CNet computer magazine. Includes reviews of CD-ROM games, reviews of net browsing software, instructional articles, etc.

Computers is a hardware site from C|Net featuring price/performance evaluations, reviews, advice, etc.

SimpleHelp is intended for beginners and intermediate skilled PC users although it seems to be more about more advanced things that you might want to know.

PC Lube and Tune has basic information on a variety of topcis related to PC's. Covers topics like TCP/IP, Ethernet, Java, etc.

EarthWeb specializes in technical news. This site also has links to a large variety of excellent sites that have been grouped by subject matter such as Web development, hardware, software, etc.

GeeksToGo has news, rumor, advice, etc.

Tech Blog

SimpleNet is dedicated to getting the beginner off the ground with various aspects of computing like spam control, cable modems, troubleshooting, etc.

Google TechTalks - recorded technical videos on Google

Developer.com is a good starting point to find any reference materials, files, how-to's, etc.

Indiana University's Knowledge Base You enter search criteria and get answers to questions about using mainframes, PCs, DOS, Windows, Unix, etc.

USA Today's Tech World has a pretty good collection of links to software, tips, reviews, answer desk, etc.

Tech TV is the companion site for the cable TV show. This site has a magazine style with product reviews, advice, news, how-to, etc.

Suite101 has an assortment of information on computing related subject areas. Usually very short and to the point.

Michael Karbo's Guide Simple info on PC's.

Brief Unix Command Guide - very short, readable, very useful.

Unix Tutorials

ZDNet

Webopaedia defines almost every computer term ever used.

Internet Research Guide has links to Internet marketing research data.

CompuServe main page

Microsoft Web site and Microsoft's FTP site. You can get free software from Microsoft at MSDownload. And then there is the Microsoft Support site.

McGraw-Hill's BetaBooks has the full text of books available as beta releases (draft copies available about 60 days prior to actual publication).

Visual Basic Directory

TOAST Net checks your connection speed by writing to a cookie file and then reading it back.

Shields Up tests your security and tells you how vulnerable your machine is to hackers.

BotSpot explains bots, has many bots that you can use, and has many links to related sites.

DevX has all sorts of links to computer related stuff along with an extensive and powerful database of computer magazine articles.

Woody's Office Watch has good tips on how to use Microsoft's Office suite.

WhatIs has definitions for words and concepts related to computing.

Parson's Technology - makers of Golf Scorecard, Family Lawyer, Tax Edge, etc.

SQL Tutorial - interactive.

Tizag SQL Tutorial - basic and thorough.

MySQL Cheat Sheet

MySQL Reference Manual

PHP/MySQL Tutorial includes instructions for loading Apache, MySQL, etc. on your local PC.

Windows Support Center

BugNet gives the latest on bugs and how to fix them or get around them.

DOS Commands has brief explanations of DOS commands that you can use in a DOS Window.

Act Sirius DOS Commands

PC Guide has an extreme amount of information on computer hardware including a variety of troubleshooting info.

Virtual Computer Library has a lot of useful links to computer related sites.

Driver Zone - drivers for everything.

DriversHQ - drivers for everything.

Drivers Colllection - drivers for everything.

CD-ROM Drivers - drivers for CD-ROM's.

DriverGuide - drivers for everything but you have to register.

Voodoo Files has video drivers.

Microsoft Drivers has free driver files.

WindowsTracker has a bunch of software for Windows computers. Also has a driver update tracker that lets you know when updated drivers are available.

Tom's Hardware Guide has information on the guts of the machine. Very technical and very useful when you need it.

Tweak Town has all kinds of hardware tweaks. Also has a good FAQ.

Port Numbers is maybe too geeky for most but when you need to know TCP, UDP, or RTP port numbers in use on your machine, visit this site.

TCP/IP Guide - includes everything you could possibly want to read about TCP/IP, and it's understandable, to a geekish degree.

Sprocket and Cogs is a search engine that searches only technical info.

ARS-Techinica is billed as a "PC enthusiasts site" with articles on CPU's and chipsets, product reviews, tutorials, etc. - very enlightening.

PC Newbie is a listserv dedicated to helping new PC users.

Easter Egg Archive is a home for a bunch of Easter Eggs. These are secret doors into software like the 3D Flight Simulator built into Excel. For example, try pressing <CTR><ALT><F> while using Netscape.

