My freeware-shareware-programs2205

Stephen Klein 8/29/2014
MY SOFTWARE LIBRARY (12/30/09)
Freeware, Shareware, $ware, Webware Programs
1. Access Manager 2 – a freeware program that maintains a file of usernames and
passwords.
2. Actual Doc Standard – a freeware program. Windows' Recent Documents menu is a
great idea, badly executed. Microsoft still hasn't figured out that this list should be
filtered by file type, or that you might appreciate some privacy. Luckily,
Flexigensoft figured it out and offers a better Recent Documents called ActualDoc. The
free program offers two ways to find a recently-used file. You can right-click the systray
icon for lists by category--Documents, Internet Documents, Drawings and Images, and so
on. Or you can double-click that icon for the full-fledged program, where you can narrow
the selection still further by date and file type
(such as Word documents and text files). (11/19/07)
3. Active Sync – a freeware program to synchronize files between computer and Windows-based
mobile device.
4. Adobe Acrobat – a $ware program that creates and edits pdf file type file documents.
Licensed to Ramapo College.
5. Adobe Reader – a freeware program that reads pdf file type documents.
6. Ad-Aware 2008 – a freeware program for spyware protection and removal.
7. ADrive - ADrive LLC (ADrive.com) leads the free online data storage community,
offering the largest amount of free storage on the internet. ADrive provides users with
secure solutions for storing, backing up, and accessing files from virtually anywhere, at
any time. ADrive serves as an online, centralized vault for all file types including: music,
videos, photos, documents, and more. Founded by veterans of the storage and networking
industry, ADrive was designed to meet the demands of our data-intensive world.
(12/1/07)
8. Advanced WindowsCare 2 – a freeware program to perform maintenance on your
computer. [Use carefully]
9. Allway Sync – a freeware program for file synchronization between computers
10. AlphaClock – Free Edition enhances your taskbar clock (tray clock) with fully
customizable clock display, alarms, time synchronization, popup calendar, time speaking
and more. http://www.alfasoftweb.com/download/alfaclock_free_edition.exe
11. AM-DeadLink – a freeware tool to detect dead links and duplicates from browser
bookmarks and text files. AM-DeadLink supports bookmarks from Internet Explorer,
Firefox, Opera, comma-separated files and tab-delimited files. (www.aignes.com).
12. Apple Safari – a freeware web browser alternative for Internet Explorer.
13. AppSnap – a free tool that shows which of the freeware tools on the PC need updating.
AppSnap scans the system and lists the apps, the version is on the PC, as well as the
program's current version number. You choose the programs needing upgrading (or new
programs you want to install) and click Upgrade. AppSnap silently installs each app so
you don't have to deal with separate application installation routines. You can scan for
applications in various categories, such as Installed, Not Installed, Upgradable, or, if you
want to remove programs, Removable. The big surprise was how many popular tools--
and most of your favorites--AppSnap had in its database: CCleaner, Firefox, Google
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Desktop, Google Earth, iTunes, Opera, PDF Creator, Winamp, and Thunderbird, to name
just a few. (1/14/08)
14. Argali White & Yellow – a freeware program to find a company’s or people’s address
phone number.
15. AVG-Anti-Virus Free Edition – is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by
GRISOFT for home use. (www.free.grisoft.com)
16. Avidemux – a freeware multi-platform video editor. (e.g., copy and paste selected
frames) (12/26/08)
17. AxCrypt - AxCrypt File Encryption for Windows. AxCrypt is the leading open source
file encryption software for Windows. It integrates seamlessly with Windows to
compress, encrypt, decrypt, store, send and work with individual files.
http://www.axantum.com/AxCrypt . (Ask the Computer Lady - 10/29/09)
18. Belarc Advisor – a freeware program that provides a comprehensive information profile
summary of your computer system. (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
19. Blender - is the open-source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production,
interactive creation and playback. It is available for all major operating
systems under the GNU General Public License. (5/24/08)
20. Calculator Plus – a freeware program that provides advanced calculator features.
21. CamStudio – a freeware program records activity from your screen and audio from a
microphone into AVI video files and can also convert the AVIs into Streaming Flash
videos (SWFs) using its built-in SWF Producer.
22. CCleaner – CCleaner (formerly Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and
privacy tool. It removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing
Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best
part is that it's fast! (normally taking less than a second to run) and free. (1/17/09)
23. CDBurnerXP – a simple basic freeware program to burn music and data CDs.
(www.cdburnerxp.se) (06/21/08 PC Guy)
24. Chrome – Google has produced an excellent browser that is friendly enough to handle
average browsing activities without complicating the tasks, but at the same time powerful
enough to meet the needs of more-advanced users. (01/15/09)
25. CKRename – a freeware program that makes volume changes to file names, and file
extensions.
