Links to useful download & informational sites

Update Drivers
Do you want to check for updated drivers but cannot be bother to go through all your hardware? Try this program. This a PAY program and costs about $25.00 / £15.00.

DLL file
Lost one? Need to replace one? This is the place to go.

Drivers Guide
Are you looking for a driver? Old or new. Try here.
You will have to register, but registration is free.

Graphics drivers
You will also find driver updates for your NVida and ATI cards here as well as a few few other graphics related downloads.
They also have Motherboard Chipset drivers for VIA and Intel.
Or here forGoogle links

Drivers Station
Drivers Station is a good site for updating almost any type of drivers (Motherboard - BIOS etc).

Motherboard Reviews, News, Guides, and Tools.
The Utilities link with take you to good selection of Diagnostic software etc

MS link for driver downloads

Looking for free photo's? try the these two links
Free Photo's 1
Free Photo's 2

Computer term? Go here to find out what the various names and terms mean.

File extension(s) (or what does the 3 letters after the dot mean?)
Need to know what an extension is, what software it comes from? Go here. Boot Disks
Windows Boot Disks
You will find all versions of boot disks here.
From Win95 (with CD-ROM drivers) to the latest Windows OS's.

System Information Software
Everest Hardware Diag You have the choice of 3 downloads here (The home edition is freeware)

Belarc - Benchmarking

SiSoft Sandra

Futuremark Formally Madonion benchmarking

Memory Diagnostics SymTester (See also SiSoft Sandra on right)
Memory prices and purchase
UK link but easy to find international links.

ISP Good? - Bad? See the opinions of others here.
UK
USA (International)

Go here
For "PC Guide" if you want find out how to do something. A lot of very usful information and help. My only complaint about this site is that I can find nothing to complain about.

Way Back
Allows you to search for web pages/sites no longer readily available. If you have an old computer, you might, with patience, be able to find drivers and full details of the computer hardware etc.
Or if you are looking for information that was on the net a few years ago, then this is the place to go.

FCC ID
Wanting to find who made your hardware, look for the FCC ID number and then go here.
For "PC Guide" if you want find out how to do something.
My only complaint about this site is that I can find nothing to complain about.

Internet Fraud Complaints
Do you want to complain about a Company that has, in your opinion, behaved fraudulently then go here.

 

E-Mail Hoaxes
Do you want to find out if an E-mail is a hoax or not? Go here to find out.