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If you often forget where you stored particular documents or files on your hard drive then Google may well have come up with the answer. The company has launched its desktop search program for free download. The program searches your hard drive and indexes your files according to their content making it easier to find the file you need. Click on the Google logo to download for free.

 

Plagued By Pop-Ups?

We all get them but getting rid of them isn't as difficult as you think. You can buy one of the many pop-up stopper programs around or you can save yourself some cash by reading the PC Doctor+ Guide on Pop-Ups on and stop them for FREE! Just click on the 'Pop-Ups' topic on the left.

 

 

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If you have a web site then why not add it to the DowntownUK Directory for free. Having a link to your site from downtownUK will do your search engine ranking a power of good whether it's a business or personal site. (We do like a reciprocal link)

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Microsoft has released the beta version of its new Ant-Spyware software. You can download it for Free Here

If you aren't sure what Spyware is all about then take a look at this new video from Microsoft (requires Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.)

 

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If the Computer Freezes

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New to Computing? Or are you just getting to grips with a software package? Check out our Free Tutorials
 

Free Community Sites

If you belong to a community, support or church group and would like a web site for that group then check out our FREEWEB service. This provides you with a web site, domain name and domain based e-mail for FREE.

 

New XP Update

Microsoft have released its Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. The pack incorporates all of the security updates since SP1 and includes an improved firewall feature and an effective pop-up blocker. No anti-virus software is included but XP now works better with most anti-virus packages including the free version of AVG. If you have automatic updates enabled then you should have already been alerted to the availability of the new service pack. If not then you can download it from the Microsoft site. Click HERE

 

 

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Make Your Computer Work For A Living By Saving You Money

 

Computers are at their best when they are performing the laborious tasks that we would like to perform ourselves - if only we had the time. For example, there are now a plethora of companies selling gas and electricity, mobile phones, insurance, mortgages and the more expensive retail items when we really should shop around. So how do you know that you're getting the best deal? Well fortunately other people have had the same thoughts and now run very successful companies on the Internet to basically do the work for you. How does the idea of saving 25% on the price of a new car sound to you?

 

downtownUK has been doing a bit of research on this whole area and the savings can be quite staggering! Take a look at the Money Page guide produced - HERE.