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MSN Premiem 9.0 ~ This is for paid MSN members only, won't
work for you free-loaders...
http://membercenter.msn.com/download.aspx
Internet Explorer ~ Becoming the industry standard complete
with lawsuits
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm
FireFox ~ The new kid on the block browser.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.10.1/Firefox%20Setup%201.0PR.exe
http://www.mozilla.org/
Mozilla ~ Mozilla is an open-source web browser,
designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5/mozilla-win32-1.5-installer.exe
http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape ~ Now owned by America Online. Comes complete
with a full set of annoying popup ads
http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/promo/index.html?cp=dldindex
http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.1/windows/win32/sea/NSSetup-PROMO.exe
Opera ~ Alternative web browser to the above two
http://www.opera.com/
Java Plugin ~ Download this to ensure that your web
browsing experience with Java is uneventful...
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
Office Online File Converters
and Viewers
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/9798/viewerscvt.aspx
Office trial software
http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkID=386088
Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove
Hidden Data
With
this add-in you can permanently remove hidden data and collaboration
data, such as change tracking and comments, from Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint files.
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC011018951033&Origin=HH011116431033&CTT=5
AutoWhat -
Let's you edit your AutoComplete fields in Internet Explorer.
Internet
Explorer's AutoComplete does a nice job of filling in Web forms,
but it doesn't let you edit the entries stored there. This utility
lets you view the values stored for each field name, delete incorrect
ones, and pre-load the system with additional values. To download
and use it, you need to be a subscriber to the PC Magazine utility
library.
Download AutoWhat
RegMon - Restore
files which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake.
Regmon
is a Registry monitoring utility that will show you which applications
are accessing your Registry, which keys they are accessing, and
the Registry data that they are reading and writing - all in
real-time. This advanced utility takes you one step beyond what
static Registry tools can do, to let you see and understand exactly
how programs use the Registry. With static tools you might be
able to see what Registry values and keys changed. With Regmon
you'll see how the values and keys changed..
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml
Restore files
which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake.
Restore
files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost
impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing
files and so on.
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
System Security
Suite ~ System Security Suite
(3S) is the program to remove internet tracks and junk files
from your computer. It allows you to delete Cookies, clear Internet
Explorer Cache, delete index.dat Files, clear Typed URLs, Windows
Temp Folder and much more.
http://www.igorshpak.net/software/3ssetup104.zip
http://www.igorshpak.net/
Boot Log Analyser ~ Have you ever wondered about the what,
how, and who of the C:\bootlog file is? This cute little util
will tell you. It ran it on my system at home and found it quite
interesting.[ME|98|95]
http://www.vision4.dial.pipex.com/files/bla.zip
Windows XP Upgrade Advisor
~ Think your system can
run Windows XP? Think again. Download MS's upgrade advisor and
see for yourself. You may be surprized.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/advisor.asp
Windows XP Setup Boot Diskette
~ The minds at Microsoft
think everyone has a bootable CD-ROM to do the XP install, but
some computers (like a Dell Dimension 8100) don't.
There are 4 flavors;
Original
Windows XP Home Setup Disk
Original
Windows XP Professional Setup Disk
Service Pack 1 Windows XP Home Setup Disk
Service Pack 1 Windows XP Professional Setup Disk
98Lite ~ Don't like all that junk that comes loaded
with Windows? You can use 98lite to run just the bare bones if
you want.
http://www.98lite.net/
PopupStopper ~ The best FREE stand alone Popup Stopper.
The paid version is even better. I highly recommend it. Take
note; using PopupStopper will disable Quickbooks backup giving
you a "Invalid Drive" error.
http://www.popupstopper.com
Aida32 ~ One of the most comprehensive hardware
reporting and analysis tools on the market today.
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32
Norton Ghost ~  My
Personal Favorite
Make exact image of your hard drive for later restore. Great
for backup and a must for any computer user. I use this program
for all my clients and it's saved my hiney many a time.
http://www.ghost.com
Norton Internet Security 2003
with Anti-Virus 60 day trial software ~ My Personal Favorite
http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix43268.html
Nero Burning ROM ~ My
Personal Favorite
An all in one CD burning package that allows you to make data
CD's.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/upd_pr/upd20001104/5600:5120210
CloneCD ~ CloneCD is a powerful
CD-Copy program. It writes in Raw mode, which
allows it to have total control on the data written.
