Table of Contents:
Links to specific sections of DCI's site.
Table of Contents:
Links to specific sections of DCI's site.
ุ Popular Web Sites:
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My Favorite Web Search Site. |
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DCI’s Web Index Home Page |
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A small sample of letters showing how poorly the big name (Dell, Gateway, CompUSA, Etc) volume computer vendors sometimes support their customers. |
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Run Shields Up and Probe My Ports tests at Gibson Research Site to test how vulnerable/open your computer is to outside access. www.grc.com |
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Look up Zip Code give Address via USPS |
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Movie Reviews via Yahoo. |
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Movies Showing at the Palace Theatre Elmwood |
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Current Weather Info for New Orleans and Elsewhere |
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World News |
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Stock Quotes via Yahoo. |
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The Real White and Yellow Pages Online |
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Find Zip Codes from Address via USPS |
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Almanacs, Encyclopedias, Facts, Stats, Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Translators, Find People, Bible, Time, Help, Advice, Area Codes, Airlines, Calculators, Links, etc! |
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Dictionary, Thesaurus, Translators, Quotes, Maps, Area Codes, Facts, Financial Tools, Shipping tools etc. |
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Handy reference for getting directions. |
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PC Magazine online computer trade magazine.. |
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PC World online computer trade magazine |
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C Net online computer journal |
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Top 100 Web Sites |
Index of Top Rated Sites according to PC Magazine |
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Online Computer Technical Journal Type Sites that we frequent. |
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TV Guide online |
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Play Cards - Hearts, Spades, Etc Online against others. |
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Popular Support Sites:
ุ Links to Virus Information Articles and Tools:
A good virus article that reinforces some of our recommendations. An article written by WinMag.com. Sadly they have vanished so we put a copy of the article on our website, but any links within that article that point to WinMag.com of course will not work properly. Regardless THESE Days you NEED to have a current up-to-date virus scanner running on your computer! You can lessen the slow down effect a virus scanner has on your system by excluding certain files and or folders you use regularly and you know to be safe from viruses.
Symantec Norton Antivirus Updates – Updates to Norton Anti-Virus Definitions
McAfee Updates – Updates to Virus Definitions Database. Can unzip and copy just the dat files to update the DOS version of their virus scanner.
Ad-Aware
Utility – Shows suspicious programs running on your computer. Also
install the Reference update so you can download the updated reference file.
You can download then from our site click here
or go to the
Developers Site to get it Direct.
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ุ Online Virus Scanners: ื |
Symantec's Online
Virus
Information Library and
McAfee’s Online Virus
information Library
useful to research and get more details on what
specific viruses do.
ุ Downloads:
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Destinations Web Index |
A home/start page that can be stored on your local C drive. List your most frequented web destinations for fast access and easy review when you start your browser. Three Versions - for screens running at 800x600, 1024x768 or 1280x960. Contains a one screen Index to popular Web Sites. Download, Unzip to a Folder you choose, Open index.htm in IE and set IE's tools | Internet Options to use current page as home page if you desire. |
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A copy of our Internet Explorer Favorites Links located under C:\Windows\Favorites\DCI’s List. |
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A small sample of some of the scenic wallpaper 800x600 resolution images we include with a computer purchase. |
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A more powerful DOS xCopy command for those that use xCopy to Backup entire software setups. |
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Reads any text you copy to the clipboard and more. See a Review here. |
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FTP Transfer Program Shareware version LE32. |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader for Win9x and 2000. But you may want to get the latest version direct from Adobe. |
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TweakUI - XP |
Microsoft's Tweak UI (User Interface tweaker) for advanced users only. For Windows XP |
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TweakUI - 9x |
Microsoft's Tweak UI (User Interface tweaker) for advanced users only. For Windows 9x |
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A 3rd Party TweakUI type program with more features. For Advance Users Only! For Windows 98/ME/2000 or XP |
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A 3rd Party TweakUI type program with more features. For Advance Users Only! For Windows 98/ME/2000 or XP |
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Microsoft Tools for Windows XP Includes TweakUI - XP and Fast Switcher, Cool Switch, Calculator, Virtual Desktop Manager, etc |
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A cool 3D US Flag for a Screen Saver from Microsoft. |
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Emergency Recovery Utility for Win NT thru XP. For those that don't trus System Restore This program can also backup XP's system files/hives and you can keep them safe like on a CD. Plus some batch routines I use to automate the backup |
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Utility that shows graphically what is taking up how much space on your hard drives. |
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Utility to show contents of two folders and allow you to compare files, copy etc. |
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Calculator with Tape and common metric/English Conversion Functions. |
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Temperature Monitoring Program. If your having lockups you might want to run this to watch and log your system temperature readings. Works with Asus brand motherboards |
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Shows suspicious programs running on your computer and allows you to remove them. Or get it direct from here. |
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Shows you what "Browser Help Objects" have been plugged into your Browser and allows you to remove them. |
Articles:
First mistake - Many PC buyers make is that they shop for a computer like they buy other appliances
Computer Reliability and Customer Satisfaction poll by PC Magazine - showing that unknown brand desktop computer from local vendors may very well be your best source.
