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Access Database
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Automotive
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Books and References
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Family and Friends
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Financial Resources
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Graphics Resources
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Playing With Fire
http://www.playingwithfire.com/
Macromedia Fireworks resources, added Aug. 20, 2000. |
Ulead Cool 3D accessories
http://www.ulead.com/cool3d/fstuff.htm
Free downloads for backgrounds, effects, etc. NOTE: Web discussion board access, jr3.
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Ulead Systems
http://www.ulead.com/register/thankyou.htm
Makers of 3D Cool. |
Alchemy Mindworks Inc.
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html
Graphics Workshop software maker |
ScreamDesign
http://www.screamdesign.com/cookiesel.html
Used to be AndyArt. |
Cheap Tricks for Paint Shop Pro 4
http://www.iland.net/~delevan/
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Fireworks for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide
http://beta.peachpit.com/vqs/fireworks/K5818.welcome.html
Companion web site for the book. |
Fireworks 2 Bible by Joseph Lowery
http://www.idest.com/fireworks/
Support for the book. |
FreeHand Source
http://www.freehandsource.com/
Extremely excellent. Captured Feb. 5, 2000. |
i/us : Graphics Community
http://www.i-us.com/
Many, many graphics packages for sale, plus forums on the various products. |
Massimo's Corner of the web
http://www.massimocorner.com/fw/textures.htm
Makes custom commands for Fireworks, and some textures. Lots of HTML tips too. |
Project Fireworks - Home
http://www.projectfireworks.com/
Very good tutorials. Captured on Feb. 5, 2000, updated Aug. 20, 2000. |
Wacom Home Page
http://www.wacom.com/index.shtml
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Xara Home page
http://www.xara.com/
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Hardware Support
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Household Repair_Refurbish
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Houston Resources
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Downtown District
http://www.downtowndistrict.org/
This group issues maps and information about downtown Houston. Lots of good stuff here. (Added 8/20/2000.) |
Auction by Bel-Auction Houston
http://www.bel-auction.com/
Weekly auctions from estate sales, bankruptcies, etc. (entry on 3/4/2000). |
Aerial Theatre Online
http://webadv.chron.com/display/a/aerialtheater/index.html
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Better Business Bureau - Houston
http://www.bbbhou.org/
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Bus routes - Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, TX
http://www.hou-metro.harris.tx.us/
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City of Houston Home Page -- Low Graphics Version
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/index2.htm
The official web site of the City of Houston |
CNN - Weather - Houston, TX
http://cnn.com/WEATHER/html/HoustonTX.html
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Goehte Institut Houston
http://www.goethe.de/houston/
German films, literature, language, music, and other culture |
HAL-PC Home Page
http://www.hal-pc.org/
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Harris County Tax Office
http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us
Current on Dec. 1999. Get info on voter and auto registration, property taxes, etc. |
Houston Business Journal
http://www.amcity.com/houston/index.html
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Houston Chronicle Interactive
http://www1.chron.com/
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Houston Downtown Map
http://www.accutraffic.com/down.html
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Houston Downtown Tunnel Map
http://www.accutraffic.com/tunnel.html
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Houston Heights Association
http://www.houstonheights.org/
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Houston Press Online
http://www.houstonpress.com/
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Music News - Houston
http://www.neosoft.com/~musicnew/
Online version of "Music News" newsletter, Houston's oldest music scene newspaper, free at newsstands. |
National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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Reef, The, of Houston - Swimming, Scuba Diving, Fishing, and Picnicing