Egg Heaven is a huge collection of 'easter eggs', hidden functions in software that usually extol the virtues of the software developer.

Scanner Tips gives you step by step instructions.

I Cringley I Cringley, from the PBS show of that name. Clever and entertaining commentary.

Hacking and Security Links from the Mining Co.

DLL Star is an excellent source of DLL files.

DLL Dump is an excellent source of DLL, INI, and OCX files.

EarthWeb is one stop shopping for the geeks among us.

Gord's World of Batch Files has about 50 batch files for doing various tasks with multiple file plus plenty of info on batch files in the Windows world.

Wim's BIOS Page has various downloads of BIOS in case you ever have to update yours.

Tutor Gig is a large collection of computer related tutorials.

ScreenShot has more than 700 screen savers for your viewing pleasure.

Amazing Screen Savers has all kinds of free screen savers.

TekTips has newsgroups in various technical categories. Easy to navigate.

PDA Support has info, reviews, software, support, etc. related to PDA's.

CompInfo Center will help you find a specific software product.

PC Show and Tell has videos about how to use major software packages. You have to register to use the site.

MSCE Help - helps you study for the Microsoft Certification Exam.

Hot Key Combinations for Windows shows you how to do things faster with the keyboard instead of the mouse.

Fast Formulas for Excel spreadsheets.

Excel Tutorial

MrExcel.com is a very good site if you want to find out Excel spreadsheets.

Mr Excel Podcasts - some very good ones.

Excel Tips - is a collection of short, 2 minute videos about a specific topic in Excel. The material is put together by Mr. Excel.

Vertex42 has a lot of Excel templates - some are free.

Excel 2007 Cheatsheet

Word 2007 Cheatsheet

PDF Zone has everything you wanted to know about pdf files.

Planet PDF has everything you wanted to know about pdf files.

Acrobat Resources is a great resource when using PDF files.

Crucial Memory Store helps you select the right type of memory for your computer or peripheral.

MacWindows Great site for environments that mix PC's and Mac's.

Tech Tutorials - tutorials on a wide variety of subjects including HTML, Access, Linux, Windows 2000, networking, etc.

Speed Guide has all kinds of tips for improving performance of various aspects of your system.

Microsoft Security Bulletins

Linda's Computer Stop has reasonably intelligent tutorial material on a number of common subjects.

Astalavista.com has some serious hacker info and software.

Shortcut Guide shows keyboard shortcuts for about twenty different software programs.

RubyCentral Ruby is a Web scripting language that is similar to Basic and can take the place of PERL.

Ruby for Windows

Ruby Language

Ruby Links is a collection of links to sites about Ruby.

74 Ruby on Rails Resources - from how to install it to how to get data. Good collection of links.

Ruby on Rails introduction

Ruby on Rails - from the Wiki organization, has a lot of useful links

DB2 IBM Redbook.

The Linux Documentation Project

Linux Tutorial - 14 lessons

Low Fat Linux is a Linux tutorial from Dr. Bob Rankin. Very well organized material.

10 Expert Ubuntu Tricks

MySQL tutorial

Linux Basics

Linux Ownership Permissions

Linux Grep

ExtremeTech - a lot about the guts of computers. Topics are broken up into a few categories such as audio & video, networking and security, operating systems, etc

Miami University Knowledgebase for help with PC matters.

Computer Science has annotated links to all kinds of sites related to computer science such as artifical intelligence, cryptography, programming, etc. The site also has links to associations, dictionaries, languages, etc.

Cheap Tweaks - an article in PCWorld has a slew of cheap improvements.

Color Calibration is an interesting article on calibrating your screen, printer, and scanner so that the colors match.

FilExt tells you about the programs associated with various file name extensions.

File Extensions - from Uniblue - tells you about the programs associated with various file name extensions.

How-To Geek is a blog with short how-to's for Windows, Firefox, and Office.

Batch Files - how to use them including a list of batch file commands.

MajorGeeks is a kind of one stop site for downloads, news, tips, etc.

Bleeping Computer - has computer help. Mostly for the beginner to moderately literate user. Tutorials and explanations of concepts like IP addresses, the register, drivers, etc.

Sysinfo has a list of programs that might appear in your startup list or in the list of running processes. It explains what they do and who they belong to. You can delete other suspicious ones.