Windows Basic Training and Tips - A collection of tips that beginners and intermediate Windows users should be familiar with.
DCI's Archive of Windows XP Tips - A collection of advanced Windows XP tips and fixes.
Troubleshooting and Stopping Background Programs - Methods to stop unneeded programs that start every time you start your computer and thus free up some system resources.
Network Cable Diagrams: - Reference charts on wiring Network Strait thru and cross over cables
ุ Buyer Beware:
Links to letters from
people that regret having
bought from
the popular name-brand computer vendors.
Any profanity found under these
links is not our doing.
General Sites with Complaint Letters on Various Computer Vendors:
Dell: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18, 19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24, ... and our personal
experiences
Gateway: Is
particularly easy to find complaints on and we are sure that some
law firm will
be making a killing in a class action suit against them.
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2,
3,
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10,
11,
12,
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15, 16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24, 25,
26, 27, ... and our experiences
Compaq: - Like
Gateway so many complaints to be found.
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10,
11,
12,
13,
14, 15,
16,
17, 18, ...
Note: We are not
bothering to gather extensive links on the following as they are
less used computer brands and
keeping so many links updated is difficult.
HP: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...
CompUSA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ...
IBM: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, ...
eMachines: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ...
Best Buy: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, ...
Circuit City: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, ...
F Web links change
frequently so if any of the above links are a dead-end
please
bear with us as we will be checking and updating them on occasion.
ุ Some links to 3rd
party web sites that reinforce some
of our points and
philosophy of selling only systems
assembled from
industry standard components include;
Return if you can - by PC World
Limited Unlimited Phone Support - by PC World
A DCI referral online.
ุ Links to a few of
the online technical
journals type sites we keep
up with;
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ุ Links to a few of
the many manufacturers
of industry standard components;
Motherboards: Manufacturers of Industry Standard Motherboards
Asus,
Abit,
Soyo,
MSI,
Tyan,
Super Micro,
iWill,
Giga-byte,
AOpen,
Spacewalker,
ECS,
Azza,
Transcend,
TMC,
Protech, Etc.
Note: None of the big name PC manufacturers use any of the above industry standard motherboards, yet these manufacturers manage to sell a lot of boards. So there must be a lot of people out there that think like we do; that when it comes to buying desktop computers, using industry standard components is of utmost importance, so as not to be at the mercy of any one company for parts or service. Sometimes people see these lists and hear us harp on buying industry standard computers and try to go it alone and assemble their computer piece-meal themselves and have great difficulties and may think we had given them bad advice. I would not even try building a singleton (without an inventory of similar parts to test against) system by myself. Believe me we are worth what we charge and you do not want to go it alone. We have provided these links to clarify our philosophy not to suggest anyone should go it alone, but if you wish to do it yourself in order to be more self sufficient and knowledgeable then just ask and we will provide you at no additional charge the opportunity to assist in your computers assembly and software setup configuration.
Cases & Power Supply Manufacturers:
PC Cases, Addtronics, Superpower, Many More
PC Power and Cooling, Case Outlet, Gorilla,
Etc. (must be hundreds.)
Hard Drives:
IBM, Maxtor, Western Digital, Seagate
Popular Video Cards:
Sound Cards:
CD-RW Drives:
CPUs:
RAM:
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Link to Pictures and More information on
the components we use to assemble a computer.
Web links change frequently so if any of the above links are a dead end please bear with us as we will be checking and updating them on occasion. Most users can search the Internet without our assistance, but if you cant then it is time to practice or just call us and we will gladly try to help you find what you are looking for at no charge.
Sample Multi-Media Online:
Alanis Morissette -
Thank You.mp3
Madonna Video - Frozen.wmv
Pretty Site Fix:
As
you may need a pretty-fix after spending much time on
this
site, here are some links to some prettier graphics sites.
Flash Site Demo
Scenic Pictures from DCI
Animated Gif's
Some Cool HTML Samples using any ANFY - Coming SOON?
A
Shockwave Flash Presentation -
In memory of those that suffered
Sep, 11 2001. Requires a high speed internet connection.
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