Essential & Free PC Tools

The following list of tool will help you keep you PC working better that you thought it could. My recommendation is to install the Revo Unistaller first as it will allow you to completly unisnstall any of the other or any other junk you may already have on your system.

Revo Uninstaller at http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
Dragnifier at http://www.halley.cc/stuff/dragnifier.html
Registry Cleaner at http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_cleaner/registry_cleaner.htm
Edit Pad Lite (win notepad replacement) at http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
Avast Antivirus at http://www.avast.com/index.html

The following are more advanced for the more technically adventureous.

Space Sniffer at http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html
Process Explorer at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
VLC Media Player at http://www.vlcmediaplayer.org/
Manage Desktop Icons with Iconoid at http://www.sillysot.com/

Essential software.

Open Office (an alternative office suite) at http://openoffice.org
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) at http://www.gimp.org/
Firefox (a better web browser) at http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

And finnally, you can explore more free alternative programs for the PC at http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=57&t=3616

Note: if you find better tool, let me know and I will update this page.

Thank, chet at volpe dot net