Wow. You people know your freeware! A few weeks ago, when I asked you to name your freeware favorites, I never dreamed I'd get more than 400 responses--some of which listed programs and utilities that were new to me. (And here I thought I knew them all.)
I'm still sifting through those replies, looking for recurring favorites and investigating some of the suggestions. In the meantime, I thought I'd share a handful of freeware goodies that I know and love--and that I neglected to mention the first time around. (Actually, one of them is a product many of youknow and love, one I fully intend to check out.)
1. Fences Best. Program. Ever. This fantastic utility corrals your desktop icons into customizable groups--little windows for Windows--thus keeping everything neat and orderly. Once you start using it, you'll wonder how you worked without it for so long--and why Microsoft didn't build it into Windows 7.
2. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware This is my go-to rescue tool for systems that have suffered malware infections. Just the other day I used it to clean a neighbor's Trojan-riddled laptop. Just drop it on your flash drive, then run it as needed. I've yet to encounter a bit of malware it couldn't send back to hell.
3. SoftMaker Office 2008 Two things I especially like about this Microsoft Office alternative: it's fast (unlike somesuites I could name), and it used to cost money. See, once SoftMaker moved on to Office 2010, it started giving away the 2008 version free of charge. How awesome is that! Makes me think seriously about paying for the upgrade.
4. TeamViewer I love a good screen-sharing tool, especially one that offers a remote-control option for remote tech support. It doesn't matter if you're the helper or the helpee--remote control is a million times easier than trying to troubleshoot over the phone. TeamViewer lets you share desktops and connect to remote PCs. Even itsAndroid and iOS companion apps are free.
5. WizMouse Not to put too fine a point on it, but I can no longer use a Windows PC that doesn't have WizMouse installed. Its purpose: to make your mouse wheel work wherever your mouse is pointed. Windows should do that automatically, but until it does, this utility works wonders.
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