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Your top 10 software freebies
I_luv_cats
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(01) Firefox 3.53
(02) Malwarebytes
(03) Ccleaner
(04) Audacity
(05) Real Player
(06) Divx Player
(07) Adobe Reader / Flash
(08) McAfee SiteAdvisor
(09) Java
(10) Open Office
I get most of my free software from Filehippo.com
(02) Malwarebytes
(03) Ccleaner
(04) Audacity
(05) Real Player
(06) Divx Player
(07) Adobe Reader / Flash
(08) McAfee SiteAdvisor
(09) Java
(10) Open Office
I get most of my free software from Filehippo.com
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Avast (anti-virus) http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
Firefox (browser) http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
Java (everything!!) http://www.java.com/en/
Ccleaner (clears everything) http://www.ccleaner.com/
Flash player (for videos) http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Flash blocker (yay no more adverts) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
Spotify (choons) http://www.spotify.com/en/
Google chrome (another browser) http://www.google.com/chrome
Windows live Mail http://download.live.com/wlmailThis is my opinion. There are many others like it but this is mine:kisses2: Fiancee of the "lovely" DaveAshton :kisses2:I am a professional ebay seller. I work hard at my job, I love my job, if you think it's silly that's your problem not mine.
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Roboform (password manager/form filler)
Keyscrambler (anti-keylogging protection)
Pidgin (universal chat client - MSN/AIM/etc in one) -
Runes of Magic (World of Warcraft...but free) -
Camstudio (screen recording software) -
Avast (wonderful free anti-virus) -
Google Docs (ok, this is cloud sourcing, but they are simply brilliant and I love that you can import/export to Office) -
Thunderbird (Firefox's email client) -
uTorrent (BitTorrent Client) -
Picasa (photo organiser/editor) -“Don't do it! Stay away from your potential. You'll mess it up, it's potential, leave it. Anyway, it's like your bank balance - you always have a lot less than you think.”
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Welshwoofs wrote: »Runes of Magic (World of Warcraft...but free) -
Many thanks for this, but you need to take the extra "." out of the link - should be http://www.runesofmagic.com
Regards,
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Firefox
zipcentral (opens/makes zips)
µTorrent
NVU - html editor:coffee:Coffee +3 Dexterity +3 Willpower -1 Ability to Sleep
Playing too many computer games may be bad for your attention span but it Critical Hit!0 -
Firefox
Avast
Ad-Aware
Spybot
Picasa - great and simple photo editing
Audacity - records anything from your PC
MP3DirectCut - make ringtones
TVCatchup - watch live TV over the internet
Spotify - download any music to your Free spotify account
VideoraIpodConverter - to put movies onto your Ipod0 -
Most have been listed already, especially Firefox, but I’d also add:-
Open Office
OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages.
It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
:beer:May contain nuts. Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included. Thanks to all posters
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Welshwoofs wrote: »Camstudio (screen recording software) -
I have just went and downloaded this. There are a few times when I could have done with it in the past!When dealing with the CSA its important to note that it is commonly accepted as unfit for purpose, and by default this also means the staff are unfit for purpose.0 -
Welshwoofs wrote: »Thunderbird (Firefox's email client) -
I made the move from IE to FF. Perhaps now time I ditched the outlook express and went with ThunderBird.When dealing with the CSA its important to note that it is commonly accepted as unfit for purpose, and by default this also means the staff are unfit for purpose.0 -
Chrome
Firefox
Open Office
GIMP 2
Inkscape
Steam
Itunes
Thunderbird
CCleaner
Flash Player0
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