The information and links presented on this page are references that are used or included in my class lectures (mostly in CIS105). The list is not intended to be comprehensive or promoting any particular product. The information and software obtained from these links should be validated before using or installing it.

General PC Info: www.pcworld.com 65.220.224.30 www.windowsitpro.com Windows IT Pro Magazine en.wikipedia.org The Free Encyclopedia whatis.techtarget.com What Is.com msdn.microsoft.com MSDN.Microsoft.com www.howstuffworks.com How Stuff Works.com www.devhardware.com Dev Hardware Reviews www.download.com Search for Freeware and Shareware Operating Systems: www.microsoft.com/vista Windows Vista www.microsoft.com/windows/xp Windows XP update.microsoft.com/ Microsoft Updates www.apple.com/macosx Mac OS X www.linux.org Linux Virus: www.viruslist.com Virus List and Internet Security www.f-secure.com Virus Information and Software free.grisoft.com GriSoft's AVG Anti-Virus (free) free.grisoft.com AVG Anti-Rootkit (free) www.sophos.com Virus Software Virus - a program you download not knowing it was malicious Worm - a program that sneaks onto your PC without a file download Trojan Horse - a program that piggybacks onto or looks like a legitimate program Rootkit - technology used to hide malware on your PC Spyware / Adware: SpywareGuide.com Spy and Anti-Spy Guide antivirus.about.com by Mary Landesman free.grisoft.com GriSoft's AVG Anti-Spyware (free) www.lavasoftusa.com Ad-Ware SE (free) www.spybot.info SPYBOT Search and Destroy (free) www.spywareterminator.com Spyware Terminator (free) Firewall: Used to block programs from communicating from and to your computer. www.zonealarm.com ZoneAlarm Firewall (free) Backup: www.pandorarecovery.com Pandor Undelete Files (free) www.microsoft.com/windows Windows XP System Restore    Accessories . System Tools . System Restore . Create a restore point find.pcworld.com/47548 BackUp Utilities find.pcworld.com/52208 ERUNT: Registry backup (free) www.heidi.ie Eraser - Secure Data Removal Tool Security: www.cert.org Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) www.microsoft.com/security Microsoft Security Information www.sans.org SANS Institute find.pcworld.com/54020 Use Strong Passwords Office Suites: www.microsoft.com/downloads/ Office 2007 and 2003 compatibility pack www.openoffice.org OpenOffice (free) www.sun.com/staroffice/ StarOffice (free) www.corel.com WordPerfect Office Web Based Applications: docs.google.com Google Docs and Spreadsheets www.thinkfree.com ThinkFree www.zoho.com ZoHO Web Browsers and Tools: www.mozilla.org Mozilla/FireFox Web Browser (free) www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/ Internet Explorer 7 (free) www.apple.com/safari/ Apple Safari Web Browser (free) www.opera.com Opera Web Browser (free) www.dnsstuff.com Search for IP addresses (WhoIS) filezilla.sourceforge.net FileZilla FTP Client (free) zipcentral.iscool.net Zip Central File Archives (free) www.cutepdf.com PDF Document Creator (free) Instant Messengers (IM): www.aim.com AOL messenger.yahoo.com Yahoo messenger.msn.com Windows Live Messenger www.google.com/talk/ Google Talk (GTalk) www.ceruleanstudios.com Trillian - Universal IM Client qnext.com QNext - Universal IM Client www.meebo.com Meebo - Web-based IM Clients wiki.mc.maricopa.edu/tsswiki/index.php/Spark_Jabber_Client MCC Supported Blogs and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds: Web News Wranglers Summary Article www.bloglines.com Online News Reader Photos and Graphics: www.brainybetty.com Powerpoint Templates and Animations (free) www.gimp.org GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) (free) picasa.google.com Google's Picasa Picture Organizer & Editor (free) www.shutterfly.com/studio Shutterfly Studio Organizer & Editor (free) www.kodak.com Kodak EasyShare Organizer & Editor (free) www.hp.com HP Photosmart Essential Organizer & Editor (free) www.corel.com Corel Snapfire Organizer & Editor (free)

Audio: audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity Sound Recording and Editing (free) Video: find.pcworld.com/52134 Windows Movie Maker (free) find.pcworld.com/52138 Windows Movie Maker Tutorial find.pcworld.com/52132 PC World - Video-Sharing www.jodix.com iPod Video Converter (free) pspvideo9.com PSP Video Converter (free) Online Shopping: www.bestbuys.com Best Buys froogle.google.com Froogle www.pricegrabber.com Price Grabber newegg.com NewEgg find.pcworld.com/52744 PC World - Shopping Engines Storage Media: www.verbatim.com Verbatim video-help.com Disc-burning tips www.u3.com U3 Smart Flash Drive find.pcworld.com/52692 PC World - RAID Information Web Development: www.iwanet.org International Webmasters Association www.tutorialized.com Photoshop, Flash, etc www.w3schools.com Web Building Tutorials Animation / Gaming: www.alias.com Animation Alias's MotionBuilder Personal Learning Edition (free) usa.autodesk.com MotionBuilder (Free Personal Learning Edition) usa.autodesk.com Maya (Free Personal Learning Edition) pixologic.com ZBrush Computer Programming: www.devlisting.com Programming Languages and Applications www.planetsourcecode.com Programming Languages www.asp.net Microsoft ASP.Net technet.microsoft.com Microsoft TechNet msdn.microsoft.com Microsoft Developers Network www.python.org Python Database - Entry-Levels for Free: www.oracle.com Oracle Express www.mysql.com MySql Community Server msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ Microsoft Sql Server Express www.DBTA.com Database Trends and Applications Resource Management: find.pcworld.com/51120 Instructions to Create a Bootable CD www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE)    BartPE is used to create bootable CD www.microsoft.com/windows Windows XP MSConfig    Start . Run . type in MSCONFIG . press enter www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/programs.php Merijn's StartupList (free) www.memtest86.com Memory Diagnostic (free) www.sisoftware.net Sandra Lite (free) details on BIOS, etc. www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php CPU-Z (free) details on CPU, etc. Maps: mapquest.com MapQuest maps.google.com Google Maps maps.yahoo.com Yahoo Maps www.randmcnally.com Rand McNally earth.google.com Google Earth Space / Solar System: www.spaceweather.com Space Weather www.esa.int European Space Agency spaceflight.nasa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) www.stargazing.net Astronomy Community www.stargazing.net/astropc/ Cartes du Ciel - Free Astronomy Software www.stellarium.org Free Planetarium Software themis.asu.edu ASU - Mars Odyssey Mission Motherboards and Processors: intel.com Intel www.amd.com Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) motherboards.org Help to identify your motherboard Tips: Identify Startup Items - Start > Run > msconfig (not in Windows 2000) Registry Edit - Start > Run > regedit Convert FAT to NTFS - Start > Run > cmd.exe     C:> convert c: /fs:ntfs     C:> exit