26. Clicker – a website with a searchable database of movies, TV shows, etc for viewing
entertainment (11/14/09) www.clicker.com
27. Clickster – a freeware program is the essential application for every lover of music.
Clickster enables you to easily search for and download mp3 files from the Internet in a
totally legal and safe environment. This free program searches the Web for free MP3
music files from your favorite artists, and delivers them to your desktop. Clickster's
developer, Robert Palmer, insists that there's no copyright issues to worry about, since the
MP3s that Clickster accesses are free files stored on Web sites. As long as you don't share
the files, you're safe. (8/14/08)
28. CnD3 - is a helper application for your web browser that allows you to view 3-
dimensional structures from NCBI's Entrez retrieval service.
29. CNET Bandwidth Meter speed test – will check the bandwidth of your Internet
connection against top DSL, cable modem, and other broadband services.
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30. Color Cop – a freeware program that provides hexadecimal number for a requested
color.
31. Color Detector – a freeware program that provides hexadecimal number for a requested
color.
32. CookieWall – a freeware program that let’s you set rules for each site you visit.
Currently works only with Internet Explorer. (www.analogx.com)
33. Core FTP Lite – a freeware program for uploading/downloading files - File Transfer
Protocol (FTP).
34. Cryptainer LE – a freeware program that creates an encrypted file area on your hard
disk.
35. Defraggler – a freeware program that is quicker and more useful than Windows own
utility.
36. DesignPro – a freeware program from Avery for design projects.
37. DVD Flick – a freeware program You probably have lots of different videos and films
on your computer you would like to play on your home DVD player. Unfortunately,
many DVD players can only read the standard DVD format and it's therefore a waste of
resources to burn DVDs with avi, mpeg or wmv files. DVD Flick comes in handy
because it converts PC video files to a proper DVD format, readable by all standard
devices. (05/30/09)
38. EasyBCD – a free Vista bootloader modification tool.
39. Easy Duplicate File Finder – a freeware program that finds duplicate files and then lets
you to delete them. (10/2/07)
40. Eraser - is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely
remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully
selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 2003
Server and DOS. Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU
General Public License. (12/26/08)
41. EssentialPIM – a freeware all-in-one desktop manager alternative to MS Outlook.
(www.essentialpim.com) (06/21/08 PC Guy)
42. Expired Cookies Cleaner – a freeware program for removing expired cookies from you
computer (PC). http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,62390/description.html?
tk=nl_ddxdwn
43. ExplorerXP – a freeware program that displays the total size of each folder and allows
you to browse multiple folders from a tabbed interface.
44. FastStone Image Viewer – is a fast, stable, user-friendly image browser, converter and
editor. It has a nice array of features that include image viewing, management,
comparison, red-eye removal, emailing, resizing, cropping and color adjustments. Its
innovative but intuitive full-screen mode provides quick access to EXIF information,
thumbnail browser and major functionalities via hidden toolbars that pop up when your
mouse touch the four edges of the screen. Other features include a high quality magnifier
and a musical slideshow with 150+ transitional effects, as well as lossless JPEG
transitions, drop shadow effects, image annotation, scanner support, histogram and much
more. It supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF,
PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA. (11/10/07)
45. FavIconizer – a freeware program that restores damaged or missing program icons for IE
favorites.
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46. Flock – is a free Web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date
with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web. Flock gives users control
over their Web experience by integrating a variety of Web applications and services into
its browser, and making participation online easy. Flocks design leverages a simple,
elegant interface to deliver a powerful interactive experience that’s accessible to power
users and everyday mortals alike. Flock is committed to innovation and forward
movement, and users can expect something fun and new--designed just for them--every
few months. Includes the People sidebar for managing your friend’s lists, a media bar
showing the latest uploads from you and your friends, several usability and stability fixes
as well as the latest security patches from Mozilla. Version 1 includes unspecified
updates. (11/10/07)
47. FolderBox – a freeware program displays additional folders in the lower part of
Explorer, which enables you to display the contents of two folders at once. (2/3/08)
48. Free Audio Editor – a freeware program that allows you to edit, record, mix, filter and
add effects to audio files. (2/13/09)
49. Free Hide Folders – sometimes the best way to keep people from prying into your
personal folders is to keep the folders' existence secret from the get-go. That's easy to do
with Free Hide Folders. The program lets you make any folder (plus all of its subfolders
and other contents) completely invisible with a just a little pointing and clicking. (And
no, it doesn't just use the folder's hidden attribute.) The program is password protected, so
you're safe even if someone knows you're using the product. It also lets you back up your
folders' hidden states in case you have a system problem. --Scott Dunn
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64421/description.html?tk=nl_hsxdwn
50. Find Duplicates.NET – a freeware program that finds duplicate files on the computer.
51. Folder Marker – a freeware program small helper which can mark folders by priority
(high, normal, low), by degree of work completeness (done, half-done, planned) and by
the form of the information contained in the folder (work files, important files, temp files,
private files).
