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Overclocking / Cooling / PC Cases ...
- ConsumerSearch - product reviews and analysis
- Software Distribution &
Downloads ...
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A few FREEWARE sites ...
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Gizmo's Freeware Reviews
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Bounty of free IT tools available (article)
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Free Software magazine -- FREE e-Magazine
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7-Zip
- free file archiver (high compression ratio)
-
Info-ZIP
- FREE, portable versions of the
Zip
and UnZip compressor-archiver utilities, plus
WiZ (a graphical front end for Windows).
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AbiWord
<< some reviews
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Udderly Free!
- Top Quality Freeware
- WebAttack.com
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Major Geeks
- Free software from CoffeeCup -
HTML Editor, Zip Wizard, Image Viewer, Free FTP, DHTML Menu Builder,
Privacy Cleaner, Lockbox (for passwords, etc)
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Free Software Portal at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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OSalt.com - find open source software alternatives to well-known commercial software!
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TheOpenCD -
a collection of high quality Free and Open Source software for Windows
(in ISO CD format)
- The md5sum utility -
download it (plus what it does and how to use it)
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Vetusware.com -
"the biggest FREE abandonware downloads collection in the universe"
- FreewareFiles.com
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FreewareWeb.com
- TheFreeSIte.com
- BestFree
>> Free Software
- FreewareWeb.com
- SofoTex.com
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Paint.NET - FREE (see more below)
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webmasterfree - Free software for the webmaster
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Produce screencams with CamStudio (FREE) -
record all screen and audio activity and create industry-standard AVI video files, then using its built-in SWF Producer
can turn those AVIs into streaming Flash videos (SWFs).
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Create a Gantt Chart On-Line
Create On-Line plans in minutes - FREE -
Blender -
open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback
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Copy/Paste Clipboard Extender - FREE
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wapers - free wallpapers
- ynot4free.com
- Freebies for Teachers
- Freebyte
>> Freebyte Greece -
Free Office Software
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ieSpell - A free Spell Checker for Internet Explorer
- Simtel.Net
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The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives
- LurkHere
>> OutLurk
- TNK-BootBlock.co.uk
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Wikibooks (the open-content textbooks collection)
- "Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft"
... Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows Programs available for download --
but finding them all is extremely difficult. Until now, thanks to the
Road to Know Where!
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Bits and Bytes ...
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FILE EXTENSIONS and FILE FORMATS ... What do they signify?
- PDF - Portable Document Format ...
- Fonts and Typography ...
Two fonts walk into a bar. The bartender looks up, and immediately says "We don't serve
your type in here."
- Tweaking, Tuning and Capacity Planning ...
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Office Relocation ...
Servers and
Desktops ...
Monitors / Set-up and Calibration ...
Is the "best of breed" really the best choice of all?
CompInfo
- "The Computer Information Center"
- Modems ...
- Keyboards ...
-
Coffee and keyboards don't mix -
For many workers, morning doesn't begin at the computer workstation without a cup of coffee.
Yet having liquids in front of a computer is not without its dangers - especially for notebook PCs.
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Incredible Data Compression Claims - Or Scams?
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Visicron - real time video compression technologies
-
The Hidden Risks of [Game] Demo Discs -
"... although most consumers don't realize it, game consoles are computers that run off their own
proprietary operating systems. As a result, a bug in a demo CD, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM could affect the rest
of a home network and spread to an enterprise network through a VPN connection or portable storage devices."
- 48bitLBA.com ...
all about 48-bit Logical Block Addressing (LBA) - a technology which extends the capacity of
IDE ATA/ATAPI devices beyond the previous limit of 137.4 GB.
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Google Groups -
Google's Usenet discussion archive, great for technical problem solving
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Display Myths Shattered -- How Monitor & HDTV Companies Cook Their Specs
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10 Websites To Download Older Versions Of Software
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Tech Services Guide - a comprehensive Australian
computer and IT pre-qualified services directory
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Help is at hand - or is it?
-
Helpdesks flooded with fibs from users
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Are you doomed if your office computer tech quits?
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The Idiot’s Ultimate Guide To Building Your Own Computer
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The Best How-To and DIY Sites
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Gizmo Richard's Tech Support Alert
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Product Review - Australian consumer reviews
(a discussion forum where people can rate particular products and services, list the price they paid for it and
where they got it from - all to help others make an informed shopping choice).
