We need submissions for sites that have a singular specialty to use as a guide for inquiries. For instance, I would always suggest http://www.dlldump.com/ for missing .dll files.
Please submit only one or two at the most and expect the thread to be deleted and reposted in reference format in the future.
Drivers, codecs, etc. are all welcome. Please try to be unbiased and post based on actual experiences.
well file hippo seems to be one that comes up a lot www.filehippo.com
For looking up specific event log errors, there's EventID.net.
@santo i hope you don't mind that i am posting this for you
santo posted in my thread here is his post
To find the exact hardware in the computer try the Astra32 tool from
http://www.astra32.com/download.htm
Intel Chipset Drivers
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/
Realtex Network drivers.
http://www.realtek.cz/driver.php?realtek=network
edit: only have the ones that work posted
To find the exact mother board
specification in a computer try Astra32 tool from
http://www.astra32.com/download.htm
Intel Chipset Drivers
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/
Realtek AC 97 drivers
http://www.realtek.com.tw/down.....n=false%20
Realtek High Definition Audio Codecs
http://www.realtek.com.tw/down.....Down=false
Realtex Network drivers.
http://www.realtek.cz/driver.php?realtek=network
ATI, VIA and other drivers.
http://www.pcpartner.com/pcpar.....boards.htm
These seem to be helpful http://www.techsupportalert.co.....lities.htm
Probably the best place to post HijackThis logs, for that oh so hard to get rid of malware:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com
For video tools and info such as codecs, format conversion, and how-to guides:
http://www.videohelp.com/ or if you're really hardcore:
http://www.doom9.org/
For audio/video conversion, including audio extraction, I am a fan of Super scroll to the bottom of the page for the download. For such an excellent program, the web site if horrific, think text web sites circa 1988. From my experience, this thing does do any type of file conversion that you need.
From my experience, http://www.dpreview.com/ seems to have the best review info on different cameras as they come out.
Is diagnostic/fixing software allowed in the list?
If so then ShellExView it great for figuring out what if any shell extension is causing Windows Explorer to be be slow to crash. Or just the context menus acting funny. I used it when the context menu was slow and not working to figure out what extension caused it. You can also use it to disable the extension. You do have to disable extensions with it to figure out which is the problem but it isn't that hard to do.
If not you can just delete this post.
It is not a site but I love the Hyperwords add-on for Firefox. It allows you to select text and right click it and look up the selected text on websites such as Google or Wikipedia. You can also add you own(How to Geek is one that I added)
I just found the program FileTypesMan. It lets you do many of the things you can do with the Folder Options File Types tab (which is missing in Windows XP).
It should be helpful to deal with posts that need File Type work done on Windows Vista that are no longer possible without it.
My wife gets a lot of chain e-mails, some are hoaxes or urban legends. The best debunking site that I know of is:
http://www.snopes.com
whs, glad you like snopes. I had never heard of Lingoes. Would you say it's the best dictionary / translator software that you know of?
That reminds me, I'd like to know what's the best dictionary, thesaurus, etc. website? I use http://www.bartleby.com but I have no idea if there's something better out there. I like the fact that most words have an audio file demonstrating pronunciation.
ScottW, I am no expert on translation programs. I use Lingoes because one day I found it on the web and it does the job for me. A few months ago we had a poster from Vietnam and I was able to translate my posts into vietnamese - AND he was able to red them. I thought that was pretty cool. I have done translations into languages that I know and it does a pretty decent job. But you have to choose the right translation engine (usually Google translation, which is one of the Lingoes options, works pretty good) and you have to post in short sentences. I have translated a few German articles from the German computer press into English and posted or mailed those in the US. I usually had to do some additional editing. So it's not perfect, but helpful.
PS: and as always - I don't think there is any "best".
First of all what a great site you have.....just found it.
I would rate the following site FOR VISTA BEGINNERS, and those wanting to learn about Windows Vista generally, simply because it does what it says on the box. It teaches you as if you have no knowledge of using a computer/vista.
Thanks GEEK for a great site.
TraceyK