What is that File - identifies any file by name - useful when you're checking out what files are running on your computer

Bleeping Computer Startups - has a database of startup programs that you can check to see if something nefarious is happening on your computer

Which Tray Icons Can I Dump - how to get rid of unnecessary icons in the system tray.

ProcessLibrary.com provides information about those processes that are running are your machine like svchost.exe or lsass.exe. Useful when you are looking for malware.

Windows Start Up provides information about processes that are often found in the startup routine. Useful when you are looking for malware.

FTP Commands

FTP Commands

FTP Commands

DOS Commands

Universal Command Guide - Toms Hardware site has an all purpose command language guide for operating systems.

Programming Algorithms - programming algorithms for just about everything (as long as you're a programmer)

Donation Coder Hot-to-Program Blog Forum - has a surprising amount of material on all kinds of programming languages.

Programmable Web is a blog for mashups.

PDF Converter - convert word to pdf, excel to pdf, web page to pdf - free although they need your email address .

195 Free Programming Books is a list of books, available for free on the Web, that arranged by subject matter.

Gil's Method - How To's for the rest of us - short tweaks, forum, downloads, news, etc.

Tweak Guides has information on tweaking your system. There is a lot of material on tweaking games.

Revision3 has computer and TV related forums.

How-To Geek - has some interesting and little known tricks for Windows XP and Vista (like how to disable UAC).

How to Install Apache and PHP

Monitor Calibration This site has graphics that help you adjust your monitor to get your best display.

Calibrate Your Monitor from the Corel Paint Shop Pro help site.

Monitor Setup from the Norman Koren site

Online Monitor Calibration - adjust your monitor to get best results.

Carry a PC on Your USB Drive - has instructions and links to show you how to load software on a USB drive so that you can take it with you and run it from any machine without leaving traces of your existence behind.

Information on RAID explains all levels and has a nice tutorial.

RAID Tutorial

RAID

Iomega:

UICDHP is the Unofficial Iomega Click of Death Home Page.

Iomega Click of Death Solution at in theory anyway.

Iomega Click of Death Utility aka 'Trouble in Paradise', shows sectors that have become unusable due to damage.

Build Your Own/Internals:

How to Build Your Own Computer

Build Your Own PC - from Tom's Hardware site.

Tom's Hardware Guide has information on the guts of the machine. Very technical and very useful when you need it.

Build Your Own Notebook - from Tom's Hardware site.

How to Build a PC is an excellent guide for first time builders. The guide has plenty of links to sites that sell parts.

ARS-Techinica is billed as a "PC enthusiasts site" with articles on CPU's and chipsets, product reviews, tutorials, etc. - very enlightening.

Overclockers.com has a great collection of information on the internals including a forum and plenty of reviews. Includes drives, cases, motherboards, heatsinks, cooling, etc.

Overclocking AMD Processors is sponsored by the AMDBoard.com folks.

Overclocking Tips is a pretty good overview of overclocking.

How to Build Your Own Computer

My Super PC has instructions on how to build it as well as recommendations for parts and where to get them.

The Complete System Building Guide from ARS Technica.

How Do I Build a Computer Anyway? from the folks at Overclockers, has reviews, tips, and advice.

Build Your Own PC - an article in PC World.

Build Your Own PC II - another, newer, article in PC World.

Build Your Own PC III - another, newer, article in PC World. - Advice on every part of a DIY computer.

System Optimization Motherboard Information has a wealth of info on heavy duty specs for all kinds of motherboards.

Processor Upgrade Info

Tom's Hardware CPU Guide has info on the guts of the beast along with high tech gossip and opinion.

How to Upgrade Your System

J&N Computer Services sells parts, CPU/motherboard bundles, etc.

New Egg sells parts, usually pretty cheap.

QuietPC sells parts for a quiet computer.

Motherboards.org reviews motherboards.

8Dimensional collects reviews for video boards and motherboards.

Overclockers reviews video boards, motherboards, etc. Good site if you're building your own since it includes advice and tips. This site is based in New Zealand and does not seem to be related to the also excellent Overclockers.com.

Hardware Secrets reviews motherboards, cases, power supplies, cpu's, and other peripherals.

Selecting Memory explains the difference between memory types. Also includes links to many memory vendors.

How-to has some essential how-to's like how to put a computer together, how to copy one hard drive to another, etc.

How to Build an Entertainment PC

PC Power and Cooling Best place to get fans and power supplies.