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Laptopical - Informative news, notebook computer reviews, and opinions
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Drivers, Patches and BIOS Upgrades...
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Home Network Security
-
How to tell if a malfunctioning PC has a virus
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10 things you should do to a new PC
before surfing the Web
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RadarSync
>> Drivers for Windows Vista
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JAVA TESTER:
Which version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) do I have installed?
(if any) and Is my browser able to run Java applets?
-
HTTP Error Codes and what they mean
-
Tips for successful audio and Web conferencing
-
10 things you should know about
building a PC from scratch
-
Computer problems actually cost a fortune
-
Resolve partial sound card failures with these tips
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Broadband Internet options for budget-minded IT managers
-
Enthusiastic Screen Cleaning Tool
-
USB / Universal Serial Bus / Plug and Play ...
-
Windows Start-Up,
Booting, Shutdown & Powerdown Support ...
- See also: Microsoft & Microsoft-related
-
Why windows takes so long to start up
-
Startup Inspector for Windows
-
Microsoft Support WebCast: Microsoft Windows XP:
-
Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Problems (August 29, 2002)
- Pacman's Portal
- Managing Windows Start-Up Applications
-
Startup Tools (a list of start-up checkers)
- StartMan
-
Should You Shut the Computer Down?
-
ThePCSpy
-
Windows Support Center - for Microsoft desktop systems (Windows 9x, Windows 2000, XP & 2003, and Leading Application Software)
-
Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting (MSDN blog) -
Contributions to this blog are made by the Microsoft Critical Problem Resolution (CPR) Platforms Team. ...
[Webmaster: These are new, fresh articles, from mid-December 2006 onwards.]
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TechEd On-Demand Webcast: Windows Hang and Crash Dump Analysis
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CDBurnerXP -
excellent CD and DVD burner
(FREE)
(we use it successfully in Windows 7 64-bit version)
-
BootDisk.com -
boot CDs and diskettes, drivers, DLLs, networking, guides
-
UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD for Windows) - "a bootable CD which contains software
that allows you to repair/restore/diagnostic almost any computer problem."
Based on the assembly of a range of free utilities, including Bart's PE ...
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UBCD - Ultimate Boot CD -
"runs independently of any operating system. It will boot from any Intel-compatible machine,
regardless of whether DOS/Windows/Linux/BeOS is installed on the machine." ...
Note: read-only support for NTFS file system (?).
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The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook
-
Map network drives with Windows 2000 login scripts
- Techspot.com ~ 3D Spotlight
- Eradicate
Windows XP shutdown problems
-
Make legacy applications feel at home in Windows XP
-
Dual boot Windows XP and Red Hat Linux
-
Jim Eshelman's Windows Shutdown & Restart Center
- Configuring Page Files for Optimization and Recovery
(paging files)
-
Sysinfo.org - entries that may appear in important parts of the Microsoft Windows registry
-
Windows Support - general ...
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Virtual Plastic - "Surgery for WIndows"
-
Ramesh's Windows XP Troubleshooting site
-
Windows Fix Zone
-
MDGx Max Speed WinDOwS - Tricks, Secrets, Bugs, Fixes
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The Activation FAQ - How will product activation schemes affect your computing life?
-
Experts Echange
-
Robert Moir - Windows, Virtual PC and other topics
-
www.updatexp.com
-
NetInsites Windows & Browser Hot Tips
-
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a
HOSTS File
-
techtracker
>> Updates for Windows-based software
-
iOpus Password Recovery XP
(reclaim lost Windows passwords)
-
Forgot your NT admin password? Then perhaps try Peter Nordahl's
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (now with Windows Vista support)
-
PicoZip Recovery Tool -
can help you recover lost or forgotten passwords from password protected Zip files including self-extracting Zip files,
via Brute Force or Dictionary-based recovery methods (a 650, 000+ words English dictionary is included).