http://www.atthereef.com/reefe.html
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RiceInfo: Houston Information
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/houston/
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River Oaks Garden Club Table of Contents
http://www.riveroaksgardenclub.org/html/rogctoc.html
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Trash Pickup - City of Houston
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/solid/
Solid Wast Management Department |
Weather Map, surface analysis, from Intellicast
http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/UnitedStates/SurfaceAnalysis/
Finally, a decent weather map of the United States, showing barometric pressure and precipitation zones. Other good maps available too. |
Weather Channel - Houston, TX
http://www.weather.com/weather/us/cities/TX_Houston.html
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Weather Underground: Houston, Texas Weather Forecast
http://www.wunderground.com/US/TX/Houston.html
This is the best, fastest weather site! |
HTML Resources
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WebMasterBase Dot Com
http://www.webmasterbase.com/
Added on Aug. 12, 2000. |
SitePoint : WebmasterBase
http://www.webmasterbase.com/
Lots of web production tutorials and how-tos. This note added 7/14/2000. |
WebBuilder101.com
http://www.webbuilder101.com/
Your Internet and web building resource site. Tutorials, Scripts, Reviews and more! Looks good. Discovered on July 6, 2000. |
ARIN - IP address registry
www.arin.net
A resource for WHOIS and IP addresses. ARIN (American Registry of Internet Numbers). Entered on June 26, 2000. |
Kira's Web Toolbox
http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/
Library of CGI and other HTML-related samples, tutorials. Added on 6/9/2000. |
Association of Internet Professionals
http://www.association.org
A resource for Intenet Developers, as listed in May 2000 InfoWorld article. |
Developer.com
http://developer.earthweb.com
A resource for Intenet Developers, as listed in May 2000 InfoWorld article. |
Network Solutions
http://www.networksolutions.com/
Domain Name Registration Services from the dot com people(TM) |
Discus - FREE Discussion Board Script
http://www.discusware.com/discus/index.html
Excellent web-based discussion board. It is free, and the 'PRO' version is only $99. |
Intellihosting web site hosting service
http://www.intellihosting.com/
This feisty independent web site hosting service is in Houston. Discovered on Feb. 18, 2000. |
Simon St. Laurent web site
http://www.simonstl.com/main.html
This is the author of the "Cookies" book, and there is source code available here. Also, a lot of XML information. (JR3 - 2/14/2000). |
Allaire HomeSite HTML Editor
http://www.homesite-now.com/index.htm
This is Bill Machrone's favorite. |
Browser Wars by CompuServe
http://www.browserwars.com/
Reviews of the two main browsers, Netscape and Internet Explorer, and what's good or bad about them. Put together by CompuServe. |
eFUSE.com - the friendly place to learn how to build a better web site - Web site planning, design,
http://www.efuse.com/
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Good Documents: INTRAnet business writing from Dan Bricklin and Trellix
http://www.gooddocuments.com/homepage/homepage.htm
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Guide to Cascading Style Sheets
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
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International Webmasters Association: Official Home Page
http://www.irwa.org/
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JavaScript Source - Cut & Paste JavaScript Library
http://javascript.internet.com/
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NetHead-2-Head
http://www.gateline.com/nh2h/
Candid reviews of web authoring tools. |
Web Test Tools
http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html
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WebDeveloper.com
http://www.webdeveloper.com/
Excellent site for tutorials and product reviews. |
WebTechniques Magazine
http://www.webtechniques.com/
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Webwheels Presents: HTML Web Colors
http://www.webwheels.com/free/f081.htm
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XML: The Extensible Markup Language -- James K. Tauber's Site
http://www.jtauber.com/xml/
Tutorials and so forth. |
Info Sniff
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Linux
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MySQL
http://www.mysql.net/
Open source database program (added 7/1/2000). |