Choosing the Right Power Supply

Power Supply Calculator

Power Supply Calculator from Asus

GreatCables- wiring and cables for computers, networking, home theatre, etc.

Cables Unlimited- wiring and cables for computers.

American Power Conversion UPS has a wizard to help you figure out how much UUPS you need.

CrazyPC has wierd parts for your PC such lights, case mods, appliques, etc. Also has nice assortment of other parts and mods.

Color Cases has some unusual cases and accessories.

Mini ITX has descriptions for mini-ITX motherboard projects.

Overclocked Cafe

Overclocking is an article in the Overclockers.com site - basic and easy to understand in a geeky kind of way.

My Super PC - great instructions for building your own

Build it Yourself – PCWorld mag article.

Build Your Own High-Def PC

Legit Reviews has reviews of all kinds of internals and peripherals. Also has instructional articles like how to build a laptop.

Can You Postpone That New PC Purchase? is a PCWorld article on economics of upgrading versus purchase with some rules of thumb.

Hardware Zone - reviews of motherboards and other hardware

RAM Issues - good article on RAM issues with links to other resources.

How to Upgrade RAM in a laptop.

CPU Comparison Guide

First Timer's Guide to Building a Computer From Scratch from LifeHacker.

CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW:

CDR FAQ tells you about rewritable CD's. This is the McFadden site.

CDR FAQ has links to FAQs on rewritable CD's.

CD-R Central has reviews on hardware and software related to CD-R and CD-RW technology.

Richter's CDRW Primer

CD Media World has drivers, utilities, etc. for CD-R, DVD-R, etc.

Cable Service:

Cable Resources on the Web

Curt's High Speed Modem FAQ

Cable Modem Information has links to sites with info on cable modems including how to connect and share a cable modem over a network

Cable Modem Resources has links to sites related to cable modems like manufacturers, suppliers, etc.

Cable Modem Help has a lot of information on cable modems including industry news.

Cable Modem Info from ZDNet including product comparisons.

TOAST Net checks your connection speed by writing to a cookie file and then reading it back.

Shields Up tests your security and tells you how vulnerable your machine is to hackers.

Speed Guide's Cable Modem Tips has tips on security and tweaks for performance.

Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide has great information about improving your connection.

GetSpeed helps you find ISP's in your area. Useful tool for finding a service that meets your needs.

Bandwidth Vista has a free download that you can install that will tell you what your bandwidth speed is.

DSL Reports Speedtest

Comcast Outage Checker

Modems:

56k has information on 56k modems including buyer's guides and a FAQ.

TOAST Net checks your connection speed by writing to a cookie file and then reading it back.

Speed Test from Computing Central, checks your connection speed by writing to a cookie file and then reading it back.

Shields Up tests your security and tells you how vulnerable your machine is to hackers.

ModemSite has information on 56k modems.

DSL Service:

Data Communications FAQ has a wealth of info about modems, serial ports, etc.

Broadband Reports is news and info on broadband. Also has a speed tester.

TOAST Net checks your connection speed by writing to a cookie file and then reading it back.

Shields Up tests your security and tells you how vulnerable your machine is to hackers.

Navas Cable Modem/DSL Tuning Guide has great information about improving your connection.

Bandwidth Place has a speed tester.

Computers4Sure has a speed tester.

EeePC:

EeePC Review

eeeuser.com Forum

Linux Commands

eeeuser.com - general news and gossip.

Using a Terminal - tutorial

EeePC Wiki

Ultimate EeePC Setup Guide from Infinite Designs

Tweaking eeepc for Absolute Beginners

How to Install Software Guide

How Linux Software Installation Works

3epc Portal

EeePC World blog.

Eee Site blog.

Expanding RAM on eeePC - a YouTube video.

The Linux Documentation Project

Linux Tutorial - 14 lessons

Linux from the about.com folks.

Suppress the SD Popup

Guide to Setting Up EeePC in Schools has some useful tips for us home users also.

Customizing Easy Mode

3ePortal Forums

3ePortal Forums on Launcher Tools

Speed Up Firefox on EeePC

Other Firefox Tips

Beginner's Guide has a lot of mods and installation tips.

Enabling the Start Menu

Launcher Tools - customize Easy Mode

Load iceMC

Add Buttons to Backup Simpleui

Special URLs that do things that you might not think of.

