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Sid's Collection of Geek Links
Picked up along the internet super-highway:
Some are for tools I actually use on my PC.   Others are for reference purposes. Others might be useful in the future.    Many are merely interesting.
Just passing stuff along.
18 October 2007
Sid Note:
This page was placed on-line today. It is condensed from several pages of geeky links that I had
collected over the past 10 years -- with many new ones added.  Currently you might find some duplicate links and
some are likely to be mis-catergorized (for now). Further tweaking of the page will be an ongoing process. 
The good news is that all links are "hot" as of this posting. 
Lottsa stuff here. Take your time and poke around. I'm sure you'll find many sites that will be useful to you.
Browser, FTP , Web, PC Performance Apps and Aids
  • http://www.ipswitch.com  Home of WS_FTP
    • How fast is the net today?
    Find out at INTERNET TRAFFIC REPORT
  • NETSCAPE - Unofficial FAQs
  • Netscape - Browser Central
  • Spotmau.com - Products
  • MS/Internet Explorer
  • OPERA
  • Browser Watch
  • Belarc Advisor - What's in your computer? - PC Audit
  • Download Accelerator Plus - Free Download Manager
  • Fix Fatal Exception errors
  • ROXIO - Do CD stuff
  • WinZIP   Zip and UnZip stuff
  • Drag ? View Easily see contents of files
  • Case Converter - Change Case of File Names 
  • CAM UnZip
  • About.com: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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    Virus - Hoax - Urban Legends - SPAM - VIRUS - Spyware Ads - Registry Cleanups -TuneUps
    HTML Checkers - Speed Tests Etc
  • dll File Analysis     from SPY
  • IBM: Research papers about viruses and hoaxes
  • F-Secure Security Center
  • From the US DEPT of ENERGY  CIAC   [Computer Incident Advisory Capability]
  • HTML Toolbox from NetMechanic
  • HOAXBUSTERS
  • Don't Spread that Hoax!
  • Urban Legends and Folklore
  • Urban Legends Reference Pages
  • Vmyths.com- Truth About Computer Virus Myths ? Hoaxes
  • Protection From Malicious Scripts FAQs    via CERT
  • From YAHOO - HACKERS, CRACKERS and INTERNET ATTACKERS
  • Virus Tutorial - via Computer Knowledge
  • SYMANTEC Response Center
  • SpamCop FAQs  Good info from SpamCop
    • Take a look at this e-zine Internet SCAMBUSTERS
    The #1 Publication on Internet Fraud
  • F-PROTUSdistrib
  • F-PROT Antivirus Products
  • A.C.V - Anti-virus and safe computing introduction - Main Menu
  • Contact technical support - F-PROT Antivirus Support
  • AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security
  • AVGAntivirus - Download AVG Antivirus Now!
  • AVGAnti-Virus Free Edition - Free Software Download
  • AVG Free Advisor - Free antivirus and anti-spyware downloads
  • HTML Tidy Project Page
  • PC Tools - Essential Tools for your PC
  • Registry Easy - Easily Scan, Repair and Speed up Your PC!
  • BrowserTune2000 (BT2K) Site?  (Fred Langa)
  • TestMySpeed.com, over 200 modem speed tests. Test internet connection speed.
  • ModemSpeed Test Page
  • Ad-aware SE Free
  • : : RegistrySmart : :
  • ParetoLogic
  • NET MECHANIC HTML and LINK TESTs
  • NET MECHANIC Optimize your images
  • DOCTOR HTML     The author of WebPages That Suck
  • HTML Validators
  • W3C's HTML Home Page
  • W3C HTML Validation Service On-line check of HTML
  • BrowserTune: Fred Langa's Browser Torture Tests
  • META MEDIC Check your Meta Tags here
  • META TAG Analyzer and META TAG Help by ScrubTheWeb.com
  • Clean up your Web pages with HTML TIDY
  • Spybot-S?D!    Downloads
  • SpyZooka
  • Which Spyware Remover? - Top Spyware Remover Reviews
  • Spyware Doctor - Best Spyware Removal in 2005 and 2006
  • Free spyware software: Detect and safely remove spyware and adware from your PC
  • WhoLinksToMe.com - the ultimate seo tool
  • Email Scam, Fraud and Phishing Resource
  • Phishing Scam - How to Identify a Phishing Scam Video - About.com
  • META Tag Help Pages and Free META Tag Analyzer
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    Get Software
  • Commodore history  Interesting site from http://www.oldsoftware.com
  • Amiga ZONE (My First Computer)
  • CNET's Download.com    Software Downloads and Software Reviews
  • 321 Download
  • A+ Freeware
  • SoftwareAwards.net - Award Winning Software
  • Freeware Updates - Daily news of software updates
  • FREEWARE GUIDE - Guide to Best Free Software ? Freeware Sites!
