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Desktop Support - Small Business and End User
The following Desktop Support resources will initially target the single, private or small business PC users, who lack the budget to employ a dedicated support team. In most cases we will also give priority to free tools, training and applications that have received decent reviews or recommendations. We will also try and keep up to date references to review sites and other useful resources.
| Resource | Link | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Best Free Cleanup and Tuning Software | A great comprehensive Freeware review site from Gizmo's freeware | |
| Best Free Windows Desktop Software | techsupportalert windows | This section from Gizmo's freeware reviews breaks Windows tools and apps into categories - Security, Cleanup/Tune, File, Internet etc |
| Best Free Software for Linux | techsupportalert linux | With Linux becoming more popular as a desktop, users should find this reviewed list of tools from Gizmo very useful |
| Essential Apps for Every New PC | maximumpc.com | The 32 totally essential (and free) apps for every new PC - This site is a bit dated but includes some stellar diehard tools that are well supported |
| Resource | Link | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Comodo Internet Security | comodo.com | Free, integrated internet security includes firewall, virus and malware protection |
| Understanding Internet Security | brighthub.com | Brighthub is always a good resource for Internet training material |
| MS Security and Safe Computing | microsoft.com(security) | It's always useful to read what Microsoft says on the topic of Internet Computing |
| MS Safety and Security Centre | microsoft.com(phishing) | Microsoft also have some good tips on detecting phishing / spam emails |
| Resource | Link | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Skype | skype.com | Great tool for conferencing, collaboration and multiple device communication |
| Thunderbird | mozilla.org | Free email application - very easy to set up and use across multiple PCs |
| Filezilla | filezilla-project | One of the best free FTP clients for managing your web server file content and transfers |
| Notepad++ | notepad-plusplus-org | Essential editor for formatted text, scripts and other language codes |
| Firefox | mozilla-firefox | Free web browser - the classic alternative to IE |
| Chrome | google-chrome | A lean, mean and fast web browser - a popular alternative to both IE and Firefox |
| Resource | Link | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Tech Tutorials | techtutorials.net | A great, well-maintained single training site with several thousand free tutorials on a range of PC and IT topics. |
| Computer Security Training | sans.org | SANS is a dedicted online training site for IT security training, certifications. Great for wanna-be security specialists, but also provides a lot of free information, blogs and newsletters. |
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