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If you don't have it already, get Windows XP Pro and install it on your PC, especially if your on a network. It has Remote Desktop, built-in firewall, strong multimedia features, support for dual processors, encryptable file systems, and off line folders, plus much more. This is the full version, in a box, with CD, and license. Upgrade version also available.

FireFox is giving the Microsoft browser a run for its money. It is interesting that it is totally free, and works very well. Main feature is that it is not under the hacker's microscopes. Most of the virus attacks are on MSIE. Take a test drive, you will like it, and it is free.

Norton Anti Virus, or Norton Internet Security, or any of their packages that have the Anti Virus scanner is and absolute must for your PC. Don't turn it on without it. We have tried McAffee, and Trend Micro, but have come back to Norton, every time. It is just better and safer. Some new virus's are being brewed, according to Norton, that are thousands of times more dangerous than the curent strains. Get ready.

Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 8 or greater, is a neccessity these days. Many of our files, and everyone elses, are created with Adobe Acrobat. It is a free download, get version 8, it is a lot faster than previous versions.

This is a good investment. Many of our downloads are in compressed Zip files. You noramlly can unzip using Windows XP, but it does not hurt to have a copy of Win Zip standing by. There is a free trial version.

Automatic defragmentation of your Windows hard drive. Set it and forget it. Speed up your computer to be twice as fast. This is a must have piece of software for every PC owner.

This is the low cost version of Photoshop. Until version 4, it was quite limited. Now in version 6, it will do most of what is essential, and it will accept and apply ICC Profiles. That is what was lacking in previous versions. Great for B&W and color. Last price we saw was $67.00. Thats a lot better than paying over $700 for the full blown PhotoShop CS.

If you not an Adobe fan, this is the next best graphics editor out there. We use it for our website work and for animations. Mainly because it is so easy to use. We don't have to send our employees to an expensive class to get them to the productive stage. It has been around a long time, previous owner was JASC in Canada.

HomeSite provides a lean, code-only editor for web development. Advanced coding features enable us to instantly create and modify HTML and CFM (ColdFusion) pages. Homesite's enhanced productivity tools allow us to validate, reuse, navigate, and format code more easily. It is simply the best HTML/CFM editor out there today.

ColdFusion is powerful software that acts as the interface between a skeleton HTML web page and our database of part numbers and product information. ColdFusion dynamically puts the data on the page, and replecates the code. With ColdFusion, we can build and deploy powerful web applications with far less training time and fewer lines of code than ASP, PHP, or JSP.

Visio is a great creative tool. Use it for making sketches, drawings, flow charts, org charts, you name it. It interfaces with the popular grahics editors, just by using cut and paste. There are more expensive and feature packed versions, but we like the lower cost Standard Version 5.

Later this year, we will expand our business by offering eCommerce Solutions to our customers and others that are interested. Over the years, we have accumulated a great deal of knowledge in the eCommerce area. We would like to share our methods and techniques by offering website hosting, website design, and programming services to those who want to get into the eCommerce business. Let us know if you are interested, send an email.