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The Tech Center (My Knowledgebase)

As you know this my personal knowledgebase or as Techies may call it, Tech Notes. PC solutions I've collected over the years being in the I.T. industry.

I do a lot of moonlighting. Meaning, I work on PC's when I'm not at my regular job fixing them. I work on my friends PC's, small offices and acquaintances. And the many PC's I see are not set up properly. Many computers don't even have CAB files on them. My experiences tell me that these PC's are often setup by I.T. want-a-be's.

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)
# Title Description Link Type
1-1 Microsoft Support Search across the Knowledge Base for articles designed to answer your product questions. Internet Link
1-2 Microsoft Updates The online extension of Windows that helps you get the most out of your computer. For product updates go here to download and install the latest updates for your computer. Internet Link
1-3 Microsoft Downloads For all your Microsoft downloads and updates. Internet Link
1-4 Microsoft Windows 2000 Take a look at Windows 2000. See why this is the ideal operating system for your business desktops, laptops, and servers of all sizes. Internet Link
1-5 Microsoft Windows XP The fastest Windows ever, Windows XP Professional includes networking and other features that make it ideal for business and advanced home computing. Learn more. Internet Link
1-6 Microsoft Windows 98 Still using Windows 98? Visit the archives of how-to articles to learn how to use your computer for work, fun, and everything in between. Internet Link
1-7 Windows Keys This will show you keyboard mappings and layouts. Personal Link
1-8 Microsoft MDAC Welcome to the download page for Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC). Here you will find free downloads for all of the MDAC releases. These downloads are redistributable according to the End User License Agreements posted with each release. Google Search. Internet Link
1-9 Secedit The Secedit.exe command line tool, when called from a batch file or automatic task scheduler, can be used to automatically create and apply templates and analyze system security. Personal Link
1-10 Windows 2000 Security Tools Windows NT has some excellent security tools and features built into the operating system. Personal Link
       

Windows 98 Tips and Ideas
2-1 Microsoft Support Microsoft Self Support Knowledge Base Internet Link
2-2 Windows 95/98 Systems Here's how to install Windows 98 and the CAB files. When setting up a Home PC, here's  what to do. You can also do the same for Windows NT and Windows 2000. Internet Link
2-3 Windows 98 To help you with Windows 98 Personal Link
2-4 Windows 98 FAT32 This will help to understand FAT32 partitions Personal Link
2-5 Shortcut Keys  Shortcuts keys for Windows 98 Personal Link
2-6 Standby Mode Tips on Standby and Hibernation mode in Win 98 Personal Link
2-7 Home Network Home connection, file and print sharing Personal Link
2-8 Internet Speed Speeding up your internet access Personal Link
2-9 Defragging How to Defrag and what is it. Personal Link
  More on Defragging Your computer's hard drive stores the information that runs your computer. It must be kept well organized in order for your computer to run smoothly and efficiently. Personal Link
  Defrag Troubles Many people have problems running ScanDisk and/or Defrag, with the program running 10% or 30% and then stalling. Personal Link
2-10 System Policy Editor

Policy Editor

 Setting up Policy Editor in Windows 9x. Personal Link
2-11 ERU - Registry Backup Registry Backup - Emergency Recovery Utility Personal Link
2-12 File And Print Sharing File And Print Sharing over the Network Personal Link
2-13 File And Print Sharing What if File And Print Sharing is not available. Personal Link
2-14 How to Limit User Access to Local Computer How to Limit Local Access with Additional Update ... NoSelectDownloadDir Prevents user from being able to select. user-level access control on win98. 'shared level access' to 'User-level access' Personal Link
2-15 WinGuides Winguides is a great site for info. Internet Link
2-16 Defrag Problems Having problems with getting scandisk and defrag to work. Personal Link
       

Drivers

# Title Description Link Type
3-1 Modem-Drivers This site maintains listings of modem driver files available on the web, organized by company. As a PC tech, I've always had trouble finding modem drivers, I've found many modem drivers on this site. Great site!!! Internet Link
3-2 WinDrivers A great place for device drivers. Fee required. What the...?! When did they start charging? Internet Link
3-3 DriversGuide A great place for device drivers. Username: drivers     Password: all Internet Link
3-4 PC Drivers This site's OK. They also have some Driver detective software for sale. Internet Link
3-5 Computer Drivers Computer hope is a free computer help fro everyone. Internet Link
3-6 Driver Zone Looking for an obsolete or hard-to-find driver(s), then look in their driver archive Internet Link
3-7 Modem Problems Trouble shooting modem problems. Internet Link
       