52. Folder Size – a freeware program to display folder and file sizes in the Windows
Explorer window. (www.find.pcworld.com/55360)
53. Freebyte Backup – is a freeware backup program for Windows. It allows one to easily
copy (and filter) a large number of files and directories from various sources into one
backup directory. It is possible to backup all files found in the specified set of input
directories, or to have only certain file types copied. Files can be filtered according to
file-extensions. E.g. you can specify that you want to backup all .doc, .rtf, .jpg, .bmp
files, but none of the .exe, .dll and .txt files. You can also very easily define new file
extensions inside the filter. (08/21/08) www.freebyte.com
54. Fresh UI – a freeware program to customize the Windows user interface, tweak hidden
settings, optimize system settings and hardware settings, customize Windows application
settings, and control the user environment with policies. (www.downloads.zdnet.com
12/06)
55. FXVisor – a freeware program to shrink the size of short cut arrows on icons.
56. Gimp – GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed piece of
software suitable for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition, and image
authoring. It is a powerful piece of software with capabilities not found in any other free
software product. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert-quality photo-
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retouching program, an online batch-processing system, a mass production image
renderer, or an image-format converter. GIMP is modular, expandable, and extensible. It
is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions to do just about anything. The
advanced scripting interface allows everything from the simplest task to the most
complex image-manipulation procedures to be easily scripted. (12/26/08; 9/3/08)
57. GoodSync – is a file synchronization and file backup software that automatically syncs
files between desktops, laptops, and external drives. (5/11/08)
58. Google – a search engine.
59. Google Chrome – a freeware web browser alternative for Internet Explorer.
60. Google Desktop – a freeware program for searching the desktop.
61. Google Docs – a web-based freeware program that provides the functionality of
Microsoft Office. (1/21/08)
62. Google Earth – Google the planet. The latest version of Google Earth makes it,
indubitably, the only free mapping app worth considering. Accessible enough for casual
users, Google has been added features that make it a necessity for those whose
topographic desires are more serious. http://earth.google.com/intl/en/earth4.html
63. Google Toolbar – Download this free tool, and use Google to search from any Web site
without having to return to the Google home page to begin another search. You can
customize your search to include just the site you're visiting or just the page you're
viewing. Use the toolbar to find similar pages or to find sites that link back to that page.
Google lifts some of the load from you with Google Suggest query suggestions (available
in Firefox only), a pop-up blocker, and WordTranslator. Filling out forms and
shoppingonline become less arduous thanks to the toolbar's SpellCheck and AutoFill
functions. Version: 2.0
64. Iconfinder – search and download icons on the web. www.iconfinder.net
65. Icon Viewer – is a freeware tool that pictorially displays all of the icons contained in any
given folder as well as the number of icons therein. The icons stored in your computer
easily evade the sweep of most image viewers. Icon Viewer, however, pictorially
displays all of the icons contained in any given folder as well as identifying the number
of icons therein. Supposedly, it can do the same with all the icons in a given directory,
but I couldn't persuade it to demonstrate this talent; instead, the program insisted that
there were none to be found.--Leigh Anne Jones
66. ImageResizer – With this free resize image software, you can create e-mail friendly
versions of your images, load them faster, move them easily from folder to folder, change
their format, edit large numbers of image files/batch image resize and thus save space on
your hard drive. Using high resolution 1600x1200 for creating wallpaper or file-sharing
you can save your memory. VSO Image Resizer can also change file names using a
template and you can add your own watermark with transparency support.VSO Image
resizer is integrated into the Windows explorer shell, right click on your pictures and start
working on your pictures! http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/
67. irFanView - Irfanview's main task is to view graphics files, and it does a superb
job of it. You can view just about any file format you can imagine, and display it
lightning fast. It can also display thumbnails, show your files as slideshows, and play
multimedia files. Given that it's a file viewer, the program also includes a surprising
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number of graphics editing tools, including adding effects and cropping. And if you need
to convert files from one format to another, it can't be beat. It's particularly effective at
batch-converting large groups of files. (www.irfanview.com) (06/21/08; 03/13/09 PC
Guy)
68. iTunes – a player for audio and video files; also synchronizes portable devices (e.g.,
iphone, ipod, etc.) with Apple and PC.
