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Clive's Favorite Software
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| I confess to being one of those
people who likes to try out new software which probablly accounts for why I need to rebuild my PC twice a year1 anyway here are some of my favorites |
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| Jalbum - I think the best free album creating software I know -They have free hosting package too. | |
| Fast Stone Capture - great software for capturing and editing screengrabs. I still have the free version but the latest one is unfortunately shareware though only only $20 inc lifetime upgradse | |
| Paint.net - I really like this much easier to use than photoshop and free | |
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Office
2007 - I
know!! but actually I have tried all the open source products and none
of them have the slick look and feel of this suite - the only part I
dont like is Outlook (see next) |
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| Media Player Classic this player is Free simple and does what I want it to do - no playlists or complications - can create thumnail indexes too (make sure you get 6.4.9.1 or higher for thumbnail feature) | |
| Auslogic disc defrag - does a really good job of defragging hard drives, doesnt slow down your system while its working and its free - unfortunately manual only but scheduling is on their roadmap | |
| Carbonite back up - unlimited space on line back up service - slow to do first back up but when complete works silently in the background - costs $49 pa - I have 52 gb backed up already and increasing - it is offsite back up and encrypted locally | |
| Display Fusion - allows me to have different backgrounds on dual monitors - freeware | |
| Logmein Free - extremely easy web based control of any number of remote desktops from anywhere - the free version however doesnt support file transfers - see next product | |
| Home Page | Avvenu.com - free easy file transfer programme sets up direct connection so you can browse your PC |