Best Free Online Applications and Services: Page 12 of 12. Photovisi - Photo Collage Maker. The Pitch. Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy. Dipity - Find, Create, and Embed Interactive Timelines. How to run Windows 10 on a virtual machine. If you want to play with Windows 10 or Office 2016 but aren't ready to abandon Windows 7 or 8 or Office 2013 just yet, there's an easy solution: a virtual machine.
Broadly speaking, a virtual machine (VM) is a sandbox that tricks one operating system into running inside another. Setup requires a more-than-entry-level PC, since you'll be running two resource-hungry OSes at once. But a virtual machine is well worth the effort, because it means fewer headaches than fully upgrading to beta software or running a second version of Windows on a drive partition.
Also, if a VM gets a virus or starts acting weird, you can just delete it and reinstall, assuming it doesn't contain any important data. There are a number of virtual machine apps you can choose from, but for simplicity's sake, this tutorial sticks to VirtualBox. What you need: 1. 2. 3. 50GB or more of free space on your PC. 4. Step 1: Verify virtual machine support Oddly, your CPU's virtualization features are often disabled by default.
Best free file backup, drive backup (aka imaging), and system backup software. Nowadays, computers are quite the keys to our kingdoms.
While I’m sure it varies from person to person (and age group to age group), many people have critical data on their computers which, if lost, would be hurtful at best and devastating at worst. So it is always a good idea to make regular backups of your data to keep your data safe. Making the change from iPhone to Android as easy as possible. Is iOS starting to feel a bit stale for your taste?
It's something I'm hearing more and more as I talk to iOS users, or former iOS users. With some amazing Android phones hitting the market, it's tough not to get caught checking out the competition -- or even feeling a bit compelled to make the jump to Android. But before you make the change, there are some kinks that need to be worked out to make the process go as smoothly as possible. Sticking with Windows XP? Here are your options. If you're a Windows XP stalwart, you may decide to stick with Windows XP, even after Microsoft officially ends support.
Scott Lowe discusses some of your options for making things work with what you have. If you're still running Windows XP in your organization, you're probably painfully aware of the pending end of support for the venerable -- but wildly popular -- Windows XP operating system. Released in 2001, Windows XP was originally dismissed as a "play toy," thanks to an interface that people compared to Fisher Price products. But with a couple of rock solid service packs, XP became the real workhorse of the enterprise. And then along came Vista. Essential free software you can't afford to miss. Free doesn’t have to mean cheesy, especially when it comes to freeware. A developer’s passion project can become something you can’t imagine being without, and the fact that you don’t have to lay out any cash to acquire it is a major bonus.
Some developers accept donations to further development, so consider giving what you can if you find value in their efforts. Here are some of our favorite freebies. Please tell us about yours in the comments section. Security It’s imperative to secure your PC against the nasty stuff it will encounter on the open seas of the Web. The free version of Malwarebytes is excellent. Microsoft Security Essentials or AVG AntiVirus Free Edition are other good, no-cost options. Passwords are a hassle to remember, so many people memorize just one and use it for everything.
Utilities File-archiving utilities make big files smaller and easier to manage, and there’s code for creating those archives—and opening existing ones—right inside Windows. Life on the Web Gaming. Steve Guttenberg (AudiophiliacMan) 9 free tools that make Windows much better. Windows is packed to the rafters with features, many of them great—and others, just meh.
Luckily, there are free alternatives that are more powerful, more efficient, and take only minutes to install. Read on, and we’ll show you 9 built-in features of Windows that aren’t up to snuff, and the free software you can use to replace them. Search The search functionality in Windows 8 is fast and well-integrated with the new Start Screen. Still, the Start Screen search isn’t perfect: It can’t find files that aren’t executables or documents. “Everything” is an indexed search utility that lets you search through every single file on your system, practically instantly.
File Transfer It’s ironic that one of the simplest things you do in Windows can be one of the most frustrating. Screenshots. 20 free PC apps to ease daily tasks.