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ConsumerSearch - product reviews and analysis
Software Distribution &
Downloads ...
A few FREEWARE sites ...
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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)
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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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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)
- 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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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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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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- 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
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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."
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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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Asia/Pacific Computer ServicesGoogle Groups - Google's Usenet discussion archive,
great for technical problem solving
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Help is at hand - or is it?
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Helpdesks flooded with fibs from users
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Are you doomed if your office computer tech quits?
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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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Drivers, Patches and BIOS Upgrades...
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Home Network Security
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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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HTTP Error Codes and what they mean
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Tips for successful audio and Web conferencing
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10 things you should know about
building a PC from scratch
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Computer problems actually cost a fortune
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Resolve partial sound card failures with these tips
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Broadband Internet options for budget-minded IT managers
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Enthusiastic Screen Cleaning Tool
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USB / Universal Serial Bus / Plug and Play ...
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Windows Start-Up,
Booting, Shutdown & Powerdown Support ...
- See also: Microsoft & Microsoft-related
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Why windows takes so long to start up
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Startup Inspector for Windows
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Microsoft Support WebCast: Microsoft Windows XP:
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Troubleshooting Startup and Shutdown Problems (August 29, 2002)
- Pacman's Portal
- Managing Windows Start-Up Applications
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Startup Tools (a list of start-up checkers)
- StartMan
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Should You Shut the Computer Down?
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ThePCSpy
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Windows Support Center - for Microsoft desktop systems (Windows 9x, Windows 2000, XP & 2003, and Leading Application Software)
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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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BootDisk.com - boot CDs and diskettes, drivers, DLLs, networking, guides
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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
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"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
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Map network drives with Windows 2000 login scripts
- Techspot.com ~ 3D Spotlight
- Eradicate
Windows XP shutdown problems
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Make legacy applications feel at home in Windows XP
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Dual boot Windows XP and Red Hat Linux
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Jim Eshelman's
Windows Shutdown & Restart Center
- Configuring Page Files for Optimization and Recovery
(paging files)
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Sysinfo.org - entries that may appear in important parts of the Microsoft Windows registry
Windows Support -
general
...
George Skarbek's
Computer Guide -
a book well worth buying that "helps novice and intermediate computer users
get the most out of their computer."
>>
Read a sample chapter before you buy George's book
PCEZ Computers
ClearType Technology and Patent License
Make Windows XP work the way you want
VersionTracker - track Windows application software updates
geekgirl.com / geekgirl.talks - "plain-English computing"
ITtoolbox -
Windows Knowledge Base
Virtual Plastic - "Surgery for WIndows"
Ramesh's Windows XP Troubleshooting site
Windows Fix Zone
MDGx Max Speed WinDOwS - Tricks, Secrets, Bugs, Fixes
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).
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 |