69. JDiskReport – a freeware attractive, colorful, easy-to-use utility program that shows
how much space your files and directories are consuming on disk. (6/20/09)
70. JetStart – a freeware program. Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? Want to get
some Vista functionality without upgrading? JetStart offers quick access to
categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs, and system commands.
Go to the download page now:
71. jux2 Meta Search – a freeware meta search engine which allows you to enter keywords
in the search box and your search is simultaneously sent to several search engines.
72. Klipfolio – KlipFolio is a Personal Dashboard. Small, consistent and easily configurable,
KlipFolio can be used to monitor anything you want online--like weather, stocks,
Hotmail, news, RSS feeds and even auctions--right on your desktop.
73. LaunchBar Commander – You can create multiple docks to launch applications and
documents with this freebie. --Steve Bass. Version: 1.56.02. Price: Free
Go to the download page now:
74. Leak Test – a freeware program that tests your firewall for security leaks.
75. MailStore Home – a freeware program for backing up and organizing e-mail. It can back
up e-mail from multiple accounts. It can back up from Outlook 2003, 2007 and Express.
If you use Windows Mail or Thunderbird, you’re covered, too. It also covers Webmail
services like Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. Your e-mail is backed up to your computer. From
there, it can be organized and searched easily. You can search by contacts, content or
specific account. You’ll also be able to find all of your attachments. This can be done
without logging into multiple accounts. You can burn your backup to CD or DVD with
one click. If something happens to your computer, you'll still have your e-mail. Just
reinstall MailStore Home. And then restore your backup from the CD or DVD.
76. Malicious Software Removal Tool – a freeware program to remove malicious software.
(www.microsoft.com)
77. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer – a freeware program to inspect and rank your
computer system security.
78. Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager – Microsoft's USB Flash Drive Manager (FDM)
puts all the features you need to work with thumb drives in one place. From the FDM,
you can give each drive a name. Then you can associate each drive with a folder on your
PC's hard drive.
79. Mozilla Firefox – a freeware web browser alternative for Internet Explorer.
80. Mozilla Thunderbird – a freeware program that makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier
than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features, such as intelligent
spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. (11/16/07)
81. MyUninstaller – a freeware program that is an alternative utility to the standard
Add/Remove applet of Windows operating system.
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82. Network Magic – a $ware program for setting up a network between multiple computers
and devices (including printers, music players, and game systems). Network Tasks
provides access to the common tasks for connecting computers, sharing files and devices,
protecting your connections from intruders, creating reports on Internet usage, and even
setting up a remote access Web site.
83. Notepad++ – is a freeware Notepad replacement with an eye toward programmers,
although it should also appeal to the casual user who wants a cross between Notepad and
WordPad. (12/28/09)
84. NoteTab Light – improves on Windows' Notepad in so many ways, it's tough to count
them. Start with the basics: You can open multiple files, not just one, as you're forced to
do in Notepad. Each file runs in its own tab, so switching between them is easy. The
program comes with all kinds of nifty built-in utilities, too, such as a feature that strips
HTML out of a document, a Paste Board that saves text clips automatically, macros, and
plenty of oddball free tools such as a mortgage-rate calculator. (11/13/07)
85. OE Tweaker – a freeware program that easily customizes Outlook Express.
86. OneClick Answers – a freeware program for questions and answers.
87. ooVoo – a freeware internet-based telephony program
88. OpenOffice – a freeware program that provides the functions of and is compatible with
Microsoft Office. (www.openoffice.org) (06/21/08 PC Guy)
89. Opera – a freeware web browser alternative for Internet Explorer. It's free, filled with
features, and fast. Opera combines tabbed browsing and e-mail in one surprisingly clean,
yet highly customizable interface. Like IE and Firefox, Opera's browser blocks pop-ups,
accepts plugins, remembers your online passwords and lets you subscribe to RSS
newsfeeds. (1/15/09)
90. OptOut – a freeware program that tests for any installed SpyWare on your desktop.
91. OutlookHelper – is a free, easy-to-load add-on for Windows 2000 and above and for
Windows XP. It's like a turbocharger for Outlook, allowing you to manage your e-mail
more efficiently. Its helpful functions include previewing images of multiple e-mail
messages simultaneously without opening them. In addition the program gives you
flexibility in storing, sorting, and organizing your e-mail, and its virus alert feature warns
you before you open tainted messages. This add-on comes with free, private
cyberstorage, which more than makes up for the small disc space it occupies. Version:
5.7.0 Price: Free. Go to the download page now:
92. Paint.NET – a freeware graphics editor program alternative to Photoshop. Paint.NET is
free image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run
Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful
and powerful tools. It started development as an undergraduate college senior design
project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni
that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint
software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for
photo and image editing. (www.getpaint.net) (12/26/08; 06/21/08 PC Guy)
93. PassKeeper – a freeware program that stores account names, passwords, URLs, and
notes in a password protected Access database.
