| Adaware |
Excellent program for removing spyware. |
| Audacity |
Record / Edit in nearly any audio format. |
| Autoruns |
See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings. |
| CCleaner |
Registry Clean-up Utility |
| CutePDF |
Converts anything you can print into a PDF document. When installed, CutePDF looks like a printer. Simply print the document to this printer and your PDF document is created. CutePDF also requires this free converter: Click Here to download converter |
| Disk Monitoring |
This utility captures all hard disk activity or acts like a software disk activity light in your system tray. |
| Disk Space Finder |
Analyzes and reports on disk space usage. Space is shown as a pie chart. Clicking a slice of the pie chart drills down into moredetail on sub-folders. Click Here to see screen shots of the tool. |
| Download.com |
An excellent place for finding software,run by CNET. If you don't find what you need on my site,this is the first place I would look. Be sure to click "Free" in the Narrow Results section on the left side of the page, unless you don't mind software with a licensing fee. |
| Easy Burner |
Software to burn CD or DVD. |
| File Monitor |
This monitoring tool lets you see all file system activity in real-time. |
| Font Viewer |
View text in all fonts available on your PC. Great tool when you want to see how something looks in different fonts, without reforming a bunch of times. |
Filezilla
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This is a freeFTP client, often used to transfer files between computers and websites. |
| Grisoft AVG Antivirus |
Antivirus software with basic features of many commercial programs. |
| Image Resizer |
A Microsoft power toy that adds a convenient resize command when you right-click an image on your PC. This is a great tool for resizing digital pictures for sending via email. It also allows you to resize multiple images at once. |
| K9 Web Protection |
Free Internet filtering and control solution. |
| Logmein |
Free for personal use. Create a free account, then add your PC as a remote control host. You can login and control your PC from anywhere you have access to the Internet. Logmein has strong security measures to protect your PC from unauthorized access. |
| Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility Update |
Open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in Office 2007 file formats, from older versions of Microsoft Office. |
| Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware |
Excellent free program to remove Malware (Software that opens your PC to other attacks, like viruses and spyware.) |
| PhotoFiltre |
Graphics editing software with features similar to Adobe Photoshop. |
| Power Calculator |
A Microsoft PowerToy replacement for the standard Windows calculator. This calculator has Statistical, Financial, and other functions. |
| Process Explorer |
This is a great replacement tool for the Windows Task Manager. Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process. |
| RootRepeal |
This is a program should only be used bypeople with advanced knowledge of Windows. It can identify hidden files and processes used by Spyware and Malware, but using without proper knowledge it can make changes that could damage Windows. |
| Sequoia View |
Visual representation of how space is used on disk drive. Related items are show in squares, with the size of the square indicating size of file. I recommend turning on the color coding, which adds color to show related files. I took me a minute to understand how it works, but when I did, I was able to quickly identify large files I could delete. |
| Super AntiSpyware |
Super AntiSpyware is a free tool for finding Spyware. It works well in conjunction with Malwarebyte's AntiMalware above. If you are infected with Spyware already, and have trouble installing this program, try renaming the install file to sas.exe or change the name some other way, but leave the .exe. |
| Windows Installer Cleanup |
Microsoft tool for cleaning up after failed uninstalls. |
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