TheBigAwesomeListofFreeSoftwaretoFillMany Roles

TheListwillcontinuetobeupdatedasmorearefound. Categories DiskDefragDiskCleanupDisk/File Management/Recovery/EncryptionSystemInformation

DiskDefrag MyDefrag:http://www.mydefrag.com/ Defragmentingtoolwithnumerousoptions,usefulfordifferenttypesofdisks(in termsofuse"systemdisk"or"datadisk"andphysicallyaUSBthumbdriveor ausualinternalharddrive).NotexactlyfortheAverageJoehowever. Defraggler:http://www.piriform.com/defraggler Asimplerdefragmentingtoolthatalsoallowsdefragmentationofindividualfiles. Piriformhasotherusefulprogramsbesidesthis(whichwouldbemakingan appearancelateron). AuslogicsDiskDefrag:http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/diskdefrag/ Anotheralternatechoicefordiskdefragmentingneeds. HARDDiskScrubber:http://www.summitcn.com/hdscrub.html Freesecuredeleteprogramdesignedtohelpyoupermanentlydestroysensitivedatafrom yourPC.UseHardDiskScrubbertooverwritefreespaceonyourWindowsdrives,orto permanentlydeletefilessothattheycannolongerberecovered. DiskCleanup CCleaner:http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER AnotherprogramfromPiriform,arguablytheprimarydiskcleanupprogramof many. Disk/FileManagement/Recovery/Encryption Recuva:http://www.piriform.com/recuva AfilerecoveryprogramfromPiriform. DoubleKiller:http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/ Isa"fastandeasytouseapplicationforfindingandremovingduplicatefiles."

AdvancedRenamer:http://www.advancedrenamer.com/ Renamemultiplefilesquicklywiththisprogram.

TrueCrypt:http://www.truecrypt.org/ Afreeopensourcediskencryptionsoftware. Teracopy:http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php Copyingfilesmadefasterandeasierthroughthisapplication. SpaceSniffer:http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/ Knowwhichfileoccupieshowmuchspacewherewiththisprogram. TreeSizeFree:http://www.jamsoftware.com/treesize_free/ Scandirectorysizesandspotspacehogsquicklywiththisapplication. SystemInformation CPUZ:http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpuz.html Usuallycomesfirsttomindwhenthinkingaboutsuchprograms. HWMonitor:http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html FromthecreatorsofCPUZ,focusingmoreontemperatures,voltagesandfan speeds. GPUZ:http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ ForemostchoiceforinformationonyourGPU(s). RealTemp:http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ A"temperaturemonitoringprogramdesignedforallIntelsingleCore,DualCore, QuadCoreandCorei7processors." CoreTemp:http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ ACPUtemperaturemonitoringprogramalternative. Speccy:http://www.piriform.com/speccy AsysteminformationprogramfromPiriform.

BlueScreenView:http://majorgeeks.com/BlueScreenView_d6200.html ViewBSODinformationinyoursystem'sdumpfiles. SpeedFan:http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php Versatileprogramwhichalsoallowsfancontrol.

HWINFO32:http://www.hwinfo.com/download32.html "Itisaprofessionalhardwareinformationanddiagnostictoolsupportinglatest components,industrytechnologiesandstandards.Designedtocollectand presentthemaximumamountofinformationpossibleaboutcomputer'shardware whichmakesitsuitableforuserssearchingfordriverupdates,computer manufacturers,systemintegratorsandtechnicalexpertsaswell.Retrieved informationispresentedinalogicalandeasilyunderstandableformandcanbe exportedintovarioustypesofreports." SystemExplorer:http://systemexplorer.net/ AfreeprogramforexplorationandmanagementofSystemInternals. CrystalDiskInfo:http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/indexe.html AHDD/SSDutilitysoftwarewhichsupportsS.M.A.R.T.andapartofUSBHDD.

