Windows Help Links
If you have been using a computer for any length of time, you are probably aware that you need the correct drivers for your printer. You also need the right driver for your mouse, keyboard, video card, sound card, modem, scanner, camera and any other hardware you may use with your computer. If everything is working ok with your pc, you don't notice the drivers. BUT if anything suddenly quits working right, you may need to reinstall the driver. This can be quite a challenge, especially if you have no idea where the drivers are located. I have found a neat little program called Driver Detective that will search your computer, find all the drivers & copy them to a folder. Then if you need to reinstall a driver, it's right there in the folder, all neatly labeled. You can download the program from Driver Detective's web site.
- Sysinternals This site has some cool utilities for all flavors of Windows & Linux too.
- InfoPackets Here you will find great articles about Windows problems and how to fix them. While you are on InfoPackets site, sign up for the free newsletter
- System Resources Find out how to get back resources in your computer. This is a great article written by Hal Cardona.
- Pacs Portal Find out what's loading in Windows. Too many programs install themselves to load when Windows starts up. Look at this site to find out how to stop these programs from loading at start up.
- Win OS Central
- Mousetrax This is a great site. I go here a lot!
- Doug's Site Lots of good tips here!
- Microsoft KnowledgeBase Questions; you might find it! has a lot of Microsoft's help organized for you, you might find what you are looking for here.
- Microsoft's Expert Zone More tips & links to helpful sites
- Having trouble shutting down Windows 98/ME? Got to WINDOWS SHUTDOWN & RESTART CENTER for the fix.
- Problem with MS Paint. You want to save a file as a jpeg, but you only get the option to save as bmp. Try the fix on this site
- Here is Microsoft's explanation in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - Q298580 why some folks can save with all sorts of extensions and others can't.
- And here is another fix from Microsoft, just in case the first one didn't work
- Another Drivers Program, WinDriversBackup, has both a free and paid version. The paid version will backup non Operating System drivers as well as the drivers for Windows.
- One Computer Guy
- Msgsrv32 errors Sooner or later this error may pop up. Some things to try are on this site, Generation.net
- You have probably seen a Fatal Exception error, but what causes this & why? Check out what this site has to say. Fatal Exception Errors
- Open Windows programs maximized OK Teach Me has a lot of good stuff!
- Good Stuff for all versions of Windows, Registry Experts EasyDeskSoftware
- To find your Windows CD key as well as MS Office CD key, download & install this utility. Belarc Advisor will also provide a lot of other very useful information about your computer.
- Magical Jelly Bean Another CD key retrieval program
- 5 Star Support - Free Technical SupportA Free Computer Technical Support Site Featuring Free Computer Advice Along With Thousands of Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, DLL File Downloads, Free Monthly Newsletter and Much More!
- Tech Jargon Wondering what everyone is talking about? Jargon is very frustrating if you don't know what it means. Look it up on Techtarget
- Java Tester. Since so many web sites use java, it is a good idea to keep up with the latest version, especially since some of the earlier versions have security issues.
- How to run a disk check in Windows XP
- Troubleshooting and Resource Guide for Windows 95/98/ME/XP/Vista.
- Mike provided this link: WinDOwS Tricks · Secrets · Bugs · Fixes has something for everyone. Hard to read, but worth the effort!