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Make legacy applications feel at home in Windows XP
-
WinXP Pro could be the best choice for remote workers (also compares Windows XP Pro with Windows 2000 and Windows XP Home)
-
There's no place for XP Home in the office
-
Troubleshooting Win2K and WinXP - Crash recovery
-
Tips for creating
the perfect Windows boot disk
-
Duplicate a hard drive with a floppy disk
-
Image Windows 9x/Me machines with a boot disk and a batch file
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Bart's way to Create Bootable CD-ROMs
-
The
command prompt configuration guide
-
Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer -
Useful command-line switches you can use when you start Windows Explorer (EXPLORER.EXE).
-
Screencast demonstrating the desktop search capability in Windows -
Why doesn't Microsoft make it plain and easy to use this lightning-fast search capability?
See how, even when the Windows Indexer is enabled, the usual Windows search won't use it unless you prefix the search term with an exclamation point.
(Also see the ancient and obscure Windows indexing administration tool in use.)
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Add more destinations to Windows'
Send To command
-
Learn to use these
essential DOS utilities
-
Teach end users to
navigate Windows without a mouse
-
WinMag content
-
Set up multiple network interfaces in Windows XP
-
Swynck.com - support for Windows enterprise servers
- Jim Eshelman's
Windows Support Center
- Windows Shutdown & Restart Center
-
Degunking Windows - "a unique guide that will save you tons of
time and a pile of cash by showing you how to keep your Windows PC
running quickly and efficiently."
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Annoyances.org
-
GripeLog - "a place where customers of technology products
can air their beefs with vendors and read about the problems and issues other customers are raising."
-
This Is Broken -
places, things, and websites that are just "broken"
-
How to
size your servers
-
Take control of the Windows XP pagefile
-
Hunting down
hard disk resource hogs
-
Disable USB ports to stop unauthorized transfers
-
Fix or make drive letter changes in Windows 2000 and XP
-
Overview of
FAT, HPFS, and NTFS File Systems
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Investigating
alternatives to the floppy drive
-
Take control of the
Windows XP pagefile
-
Use Windows XP Pro's
Network Diagnostics tool for troubleshooting
-
Establish the correct
file-sharing permissions in Windows XP
-
Recover from a crash with XP's
System Restore
-
Will your existing programs work with Windows XP?
-
Blue Screen Data ...
a.k.a. "The Blue Screen Of Death" (BSOD)
When Microsoft Windows encounters
a condition that compromises safe system operation, the system halts. This condition is called a bug check.
It is also commonly referred to as a system crash, a kernel error, or a Stop error.
- List of
Bug Check Codes
- a.k.a. Stop Codes
-
TechEd On-Demand Webcast:
Windows Hang and Crash Dump Analysis
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Invisibly lock down servers with Transparent Screen Lock
-
Set up multiple network interfaces in Windows XP
-
Sentry-go Windows Monitoring System
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Microsoft: Windows XP Tek-Tips Forum
-
Windows XP
power management with ACPI support
-
Eradicate Windows XP shutdown problems
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Create a TCP/IP boot disk for installing Win2K/XP over the network
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Troubleshoot Win2K peer-to-peer problems
-
Troubleshoot bad RAM with freeware DocMemory
-
Troubleshoot
conflicts and driver failures with the WinXP Device Manager
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The Insider's Guide to Fixing Windows
-
Top 10 questions and answers about XP activation
-
What's the
difference between MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and Windows
"Messenger"?
-
Techniques to
disable or remove Windows Messenger from WinXP
-
What Is CTFMON (ctfmon.exe) and What Does It Do?
-
Design and document a
Win2K infrastructure with this download
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Use Windows XP's OnNow power management features
-
Windows XP Tips and Tricks
-
Windows Messenger voice and video real time
communications may be blocked by your router (gateway) that includes Network
Address Translation (NAT) support -- or by firewall software
-
Walk through a basic
Windows XP Professional attended installation
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BlackViper.com
>>
Suggested Windows XP (Home and Professional)
services configuration settings
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Netsquirrel
-
Manually remove Outlook Express -
You can't remove Outlook Express via the Windows Control Panel. If you don't use Outlook Express,
or you need to reinstall it, here's a way to manually remove it.
www.smidgeonsoft.com - FREE WIn32 utilities
WinXPTutor.com
DLL Help
- a searchable database containing information
about DLL files that are included with various selected Microsoft products. This tool exists to help developers,
system administrators, and other IT professionals who face file version conflicts with Microsoft software.
