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These
are links to PC software that have been found to be very useful. Most
are free but some are fee
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| AOL's
instant messenger |
| free instant messaging program |
| http://www.aim.com/download.adp |
| AVG
Anti-rootkit |
| A free program to check for rootkits. Ignore the
ad at the end of the scan and just close. |
| http://free.grisoft.com/doc/downloads-products/us/frt/0?prd=arw |
| AVG
anti-virus program |
| a free and reliable program |
| http://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5 |
| Adaware |
| free program that removes adware |
| http://www.snapfiles.com/get/adaware.html |
| Adobe
Reader |
| A program needed to view pdf files. |
| http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html |
| Belarc
Advisor |
| Free hardware/software PC Audit |
| http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html |
| BootVis |
| BootVis is a performance trace visualization
utility that you can use with Windows XP systems. |
| http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/BootVis-Download-3465.html |
| CCleaner |
| a freeware program that gets rid of unused files
that clutter up your computer. |
| http://www.ccleaner.com/ |
| Cam
Unzip |
| a free utility to unzip files |
| http://www.camunzip.com/ |
| ClamXAV |
| A free anti-virus program for Macs |
| http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl |
| Consumer
Reseach on any product |
| This is the best place to find online
information on almost any producton the market. |
| http://www.consumersearch.com/ |
| Docx
Converter |
| If you receive a document that was created with
Microsoft Office 2007, you can go online and convert it at this site or
you can download the free desktop widget to open the document on your
computer. |
| http://docx-converter.com/ |
| Don't
have Microsoft Office? |
| Free service online that lets you edit, create
Word, Excel & Power Point documents |
| http://product.thinkfree.com/ |
| E-Mail
Stripper by PaperCut |
| free program that cleans up e-mails before
forwarding them on. Gets rid of all the forwarding symbols, etc. |
| http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm |
| EFax |
| get 20 free faxes a month. Sign up and you will
be assigned a number. Your faxes will be sent in your e-mail. |
| https://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/signupFree |
| Easy
Cleaner |
| Small program that finds duplicate files |
| http://www.majorgeeks.com/download414.html |
| Easy
Thumbnails |
| A free utility which will size down your photos
for e-mailing, etc. |
| http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=graphicssoft&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fookes.com%2Fezthumbs%2F |
| Eraser |
| free program which writes gibberish over your
files which makes them nearly impossible to recover. Great program to
use if you are getting rid of your computer. |
| http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ |
| Excel
Viewer |
| free program to view Excel documents |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C8378BF4-996C-4569-B547-75EDBD03AAF0&displaylang=en |
| File
conversion Free online service |
| Have you ever wanted to convert files without
the need to download software ? |
| http://www.zamzar.com |
| Flash
Player |
| A utility used on many websites for viewing
videos, etc. |
| http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash |
| Fresh Diagnose |
| a utility designed to analyze and benchmark your
computer system. It detects many kinds of hardware, such as CPU or hard
drive performance, video or motherboard information, and much more. |
| http://freshdiagnose.com/download.html |
| Fresh UI |
| a fresh solution for configuring and optimizing
Windows. Loaded with hundreds of useful settings for Windows
Vista/XP/2000/ NT4/98/95/Me, it covers the customizing techniques that
you'll be glad to know. |
| http://freshdiagnose.com/downfiles.html |
| Get
your e-mail from anywhere |
| site that has all e-mail |
| http://www.mail2web.com |
| Ghost Wall |
| GhostWall is a firewall which allows you to
restrict the communications between your computer and others. Unlike
other firewalls which have forgotten their main role, GhostWall is
simply a firewall, mainly designed to replace the standard Microsoft
firewall with better features and performance. It also works with 64
bit processors. |
| http://www.ghostsecurity.com/ghostwall/ |
| Google
Earth |
| 3D application that finds locations, directions,
etc. |
| http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html |
| Google
Picasa |
| Free photo editing, organizing, sharing |
| http://picasa.google.com |
| Google
Toolbar |
| useful free product |
| http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_pack.html |
| HDD
Health |
| HDD Health sits on your taskbar and monitors
your hard drive health. Will alert you if things are not right. |
| http://www.panterasoft.com/ |
| HiJack
This |
| a free utility that quickly scans your Windows
computer to find settings that may have been changed by spyware,
malware or other unwanted programs |
| http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download |
| Home
Inventory |
| A slick little program that lets you list the
