Great applications to help speed up your computer, clean up your hard drive, remove junk files and boost your online productivity -- all free!
Every computer user needs help. If you don't have a resident computer geek handy, what do you do when you trusted 'pal' freaks out, freezes, slows to a crawl and generally causes untold panic by the 'dreaded blue screen' .. OR WORSE ??
Here are Twenty-five truly valuable freebies that will get your 'baby' working smoother, quicker, neater, and, most important ... more reliably .. without costing you a penny.
QUICK STARTUP 2.3 -- Shows you all those Windows applications that load up on startup, whether you want them to or not and gives you the ability to disable the ones you don't need.
TWEAK NOW REG CLEANER STANDARD 3.0.1 -- Slooooow performance can be a reflection of a a bloated Registry, but .... do you really want to monkey with your PC's registry ? Don't do it. Download this easy-to-use Reg Cleaner -- it makes a backup of your Registry before it makes any changes -- completely reversible -- and removes obsolete entries from uninstalled programs that linger.
FREE REGISTRY DEFRAG 2.35 -- Here's a quick lift to your lagging system performance. It closes up the gaps in your Registry file caused by scattered data, compacts and optimizes it -- but doesn't remove a thing. Just 'makes nice. .. great tool.
REVO UNINSTALLER 1.5 -- Cool tool that goes beyond the Add/Remove program function to clear up remnants of removed programs, including Registry entries ... 'debris' that Windows bypasses. Also cleans off broken applications.
CPU-Z 1.43 -- See what's going on 'under the hood' of your PC. This little freebie will tell you everything about your core components from basic specs to overclocking essentials.
SPEEDFAN 4.28 -- Monitor the temperature of your inner PC, control your fan speeds --- never overclock your CPU again!
BELARC ADVISOR 7.2t -- Full system scan and diagnostic reports. Detects weaknesses in your system's security and checks for Windows vulnerabilities -- very handy !
PROCESS EXPLORER 11.04 -- Enhanced Task Manager that displays more info about each process you are using. Even works with Vista!
RAM IDLE LE 1.5 -- Balance available RAM and speed your PC by allocating available system memory automatically. If you can't add more RAM to your system, this is a tweak that will help glide you through memory bottlenecks !
TRUECRYPT 5.0 -- Create a virtual encryption disk, protect your entire hard drive, or select removable storage devices. Offers opportunity for a pre-boot authentication with password .. very clever.
VU NET FIND -- Tweak your Windows XP or earlier version to work as neatly as Vista's desktop search proggie. You don't have to do a 'full hard drive' search to find what you are looking for !
RECOVER FILES 2 -- Have you ever, unwittingly, deleted something you REALLY needed? Now you won't have suffer the panic of OOH NOOOOO ever again. This little proggie works whether you use the Recycle Bin, Windows Explorer or even 'delete' .. .. works on Flash-memory cards, too. Neat!
CC CLEANER 2.05.555 -- Indispensible little app that removes temporary files from Windows and internet browsers that clog your hard drive for naught. Also removes outdated Registry File entries -- pluse removes temp files from third-party programs as well. Sweet !
DOUBLEKILLER 1.6.2 -- Remove duplicate files from your hard drive; works particularly well on older computers that have been accumulating 'stuff' over the years. Great if you have a lot of MP3's or wmv files ... you can search by file type!
ADVANCED WINDOWSCARE PERSONAL 2.6 -- This is a free version 'clone' of System Mechanic Pro - a diagnostic proggie that fixes PC problems and keeps your system secure. Removes spyware, mal-ware, detecs and fixes Registry errors, and cleans up your startup processes.
UBCD4WIN 3.12 -- Huge downloadable (200MB) package .. a "Swiss Army Knife" of utilities -- all in one deal, fully loaded, that you can burn to a bootable CD. Has everything -- Spybot Search and Destroy, file utilities, Registry Programs - nice utility package all-in-one. Warning: Sometimes shows up as a false positive in antivirus programs; however, not so! Minor issue when you look at the positive side.
WIN DIR STAT 1.12 -- Nice, neat way to visually see what type of files are slowing you down, and helps you prune your files without having to send to Recycle Bin.
ADVANCED DISK CLEANER 5.0 -- Scours your PC for garbage and gives you the opportunity to rid them from your hard drive.
MBR FIX 1 -- For the advanced user, this Master Boot Record app is useful for such things as deleting Linus partitions from a dual-boot setup, saving your MBR to a file, and/or restoring it from a file, and creating a disk signature.
AUSLOGICS DISK DEFRAG 1.4.11.275 -- Improve your hard drive's performance by reorganizing the data stored on it ... quickly and efficiently. Works particularly well on older PC's that take hours and hours to DeFrag. Gives a nice summary upon completion to let you know which files and folders were defragged.
G PARTED LIVECD 0.3.4-7 -- For you Linux Lovers -- here is a great collection of partition utilities that can be burned to disk and run as a Linux-based LiveCD. Create, alter, copy partitions. Requires program to burn ISO files to disc. See below :)
GIZMO DRIVE 2.5.11 -- Burn ISO files to disc, mount drive images as virtual devices and visually see them in Windows Explorer ... like a physical drive. Encrypts drive images.
PDF SPEED UP 1.32 -- Get a grip on Acrobat Reader, eliminates 'bottlenecks' that slow down Acrobat use, like that updater function! Lets you choose which Acrobat plug-ins to enable. Neat tweak.
DESKTOP SIDEBAR 1.1.3 -- One of Windows Vista's coolest features is it's Mini Apps (or Gadgets as they are called). Download this cool tool and enjoy many of the cool Vista features on your XP or Windows 2000 version --- a real time clock, calendar, sticky note. task lists, weather forecast, even a shortcut to Skype's Internet Phone ! Very cool !
SCREEN HUNTER 5 FREE -- Take the pain out of grabbing screen captures, even choose which area of the screen you want to capture. Saves as a .bmp or .jpg file. With convenient hot-key, makes screen captures only a click away!
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