Use DLL Help to identify the software that installed a specific version of a DLL file, but
note that this tool does not provide direct links to download the files listed. DLL files are generally
not available for download from Microsoft. (To find downloadable files, try the Microsoft Download Center.)
SysInternals ***** HOT SITE
(acquired by Microsoft)
Advanced FREE utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows NT/2000/XP/2003
and Windows 9x/Windows Me internals "that you won't find anywhere else." And also ...
- Winternals - retail products for Windows support professionals:
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Recovery Manager -
"repair and recover downed systems throughout the enterprise,
filling the gap in traditional backup architectures"
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Defrag Manager -
"a safer, scalable, manageable solution for enterprise defragmentation"
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Administrator's Pak -
"Repair an unbootable system,
salvage critical data, and diagnose a host of problems with ten essential tools."
The Belarc Advisor -
builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes,
anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser.
All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.
ProcessLibrary.com -
Free listing of process information about Windows system processes, spyware, adware, trojans, viruses, common applications
-- "an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to know the exact purpose of every single process."
Windows Performance / Disk Defragmentation & Optimization ...
Windows Registry ...
Windows & MSN Messenger, Firewalls, uPnP ...
- Routers and firewalls that employ NAT
(network address translation) can block Messenger audio/video and
application sharing:
System Cleanup tools, Registry Editors, Startup Checkers,
Boot Disks ...
Technical Support in general ...
Supporting Notebooks / Laptops ...
Laptop Theft - Methods and Prevention
Backup. Availability & Recoverability ...
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) & Power Protection ...
Password Recovery ...
CompareSoft -
they "strongly believe that many professional software titles are overpriced and overvalued; 90% of people would be happy with a slightly down-sized
(and less expensive) version of their favorite application. As such, we invite you to compare each of our products to their
respective competitors. Time after time, when you compare, you'll find the only thing you lose by switching to a
CompareSoft product is your sense of sticker shock. Novices and professionals alike will appreciate the clean,
simple-yet-powerful design of each of our products; they are a welcome and useful addition to any work flow."
Recycling Near You (Australia) -
search for local recycling information simply by entering your Postcode, Suburb or Council Name
to find where you can recycle in your local area. You can search either by council/shire name
or by product type (mobile phones, medicines, tyres, batteries, etc).
Reconfigure, Reuse, Recycle - The waterfalling of servers
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Paint.NET (FREE) ...
Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and quickly learnable without assistance.
It is also designed to be immediately familiar to users of the original MS Paint software that comes with Windows.
"Paint.NET was written from the scratch and is completely separate from Paint in every way except for its name.
Any similarity between the two is on purpose, and is neither accidental nor the fault of legacy code."
Paint.NET is provided free-of-charge, and the Paint.NET source code
is also available for free under generous licensing terms.
(The bulk of Paint.NET is written in C#, with only a small amount of code related to setup and shell-integration written in C++.)
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Do you need to turn your PC off at night? -
If you use your computer daily, you probably wonder if you need to turn it off at night to conserve energy.
This Microsoft article outlines the latest thinking and counters some common myths about computers and energy conservation.
What are the differences between powering off your computer and putting it into hibernate (or "sleep") mode,
and how does hibernate mode compare with standby mode?
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ITtoolbox
>> Business Intelligence
- Baan - CRM
- DataWarehousing
- Enterprise Application Integration
- eBusiness
- ERP
- PeopleSoft
- SAP
- Siebel
- Supply Chain
- Storage
- Business Intelligence>
>> OpenITx Supporters
- Windows -
ITtoolbox White Papers
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Nathan's Toasty Technology page
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Ur I.T. Mate Group
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AB Extension Pack - a collection of very useful browser
ActiveX add-ons written with
Avant Browser
in mind, but generally also able to work with Internet Explorer and some other browsers. We find these to be very handy
functions, such as the ability to highlight some text and search for it in Google or other search engines or a range of online
dictionaries. Another great time saver comes in extremely handy where, on far too many Web pages, references or links other Web
pages are in plain text form (such as microsoft.com instead of the proper
microsoft.com form) -- you only have to highlight the plain text string then right-click on it and select
"Open URL" to jump to the desired page, without having to copy-and-paste the URL into the browser's address bar!