94. Password Safe – a freeware program stores your login data in a password-protected,
encrypted file you unlock whenever you need access to your stored login information. At
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the very least, Password safe lets you manually cut and paste user names and passwords
from its database into Web pages and applications, and is a great place to store any
sensitive information. (2/2/09)
95. PC Wizard - PC Wizard 2008 can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about
your PC's configuration and performance. Everything, that is, except how to fix it.
(1/2/09)
96. PDFCreator – a freeware program to create PDF files. (www.pdfforge.org) (06/21/08
PC Guy)
97. Photocopier – a freeware program to print a copy of a scanned sheet of paper (01/08/09)
98. Photo Resizer – a freeware program to resize and manipulate images (PC Guy 11/27/09)
99. Picasa – a freeware program for editing and maintaining a photo library on disk.
100. Picture to Icon Converter – a freeware program that lets you convert picture
files in BMP, JPEG, GIF, and other formats into icon files with just a simple click.
101. Powertoys – a set of freeware utility programs: TweakUI, etc.
(www.microsoft.com)
102. Process Explorer – a freeware program that is an advanced process explorer
utility.
103. Quicktime Player – a free multimedia (voice, video, data) player. You can use it
to view many kinds of files, including video, audio, still images, graphics, and virtual
reality (VR) movies. QuickTime supports the most popular formats on the Internet for
news, sports, education, movie trailers, and other entertainment; QuickTime is also a
multimedia architecture that other applications can leverage. Some of the most popular
software-such as iTunes, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro from Apple, as well as many third-party
programs-uses the QuickTime architecture for important multimedia functions.
These applications require QuickTime to be installed in order to function properly.
104. RadioSure – a freeware powerful and simple radio player offering thousands of
radio station presets from around the world. (4/17/09)
105. RealPlayer – a freeware multimedia (voice, video, data) player.
106. RealJukeBox – a freeware program to play music.
107. RealDownload – a freeware program to download files.
108. Recuva – is a freeware Windows utility to restore files that have been
accidentally deleted from your computer, including files emptied from the Recycle bin,
deleted files from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players, and files lost by bugs,
crashes and viruses. (1/23/09)
109. Registry Mechanic – a $ware program to perform maintenance on your
computer; identify invalid or orphaned references within the Windows Registry.
110. RegToy – a freeware program that lets you customize just about every aspect
of how Windows works, from the taskbar and Start menu, to the
Windows Explorer context menu, how your desktop and icons appear,
and much more. The number of settings you can change is
astonishing. Vista users will particularly welcome it, because it gives
you control over many Vista-specific features. In Vista, you can turn
the Windows Mobility Center on and off, disable Windows error
reporting, hiding the Control Panel, and much more. (5/28/08)
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111. Remote Desktop Connection – a freeware program that connects to a computer’s
desktop from a remote location and runs applications.
112. Revo Uninstaller – a freeware program that helps you to uninstall and remove
any unwanted application installed on your computer. (2/3/08)
113. Rhapsody Player – a free music player.
114. RoboForm – a freeware/$ware program to maintain a password-protected file of
URLs, userIDs, and passwords. Up to 10 passcards are free.
115. Savings Bond Wizard – a freeware program to inventory and value U.S. Savings
Bonds.
116. Sceen2exe - create instant screen demos with the highest compression ratio in the
world. With SCREEN2EXE tool you can: 1) Record onscreen changes to a self-played
EXE file. 2) Record mouse movement and clicking. 3) Record speech from a
microphone. 4) Support partial recording. 5) Edit function, add image, text, annotation
and effects. 6) Get smallest movie file for fast sharing. 7) Best quality and scalable
settings.Version 2.1 supports capturing by window and add video title to HTML title.
117. Screen Toaster – a webware app to record your screen. Sign up at the
ScreenToaster site, press Alt-S, and you're recording. Once you have finished recording,
you can add captions. Afterward you can upload the video to ScreenToaster's servers or
to YouTube--or download it as an AVI file. (1/29/09)
118. 7-Zip – a freeware program for disk file compression. (www.7-zip.org) (06/21/08
PC Guy)
119. SideStep – a freeware program searches 26 different airline sites and consolidates
all the flights that fit your itinerary. (Internet Explorer only)
120. SightSpeed – a freeware program to communicate (voice and video) with people
using VOIP.
