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"Roxio" and whatever happened to Adaptec

Troubleshooting problems making CDs

What hardware does Easy CD Creator support

Reading discs created with DirectCD

Information on CD-R and CD-RW

Using Easy CD Creator to create a bootable CD

What versions of Roxio GoBack are compatible with Windows Millennium

What version of Easy CD Creator works with Windows Millennium

Problems backing up an existing CD

Extracting a CD image file without a CD burner

Finding comprehensive FAQs on burning CDs

Online Glossary of audio terms

Where to find online media content

Get STP MP3 player to reduce screen space used for playing MP3 and CD files

Downloading MP3 files versus playing them

Unable to play MP3 files after downloading them

Finding Windows Media Player 7 accessories

Clearing the Most Recently Used list in Windows Media Player 7

Finding the latest information on Windows Media Player

Where to get skins for Windows Media Player 7

How to create custom skins for Windows Media Player 7

The world's funniest tech support calls

Monitoring police scanners on the Web

Pre-recorded answer machine bits online

Finding streaming video content

Browse vintage home pages

The fabulous Fish Cam

Free movies, TV shows, sports, and radio

Watch online movies for free

The history of Saturday morning cartoons

Grocery list creation on the Web

Changing the default browser to Internet Explorer

Surfing faster by turning off graphics

Speed up browsing with keyboard shortcuts

Forward and Back via the IntelliMouse wheel

One-click way to eliminate page backgrounds

Saving screen real estate

Controlling displayed text size

Streamlining Internet Explorer's toolbars

Saving a given graphic from a Web page

Getting rid of the Links folder

Printing a Web page in color with background

Controlling headers and footers when printing Web pages

Creating your own custom home page

Finding the Easter Egg in Internet Explorer 5

Organizing the Favorites drop-down list

Quickly rearranging Favorites

Bookmarking sites from a computer that's not your own

Changing the default home page

Opening pages in a new window the fast way

Printing just a portion of a Web page

Finding pages you visited earlier

Renaming Bookmarks and Favorites

Transferring Favorites from one computer to another

Opening a framed page without the frame

Finding old versions of Internet Explorer

Finding the latest browser version

Changing the default browser to Navigator

Save a given graphic from a Web page

Clearing the Location drop-down list

Surf faster by turning off graphics

Eliminate page backgrounds

Getting the latest page version

Print a Web page in color with background

Speed up browsing with keyboard shortcuts

Control displayed text size

Create your own custom home page

Bookmarking sites from a computer not your own

Find the most popular Plug-ins

Find old versions of Internet Explorer

How to know when a page has been updated

Putting bookmarks on the toolbar

Finding pages you visited earlier

Saving a page as an HTML file

Creating multiple bookmarks that point to the same page

Open and navigate multiple browser windows

Create your own toolbar folders

Quickly rearrange bookmarks

Migrate Internet Explorer and Outlook data to Navigator and Messenger

Transferring bookmarks from one computer to another

Changing Navigator's look and feel

Finding the latest browser version

Open a framed page without the frame

How much is your house is worth

Trustworthy commerce sites

General insurance information

Determine if your Pentium III processor was recalled

What bots are all about

Monitor publicly traded companies

Checking out a company with the Better Business Bureau

Buying small quantities at volume prices

Finding an expert (or selling expert service yourself)

All about the BIOS

Upgrading an obsolete Phoenix BIOS

Verifying your Intel processor

Finding the best hardware retailer

Finding peripheral card information

Finding information about your CD-ROM drive

Finding online reviews

Finding an IBM hardware manufacturer

Finding IntelliPoint software and driver information

Displaying Palm applications

Putting Microsoft Office documents on a handheld

Microsoft Access database on a PocketPC

Getting the right RAM

Finding X-10 automation information

Free online hardware advice

Finding repetitive strain injury (RSI) information

Getting latest manufacturer information via email

General information direct to you via email

Searching for information on Yahoo!

Finding some tech support on the Microsoft site

Getting better rankings for Web pages

Finding online auction information

Finding information on Linux

Finding do-it-yourself information

Finding troubleshooting information

Finding free books online

Using CyberAtlas for Internet stats

Shopping safely on the Web

Finding used, rare, or out-of-print books

Finding a good technical term dictionary

Cultural etiquette when traveling

Online library resources

Getting error message updates over the Web

Forcing Outlook Express to be a newsreader only

What's new in Office applications

Digitally signing your VBA macros

Customizing the Places Bar (for Office 2000 and XP/2002)

