World Wide Web
Internet Wayback machine
URL Aliases:
Web publishing
many validators and linkers (great forms!)
W3C Link Checker (great forms!)
Web Sniffer — view HTTP headers and HTML source
Web publishing: robots
Web publishing: servers
Web publishing: images
Web publishing: promotion (incl. registry services)
Web publishing: HTML references and specs
Web publishing: Character sets and internationalization or i18n
Web publishing: HTML style guides and hints
Colors:
Web publishing: CSS
Validation:
Standards and specs:
General articles
Web publishing: SGML
Web site lists
Web site lists: Reviewed sites
Web site lists: Customized
- NEW: CNN Custom News (wsj: set up profile of news topics from CNN and other sources)
- NEW: The Mining Co. (wsj: picks out high-quality Web sites, hosted by subject-area "experts")
- NEW: My Excite Channel (wsj: similar to My Yahoo!)
- NEW: My Yahoo! (wsj: customize news and stocks of interest)
Web site lists: Lists by subject
Web site lists: Lists by mechanism
Web site lists: General lists
Internet
Internet: General Surveys
Usenet:
Internet: Providers
Usenet news servers:
Internet: Mail Forwarding
Internet: Abuse
Internet: Specs
Internet: Routing
Internet: Finding People
Internet: Tutorials
Internet faxing
- NEW: eFax.com: send and receive faxes free via email
- NEW: JFAX.com: send and receive faxes free via email
Computer technology
Viruses:
Computer technology: Privacy
Computer technology: News
Programming
Programming: Design, especially OO
Programming: Shareware Publishing
Programming: Shared Code for Download
Lists of libraries and library repositories (C/C++):
Self-documenting code:
- NEW: Joe Linoff's ccdoc (like javadoc)
Math libraries
Programming: Assembler
Programming: Java
Programming: DOS/Windows
Programming: C
(see also C++, below)
Programming: C++
C++: Standard and references
C++: Advice
C++: Online supplements to books
- Assoc of C/C++ Users book reviews
- NEW: Dr. Dobbs' Electronic Review of Computer Books
- Austern, Matt: errata for Generic Programming and the STL
- Eckel, Bruce: Thinking in C++ source code and errata ~
second edition (full text)
- Josuttis, Nicolai: The C++ Standard Library errata
- Koenig, Andrew: Accelerated C++
- Koenig, Andrew: Ruminations on C++
- Langer, Angelika and Klaus Kreft: Standard C++ IOStreams and Locales
- Meyers, Scott: Effective C++, second edition errata
- Meyers, Scott: More Effective C++ errata ~
auto_ptr supplement
- Musser, David, et al.: STL Tutorial and Reference Guide errata and source code
- Stroustrup, Bjarne: The C++ Programming Language, third edition errata ~
NEW: incompatibilities with C (pdf) ~
appendix on exception safety
- Sutter, Herb: Exceptional C++ errata
C++: Advocacy and humor
C++: Microsoft Foundation Classes
Programming: Smalltalk
Computers: Telecom
(See also the marketplace section.)
Area codes
TCPA, telemarketers, privacy
PCs
PCs: General help
PC hardware
PC hardware: Add-ons and peripherals
Scanners
Modems
Displays
Hard Drives
Printers
CD-R(W), CD-ROM
PC software: Programs and vendors
PC software: Linux
Setup and installation:
Firewall:
Shell:
Particular programs:
Stores:
PC software: MS-DOS
PC software: Microsoft Windows 7
PC software: Microsoft Windows XP
- De-crapifier
- Recovering from a Corrupt Registry That Prevents Booting
- Lists of tasks by ID or program name:
AnswersThatWork
Paul Collins (Pacman)
Castlecops Startup List (comprehensive list of programs that might run at startup)
Startup Applications: Do You Really Need All of Them?
- Black Viper: lots of Windows info
Windows XP Service Configuration ~
Deadeye.net's revised version
- bootdisk.com: I'm having lots of problems installing any Critical Updates
- Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, Craig Stinson: Installing, Uninstalling, and Managing programs (sample chapter from Windows XP Inside Out
- Ed Bott's blog
- Casey: Disable and re-enable support for ZIP files
- Chen, Raymond: Creating Shell Extensions with Shell Instance Objects (virtual folders) ~ see also
Shellfolders & -objects
- Collins, PaulStartup Applications: Do You Really Need All of Them?
