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1st-Jan-2000 12:04 am - The Ultimate Link Listing

TrendMicro’s Online Virus Scanner (Housecall)
- http://housecall.trendmicro.com
John Savill’s FAQ For Windows
- http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowsnt20002003faq/
SpyBot Search & Destroy
- http://spybot.safer-networking.de/en/index.html
LavaSoft (Makers of Ad-aware) http://www.lavasoft.de/
Sites Good For Hardware Purchasing
- http://www.nextag.com (Comparison Shopping)
- http://www.froogle.com (Comparison Shopping)
- http://www.pricewatch.com (Comparison Shopping)
- http://www.tigerdirect.com (Fairly Good Deals, Nice Selection)
- http://www.cdw.com (Selection Great, Prices Not – but if you need it…)
- http://www.amazon.com (Fairly Good Selection)
- http://www.slickdeals.net (Some great deals!)
Adware, Spyware, and other unwanted “malware” – and how to remove them
- http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
Download.com – Find Interesting Software http://www.download.com
Bootdisk.com – Will Make bootable floppys / CDs you can use for troubleshooting or new operating system installations http://www.bootdisk.com
Experts-Exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/
SourceForge.net (Open Source (i.e. Free) Software for a variety of tasks)
- http://www.sourceforge.net
MCSE World by Daniel Petri http://www.petri.co.il/
- Forget A Windows Administrator Password? http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm
- How To Install Windows XP: http://www.petri.co.il/install_windows_xp_pro.htm
Emergency Boot CD’s (These can be used to boot into diagnostic and recovery tools)
- http://ebcd.pcministry.com/
Burn It & Boot It Linux Distributions (Can be fun to play with, and useful)
- http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=102087&redir=1
Broadband Forums – Troubleshooting & Overall Internet Support
- http://www.broadbandreports.com/forums/all
Linux Resources (If you’re interested in playing with it)
- www.linuxiso.org
- www.webmin.com
Windows NT / 2000 / 2003 / XP Admin Knowledge Base
- http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/
Microsoft Support http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
Google (Use Direct Quotes and Advanced Search to get best results)
- http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
LogMeIn.com – Remote System Administration for Free or Reasonable Prices
- http://www.logmein.com
Sites for Fun & Relaxation
- http://www.snopes.com (Also a good virus hoax info site)
- http://www.bash.org (Humorous IRC / IM Quotes)
- http://www.fark.com (Humorous News Items From Around the Web)
- http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com (Interested in mobile devices?)
- http://www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Database – Great Time Waster)
- http://www.hackaday.com (Various hacks & mods, great time wasting here as well!)
- http://www.techcomedy.com (Comic Relief for those of us in IT)
http://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!

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