121. SiSoft SANDRA – SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and
Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the
information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software
and other devices whether hardware or software. (12/8/07)
122. Skype – a freeware program to communicate (voice and video) with people using
VoIP.
123. SmartFTP Client – a shareware program to upload/download files - File
Transfer Protocol (FTP).
124. Spybot Search & Destroy – a freeware program that detects and removes
spyware and adware of different kinds from computers. (www.spybot.com)
125. Sqirlz Morph – a freeware program. Morph two, three or more images together.
Also, warp images individually. Try morphing all the family's faces into one unique (or
gruesome) movie! Save your animation as a Flash movie, AVI video clip, or bitmap/jpeg
files. You place special control points over important features on each of the images, and
the program then distorts each image so that the chosen features are matched. The
distorted images are also mixed together into a single 'morphed' image which is animated
to show different proportions of distortion and mixing. (8/18/08)
126. SSH Secure File Transfer – a program for uploading/downloading files - File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). Licensed to Ramapo College.
127. SSH Secure Shell client – a program for uploading/downloading files - File
Transfer Protocol (FTP). Licensed to Ramapo College.
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128. Stickies – a freeware program to create electronic Post-it-notes on desktop.
(www.Zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies) (06/21/08 PC Guy)
129. SuperAntiSpyware – a freeware program to remove spyware (11/27/09)
130. Sure Delete – a freeware program to completely delete a file(s).
131. SyncIT – a freeware program automatically synchronizes your Netscape
Navigator Bookmarks and Internet Explorer Favorites (www.bookmarksync.com) or
(www.pcworld.com).
132. SyncToy – a freeware program to copy, move, rename, and delete files between
folders and computers; synchronize (backup) between computer and removable media.
(www.microsoft.com/downloads)
133. Tab Mix – a freeware add-in program enhances Firefox's tab browsing
capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab
clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured
session manager...
134. TaskBar Shuffle – Drag and drop your taskbar buttons and system tray icons to
instantly reorder them. No need to get all nervous when a program crashes or if you need
to reboot; you can reorder your programs exactly as they were. Version 2.2 includes an
option to rearrange your tray icons, Vista support, and doesn't store settings in registry
anymore.
135. TClockEx – a freeware program that offers a bounty of options for displaying the
date and/or time on the taskbar.
136. Think Free – a freeware program that allows you to create, view, and edit
Microsoft Office compatible files over the web.
137. TaskSwitchXP – a freeware program TaskSwitchXP is an advanced task
management utility that picks up where the standard Windows Alt+Tab switcher leaves
off. It provides the same functionality, and adds visual styles to the dialog and also
enhances it by displaying thumbnail preview of the application that will be switched to.
138. Toolbar Chest – a freeware program that saves and restores Explorer toolbar
settings.
139. Treepad Lite – is a freeware personal database program, a powerful information
organizer, PIM and outline text editor. It is ideal for storing notes, emails, URLs. It
features extended search, edit, export and import options. Supports non-western fonts.
Runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT and XP
140. TrueCrypt – a freeware program that creates an encrypted file area on your hard
disk. (10/6/07)
141. TweakUI – a freeware program utility that tweaks Windows settings.
142. TweakVI – a freeware program utility that tweaks Windows settings. VISTA
143. Tweak Revisited 2 – a freeware program utility that tweaks Windows settings.
144. Undelete Plus – a freeware program utility that scans your system for files that
have been deleted, even those removed from the Recycle Bin, or deleted on a network
drive or via a DOS window. It lists all the files, and tells you whether they can likely be
restored. Tell the program to restore your files, and they come back from the dead.
(6/17/09)
145. VisiPics – a freeware utility that can find and remove duplicate pictures for you. I
turned VisiPics loose on my My Pictures folder, which contains over four thousand
photos. It took about 40 minutes to complete its scan, but it did an amazing job. (2/3/09)
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146. Vista Firewall Control – “If you want true outbound firewall protection, use this
to help manage Windows Vista's built-in firewall. Microsoft has been touting the new
Windows Firewall in Windows Vista, which it says for the first time includes an
outbound filter as well as an inbound filter. Outbound filters are important, because if
you've been infected with a Trojan or similar software, it makes an outbound connection
without your knowledge, letting someone else take control of your PC. Some malware
can also turn your PC into a spam-spewing robot, sending out email without your
knowledge. Unfortunately, the outbound filter in Windows Vista is, in essence, turned off
by default. And as a practical matter, it's impossible to manually configure it to block
malware making outbound connections. That's where the free VistaFirewallControl
comes in. Install it, and whenever an application tries to access the Internet, a screen pops
up, with the application name, the publisher, and similar information, as well its path and
file name. You can enable or disable inbound or outbound connections it tries to make,
either permanently, or just this one time. If you're not sure if the program is malware or
not, go to www.processlibrary.com and do a search for the file name, for details. All in
all, VistaFirewallControl is a great way to make sure your PC isn't making unwanted
outbound connections.” The program can be found @ find.pcworld.com/57258.