FileCompression/DecompressionMediaPlayersand CodecsMediaFilesConversion,CreationandEditingVideo CardUtilities

FileCompression/Decompression: 7Zip:http://www.7zip.org/ Myfirstchoiceforfilecompression/decompression. MediaPlayersandCodecs

Winamp:http://www.winamp.com/ Audioandvideoplayer.Iusuallyrestrictitsusetoaudiofileshowever. CCCP:http://www.cccpproject.net/ Thecodecspackthatwillchooseyou.InSovietRussia,itisnotyouwhochoose thecodecs,forthecodecschooseyou! MediaPlayerClassic:http://mpchc.sourceforge.net/ HomeCinemaisincluded,thebestmediaplayerouttheretoday. VLCmediaplayer:www.videolan.org Analternative...alternativemediaplayer. Foobar2000:http://www.foobar2000.org/ Anotherone,alsoapopularchoice. TotalMediaTheater http://www.arcsoft.com/estore/software_title.asp?ProductCode=TMT5P BluRayplayback.notfree...butthebestprogramihavefoundyet. QuickTimeAlternative http://www.freecodecs.com/download/quicktime_alternative.htm MediaJukebox:http://www.jriver.com/mj/ Atotallyfreemediacenter. MediaFilesConversion,CreationandEditing SUPER:http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html Aprogramwithacomprehensivelistoffilestoconverttoandfrom. HandBrake:http://handbrake.fr/ Includedheretoaddvariety. HamsterFreeVideoConverterHamsterFreeVideoConverter http://www.hamstersoft.com/ HamsterFreeVideoConverterisahandyvideoconverterspeciallydesignedtoturnvideo conversionsintofun.Itstickstothe3stepconversionplanadvertisedbyplentyothervideo

convertingsoftware.Itsimplifiesallthesettingsleavingonlytheessentialpartsthatcanbe easilyunderstoodbythemajorityofuserswithabsolutelynoproblem. VirtualDJ:http://www.virtualdj.com/ It'sfree.Thatdoesn'tmeanit'seasytouseandquicktogetthehangofitthough. VideoCardUtilities Afterburner:http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm Nowtheprimaryoptionforvideocardtweaking.Andyes,itworksevenwith nonMSIcards. Rivatuner:http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner TheprogramwhichformsthebasisforAfterburner.

InternetBrowsersDesktopCustomizationProductivity SuitesImageEditors

InternetBrowsers Firefox:http://www.mozilla.com/enUS/firefox/new/ Chrome:http://www.google.com/Chrome Opera:http://www.opera.com Safari:http://www.apple.com/safari/ Lunascape:http://www.lunascape.net/ InternetExplorer9: http://windows.microsoft.com/enUS/internetexplorer/products/ie/home IE9isincludedasI'mundertheassumptionthatyouhaven'tupdatedIEyetand youhaveeitherVistaor7. DesktopCustomization Rainmeter:http://rainmeter.net/RainCMS/ Canbeeithereasytosetuporanightmaretouse,dependingontheamountof

timeyouhavefree.Doesnotmeasuretheamountofrainfallinyourarea. RocketDock:http://rocketdock.com/ Adockforyourshortcutsinyourdesktop. RKLauncher:http://home.cogeco.ca/~rklauncher/ Anotherusefuldockprogram. ProductivitySuites OpenOffice:http://www.openoffice.org LibreOffice:http://www.libreoffice.org CutePDFWriter:http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp CreatePDFfilesandmakethemcute. FoxitReader:http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/reader/ AnalternativePDFreader.

SumatraPDF:http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/freepdfreader.html FreePDFreader. ImageEditors GIMP:http://www.gimp.org AfreealternativetoAdobe'sPhotoshop. Paint.NET:http://www.paint.net/ Anotherfreeimageeditor. Inkscape:http://www.inkscape.org Alternativevectorgraphicseditor. ImageResizerforWindows:http://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ Exactlywhatitsaysinthetitle.