Webserver Setup

# Title Description Link Type
4-1 IIS 5.0 Internet Information Services 5.0 Personal Link
4-2 Apache Webserver I found it. The Apache. This is a great web Server, it's easy to configure and use. And best of all, it's free!!! Don't get me wrong I liked the Microsoft IIS 5.0 server. But you can't beat FREE. Here's the download for Windows 9x/ME/2000. Personal Link
4-3 Dynamic DNS Names The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database used by TCP/IP applications to map between hostnames and IP addresses, and to provide electronic mail routing information. Personal Link
4-4 Win2K - DNS Setup You're probably running your own webserver at home, be it Microsoft IIS .0 or Apache webserver. You want to host your own website at home. So, after register your domain name you want to point your domain name to your webserver. Personal Link
4-5 Mail Server Setup I've found this wonderful Email server called Mail Enable Professional. Mail Enable is a enterprise level mail server for Windows 2000/NT/XP. It supports SMTP and POP3, supports an unlimited amount of email addresses, domains, groups and mailing lists. Extremely easy to use and configure, it allows you to provide cost-effective email services. And most importantly, it's FREE!!! Personal Link
4-6 FTP Server The best FTP server. BulletProof FTP Server. Have you ever wondered how to setup an FTP Server? Find other FTP
Servers too tricky or fiddly? This is the most simple and powerful FTP server to install and manage for Windows.		 Internet Link

Information Technology Info

# Title Description Link Type
5-1 Microsoft Support Microsoft Self Support Knowledge Base Internet Link
5-2 Windows 98 To help you with Windows 98 Personal Link
5-3 IIS 5.0 Internet Information Services 5.0 Personal Link
5-4 I.T. Certifications All your study needs for I.T. needs. Personal Link
5-5 I.A.N.A Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. All information on DNS, IP Addresses, Port Numbers, etc. Internet Link
5-6 Win2000Recovery What if my Windows 2000 Crashes? Here's a fix. To how's to repair, recover and restore. We'll try anyways. Personal Link
5-7 Ghosting Your PC Ghost is a program that copies whole partitions of hard drives, a feature perfect for backing up the boot partition of a computer. This just explains how to use it. Not a download. Personal Link
5-8 WinDrivers A great place for device drivers. Fee required. Internet - Link
5-9 DriversGuide A great place for device drivers. Username: drivers     Password: all Internet - Link
5-10 Bootdisk.com Another place for creating boot disks.  Internet - Link
5-11 DNSQ Free DNS services for dynamic host names. Create your free Host name here - GREAT!!!  Internet - Link
5-12 DYN DNS Free DNS services for dynamic host names  Internet - Link
5-13 DHS Free DNS services for dynamic host names  Internet - Link
5-14 JSI JSI, Inc. is website and company that really helps with your IT needs. And your Registry needs. Internet - Link
5-15 Registry Editors Resplendence

Windows Registry Guide

 Internet - Link
5-16 BootDisks Bootdisks for the floppy drive. Personal -  Downloads
5-17 Dr. Watson How to disable Dr. Watson for Windows NT  Personal Link - Win NT
5-18 Outlook Express How to back up and restore your Outlook Express data Personal Link
5-19 RAM Memory How to read your RAM memory stick Personal Link
5-20 PC Definitions Here is a list of computer definitions I've collected.
5-21 News And Updates Techs and Gadgets coming up. News on electronics, hardware, Internet, software etc. Personal Link
5-22 Visual Basic 6.0 Some info on programming in Visual Basic. What a great program!!! Personal Link
5-23 Computing.net Tech Support for businesses and you. This uses a forum, where you can ask questions and people will help. Internet Link
5-24 HTML Guide A beginners guide to HTML. Although, I use Frontpage or Dreamweaver. But it's still a great little guide. Can be useful. Personal Link
5-25 Stop Email Spam Completely hide your address from the robots and virtually stop all spam resulting from your contact links on your page. Here's a free anti-spammer. Personal Link
5-26 Mail Washer

Introducing MailWasher, the easiest way to check and manage your e-mails before you download them.
MailWasher is a powerful email checker with effective spam elimination. Discover the safe way to stop unwanted viruses and e-mails before they get to your computer.
No gimmicks here, it is so easy to set up and use that you'll be managing your email like a pro in seconds. It can even be used as an effective privacy tool. And it's free!!! From Downloads.com. Read the reviews. I love it!

