I=B4ll help with some links to a mix of free/lowcost, some OpenSource, high=
 quality programs:

Art wrote 2003-08-13:
>Avoid Microsoft if possible,

http://www.openoffice.org Like MS Office, plus drawing!, minus mail, so use=
=20
http://www.mozilla.org for mail and browsing, or my favo=
 http://www.opera.com

Etc...lots of alternatives...

Also all theese above are also in identical looking versions for Linux, so=
 making it easier to leave Windows later :)

> use a free firewall

http://www.zonelabs.com works very nice for me

(While I keep pstign all my favourites i might as well post=
 http://www.irfanview.com too, very nice picture converter...)

> and Norton antivirus.

I had a nightmare with that at customers a year ago.  Resource hog.  Very=
 inefficient update.  Bad result in real unbiased tests i have read. =
 Support at Autocad told me to ditch it, called it the biggest virus...

Running Kaspersky Antivirus happily for years.

Occasional scan for spyware using adaware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ is=
 nice if you use some suspicient product you are not sure of wha it is=
 doing.

For getting all of this http://www.getright.com is nice.

/Morgan
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