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<h2>Missing CD-ROM</h2>
<p><b>Introduction</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ptech.wsj.com/archive/ptech-20051013.html">Walter
Mossberg's PC Buying Guide</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 1: Inside Your PC</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.sisoftware.net/dload/sware_figure.php?&a=&langx=en">SiSoftware's
Sandra diagnostic software</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Memory testing programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.memtest.org/">Free memtest86+</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.simmtester.com/">DocMemory</a></li>
<li><a href="http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp">Windows
Memory Diagnostic</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe Acrobat "PDF
File" Reader</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Online programs for finding the right memory for your PC:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.crucial.com/">Crucial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kingston.com/">Kingston</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.simpletech.com/">SimpleTech</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Power Supply Wattage Calculators:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.pcpowerandcooling.com/">PC Power and Cooling</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.jscustompcs.com/">JS Custom PCs</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 2: Keyboards and Mice</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/enable">Dvorak keyboard
layout</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/disable_windows_key/">Disable Windows
Key</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 3: Monitors and Video</b></p>
<p>Programs for adjusting CRT monitors:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.freepctech.com/rode/004.shtml">Nokia's
Nokia Test</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.programming.de/download/testscreens.zip">Johannes
Wallroth's Test Screens program</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 4: Printers</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/">Ghostscript</a> </li>
<li><a
href="http://www.avery.com/us/Main?action=software.AverySoftwareDetail&catalogcode=WEB01&softwarecode=3201">Avery
Wizard for Microsoft Word</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://h10058.www1.hp.com/digital/entertainment/us/en/music/tattoos.html">Hewlett
Packard's iPod Tattoo Templates</a> </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 5: Digital Cameras, Camcorders and Webcams</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://picasa.google.com/">Picasa 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.windowsupdate.com/">Windows XP Movie Maker
2</a>. Microsoft's update to Movie Maker, Movie Maker 2, comes with
Windows XP's Service Pack 2, available from <a href="http://www.windowsupdate.com/">www.windowsupdate.com</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx">Microsoft's
Timershot</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 7: Sound</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lame.sourceforge.net/">LAME (Lame Ain't an
MP3 Encoder) MP3 codec</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dbpoweramp.com/">dBpower MC</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/">Windows
Media Player 10</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes">Apple's iTunes</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 8: Digital Music Players</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes">Apple's iTunes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod/download">Apple's iPod
Updater</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ephpod.com/">ephPod</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.ambience.sk/ipod-ebook-creator/ipod-book-notes-text-conversion.php">iPod
Ebook Creator</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.parkverbot.org/harald/download">Dreaming
of Brazil</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rioworld.org/">RioWorld</a></li>
</ul>
<p>MP3 tagging programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/">Mp3 Tag Tools</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mediamonkey.com/">MediaMonkey</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.id3-tagit.de/">ID3-TagIT</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 9: Hard drives and floppy drives</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/downloads">Google's Desktop
Search</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.knoppix.org">Knoppix</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/deletecompressoldfiles.reg">Kelly
Theriot's fix for when Disk Cleanup freezes</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>(Note: The previous link takes you to
a Web page that displays a line of computer code. Save the text on this Web
page as a text file named "deletecompressoldfiles.reg," then double-click
the saved file. When Windows asks if you want to add the information in the
file to the Registry; click Yes.) </p>
</blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/deleteCompressOldFilesundo.reg">Undo
the Disk Cleanup fix (if the fix doesn't work)</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Hard drive diagnostic programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools/">Seagate's
SeaTools Diagnostic Suite</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm">Maxtor/Quantum's
PowerMax</a></li>
<li><a href="http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp">Western Digital's
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.fcpa.com/support/hard-drives/software_utilities.html">Fujitsu's
ATA Diagnostic Tool</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm">IBM/Hitachi
Drive Fitness Test</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato">Brian Kato's Restoration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net/">Darik's Boot and Nuke
(DBAN)</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 10: CD and DVD drives</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm">ISO
Recorder</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.knoppix.org/">Knoppix</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 12: Email</b></p>
<p>Free Email programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eudora.com/">Eudora</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/">Thunderbird</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 13: Surfing the Web</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.getfirefox.com/">Firefox</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html">Firefox plug-ins</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.netscape.com/">Netscape</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Password managers:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.accessmanager.co.uk/">Access Manager</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dillobits.com/4uonly.html">4uonly</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.moonsoftware.com/pwagent.asp">Password
Agent</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.desktop.google.com/">Google's Desktop
Search</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 14: Networking</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://download.zonelabs.com/bin/free/1001_cnet_zdnet/zlsSetup_61_737_000_en.exe">ZoneAlarm
Personal Firewall</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 15: Security</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/">Password Safe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx">Windows
XP Service Pack 2</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Free anti-virus programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://free.grisoft.com/">AVG Antivirus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.avast.com/eng/free_software.html">Free
avast! 4 Home Edition</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.clamwin.com/">ClamWin</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Free tools for removing specific viruses:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/enterprise/tools.list.html">Symantec</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Download/browseFreeRemovalTool/">bitdefender</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.grisoft.com/doc/Utilities/lng/us/tpl/tpl01">Grisoft</a></li>
<li><a href="http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/">McAfee's Stinger</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Firewall testing sites:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.grc.com/">ShieldsUP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://scan.sygate.com/">Sygate Online Scan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.planet-security.net/">Planet Security
Firewall-Check</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hackercheck.com/">Hackercheck</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Anti-spyware programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/">Ad-Aware
SE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.safer-networking.org/">Spybot-S&D</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx">Microsoft
Antispyware</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 16: Fixing Common Problems</b></p>
<p>Undeleting deleted files:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html">Brian
Kato's Restoration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete">FreeUndelete</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.loginrecovery.com/">Login Recovery</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Chapter 17: Advanced Troubleshooting</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.knoppix.org/">Knoppix</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Appendix A:</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.detto.com/">Detto's IntelliMover</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.alohabob.com/">Alohabob's PC Relocator</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml">KeyFinder</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Appendix B: Memory Cards and USB Drives</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780596100933/-/blob/master/AppB.pdf">Appendix B</a> (PDF,
2.1MB) </li>
</ul>
<p>USB drive travel kit:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.abisource.com/download">Abisource Word
Processor</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.foxitsoftware.com/">Adobe PDF Reader</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lavasoft.com/">Ad-Aware SE Personal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/">CDex</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cypherix.com/">Cryptainer LE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/">Password Safe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/">Web browser</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.un4seen.com/">XMPlay</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.xnview.com/">XnView</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.z-a-recovery.com/">Zero Assumption Digital
Image Recovery</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Appendix C: Other Cool Things You Can Do Online</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780596100933/-/blob/master/AppC.pdf">Appendix C</a> (PDF,
1.2MB) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.winholdem.net/">WinHoldEm</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Instant Messengers:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://messenger.msn.com/">MSN Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aim.com/">AOL Instant Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://messenger.yahoo.com/">Yahoo Instant Messenger</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.com/talk">Google Talk</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/">Trillian</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Other programs:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.cuteftp.com/">CuteFTP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.skype.com/download/">Skype</a></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Appendix D: Dealing with Technical Support</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780596100933/-/blob/master/AppD.pdf">Appendix D</a> (PDF,
214KB) </li>
</ul>
<p><b>Appendix E: Packing a Laptop Bag</b></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780596100933/-/blob/master/AppE.pdf">Appendix E</a> (PDF,
93KB) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.tivo.com/4.9.19.asp">TiVoToGo</a> </li>
</ul>