lakshminarayanan
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dear members
this is probably my first posting
happy new year 2006 to all
glad to be a member of the forum of perhaps the best computer magazine of the country.
i have the following general enquiries:
1. which are the best sites for downloading windows freeware ; the best sites for windows xp tricks, tips etc ; and for software articles (like techrepublic.com) and also the best books on windows xp.
2. i have a 2 year old pc with P-4 1.8 GHZ processor, 40 GB HDD and 384 MB DDR RAM. i am not a gamer or a power user. is there any need for any immediate upgradation? i now run win xp with SP 2 without any hiccups (as of now - who knows what will happen the next moment?)
3. i have the original cd of xandros linux. in the considered opinion, could i consider changing over to linux? is it difficult to find softwares and drivers for linux?
4. what is autopatcher for xp? is it wise to instal it?
5. is there any general list of software any user should have on a windows based pc? i know of some lists like techsupportalert.com, anova.org/software but i wish to know if there any other such lists.
thanks for going through this (lousy) posting and hoping to get nice replies.
this is probably my first posting
happy new year 2006 to all
glad to be a member of the forum of perhaps the best computer magazine of the country.
i have the following general enquiries:
1. which are the best sites for downloading windows freeware ; the best sites for windows xp tricks, tips etc ; and for software articles (like techrepublic.com) and also the best books on windows xp.
2. i have a 2 year old pc with P-4 1.8 GHZ processor, 40 GB HDD and 384 MB DDR RAM. i am not a gamer or a power user. is there any need for any immediate upgradation? i now run win xp with SP 2 without any hiccups (as of now - who knows what will happen the next moment?)
3. i have the original cd of xandros linux. in the considered opinion, could i consider changing over to linux? is it difficult to find softwares and drivers for linux?
4. what is autopatcher for xp? is it wise to instal it?
5. is there any general list of software any user should have on a windows based pc? i know of some lists like techsupportalert.com, anova.org/software but i wish to know if there any other such lists.
thanks for going through this (lousy) posting and hoping to get nice replies.