The Ultimate Link Listing
- TrendMicro’s Online Virus Scanner (Housecall)
- John Savill’s FAQ For Windows
- SpyBot Search & Destroy
- LavaSoft (Makers of Ad-aware) www.lavasoft.de/
- Sites Good For Hardware Purchasing
- www.nextag.com (Comparison Shopping)
- www.froogle.com (Comparison Shopping)
- www.pricewatch.com (Comparison Shopping)
- www.tigerdirect.com (Fairly Good Deals, Nice Selection)
- www.cdw.com (Selection Great, Prices Not – but if you need it…)
- www.amazon.com (Fairly Good Selection)
- www.slickdeals.net (Some great deals!)
- Adware, Spyware, and other unwanted “malware” – and how to remove them
- Download.com – Find Interesting Software www.download.com
- Bootdisk.com – Will Make bootable floppys / CDs you can use for troubleshooting or new operating system installations www.bootdisk.com
- Experts-Exchange.com www.experts-exchange.com/
- SourceForge.net (Open Source (i.e. Free) Software for a variety of tasks)
- MCSE World by Daniel Petri www.petri.co.il/
- Forget A Windows Administrator Password? www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
- How To Install Windows XP: www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_pro.htm
- Emergency Boot CD’s (These can be used to boot into diagnostic and recovery tools)
- Burn It & Boot It Linux Distributions (Can be fun to play with, and useful)
- Broadband Forums – Troubleshooting & Overall Internet Support
- Linux Resources (If you’re interested in playing with it)
- Windows NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP Admin Knowledge Base
- Microsoft Support support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
- Google (Use Direct Quotes and Advanced Search to get best results)
- LogMeIn.com – Remote System Administration for Free or Reasonable Prices
- Sites for Fun & Relaxation
- www.snopes.com (Also a good virus hoax info site)
- www.bash.org (Humorous IRC / IM Quotes)
- www.fark.com (Humorous News Items From Around the Web)
- www.pocketpcthoughts.com (Interested in mobile devices?)
- www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Database – Great Time Waster)
- www.hackaday.com (Various hacks & mods, great time wasting here as well!)
- www.techcomedy.com (Comic Relief for those of us in IT)
www.trillian.cc (The Best Instant Messenger Client on the Web – Nix the ads, bulk, and junk of AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo!)
- The Hipster PDA (For those of you who don't need any more)
Ultimate Link Listing Compiled by Jon Westfall (jon@jonwestfall.com) Distribute as you like, yet please keep this note on here so that people may send me more great links!