How to Set Up a USB Restore on a Memory Stick

Search the EeePC Wiki

How to Set Up Picassa and Other Programs

Adding Printers to an EeePC I

Adding Printers to an EeePC II

Adding Printers to an EeePC III

Firewalls:

Internet Firewall FAQ

Firewall FAQ - great list of sites that review firewall software. Site has all kinds of other information about firewalls, spyware, routers, anti-virus software, etc.

Firewall FAQ

Antionline will scan your system for vulnerabilities from hackers and send you a report by e-mail for free.

ZoneAlarm is free firewall software for personal use.

Tiny Firewall is free for personal use.

Freedom is free for personal use and is part of a suite that includes an ad eliminator, cookie manager, etc.

ARIS Security Analyser ARIS is a database of hackers and attacks. System administrators can upload their logs and the site analyses the data and returns a report of any suspicious activity. The data in the logs are anonymously entered into the ARIS database which tracks hackers and other suspicious activity.

List of Programs that you ought to let thru your firewall This is a very useful list . Most firewalls just tell you what program wants to communicate with the Internet but they don't tell you whether the program is friendly or not. This list takes some of the mystery out of the decision you face as to whether to let the program do its thing or not.

Firehole is a little test program that you can download to see if it can get around Zonealarm and other common firewalls.

TooLeaky is a little test program that you can download to see if it can get around Zonealarm and other common firewalls. This guy says that firewalls offer only illusory protection.

Fred Cohen's Security and Privacy Site - advice and links to other resources. Leans toward the geeky side.

Stay Safe Online - Tips on home security from the National Cyber Security Alliance

Windows Firewall Analysis - is an interesting comparison of firewall software.

FoxPro/dBase:

dBase File Structure has everything you'd want to know, and more, about internal dBase file structures.

SearchDatabase.com has a plethora of links to sites associated with all of the major (and some of the minor) database programs.

FoxPro Advisor

FoxPro Buglist for all versions of FoxPro.

Chad's FoxPro Page has many links to FoxPro matter.

FoxWeb

FoxPro FAQ mostly older versions but still has some useful code.

FoxPro FAQ from Microsoft.

FoxPro Tutorial

Universal Thread has FoxPro news group.

Fox Dev has some FoxPro stuff.

Inquiry.com's Ask the Visual FoxPro Expert has some tips and answers.

Visual FoxPro Wiki

Visual FoxPro Users Group

Potomac Area FoxPro Users Group

FoxPro White Papers - various topics.

Tek-Tips Foxpro Forum

FoxPro Resources is a collection of links maintained by Hentzenwerke.

VMyth reports on hoaxes, viruses, and related news.

Virus Hoaxes and Myths Hoaxes, as well as serious virus threats, are addressed with solid information and a healthy dose of humor.

Don't Spread that Hoax

CIAC Hoax Bulletins - you can't get more trustworthy info anywhere else on the net.

McAfee Virus Hoaxes

Symantec has a large offering of evaluation copies of their software which includes Norton Anti-virus and Norton Utilities.

McAfee and McAfee VirusScan Updates

Virus Bulletin

Edinburgh University PC Virus Technical Support Library

ScamBusters - information and adivice on Internet fraud including hoaxes, urban legends, gossip, innuendo, half-truths, etc.

Symantec's Security Response - information on current viruses and security advisories.

Anti-Spyware Resources - courtesy of Core Competence, Inc.

ProcessLibrary.com provides information about those processes that are running are your machine like svchost.exe or lsass.exe. Useful when you are looking for malware.

Removing Spyware - good presentation of how to deal with malware.

Security Force - shows a list of current vulnerabilities and threats from around the world.

GetNewWise is a site that trys to protect Internet users, especially those who are not technically inclined, from the evil doers. There is a section for kids, also.

Castle Cops Malware Wiki - has a bunch of stuff on recognizing and getting rid of malware.

HomeNetHelp has information on new products, news, how-to's, reviews, etc.

HomeNetHelp Forums has very active forums on home networking.

Practically Networked has a bunch of information on sharing your Internet connection including using the Internet Connection Sharing application that comes with Windows 98 SR2.

J Helmig's World of Windows Networking has a bunch of info on networking although the style of his Web pages is somewhat chaotic.

Setting Up the Internet Connection Sharing function in Windows98 - from the Windows Annoyances folks.

