Computers, don't they drive you insane?????...........well, here.... have a look at these great links to help you out........
Driver zone Amazing place to find drivers, utilites, out of date hardware manuals. BIOS updates, forums, too mucho to list.
Maxtor™ Maxtor has a great utility called Maxblast. It'll help you copy, partition and put EZ_BIOS (a blessing trust me-it manages your hard drive and BIOS parameters, etc. etc.).
Western Digital™ has their version of EZ_BIOS and its own utilities - Western Digital's™ downloads.
Boot disks for Windows 2000, XP Home & Pro Ed., NT, 98,95
******************Bootdisks and Live CDs******************
Bootdisks and Live CDs enable you to boot up from a CD,DVD or even a flash drive with either a windows pre-install environment or a Linux op sys. This enables you to at least access your hard drive, scan for viruses, reset admin passwds and/or defrag.
Bart's PE builder BartPE allows you to boot Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 In a pre-install environment allowing you to fix most issues.
Also...Winbuilder Similar to Bart's PE but more novice user friendly in my honest opinion.
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ZD-net Loaded with forums, files, help, Geek-o-rama!!
ARS Technica ARS-technica is just the right place to learn to tweak win NT 4.0. Plus it provides with helpful hints and technical mumbo jumbo only a few people around the water cooler can appreciate. Hey, all I know is this guy is getting paid more than me to work on computers. Great place to find resources, help, hints, etc. FOR ANY OS, even Linux (go linux, go).
TWEAKXP.COM Check out the section on 'performance' for Windows XO users.
Majorgeeeks.com These guys have plenty of utilities and helpful progs. for networking, tweaking and bringing the best outta your PC. They carry shareware as well as freeware progs.
C-net.com If you haven't heard about this site, it's not only about computers. Plenty of help and support to any computer need through various individual discussion groups.
Labmice If you've been looking around to find out all about service pack update problems on any OS, then this is your page. Extremely helpful site for any operating system and hardware tech. advice.
Indiana Univ. Knowledge base This is a great knowledge base, intended to find a 2nd opinion on a problem you might have on your OS.
Ray's Windows 95/98 Upgrades Page
Windows XP Common Problems and Gotcha!s
Bootdisks - boot disks for all operating systems!!!! Network boot disks too....an essential part for an administrator.
Simulation exams.Computer Term Glossary Helpful online glossary to esoteric computer terminology and acronyms.
******************Linux******************
I began using Linux around 2000 with a distribution from Mandrake Publishing. My latest installation of Linux Distros(Distributions) which I recommend are:
PCLinuxOS -This free operating system is one of the easiest to install and software complete you can find on the net. Extra help can also be found at this community wiki Mypclinuxos.
OpenSUSE 11.0 Linux -Another easy to install and free Linux distribution with loads of free software to install.
******************TANDY 1000 SERIES******************
I'm still the proud owner of a Tandy 1000 SX since 1987. The Tandy sported: 7.16 MHZ, 16 colors Tandy EGA, (2) 5.25" floppy drives, 384k of RAM, Everix 1,200 Baud modem, and a joystick. :), God, I feel old. Also, I still own a couple of retro games.....I enjoyed many hours playing Ultima, Bard's Tale, Gunship and Starflight I and II in my Tandy.......I miss those days.....with so much time to waste.....
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TANDY 1000 (NO SUFFIX) PAGE Tandy 1000, rival of the IBM PC Jr. .....This site contains software, tech. info. and facts on this groundbreaking computer.
TRS-80 & Tandy fan page The first true personal computer available to the public with a decent amount of programming and utility. A former boss used to draft with CAD on his TRS-80 by inputting coordinates!
Tandy computer support page
Still available, tech support for the Tandy 1000s!!!.
ATX
power supply connector schematic from Antec.
USB wiring schematic
Retro-trader.com Awesome NERD site... full of old games.....computer consoles, etc.
Fanpage for the original Starflight, Starflight II and Starflight III (future game-Download a demo below!)
Starportcentral-The project to release Starflight 3.That's right, Starflight 3, new and improved!
VDM sound - Sound emulator-Great for old games..... easy to use, less overhead than DOSBox.
Back-Home Page-1971-1974 Charger website - Fun sites - have fun at work
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