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/upd_pr/upd20001104/10122:5120210
Adobe Acrobat
Reader
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HyperTrace
Have
you ever wanted to know what other computers your information
packets go through on the internet? Or maybe your connection
seems a little bit slow, and you'd like to know where the slowdown's
happening... These and many other questions can be answered by
AnalogX HyperTrace is a GUI version of traceroute, which shows
you the route that information travels from your machine to another
machine on the internet.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/res/ie-spyad.exe
http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/htrace.htm
| Graphic
Editors and Manipulators |
Microsoft DirectX for games
and accelerated graphics
http://www.microsoft.com/directx
http://www.microsoft.com/directx
(if that link is not satisfactory, try this)
CompuPic ~ CompuPic Digital Content Manager is suited for
both novice and professional image and media enthusiasts. It
supports more than 40 formats, including JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF,
PSD, clip art, font, video, sound, animated GIF, and more. Locate
your image files via thumbnails, an animated preview screen,
and keyword searches. Then view images at full-screen size; drag
and drop, copy, move, rename, and delete files straight from
the interface; or create catalogs with headers, footers, and
image backgrounds. Make pictures look professional with CompuPic's
WYSIWYG editing and printing capabilities: batch-convert, crop,
resize, rotate, color-correct, and reduce red-eye on scanned
and digitally captured images; set transparency color; and add
borders, effects, text, and comic-style talk bubbles. You can
also create slide show presentations with sound (and even with
animated GIFs), wallpaper your desktop, and play media files.
CompuPic 5.1 now features the ability to send postcards from
CompuPic using AmazingMail; interface improvements; a new sound
effects option; and much more.
http://www.photodex.com/products/cpic/
Quicktime ~ If you surf the web a lot then its
inevitable that you'll run across a Quicktime file. You'll need
this to play the file.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
MacroMedia ~ Shockwave Player, MacroMedia PLayer
and more available here.
http://www.macromedia.com/downloads/
iTunes by
Apple Computer - My
Personal Favorite
Try this
first
and if it doesn't work...
then this
one > http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Microsoft
Windows Media Player
http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?/upd_pr/upd20001104/1370:5120210
Quickbooks - Upgrades and Patches
Website
Microsoft Updates - Latest driver updates
for all their software and hardware Outlook, Explorer, Works
and more.
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/
Microsoft Office - Download center for all kinds of utils,
templates, addons you name it.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/
Spybot - My Personal Favorite
According
to many security experts, this is one of the best Spyware search
and destroy tools you can get.
I ran this and mistook the disclaimer at the end of installing
Spybot that it was installing adware. It doesn't. I encourage
you to download and support Patrick Kolla, the maker of Spybot.
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
BHODemon - If you want to keep an eye on the BHOs
that have found their way onto your system, this is a program
for you. BHOs are software meant to enhance the capabilities
of IE, but they can be misused. BHODemon looks through your registry
for BHOs and presents you with a list of all it finds. Highlight
an item and click on the “details” button to learn
more about it.
http://www.definitivesolutions.com/bhodemon.htm
Ad-aware - My second choice when
it comes to Spyware. Adaware is a great little (free for now)
program that searches your hard drive for these little programs
that like to watch where you go on the net. Generally, Spyware
doesn't steal any information, they just watch where you go and
what you do. Adaware is a bit more attractive and easier to use
but many claim that Spybot is more robust.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Spyware Blaster - SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean
for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.
http://www.net-integration.net/tools/spywareblaster.html
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/
IE-SpyAd - IE-SPYAD is a Registry file (IE-ADS.REG)
that adds a long list of known advertisers, marketers, and crapware
pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once
IE-ADS.REG is "merged" into your Registry, most direct
marketers and crapware pushers will not be able to resort to
their usual "tricks" (e.g., cookies, scripts, popups,
et al) in order to monitor and track your behavior while you
surf the Net.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/res/ie-spyad.exe
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
ZoneAlarm - Keep your digital subscriber
line or cable modem connection secure. This dynamic firewall
helps keep your PC safe from hackers by providing total control
over which applications can use the Internet. You can block uninitiated
and unwanted traffic while your PC is unattended.
http://www.pcworld.com/fileworld/file_description/0,1458,7228,00.html
Norton Internet Security -
Keep
your digital subscriber line or cable modem connection secure.
This dynamic firewall helps keep your PC safe from hackers by
providing total control over which applications can use the Internet.
You can block uninitiated and unwanted traffic while your PC
is unattended.
http://www.pcworld.com/fileworld/file_description/0,1458,7228,00.html
While Ad-aware and Spybot Search
& Destroy are among the most popular free spyware-fighting
programs, they’re not the only ones. Here are some others
that may be useful to you.
AOL FTP Site - You can get AOL 8.0 here
and other stuff...
http://ftp.newaol.com/
Performance Test - My
Personal Favorite
Get an objective benchmark for your PC through a variety of different
speed tests, and then compare the results to those of other computers.
The benchmark results are presented as easy-to-read bar charts.
