The purpose of this page is to list Internet sites which benefit PC users in the general area of technical support / problem solving, for example places where you can get drivers, useful files, documents, programs, or tips/advice. It is not for sites unrelated to PCs, or for sites which contain only advertising and publicity material.
The list has just been expanded, courtesy of Edward Quan who sent me his bookmark file, and I have not yet had a chance to trawl through to see if all the links are up to date and suitable.
Thanks to all who suggested entries, with a special mention to the main contributor Edward Quan and also to Roy King and Jason Pillinger.
Please email suggested additions and reports of deceased/relocated/dud sites to Ian Sharpe
This page is copyright and for personal use only. You may not distribute it or use it as part of your own Web site without permission from the author.
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3Com.........................................http://www.3com.com
3D Realms....................................http://www.3drealms.com
3M...........................................http://www.3m.com
7th Level....................................http://www.7thlevel.com
Ace Multimedia - UK..........................http://www.ace-mm.co.uk
Acer - UK....................................http://www.aceruk.co.uk
Action.......................................http://www.action.co.uk
Activision...................................http://www.activision.com
Adaptec......................................http://www.adaptec.com
Adaptec - UK Mirror..........................http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/adaptec
ADI..........................................http://www.adi-online.com
Adobe........................................http://www.adobe.com
Agfa.........................................http://www.agfa.com
Agfa - Home..................................http://www.agfahome.com
Akhter - UK..................................http://www.akhter.co.uk
Alps.........................................http://www.alpsusa.com
Altec Lansing................................http://www.altecmm.com
AMD..........................................http://www.amd.com
AMI..........................................http://www.megatrends.com
Apple........................................http://www.apple.com
Apple (Quicktime)............................http://quicktime.apple.com
Apricot - UK.................................http://www.apricot.co.uk
AST..........................................http://www.ast.com
Asus.........................................http://www.asus.com
Asus - Taiwan................................http://www.asus.com.tw
Asymetrix....................................http://www.asymetrix.com
ATI..........................................http://www.atitech.ca
Award........................................http://www.award.com
Aztech.......................................http://www.aztech.com
Battery Replacement..........................http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk
Borland......................................http://www.borland.com
Borland - UK Mirror..........................http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/borland
Borland - USA................................ftp://ftp.borland.com
Broderbund...................................http://www.broder.com
Brother......................................http://www.brother.com
Brother printers.............................http://www.brother.com/eu-printer/index.html
c|net........................................http://www.cnet.com
Canon - Europe...............................http://www.europe.canon.com
Canon - UK...................................http://www.canon.co.uk
Canon - USA..................................http://www.canon.com
Carrera......................................http://www.carrera.co.uk
Casio........................................http://www.casio.com
Casio - UK...................................http://www.casio.co.uk
CE Software..................................http://www.cesoft.com
Cherry - Germany.............................http://www.cherry.de
Cheyenne.....................................http://www.cheyenne.com
Cirrus Logic.................................http://www.cirrus.com
Citizen......................................http://www.citizen-printer.co.uk/users/jg19
Claris.......................................http://www.claris.com
Coders 32 - Windows 95 Software..............http://www.databasen.se/home/coders32
Colorado.....................................http://hpcc998.external.hp.com
Compaq.......................................http://www.compaq.com
Compaq - UK..................................http://www.compaq.co.uk
Conner.......................................http://www.conner.com
Corel........................................http://www.corel.com
Corel........................................http://www.corelnet.com
Creative Labs................................http://www.creaf.com
Creative Labs - UK...........................http://www.creative-labs.co.uk
Creative Labs - USA..........................http://creaf.com
Creative Labs FTP Site - USA.................ftp://ftp.creaf.com
CTX..........................................http://www.ctxintl.com
CTX - USA....................................ftp://ftp.ctxintl.com
CyberCreek...................................http://www.cybercreek.com
Cybermedia...................................http://www.cybermedia.com
Cyrix........................................http://www.cyrix.com
Dabs Direct..................................http://www.dabs.co.uk
dan - UK.....................................http://www.dan.co.uk
Dataquest....................................http://www.dataquest.com
Datasoft - UK................................http://www.datasoft.co.uk
DataViz (Internet Utilities).................http://www.dataviz.com
Dell.........................................http://www.dell.com
