Here are some links to applications you
may find useful
in the everyday use of your PC system (check back here often for new
and updated recommendations)
Free
Small fee for use
DiskPie2:
From PC Magazine - DiskPie 2 shows what's happening on your hard
drive. Find out what files & folders are eating up all the space
on your drive. Very useful for finding files or file types (like
MP3s) that you can archive to a CD or other removable disk to get back
more space on your hard drive.
UnClean2:
From PC Magazine - UnClean improves upon the Windows Add/Remove
Programs applet. Here's all the information that Windows doesn't
tell you about your installed programs, including registry information.
This makes it easier to decide what programs you want to uninstall and
to troubleshoot installation/uninstallation problems.
Acrobat
Reader, version 5.0:
From Adobe - Acrobat Reader is a MUST-HAVE in today's
computer/internet usage. Many program support documents, help
files, FAQs, etc are released in this format, which allows easy
cross-platform compatibility on different operating systems.
AOL, version 9.0
Optimized: AOL's
newest version offering a better, customizable, user interface, better
multi-media and broadband capabilities and better ability to
report/avoid SPAM email.
WeatherBug:Download
FREE
Live Neighborhood Weather Conditions -- On Your Desktop!
WeatherBug gives you live neighborhood weather conditions and storm
alerts you simply can’t get anywhere else.
You’ll have the biggest weather network
in the world, at your fingertips – and it’s FREE and FUN!
AOL2Pop: Got an AOL email account, but
hate logging on all the time to check your email? Prefer to use
Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Eudora or other POP3 email program
to manage your personal and business email? Well, here is
the solution FINALLY !!! It works great, even though it
has just been released to the public. We have tested it through
many months of Beta development and can highly recommend it.
Here is a partial list of features of using a standard
email program such as Microsoft Outlook with AOL2Pop:
Check multiple email accounts from different providers
using the same interface.
America Online does not have to be installed or
logged on to use AOL2Pop.
Save up to $228 a year for users using AOL for email only
and have a second company that provides internet access.
Use SPAM filters built right into most email programs.
Sort and organize your email into different folders based
on sorting criteria.
Backup and export your email to other programs.
WinZip (free
to evaluate):
Later Versions of Windows can uncompressed Zipped files, but this
program has the easiest, most intuitive, flexible user interface.
We have used it since the earliest days of WIndows.
Also check here for the WinZip HomePage
for more details.
AlohaBob: OK - how many
times have you upgraded to a new computer or laptop from an older system
and wished there were an easy way to move over all those files and
INSTALLED applications that you have collected over the years?
Can't find all the CDs or installation codes/keys? But you really
want to keep these programs and their customized settings, while taking
advantage of the new Windows version on your new computer!!!
Well, here is the solution. It is safe, secure, FAST and will blow
you away with its simplicity and ease of use. Too bad they didn't
have it years ago, but now it is here and well worth the meager price.
You won't be disappointed !!!
From PC Magazine - DiskPie 2 shows what's happening on your hard
drive. Find out what files & folders are eating up all the space
on your drive. Very useful for finding files or file types (like
MP3s) that you can archive to a CD or other removable disk to get back
more space on your hard drive. 
From PC Magazine - UnClean improves upon the Windows Add/Remove
Programs applet. Here's all the information that Windows doesn't
tell you about your installed programs, including registry information.
This makes it easier to decide what programs you want to uninstall and
to troubleshoot installation/uninstallation problems.
From Adobe - Acrobat Reader is a MUST-HAVE in today's
computer/internet usage. Many program support documents, help
files, FAQs, etc are released in this format, which allows easy
cross-platform compatibility on different operating systems.
AOL's
newest version offering a better, customizable, user interface, better
multi-media and broadband capabilities and better ability to
report/avoid SPAM email.
Download
FREE
Live Neighborhood Weather Conditions -- On Your Desktop!
Got an AOL email account, but
hate logging on all the time to check your email? Prefer to use
Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, Eudora or other POP3 email program
to manage your personal and business email? Well, here is
the solution FINALLY !!! It works great, even though it
has just been released to the public. We have tested it through
many months of Beta development and can highly recommend it.
Later Versions of Windows can uncompressed Zipped files, but this
program has the easiest, most intuitive, flexible user interface.
We have used it since the earliest days of WIndows.
OK - how many
times have you upgraded to a new computer or laptop from an older system
and wished there were an easy way to move over all those files and
INSTALLED applications that you have collected over the years?
Can't find all the CDs or installation codes/keys? But you really
want to keep these programs and their customized settings, while taking
advantage of the new Windows version on your new computer!!!