Beginner's Linux
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux/homee.html
Patricia, from the Netherlands, provides this page of advice to Linux beginners. (June 28, 2000). |
Linux-Mandrake Home
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/
Highly respected version of Linux installation, but lacks good documentation. |
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
http://www.php.net/
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LinuxPlanet
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/
A Guide to the Linux Operating System - May 29 2000 12:25:22. |
Roderick W. Smith
http://www.rodsbooks.com/
Author of several books on Linux and multi-OS networking (note made on May 20, 2000). |
LinuxStart.Com
http://www.linuxstart.com/
Start with us for all your Linux needs! |
Dell - Dell & Linux
http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/topics/linux_linuxhome.htm
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Linux HOWTO Index: Index
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/
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Caldera Systems, Inc. - Linux for eBusiness
http://www.caldera.com/
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The Linux Home Page at Linux Online
http://www.linux.org/
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Linux Administrators FAQ List
http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/Linux-Admin-FAQ.html
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Linux Documentation Project
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
Includes many HOW-TO guides, such as information about firewalls at /HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html. This is *not* an easy site to navigate. |
Linux HeadQuarters
http://www.linuxhq.com/
Offers links to latest Linux kernels, patches, and documentation. |
Fresh Meat
http://www.freshmeat.com/
New software developments for Linux users |
Linux Journal
http://www2.linuxjournal.com/
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LinuxNT Server Software
http://www.linuxntsystems.com/features.htm
Easy to setup Linux server software |
LinuxWorld - Putting Linux to Work
http://www.linuxworld.com/
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Penguin Computing Products
http://www.penguincomputing.com/products.html
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SuSE, Inc. - Innovations in Linux
http://www.suse.com/
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Medical
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Miscellaneous
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Music
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Cactus Moon Blues Cafe
http://www.cactusmoonbluescafe.com/
In Humble, Texas |
Gene (Mean) Kelton
http://www.genekelton.com/
Blues guitarist, Houston. Note made on May 14, 2000. |
Klipsch synergy Specs
http://www.klipsch.com/home/synergy.htm
Part of Klipsch speaker line. Bookmarked on 4/22/2000. |
Duarte, Chris - tour dates
http://www.chrisduarte.com/tour.html
From the makers of ChrisDuarteFans.org - bookmarked on Apr. 2, 2000 |
Wholesale Music
http://www.wholesalemusic.com/welcome.asp
Good pricing info here for various musical instruments (added on Apr. 14, 2000). |
Roland Corporation U.S.
http://www.rolandus.com/
Makers of Roland and Boss products (added on Apr. 14, 2000). |
Drum Machine Museum
http://www.drummachine.com/
The Ultimate Drum Machine Web Site (discovered on Apr. 14, 2000). |
Party On the Plaza - year 2000
http://www.aerialtheater.com/pop.html
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Aerial Theater, Houston, TX
http://www.aerialtheater.com/
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Fabulous Satellite Lounge, Houston, Texas USA
http://www.fabsat.com/
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Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Page
http://www.execpc.com/~pgkuchar/
Excellent links and reviews of music software on this site. A great reference. (TablEdit gets v. high marks.) |
G-VOX Interactive Music! Developers of G-VOX and Passport Designs Music Software and Hard
http://www.gvox.com/
Passport Designs "Encore" for music notation, and "Guitar" software-hardware for learning. |
Gibson Guitars and Musical Instruments
http://www.gibson.com/
Les Paul, etc. |
Gitarre Spielen - Home Page
http://www.guitarplaying.com/index.shtml
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Godin Guitars
http://www.lasido.com/godinmaster.html
Nice acoustic-electric guitars. John Doody has one, and it plays nicely. |
Gov't Mule (a band)
http://www.mule.net
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Guitar Database!
