Must Have FREE Software for your PC/Laptop!

[Lorenzo]

Here's a list of what I have and currently use and their uses:

1) Microsoft Security Essentials(Anti-Virus)

2) CCleaner(Cleaning program, removes junk.)

3) Malwarebytes(Anti-Virus, goes deeper than all the others)

4) Foxit PDF Reader(Better than Adobe PDF Reader by miles.)

5) Defraggler(De-fragmenting, optimizing disk space)

6) Winamp(For listening to music, also Internet Radio built-in)

7)Free Download Manager(Are your downloads timing out? Try this.)

8) WinRAR(A good .rar and .zip extracting program. Also an internet meme)

9) Paint.NET(It's like a mini photoshop)

10) Recuva(For recovering deleted files on your HDD or SD card.)





What are some of your must-have software on your PC?

 

[nirtime]

I use an ssd so defragging is out of the question.

Google chrome manages pdfs well, doesnt cause as huge of a performance drain as the official Adobe program.

CCleaner is not bad for clearing temporary files and simple registry errors.

Windows Media Player works just fine for me.

Avast Anti-Virus is also decent. I never get any serious problems to begin with so its just a little bit of a fail safe there.

Spyware Doctor is a good spyware detector and cleaner. It is also free.

 

[grimreaper009]

MPC or VLC

 

[nirtime]

Nice one grim, i forgot to also include VLC Media Player

 

[Shadowhunter]

I use GOM player for both videos (awesome for subtitles too) and music

 

[grimreaper009]

^^^ Yea i tend to dl alot of anime sometimes so i use trusty vlc lol......for music i use itunes
7-zip

 

[nirtime]

For doing image resizing/conversion in automated batches, Irfan Viewer works a charm. It even works quite well for individual resizing. Much better than the online websites which do conversions.

Winrar is excellent for unzipping archvies.

IMGBurn is perfect for simply burning CDs/DVDs.

Evernote - although its not just for PC, its a really good way of integrating your notes/documents in an organized fashion through a cloud. Makes the info accessible from iOS, Android and Windows Phones as well. Very reliable. I use it for school and I absolutely love it.

 

[sonygoup]

Dont for Utorrent guys that a very usefull 'free' application

 

[grimreaper009]

^^^^that app all of us know guess no1 wanted to mention it lmao

 

[Lorenzo]

Didn't mention any torrent apps because torrent sites currently dying. If I had to choose one though it has to be Tixati. Mentioned Free Download Manager instead because there are a lot of DDL(Direct download) sites.

 

[Shadowhunter]

Dont for Utorrent guys that a very usefull 'free' application

^^^^that app all of us know guess no1 wanted to mention it lmao

*whispers* BitTorrent is better. But you didn't hear it from me. *sneaks away*

 

[MangaAddict]

I need on my system, Bittorrent, Gomplayer, Vlc player, Chrome, PowerISO, Itunes, Winamp, MS Office, and Nero....I know it's a resource hog...but say what!

 

[Saxman642]

AVG/Avast Antivirus Free (Microsoft Security Essentials has THE worst rating among free antiviruses)
VLC
Youtube Downloader
CCleaner - system cleanup
Speccy - view system specs
Malwarebytes - scan for malware

i have too much to list all right now...

 

[Lorenzo]

Got a new computer or you want to download some of these programs on someones' PC/laptop? https://ninite.com/ Here's a FREE site to include everything you need in once nice installer, letting YOU choose what YOU want!

 

[Saxman642]

I'm ashamed I didn't mention it (though I spoke of it in another thread):

Prey Project

Theft Recovery software. Up to 3 devices for the free account and that includes your phone and tablet

Thanks to my installing it on a friend's laptop when she first bought it, she was able to recover it 48 hours after someone broke into her apartment and stole it. I have to give that story one day.

See recovery stories here: https://preyproject.com/blog/cat/recoveries (unfortunately I never sent in my friend's story)

 

[grimreaper009]

^^^^ i heard alot of people speak about it before seems you will have to give us that story sooner than later saxman642

 

[Shadowhunter]

I installed Prey for both my phone and laptop since Saxman's post on another thread about it but there has been no attempted theft to test it out lol

 

[Lorenzo]

Will it work if the entire system gets a clean install? I don't think bandits down here smart enough to even think of that.

 

[Saxman642]

Will it work if the entire system gets a clean install? I don't think bandits down here smart enough to even think of that.

If they clean install windows, that's it. Most thieves looking for a quick buck, so most likely they looking to sell it off quickly. In my friend's case her US$550 laptop was sold for just TT$1200 less than 24 hours after being stolen. Nothing on the PC software-wise was touched. They didn't even try to change the account name!

 

[grimreaper009]

lol ppl buy that laptop for 1200$ ahaha wdh....friend should remember to password lock her laptop also she just happen to get lucky that time