Windows links page

General

• Windows 95 - the official site
• Windows NT - official Microsoft pages

Installing

• Installing a drive and copying Windows95 to new drive

Windows manuals

• Complete Idiot's Guide to Windows 98 - full book on-line

Tips to use Windows

• Customize Desktop Appearance (Windows 95/98)
• Installing a drive and copying Windows95 to new drive
• Managing Windows
• PCForrest Windows Section - lost of Windows tips
• Secret Win95, Win98, and Win98SE setup command line switches
• Tips & Tricks For Windows 95
• Windows 98 Troubleshooting
• Undocumented Secrets: 101 Tips for Windows 95, NT, and 3.x
• Windows Tweaks - tweaking windows, improving performance, learning about windows and getting the best out of it

Customizing Windows

• Customize Desktop Appearance (Windows 95/98)
• HZ Tool - a freeware tool for Windows 95/98 that lets you set the refreshrate for all resolutions
• Secret Win95, Win98, and Win98SE setup command line switches
• Windows Tweaks - tweaking windows, improving performance, learning about windows and getting the best out of it

Solving problems

• Check your system files and Registry for problems
• Eliminating the Ctrl-D in Windoes PostScript output - How to prevent Windows from placing a Ctrl-D (printer reset) at the beginning of your PostScript output files.

I/O controlling from Windows applications

• Control I/O Ports from Windows NT - information on a shareware ActiveX control lets you control plug-in cards and other peripherals
• Parallel Port Central - page contains also programming tools for ports I/O and interrupts for Windows
• Program provides ISA-bus DLL for Windows - provides 8- and 16-bit I/O reads and writes to the ISA bus

Writing device drivers

• Device Driver Development for Microsoft® Windows® - page is intended for device driver developers only.
• The Device Driver Forum - the place to discuss device drivers
• Printerdriver.net - network of contacts for developers of printer or printer-related applications to help you resolve technical problems
• The Device Driver Forum - the place to discuss device drivers
• What Does a Driver Do For You, Anyway? - drivers give you access to instruments, but the term "driver" means different things to different people

Windows networking

• Creating a Shortcut For Viewing Your Network Traffic With Windows 95's Netstat Command
• Data Communications FAQ (Windows Version) - This document is intended to help Microsoft Windows users who have established (or are in the process of establishing) dialup Internet connections using SLIP or PPP.
• How can I start using PGP encryption for secure communications?
• How to Use Winipcfg to View TCP/IP Settings
• J.Helmig's World of Windows Networking - FAQ Windows95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 Networking and Trouble Shooting
• MS Windows 2000 TCP/IP Implementation Details - details also general features of Windows 95, Windoes 98 and Windows NT 4.0
• NAT32: Connecting Private LANs to the Internet - network connection sharing program fow Windows
• Windows 95/98 Command Line Mail Tools
• Windows 95's HOSTS File
• Windows NT Command Line Mail Tools
• Windows CE Ethernet Connectivity FAQ
• Windows NT/2000 Security - first chaper of book Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet
• Windows SSH clients
• WinDump: tcpdump for Windows

Windows networking programming

• Stardust Technologies Winsock 2 Develloper Information
• WinSock Development Information
• WinSock-L - links
• WinSock Tutorial with Source Code and Demos

Software archives

• Dave Central Software Archive
• DOWNLOAD.COM - allows you to download shareware versions of various software products
• Rocket Download - new software products available for download along with reviews
• shareware.com - large shareware software archive
• SoftSeek - directory of downloadable PC software available on the Internet
• TUCOWS = The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software - also archived in Finland

Driver

Driver is a program that controls a device. A driver acts like a translator between the device and programs that use the device. Each device has its own set of specialized commands that only its driver knows. In contrast, most programs access devices by using generic commands. The driver, therefore, accepts generic commands from a program and then translates them into specialized commands for the device. Every device, whether it be a printer, disk drive, or keyboard, must have a driver program. Many drivers, such as the keyboard driver, come with the operating system. For other devices, you may need to load a new driver when you connect the device to your computer.

• Dutch Hardware & Driver Page - very large driver site
• Metropoli BBS - large driver collection for DOS and Windows
• Mister Driver -
• OmniTree - drivers, technical references and product information
• Printerdriver.net - network of contacts for developers of printer or printer-related applications to help you resolve technical problems
• Start - DriverFinder, TipFinder, SiteFinder, ProductFinder, Win95 updates
• The Driver Zone - way to find and download a device driver
• Windows Device Drivers (Windows NT/2000 and 98 WDM) - information on driver tools
• WinDrivers.Com - windows 3.1, 95 and NT drivers web resource

Safety tips

• Program flags dangerous DOS commands - you should not use certain DOS features, such as CHKDSK or tape backup, when Windows is running

Software links

Utilities

• Alter Windows - tweaking utilities to change the way you view Windows
• Fundelete - better File Undelete for Windows NT
• Windows 95 Power Toys Set - includes Tweak UI utility to adjust your Windows User Interface, including menu speed, window animation, and Microsoft Internet Explorer, for Windoes 95 and Windows 98

Editors

• Emacs Windowsiin - how to get Gnu-Emacs to your Windows computer, text in Finnish
• Multi-Replace - search-and-replace tool
• Programmer's File Editor - good free Multi-file Text Editor

Virus and security

• F-Prot virus scanner
• InoculatedIT - free antivirus for Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT Workstation and Windows 2000 Professional

Firewall software

• BlackICE Defender - intrusion protection software for the home-user and small-office market, free demo available
• Tiny Personal Firewall - Windoes firewall software available FREE for home use
• Zonealarm - firewall program for Windows

X-Windows emulators

• MI/X 2.0 for Windows - A Professional X Server for Windows, shareware
• WinaXe - shareware that transform your PC into a powerful X-Windows workstation
• X-Win32 - commercial X-server for Windows desktop, demo available

Communication software

• PuTTY: A Free Win32 Telnet/SSH Client - PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
• TTSSH: An SSH Extension to Teraterm - TTSSH is a free SSH client for Windows. It is implemented as an extension DLL for Teraterm Pro
• Tera Term - Tera Term (Pro) is a free software terminal emulator (communication program) for MS-Windows. It supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on.

Software archives

• Dave Central Software Archive
• DOWNLOAD.COM - allows you to download shareware versions of various software products
• Rocket Download - new software products available for download along with reviews
• shareware.com - large shareware software archive
• SoftSeek - directory of downloadable PC software available on the Internet
• TUCOWS = The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software - also archived in Finland
• WinFiles.com - large Windows software archive

Windows in embedded applications

• Add Real-Time Control To QuickBasic - this idea implements a simple high-speed RTC mechanism, using standard PC hardware interfaces and QuickBasic-available primitives
• Build Com Objects In Visual Basic For Your Embedded System Applications - VB developers can easily deploy COM applications for test and measurement, as well as many other client-server design projects
• From Windows To Windows CE: Programming Success - multiple operating-system configurations, user-interface differences, and memory management must be considered
• Going From Windows To Windows CE: The Keys To Programming Success - there are important differences between the two environments to be aware of, such as API set issues, support for different processors, and Unicode
• Writing Windows CE Display Drivers for Set-Top Boxes