http://members.tripod.com/~Guitarman1000/
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Guitar FAQ's
http://www.musician.com/free/faq/guit.html
Huge list of question and answers. |
Guitarinfo.com- Created by Andy Mager, 1999 ©
http://www.guitarinfo.com/
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Hadden Sayers page at Intrepid Artists
http://www.intrepidartists.com/sayers.htm
Intrepid Artists is agency for Hadden Sayers. |
Lyrics super site from Sweden
http://www.lyrics.ch/
All the lyrics you ever wanted. Has an excellent search engine. |
Music News - Houston
http://www.neosoft.com/~musicnew/
Online version of "Music News" newsletter, Houston's oldest music scene newspaper, free at newsstands. |
SlowGold
http://www.slowgold.com/about.htm
Software that allows recording and looping of song segments, and at reduced speeds with same pitch. |
Super Guitar Chord Finder by Cor de Visser
http://leden.tref.nl/cdvisser/
Cor de Visser's excellent shareware guitar chord database, which I purchased March 1999. |
TablEdit Tablature Editor
http://www.tabledit.com/
A decent guitar tablature writing software that's not overly expensive (about $55). |
Vintage Guitars Info - Gibson collecting vintage gibson guitars
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html
A pretty good site with detailed information about serial numbers, etc. |
NetObjects Fusion
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Network Systems
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Kent Electronics
http://www.kentelec.com/index.htm
Makers of connectors, cable, jacks, etc. |
Hubbell Premise Wiring
http://www.hubbell-premise.com/
Source for wall plates, cable, jacks, boxes, etc. Found on July 7, 2000. Sell through MicroWarehouse. |
CERT Coordination Center
http://www.cert.org/
Detailed descriptions of internet-transmitted viruses, security breaches, and tactics/tools to overcome them. Carnegie Mellon Institute of Software Engineering. |
iHTML - About the Product
http://www.ihtml.com/about/
Build server-based dynamic web sites based on database information without requiring specific client browser software. |
RoadRunner from Warner Cable - Houston
http://www.houston.rr.com/index_ns.html
Houston, Texas home page for RoadRunner, Warner Cable, cable internet service provider (ISP). |
J.Helmig's FAQ Windows95 Networking
http://www.helmig.com/
Highly recommended knowledge base for the beginning Windows network guru. Many details. Discovered this site recommended from an intranet newsgroup, May 1999. |
Professional Improvement
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Programming
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Publishing Resources
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Shareware
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Opera Web Browser Software
http://www.opera.com/
Web browser. |
98lite
http://www.98lite.net/
Windows 98Lite for enhancing and embedding Windows9x. |
Author Direct Shareware
http://www.dlcwest.com/~sorev/
Sells URL Manager shareware, a URL management database that almost works the way I want. |
Basta Computing Home Page
http://www.basta.com/Default.htm
Various lean, mean shareware products, including Unios, a units converter. |
Beiley Software, Developers of Award-Winning Fund Manager and Remind-Me
http://www.beiley.com/
Makers of Fund Manager, an investments and portfolio tracking software that is 5-stars rated by ZiffNet. |
Barefoot Productions
http://www.barefootinc.com/
Makers of CookieMaster, a free ZDNet utility |
Boxer Software
http://www.boxersoftware.com/
Makers of Boxer text editor software for DOS, OS2, and Windows platforms. |
Compass - Home
http://www.softgauge.com/compass/
Excellent web bookmarks software by Daniel Liu. |
Dave Central Freeware and Shareware
http://www.davecentral.com/
Another shareware depot. |
Funduc Software
http://www.funduc.com/
Search and Replace for Windows (grep), Directory Toolkit, Shortcut Doctor, Etc. |
GenCode Technologies, Inc.
http://www.gencode.com/default.asp
Makers of "Tracking the Eye" hurricane tracking software. |
Gibson Research Corporation Homepage
http://www.spinrite.com/default.htm
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Granny's Software - Ample Notice
http://www.agoron.com/~granny/anw2.html
Ample Notice calendar application |
Inner-Smile.com!
http://www.Inner-Smile.com/
Excellent free- and shareware, plus Delphi resources. |
ISpy web cam software
http://www.ispy.nl/
Grabs video images, saves as JPEG, and sends automatically to your homepage. |
MicroVision Development - WordExpress and WebExpress
http://www.mvd.com/
Makers of WebExpress (WYSIWYG web page editor) and WordExpress (a stripped down copy of MS Word). |
Mijenix Corporation - PowerDesk
http://www.mijenix.com/
Makers of PowerDesk for Windows 95 and ZipMagic |
Mustang Software - QModem and other comm software
http://www.mustang.com/
Makers of QModem |
My Shareware Page
http://www.mysharewarepage.com/
A big shareware depot |
Navex URL Import Export
http://144.118.4.17/navex/
Navex is a freeware utility for sharing bookmarks between Netscape and Internet Explorer |
PC Weather Products Home Page
http://www.pcwp.com/
Makers of renowned hurricane tracking software, Hurrtrak, which is $300.
