Windows links

Microsoft

• Microsoft DirectX home page.
• Microsoft Support page.
• Annoyances.org
• Startup Online Search , where to find out what the various start-up programs do before killing them via msconfig.

Adobe Illustrator Links:

• Illustrator Tips and Techniques.

Applications:

• Cygwin, Unix-under-windows environment.
• PGP:
  • PGP intro for Windows users.
  • How to generate a key using PGP.
  • PGP encryption software.

Game links:

• Conway's Game of Life.
• Gamesdomain
• Game Riot (survey of game links).
• Gamespot

Misc links:

• Answers That Work, includes table of all background tasks, what they do, and which ones can be safely stopped.
• G-Force: music visualization software.
• Ground Zero.
• Handtops.com, hand-size PCs.
• Mayura draw (Illustrator-like shareware program).