Online Virus Scan

Free Anti-Virus AVG v9 - in the past OK but now tends to slow things down and misses things

Zone Alarm Free Firewall  Use for Windows 2000 - Don't bother to use with XP which has its own inbuilt firewall that works just fine.

Google Pack (untick Norton)

Firewall Test

Microsoft security essentials - free antivirus - not bad - recommended

Malware Remover from microsoft

CCleaner Removes unused files from your system- good kit

Internet Speed Test

spybot anti spyware

Fix your own printer

Print cartridges cheap!

Foxit reader. Fast pdf reader

Mozilla Firefox browser latest version

Thunderbird Email handling package 

VideoLan - Free DVD playing software

CD burner XP free software that allows you burn CDs and DVDs. Before downloading this you will need to download (dot net v2)  a programming language from microsoft

Ubuntu - Linux based operating system - simple and easy to use

Xubuntu - Linux based operating system - uses less resources than Ubuntu

Open Office free writing, spreadsheet &  presentation  software

WOT - Web of trust - good protection when deciding what website to visit