Troubleshooting ICS on Windows 98SE direct from the Microsoft site. Hope you don't need it.

Internet Connection Sharing and troubleshooting from Helmig.

Internet Connection Sharing sites from about.com.

Home PC Networks is full of info on networks for the home.

Windows Networking has more global information about networking including home networks.

Sharing a Cable Modem has links to sites about sharing cable modems across a home network.

Wingate is free internet connection sharing software (for 2 computers).

Computer and Network Security Reference Index has links to heavy duty info on security.

About.com Links to networking sites.

PC World's Home Networking is a how-to guide.

SpeedGuide.net has a number of forums including one on networking and another on broadband connections..

Nutter's Networking Help Desk has many forums, reviews, advice, news, etc.

Home Networking Help

LinksysInfo - forums and other info on wireless and wired networks.

Wireless Network Troubleshooting Guide

WiFi Planet Forums

Wireless Network Security

Basic Wireless Network Security - from PC Mag

Wireless Network Security Guide - has very explicit instructions for WRT54G routers

Comcast Spam Forum

Comcast Cable Internet Connection Forums List

Proxy.org is a list of free proxy servers.

Firewall Guide's Wireless Router Guide

Hack Yourself This article in PCMagazine has a few links to software that will help you see how easy it is for some evil-doer to get into your network.

Free Network Administration Software - PCWorld article reviews 10 network applications.

Command Line Network Commands

The Bug Blog has a lot of timely bug alerts.

Hewlett-Packard

Adobe

Lotus

Microsoft Support

Dell Support

Gateway Support

Gizmo Richard's Tech Support - collection of links to tech support sites, windows sites, reviews, hits and tips, guides

PC Mechanic - news and tech forums

Suggest a Fix - PC fix forums

Tech Support Forum

Tech Support Guy - tech support forums

Microsoft Technet used to be a chargeable item but is now free.

Microsoft FrontPage

Microsoft FrontPage has tips, FAQ, techniques, etc. from Peter Perchansky.

Microsoft Office Update has updates, add-ins, sound and clip art files, tips, techniques, etc.

MSDN Microsoft's Developer Library has tips, tricks, solutions, etc. to almost all of Microsoft's software products.

GeeksToGo Forum

Inquiry Search for answers in national computer publications, get tips, downloads, discussion forums, etc.

WordPerfect Knowledge Base contains years of support questions and answers.

Corel WordPerfect Support Forums

Iomega has a great support site that has a section for each of their products.

Woody's Office Watch This is another great ZDNet site that covers Office software. Includes patches, FAQ's, tips, etc.

Office Resource Kit This is a Microsoft site that has resources for all version of Office including 97, 98, and 2000.

Word Templates - collection of links to sites with free Word templates.

How to Create a Word Form

Inside Outlook Express - tips and traps using Outlook.

Slipstick - info on Outlook and Exchange.

How-To-Outlook offers help with all versions of Outlook.

How to Use the Outlook Spam Filter

How to Create Stationery for Outlook

Outlook-Tips has a whole bunch of tips on how to use Outlook.

Access Database Forum - very active.

Adobe Forums is a pretty good forum for Adobe products.

Woody's Lounge has a lot of Windows forums that can get pretty deep at times.

Attachmate

FrontPage assistance includes FAQ, tips, how-to's, trouble shooting, etc.

Mr. Excel has tips, FAQ, techniques, etc. for Microsoft Excel.

Access Web is a helpful site for those who use Microsoft's Access.

Help-Site.com has some good links to solid information including user manuals and lots of FAQ's for various equipment and software. Includes links to sites related to Macs, Unix, Vax, etc.

Computer Hope has some very easy to understand information on computers and peripherals and is meant to be a support site. It has links to drivers. Good site for beginners and browsing.

Developer offers help to developers.

Tek Tips - a collection of technical support forums with a good search engine. Requires registration and use of a password.

Computing.net lets you asks questions and the community of users will answer. You can browse the previously submitted material. No registration required.

TechSupport Alert has a number of how-to's and a list of free support sites and support sites that charge a fee.

WinAdmin Tips Archive has an archive of tips from the Win-Admin newsletter.

MVSHelp.com has manuals for MVS, error codes listings, dicussions groups, etc.

FreePCTech has a bunch of short technical guides including some on networking, building a PC, etc.

USB Man is about USB port troubleshooting.

