A collection of free programs capable of substituting or replacing commercial software such as word processors, spreadsheets, graphics and photo editing, etc.

TEST
Run tests from these
on-line web sites to check computer performance or find problems.

Test the speed of your Internet connection's download and upload.

Run at different times of day to determine if you are getting approximately what you are paying for.

RUN ONLINE SPEED TEST
 

PC HEALTH TEST

This free analysis of your computer's performance is run from a website. It offers suggestions about how to tune up your PC.

RUN ONLINE PC PITSTOP
 

VIRUS TESTING

This free on-line virus and security checker is offered by one of the leading anti-virus companies. If a virus is found install AVG (see PROTECT).

RUN ONLINE VIRUS SCAN
 

CONFIGURATION INVENTORY

 
Belarc Advisor  
This program builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser. Think of it as an extraordinary inventory of everything inside your computer box. All  information is kept private on your PC. Before you make any major changes to your computer, conduct this inventory.

DOWNLOAD Belarc Advisor

Cleans out old temporary files, unused Window's registry entries, broken links and other junk. Scans for problems and attempts to fix them and edits startup list.

DOWNLOAD CCleaner

Two different programs that do the almost same thing. They clean out old temporary files, unneeded Window's registry entries, broken links and other unnecessary junk. Both can edit your start up files. Which one to use? It's a matter of preference.

DOWNLOAD EASYCLEANER
 

TUNER

Microsoft Power Toys  

For users of Windows XP tweak and customize your system. The best of the toys is TweakUI.

 

OTHER TUNING TOOLS

Emergency Recovery Utility NT and NT Registry Optimizer
Registry backup and Registry Restore/Optimizer for Windows NT/2000/2003/XP. You may want to run this before running either cleaner.

SpaceMonger  
Bird's eye view of how much space files are using in relation to others and your hard drive capacity.

Eraser 
Use this to wipe out all traces of a deleted file. Files can never be restored or undeleted again.

Restoration  
Restoration is a great freeware 'undeleter' for files that you wished had never been deleted.

This renowned FREE  program scans your computer constantly for viruses, quarantines them, and monitors all incoming and outgoing email. It updates itself automatically to be prepared for the latest virus or worms.

DOWNLOAD Free AVG
 

SPY WARE DETECTION & PROTECTION

This security technology helps protect Windows users from spyware and other potentially unwanted software. XP and Vista Only.

DOWNLOAD DEFENDER

AD-AWARE and SPYBOT

 DOWNLOAD
AD-AWARE    SPYBOT

Protection from known data-mining, aggressive advertising, Trojans, dialers, malware, browser hijackers, and tracking components. You may need them both. Run them frequently.

Password Safe  
An encrypted "safety deposit box" to store all of your passwords.

 
This is a suite of look and work-a-like word processor, spreadsheet, PowerPoint, graphics editor and database. Compatible replacement for Microsoft Word, Excel. PowerPoint, Access, etc. (MS Office) and it's free.

DOWNLOAD OpenOffice
 

PDF READER

Adobe Reader  
Excellent alternative to Adobe to read PDF files. Fast and small. (Hint: Uncheck the Yahoo and Photoshop additional downloads.

DOWNLOAD ADOBE READER
 

FILE SEARCH

Google Desktop
Indexes everything on your computer so you will be to locate any file, anywhere, any time including emails. It's a private Google of your own.

DOWNLOAD GOOGLE DESKTOP
 

PHOTO LIBRARY & EDITOR

Picasa by Google
Automatically indexes and creates a library of all of your photographs, images and graphics files. Automatically keeps up with any new additions. Edit and and prep your photos for printing.

DOWNLOAD PICASA
 

ARCHIVING: Zip & Unzip Files

IZArc
One of the most complete file compression and archiving programs. Handles largest number of zipping formats. Use this as a free replacement for WinZIP. Compress (zip) or decompress files (unzip)

DOWNLOAD IZArc

 

FILE TRANSFER - FTP

Filezilla
FTP made easy. This File Transfer Protocol application transfers files up an down intuitively. Simple to use.

DOWNLOAD FILEZILLA

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