BACKUP!BACKUP!!BACKUP!!!

You really don't need backup software for your picture and documents. Just burn of your documents and picture folders to a CD/DVD/USB flash/External Hard Drive.

• Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx - MY CHOICE

  also I use Windows built in backup. Start>Control Panel>Backup and Restore

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  booting of a CDROM -(examples)

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  • http://www.hiren.info/pages/bios-boot-cdrom
  • http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_enable_cdrom_support_i.htm
  • http://www.windowsreinstall.com/articles/bios/

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  Browsers

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  • Chrome - https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/
  • Firefox - www.mozilla.org/en-US/
  • Opera web browser - http://www.opera.com/ - MY CHOICE
  • Thunderbird (email) - www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
  • SeaMonkey (formally MozillaSuite), - http://www.seamonkey-project.org/MY CHOICE

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  BSOD troubleshooting

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• Stop 0x0000000A error -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314063
• STOP 0x0A, 0x01E, and 0x50 Errors -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=183169
• "STOP 0x0000007F" errors -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=137539
• Stop 0x9F Error -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315249
• Error Message with RAM Problems or Damaged Virtual Memory Manager -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810093
• "STOP 0x000000EA THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER" -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293078
• Windows 2000: "Stop 0x24" or "NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM" -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=228888
• Stop 0xC0000218 Error Message -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156640
• "STOP: C0000221 unknown hard error" or "STOP: C0000221 STATUS_IMAGE_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH" error message occurs -
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314474

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  CLEANERS

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  • CLEANUP! - http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/
  • CCLEANER http://www.piriform.com/ccleanerMY CHOICE
  • DELINDEX.BAT - For Windows ME and earlier(NOT WINXP):
    http://www.burzurq.com/forum/delindex.html -

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  DOMAINS

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  In case your wondering the domain refers to the country like .ca for Canada, .nz for New Zeland, and so on. For a more complete list -

  • techdictionary.com/domainlist.html
  • www.checkdomain.com/list.html

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  Google resources

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  • http://mail.google.com/mail/signup
  • http://www.google.com/history

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  HONORABLE MENTIONS

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  • Ask Leo http://ask-leo.com/
  • Computing.net forum www.computing.net
  • DavesComputerTips - davescomputertips.com/
  • Driverguide - Find that 'hard to find' driver - you have to register, but its FREE - haven't used this in awhile www.driverguide.com
  • grc - How secure is your computer?? Click on 'Services' in the top menu and the 'ShieldsUP' - www.grc.com
  • Hiren's Boot CD - www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
  • ProcessLibrary - Learn about whats working in the background www.processlibrary.com
  • SevenForums - www.sevenforums.com
  • Yahoo Answers - ca.answers.yahoo.com

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  Home Networks

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  • http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
  • http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/
  • http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1427

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  HOST info:

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  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
    
  • http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
    
  • http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
    

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  lspfix

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  • cexx.org/lspfix.htm

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  MISC

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  • 7-zip Free compression program can handle many formats including WinZip and WinRar file types. ww.7-zip.org
  • PeaZip - www.peazip.org MY CHOICE
  • PhotoFiltre (basic photo editing) - http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm- MY CHOICE
  • Vistalizator for when you accidentally set up Vista in another language and your version of Vista doesn't allow you to change it after (or if you bought a computer and it was set up in another language other than your own). www.froggie.sk
  • Xnview picture viewer - from www.xnview.com - MY CHOICE

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  Mozilla issues

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  • http://email.about.com/od/mozillathunderbirdtips/qt/Compact_Folders_Now_and_Then_in_Mozilla_Thunderbird.htm
  • http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_backup_mozilla_firefox.htm
  • free backup utility http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/- MY CHOICE
  • http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Browser-Tweak/Mozilla-Backup.shtml

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  Newsletter I currently subscribe to:

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  • AskBob - askbobrankin.com/
  • AskLeo - ask-leo.com
  • AskTheComputerLady - www.askthecomputerlady.com
  • DavesComputerTips - davescomputertips.com
  • HelpDeskGeek - helpdeskgeek.com/
  • HowToGeek - www.howtogeek.com/
  • Infopackets - www.infopackets.com
  • Lockergnome - www.lockergnome.com/
  • MakeUseOf - www.makeuseof.com/
  • Online-Tech-Tips - www.online-tech-tips.com/
  • TinyHacker - tinyhacker.com/
  • Windows Networking - www.windowsnetworking.com/

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