 Internet Link
5-27 AVDisk.org AVDisk is a program which automates the task of getting your anti-virus software on to floppy disks which you can use to start, scan and disinfect your computer. Internet Link
5-28 Diskette Images This software will allow you to create a diskette image is a data file including information to allow a program to write a diskette identical to the diskette it was built from. Great little program. What is a Diskette Image? Internet Link
5-29 Entering BIOS Here are some keys you cam press to get in any PC BIOS. Personal Link
5-30 MS-DOS These pages are designed to remind the occasional user of Dos commands just what is on offer. I realize that few people using Windows 95/8 are going to open a DOS window and most of those that do will be pretty familiar with the somewhat similar commands of previous MS-DOS versions. The DOS batch file programming handbook & tutorial. Internet Link
       
       

Networking

# Title Description Link Type
6-1 Practically Networked Great for Network information, network & communications, internet sharing, security. Equipment such as, routers, switches & hubs. Internet Link
6-2 Novell Netware Novell Networks do more than connect computers-they connect people. This project proved that connecting people can yield awesome results. A team of experienced networkers, editors, and others connected for the duration of this project to produce a book that could not have happened if the networking phenomenon did not make the whole much greater than the sum of the parts. The creation of this book is an example of "people networking" at its best. Novell Support. Knowledgebase. Downloads. Patches and Fixes. Novell Forms. Personal Link
6-3 Cisco Configuration Here are some Cisco Info on configuration. Personal Link
6-4 NETBEUI What is NetBEUI? (NetBIOS Extended User Interface) was developed by IBM in the mid-1980's. It has since become the default for Microsoft Windows networking and is an OK choice for very small networks. Personal Link - Network
6-5 TCP/IP Basics What is TCP/IP? Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol - The de facto standard Ethernet protocols incorporated into 4.2BSD Unix. TCP/IP was developed by DARPA for internetworking and encompasses both network layer and transport layer protocols. While TCP and IP specify two protocols at specific protocol layers, TCP/IP is often used to refer to the entire DoD protocol suite based upon these, including telnet, FTP, UDP and RDP. Personal Link - Network
6-6 FTP Basics What is FTP? File Transfer Protocol - A client-server protocol which allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. Also the client program the user executes to transfer files. Personal Link - Network
6-7 Dynamic DNS Names The Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed database used by TCP/IP applications to map between hostnames and IP addresses, and to provide electronic mail routing information. Personal Link
6-8 DNSQ Free DNS services for dynamic host names. Create your free Host name here - GREAT!!!  Internet - Link
6-9 DYN DNS Free DNS services for dynamic host names  Internet - Link
6-10 DHS Free DNS services for dynamic host names  Internet - Link
6-11 Networking In MSDOS This will show you how you to connect to any Network share on an NT4 server, Windows 9x machine or a Windows 2000 machine for the purpose of Ghost PC cloning (backup). Personal Link
6-12 Home Network Home connection, file and print sharing Personal Link
6-13 Linksys Excellent for the home Router. Linksys Downloads HansenOnline Internet - Link
6-14 Hansen Online Lots of information on Networking, security, Linksys routers and Wallpapers. Linksys Routing 101. Internet - Link
6-15 Ozline.net A company that does Home DSL connection. Internet - Link
       
       

