Informational Resources:

Webopedia - is a free online dictionary for words, phrases and abbreviations that are related to computer and Internet technology. Webopedia provides easy-to-understand definitions in plain language, avoiding the use of heavy jargon when possible so that the site is accessible to users with a wide range of computer knowledge.

TechRepublic - The ultimate peer-to-peer experience, providing actionable information, tools and member services to help Techies get their jobs done. TechRepublic serves the needs of the IT professionals providing information and tools for IT support.

Speed Test - The most relevant Internet Broadband Speed Test site with results that are easy read and understand.

Virus & E-mail Hoaxes - Virus hoaxes are uncovered on a regular basis. Hoaxes usually arrive in the form of an email. They contain bogus warnings usually intent only on frightening or misleading users. The best course of action is to merely delete these hoax emails. Please refer to this page whenever you receive what appears to be a bogus message regarding a new virus, or promotion that sounds too good to be true...

Microsoft Knowledge Base - Search Microsoft's Knowledge Base for information about your product including troubleshooting steps, solutions to common issues, how-to's, and latest downloads.

Events and Errors Message Center -    Find detailed message explanations, recommended user actions, and links to additional support and resources for Event Viewer Error Messages. These values can be found in the Event Viewer logs.

IPv4 addresses - Converting Octets to Binary and Decimal Calculator.

Downloadable Resources:

602LANSuite - Secure mail server with anti-virus & anti-spam, built-in firewall with NAT (Network Address Translation) and web content filter proxy for controlled Internet sharing. Access your e-mail anywhere using the included web mail client. The 5 user version is completely free!

Trillian: Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification, direct connection (AIM), proxy support, encrypted messaging (AIM/ICQ), SMS support, and privacy settings.

Anti-Virus & Anti-Spyware: AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool, trusted by 70 millions of users. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).

OpenOffice: Why pirate MS's pricey office suite when you can enjoy the same functionality for free!

GIMP for Windows: Why pirate Photoshop... GIMP is a full featured photo editing program that is completely Free.

Popup Manager: Pop-up Manager is an intelligent pop-up blocker that allows the pop-ups you want and blocks those you don't. Pop-up Manager places a small window in the corner of each Internet Explorer window. If the window is green, no pop-ups have been blocked on the current page. If the window is red, pop-ups have been blocked. Hovering over the red window shows the user the list of E icons that represent the blocked pop-ups; hovering over an icon allows the user to see the title and URL of the blocked pop-up; and clicking the E allows the pop-up to open.