A search reveals any number of MD5 Checksum tools, all of which read well.

Never having used such utilities, I'm not aware of the pitfalls to avoid when using, or the features to look for, in an MD5 Checksum application.

Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.

well, it either works or it doesnt, there arent may apps that have features, i have 1 that u just rightclick the .exe/file & choose hash file & it generates the MD5 for that

Do you mind telling me which program it is?

http://ftp.pank.org/soft/md5win32.msi

thats a direct link 2 the download i found searching google, i cant find the homepage 4 the app or where i got it sorry

Fastsum is freeware & easy to use, works on all windows from 98 - XP

Fastsum Webpage

Thank you. Just what I was looking for.

I use digestIT , its free too

FSum does MD5 among many others and is free too.