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Crucial memory upgrades
Visit Crucial UK
A memory upgrade will provide a noticeable increase in
performance in most personal computers. Modern operating systems require
large amounts of system memory and the lack of free memory will cause your
applications to slow down considerably.
Use the Crucial Memory Advisor tool to find out which memory is right for your
system.
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AVG free Anti-Virus
Visit the AVG website
Probably the best, free anti-virus software available.
Please ensure that you update your anti-virus definitions regularly. |
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Visit Kaspersky Anti-Virus
The anti-virus packages provided by Kaspersky are considered to
be the best by many IT professionals. The Personal version of their
anti-virus software recently won the best software award in Computer Shopper
magazine.
(read the review) |
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ZoneAlarm Pro
Download ZoneAlarm Pro
A strong software firewall will help defend your PC or network from incoming
attacks, while still allowing legitimate traffic through. If you store
personal information on your PC, use internet banking or online shopping you
need a firewall. A good software firewall will help prevent the theft of your
information and the possible fraudulent use of your accounts.
The free version of this software firewall is also very good, but the additional
safeguards such as advanced email filtering and pop-up advertising protection
are not included. |
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Windows Update
Visit the Windows Update website
Keep your operating system up to date with the latest security
patches and bug fixes from Microsoft. |
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Windows Knowledge Base
Search the Windows Knowledge Base
The Windows Knowledge Base offers a huge amount of information, a
very useful resource for resolving Microsoft software problems. |
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Microsoft Excel Viewer
Download the viewer
With Excel Viewer 2003, you can open, view, and print Excel workbooks,
even if you don't have Excel installed. You can also copy data from
Excel Viewer 2003 to another program. However, you cannot edit data,
save a workbook, or create a new workbook. |
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Adobe Reader
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Adobe Reader
Adobe® Reader® is free software that allows everyone from
business professionals to home users to easily and reliably view, print,
and search PDF files using a variety of platforms and devices. |
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Novell Suse Linux
Visit the Suse Linux website
Suse currently provide one of the best versions of this
alternative operating system. Good documentation, a user-friendly
installation program and a huge range of quality software, combine to make this
my first choice when introducing people to the world of Linux. |
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