Game Stuff
Kquery:
Still my favorite way of finding or joining servers handles various game types and they can be mixed around in the same list. Has a buddy finder too if your lucky enough to have any.
Tweaking guides -CoD2
I didnt do any of this tweaking to be honest and I have a modest machine all I did was to turn off the Antialiasing and it runs fine in either single of multiplayer. Still here is a site to help anyone with problmes running some games.
Security and help.
Gibson Research:
Some people these days are saying this bloke does not know as much as he thinks, however I have yet to see anyone explain what harm it does to follow his advice. Apart from plugging his product that recovers hard drive data, his advice and help is free.
Try his leak test and see how secure your system is or turn bloody msn off for good nothing else will!
Safer Networking:
I know the tool of choice for removing ad/spybots was, and maybe is Ad-Aware, however a lot of magazines are these days recomending Spybot search and destroy. I tried it and it seems to work and its free. With all these things though how do you ever know if they got them all?
Norton security test
If you would rather trust a name you can pay for Norton, or rather Symantec do a free test too. Obviously they have nothing to gain if your system gets the all clear so if you don’t use Norton expect to be told you may be at risk in the future. To be fair it gave me the all clear and I don’t use Norton’s firewall but I do use the virus checker.
Files and backup
Filemirrors
I love this and its thanks to Infy who sent me here first. If you want a download and like me hate fileplanet ect, type the file in here and almost every time it will give you several places to download from. No passwords, no faster downloads if you pay, no false waiting.
Game Copy World
Make sure you have cookies blocked for this but it is worth it. I have never had a download from here that either has a virus in or does not do exactly what it claims to. Read the site please I do not encourage making a copy of any game you do not own.
Friends and other Clansites
Smeg:
Clan that one of Ni founders was in. Without a doubt one of the best battlezone clans there was and is still. Founded by that all round (titter) good guy Taz
Upuaut:
The person everyone from the smeg days onwards turns to for advice on anything remotely geekish, seems to spend an abnormal amount of time on expensive looking holidays with his girlfriend at the moment.