Ad-Aware Combat those who wish to spy on you through their web page ads and cookiesAdShield Block those annoying ads that show up when browsing the Internet.Bazooka CWShredder Spybot Search & Destroy Use this in combination with Ad-Aware to get all the bad guysSpyware Blaster Windows Defender Anti-spyware program from Microsoft.AVG Anti-Virus A very good free anti-virus program that constantly updates itself to keep up to date to combat the latest virusesPaint Shop Pro PhotoFiltre . A quite good free photo editing program.Photo Story Helps to organize your digital photographs on your computerXNview Kerio Personal Firewall One of the top free firewall programs for personal useZone Alarm Free and/or paid versions of a great firewall.Brain Vista Challenge your mind here.Breakout Free games Fun Trivia One of many trivia sites on the Internet. This one has over 700,000 questions.Smack the Penguin Play this silly game to relax.Solitude Like playing solitaire? Here's a program with almost 100 different versions. The site also contains a few other programs you may find interesting.Yahtzee Computer version of the classic dice game. CPUser Group Another local computer club down the valley a ways.Crabby Office Lady Great tips on using Microsoft Office.History Of Windows Products and Technology Fascinating.How to Build Your Own Computer Also deals with upgrading the computer you have.Kim Komando . You have to wade through a lot of ads to get to the meat, but it is a worthwhile site with a lot of general computing info.MailWasher One of the best non-Microsoft programs I have ever found. It manages your email right on the server and with a little added common sense protects you from any kind of computer attack via email.Preview the Windows Vista operating system The latest greatest OS from MicrosoftVista upgrade advisor See if your computer is ready for an upgrade to Vista.Windows Desktop Search Search everything on your computer and the Internet from one sourceWindows Live The search engine of choice for those who want the best resultsAlternate Backup Schemes More MS info on backups.Auslogics Disk Defragmenter A good quick adjunct to the sometimes very slow Windows XP internal defraggerBackup Pros and Cons A discussion of backup media.CCleaner Cleans a lot of junk from your hard drive, but use with care.CleanXP A program by computer guru Fred Langa that cleans a lot of junk from your computer, but study it and use with care.Complete PC Maintenance Check List Computer Cleanup Hints, tips, instructions.Cookie Jar Handles the cookies on your computerDoug's Windows Tweaks and Tips More settings that can help customize Windows to your likingMicrosoft Baseline Security Advisor See how secure your computer is.MS backup information Talks about what you should back up.Optimize your computer More great info from Microsoft.TweakXP.com Change some of the XP default settings that may please the vast majority of XP users, but that may annoy youWindows XP, A-Z Much info on customizing and tweaking XP.Map 24 An alternative to the wonderful Microsoft Live Local mapsBaseball Reference Good site for a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan.Happy News A counterpoint to the always negative, always bad TV Network newscasts.Internet Archive . A wide variety of material is available here.Legacy A good genealogy program available in both a free and paid version.Microsoft Clip Art Collection Well over 100,000 to choose from.Mike's Calorie Charts Good nutrition information.Pictures from the International Space Station RefDesk One stop source for a ton of reference info.Route 66 University All you wanted to know about this classic highway.Sportline Fitness Pedometer Keep track of how far you walk when getting exercise away from your computer screenTextbook Revolution Free on-line textbooks.TV Show Theme Song Lyrics . It looks like there are about 200-250 theme song lyrics listed there.WRVO Streaming Internet radio PBS station with a lot of good old time radio (OTR) shows every evening from 8 to midnite usually closing each evening with one of the greatest of all OTR shows - Suspense. They also provide a complete monthly or quarterly schedule in .pdf format that you can download and use to plan your listening.All Music Guide ARES . A peer to peer music download site.Classic Bands R&R bands from the 50's, 60's, and 70'sJet Audio Music player.MP3Trim Another MP3 editing program.Ultimate Music Database WavePad WinAmp Music player.Windows Media Player If you have multimedia on your computer, this is what you need to play it. Read about it here, then download it here .Karen's Software Many great computer maintenance utilities available here - all free.List of Lists Lists of software and some top-notch computer information sites.Pass the Shareware A collection of shareware and freeware programs.Infospace . Telephone number lookup site including reverse lookups.Switchboard Internet phone book including reverse lookups.Allegheny River info Concerned with flooding? Keep track of river levels and forecasts here.AccuWeather Intellicast National Weather Service NOAA Local Weather Radar The Weather Channel 