last week: 47
- See full specifications
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 4 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This collection of more than 50 useful freeware and shareware programs geared toward students runs seamlessly on a USB drive. Patience is required during the slow download, but the programs install easily and quickly. A bonus is the handy tray icon pop-up menu. The programs are grouped in eight broad categories: computer, geometry, graphics and drawing, languages and translators, mathematics, music, science, and utilities. This isn't a suite with common interfaces or manuals. The programs require different experience and knowledge levels, but most high school and college students won't have any problems operating these apps.
WinPenPack Flash School lacks a portable browser, but since the installed collection takes up just over 700MB, there is plenty of room to add one. Unfortunately, users can't add or remove programs from the Start list. There is also no easy method to uninstall some apps for space. Most of the applications are the most recent versions. Any updates must be done inside the individual applications.
There is little fluff in this collection. That doesn't mean any user will access all programs daily, but the less-often used will come in handy for math, music, and science students. There are sure to be students who occasionally need an onscreen metronome or a basic CAD program.
It's as easy to install the collection to a hard-drive directory as an USB drive. While it isn't the perfect collection for students, WinPenPack Flash School is a very good start.
Publisher's description
From WinPenPack :winPenPack Flash School is an applications environment of open source educational softwares, modified for being run and used from an USB pendrive, without need of installation. It is a really self-contained environment, within programs, .xml and config files, documents are homogeneously integrated. Portable softwares included into winPenPack does not need to be installed, does not write their settings into host PC, and can be easily carried between multiple computers through any external device, as removable hard disks or USB pendrives.
What's new in this version:
More popular Portable Applications downloads
- 198 downloads 1. winPenPack Flash 1GB
- 179 downloads 2. Magic Memory Optimizer
- 149 downloads 3. Memory Improve Ultimate
- 116 downloads 4. Little Registry Cleaner Portable Edition
- 103 downloads 5. CodySafe
- See all Portable Applications downloads
User reviews
- Average user rating: 0 stars Not yet available
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 2 of 2 user reviewsSee all 2 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
Version: winPenPack Flash School 3.5.2
"Shouldn't even be listed on cnet"
Pros: No pros to report as I was never able to download it
Cons: Link took me to an Italian site but was able to get it in English by clicking on the British flag. It was to take over 3.5 hours to download 667MB of information. Must have a string and can modem. Never was able to get the whole thing
Summary: I wish that it had worked but after trying several times over 3 days I have given up. Other files download very fast on my system so I don't think that I am to blame for the poor speeds.
-
Version: winPenPack Flash School 3.5.2
Pros: No Pros as I did not encounter any.
Cons: As described in the bottom-line summary.
Summary: I've tried downloading the program but i get send to an italian site, after spending 10 minutes figuring out where to actually download it, I first have to register an account on they're site. So I eventually did not download it. It's to complicated... read more >>
- See all 2 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
- See more CNET content tagged:
- USB flash drive,
- collection,
- knowledge,
- shareware,
- student
Previous Versions:
