| Windows PCs | |
| Windows 98 Annoyances | Lots of help here for beleaguered Win98 users. |
| Windows 95 Annoyances | This is really a great place when you need help with Win95. |
| MS Knowledgebase | I've never really got to grips with how to use this page properly, but I know that there is loads of information there for anyone patient (or desperate!) enough to learn how to use it. |
| Modem Troubleshooting | There's all sorts of help here on troubleshooting your modem problems. |
| MS Troubleshooters | There's lots of detailed and interactive help with your MS product problems. |
| Shep's Place | There are all sorts of useful tips and wrinkles here on how to keep your Windows PC running cleanly. There's also help with re-installing and housekeeping generally. Shep is a very helpful bloke who hangs out in the Windows 95 NGs, and he's helped me out on a number of occasions. Thanks, Shep :-) |
| Drivers | |
| WinDrivers.Com | This is a great place to find drivers of all sorts. |
| DriverGuide.Com | This is the best drivers page I've found. There's loads of stuff here. |
| Upgrading your PC | |
| Hardware Central | There are all sorts of tutorials here. I used them to install a new motherboard in my PC earlier this year. Bearing in mind that I'd never seen it done before, I found the tutorials very helpful indeed. |
| Build Your Own PC | Lots of information here about building, or upgrading, your PC at home. |
| Tom's Hardware Guide | This is another very helpful place. There are hardware reviews, and also guides to upgrading your PC. |
| Upgrade Guides & Performance Tips | More helpful information. |
| Wim's BIOS | Everything you could ever want to know about the BIOS. |
| Bootdisk.Com | This is a great page to download a boot disk. I've found it useful when re-installing Win95, since I always forget where my CD-Rom drivers are. That doesn't seem to be a problem with Win98, since it'll make a boot disk for you with all necessary modem drivers. |
| Installing Win98 | This is WinMag.Com's helpful guide to installing Win98. |
| comp.ms.os-windows.win95.misc | This is a very helpful NG for queries about Win95 and also Win98. |
| alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt | Another useful NG for building your own PC. |
| alt.comp.hardware | And another. |
| Building a Web Page | |
| McWebber | A good place to start if you're making a web page. |
| SelfPromotion.com | The definitive guide to how to prepare your web page for effective submission to the major search engines, as well as assistance with actually doing it. |
| comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro | Here's lots of help with the graphics programme Paint Shop Pro. Very useful when you're making a web page. |
| Recording Help | |
| The Recording FAQ | This is the FAQ posted weekly to the NG rec.audio.pro. It's packed with information about home recording. |
| rec.audio.pro | A newsgroup devoted to recoding issues. |
| alt.music.4-track | Another newsgroup with help for home recorders. |