Archive for the 'Freeware Picks' Category

Free Software Picks: AVG Antivirus

Free Antivirus Program Pick: AVG Antivirus
AVG Anti-Virus is a well-known and much used anti-virus protection tool. AVG Anti-Virus FREE is available free to home users for the life of the product!
Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users [...]

Free Software Picks: ZoneAlarm Firewall

ZoneAlarm Firewall
It is a necessity now to block your computer from intruders from accessing your computer and make your computer invisible to hackers. It’s important to set a nice, solid foundation for your online security.
This firewall is a very well known and much used firewall that is available free to home users and has [...]

Free Software Picks: CutePDF Writer

Here’s a tip:
You find a website with excellent resource information that you want to print off to keep the information on hand. But that uses a lot of ink and paper.
Why not print the information to a pdf file? It prints the entire web page and is an excellent resource to use.
You [...]

Free Software Picks: MWSnap Screen Capture Program

MWSnap Screen Capture Program
Nice, slick and easy screen capture program. Want to take snapshots of what you see on the web or on your computer? This little program is perfect for that!
The current version is capable of capturing the whole desktop, an active menu, a highlighted window, a control, or a fixed or free [...]

Free Software Picks: EditPad Lite Text Editor

EditPad Lite Text Editor
If you like clean, non-fussy text editors – this is the one for you. Nice tabbed window interface, easy to use and install and the best part is: A nice free version that does the job.
EditPad Lite is a general purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer [...]

Free Software Picks: ieSpell

When using Internet Explorer or another IE based browser, this handy little tool helps ensure your spelling is correct.
Use this online while making posts on message boards, filling forms, etc.
After installing ieSpell, check your spelling by simply typing the text you want to enter in the message box or form field (as you [...]

Handy Freeware Sites

Freeware Sites
Freeware? Yup. Lots of great free software is available on the net (not shareware or trialware – but freeware!). Here is a list of sites providing resources to free software to download.
Freeware Sites
Freeware World Team Freeware World Team – International Freeware Database. Presents over 17,000 freeware programs, for Windows OS, from all [...]

Here you will find various tips and tricks to using the Windows platform. Some are targetted for newbies, but there are more intermediate and advanced tips as well. Tweak your computer to be faster, cleaner and more reliable.