147. Vista Short Cut Overlay Remover – a freeware program to shrink or remove the
annoying arrows that appear on shortcuts on your Vista Desktop.
148. Vista Start Menu – The Windows Start menu is a mildly useful tool for running
programs and accomplishing other tasks. But what if you want something more than
merely a mildly useful tool? Then get this program, which despite
its name works with both Vista and XP. It puts all of your programs and important
folders within easy reach, so that you can launch them quickly. It also gives you fast
access to turning off, rebooting, logging off, and switching users. (5/9/08)
149. Vista Services Optimizer – a freeware program. Silently running in the
background of your Vista PC are services that you don't need. These leeches slow your
system down and increase your system's boot time. The free Vista Services Optimizer
helps fix the problem, by analyzing your PC, telling you which you can safely turn off,
and then turning them off for you. (3/22/09)
150. Visual Task Tips – a freeware program Visual Task Tips is a lightweight shell
enhancement utility. It provides thumbnail preview image for each task in the Windows
Taskbar, as seen in the upcoming Microsoft Windows Vista.
151. VLC Media Player – a freeware program is a highly portable multimedia player
and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs,
and various streaming protocols. (05/30/09)
152. Wavosaur – is a free sound editor, audio editor, wav editor software for editing,
processing and recording sounds, wav and mp3 files. Wavosaur has all the features to edit
audio (cut, copy, paste, etc.) produce music loops, analyze, record, batch
convert.Wavosaur supports VST plugins, ASIO driver, multichannel wav files, real time
effect processing. The program has no installer and doesn't write in the registry. Use it as
a free mp3 editor, for mastering, sound design. The Wavosaur freeware audio editor
works on Windows 98, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Go to the features page for an
overview of the software.
http://www.wavosaur.com/ (PC Guy 5/10/08)
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153. Widget Maker – a freeware program to make your own widgets. (10/5/07)
154. Windows Media Player – a freeware program to play music.
155. WinPatrol – Every house needs a watchdog to warn you when something nasty is
at the front door. And your PC is no different: it needs something that is ever-vigilant,
keeping an eye on the programs running on your PC and making plenty of noise when
something seems out of place. WinPatrol does this guard job, keeping tabs on programs
running on your PC (including the hidden ones) and alerting you if a program tries to
install something unexpected, sets itself to run on startup, change your home page or
install something it shouldn't. (2/7/08)
156. Wise Disk Cleaner – a freeware program that performs disk maintenance
157. WinZip – a shareware program for archiving files in compressed format.
(www.winzip.com)
158. WordWeb – a freeware program for an electronic dictionary and thesaurus; press
CTRL+right click. (wordweb.info/free) (06/21/08 PC Guy)
159. Writely –a freeware program: Google Docs & Spreadsheets is a free web-based
word processing and spreadsheet program that keeps documents current and lets the
people you choose update files from their own computers.
160. WS_FTP95 – a freeware program for upload/download files - File Transfer
Protocol (FTP).
161. Xplorer2 – the freeware lite version is a dual pane Windows Explorer
replacement
162. Xteq Systems A-Setup – a freeware program utility that tweaks Windows
settings.
163. YouTube Installer – a freeware program that downloads videos from YouTube
to client computer. (1/19/08)
164. Zoho Writer – a freeware program for web-based word processing.
165. ZoneAlarm – a freeware software firewall that monitors transactions to and from
the Internet.
166. Zulupad - ZuluPad is a notepad on crack. It's a place to jot down class notes,
appointments, to-do lists, favorite websites, pretty much anything you can think of. The
great thing about ZuluPad is that it combines the best parts of a notepad with the best
parts of a wiki, a concept made popular by Wikipedia . The basic idea has been called a
personal wiki or a desktop wiki. http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/ (10/13/07)
Note: Use a search engine (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc.) to search for the respective
program web sites for downloading the programs.
