Downloads For Different Versions of Windows
Downloading Media Players Software
www.microsoft.com/technet/download/default.asp
This section is aimed at IT Professionals and there are many links to follow out of here to find more things to download
Downloads For Different Versions of Windows
www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.asp
If you want to find something in particular for you version of windows, go to these places and have a look. Some things that you can find are Securiy Updates, Encryption Packs, Utilities and Help Files.
There are updates for various versions of windows 2000, 98, 95, 3.1, NT workstation 4.0, NT server 4.0, CE
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.htm
This is the page to get internet explorer and add on's (there are a lot)for it, however, when I looked at it, some of the links of the page sent you to pages which were unreadable, maybe they'll fix it or maybe they'll just continue being microsoft.
Supposivly you can find any of the Microsoft downloads through here
Using the Microsoft Download Centre
There are three ways to find products through here, either by selecting the product, a catgory, or using a search for keywords.
If you know the name of a specific product You want, You can just search through the Products and then click on it to find a download.
The catagory search was very general (such as bringing up all of the games) and gave too many options, however if you are just browsing for something and aren't sure what you want, this is a good option.
I found that a keyword search was the easiest way to find something. Just type a keyword(or several) in and they come up.
This is the best way to find updates and add ons for specific Microsoft applications. If you are looking for something for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Publisher, PhotoDraw or MS Project This is the place to go.
To find the downloads just go to the page, click what application you want, and then click on downloads, You will then be given a very long page of downloads with short descriptions that you can choose from.
Just When You thought there was nothing else to download, you find more This is a site in itself with links to get more resources for office applications to extend and configure the capabilities of the application.
For a list of office downloads from this area, this link microsoft.com/office/ork/appa/AppA.htm shows some, but it is harder to find things than using the Office Resource Kit sub-site.
This page allows you to download different versions of directX
Downloading Media Players Software
microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp
Downloads that help you to use your media player
microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/business/walkthrough.asp
Downloads designed for the IT professional and has deployment guides
microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/business/walkthrough.asp
microsoft.com/macoffice/users/freedl.htm
There are numerous downloads for Mac office applications, very similar to the office updates for windows.
Internet Explorer or Outlook Downloads For Mac
microsoft.com/mac/download/en/default.asp
microsoft.com/windowsce/uplink/tips/freesoft.asp
This page lists different sites which contains free software, most of it presumably is compatable with microsoft products.