Dell - USA...................................http://www.us.dell.com
Delrina......................................http://www.delrina.com
Diamond......................................http://www.diamondmm.com
Diamond - Germany............................http://www.diamondmm.de
Diamond - UK Mirror..........................ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/diamondmm
Diamond - USA................................ftp://ftp.diamondmm.com
Diamond FTP Site - UK........................http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/diamondmm
Digita.......................................http://www.digita.com
Digital Equipment Corporation................http://www.digital.com
Digital Equipment Corporation - UK...........http://www.digital.co.uk
Digital Image Design.........................http://www.did.com
Digital Workshop.............................http://www.digitalworkshop.com
Digital Workshop - UK........................http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk
Dorling Kindersley...........................http://www.dk.com
DOS Batch Language: A personal view..........http://www.maem.umr.edu/~batch
Download.com - Previously win95.com..........http://www.download.com/PC/Win95/0,8,,00.html
Dr Solomon...................................http://www.drsolomon.com
Dragon Systems...............................http://www.dragonsys.com
Drivers: a useful list.......................http://www.m-99.com/hwdrv.htm#group-M
Drivers: WinDrivers.com (general site).......http://www.windrivers.com
Eiffel - ISE.................................http://www.eiffel.com
Electronic Arts..............................http://www.ea.com
Elonex - UK..................................http://www.elonex.co.uk
Empire - UK..................................http://www.empire.co.uk
Ensoniq......................................http://www.ensoniq.com
Eonic........................................http://www.eonic.com
Epson........................................http://www.epson.com
Eudora.......................................http://www.eudora.com
Europress - UK...............................http://www.europress.co.uk
Evesham Micros...............................http://www.evesham.com
Excel: John Lacher...........................http://www.lacher.com
Excel: John Walkenbach.......................http://www.j-walk.com
Excel: Stephen Bullen's Excel Page...........http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Stephen_Bullen
Excel: The Unofficial Excel page.............http://www.io.org/~negandhi/php.cgi/xl_main.htm
Ez-Drive.....................................http://www.microhouse.com
ForeFront (WebWhacker etc)...................http://www.ffg.com
Frank Condron's Windows page.................http://www.conitech.com
FreeLoader...................................http://www.freeloader.net
Fujitsu......................................http://www.fujitsu.com
Fujitsu - Europe.............................http://www.fujitsu-europe.com
Fujitsu (Japan)..............................http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/index-e.html
Fujitsu Computers............................http://www.fujitsu-computers.com
Gateway - UK.................................http://www.gateway2000.co.uk
Gateway - UK.................................http://www.uk.gw2k.com
Gateway - USA................................http://www.gateway2000.com
Genoa........................................http://www.genoasys.com
GHL Software (EasyCD2).......................http://www.ghlsoftware.com
Gigabyte.....................................http://www.giga-byte.com
Gigabyte - Germany...........................http://www.gigabyte.de
Gravis.......................................http://www.gravis.com
GRISOFT......................................http://www.grisoft.com
Hayes - UK...................................http://www.hayes.co.uk
Hayes - USA..................................http://www.hayes.com
HeadLight Software (GetRight)................http://www.headlightsw.com
HENSA Archives...............................http://www.hensa.ac.uk
Hercules.....................................http://www.hercules.com
Hewlett - Packard - USA......................ftp://ftp.hp.com
Hewlett-Packard..............................http://www.hp.com
Hi-Grade.....................................http://www.higrade.com
Hilgraeve (HyperTerminal Authors)............http://www.hilgraeve.com
Hitachi......................................http://www.hitachi.com
Hitachi - Europe.............................http://www.hitachi-eu.com
IBM Corporation - Europe.....................http://www.europe.ibm.com
IBM Corporation - USA........................http://www.ibm.com
IBM USA......................................http://www.pc.ibm.com
ICL..........................................http://www.icl.com
ID Software..................................http://www.idsoftware.com
ID Software - UK Mirror......................ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/idgames
ID Software - USA............................ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com
Iiyama.......................................http://www.iiyama.com
Imation (LS-120 drives)......................http://www.imation.com
Imperial College.............................ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk
Imperial College.............................http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk
IMSI.........................................http://www.imsisoft.com
Intel........................................http://www.intel.com
Intel - Europe...............................ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/hw/vendors/intel
Intel - USA..................................ftp://ftp.intel.com
Interactive Magic............................http://www.imagicgames.com
Internet goodies.............................http://www.ensta.fr/internet
Interplay Productions........................http://www.interplay.com
Intuit.......................................http://www.intuit.com
