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This is the thread where we can share all useful free softwares (Freeware), that are easily downloaded from the internet. Hope, as others contribute, the list will expand.

For a start:

1. K-Lite Codec Pack

A comprehensive collection of codecs and related tools all-in-one. A very good pack that will allow most video and audio codecs to be played.

2. CCleaner

A system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system and allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

3. Spybot - Search & Destroy

It detects and removes spyware. It can also clean usage tracks, an interesting function if you share your computer with other users and don't want them to see what you have been working on.

Also, safe for those who wants to fix some registry inconsistencies.

4. RegCleaner

It easily get rid of old and obsolete registry entries created by software that you have destroyed ages ago. You don't have to be an expert to use this program.

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Best and FREE antivirus software

I would highly recommend Avast! 4 Home Edition. My American niece who was visiting us during the CNY holidays claimed that it is the best and most young and poor students she knew uses it.

Since my Norton had expired, she told me Avast would be an ideal replacement. I have tried for almost 4 weeks and it is easy, effective and trouble free.

It is supposedly a "Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA certified and Secure Computing Magazine awarded antivirus software for home noncommercial use" no-limitation, no-trial period free program from a very reputable software house.

If you are linked to the internet constantly as I am, it will provide automatic updates.

I downloaded from this website.

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Free MultiMedia [Video/Audio] Convertor

Super MultiMedia Convertor, is a freeware. I have not tried this program but it is said to be good.

21March2007

Tested this software. It is a good, fast and simple program. Am surprised at the quality output.

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maybe can add this into the sticky above, for those windows users who uses outlook express etc.

they can consider using Seamonkey.

or thunderbird from Mozilla.

instead of using plain outlook express that does not come with junk mail filtering.

they also work well with gmail's pop servers (although not as fun to use as gmail itself)

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For those who are using CCleaner, there's a latest version (Download Here).

Cleans the following:

- Internet Explorer: Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.

- Firefox: Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history.

- Opera: Temporary files, URL history, cookies.

- Windows: Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.

- Registry cleaner: Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature.

- Third-party applications: mRemoves temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more...

- 100% Spyware FREE: This software does NOT contain any Spyware, Adware or Viruses.

Changes in version 1.39.502:

- Rewritten secure deletion code, now over 2x faster.

- Performance improvements deleting Internet Cache.

- Fixed bug in Recycle Bin cleaning.

- Fixed overflow error with a large number of temp files.

- Added AntiVir PE Classic and Premium cleaning.

- Removed PerfectDisk 8.0 cleaning.

- Optimized file size for language DLLs.

- Added Bosnian translation.

- Added Macedonian translation.

- Updated several translations.

- Minor bug fixes.

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  Guest said:
Thanks iketube for the update.

I'm using CCleaner it's great, what's the difference between full and slim version as in the link you posted?

You are welcome.

Basically, there's no toolbar and only for english for the slim version. For more info on the different versions, you can refer here

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iPod Fix for Vista

[Only applicable for iPod owners using Vista.]

This is to correct an issue that caused some iPods to become corrupted when ejecting them using Windows Explorer or the 'Safely Remove Hardware' function in the System Tray.

Download the Vista iPod patch here

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CCleaner updating again. What's new with their latest version 1.40.520:

- Fixed problem with Vista UAC compatibility.

- Fixed bug in Secure Delete when emptying Recycle Bin.

- Fixed bug in Secure Delete with 0 byte files.

- Fixed bug in Uninstall Tool with non-standard entries.

- Resource file loading optimizations.

- Updated Windows Live toolbar cleaning.

- Added Bulgarian translation.

- Updated several translations.

- Updated installer engine.

- Minor bug fixes

Choose your download - here

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Add-on for Internet Explorer:

IE7Pro is a must have add-on for Internet Explorer, which includes a lot of features and tweaks to make your IE friendlier, more useful, secure and customizable. IE7Pro includes Tabbed Browsing Management, Spell Check, Inline Search, Super Drag Drop, Crash Recovery, Proxy Switcher, Mouse Gesture, Tab History Browser, Web Accelerator, User Agent Switcher, Webpage Capturer, AD Blocker, Flash Block, Greasemonkey like User Scripts platform, User Plug-ins and many more power packed features. You can customize not just Internet Explorer, but even your favorite website according to your need and taste using IE7Pro.

More About It Here

Download Here

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I still prefer using Firefox and some of its add-on. :)

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Another anti-spyware software - Lavasoft Ad-Aware.

http://www.lavasoft.com/

Download Your Free Copy Here. This is also an update for those already using it.

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what is fring?

fring? is a free mobile VoIP software that lets you talk and live chat (IM) using your handset's Internet connection instead of costly mobile airtime (GSM) minutes. fring enables free mobile calls over Wi-Fi Internet access or your GPRS, EDGE or 3G Internet data plan.

fring lets you easily communicate with all your fring, Skype?, MSN? Messenger, Google Talk? , Twitter and regular phone contacts from one, integrated contact list. fring also supports SkypeOut and hundreds of SIP-based services such as GizmoProject, VoipCheap, VoipStunt, Free World, even from non-SIP enabled handsets, enabling cheap local and international VoIP calls to contacts

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Auslogics Registry Defrag is an extremely useful program to keep your registry as compact as possible. As a result of keeping the registry defragmented and as small as possible, your computer performance will be much improved.

The program is FREE of charge.

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Itag is a freeware application that allows you to add title, description and keywords to your digital jpeg photos.

The data you enter is embedded into the actual photo file using IPTC headers.

By using the IPTC standard, your descriptions and keywords go anywhere your files go which many other applications can make use of.

