Some links to make your computing life safer, easier, to save money, or just interesting:

Encrypted online backup service... why? Because your data is worth it!    

>>Why do they keep moving it? Microsoft support site. http://support.microsoft.com/select/default.aspx?target=hub      http://support.microsoft.com/   Advanced Support KB

>>Windows Vista versions compared.

>>Open Source, software freely available and distributable.

>>HP Pavilion a1250n link    drivers here

>> Check your speed on line: DSLReports.com

>>Netcraft has built in tool bar for anti-phishing and checking legitimacy of web sites. Works for Firefox and IE. 

Handy Backup is an easy-to-use yet powerful backup program designed for Windows 9x/NT/2000/Me/XP. Backup to CD-RW, FTP, or LAN with scheduler, zip compression and encryption. 

Also has plug-ins to backup Outlook, Registry and ICQ! Download your free trial now!

>>WindowsXP Service Pack 2 Cd order here. 

Microsoft no longer allows the earlier versions of Windows XP, Home and Professional, to be upgraded on line. Why upgrade? It is primarily for security updates; without it, it takes less than 15 minutes on line for your PC to be hacked! After the upgrade is applied, there are 70+ patches that have to be downloaded on line. Contact Compu-Doc for details. 

>>National Christina Foundation accepts donations of used and obsolete computer equipment. (tax credits for computers donated that are 3 years or less in age) Give that PC a new home!

A utility that cleans all the cr*p that Windows IE won't, program installations that don't clean up after themselves, and other junk (cache) files. 

>>Quickly and easily copy your AOL e-mail, address book and favorite places to Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express. Don't risk losing information you've spent years putting together, from ePreserver.

>>Use your PC to fight Cancer!!! Distributed Computing: Grid.org is a single destination site for large-scale research projects powered by the United Devices Global MetaProcessor. From the Cancer Research Project sponsored by Intel and the University of Oxford to the Anthrax Research Project sponsored by Intel and Microsoft, the Global MetaProcessor @ grid.org has been put to use for research and analysis projects of groundbreaking scope. With the participation of over 2 million devices worldwide, grid.org projects driven by the Global MetaProcessor have achieved record levels of speed and success in processing data.

They are gone, project ended. Other projects you can volunteer your extra cpu cycles for are listed at http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/ 

>>An open source alternative to an expensive office suite. It reads and writes to standard word processing and spreadsheet files (.doc and .xls). Free or pay Bill 300 to 600 bills, you get to choose!

>>Why OpenOffice.org 2.0 is your best choice. 

>>Lotsa templates here!

Looking for a quick browser? Alternative to IE? Get Firefox - The Browser Reloaded

Firefox 2.0 System Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
* Windows 98
* Windows 98SE
* Windows ME
* Windows NT 4.0
* Windows 2000
* Windows XP (Recommended)

Minimum Hardware
* Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
* 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
* 50 MB hard drive space (100 MB recommended)

Firefox 2.0 System Requirements for Linux Operating Systems
* Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
* 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
* 50 MB hard drive space (100 MB recommended)
* Linux kernel 2.2.14 (with glibc 2.3.2, XFree86-3.3.6, gtk+2.0, fontconfig/xft and libstdc++5) ---> Recommended: latest Linux distribution such as Ubuntu Edgy Eft. 

>>Firefox tweaks here....

>>Domain name, who is search, click here.

>>G-Lock SpamCombat is email filtering software

>>Free classified ads on line? No way. Yes, way. Check out Craigs List for Cleveland. Who says you have to pay monopoly prices for classified ads? Here is a story from CNN.

>>From the Brewed Fresh Daily blog... what it means to live in Cleveland and I have added a few points to the end:-)

>>PDFcamp(pdf writer) is the quick and easy PDF creation software that converts any type of printable Windows document, including DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT and even HTML, to a universally accepted PDF (Portable Document Format) file with the click of a button. Compu-Doc tested;-)

>>For those wanting to fight spam, try this site, Sam Spade. 

>>Also reverse IP lookup with your address here: http://ip-lookup.net/

>>The face of MS.

>>What's your IP?

>>Traceroute or ping via Carnegie Mellon

>>AVG manual updates here.

>>Check your version of Flash Media Player.