The 32 Totally Essential (and Free) Apps for Every New PC You have to admit, Windows is a pretty barebones operating system, feature-wise. After a fresh install of XP or Vista (perhaps following a Clean Start), you're faced with a barren Start Menu and an empty desktop that's beaming with limitless potential. The problem is that it's up to you to hunt and download those applications that you really need in your day-to-day computing experience. And chances are, it's often difficult to find good software that's also free. That's where this guide comes in. We've put together a list of what we think are the most essential PC apps for every Maximum PC reader. And at the end of the feature, we'll even show you how to install these apps in one fell swoop with a special configuration file we've created. WinDirStat Have you ever sorted a folder by file size, hoping to track down a hard disk hog, only to be frustrated by the fact that Windows doesn’t let you see the size of nested folders’ contents? AnyDVD Foxit PDF Reader VMWare Server Steam Dropbox
Best Free Windows Softwares 2013 You Must Have on Your PC| TechnoJourney ▶ Here in this article, we have listed some of the best free Windows softwares 2013 you must have on your PC. ▶ The World didn’t end as scheduled on 21st Dec 2012 and here we are in a brand new year – 2013. ▶ So, to give your new year a flying start, here are some of the best softwares you wouldn’t probably heard of before. ▶ Just make some time to browse through these handy applications and pick the ones that best suits your needs. ▶ Most of these softwares will work on all versions of Windows while some are dedicated to certain versions. If you liked this collection of some the coolest softwares, please share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Also Read: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49 Free Video to GIF Converter - can convert any video to gif animation with ease. 50. Last Thoughts Ohh!
Roundup: 15 Must-Have Free Software Programs for Your PC Over the last three years, the writers here at MakeUseOf have profiled thousands of software apps on the website. With all these thousands being presented to you, it’s hard to decide which apps to use and which ones to discard. To make it easier for you, we have managed to compile a list of the top 15 absolute must-have tools for everyday tasks. These are the essential programs that we recommend you install and keep on your arsenal. 1. 1. Both Firefox and Google Chrome are excellent browsers. You can see all add-ons for Firefox at 10 Cool Extensions for Google Chrome 10 Cool Extensions for Google Chrome Read More 2. AVG Free Anti-Virus is the most popular free anti-virus software in the world. Most of the MakeUseOf authors use AVG and we highly recommend it to others. For those of you who frequently shop online and do regular online banking, AVG recommends AVG Internet Security. Download AVG Free (Platform: Windows only) 3. Download Auslogics Disk Defrag 4. 5.
15 CMD Commands Every Windows User Should Know Advertisement Updated by Tina Sieber on January 21, 2017. Microsoft has slowly but surely pushed the command line aside in the Windows interface. This is not without reason. It’s an antiquated and mostly unnecessary tool from an era of text-based input. 10 Windows Command Line Tips You Should Check Out 10 Windows Command Line Tips You Should Check Out While the Windows command line is not considered as powerful as a Linux's, here are some Windows command line tips and tricks not everyone might know about. Read More But many commands remain useful, and Windows 8 and 10 even added new features. In case you’re not sure how to access the command prompt, forgot basic commands, or would like to know how to see a list of switches for each command, you can refer to our beginners guide to the Windows command line for instructions. Our 15 Favorites Most files in Windows are associated with a specific program that is assigned to open the file by default. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Top 10 Tech Concepts You Always Wanted To Learn About (But Never Did) Store your data on someone else's computer, hope they don't do anything bad with it or decide to shut down. Stallman calls it "Careless Computing". If you put personal data in-the-cloud like future plans., trips, your current GPS location, then you should expect that data to be shared all over the world with nice people, nice companies and criminals (looking for when to rob you). Facebook connections and twitter followers provide information about you and your friends. If you aren't paying for the services ( ea probably $15/month or more), then you and your data are probably the product being sold. It's good to have a paranoid person around, but citations please. * [lmgtfy.com] has at least 50 story references * [lmgtfy.com] | | and another ref - [articles.cnn.com] * A Twitter user who was a little too open with his plans.
6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network by Ramesh Natarajan on August 7, 2008 Most of you might have enabled wireless encryption, which is only one of the 6 steps mentioned in this article to make your wireless network safe and secure from hackers. The screenshots mentioned below are from Linksys wireless router. But, you’ll find similar options for all the 6 steps mentioned below in wireless routers from any other vendors. 1. Let us start with the basics. WEP (Wired Equivalent Protection) 64-bit and 128-bit: WEP is an old wireless encryption standard. Fig-1 Enable Wireless Encryption 2. SSID (Service Set Identifier) refers to the name of your wireless connection, that you see on the “Available Wireless Connections” list from your laptop while connecting. 3. You can avoid your wireless name from getting displayed on “Available Wireless Connections” on all your neighbors laptop. Fig-2: Change SSID Name and Disable Broadcast 4. Fig-3 Enable Wireless MAC Filter Fig-4 Add MAC Address to the list 5. 6.
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