Knowledge Databases

The Internet - from A to Z!
Extensive How To Manuals and Guides from AfterDawn

Audio Resources

Repair MP3 files
Andy McFadden's CD-R FAQ
Audio restoration by Graham Newton
Audiograbber - The best free MP3/Wave/CD/analog encoding software (Recommended)
Audacity
CoolEdit
Electronic Cosmos' MPEG Suite Encoder/Decoder
Exact Audio Copy
FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec
Poddox - small, light, and fast alternative to iTunes (Recommended)
MP3/Wave to Wave/MP3 Decoder
MP3 Gain volume equalizer for layer 3
Monkey's Audio - Lossless compression
Sound Forge (Not free, but recommended)
Volume Balancer (For Wave files)
WaveGain (Wave Equalizer)
Wave Repair
WinAmp MP3 player (Recommended)
Andy McFadden's CD-R FAQ
LP to CD-R tips
R3MIX
Sound (card) advice
Tom's Audio Guide

Backup Software

Crashplan - it's free!
ERUNT- Emregency Recovery Utility
NTREGOPT - Registry Optimizer
Comodo Backup, Firewall, Antivirus, Antispam, and Anti-Malware!
DriveImageXML - Hot image your hard drive

DVD Resources

The ultimate free HD player - Splash Lite
Koyotesoft - Superb freeware audio and video utilities, etc.
DVD Flick - DVD authoring freeware
VLC Media Player - good, but not as good as Splash Lite
DVD Shrink
DVD Decrypter
Doom9
DVDR Help
CDRLabs

Drivers

DLL files
Driver Guide
Sound card drivers
Windows drivers

File Download Tools

Download Accelerator


File Management Tools

Recuva - Excellent Data Recovery freeware
Kaspersky online file scanner
Beyond Compare - To compare and back up data
Unzip any type of file online at Wobzip
GoodSync - to backup your files
HDClone
Handy Backup
LookDisk
Overdisk
System Information for Windows
TreeSize

Firefox Add-ons

Modem Support

Modemhelp.org
ModemSite

Online Virus Scanners

Quick and dirty BitDefender (<2minutes!)
Trend Micro Housecall

Registry Cleaners

Dial-a-Fix
ccCleaner
Microsoft RegClean
RegCleaner

Security

Panda Cloud Antivirus
PC Tools Antivirus
Threatfire - behavior-based protection
Antiphishing software
Avira
AVG from Grisoft
avast!
Anti-Spyware Guide
Encryption software freeware
GRC | Shields Up and Leak Test - Is your PC secure?
Spyware Terminator
SuperAntiSpyware
Sygate (Free)

Services

Free online file conversions
PDFEscape - Fill non-interactive PDF forms


Software (Most for free)

Hiren & Pankaj - Computer resources!
Ashampoo - a suite of great multi-faceted software
Software from Bootblock
Filebuzz freeware
Agent Ransack - Excellent search utlitiy
Codec Guide: Your source for quality codecs
Only Freeware
PC Magazine's Best Free Software
Gizmo's freeware
Data recovery freeware
Freedownloads Center
Afterdawn software
Nikhil Baliga's software site
OldApps.com - Old versions of software
Mailwasher, the free spam filter
Tech Support Alert
Snapfiles
Belarc
CNET
Continuous Atomic Time
Download.com
Filehippo
FreewareFiles
Fresh Devices
Mini Reminder
Netscape Browser
SysInternals
Tucows
Freeware
Hoverdesk
Notepad+ (Forget the bare bones Windows one!)
PCWorld
Softwarium (VERY useful Free Windows and Mac software)
Winfiles
ZDNet ('Downloads' link)

Tutorials

Free computer and programming e-books
RealAudio - 1
RealAudio - 2
W3Schools Web Tutorials

Utilities

Vertex42 - Free spreadsheet templates, calculators, and calendars
AnVir Task Manager
Beginner's guide to computers
Password Corral - freeware password manager
Roboform - password manager
DriveZ - To list contents of folders
NoteZ - Post-It Notes

Storage Providers

Dropbox
Box.net
Qnet