Searching the Office Resource Kit for free

Online information for the Developer Edition of Microsoft Office XP/2002

Protecting yourself from accidentally saving changes

Finding the Inbox Repair Tool in Office 2000

Listing the best Office 2000 keyboard shortcuts

Listing the best Windows 98 keyboard shortcuts

Getting free graphics for Office documents

Finding the Small Business Tools in Premium, Professional, or Small Business editions of Office 2000

Upgrading the Small Business Tools when installing Office XP/2002

Office XP/2002 Update: Additional Help Files

Getting information on COM add-ins

Office 2000's setup options

Dealing with Office 2000's multiple install CDs

Finding out about Digital Dashboard technology

Saving a Web page and related graphics files as a single file

Removing Office 2000's Disc 2 components from your PC

Service Packs available for Office 2000

Finding the Microsoft Office equivalent to the "Windows Critical Update Notification"

Finding Office tips on the Microsoft site

Producing professional-looking documents using free templates

Finding the latest free sound files for Office 2000

Getting file viewers and converters for Office

Quickly get up to speed with Microsoft MapPoint 2001

Importing a subset of Outlook contacts into MapPoint 2001

Accessing the demographic statistical data that is included with Microsoft MapPoint 2001

Getting information on Office accessibility features

Quickly get up to speed with Microsoft Visio 2000

Finding the home page for MapPoint

Finding Microsoft's online Office how-to articles

Microsoft Office Resource Kit Toolbox online

Logitech mouse problems in Office 2000

Deploying or using Office 2000 in a multi-language environment

Finding the Office XP Resource Kit online

Customizing Microsoft Office XP smart tags

Finding out about Microsoft's SharePoint workgroup collaboration technology

Building a COM add-in

More Office 2000 official Microsoft tips

The Official Microsoft Office reference page

Transferring your Office 2000 settings from PC to PC

Mouse tricks for moving and copying cells

Creating formulas (or constants) without putting them on the worksheet

Quickly jump to a variety of places or even collections of cells and objects

Unhiding rows and columns

Zooming in or out via the IntelliMouse wheel

Reviewing someone else's spreadsheet

Using styles in spreadsheets

Using templates for spreadsheets

Setting passwords for spreadsheets

Setting Excel to open a read-only workbook by default

Avoiding a blank worksheet when Excel starts

Creating a series of day labels automatically

Displaying formulas instead of results in cells

Setting workbooks to automatically create backup copies

Understanding how the clipboard works in Excel to prevent data loss

Using cell comments

Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a macro

Using Insert Paste to jam cells in amongst others

Using mouse and keyboard to cut and paste

Merging styles between workbooks

Crossfoot auditing technique using the =IF() function

Read passwords versus write passwords

Using "Read-only recommended"

Protecting a workbook structure

Copying a formula without changing relative references

Fastest way to create range names

Rules that govern range names

Printing Invalid Data circles

Protecting individual sheets within a workbook

Protecting individual cells within a worksheet

Conditional formatting of cells

Displaying the Excel auditing toolbar

Wrapping text in a cell more like Word does in a Word table

Zooming in or out via the IntelliMouse wheel

Automatically creating backup copies of documents

Switching between automatic curly or straight quotes

Switching between curly and straight quotes in a document

The Top Ten Word support issues and their answers

Fast navigation in Word 97 and 2000 documents (without Document Map)

Getting to the place in your document where you last stopped editing

Recovering a corrupted document

Get a free Word bookmark utility

Word XP new feature: Digitally sign a document

Word XP new feature: Customize the Places Bar

Word XP new feature: New from existing document

Word XP new feature: Task Pane

Word XP new feature: Speech recognition

Word XP new feature: Handwriting recognition

Word XP new feature: Reveal formatting

Word XP new feature: Format consistency checker

Word XP new feature: Outlining toolbar tweaks

Word XP new feature: Word Count toolbar

Word XP new feature: Enhanced searching features

Word XP new feature: Office Clipboard and Paste Options

Word XP new feature: Clear formats

Word XP new feature: Multiple unconnected selections

Word XP new feature: In-place language translation

Word XP new feature: Smart tags

Word XP new feature: AutoCorrect smarts

Word XP new feature: Reviewing

Word XP new feature: Custom table styles

Word XP new feature: Sort by more than one word inside a table column

Word XP new feature: Picture rotation and compression

Word XP new feature: Diagrams

Word XP new feature: Drawing Canvas

Word XP new feature: Web Archive

Word XP new feature: Introduction field

Word XP new feature: Mail Recipient (for Review)

