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The best free applications to improve your Windows experience. Covers everything from system tweaking to skinning and application launchers.
Updated on 2009-08-19
Created on 2007-12-12
Category: Computers & Internet
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Movie Maker requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; it is not supported on Windows XP
"Free" US calling , Free inbound calls on Wi-Fi phone, smart phone, ATA or software of your choosing ...
Google Voice allows you to call out from your web browser for free, and Gizmo5 will give you free 3 minute calls or a 2c/minute rate (cheaper, even, than Skype, unless you go over 500 minutes OUTBOUND, in which case you could possibly use skype's unlimited calling) -- Note that Gizmo Voice inbound calls are free, and you can answer your calls from ANY PC using gizmocall.com in a web browser.
And because Gizmo is a standard SIP phone, you can use any number of different apps on PC/Mac/Linux/Android/iPhone, etc, etc...
An (active) Synergy fork, which installs easily on Linux and OS X (as well as Windows)
Bochs is a highly portable open source x86 PC emulator ... capable of running most Operating Systems inside the emulation including Linux, DOS, and all versions of Windows... and the images are portable from one host OS to another.
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. The application takes a set of overlapping photographs of a scene shot from a single camera location and creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all the source images at full resolution.
FileZilla is an excellent GPL cross-platform FTP Client and Windows-only FTP server. Deffinitely my FTP client of choice.
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility deletes all of the files and registry settings associated with a WMI install so you can successfully re-install to get clean settings (eg: so you can uninstall).
GB-PVR is a fully featured home media center application, allowing you to easily use a remote to watch tv, schedule recordings, watch videos, watch DVDs, listen to music, view photos etc
A great article on LifeHacker with links to tools and and toys for dual monitor users.
One of the all around best media players for windows, foobar2000 is also FREE, and supports more formats than you can shake a stick at. Foobar2000 also has tons of plugins which let you do things you never imagined possible, from complete makeovers of the UI to clever digital effects, etc.
A slick screenshot app that can easily take a shot of a region, a window, a control, or the full desktop ... and includes a color picker and ruler, plus global system hotkeys and automatic saving to file
30 items | 3503 visits
The best free applications to improve your Windows experience. Covers everything from system tweaking to skinning and application launchers.
Updated on 2009-08-19
Created on 2007-12-12
Category: Computers & Internet
URL:
on 2009-07-27