Startup Application Database - list of startup programs and what they are and do. Helps you find unwanted or unnecessary programs that startup when you boot your machine.

Expert Sites:

My Help Desk is a 'ask the expert' type site which requires that you register before they will answer your question.

Experts-Exchange You are given points which you can use to ask questions of 'experts'. Wide variety of categories.

Ask Dr Tech

Tech24 This site has a live chat room, email help, and links to drivers and updates for hardware and software. But you have to pay for the info.

Help On The Net has forums where you can send out your question and hope for a reasonable answer. Or you can read the traffic. PC Magazine was real impressed with the general level of knowledge.

Suggest a Fix is a free forum. You get what you pay for.

Doug's Windows has a lot of tips and downloadable utilities. Windows XP, mostly.

JSI FAQ has a lot of questions and answers about Windows XP.

FAQs.org - is an archive of FAQs found on the Web. This is a voluminous collection and covers every conceivable topic from mental depression to linux to religion.

Printer Techs - laser printer maintenance and fixes

Fix Your Own Printer - tips on fixing and maintaining your printer. Also has links to supplies and parts for sale .

Answers That Work - Troubleshooting for everyman

Logical Tips - logical computer tips - very useful tips for the beginner mostly. Sign up for the newsletter.

Answer Line - Questions and answers sponsored by PCWorld.

Dr Watson - how to use the Dr. Watson program in Windows to debug crashes and shutdowns.

C|Net's Forums- get help on just about anything computer related - read what others say.

Pamish's Site- Tips on troubleshooting commn Windows XP problems

Tech Recipes - a blog around short little how-to's related to Windows, MySQL, UNIX, Programming, and a few other categories.

Windows Networking.com XP Registry Tweaks

How to de-crapify a new or old PC - helps you get rid of the crap that is loaded on your PC at the factory or as a result of getting Windows loaded.

Ask Leo - Leo is Leo Notenboom who answers questions about computers and related topics. Answers are generally pretty good and are aimed at the novice to intermediate user.

The Elder Geek - has tips, tweaks, and advice for Windows users especially those who are in trouble.

Help with PCs has a lot of information and detailed instructions aimed at the everyday user.

5 Star Support has a lot of help material including forums.

Online Tech Tips - has a lot of tips in blog format. There are a lot of categories.

Windows Secrets Search

Windows Secrets

Tech Support Alert has freeware and reviews, how-to's, support forums, etc.

Failing Hard Drive Sounds - provides the actual sound of various types of hard drive failures. It even has specific sounds for the drives of various vendors.

Typical Hard Drive Failures by Manufacturer

Protonic provides assistance with PC problems. Unlike a forum, they farm out your question to volunteers that are supposedly have some experience with your problem. Kind of skimpy at this point.

Protonic Blog is a blog about troubleshooting PC problems.

The Tech Support Guy has active forums related to PC assistance and troubleshooting including operating systems, networking, email, digital photography, etc.

Computer Hope has news and forums related to computer support. You have to register to post to the forum but you can browse for free.

10 Professional Sample Code Sites where a programmer can find some cute-and-paste code, tutorials, algorithm discussions, etc.

How to Guides is a big list of typical how-to articles like how to create a bootable CD, Office XP Data Recovery, etc.

Microsoft Newsgroups

Techarena - technical forums good for troubleshooting.

BoardReader - XP help and support forum.

Mindshare Program - sponsored by Microsoft - supports user groups related to Microsoft products.

UpdateXP decyphers some bluescreen error messages.

HTML Center has tutorials on a variety of subjects related to the Web including style sheets, javascript, etc.

SQL Tutorial - interactive.

MySQL Cheat Sheet

ARS-Techinica is billed as a "PC enthusiasts site" with articles on CPU's and chipsets, product reviews, tutorials, etc. - very enlightening.

TechTutorials This site has a collection of tutorials on PC related software applications. You have to register "...so (the webmaster) know what you're downloading...", whatever that means.

Linda's Computer Stop has reasonably intelligent tutorial material on a number of common subjects.

Tutor Gig has a lot of material on various software packages.

Knowware Global has some PDF documents on elementary Excel, Word, etc.

Gil's Method - is a collection of short computer how-to's in pictorial or video format. How to transfer music from your iPod, how to get rid of the annoying restart prompt after a system update, etc.

How-To Geek is a blog with short how-to's for Windows, Firefox, and Office.