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There is an associated
AB Edit utility that you can use to edit the list of browser
ActiveX add-ons
(for Internet Explorer, not just for Avant Browser). TIP:
we found that if you have too many browser add-ons activated,
some of them inexplicably cease to operate! (This quirky
behavior apparently arises because there is an undocumented
limit of twenty add-ons (or thereabouts) that the Internet
Explorer engine allows to be concurrently active.
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Freeware Library
- Index.dat Suite -
allows you to delete the index.dat files, temporary internet files, temp files, cookies and history,
and also to view the index.dat files on your system.
- sURL - similar to the TinyURL.com URL redirection service -
Not only can you create short URL's, but also create extremely large URL's.
- vURL - a webpage dissection service
that allows you to easily view the content, title and links contained within a webpage, without your having to visit it.
- And ... lots more!
- WHEN SOFTWARE GOES BAD ...
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The Software Conspiracy -
"Why Software Companies Put Out Faulty Products, How They Can Hurt You, And What You Can Do About It"
>>
Download the FREE book
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BugToaster - When a bug causes a Windows program to crash
sends info to the BugToaster Database, and if there is a bug fix advises you.
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Computer Gripes by Michael Horowitz -
He says "This web site is devoted to what stinks about computer products (hardware, software, web sites);
specifically to the problems I have experienced in using them. It exists because the errors, bugs,
poor documentation, and occasional stupidity in the field drives me nuts."
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"TaskTracker takes the Windows Explorer and turns it inside out. Say goodbye to tedious searches
for files in Windows' convoluted file system. Now you can get to the files you want to work with - and open,
copy, rename, or move them - right away without having to remember where you left them.
TaskTracker automatically tracks all kinds of Office documents; jpg,
gif, and other image formats; mp3, wma, and other music files - and
many, many other documents types you work with on a daily basis. You
can sort file types alphabetically, by frequency of use, or by most
recent use - and you can sort the files of each type by dates, names,
containing folders, or folder paths. The files you last worked with
will already be at the top of the list, if that is what you want. Or
you can filter files according to time periods of your choosing, like
yesterday, last week, or a month ago."
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FREE utilities by Brian Apps
...
- Sizer -
Resize any window to an exact, predefined size. (Extremely useful when designing web pages, when compiling screen-shots for
documentation. Sizer allows you to easily maintain the same window size across screen grabs.)
- Hot Key Plus -
Launch applications using keyboard shortcuts
- Juggle Saver -
a Windows screensaver that accurately displays juggling "site-swaps" in 3D
- Saver Starter -
adds hotspots to your Windows desktop to start your screensaver
or to prevent it from starting
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Simpli Software
- Some useful utilities ...
- Splinterware - Useful utilities
(both FREE and Professional (fee) versions) ...
- System Scheduler - Schedule applications, popup reminders and other useful tasks.
- iDailyDiary
- a simple page-for-a-day diary. Take daily notes, create a journal, put your thoughts into writing
(provides a "richtext" editor and the ability to insert graphics, URL's and Hypertext links).
- Autorota - Staff scheduling and rostering.
- Launchkey - Command line tool to launch an application and send it keypresses.
- Clipboards - Trayicon utility to give you more than one Windows Clipboard.
Switch easily between clipboards.
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E-mail Management & Support ...
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mailAddresses.com
>> EmailDiscussions.com
-
Time to ditch Outlook? Eight alternatives tested
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File corruption in Outlook Express -
Learn about "the other e-mail threat": mail file corruption ...
the causes, the symptoms, and how to avoid corruption.
- FREE methods for handling/viewing the contents of Microsoft Outlook's winmail.dat e-mail attachment ...
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Problems for non-Outlook e-mail clients decoding a Winmail.dat attachment sent with an Outlook message ...
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Winmail Opener - You may receive winmail.dat files from senders who are using Microsoft Outlook
(97, 2000). Winmail.dat contains all attachments and rich text content, and not all e-mail clients can recognize its format.
- Online viewer for winmail.dat email attachments -
NOTE: using this service means that your files are transmitted over the internet and saved on a foreign system
for a short time. If your attachment contains unencrypted, sensitive data it is not a good idea to use this service.