Nifty little tool to tag all your photos! :huh:

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I actually prefer IOBit SmartDefrag, which can do background defragging to keep your system optimized. But I do not turn that on... (The usual reason of reducing wear and tear on my HDD). But the defrag portions and options are pretty good.

IOBit SmartDefrag

As for those who are looking for software to sync your HDD with your Portable HDD, or another network PC, NAS, etc.. I would recommend this :

Syncback

Download the freeware. Its very flexible, customizable that I can do everything I need.

The only drawback is that it cannot copy files/folders with Chinese name at the moment.

And I am evaluating another freeware - Allway Sync

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For those using SpyBot - Search & Destroy, you can now download their latest version 1.5.1.15.

http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd15.exe

Release Note:

Restored Win95 compatibility

Improved Wine compatibility

Fixed HyperThreading issues

Improved 64 bit immunization

Create Portable.ini in main folder to use app folder as data folder as well

New warnings about missing admin rights on Windows Vista

Support for multi-line bookmarks (IE 7 / Vista)

New Immunization for Firefox & Mozilla

Improved Immunization for Opera

"Single excludes" now include filenames to be more unique

Improved settings retrieval from registry (mixed installations)

Fixed .reg import bugs

Added support for automated removal of F/Ps from host lists

Changed update UserAgent and Referrer

Improved (Vista-compatible) support for fast user switching

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In addition to Spybot, it is also good to run Spyware Blaster.

For the freeware, download it here:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

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  gpfun said:
Just checking if anyone knows of good freeware software to read and write in Chinese/Japanese characters? Thanks.

You might want to check this one - http://translator.live.com/Default.aspx It is Beta and I understand that there's still teething problem.

Hope, it is something that you are looking for.

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Free Download Manager 2.5 Build 721

Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. Using this software product you can easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. With FDM the downloading process will be as easy as never before. FDM is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application. Also this software product is well-known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface. FDM can function as a site manager, accelerator, site explorer and scheduler. FDM can resume broken downloads. So you needn

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Sandboxie

When you run a program on your computer, data flows from the hard disk to the program via read operations. The data is then processed and displayed, and finally flows back from the progam to the hard disk via write operations.

For example, if you run the Freecell program to play a game, it starts by reading the previously recorded statistics, displaying and altering them as you play the game, and finally writing them back to disk for future reference.

Sandboxie changes the rules such that write operations do not make it back to your hard disk.

The illustration shows the key component of Sandboxie: a transient storage area, or sandbox. Data flows in both directions between programs and the sandbox. During read operations, data may flow from the hard disk into the sandbox. But data never flows back from the sandbox into the hard disk.

If you run Freecell inside the Sandboxie environment, Sandboxie reads the statistics data from the hard disk into the sandbox, to satisfy the read requested by Freecell. When the game later writes the statistics, Sandboxie intercepts this operation and directs the data to the sandbox.

If you then run Freecell without the aid of Sandboxie, the read operation would bypass the sandbox altogether, and the statistics would be retrieved from the hard disk.

The transient nature of the sandbox makes it is easy to get rid of everything in it. If you were to throw away the sandbox, by deleting everything in it, the sandboxed statistics would be gone for good, as if they had never been there in the first place.

Read more and Download Here. It is free but you are encouraged to register the program for a small fee.

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For those into video conferencing and looking for high quality video streaming, this might be good news. The only setback, for now [i hope logitech will expand to wider model range] is the purchase of the logitech webcam 9000.

From HardwareZone:

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Sharper, Smoother, Better: Skype and Logitech Join Forces, Fulfill Promise of High Quality Video-Calling Experience

High Quality Video Provides VGA Resolution and 30 Frames Per Second for People with Certified Logitech Webcam and Dual Core PC

Skype and Logitech today announced a collaboration to deliver a new standard of video calls over the Internet: High Quality Video. With High Quality Video on Skype, people worldwide can enjoy free video calls that are sharper and smoother than ever before. The experience is so good, it might be better than being there.

"This is a major leap in the clarity and smoothness of free video calls over the Internet," said Gareth O'Loughlin, Skype's general manager, mobile and hardware devices. "High Quality Video is a tremendous opportunity to delight our more than 246 million users and take their Skype experience to a whole new level. One in four Skype calls already involve video, so we know our users love to show and not just tell. High Quality Video will take Skype conversations to a whole new level of realism. In the past, only big businesses could afford this kind of video quality. It

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CCleaner has gone into version 2. The latest is 2.02.525.

View Here - What's New

Download - Version 2.02.525

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  it illiterate said:
any free program that can be used to capture webcam video?

Hehe, naughty naughty! :D

Nope, most video capturing softwares are not freeware.

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For those that have been using Orbit downloader, there's a latest version - version 2.4.2

What is Orbit Downloader:

Publisher's Description:

Orbit downloader is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. It is based on P2P technology. It has advanced robust multithread download algorithm implemented with high quality. It integrates seamlessly into Microsoft Internet Explorer to automatically handle your downloads. You can easily download files from any remote server via HTTP, FTP, RTSP or MMS. It has a smart download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe P2P downloading technology to accelerate your downloads. It supports proxy servers, download categories, queue processor, enhanced virus protection on download completion and many other features.

Download Version 2.4.2

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If you feel that Nero is too bloated - which is so true, here is an alternative freeware burning application.

ImgBurn is a smaller application and has an easier to use interface. Hence, it would be a good program for people who are not exactly computer experts.

Screenshots Here

What is ImgBurn - Here

Download Here

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An alternative to Spybot, this software seems to be effective:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Download the free version and install it. Run the update and allow it to run a full scan. It can take up to 30 minutes depending on your system. Best to run the scan in safe mode.

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