Intuit - UK..................................http://www.intuit.co.uk
Iomega.......................................http://www.iomega.com
Java - Microsoft SDK.........................http://www.microsoft.com/java/sdk
JavaSoft - Sun...............................http://java.sun.com
Kodak........................................http://www.kodak.com
Kyocera - UK.................................http://www.kyocera.co.uk
Kyocera - USA................................http://www.kyocera.com
Labtec.......................................http://www.labtec.com
Lexmark......................................http://www.lexmark.com
Linux........................................http://www.linux.org
Lockergnome (free newsletter etc)............http://www.lockergnome.com
Logica.......................................http://www.logica.com
Logitech.....................................http://www.logitech.com
Lotus........................................http://www.lotus.com
Lucent Technologies..........................http://www.lucent.com
Macromedia...................................http://www.macromedia.com
Matrox.......................................http://www.matrox.com
Matrox FTP site..............................ftp://ftp.matrox.com
Maxa.........................................http://www.maxa.com
Maxtor.......................................http://www.maxtor.com
McAfee.......................................http://www.mcafee.com
McAfee - UK Mirror...........................http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/mcafee
McAfee - USA.................................ftp://ftp.mcafee.com
Media Vision.................................ftp://ftp.mediavis.com
Media Vision.................................http://www.mediavis.com
Media Vision.................................http://www.mediavis.com/mainmenu.htm
Mesh - UK....................................http://www.meshplc.co.uk
Micrografx...................................http://www.micrografx.com
Microid Research.............................http://www.mrbios.com
Microsoft - Europe...........................http://www.eu.microsoft.com
Microsoft - UK Mirror........................ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/computing/vendor/microsoft
Microsoft - USA..............................http://www.microsoft.com
Mindscape....................................http://www.mindscapeuk.com
Mirage.......................................http://www.mirage-mmc.com
Miro Computer Products.......................http://www.miro.com
Mitsumi......................................http://www.mitsumi.com
Mitsumi - Germany............................http://www.mitsumi.de
Modems: a list of useful links...............http://www.closerange.com/ws-h-mod.htm
Monitor manufacturers list...................http://www.cviog.uga.edu/monitors/manufacturers.html
Motorola modems..............................http://www.mot.com/MIMS/ISG/mue
Mustek.......................................http://www.mustek.com
NEC..........................................http://www.nec.com
Netscape.....................................http://www.netscape.com
Netscape - UK Mirror.........................ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/netscape
Nildram......................................http://www.nildram.co.uk
Novell.......................................http://www.novell.com
Novell - UK..................................http://www.novell.co.uk
Novell - USA.................................ftp://ftp.novell.com
Number Nine..................................http://www.nine.com
Ocean - UK...................................http://www.ocean.co.uk
Oki..........................................http://www.oki.com
Oki..........................................http://www.okidata.com
Olivetti.....................................http://www.olivetti.com
OnTrack......................................http://www.ontrack.com
Opus - UK....................................http://www.opustech.co.uk
Orchid.......................................http://www.orchid.com
Pace.........................................http://www.pacecom.co.uk
Packard Bell NEC - Holland...................http://www.pbnec.nl
Packard-Bell.................................http://www.packardbell.com
Panasonic....................................http://www.panasonic.com
Panasonic - UK...............................http://www.panasonic.co.uk
Panrix.......................................http://www.panrix.com
Peak Technologies (Internet Utilities).......http://www.peak-media.com
Philips......................................http://www.philips.com
Phoenix......................................http://www.phoenix.com
Pioneer - Japan..............................http://www.pioneer.co.jp
PK Ware......................................http://www.pkware.com
Plasmon - UK.................................http://www.plasmon.co.uk
Plasmon - USA................................http://www.plasmon.com
Plextor......................................http://www.plextor.com
Plextor - Europe.............................http://www.plextor.be
PointCast (Electronic News Medium)...........http://www.pointcast.com
PowerQuest (PartitionMagic)..................http://www.powerquest.com
Pretty Good Privacy..........................http://www.pgp.com
Primax.......................................http://www.primaxelec.com
Promise......................................http://www.promise.com
Psion........................................http://www.psion.com
Psion Dacom..................................http://www.psiondacom.com
Psygnosis....................................http://www.psygnosis.com
Qtronix......................................http://www.qtronix.com
Quantum......................................http://www.quantum.com
Quantum - UK.................................http://www.quantum.co.uk
Quarterdeck..................................http://www.quarterdeck.com
Racal........................................http://www.racal.com