- WMDecode - get attachments from winmail.dat files on Windows
- How to configure Outlook NOT to send Winmail.dat attachments -
This will set your default sending method to Plain Text, which will lose your special formatting options with fonts, colors, etc.
However everyone, no matter what email program they are using, will now be able to receive your email with no problems.
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Email deletion by companies may breach law
-
Managing Incoming E-mail - What Every User Needs to Know
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Invasion of the E-Mail Snatchers
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File retention policy
-
extravalent
-
Missing Attachment Catcher -
If you mean to attach a document to an email and forget then Missing Attachment Catcher will warn you
and prevent those annoying (and unprofessional) "Sorry, here's the attachment" mails!
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POPtimize -
Why wait for a large Powerpoint attachment that's blocking 50 small mails?
It downloads the small mails first, and while you are reading and replying to them, the big emails get downloaded.
-
POPChecker -
No more switching between identities in Outlook Express or another email client.
You get one small window containing the status of all your email addresses.
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POPFile -
the open source totally FREE (donation-supported) e-mail classification and spam killing tool, as reviewed by
InternetWeek
-
Public folders keep e-mail growth in check
-
How to begin archiving your organization's e-mail
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E-mail for small to medium organisations ...
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Bluetie - e-mail, calendering, instant messaging, contact management
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Critical Path - web-based messaging ... "offers lowest TCO"
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YouSendIt FileLink -
a personalized link to the YouSendIt website. Your address is automatically passed as the recipient address
to the FREE public YouSendIt service. When the YouSendIt homepage appears, the email address of your choice
is already filled in. A good way way to send large file attachments.
There's nothing more annoying than having your inbox clogged up with a massive file attachment
sent by a well-meaning friend or colleague. Alternatively, many mail servers have frustratingly
low file size limits (typically 5MB or 10MB) that prevent you from receiving the occasional large file.
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Technical Support Hang Ups cost dearly in Direct Productivity -
36 percent of respondents nationwide report they spend 30 minutes or more each week on the phone with their firm's technical support service.
An additional 20 percent spend an hour or more, and -- a seemingly miserable -- five percent report that they are on the phone with the help
desk for five hours or more each week.
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Keep control of your system -
Educate your employees about change management and controls.
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Do you need Citrix, or is Terminal Server enough? -
Is Citrix Presentation Server “worth” the extra US$300-400 on top of Terminal Server?
What about one of the server-based products that costs less? Is ICA better than RDP? With more users do you need Citrix?
What is the real value for Citrix? And what about the new features of
Terminal Server in Microsoft's "Longhorn"?
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When PDAs become a Pretty Daunting Application -
Want to know what your PDA really can do? Then be warned - buy it only from a specialist retailer.
- The Trellian ToolbarBrowser
is "a complete Toolbar Authoring and Management tool. You can use it to manage dozens of toolbars in a simple tabbed
control to save valuable browser space. It also includes all the standard features for search, navigation, popup blocking, etc., so
you will never need another toolbar."
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whatis?com - categorised technical delimitations
- Software
(Applications,
Database,
Operating systems) -
Internet
(Internet Technology Terms,
Internet Acronyms & Lingo,
Internet Applications & E-mail) -
Computing Fundamentals
(General Computing Terms,
Standards & Organizations) -
Hardware
(General Hardware Terms,
Electronics,
Microprocessors) -
PCs
(Personal Computers & Mobile Computing,
Multimedia & Graphics,
Peripherals) -
Networking
(Network Hardware,
Network Software,
Security) -
Telecom
(Circuit Switched Services Equipment & Providers,
Local Loop/Access Network,
Wireless & Mobile Networking)
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LostPassword.com - products include:
-
Word Key -
"recovers all types of passwords for Word document files"
- Office Key -
"five-in-one product that recovers all types of passwords
for MS Office files: Access, Excel, Outlook, Word and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) modules."
- Windows XP / 2000 / NT Key -
resets "Windows XP / 2000 / NT security if Administrator password, secure boot password or key disk is lost."
- Lotus Notes Key -
"recovers passwords for Lotus Notes user ID files"
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Asterisk - Password Unmasker
(FREE) - "shows passwords hidden under asterisks"
- An IBM Redbook ...