  • iinKline Global  Awards winning software developer
  • Advanced Computer Innovations, Inc. - File Conversion Software Products
  • Browser Add-ons and Bookmark Handlers
  • Top 12 Free Internet Downloads
  • WinPlanet Windows Software Reviews and Downloads
  • A1 Shareware Evaluations
  • CDS.COM   The source for CD related information
  • The home of 2.5 gigs of shareware with descriptions
  • Uniblue - Software made easy
  • Pass The Shareware
  • PC Freeware sorted by age
  • EUDORA
  • SYMANTEC PRODUCTS FOR HOME COMPUTING
  • Creative Labs
  • PKWARE® Inc.
  • Seagate
  • Front Page -- www.arachnoid.com
  • American Megatrends, Inc.
  • Fookes Software: quality software products from Switzerland
  • News.com GEEK NEWS From CNET
  • Bookmark Wizard - Reviews and free downloads at           Download.com
  • Daily Download: Killer Download: Get the most out of XP | Tips, news, and opinions from Download.com editors
  • ProductReviews - Welcome to CNET Reviews - CNET.com
  • http://www.software-hq.ne
  • http://whipup.net/wp-content/plugins/piclinks/links-old.php
  • The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities
  • I want a Freeware Utility to ... 450+ common problems solved : eConsultant
  • The Oldest Software Review Site
  • The Oldfiles Network - Where Dos and Windows 3.x live on
  • Bookmark Magic free download. An Internet bookmark utility. It can convert url files, including subfolders, into html code. The created html files can be saved and opened by a web ...
  • TUCOWS NETWORK
  • CNET.COM --- Product Reviews etc.
  • SobolSoft.com - Long list of useful utilities
  • Simtel  Free Download of Computer Software, Games, Tools and Utilities - Freeware, Shareware, Demos and Trial Versions:
  • IT PRO Downloads
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    .DRIVERS and Modems
  • Driver32.com- Drivers Search and download
  • Drivers - Mr Driver
  • WINDOWS DRIVERS AND MORE
  • Zoom Telephonics
  • DriverMagic
  • DriverGuide.com
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    .Domain Reg
    Network Solutions
    TUCOWS WHOIS
    MOZILLA   FIREFOX   SEA MONKEY and all
  • Firefox Media Test Pages
  • Plugins :: Firefox Add-ons
  • PluginDoc: Java FAQ
  • PluginDoc: Flash Player FAQ
  • Step-By-Step Guide:

    •        Embedded Windows Media in Firefox - MozillaZine Forums
  • PluginDoc: Windows (Download Managers)
  • Quicktime/Real/Windows Media Player Issues (Windows)
  • Mozilla
  • Thunderbird E-Mail
  • FireFox browser
  • SeaMonkey: Browser, Editor and E-Mail
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    A few LINUX links
  • http://www.linux.org    LINUX ONLINE
  • ibiblio's linux archive
  • Rik Nilsson:  Another former Submariner. He does Linux.  USS CUBERA SS-347 or click his HOME PAGE  to access the geeky stuff
  • The Linux Journal
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    GET SMART
  • PageTutor.com - PageTutor Membership and Print Versions
  • WindowsSecrets.comMicrosoft Windows XP, Vista, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Windows Update
  • Dummies.com - The online resource for the rest of us
  • http://vlaurie.com    Computer articles, presentations, and tutorials    A MAJOR INFO SOURCE
  • SEARCH ENGINES 101
  • The Web Developer's Virtual Library
  • W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
    • What is a browser? What is an ISP? What is a URL? 
    Don't know? 
    Find out these things and more at WHAT IS
    Want to know more about URLs? GO HERE
  • NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML
  • W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium
  • 1000 WEBSITE TOOLS
  • The WDVL: Introduction to HTML
  • The WDVL: HTML 4.0 Tags
  • The HTML Writers Guild
  • WORD WEB   A free cut-down version of the WordWeb Pro.

    • It includes a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary,
    and can be used to look up words from within most programs.
  • Glossary of Internet Terms
  • InterNIC network information service
  • HTML Tutorial
  • http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/
  • HTML Code Tutorial - Free Reference Guide for Help with HTML Tags Including Form, Frames, Tables, and more!
  • http://www.winsupersite.com
  • Barebones Guide to HTML
  • HTML Basix - HTML tutorials and online webmaster tools 
  • Web tools to create a website, HTML codes, generators, javascripts 
  • Linda's Computer Stop Ebooks, Free Stuff, Classes, Tutorials 
  • Web Tools, Free Web Tools for the Webmaster by SearchBliss.com
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    SCRIPTS - PERL - CGI - JAVA
  • Download Java software for Windows from Sun Microsystems
  • Setting Classpath
  • Setting the class path
  • Download Free Java Software
  • java.com: Hot Games, Cool Apps
  • Tucows Downloads - Java Runtime Environment 1.5.0_05 Freeware Software
  • java2s.com   Animation: eyes : Animation : GUI Components : JavaScript DHTML examples (example source code) Organized by topic
  • Matt's DEMOS
  • O'Reilly Perl Center!