Word XP new feature: Booklet printing

Word XP new feature: Remove personal information

Word XP new feature: Block access to Visual Basic projects

Word XP new feature: Save My Settings Wizard

Word XP new feature: Crash management

Word XP new feature: Expanded object model

Turning off the slow Outlook Today feature

Doing free-form text searches

Using Outlook keyboard shortcuts

Creating text snippets for use in emails

Copying a PST file can delete the copy in the destination folder

Adding movie clips to presentations

The most useful keyboard shortcuts

Preventing PowerPoint 2000 from hanging when opening HTML documents

Converting Web pages to presentations

Using slide presentations on Web sites

Using Tab key to navigate Web forms

Accessing your bookmarks even when working on someone else's computer

Creating a custom home page with links to your favorite sites

Managing bookmarks with add-on utility

Changing the default browser between Navigator and Internet Explorer

Searching for text on a Web page

Using Dreamweaver to design pages

Cutting down on the number of bookmarks you need

Calculating how long a given file will take to download

Keeping up with search engine changes

Speeding up research across numerous Web pages

Finding information on UseNet

Speeding up browsing on slower dial-up connections

Stopping banner ads

Using an Internet accelerator for speed over dial-up connections

Increasing the number of returned citations when using a search engine

Stopping pop-up windows

Speeding up searches by using meta search engines

Getting notified when favorite Web pages are updated

Finding specialized search engines

Using one program to manage ads, banners, pop-ups, and cookies

Grabbing text from a Web page

Essential page layout tool

Must-have information for PaintShop Pro users

Speeding up editing in HomeSite

Adding sound to your Web pages

Converting RGB color values to hexadecimal

Switching applications using the keyboard

Our favorite time-saving Windows keyboard shortcuts

Using SaberQuest's free Mail Spy utility

Using multiple printer settings

Free Windows 98 utility for dropping chunks of text into applications

Using Notepad as a daily journal

Creating a PDF without Adobe Acrobat

Configuring ICQ to protect your privacy

Maintaining an online calendar

Looking up zip codes on the Web

Keeping your screen blank

Opening files in Microsoft Project

Comparing text files

Untangling the cable mess

What are cookies?

Find out what information is stored in your cookies

Assessing your system's vulnerability to outside attack

Getting Zone Alarm to update properly

Getting Zone Alarm to create logs

Using Zone Alarm's "allow connect" feature

Deciphering BlackICE Defender's attack list

Using a free log analysis tool on Zone Alarm's intrusion log

Where to report Internet fraud

Help and resources if you've become the victim of Internet fraud

Using a proxy service to browse anonymously

Where system administrators should focus on securing their systems

Where to get a copy of Pretty Good Privacy freeware

Using electronic signatures and the risks

Securing your mouse when away from your computer

Identity Theft checklist and resources

Victims of identity theft speak out

Preventing identity theft

Deciphering passwords in Windows

Keeping track of all your passwords

Listing all the passwords stored in the Windows username.PWL file

Selecting a really secure password

Determining how much space you can save by converting from FAT to FAT32

Integrating both PCs and Macs on the same network

Tools and things you need to assemble and/or upgrade a PC

Getting more use from power strips

Choosing the right uninterruptible power supply

Motherboard socket/slot specifications

Finding form factors and other motherboard information on the Intel site

Identifying your graphic chipset using software

Finding device driver diagnostic, and configuration information

Finding out about the accelerated graphics port

Finding out about FireWire

Products that support FireWire

Finding out about PCMCIA

Finding out about USB ports and products

Troubleshooting a SCSI controller problem under Windows 2000

Good online sources for motherboard information

Figuring out what type of motherboard you need

Reassigning Zip/Jazz drive letters

What to do before editing the Registry

Increase the number of Registry backups in Registry Checker

Freeing up IRQs

Setting the CD-ROM drive to Z:

Eliminating broken link files on your system

Troubleshooting Windows shutdown problems

Turning off personalized menus in Windows 2000 Professional

Editing the Windows Registry

Setting or changing a PC's name under Windows 98

Setting or changing your PC's name under Windows 2000

Recording all your system and application settings

Avoid having to log on to your Windows 2000 workstation

Automatically starting a default operating system

Where to find Windows 2000 Service Pack 2

Relocating where Windows 2000 stores temporary files

Relocating where Windows 2000 stores virtual memory paging files

Windows 2000 and visually impaired users

Making the Windows 2000 operating system boot menu stay onscreen

Changing the default operating system on a dual-boot Windows 2000 system

Rolling back your Windows 98 Registry to a prior version

Calibrating Windows 98's Registry Checker tool

Getting the latest version of the Microsoft TweakUI tool

Diagnosing Windows 98 power management problems

Using "undo" in Windows Explorer

Great place for Windows tips

Adjusting columns in Windows Explorer

Adding or removing items on your Windows 2000 start menu's programs/startup folder