The Software Deployment Mystery - Solved! A Customer Guide -
"To solve any mystery, detectives rely on their experience along with proven tools and techniques
to unravel the conundrum. This IBM Redbook addresses the often illusive mystery known as software deployment success."
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Dillobits Software
- YATS32
(Yet Another Time Synchronizer) -
lets you reliably and automatically set your system clock to any of a number of time services available
via the Internet or your corporate intranet. It supports multiple servers and time service protocols
such as SNTP, TIME, and Unix Time. (We use and recommend YATS32.)
-
SNTPService -
an SNTP time synchronization client/server for the more advanced user wishing to maintain
network time synchronization and services under Windows NT4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
-
InSync -
a directory synchronizer that allows you to rapidly make identical copies of directory structures and
all files within them, useful in performing backups and propagating data from one machine to another.
-
4uonly -
FREE - helps you avoid identity theft by securing you accounts and passwords.
- DCML - Data Center Markup Language -
"the first vendor-neutral, open language to describe data center environments, dependencies between data center components and
the policies governing management and construction of those environments. ... DCML enables any IT organization to benefit from the utility computing
vision of lower costs, increased agility, and improved service levels."
>> About DCML
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Tech Support Horror Stories ...
Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
Female customer: A white one...
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Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out.
Tech support: Have you tried pushing the button?
Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.
Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.
Customer: No .. wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet...
it's still on my desk... sorry....
===============
Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left
of the screen.
Customer: Your left or my left?
===============
Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and...
Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me!
I'm not Bill Gates, dammit!
===============
Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print.
Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer'. I've even
lifted the printer and placed it in front of the monitor,
but the computer still says he can't find it...
===============
Customer: I have problems printing in red...
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah....................thank you.
===============
Tech support: What's on your monitor now, ma'am?
Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the
7-11.
===============
Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.
Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: OK
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is
there another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does
work...
===============
Tech support: Your password is the small letter a as in
apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters?
===============
Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?
Customer: Netscape.
Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program.
Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.
===============
Tech support: How may I help you?
Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.
Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?
Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but
how do I get the circle around it?
===============
A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem
with her printer.
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer: "No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a
good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is
under a window, and his printer is working fine."
===============
Tech support: "Okay Bob, let's press the control and escape
keys at the same time. That brings up a task list in the
middle of the screen. Now type the letter "P" to bring up
the Program Manager."
Customer: I don't have a P.
Tech support: On your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: What do you mean?
Tech support: "P".....on your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!
===============
Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a
screen saver on my computer, but every time I move the
mouse, it disappears.
===============
Customer: I can't get on the Internet.
Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer: Five stars. |
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What to expect from the new bus and memory standards
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The Mammoth -
Internet software for network administration using open source technologies
(MySQL, Linux, Apache, and PHP). All administration is performed remotely using a standard web browser.
The interface consists of no Java, Active X, or anything that requires a plug-in or third party program to operate.
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Comment ça marche? -
le site de vulgarisation informatique
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Shortcutz -
Tips for popular IT applications (Spreadsheets, Operating Systems, Graphics and Multimedia, Utilities
and Tools, Internet and Browsers, Groupware, Database Applications, Word Processing, Project Management)
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Digital memory comes up short -
"Computer files may survive, but the equipment to make sense of them might not.
This era could become a "digital dark age" - a part of its collective memories forever lost"
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Bring development and support staff together for more robust systems
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The great port 80 conspiracy -
"The ability to run your own Web server in your own office now has a much higher barrier of entry."
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Stiftung Warentest -
German consumer product testing organisation
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Low-priced PCs may not be such a good deal -
"Be careful about low-priced pre-configured computer systems. ...
The components are often not the same as those that appear on the picture in advertisements. ...
Graphics cards and monitors in particular often come up short on the quality scale."
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Operating Systems / OS / Virtual Operating Systems / Virtualization / Virtualisation ...
- OS Online - forums for operating systems
>> Amiga -
BeOS -
BSD -
Linux -
Macintosh -
QNX -
Windows
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Alky - an open-source tool for converting a Windows executable to a Mac OS X or Linux binary
- OSFAQ -
Operating System Frequently Asked Questions
- iBUG - The International BeOS User's Group
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SAGE AU - The System Administrators Guild of Australia
- Virtuozzo (from
SWsoft) - "creates multiple isolated
partitions
or
Virtual Private Servers (VPSs) on a single physical server to share hardware, software licenses and management effort
with maximum possible efficiency. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server."
