More interesting links from (not so) recent surfing:

All links checked 5-4-07

http://dwightblackburn.com/ Nice site for computer help. Has links to determine what the computer error messages mean.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/ Select categories from the list. The documents are in PDF on your browser. You can save a copy if you want to. You have to search for what you want. I searched for shortcuts and got a link to Word keyboard shortcuts. Look in the downlkoads link for some nice downloads. Search for "male" to get the article Computers - male or female? But of course you can find this joke anywhere on the web.

http://www.smartcomputing.com/ The magazine- excellent articles. On-line subscription required. Some articles available without subscribing. Most show only part of the article to tickle you into subscribing. Good investment if you want to be more informed about computing. Has links to 3 other computer related magazines.

http://www.bootdisk.com/ for info on how to make boot disks and a lot of good info. Check the Utilities section.

http://www.computerhope.com/ Free help. Click the Free Help button at the top.

http://www.rinkworks.com/ Check out his humor. Especially Computer Stupidities. Amazing. Check out the links in the left column. Lotsa good stuff.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/home an old favorite revisited. Locate radio on line anywhere in the world.

http://filext.com/ A comprehensive list of file extensions and associated programs

http://freepctech.com/index.php Lots of free help. For example, check out the Windows Install Guides. Detailed instructions on formatting a drive and reloading Windows. All versions from 95 to XP. Click on the Guides link at the top & check the Software guides section. while there, check the downloads section as well.

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ If you use Outlook Express, then you better bookmark this site and check it in detail. May save you a world of hurt. Of course if you have upgraded to Windows 7 then you no longer use OE since it has been replaced with Windows Live.

http://www.karenware.com/ A site by a tech writer that used to write for the now defunct Windows Magazine. She writes programs and gives them away for free. She has some nice utilities. Her CD is no longer available because Karen died some time ago. Her brother still maintains the site but is not updated any longer.

http://www.aumha.org/index.htm Lots of helpful links. Check out the freeware link.

http://www.nocrash.com/index.shtml Drivers or DLL's - Does not appear to be updated but has links to places to find drivers and dlls

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/ Want to test your cable modem? Also appears out of date. If you want to know how fast your Internet connection is, there are a numberof good test sites like www.speakeasy.net/speedtest and Speedtest.net and this one from CNet and finally one called Internet Frog Check multiple souces as they all give quite different results.

http://www.simplythebest.net/ A little bit of everything. For example try the Free fonts area.

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm Good tech talk about Windows startup programs. Nicely updated to Windows 7.

http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/ Want to know the definition of tech terms like: TCP/IP or USB? Just type it in the search box.

http://windows.about.com/cs/tipsandtricks/index.htm Click on the 7 tab to learn all about Windows 7.

http://about.com/ Help for about anything. Click the Explore Topics to see the tremendous list of topics.

http://www.labmice.net/misc.htm The title says: When the Cat's away... It's time to Play. Besides a load of humor links, there are some serious help links in the left menu. Hasn't been updated for years but still some good fun.

http://www.askwoody.com/ Author of the famous Woody's books. Sign up for his newsletter. Look at the links on the leaft. I get many of my tips from him. He has a number of good books available from Amazon. See the list on the left.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/  A major download site. Just about anything you want. Just be aware that they try to succer you into downloading programs that charge to fix things.

http://www.annoyances.org/ Lots of Windows and Word help here. they want to sell you the books but the help on line is extensive.

http://www.computing.net/ Lotsa good stuff here. A little hard to navigate but lots of info.

http://www.magiciso.com/index.htm and http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/download.html both have free software to create a "virtual CD on your hard drive. This site explains what it does but their program is $19.95

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/customize/cleartype/tuner/default.asp

The above site is for anyone using Microsoft XP. There is a link to windows 7 help.

http://www.mdgx.com/free.htm is a nice list of places to get freeware

http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.aspx Good info and programs to keep you secure