High-resolution timers for the tests are accurate to approximately
1 millionth of a second on most PCs
http://www.passmark.com/.
Hot CPU Tester - What do you do when you're convinced
that something's gone haywire in your system, but you don't know
what? Try this free system stability tool: It tests the CPU and
virtually all parts of the motherboard for errors. An advanced
user who wants to run a CPU at a higher frequency than it was
designed for can also use this utility to determine whether the
system is stable. The program features a crash and error detector,
assembly-level coding for the main procedures, and support for
multiple threads with high priority level. This new version has
been fully rewritten to include Windows NT/2000 support, multiple-processor
system support, and modules for MMX and SSE instruction sets.
http://www.geocities.com/damonczx/hotcputester.html
WinAmp - Listen to high-quality
digital music with this popular--and free--utility, which supports
an array of formats, including MP3, CD, WMA, Audiosoft, Mjuice,
and MOD. It offers a skinnable interface, and supports audio/visual
plug-ins so you can create multimedia effects. With its extensive
customization options, you can create hot-keys for quick file
loading; utilize keyboard shortcuts; and create multiple playlists.
Version 2.62 includes WinAmp Visualization Studio updates, Installer
bitmap updates, and bug fixes.
http://www.winamp.com/
WinZip - This popular utility
lets you create compressed file archives. The recently released
beta adds a number of bells and whistles, including the ability
to update Zip files from a Wizard and attach zipped documents
to e-mail messages. It also helps you install desktop themes
and screen savers.
http://www.winzip.com/
NetMon - A
replacement for the LIGHTS applet that appears as a modem with
flashing lights on the Windows 95 system tray (on the taskbar).
This applet collects and stores data about the throughput of
your internet connection. This information can be viewed by double
clicking on the modem icon.
http://www.pcworld.com/fileworld/download/0,1495,3181+netmon11+zip,00.html
PartKill - My Personal Favorite
This little baby when copied over to a bootable DOS diskette
will erase and or kill any and all partitions on the hard drive.
download_request.html
CPU Stability Test - This benchmarking utility
helps you tune up your PC by running multithreaded tests of your
CPU. It supports multiprocessor systems, and offers error and
CRC checking.
http://www.pcworld.com/r/shw/1,2087,7146,00.html
ZDnet Downloads Page - I highly recommend this
page for hunting down programs to help you with your daily computing
needs
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/index.html
Media Player - Used for playing all
types of media from the internet. MP3, videos, etc.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/Win32IE4x86.asp
MobyDock - Its like having the Apple OS on your PC! Well
almost. Its a navigation bar that looks just like the one on
Apple's OS X operating system.
http://www.mobydock.com/
| Data
Recovery Sites & Tools |
OnTrack
Many different types
of data recovery tools available for a price.
http://www.ontrack.com/
Restore files
which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake.
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake.
Conversely, delete files completely. [OS] Windows 95, 98, Me,
NT, 2000, XP. Freeware. [Author] Brian Kato...
http://www.collina.us/files/REST2514.htm
While Ad-aware and Spybot Search
& Destroy are among the most popular free spyware-fighting
programs, they’re not the only ones. Here are some others
that may be useful to you.
SpywareGuard - Models itself after antivirus programs.
It scans files before you open them and warns you if it detects
known spyware.
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html
HijackThis - Helps you detect and remove likely browser
hijacking programs. Rather than looking for specific programs,
it seeks indications of hijacker methods coded into software.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
RegFreeze - RegFreeze is an anti-spyware and anti-adware
solution that monitors your system and prevents changes to your
browser and system startup settings. It prevents your home page
from being changed, as we ...
http://www.actualresearch.com
Keylogger Hunter - Scans your system for software that records
your keystrokes. It won’t catch them all, but it catches
a lot of them.
http://www.styopkin.com/keylogger_hunter.html
KL-Detector - Determines whether you have a keylogger
running on your computer by finding the logs of keystrokes. It
will find the evidence of any keylogger, but if a log is found,
you’ll have to search out and delete the keylogger program
manually.
http://dewasoft.com/privacy/kldetector.htm
SpywareBlaster - Keeps a database of known spyware ActiveX
controls and zaps them before they get a chance to download.
It can even block the cookies that help Web sites track your
Web use.
Website
Link
X-Cleaner Free - Suite of privacy programs, including
tools to clear away cookies, clean your Internet cache, scan
for spyware packages, and shred files.
http://www.xblock.com/download-freeware.shtml
SpySites - Automatically puts its database of known spyware-delivering
Web sites into Microsoft Internet Explorer’s Restricted
Zone so that you can easily apply higher security settings for
them without having to raise your general security higher than
necessary.
http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpySites_Program.html#SpySitesFree
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