Information Technology - The Registry

7-1 Windows Registry GuideIcon A Windows HTML help file version of the Windows Registry Guide web site, complete with all the best tips, tricks and tweaks for Windows 95, 98, ME and NT/2000! All Versions
7-2 Microsoft RegCleanIcon RegClean analyzes Windows Registry keys stored in a common location in the Windows Registry. It finds keys that contain erroneous values, and after recording those entries in the Undo.Reg file, it removes them from the Windows Registry. Mirrors: Germany Windows 9x/NT
7-3 Microsoft TweakUIIcon With TweakUI you can adjust your Windows User Interface, including menu speed, window animation, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Suitable for Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 or Windows 95. All Versions
7-4 PowerToys Set for Internet ExplorerIcon Download the latest PowerToys from the Microsoft IE developers. With features like Zooming, Quick Search, Image Toggler and more. All Versions
7-5 Windows 95 PowerToys SetIcon Get the entire set of PowerToys -- productivity tools for advanced users -- now! Windows 95/98
7-6 RegCleanerIcon With RegCleaner you can easily remove old and obsolete registry entries left behind after software has been uninstalled. All Versions
7-7 Regmon for Windows NT/9xIcon Regmon is a Windows Registry spying utility that watches and displays information on system-wide registry accesses as they are occurring. This makes it a uniquely powerful tool for learning how Windows works or tracking down problems due to misconfigured Registry settings. Windows 9x/NT
7-8 Command Line Registry EditorIcon The command line Registry Editor from Microsoft allows you to query and make changes to the Windows registry from a commandline, and therefore also batch files. Windows NT/2000
7-9 Registry ViewerIcon The Registry Viewer creates a read-only version of your registry, accessible from Windows Explorer or your Desktop. All Versions
7-10 Registry Editor Extensions (RegEditX)Icon The Registry Editor Extensions "extend" the Registry Editor included with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0. A combo box is inserted into the Registry Editor which remembers the keys you have edited, and allows you to navigate back to them quickly. Windows 9x/NT
7-11 Resplendent RegistrarIcon Resplendent Registrar for Windows 95, 98, & 2000/NT is a full-featured registry editor and manager. Apart from the general features it has a rich set of advanced features such as registry activity monitor, registry security permissions and commandline options. Also available a freeware version called Registrar Lite. Windows 9x/NT
7-12 Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XPIconMicrosoft PowerToys for Windows XPIcon PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released to manufacturing. They add fun and functionality to the Windows experience! Windows XP
7-13 DuReg - Registry Size EstimatorIconDuReg - Registry Size EstimatorIcon DuReg is a command-line tool that enables you to discover how much data is stored in the registry, or in any registry subtree, key, or subkey. The tool also enables you to search for all occurrences of a text string in the registry. Windows 2000
7-14 RegCompactIcon RegCompact eliminates registry fragmentation by writing the data in the registry out into a temporary file. This data is written sequentially, so there are no holes from deleted data or fragmentation. Windows 9x/NT
7-15 EasyCleanerIcon EasyCleaner is a small program which searches Windows registry for entries that are pointing nowhere. Windows 9x/NT
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Web Designs and Ideas

# Title Description Link Type
8-1 JavaScript Source A great site for java scripts. Internet Link
8-2 3D Text Maker Here's a site for making up your main titles in 3D. Internet Link
8-3 More Javas Here's another site for Java Scripts. Internet Link
8-4 ReallyBig A complete resource for Web Builders Internet Link
8-5 Internet Link

Web Builder's Toolkit
... being a mere collection of sometimes useful links wherein cool and often free stuff
can be found by the assiduous clicker. Web Page Design and Building: ... Web Art: ...
home.hiwaay.net/~crispen/kellys_place/web_tools.html - 38k

Amazing-Animations.com
... Vehicles Web Texts Words FAQ. Web Texts. Awards. OK. Bookmark. Open. Click Here.
Coming Soon. Contact. Cool. Download. Enter. Faq. Register. Free. Search. Help.
Spam. ...
www.amazing-animations.com/awebtext.html - 10k

Free Animated banners and Flash animation - Animation Online
Use Animation Online to instantly create free animated banners for
advertising, Create instantly on the web using templates. You ...
web-animator.com/ - 24k

Using Poledit: Policy Editor to help secure Windows 95/98 ...
Using Poledit: Policy Editor to help secure Windows
95/98 computers. by Alan Zisman (c) 1999, 2002. ...
www.zisman.ca/poledit/ - 58k - Oct. 17, 2002

Installation of Win95/98 System Policy Editor (POLEDIT)
... To implement some (maybe a lot) restrictions, Windows 95/98 includes a utility
called: "System Policy Editor" (POLEDIT), which allows to edit easily the ...
www.wown.com/j_helmig/polediti.htm - 17k

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