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A screensaver says a lot about you!
So you want the best don't you?
This site offers you a small collection of free 3D-savers BUT the graphics are amazing.
It even has an anti-smoking saver! Check it out.
The waterfall saver came off a site which is 100% Free. It has holiday nature and garden themes.

The next thing you see is the wallpaper!
But you want a great choice to choose from?
Go to this database of one of the best desktop wallpaper sites on the Internet.
The Harry Potter came from a wallpaper website that boasts 20,000 papers on their database! The quality of the papers is truly outstanding. Check out the movie themes to. All Free!

On the wallpaper in Vista is a gadget bar. (One of the most useful things about it)
You can utilise this to your best advantage. A CPU meter (Right) is a must!
A Vista Orb clock, a calendar, currency converter (For E-Bay) and a networking meter (For laptop)
.And don't forget an App. Launcher. (Designed to launch applications from the sidebar by clicking the icon.)

Top dogs in the browser WAR are Internet Explorer & Mozilla Firefox I use both!! Now the latest on IE. They are using Silverlight Technology.
Haven't heard of Microsoft Silverlight? See how internet sites around the world are using it to deliver cool new interactive Web applications. New for 2008 don't you think?

BELARC ADVISOR

Read this first its important to your computer. Find out whats inside your computer. It gives you a very detailed report.
Here is a snippet from the website:
"The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, replaces missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server."
I've been using it for nearly 10 years. Its on my desktop & laptop. Even the technicians I've met have never heard of this programme!! Just click on Belarc's logo.
(And its all FREE ) of course.

Open your browser and WHAT! Your Homepage.
This greets you whatever mood you're in, so it has to be nice to look at and informative!!
A good choice is IGOOGLE this gives you your own page to do as you please. Just sign in and away you go.(Once you've set it up. See Surfing)

Click on the picture to go to igoogle

On top of the IGOOGLE homepage you can put a theme. You have a selection of about 14 to go at. In the middle of the theme is the classic google search bar (It takes you anywhere in the world!!)
Then you start on your menu.
Go to where it says add stuff and hey presto, add as many gadgets as your screen will hold (You can even create your own)
A good collection might consist of: bookmarks (Websites you keep visiting) ,maps (Local area) wikipedia (Type in names,places, spellings its a source of wonder) weather (Choose Weatherbug you can put your own town on it) news feeds, horoscope (For the superstitious) IMDb (Internet Movie Database- find out about actors, actresses and any movie you can think of) How to of The Day (Is a good one to, today I'm going to make an Origami Pig!!!)
This is just a few of many gadgets you can add. (See the screenshot on the left)
Surf to your hearts content.
On your travels go to: www.download.com (For free & shareware programmes) and www.flamingtext.com (For your web building needs) www.neoncity.co.uk (Your name in lights)
DON'T forget to visit the infamous E-Bay UK site at www.ebay.co.uk Search, find, bid and win! Get almost anything at a bargain price.

A few more tips:
Green means you have to pay. (Worth every penny)
Download Google Earth print out an aerial photograph of where you live. Where it says-fly to:-on the screen put your postcode, press search. Go to file select print!
CyberLink Power2Go is a burning software for burning data, music, videos and photos onto CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs (BD) and HD DVDs (This will not go out of date in a hurry!!!) Got this programme on my desktop & laptop. Had Nero on my desktop it failed me a few times so I copied them on my laptop using this software!!! So I BOUGHT the programme.

Auslogics Disk Defrag Disk fragmentation leads to system slowdowns, PC crashes, slow startups and shutdowns. Auslogics Disk Defrag® is designed for fast optimization of modern hard disks. (You need to defrag every month!!) This is an absolutely brilliant piece of software FAST is not the word! It even gives you a log of your system after defragmentation!!
Paint.Net "An absolute joy to use."WebUser Magazine. "Rated #19 in top 100 products." PC World. I made my Intro Page with this programme. Better than Paint Shop Pro in my opinion. Free Updates.
CyberLink LabelPrint 2. The Smart Way to Create Stylish Disc Labels. Create labels, covers and jewel-case inlays. Rated #1 BOUGHT this programme as well. Excellent product.
Cdcovers.cc Thousands of covers for your CDs, in alphabetical order. This site has lots of covers for CD's, vcd, psx, pc and blu-ray.
Get a hotmail account for buying off the internet.
CCleaner is a system optimization and privacy tool. Over 100 million downloads!!!

Free Download Manager FDM lets you download files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP.You can also download files using BitTorrent protocol.Speed can increase 600% or more.
Cam Unzip A free and easy alternative to WinZip.UnZip any ZIP file archives quickly and easily. List files in the archive, extract all or selected files. Create new ZIP files and easily add/remove files to/from them. Optionally run setup automatically after unzipping.
Caledos Wallpaper Changer, A great changer for free. Set it and forget it! The free version is cardware. (You have to send the company a postcard) By the Pro Version for $9.99 (Only £5.08) plus VAT.
Ergonomic mouse!! A what I hear you say! I unpacked it and thought what the bloody hell is THAT. (I've had my Microsoft mouse for 10 years) But this is something else. THE most comfortable mouse I've ever used & I look forward to using it now. (Its the most ugliest thing I've ever seen in computer hardware accessories!) Cost £20:00 but worth every penny.
Finally a Paypal account for buying on ebay.

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Release Date: 17th Jan 2008
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