My Fav Links

Friend's and Relatives

Ben Korvemaker

David A. Youck

Dave Major

Jauk/Yauk/Youck Family tree

Computer or Business

Creative Labs Home page

USRobotics

LeaderPost

Resourses

Regina Pub Library Online Pub Catalog

Fun Stuff

The internet movie database

Official Starwars site

Simpsons

Ryan's Free software recommends.

• ZoneAlarm (free) or Sygate Personal Firewall (free)
  Personal firewall software blocks incoming attacks. It also stops malicious code installed on your system from communicating across the network and revealing your secrets.
• Mozilla
  Mozilla, my browser of choice. It has tabbed browsing (try it!) and a built-in pop-up killer. Keep Internet Explorer around for those sites with ASP scripting that won't run on anything but IE, but this browser offers more convenience and better security. Plus, it feels faster.
• AVG Free Edition or AntiVir
  You should run an antivirus tool, but most folks don't want to pay for one. Tired of Norton Antivirus and paying for lifetime updates? Fortunately, there is free antivirus software that's updated regularly.
• Spybot -- Search & Destroy and Ad-aware
  Since spyware constantly changes and evolves, you have to download updates for your spyware removal tools. I run not one, but two spyware removers in the hope that between the two, I'll catch ant bad stuff on my system. Sometimes one finds something the other doesn't.
• OpenOffice.org
  Don't buy Microsoft Office or steal it. Download OpenOffice instead. Word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool - FREE!
• AbiWord
  A free word processing application that works with Windows, Linux, QNX, FreeBSD and even Solaris. Perfect for those who can't live without Microsoft Word, but wish they could, offers compatibility with OpenOffice documents, Microsoft Word documents, WordPerfect documents, Rich Text Format documents, and more.
• IZArc
  Alternative to WinZip. It has an easy-to-use interface that looks like Windows Explorer, and it can also handle .rar and .iso files (WinZip can't).
• Stuffit Expander
  Yes, Windows XP has a built-in ZIP exploder. Sure, WinZip or WinRAR might be the best choice for zipping files. Stuffit Expander is still a free way to open any archived file. It can unpack just about anything.
• SpamPal or SpamFighter
  Filters your email from unwanted junk email.
• QuickTime
  Apple’s cutting-edge digital media software for both Mac and Windows-based computers delivers unparalleled quality for playing and streaming audio and video content over the Internet. Built with MP4 video and audio support, AAC audio, Instant-On functionality, MPEG-2 playback and much more!
• Adobe Acrobat Reader or Older Versions as Version 6 is rather large or Foxit Reader
  View and print PDF files on the Web with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. Electronic document reader. Foxit Reader is small and quick. It doesn't need any installation, so you can start to run it as soon as you've downloaded it.
• CutePDF Writer
  Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. CutePDF Writer is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications, that are able to print, to create professional quality PDF documents.
• FileZilla or SmartFTP
  A Windows-based File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client that allows users to upload and download files. It utilizes the capabilities of FTP without you having to know all the details of the protocol itself.
• CCleaner
  That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space.
• XNews
  A Usenet news reader. It comes with many useful features, quick and advanced filtering options, support for multiple servers and more. Subscribed newsgroups can be organized in folders for easy navigation. Xnews also offers header caching, permanent archival of messages and support for binary attachments.
• Audacity
  A free audio editor. You can record sounds, play sounds, import and export WAV, AIFF, Ogg Vorbis, and MP3 files, and more. Use it to edit your sounds using Cut, Copy and Paste, mix tracks together, or apply effects to your recordings.
• Azureus or µTorrent
  Azureus is a java bittorrent client offering multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. uTorrent is a lightweight (Very) and efficient BitTorrent client.

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