With the December edition you'll notice that we're bringing you eight full applications, three exclusive to the DVD edition. We're particularly pleased to be able to offer you a full current version of Iolo AntiVirus, which also ships with a standard 1-year license and support for protecting up to 3 of your PCs, so you can protect two home computers and a laptop. We also have an updated version of Ashampoo Burning Studio 2008, which will enable you to burn your discs, quickly. Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2008 will help cleanse and optimise your PC, whilst Vinyl Studio 2 will enable you to record and edit your old analogue audio and turn them in to digital tracks you can play on your PC. Paragon Drive Backup 8.5 Personal will backup and restore either a drive or drive partition, safeguarding your important data.

If you've bought the DVD edition, you'll find three full applications, including Serif Draw Plus 6, which is a vector drawing application. You'll also find Cyberlink PowerDirector 5VE which you can use to edit and create your own home movies (from your digital videos) and PC Tools File Recover 6.1.

Important: Problems Obtaining Full Application Serial Codes
Over the last few months, we've noticed that readers have had problems obtaining serial codes from online registration pages. This isn't always a problem with the online registration page, but a problem with anti-spam filters, which filter out the incoming email (containing the serial code). If you have an internal anti-spam filter installed on your computer, check your 'junk mail' or 'spam' folder, to see if the email has accidentally been classed as spam.

Alternatively, you may find that you're Internet service provider (ISP) has implemented a server-side anti-spam filter. A server-side anti-spam filter filters email at the ISP...so you don't even see the spam. However, the downside is that any email that your ISP classes as 'spam' means that it gets filtered, by your ISP. Our advice would be to turn off your ISP server-side anti-spam filter and use a filter on your system, which means that spam is filtered by your own preferences (ie what you regard as spam).