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    If you have a later version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can have any PDFpages read out loud that you have saved a copy of on your  hard drive. Click on “VIEW” on the menu bar and select “Read Out Loud” for choices. Repeat these steps to Pause or Stop. Also notice the shortcut key selections if you would like to use these.

                                       Some viewers you may need.
Microsoft Viewers for Powerpoint - Word - Excel
   http://tinyurl.com/2hlzph

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats.
These will have extensions  docx  pptx  and  xlsx  which you can then open.
http://tinyurl.com/y5a879

Latest Adobe Flash Player.   http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

Adobe Reader Latest version for your OS. Windows XP SP2 , English
Over 22 megs. Take checkmark out of Google Toolbar if not wanted.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

MS has it's own version of Java. If games etc are working ok, then you shouldn't need this.
Download Java 2 Platform
- Select the J2SE v 1.4.2_14 download   http://tinyurl.com/g0ff
The J2SE Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows end-users to run Java applications

Have a file you don't know how to open? Think you need an expensive piece of software to open it?

http://www.openwith.org/


 

Hardware and Software Drivers
 

Drivers Software - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com
DriverGuide.com (printer drivers, cdrom drivers, modem drivers, sound drivers, mouse drivers, monitor drivers, etc.)
Help-Site Computer Manuals  http://help-site.com/ 
UsersManualGuide - User Manual and User Guide for many equipments etc.
http://www.usersmanualguide.com/
Welcome to ProcessLibrary  http://www.processlibrary.com/
Welcome to Wotsit's Format, the complete programmer's resource on the net.
http://www.wotsit.org/default.asp
It's fast, free, and secure. This DNS service offers speedier browsing and protection from phishing sites. The service will even correct typos that you punch into your browser."
http://www.opendns.com/
Free YouTube Download. Download video from YouTube to your computer hard drive with one mouse click. Video from YouTube will be saved as AVI file. You'll be able to play it with any video player on your computer.
This free program contains no spyware or adware. It's clearly free and absolutely safe to install and run.
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-Download.htm
Global Broadband Speed Test
http://www.speedtest.net/
Test your connection speed.  http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/
View your ISP's speed results   http://www.dslreports.com/
All You Need To Know About Ripping DVDs
http://www.denguru.com/2006/08/28/all_you_need_to_know_about_ripping_dvds/
Stop what you're doing, find shelter and call your mom, because Quintessential Player 4.50 has arrived.
http://www.quinnware.com/
Intel Desktop Utilities.
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/software/idu/
Free Codecs
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Codec_Pack_All_in_1.htm
SUPER © Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer.  http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
Ultimate Boot CD is completely free for the download.
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ 
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
Do you know where your boot disk is if you have a big problem?  http://www.bootdisk.com/ 
Welcome to DllDump - housing thousands of free dll files! http://www.dlldump.com/ 
DOS Commands
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntcmds.mspx?mfr=true
Lots of free codecs.
http://www.free-codecs.com/index.htm
Download patches, service packs, drivers and upgrades for hardware

Viewers you may need

Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=144e54ed-d43e-42ca-bc7b-5446d34e5360&displaylang=en

A free reader/viewer/printer for PDF documents. Unlike Adobe?Reader, our program is only 1megabyte and runs instantly without installation.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/

Acrobat PDF viewer.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Works 6.0 Converter for Works and Word Users  1.5 megs
http://tinyurl.com/mj73

Free spell checker for Outlook Express.
Although not a viewer it is for those that don't have MS works or MS word installed, or other spell checkers, here is a free one.
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/

Pdf995 makes it easy and affordable to create professional-quality documents
in the popular PDF file format.
http://www.pdf995.com/

Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

Real Player/ Real One Player.
http://www.real.com/realoneplayer.html?pp=home&src=121202realhome_1_1

QuickTime Alternative will allow you to play QuickTime files (.mov, .qt and other extensions) without having to install the official QuickTime Player. It also supports QuickTime content that is embedded in webpages.
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

QuickTime Download
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

From Darry D:  If you receive a WordPerfect Document (extension .wpd ) and can't open it -
1. Most later versions of MS Word will open a WordPerfect document. He may have to use File > Import > WordPerfect IF that doesn't work.
2. The sender of the WordPerfect document can open the document and select File > PDF to convert the document to a "portable document file" which can be opened using Adobe Acrobat Reader which comes with all versions of Windows. The person should save the PDF as "PDF for Web" so that the data is saved as a document instead of being sent to his printer.
3. The sender can open the WordPerfect document and select File > Save as > ASCII text file. (The document will be renamed to end in ".txt" which he can attach to his friend or use copy-and-paste to place it into the email.)

Sound and Video Players

JetAudioMusicMatchWinAmp

More Players

Windows Media Player 10
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/default.aspx

Quintessential Player. This new version brings you closer to your music than ever before.
http://www.quinnware.com/

Hundreds of internet radio stations
http://www.vtuner.com/  

Vanbasco   (Great Midi and Karaoke Player)
http://www.vanbasco.com/

Microsoft Reader
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/default.asp

Read Please
http://www.readplease.com/

Codec packs and filesharing clients are completely free.
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.htm

Sound File Converters
http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/Windows/sound_file_converters.html

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