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PeteRoy's 2010 Recommended free software for Windows OS Watch Video - Windows 9x, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Media player: VLC - this media player can open any media file on the planet, from their site: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols, VLC has Mac OS X and Linux version Download VLC Compression tool/utility: 7-Zip
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR DVD/CD burning tool: CDBurnerXP - a free burning utility that can probably do everything nero does for free Download CDBurnerXP Instant Messenger: Xfire - Xfire is a gaming instant messenger that can also connect to your MSN/Live and AIM accounts, Xfire can record videos of your games, it can take screenshots and it allows you to upload the videos and screenshots to Xfire servers and it will be shown in your profile Download Xfire Download Xfire System Information utility: CPU-Z - CPU-Z will display information about your components and video card Download CPU-Z System Temprature monitoring: HWMonitor - This utility will show you temprature information about CPU, GPU, Hard Drive and more if your system supports it, it doesn't show my Pentium 4 machine tempratures Download HWMonitor System temprature monitor: SpeedFan - it can see tempratures for most systems in the world, except maybe OEM where they mask the readings Download SpeedFan System Stress Test - Prime 95 - Test your system by stressing the CPU and RAM to their maximum, if your system is healthy it won't give errors/won't crash the system, use at your own risk because bad systems can overheat with this Download Prime 95 Anti Virus - Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft has released an anti virus + anti spyware for free to home users, I started using it and am pleased with it and I feel my system is faster with it than it was with Avast. When you install it will require to validate your Windows copy. Download Security Essentials Anti Virus - avast! - Free anti virus for home users, you have to get a free 1 year license by entering your mail, this is an excellent anti virus and I used it before I swithced to Security Essentials, highly recommended compared to other free anti viruses. Download avast! free home Desktop Screen Video Recorder - CamStudio - This is the program I used to record the video in YouTube that shows the recommended software in this page, it can record screen and computer audio or microphone audio, it is great Download CamStudio Music Player: Winamp 2.95 - While VLC be a very good media player, it isn't a good music player in my opinion, I love the old Winamp 2.95, it is fast, it loads in less than a second, it has the best implentation of the "jump" feature that allows you to press J and type the name of the song you want to hear, many other software today have this ability but none of them is as good as it is in the old Winamp many might not agree with me but since this is my page I say what I recommend :) Download Winamp 2.95 Free FTP client: FileZilla - I found this useful so far Download FileZilla |
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