Some Useful Web Sites
http://www.download3k.com/System-Utilities/Other-Utilities/Download-WinSock-XP-Fix.html
winsockxpfix.exe
WinSock XP Fix offers a last resort if your Internet connectivity has been corrupted due to invalid or removed registry entries. It can often cure the problem of lost connections after the removal of Adware components or improper uninstall of firewall applications or other tools that modify the XP network and Winsock settings. If you encounter connection problems after removing network related software, Adware or after registry clean-up; and all other ways fail, then give WinSock XP Fix a try.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspxscid=kb%3Ben-us%3B326155#appliesto
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/915092/
"Guided Help is a program that you can download from some Microsoft Knowledge Base articles. Depending on the task, Guided Help can automatically perform the task that is described in the article, or Guided Help can guide you through the steps to perform the task yourself. Guided Help performs the steps by interacting directly with the Microsoft Windows XP user interface, or by using functions that are included with Guided Help. For steps that interact with the user interface, you see the steps occur on the screen."
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
WMUtil is a small utility to allow users to compact and repair the Windows Mail database in Windows Vista.
The Windows Mail database periodically needs compacting and defragmenting to function with maximal performance. Currently there is no manual method to compact the database in Windows Mail, unless one tinkers with the values set at Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance. WMUtil allows the user to manually compact the database to remove any wasted space from it.
Occasionally the database becomes corrupted as indicated for example by the inability of being able to delete messages from various folders. The Windows Mail database has a built-in repair feature that can sometimes fix such problems. Windows Mail provides no access to this feature, so clicking on the Repair button will manually run the repair feature on the database. Clicking on the Clear Outbox button will remove references in the database to phantom outbox messages.
In addition a number of .eml and .nws files of zero byte length tend to accumulate in the message store, which can lead to a reduction in performance. The two buttons under the File Utilities allow the user to assess the number of messages and to remove the zero byte / blank messages.
http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
The site for a program which checks to see if you have up-to-date software (or end-of-life, unsupported software). The program doesn't remove or update automatically - but gives you the information on removal or updating...