Program |
Description |
Meriden Rating |
| Microsoft Anti-Spy |
Microsoft's very own free anti spyware program |
10 out of 10 |
| AVG Anti-virus |
Free anti-virus program for domestic use - when Norton Anti
virus or McAfee are giving you problems try this. |
10 out of 10 |
| Hijackthis |
Advanced registry editing tool for removal of potentially bad
entries such as viruses. Editing the registry can potentially
be very risky and damage your Windows installation, it is advised
only advanced users try this. |
10 out of 10 |
| K9 |
This is a fantastic FREE spam filtering program for use with
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express |
10 out of 10 |
| Audacity |
This is a great FREE voice recording program. Professional
speakers may wish to use this tool for recording pitches for their
clients or websites. |
10 out of 10 |
| Skype |
Speak to your friends worldwide for FREE using a microphone
and headset attached to your PC. |
10 out of 10 |
| Google Toolbar |
Great toolbar with many features such as blocking unwanted
popup windows. |
9 out of 10 |
2GB PST |
When your outlook email file gets beyond 2gb in size while
using various earlier versions of Microsoft Office it becomes
unusable. Use this tool to cut it's file size. Please avoid this
situation in the first place as you are likely to lose emails. |
9 out of 10 |
| Scan PST |
Another great Windows tool for scanning and repairing your
Outlook.pst files. |
9 out of 10 |
| Back 2 Zip |
This is a great free backup program. You can choose the required
destination of a backup and how often you would like files uploaded
automatically. |
9 out of 10 |
C Cleaner |
FREE powerful cleaning tool of temporary files |
9 out of 10 |
| MSG Tag |
Trial of an excellent program that notifies when the recipient
had read your email. Quite often people disable the standard email
receipts in their outlook programs. This is useful when you need
proof of sending emails, however, some people may disapprove that
you are giving them no option as to seeing when they read your
emails. |
8 out of 10 |
| Easy
Cleaner |
This is a great program for cleaning out 100's if not thousands
of unwanted temporary files and can often help speed up your PC. |
8 out of 10 |
| Adobe Reader |
Free program for reading PDF files |
8 out of 10 |
Spyware Removal |
Free spyware sweeping software. This program worked well on
a Windows 2000 machine but not so well on a XP machine. |
8 out of 10 |
Clam Win Antivirus |
Free anti virus program |
8 out of 10 |
| Adaware |
Useful Anti-spyware program |
7 out of 10 |
| Norton Removal
Tool |
Norton software removal tool |
7 out of 10 |
| Everest Home |
Great utility for investigating minor computer problems or
finding more details about your computer hardware and software
specifications. |
7 out of 10 |
| Zone Alarm |
Free and very powerful firewall program. If you are on a network
this program is likely to stop it from working unless you manually
change settings. |
7 out of 10 |
| Msconfig |
This is a windows feature build into all operating systems
except Windows 2000 and allows you to edit the startup programs
on the computer. |
7 out of 10 |
| Reg Scrub |
Another registry editing program. Only advanced users should
use this. |
7 out of 10 |
| Search & Destroy |
Anti spyware program. You are better to remove this program
and use the alternative Microsoft Anti Spy as mentioned above. |
6 out of 10 |
| Winzip 10 |
Great file compression program. This isn't such as important
tool as it used to be with the introduction of much faster internet
connections now available. |
6 out of 10 |
| Internet Explorer 6 |
Some of us from time to time have problems accessing Windows
updates so here you can download the initial file for Internet
Explorer 6 and bypass the Windows updates page. |
6 out of 10 |
| MP3 - WAV |
Free music conversion program |
8 out of 10 |
| Audio Grabber |
Great program for grabbing music tracks from cd's and storing
them onto your PC or Laptop. |
8 out of 10 |