- Cryer, Bryan: How to Create a CD That Will Autorun (includes how to test without burning)
- Dotnet Junkies: The PC Boot Process (explains h/w and XP boot sequence)
- Dunn, Scott: Show Windows' Control Panel Who's in Charge
- The Elder Geek:Set Default Search Options,~
Services Guide
- Eshelman, James: Start Program Loading ~
Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages
- Falconer, C.B.: Windows FTP commands and options
- Heidelberg U: Character Sets: Using eudcedit.exe
- Doug Knox: File Asociation Fixes for each of a couple dozen file types ~
Fix Sort Order in Open and Save dialogs
- Liron, Marc: How to use the scannow sfc tool in Windows XP (system file checker)
- Malke (Elephant Boy): Removing Malware
- Maples, Wayne: Command Interpreter ANSI Support
- Microsoft: Windows Update
Customizing Recovery Console
Windows 2003 Server Registry Reference
Windows 2000 Registry Reference
Group Policy Registry Table ~
Jim Boyce: Group Policies by Policy Name (opens to registry keys)
Windows XP Service Pack 3 [SP3] Overview
Windows XP Professional Resource Kit Documentation (not terribly helpful)
Scan Code Mapper for Windows ~
scan code list (self extracting)
explorer.exe command-line switches
The sort order for files and folders whose names contain numerals is different in Windows XP than it is in Windows 2000 (numbers in filenames)
Available switch options for boot.ini
Cannot delete a file or folder on an NTFS system
List of keyboard shortcuts ~ also has Ctrl-` etc.: Rich Edit Shortcut Keys
Command-Line Reference A-Z
Windows Time service registry entries
Windows XP Support Tools including windiff
Interpreting Bug Check Codes (BSOD code numbers)
How to install multiple Windows updates or hotfixes with only one reboot
Power scheme options are unavailable on a Windows XP-based computer (how to use powercfg to import or manage power schemes)
Namespace Extensions
Naming a File (valid characters, device names, path lengths)
How to add, modify, or delete registry subkeys and values by using a .reg file
(Also: Use the REG command; see Windows help.)
TZEDIT (edit DST changes, from Win 98 Resource Kit) ~
or here on Microsoft.com as Time Zone Editor
- MS Technet: The Windows NT Command Shell
- Dmitrey Mikhailov: The NTFS File System
- MVPs: Windows XP Troubleshooting (excellent!) ~
Manage Context-Menu Entries ~
How to Back Up the Windows Registry ~
Save Space After Installing Updates ~
Clear Unwanted 'Open With' Entries
- Neobond: Slipstreaming XP SP1 ~
AutoStreamer program to do it automatically
- Alex Nichol: Virtual Memory in Windows XP
- Ramesh: Edit the Places bar locations in 'Open/Save As' common dialog boxes
Manage the context-menu entries for files, folders, drives and Namespace objects
Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers or "Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close"
Description of Svchost.exe in Windows XP
open folder in single pane when using the "Winkey + E" combination
Prevent Windows XP from searching inside ZIP and CAB files, without breaking Windows XP's native ZIP / CAB support
- Rogers, Rick: So you've lost (or never had) Standby and/or Hibernate?
Installing and running software in Windows XP (how to install as admin and run as limited, successfully!)
- Russinovich, Mark: BOOT.INI Reference ~
Inside the Windows NT Registry
- simplyguides: How to use AutoStreamer to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 2
- Jeremy Bryan Smith: Yet Another Method Windows Uses to Log Your Computer Activity
- Windows Symbolic and Hard Links
- Michael Stevens: How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
- Tech Recipes: How to uninstall hidden devices, drivers, and services
- Kelly Theriot: XP Tweaks (.reg and .vbs downloads) ~
Rundll commands ~
Can't delete file or folder
- Tipmonkies
- Rob van der Woude: Batch files for DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/98, NT 4, 2000 and XP
- Videohelp.com: Converting Files among Audio Formats
- Wan, Nicole: Set Power Options System Wide
- Winguides: Change the MTU to improve Internet performance
Windows Registry Guide in general is good
- Windows XP Security Tutorials
- DMA Reverts to PIO — how to re-enable DMA on CD and DVD drives
- Useful Run commands (stuff you can type at Start>>Run)
Scripting:
System Restore:
PC software: Microsoft Windows 98
PC software: Microsoft Windows 95
PC software: Microsoft Office
PC software: Microsoft Access help and utilities
PC software: Microsoft Word help and utilities
PC software: Microsoft Excel help and utilities
PC software: Utility programs
Recent (for XP):
Older (pre-XP, may work in XP but not verified):
PC software: Networking utilities
Archives and reviews:
Browsers
Mail clients
Usenet (NNTP) clients
Other networking utilities
PC software: Font archives
(For Tolkien fonts see the Books: J.R.R. Tolkien section.)
Identify unknown fonts
PC software: Reviews
PC software: Archives
PC software: Search engines
PC software: CD-ROM vendors
