Ultimate Link List

• 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!