Making an installed program available to all users or a single user under Windows 2000

Replacing Windows Explorer

Customizing the Places Bar in Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium

Customizing Windows 98's Registry Checker settings

Creating custom color schemes and desktop layouts

Manually running a Windows Update operation

Differences between system partition and boot partition in Windows 2000 and NT

Creating and working with compressed archive files in Windows Millennium

Taking control of your system tray

Setting global environment variables in Windows 98

Synchronize your PC clock with an atomic clock

Accessibility options in Windows 2000

Upgrading to Windows 2000

Find Administrative Tools in Windows 2000

Partitioning hard disks in Windows 2000 Professional

Background hard disk activity in Windows Millennium

Cutting back on Windows Millennium System Restore

Should you upgrade to Windows Millennium

USBReady utility

AMD's free Windows utility CPUID for identifying your AMD microprocessor

Extracting a component's exact model number

Shortcuts to finding the latest drivers

Finding AMD technical documents

Getting detailed Intel processor information

Use the "Restart in MS-DOS mode" option to avoid Windows shutdown problems

Tom's Hardware Guide

Synchronize your PC's clock over the Internet

Fast, free, detailed analysis of your PC

Free online testing resources

Find out when a device or driver was added to your system

Find out which Microsoft program installed which DLL or executable file

Using the Microsoft DLL Help Database to reveal all components that ship with a product

Find the driver you want in a hurry

Automatically determine what upgrades your system needs

Display CPU information

Exercise care in creating a Windows startup boot disk

Stress testing your motherboard and CPU

Free bare-bones PC burn-in test

Clean boot Windows Millennium for troubleshooting

Find out which file extension is associated with what program

Determine your BIOS ID

Free tool for dealing with file associations

What to do when your broadband connection crashes

Find information on cable modems

Find information on DSL connections

Erase all speed dial settings when turning in an old cell phone

What to do if you get slammed, crammed, or jammed

Single most important cell phone feature to consider

Second most important cell phone feature to consider

Third most important cell phone feature to consider

Deciding on the number of minutes you need in your cellular phone plan

When to change cell phone plans

Online resources for cell phones, plans, accessories, and related topics

Limiting the number of unwanted incoming calls to your cell phone

Deciphering the area code, location, and time zone with QuickInfo

Deciphering the area code, location, and time zone with AmeriCom's Area Decoder

Fixing dialing settings in Windows 2000 to accommodate 10-digit local calls

Fixing dialing settings in Windows 98 and Millennium to accommodate 10-digit local calls

Internet all-in-one phone solution: uReach

Use Zone Alarm to protect your PC from hackers

Surfing with only one phone line

Check your broadband connection's throughput

Sharing a single Internet connection

Description of Internet Connection Sharing for Windows 98 SE

Installing ICS on Windows 98 SE

Internet Connection Sharing can interfere with NetMeeting

Where to find the latest version of ICQ

Fix ICQ run at startup bug in version 99b

Protect your privacy on ICQ

Make a backup of your ICQ Address Book

IomegaWare and Windows 2000 compatibility

Get support for IomegaWare

IomegaWare and the Click of Death

IomegaWare slows down system boot

View PDF files in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Finding earlier versions of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader

Receiving faxes

Verify email addresses en masse

Search for files that match naming criteria on a hard disk or across a network

Reduce disk space when using the news and mail reader Forte Agent

Don't use Roxio's GoBack tool with boot managers or boot loaders

Fix for Microsoft Works 2000 or Works Suite 2000 bug

Payments over the Internet with PayPal

Use your System Tray as a file launcher

Testing your CD sound system

Timing exactly how long an MS-DOS command ran

Create self-extracting archives with WinAce Archiver

Batch extraction of archive files (various formats)

Getting WinZip 8.0 to zip and email in one operation

Create profiles in WS_FTP Pro

Automating mouse movement and activity

Fix for Shutdown/Restart problems with APC's PowerChute

Helpful Symantec resources

Optimize Norton AntiVirus 2000's version 6

Optimize Norton AntiVirus 2001's version 7

Hidden gems in Norton SystemWorks/Utilities 2000

Using Norton Utilities' System Information tool

Compare two text files with Norton Utilities

Using Norton Utilities' WipeInfo tool to sanitize a hard drive

Helpful PowerQuest resources

Copy feature grayed out in PowerQuest PartitionMagic

Create multi-boot partitions with PowerQuest PartitionMagic

Get the latest patches for PartitionMagic

PowerQuest's master error code list