RealAudio....................................http://www.realaudio.com
Realtek......................................http://realtek.com.tw/index.html
RSA..........................................http://www.rsa.com
S3...........................................http://www.s3.com
Sage - UK....................................http://www.sagesoft.co.uk
Samsung......................................http://www.samsung.com
Seagate......................................http://www.seagate.com
Serif........................................http://www.serif.com
Shareware....................................http://www.refdesk.com/free.html
Shareware: Jumbo.com.........................http://www.jumbo.com
Shareware: Zamboni's Shareware Links.........http://www.iglou.com/zamboni/share.html
Sierra.......................................http://www.sierra.com
Silicon Graphics.............................http://www.sgi.com
Simply.......................................http://www.simply.co.uk
SmallTalk - ObjectShare......................http://www.objectshare.com
SmallTalk - ObjectShare Download Page........http://www.objectshare.com/se/dnld.htm
SMC..........................................http://www.smc.com
Smile........................................http://www.smilekfc.com
SoftQuad (HotMetal)..........................http://www.sq.com
Software Publishing Corporation..............http://www.spco.com
Software Warehouse...........................http://www.software-warehouse.co.uk
Sony.........................................http://www.sel.sony.com
Sony.........................................http://www.sony.com
Sony - Europe................................http://www.sony-europe.com
Sophos.......................................http://www.sophos.com
Spea.........................................http://www.spea.com/lang/eng/drivers_s.htm
Spectrum HoloByte / MicroProse...............http://www.microprose.com
Springsoft...................................http://www.springsoft.com
Stac.........................................http://www.stac.com
Starfish Software............................http://www.starfishsoftware.com
STB..........................................http://www.stb.com
Sun Microsystems.............................http://www.sun.com
Sun Microsystems - UK........................http://www.sun.co.uk
Supermicro...................................http://www.supermicro.com
Symantec.....................................http://www.symantec.com
Syquest......................................http://www.syquest.com
Tally........................................http://www.tally.com
Tandem Computers.............................http://www.tandem.com
Taxan........................................http://www.taxan.co.uk
Teac.........................................http://www.teac.com
Teac - Germany...............................http://www.teac.de
Tekram.......................................http://www.tekram.com
Telesystems (Authors of QModem)..............http://www.telesystems.co.uk
Texas Instruments............................http://www.ti.com
The Thompson Partnership (WebExpress) - UK...http://www.ttp.co.uk
Tom's Hardware Guide.........................http://sysdoc.pair.com
Toray........................................http://www.toray.com
Toshiba......................................http://www.toshiba.com
Toshiba......................................http://www.toshiba.com/tais/csd/products
Trident......................................http://www.trid.com/trident/drivers/drivers.htm
Tucows - Site 2 - UK - Hensa.................http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/tucows/index.html
Tucows - USA.................................http://www.tucows.com
TurboPower...................................http://www.tpower.com
Twinhead.....................................http://www.twinhead.com
U.S. Robotics - UK...........................http://www.usr.co.uk
U.S.Robotics.................................http://www.usr.com
Ubi Soft.....................................http://www.ubisoft.co.uk
UMAX.........................................http://www.umax.com
Unisys.......................................http://www.unisys.com
V Communications.............................http://www.v-com.com
Viacom New Media.............................http://www.viacomnewmedia.com
VideoLogic...................................http://www.videologic.com
ViewSonic....................................http://www.viewsonic.com
Viglen.......................................http://www.viglen.co.uk
Virgin Interactive Entertainment.............http://www.vie.com
Virtual Software Library.....................http://www.shareware.com
Visual Basic.................................http://www.geocities.com/~scvb
VocalTec (Internet Phone)....................http://www.vocaltech.com
Walnut Creek FTP Site........................ftp://ftp.cdrom.com
Webtronix - UK...............................http://www.webtronix.co.uk
Western Digital..............................http://www.wdc.com
Windows 3.x information......................http://www.plazaone.com/allwindows/win3x.htm
Windows 95...................................http://www.windows95.com
Windows 95 Drivers...........................http://www.cobb.com/w95/software/drivers.htm
Windows: The O'Reilly Windows Center.........http://www.ora.com/win
Windows95 Annoyances.........................http://www.creativelement.com/win95ann/index.html
Xara.........................................http://www.xara.com
Xerox........................................http://www.xerox.com
Xircom.......................................http://www.xircom.com
Yamaha.......................................http://www.yamaha.com
Year 2000 bug................................http://www.gmt-2000.co.uk
Year 2000 bug................................http://www.rightime.com/year2000/year2000.txt
Year 2000 bug................................http://www.year2000.co.uk/year2000.htm
Zoom.........................................http://www.zoomtel.com