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Pegasus Mail by David Harris
http://206.101.106.229/
E-mail client that is highly recommended and freeware. |
PsL (Public Software Library)/DigiBuy
http://www.pslweb.com/
Where lots of shareware can be bought or registered. |
Popcorn Software: Shareware and Freeware for Win95/98/NT
http://www.powerup.com.au/~marver/
Makers of a WebPalette and a Notes keeper utility. |
Snappy Software
http://www.members.global2000.net/snappy/
_Snappy_ Software makes WinCode, and excellent UUencode, Decode software for Windows. |
SoftShell Online
http://www.softshell.com/
Freeware chemistry structures and formulas drawing package. |
Software Design - Free Windows Software by Gregory Braun
http://www.execpc.com/~sbd/index.html
Gregory Braun is the author of freeware "Notebook" that I use so much. |
Software.net -- Premier Online Software Store
http://www.software.net/
Downloadable software store that accepts phone orders. I can get CorelXara here for $90. (8/3/98). |
Stroud's CWSApps - 32-bit Apps Main Menu
http://cws.internet.com/32menu.html
A share-warehouse, mostly Internet utilities. |
TechSmith Software
http://www.techsmith.com/
Makers of SnagIt screen capture utility and PPP utilities for Windows 3.1x. |
TextPad - the text editor for Windows
http://www.textpad.com/
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Tucows Shareware Distribution
http://tucows.myriad.net/
A shareware and freeware distribution depot with reviews and cow ratings. |
UniverseSoft Software Archive - Freeware & Shareware
http://www.universesoft.com/
A ridiculously huge shareware depot |
Vdraft Home page
http://www.vdraft.com/
VDraft is a CAD alternative by SoftSolutions. |
WeatherNet: Software Library
http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/software.html
Weather tracking software from various makers. |
Windows 95 Educational Applications
http://www.aclass.com/SOFT/edu.html
Calculators, units conversion software, etc. |
WinFiles.com
http://www.winfiles.com/
Another shareware depot, oriented toward Windows users. |
Xing Technology Corporation
http://www.xingtech.com/
Makers of MPEG audio and video software for playback and recording. |
ZDNet Software Library
http://www.hotfiles.com/
A shareware depot with product reviews. |
Software (mainstream commercial)
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Standards Organizations
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Texas Resources
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US Government
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Utility
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Windows Support
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Windows 98 Tips and Tricks, Index of all the Tips. - Windows-Help.NET
http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/all-tips.shtml
An incredible catalog of Windows tips, including how to get rid of the Documents command from the Start menu. (Added 7/28/2000.) |
Internet Explorer Security Updates
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/
Get the latest security update patches here. Note made on July 10, 2000. |
CAVERN'S Windows 95 Page
http://www.iag.net/%7Emgoetz/win95.html
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Frank Condron's World O'Windows - Windows 95 Page
http://www.conitech.com/windows/win95.html
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Microsoft Scripting Resources
http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/
Windows Scripting Host, VBScript, and so forth. |
Microsoft site for Windows 95
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/
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Microsoft Win95 Product Updates
http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/info/updates.htm
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Mike Dixon's QAID Pages
http://www.kingsoft.com/qaid/
QAID pages address visual basic and Windows 95 |
Process' Windows 95 Page!
http://www.process.com/win95/
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Tessler's Nifty Tools Home Page
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/NIFTY_TOOLS/
Programmer who is a Windows disassembler and wrong-righter on a small enterprise basis. |
Tips & Tricks for Windows 95 HomePage
http://www.pmgi.com/TTricks/
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Undocumented Windows 95
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/4942/
Lots of DLL calls are identified here. Discovered from PC Magazine, Oct 20 1998, Utilities article, pp 263-270. |
Win32 Scripting
http://cwashington.netreach.net/
More scripting resources for the WSH, Perl, and others. |
Windows Magazine - Windows 95 Web Site - Tips - (Win 95, Windows95, Win 95, Windows 95)
http://www.winmag.com/win95/M1.htm
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Windows Scripting Host Newsgroup
http://wsh.glazier.co.nz/
Excellent, excellent resources for working with Windows Scripting Host (WSH). |
WinHelp Resources
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