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Support multiple Operating Systems more easily with VMware Workstation 3.1
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The Plex86 x86 Virtual Machine Project
(for Linux)
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The UCSD P-System (a.k.a. UCSD Pascal System) -
a portable operating system that was popular in the early days of personal computers, in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Wikipedia article about the p-System -
virtual machine,
called the p-Machine (or pseudo-machine, which many users began to call the "Pascal-machine" like the OS — although UCSD documentation
always used "pseudo-machine") with its own instruction set
called p-Code (or pseudo-code).
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VirtualBox (FREE) - "a family of powerful x86
virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only
is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product
for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution
that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of
the GNU General Public License (GPL)."
- VWware
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Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server
- VirtuOS Computing / Katana Technology
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Future of Virtual Machines -
The VM concept goes back to 1960s mainframes.
It has since been applied to executing legacy environments and to Java.
This audiocast shows how VMs can solve common software problems through compatibility,
isolation, encapsulation and mobility and how the return to VMs may affect hardware and operating system trends.
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The
Xen virtual machine monitor -
Xen is Open Source software, released under the terms of the
GNU General Public License
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OpenVZ -
an Operating System-level server virtualization solution, built on Linux. OpenVZ creates isolated, secure virtual private servers (VPSs) or virtual environments on a single physical server enabling
better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a
stand-alone server; VPSs can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files,
applications, system libraries and configuration files. (OpenVZ is a subset of Virtuozzo -
a commercial virtualization solution offered by SWsoft.)
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VMcasting - an automatic virtual machine deployment mechanism
based on RSS2.0 whereby
virtual machine images are transferred from a server to a client.
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USB Flash Drive Computing ...
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Networking Theory
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Printers / Ink and Toner Cartridges / Refill Kits / Recycling (Australia) ...
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The Mac ... Apple Macintosh ...
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The Amiga ...
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Atari...
- atariarchives.org -
makes books, information, and software for Atari and other classic computers available on the Web.
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TranslationCentral.net
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FreeTechMail -
a centralized subscription service - preview and subscribe to hundreds of technical newsletters
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Miscellaneous utilities "useful for translators" -
File conversion and viewing, PDF creation, Word Processing and Editing
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FreeTechMail -
a centralized subscription service - preview and subscribe to hundreds of technical newsletters
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Crystal Software, Inc
- TextPipe Pro
(powerful text extraction and manipulation)
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ResumePipe (automatically extracting emails and attachments)
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DataPipe
(text manipulation applied to data records in live databases -- search and replace, pattern matching AND
replacing, fix surname capitalization, cleanse address data, etc)
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WordPipe
(replaces text across multiple Microsoft Word documents)
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DetachPipe
(reclaim disk space on your mail server by deleting attachments or by saving them to each user's local machine)
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What is the best way to manage and maintain your small-business computer system?
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GoToMyPC -
"remotely and securely access your computer from any other Internet-connected computer"
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WASAY Software Technology
(Taiwan) - protection and management of hard disk systems
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... Enjoy glorious photography, updated daily at Webshots - fantastic wallpaper and screen saver management -
huge gallery of photos covering a wide range of subjects.
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PC system Case Customisation / Modifications / Overclocking / Cooling ...
Case-Mods
Australia - Cooler Master -
CoolerGuys - 2CoolTek -
PCmods
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Bugtoaster -
"... making a difference in the quality of software worldwide.
Your computer can stop crashing as often. You can help us do something about computer crashes."
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NetMeeting, Windows Messenger supplanting air travel and
Use NetMeeting to support remote clients — for free!
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Sourcer - Advanced Commenting Disassembler -
from V Communications, Inc. (VCOM)
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TechRepublic ...
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Harmony Hollow Software (Windows freeware)
>> JavaScript Menu Master - Cool Web Scrollbars - FavSearch (manage your Favorites) - IE Count Keywords - TextWiz - Text Tally -
AddaButton
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AVI Overview - Microsoft's "Audio Video Interleave" - excellent coverage by John McGowan)
Including: How to convert AVI to and from various other audio/video formats (such as QuickTime) ...
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Aviation, Flight Simulation and Flight Simulators ...
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