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This is a list of free programs that I use all the time. there are descriptions of all of them below this section. (and other stuff that I somtimes find useful....)  FireFox. Pixresizer StumbleUpon Winamp FreeRip Supertux Skype Yahoo Widgets Editpad Lite SmartFTP PDF Creator 7zip Gmail Avast Kerio Personal Firewall Killbox CCleaner 50Webs Webhosting AwardSpace Webhosting Firefox All I use is FireFox. If you aren't using it, you are way behind the curve. Internet Explorer is crap to use, unsafe, and well, it's just awful. Use FireFox. C'mon.... 
Pixresizer: This one does just what is says, you can quickly and easily resize one picture or a whole folder! Great for resizing photos for email or the web! StumbleUpon: If you have not heard about this network, you really need to check it out! "StumbleUpon is an intelligent browsing tool for sharing and discovering great websites. As you click Stumble!, you'll get high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended (rated I like it) by friends and other SU members with similar interests. Rating these sites shares them with your friends and peers – you will automatically 'stumble upon' each others favorites sites." Read more about it here Winamp: Winamp is the best media player for Windows. I use it almost exclusively. It can handle all of your mp3's, and just about anything else you can throw at it. They recently added a long list of radio stations, calleds Shoutcast and also XM satellite radio stations.... FreeRip: This is a utility that copy's your cd's and makes MP3's. You can also save in other formats. FreeRip finds the disk info online, and correctly labels your music. Supertux: This is a really fun game I found using Linux, and it turned out they make it for Windows too. It is a lot like "Super Mario Bros.", but the charachter is "Tux" the Linux mascot, instead. (you may want to adjust the settings for "jump" to the "up arrow"; use the arrow to select the command, then press the desired key to set it) Download Here Photo Stuff: GIMPSHOP If you need a powerful Photo editor, yet don't want to shell out the cash for one.... There is an opensource application called "GIMPSHOP" or "Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It is free to use, and it really can do a lot! It is similar in versatility and appearance to Photoshop, and completely free! Download here 
Music Winamp: Winamp is the best media player for Windows. I use it almost exclusively. It can handle all of your mp3's, and just about anything else you can throw at it. They recently added a long list of radio stations, and also XM satellite radio stations.... FreeRip: This is a utility that copy's your cd's and makes MP3's. You can also save in other formats. FreeRip finds the disk info online, and correctly labels your music. Super Mario III: Mario Forever: This is a clone of the old Nintendo Super Mario Brothers games, I haven't played it a lot yet, and I think that I prefer "supertux" but this one may be worth a try. Download here Neat Odds and Ends.... Instant Messaging Clients Qnext: This is a great application! Qnext is an instant messaging client, but that is by far not all it can do. It allows you to set up private networks over the internet, you can share files and photos securely with anyone anywhere in the world, (they must also use Qnext). Another great feature is that you can use it for remote access of your pc from any computer in the world, and it is free! Also, you can use it for video conferencing. Review Skype: This is another Instant Messaging client which can also do a lot more that IM. You can call any other Skype user over the internet for free! It can call regular phones, but that isn't free, I do understand it is a good deal though. I sometimes use it to transfer files from one machine to another here at home, the file transfer I find very useful. Yahoo Widgets: These are really cool little applications that reside on your desk top, things like a small calander, the current weather, and I really like the small window that randomly displays images from your photos folder. You want these! Editpad Lite: Editpad Lite is an outstanding alternative to notepad. This is probably one of the programs listed here that I use the most. It opens very quickly, and offers tabbed pages, which is very helpful (I am creating this webpage with it now, and I have four tabs open and use them frequently.) Another great thing about it for html editing is that it hi-lites links which notepad doesn't do, and proves very helpful for navigation. Also, you can view your html directly in your default browser by the click of a button... needless to say, I recommend this one! SmartFTP: SmartFTP is a great little FTP client. (I also use this quite frequently editing my website.) You can drag and drop files to upload, edit files in your choice of editor and alter them automatically server-side by saving, log-in anonomously, open multiple connections at once, and on and on.... I have found this very useful. PDF Creator: PDF Creator is a simple application that lets you create a PDF file from any program that is able to print, by using the printing menu. Download Here (if you have problems, email me. 7zip: 7zip is a file compression utility. It can decompress, and create many different filetypes, including; .zip, .rar, .gzip, .tar, .7z Gmail: Gmail is a free email service offered by Google. It is a great service because of all the space they give you(2.5 gigs), they provide pop3 access, the adds are unobtrusive, free mail forwarding, great mail search capabilities, and it doesn't delete itself if you don't check it for a while, unlike some services. It can be a pain to change your email address, notifying everyone and all, but this is one you'll like I think, so you could keep it a while, and not be tied to your ISP's email. At this point you can only get it by invitation, or thru an invite you request to have sent to your mobile phone. If you can't do the mobile phone thing email me, and I will send you an invite. ;0) Security Avast: This is a free anti-virus program, it actively scans all incoming and outgoing traffic, and also can scan your harddrive on demand. I use this as my only AV program, and I haven't had any virus problems for a long time... this program rocks! (turn off the sound though, it can be annoying) Kerio Personal Firewall: This is a great firewall. This is the firewall I have used for over a year, and no problems to speak of. It can be configured to give you incredible control over executed applications, and all incoming and outgoing traffic. It can also be set up to run with minimal input from you in default configuration. Here is the verion that I use... Kerio 4. It works great even after full access expires. HijackThis: Has your browser been hijacked? Can't get to your homepage, have a new and mysterious one popping up all the time? Well this may, help. It can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing though, so do some research before you go crazy with this one! Killbox: If you have a file you just can't get rid of, even in safe mode(virus, trojan), then this is for you. Just enter the file path into the application, and the ZAP IT! This can be a life saver! XoftSpy: This is a free virus scanner, it is very sensitive, and finds nearly everything. It is however, only a scanner, but it will give you the file path, so in the midst of a bad infection, you can find the problem, and then delete the files with Killbox. This worked great for my last infection(which has been a very long time with all of this fine protection!) SilentRunners: This is a very simple script that will create a text file when executed, and it lists all of the programs running on your machine. This can be helpful to determine if you have any spyware or viruses. Very useful. CCleaner: This is a program that will clean the crap off your computer and cna clean the registry. I use it a lot... Web Hosting FreeWebs: This is a great service, you get 50MB storage, and they have ready made templates, and a website builder. This is where I started! This is a great place for someone making their first webpage! If you prefer, you can write you own html also. I still host part of my site on their servers. 50Webs: This is my main web host now. You get 60m of space, FTP access, multiple domains, you can use you own domain name if you have one. You don't even have to link back to their pages! I think I will on my home page soon. This page is hosted on their servers.... in Bulgaria! AwardSpace: This is a host that I use now. You get 200MB of space, FTP access, multiple domains, you can use you own domain name if you have one. You don't even have to link back to their pages! Linux Knoppix: This is a live linux cd. It runs totally from the cd, and doesn't install anything. You can take this anywhere and have a fully funtional linux operating system on any computer. Using this CD is one of the best ways to rescue data from a computer will not boot. If your copyof Windows won't boot because it is corupt, using this disk you can access your data and burn it to disk. (be sure to download the file with the extension ".en" so that it is in English) |