Home computing applications and Web Page design
can be easy...with the right tools!

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Have you recently upgraded your computer system or bought a new one?

...and don't know what Windows and Internet applications you need?

There's no need to juggle your mind and time about them!

Home Computer Applications and Software Libraries

If your system doesn't have all the Windows software
you need to get up on the Internet, then check out the following sites.

TUCOWS - The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software

Go to the TUCOWS site and check out their libraries of different internet clients

for various operating systems, plus TONS of other Windows utilities!

ZDNet Software Library

ZDNet - The home of the publishers of the world's leading computer magazines
and newspapers. Check out their extensive software libraries!

PC World Online

For the latest reviews of software and new hardware additions

A lot of Windows software and much more, it even has its own search engine for
software title searches.

Clicked Shareware Gallery is the perfect place for Windows Internet Applications.

Features include Top 20 listings for software categories such as graphics, the Internet, communication,
multimedia, games, and other miscellaneous stuff.

See how your computer system compares against the benchmarks!
Tom's Hardware Page

Check out Tom's Hardware page to see how your computer system
compares to other systems available on the market today.

Test your connection to Utopia! All tests are run by sending 10 pings of 1400 bytes from the OnLive! server to your computer.A ping is a network packet which is sent from one computer to another and then echoed back. "Packet loss" is the percentage of pings that were sent or echoed but were lost in transit. Packet loss is usually caused by heavy Internet traffic, noisey telephone lines, or other network errors. "Round-trip" is the number of milliseconds that each ping took to make it back to the OnLive! server. If you are connecting via a modem, expect slightly higher round-trip time than the "Utopia average." The columns of the table show the results of the current test along with averages for the past five, ten, and total times that the test has been running to your computer. For comparison, the final column reports the average for everyone who has run this network test.

Here are some very good, all around must-have utilities for Windows!

LView Pro - An excellent graphics viewer

LView Pro is a great graphics viewer that supports most graphic types used today.
You can view and save images in a variety of different formats.
Also you can change the display of any image with many different editors

WinZip 8.0 - A Windows version which is THE BEST program for PkZip, and other
compression formats including .tar, .lzh, *.arc and uuendcoding. Plus it supports
self-extracting files.

Virus Protection

"If you're going to pick up a data-destroying computer virus, it'll probably come
from a file you download from cyberspace.
So you need protection before disaster strikes.
One top antivirus choice is F-Prot Professional--it's fast, accurate, and it is FREE !!"
- an excerpt from PC World Magazine F-Prot runs from DOS or Windows and intercepts viruses before they wreak havoc.

F-PROT is a leading Anti-Virus and Data Security toolkit. There are versions
available for DOS, Windows (all versions), OS/2 16&32-bit, and Novell NetWare.
The product is relied on by many of the world's largest companies,
governments, universities and institutions.

For the latest from Microsoft click below to go to their homepage

Other sites also have patches and alternative solutions
for many of Microsoft's products. Check out some of the below links.
Win95 Annoyances "Microsoft is, by far, the largest software manufacturer in the world. True, they've
done a lot for the PC platform. However, criticism is just as important as competition
for keeping this goliath in check. If you're looking for answers, then
Windows95 Annoyances is for you." - Creative Elements
Frank Condron's World O'Windows - Windows 95 Page
Another highly recommended site for Windows utilities, patches,
drivers and shareware.
32bit.com - The 32bit Operating System Center!
And yet another great site for Windows shareware files, and drivers.
Windows95.com
Another home page with information, drivers and shareware for Windows 95.
Drivers Headquarters Here's a great web page that will give you URL addresses for manufacturers so you
can get the most recent updated drivers for ALL the components of your computer
system. Download their "Driver Detective" program to detect what versions
of drivers are currently on your system.

Web Page Clip Art Sites

Everyday it seems I find more and more sites that feature FREE and creative clip art
that you can use for web page design. Check out some of these sites for regular and
animated clip art, and let your imagination and web page space be your guide.
A-Plus Clip Art

Texture Land - Another Background Application
Welcome to Texture Land. We currently have 196 textures that you can use in web pages,
3D modelling, VRML, for wallpaper, or anything else you can think of!
The textures here are free for individual use, and also for non-profit companies.
If you plan to use these textures as part of a commercial web site, you must pay a modest fee.

Animated GIFs... and now...OVER 400? IMAGES make great additions to your web pages

The Award Winning Web Clip Art Resource for Web Masters & Web Site Designers!
The Clip Art Connection is a massive FREE resource for all types of clip art and digital imagery.
Thousand's of local images plus hundred's of clipart related links.
One of the largest single clip-art resources on the web since 1995!

Some animated gifs here are from Eclipsed.com,click here to see more

Andy's Art Attack! - Your One Stop Web Design Resource.

Andy's Art Attack is known as a "One Stop Resource for Web Designers".
This site contains 100's of original animations, buttons, bullet points & backgrounds
that you are FREE to use on your website.

This is the Mother Lode for graphics!! This is your ONE-STOP resource for
clip art and other Web page graphics -- many, many thousands of
FREE and low cost images.
My neighbor Gini, from over in the Heights section of Silicon Valley of Geocities,
is going to save you a lot of work and time, if you are searching for high quality
graphics for your Web page. She scoured the Web for about 2 years for the
BEST sites carrying free or low-cost Web page graphics,
then she compiled this directory to ONLY the BEST sites.
You won't be wasting time wading through tons of mediocre stuff here.
About 95% of the sites listed here are completely free; and the rest are worthwhile,
inexpensive commercial sites.

Nancy's Cat Animation Page
This is a great collection of cat animation files. It may take your browser awhile
to load, but it is well worth the wait. It also includes a collection of other cat
animation related links. Check them out also!

Here are some more links to check out for animated .gif's

Top 500 Animations on the Net

Geek Zone Animation Page

A page of cool animated gifs

Gif Animation Station - 300+ Gif Animations

Rose's Animated Gifs

Rogers Animated Gifs- A good collection of animated gifs

Elated.com Freebies - animated art, templates and more

The Ball Botique- 1000's of images for your site.

The Shadow Zone- Tons of images for your site.

Animations and Graphics for your website

A good collection of Animation Links

Gif Animation Links

Eclectic Artistry- Tons of links to anything to do with graphics.

A list from a Yahoo search for Internet graphics

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