Sources:
1. Browse the PCWorld.com Downloads library:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/downloads.htm
2. PC World – 101 Fabulous Freebies
http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=124883&page=17&type=table&zoomIdx=1
3. Browse Microsoft Downloads: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
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4. March 3rd, 2008 My 10 favorite Windows programs of all time Posted by Ed Bott @ 4:57
am. ZDNet. << http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=385>>
5. Sources: www.CNET.com www.KimKomando.com www.PCMag.com www.PCworld.com
www.Microsoft.com www.ZDNet.com et al.
DISCLAIMER
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Here are four useful programs that will run on any storage device, even your MP3 player:
A free office suite. Imagine showing up to give a PowerPoint presentation, but the computer you
are given doesn't have PowerPoint installed. You can download a free viewer from Microsoft,
but forget about last second changes in sale figures.
That's where Portable OpenOffice comes in. It's a free suite of programs. Included are a word
processor, a spreadsheet, multimedia presentation program, drawing program and a database
management program. All of the programs are compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Visio and Access. They are also compatible with other programs like Word Perfect
and Lotus. Even though it's a portable version of OpenOffice.org, it still requires a lot of space -
167 MB.
2) A Web browser. Surfing the Net on a public computer is, well, public. Purchasing something
online and failing to sign out could be dangerous. Clearing the browsing history, and dumping
the cookies and cache should erase your tracks. But what if you forget?
Portable Firefox allows you to surf the Net without leaving tracks. Extensions used on your
home computer can be carried over as well. Ditto for your bookmarks (a listing of favorite sites)
and passwords. Portable Firefox takes up 16.9 MB on a thumb drive.
3) All-in-one Instant Messaging program. Imagine talking simultaneously on Yahoo!
Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger. And using only one program.
Well, you can do it with Portable GAIM and Portable Miranda. Portable GAIM is best suited for
users who want to avoid settings. Miranda, although more complex, gives greater customization.
Portable GAIM requires 8.9MB of free space, and Portable Miranda, 1.2MB.
4) Password security. There's a user name and password for everything. Strong passwords
require a combination of letters, symbols and numbers. Those passwords are difficult to
remember. And each account should have a different password. That's a lot of information to
keep in your head!
The free KeePass stores passwords in an encrypted database. It will import your list of passwords
from various file formats, such as CSV. Or, you can enter each user name and password
manually. KeePass requires less than 1MB of space.
Source: Kim Komando, The Tip of the Day, December 5, 2006; www.kimkomando.com
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Popular “must have” Free Software Programs for Personal Use (05/30/09)
1. AVG-Anti-Virus Free Edition – is a free anti-virus protection tool developed by
GRISOFT for home use. (www.free.grisoft.com)
2. Adobe Reader – a freeware program that reads pdf file type documents.
(www.adobe.com)
3. Ad-Aware – a freeware program for spyware protection and removal.
(www.lavasoft.com)
4. Belarc Advisor – a freeware program that provides a comprehensive information profile
summary of your computer system. (http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html)
5. Core FTP Lite – a freeware program for uploading/downloading files - File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). (www.coreftp.com)
6. Google Desktop – a freeware program for searching the desktop. (www.google.com)
7. iTunes – a player for audio files. (www.apple.com)
8. Mozilla Firefox – a freeware web browser alternative for Internet Explorer.
(www.mozilla.com)
9. OpenOffice – a freeware program that provides the functions of and is compatible with
Microsoft Office. (http://www.2008-official.com/openoffice/)
10. Picasa – a freeware program for editing and maintaining a photo library on disk.
(www.picasa.com)
11. Powertoys – a set of freeware utility programs for Windows XP: TweakUI, etc.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx)
12. Spybot Search & Destroy – a freeware program that detects and removes spyware and
adware of different kinds from computers. (www.spybot.com)
13. VLC Media Player – a freeware program is a highly portable multimedia player and
multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2,
MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs,
and various streaming protocols. (05/30/09)
14. WinPatrol – a freeware program. Every house needs a watchdog to warn you when
something nasty is at the front door. And your PC is no different: it needs something that
is ever-vigilant, keeping an eye on the programs running on your PC and making plenty
of noise when something seems out of place. WinPatrol does this guard job, keeping tabs
on programs running on your PC (including the hidden ones) and alerting you if a
program tries to install something unexpected, sets itself to run on startup, change your
home page or install something it shouldn't. (www.winpatrol.com)
15. ZoneAlarm – a freeware software firewall that monitors transactions to and from the
Internet. (www.zonealarm.com)
Note: Use a search engine (e.g., Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc.) to search for the respective
program web sites for downloading the programs.
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have no liability for any cost, damage or harm arising directly or indirectly in connection
with any of the Products ordered or received through this Site or through links on this Site
or from any action or inaction of any Vendor.
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