complete inventory of all your household items, the cost, insurance
info, etc. |
| http://www.knowyourstuff.org/download.htm |
| Kodak
Easy Share |
| an easy way to share your photos with friends
& family. It's free. |
| http://www.kodakgallery.com/Register.jsp?cm_ven=c05q1_ofaffiliates&cm_cat=sit_nul_&cm_pla=nullx&cm_ite=null_15pnl_null&sourceid=20894906903 |
| McAfee
Site Advisor |
| free program that keeps you safe from adware,
spam and online scams. |
| http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/iemedia.html?cid=21638&gclid=CL2h6rPIz4wCFQxigQodvjcmpw |
| Microsoft
Office Compatibility Pack |
| If someone sends you something from the latest
version of Office, you can open it with this file. |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&displaylang=en |
| Microsoft
Toys |
| free downloads for toys & tweaks without
having to install Vista |
| http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx |
| Microsoft's
Malicious Software Removal Tool |
| free utility that also works with Vista. |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en |
| Monitors
- Flat Screen |
| Computer Monitors Consumer Report |
| http://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/computer-monitors/review.html |
| Mozilla's
Firefox |
| free web browser |
| http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ |
| Netscape
web browser |
| try an alternative to Internet Explorer |
| http://browser.netscape.com/ |
| Opera |
| try another web browser |
| http://www.opera.com/download/ |
| PC
Tools Antivirus |
| this program is now free! |
| http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/download/ |
| PDF
filler |
| free program that lets you upload a PDF file and
then fill it in. Can then e-mail, print, etc. |
| http://www.pdffiller.com/ |
| Photo
Bucket |
| A place to store photos, share photos, etc. |
| http://photobucket.com/ |
| Portable
Apps |
| A free program that can be installed on your
flash drive. You can then access the internet, instant messaging, etc.
whereever you go. Just plug into any computer, and you're all set |
| http://portableapps.com/suite |
| Power
Point Viewer |
| free program that lets you view .pps files |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=428D5727-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en |
| Quick
Thumbnail |
| Another program to help resize photos easily. |
| http://quickthumbnail.com/ |
| S
& D Spybot |
| free program to get rid of spyware |
| http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1 |
| SPAMBAYES |
| A free spam filter. |
| http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ |
| Safari |
| a web browser for either windows or macs |
| http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ |
| Screen
enlarger - zoom any area of the screen |
| Using hot keys you can zoom any point on the
screen. great for us seniors with poor vision |
| http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/ZoomIt.mspx |
| Shock
Wave |
| A utility used on many websites for viewing
things. |
| http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi? |
| Spyware
Blaster |
| another good program to help remove spyware |
| http://www.download.com/SpywareBlaster/3000-8022-10196637.html?part=dl-SpywareBl&subj=dl&tag=button |
| Sticky
Notes |
| Add a sticky note to your desktop |
| http://www.sticky-notes.net |
| Stinger |
| A free program to check for viruses and fix
them. From McAfee. |
| http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=stinger |
| Uninstaller |
| free program that does a better job of removing
a program. |
| http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html |
| Windows
Defender |
| A program from Microsoft which watches for
spyware in the background |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en |
| Windows
Defender |
| free program that protects you against popups,
slowdowns, spyware |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=435BFCE7-DA2B-4A6A-AFA4-F7F14E605A0D&displaylang=en |
| Winzip80 |
| a free utility to unzip files |
| http://www.4expertise.com/winzip.html |
| Word
Viewer |
| free program to view Word documents. |
| http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en |
| You Send It |
| send files, photos, videos for free |
| http://www.yousendit.net/cms/liteaccount |
| Zip
Reader by PKWare |
| a free utility to unzip files |
| http://www.pkware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=103/ |
| Zone
Alarm |
| a free & reliable firewall program |
| http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,7228-order,1-page,1-c,firewalls/description.html |
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| Name |
| Administrator
Password |
| I Forgot My Administrator Password! |
| http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=305 |
| Help
with windows Bulletin Board |
| Join this BB and you can ask experts for help
with problems on any windows and almost any other software package |
| http://www.windowsbbs.com/ |
| System
Recovery |
| How to Set up and Use Automated System Recovery
in Windows XP |
| http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/howto-18.html |
| Vista is
it for me? |
| General information to read before upgrading to
Vista. |
| http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsVista/ |