  • CGI City - One of the biggest CGI Resources in the planet.
  • ScriptSearch The Worlds Largest CGI Library
  • The CGI Resource Index
  • The CGI Resource Index: Programs and Scripts: Remotely Hosted
  • TheCGIResource Index: Programs and Scripts: Perl: Form Processing
  • CGI World Online - Interactive Perl / CGI Scripts for the WWW!
  • JavaSoft Home Page
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    Images, Clipart, Screensavers, Image Editors
    Fonts, Shock, Flash, PDF,Text Editors, Quick Time, Sound
  • Adobe - Flash Player: Adobe Flash Player 9 Release Notes
  • Windows Media Player 9 Series
  • Fox It .pdf reader
  • http://www.textpad.com  Excellent text editor
  • Real Player® Download for Free
  • RealPlayer 10 .Download-It-Free.com
  • Adobe Reader Download
  • Adobe Shockwave Download Center
  • What You Should Know About Installing Screensavers
  • ACD Systems International Online Store - Product Information
  • ACDSee Photo Software
  • IrfanView Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide
  • IrfanView Frequently Asked Questions
  • L-VIEW PRO - Best Image Editor
  • Guide to Online Photo Albums
  • R.I. Soft Systems
  • IRFANVIEW - Free Image Utility
  • IrfanView Frequently Asked Questions
  • Screen Savers by ratloaf
  • CLIPART.COM
  • TheClip Art Connection
  • IconBAZAAR
  • All Things Web: Everyone's Guide to Optimizing Graphics
  • Animations and Graphics For Your Website
  • Cerious Software - The Home of ThumbsPlus!
  • Carloads of clipart via ABOUT.COM
  • EasyApps Home Page
  • BackgroundCity.Com - Group 11: LINES and GRAPHS
  • Easy Thumbnails Software -- Free thumbnail utility from Fookes Software
  • http://www.shockwave.com/help/faq_flashplayer.html
  • ADOBE ACROBAT READER - DOWNLOAD SITE
  • Shockwave: Plug-In
  • QuickTime Home
  • RealAudio
  • Screensavers and multimedia authoring tools at RI Soft Systems
  • Free PDF Converter - create high-quality PDF from any printable file type
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    TechRepub stuff
  • Tech Republic's Photo Galleries
  • Use these four Registry tweaks to accelerate Windows XP
  • PC Tools Firewall Plus 2.0: The Right Tool for the Job?
  • 10+ things you should know about troubleshooting a slow PC
  • Software Downloads - TechRepublic
  • StartingWith Linux - White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies
  • SoftwareDownloads
  • WindowsXP - Downloads
  • Bookstore
  • Hard Drive Inspector Standard Edition (exe), from AltrixSoft
  • Now a member --- TechRepublic - A Resource for IT Professionals
  • Super Utilities (exe) - Software Downloads
  • Tune Windows XP to speed up boot and shutdown times
  • Hard Drive Inspector Standard Edition (exe)
  • SolutionBase: Find a lost Windows product key
  • 10 customization tricks to save you time in Windows XP
  • 10 dumb things users do that can mess up their computers
  • Folder Size (3), from Brio
  • View all System Utilities - Utilities - Windows listings
  • Customize Windows XP
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    MICROSOFT (Mostly) with some MS related links
  • Security Bulletin Search
  • Download Center: Microsoft Windows XP
  • Windows Update
  • Security and Updates
  • Update Services
  • Sign Up for Download Notifications
  • Knowledge Base Article
  • Download Center Home
  • Windows XP Service Pack 2
  • Windows XP Home Edition Comparison Guide
  • Download details: Office File Converter Pack
  • MicrosoftSecurity
  • Downloaddetails: Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable
  • Download Windows Installer 3.1 (full package)
  • Downloading Windows Installer 3.1 (v2) to improve network security
  • http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893803
  • Product Support Services
  • A tool is available to remove the Sasser worm variants
  • Online Crash Analysis - windiag
  • Howto support files from MS online services
  • Preserving OEM Pre-Activation when Re-installing Windows XP
  • Download details: Critical Update for Windows XP (KB886185)
  • Install XP on a Pre-Installed Vista Computer :: the How-To Geek
  • xp_speed_up_boot_times.pdf(application/pdf Object)
  • MS/Windows
  • SpotmauPowerSuite
  •          Boot CD For Any Computer, Easily Fix Your PC!
  • WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics
  • How to Delete Files For Good : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech
  • Windows XP FAQ S
  • PC TOOLS Guide for Windows
  • DOS lives! Secrets of the Windows command prompt
  • Winfiles.com - Software - A source for free Windows utilities
  • HomePage for Windows XP Home Edition
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