SecurityEmulation/BurningSoftwareNetworkingInstant

Messaging/VoiceChat
Security MicrosoftSecurityEssentials http://www.microsoft.com/enus/security_essentials/default.aspx AVGFreeAntiVirushttp://www.free.avg.com Avast!FreeAntivirushttp://www.avast.com AviraAntivirPersonalhttp://www.avira.com Malwarebytes'AntiMalwarehttp://www.malwarebytes.org SpybotSearch&Destroyhttp://www.safernetworking.org/index2.html Emulation/BurningSoftware DAEMONToolsLitehttp://www.daemontools.cc/eng/products/dtLite Discemulationandburningtool.

VirtualCloneDrivehttp://www.slysoft.com/en/virtualclonedrive.html Afreevirtualdrivesoftware. ImgBurnhttp://www.imgburn.com/ Alightweightburningapplication. CDBurnerXPhttp://cdburnerxp.se/ Anotherprogramforyourburningdesires. Networking Wiresharkhttp://www.wireshark.org/ Anetworkprotocolanalyzer. Spiceworkshttp://www.spiceworks.com/ Networkingmanagementandmonitoringsoftware.

InstantMessaging/VoiceChat Skypehttp://www.skype.com Pidginhttp://www.pidgin.im Digsbyhttp://www.digsby.com/ EMailClientsBenchmarksMiscellaneous EMailClients Thunderbirdhttps://www.mozilla.org/enUS/thunderbird/ Afree,opensource,crossplatformemailandnewsclient. Benchmarks wPrimehttp://www.wprime.net/Download/ Prime95http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft/ IntelBurnTest http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Benchmarks/IntelBurnTest.shtml SuperPIhttp://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/SuperPIDownload74788.html MemTesthttp://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html UnigineBenchmarkshttp://unigine.com/download/ 3DMark11http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/ 3DMarkVantagehttp://www.3dmark.com/3dmarkvantage/download/ 3DMark06http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/download/ FinalFantasyXIVbenchmark http://www.finalfantasyxiv.com/media/benchmark/na/

LostPlanet2benchmark http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1854/Lost_Planet_2_Benchmark.html AVPAliensvs.Predatorbenchmark http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1805/AVP_Aliens_vs._Predator_DirectX _11_Benchmark.html PCMarkVantage http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/pcmarkvantage/download/ PCMark7http://www.pcmark.com/benchmarks/pcmark7/download/ CrystalDiskMarkhttp://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/indexe.html HDTunehttp://www.hdtune.com/download.html FlashMemoryToolkithttp://www.flashmemorytoolkit.com/download.html ATTODiskBenchmark http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1749/ATTO_Disk_Benchmark_v2.46.htm l Miscellaneous Solutohttp://www.soluto.com/Download/ "SolutoBetaallowsyoutounderstandyourboot,discoverwhichapplicationsare slowingitdown(andkeeprunninglaterinthebackground,affectingyourongoing experience),andallowsyoutosignificantlyimproveit.WhileSolutoBetafocuses ontheboot,italreadyresearchesforfrustrationsandhelpsmapthePCGenome, allowingyoutoshareyourwisdomwithothers."Yes,it'sstillinBeta. Notepad++http://notepadplusplus.org/download TiredwithusingNotepad?UseNotepad++then. SharpKeys3.0http://www.randyrants.com/2008/12/sharpkeys_30.html remapanykeyonyourkeyboardwithanother,oracombo Joomlahttp://www.joomla.org/download.html AfreecontentmanagementsystemforpublishingcontentontheWorldWideWeb

andintranets. SeaMonkeyhttp://www.seamonkeyproject.org/releases/ Anallinoneinternetapplicationsuite. 4GBPatchhttp://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php Patchesx86executablesinordertoletthemhave4GB(insteadofonly2)ofvirtual memoryonx64platforms. FastDuplicateFileFinder http://www.mindgems.com/products/FastDuplicateFileFinder/FastDuplicateFile FinderAbout.htm FastFileRenamerhttp://www.fastfilerenamer.com/ FolderMenu3http://foldermenu.sourceforge.net/ addsafoldermenuintoyourtaskbar(byclock),recentplaces,registry,etc. quicker. Picasa3http://picasa.google.com/