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This listing of utilities are those which I consider to be most beneficial to the user. Where the origin of the utility is shareware there are considerable benefits to be gained in purchasing a registered copy as the demo or trial versions invariably do not provide all of the registered copy functions. Norton System Works - Norton Anti Virus - Norton Personal Firewall - Computer Associates - eTrust® Internet Security Suite provides comprehensive protection against viruses, hackers, identity thieves, spyware, spam, offensive web sites, and other online threats that can jeopardize your privacy, your data, and your PC's performance. It combines easy-to-use, business-strength technology with preconfigured settings and automatic updates that take the guesswork out of PC security. Adsubtract Pro - Spy
Sweeper - Spybot - SpywareBlaster - SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed. SpywareGuard - SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against spyware that is a great addition to SpywareBlaster's protection method. Ie-Spyad - Is an internet registery file which adds a long list of known advertisers, marketers and spyware pushers to the restricted sites of internet explorer. (does not work with netscape) Mailwasher - Window Washer - Wash away all traces of your PC and Internet activity and improve system performance. MSGTAG - Benign - GetRight - WinZip - Acrobat
Reader - ACDSee - PcPitstop - Fonts - Add/Remove Plus 2004
- WhatsOnMyComputer - Web Album - Snagit
- jv16 Power Tools - AIDA32 - New version of the multilingual professional system information tools "AIDA16" and "AIDA32". Not suitable for the novice user. Xteq X-Setup - This tweaking utility is one of the most comprehensive system configuration utilities I have come across to-date, Not suitable for the novice user. Advanced System Optimizer - Advanced System Optimizer v2 is a powerful, easy-to-use system performance and optimization suite. Its 30+ tools let you supercharge your PC's performance. You can enhance your security, beautify and optimize Windows, tweak Windows settings, customize your screens, and make Windows work the way you want it to. RegRun Security Suite - RegRun NIVA is excellent tool kit for protecting your computer against viruses or Trojans or spyware or Adware parasites. The NIVA uses the newest technology in the world. Fight with the bad guys by the most powerful weapon. Not suitable for the novice user. Diskeeper - Built-in defragmenters are slow, labor intensive and use too much of your computers system resources to keep up with the performance demands of today's computing needs. Ultimately they don't get used. Running Diskeeper is like hiring an expert to constantly monitor and maintain your system's maximum performance. Ace Utilities - Tools like Registry Cleaner, Disk Cleaner, Duplicate File Finder, Internet History Eraser, Startup Manager, etc. Windows - Tips for improving your PC performance on operating systems, windows 95/98/ME, NT, XP/2000 plus general troubleshooting tips. Operating Systems - Windows XP Home and Professional Service Configurations Major Geeks - This web site contains links to downloads for an unbelievable number of utilities and is one of the major sites I use to update my utilities collection. Startup List - For your computer to run effectively and efficiently you should have 70% plus system resources available immediately after starting the computer. After using the system for a while the resources will fluctuate this is normal. To determine the total resources your computer is utilizing first restart Windows. Once back into Windows click Start then click on Run, type in msconfig and click on OK. Once the window opens up, click on Help then About System Configuration Utility. See also Answers That Work Task List Programs Disk Investigator - Helps you to discover all that is hidden on your computer hard disk. It can also help you to recover lost data. Technical Support - A Guide to the Web's Best Technical Support Resources. Driver Guide - Your guide to finding device drivers. Windows Support Centre - Check out this site for the best knowledge base to using and supporting Microsoft Desktop Systems :- Windows 95, 98 & ME and Leading Application Software Freeware - Freeware World Team site which lists more than 13,000 freeware programs by category.
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