The Ever-Growing Free Windows Software List

Use Microsoft Camera Codec Pack for viewing photos in various RAW-formats in Explorer.

Download: Microsoft Camera Codec Pack - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

 

Anyone try StartUpLite for W7?

This is free from Malwarebytes. I cut my boot up time by half with zero problems during the last month. Anyone find any downside or problems?

 

Here's an alternative for speeding up boot time on HDD's.

 

That's a lot of work with some saying no change. StartUpLite is automatic and painless..so far. My Tosh is getting close to same start times than my asus with Momentus XT. I have not, will not install this on the XT until i get off my duff and see what Startuplite is all about. Thx.

 

Looks kind of pointless to me. All it seems to do is eliminate various kind of startup items (or simply all of them?). That's trivial to do manually; just use msconfig.

 

Yea, i went back and researched it. As you said. I will say it did a good job for the lazy and gives you a choice on what to disable or not. So, for the clueless, it seems safe enough.

 

The computer does the job, not you. Well unless you think one command line is a lot of work.

It worked well for me at least.

 

Here is my favorite screen recording application free of course.

Amarecco

This is English page

My post about this on another forum site.

http://stream-recorder.com/forum/another-freeware-screen-capture-software-hard-find-t8330.html

There are a couple of new plugins on the the main site (japanese site part) that I haven't tested yet but you can just put them into the plugin folder of the installation and try them out yourself. This program has tons of options, let me know what you all think. This program can just record about anything you got on your screen even videos with sound and games! Let me know if anybody needs the best profile for recording I can post screenshots of mine.

Extra Plugins

amarecco plugins.zip

Screen record of need for speed shift

amarecco20120613-231917[000].avi

Screen record of netflix hd ie browser

amarecco20120616-164348[000].avi

 

Any way the original post can be updated? 101 pages is a bit intimidating to sort through.

 

I plan on updating the original post soon. Need to tweak it for upcoming Windows 8 stuff too.

 

May I suggest a separate thread - perhaps 'The Free Windows 7 & 8 Software List'

 

I agree. Just found this thread and I noticed the Original Post is very old and last updated in 2010. I wouldn't want to scan 100 pages.

 

I use VirtualDub from time to time. Gets a little getting used to though! See below ...

Welcome to virtualdub.org! - virtualdub.org

G!

 

Just wanted to comment that this list is really really great and thanks to the people who keep it up to date. It's hard to cut through the garbage on the web with all the software packages that sneakily charge or the free products that don't run well. This thread is basically my go-to resource on the internet anytime I have a software need and it has saved me a lot of time and frustration



I don't see any VPN clients (free or otherwise) on that list. I guess I can just use the built-in Windows 7 features? Thanks!

 

The Best Free VPN Clients | PCMag.com

 

anyone have a recommendation for a good free OCR program? I'm actually looking for something that can quickly convert to text on the clipboard any image on screen

I'm trying a program called "Screen OCR" but they charge after the free trial (edit: this program sucks)

 

Need a recommendation for a really good outlook add-in to list and remove duplicate emails throughout the PST files

 

Outlook Duplicate Items Remover <- give this a try maybe?

 

Anyone got a recommendation for a clipboard manager? All I am looking for is something to retain a clipboard history of the last couple of items.

 

150 Best Windows Apps Of Year 2012

 

Paperless Printer, print to an image file for Free

Paperless Printer

John.

 

Rufus is a small utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

It can be be especially useful for cases where:

you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, etc.)
you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed
you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
you want to run a low-level utility
Rufus - Create bootable USB drives

 

Adobe - CS2 Downloads

 

FadeTop - Free & Fun Visual Break Reminder Software

This solved my 15 minute reminder problem the other day.

 

Download - Bulk Rename Utility

Great bulk rename utility :thumbsup:

 

VPN connections are mainly for protecting our privacy and identity online. There are loads of VPN providers to choose from. You can use the free PPTP or OpenVPN service from VPNBook.com. As PPTP client is included in most operating systems and OpenVPN is an open source project, no propriety software is needed.

 

JJSmith I really like the disclaimer for VPNBook - Privacy policy updated. Do NOT use this free VPN service to do evil (p2p is fineExcellent first post!
~~~~ Fishon - EXcellent Avatar Update! is that Kate Upton? YOUr profile picture works well with the avatar
Foxit reader 6.0.3 I was still on 5. ...

 

Bulk file renaming utility: ReName

I've messed with a bunch of renamers and this one is my absolute favorite. It makes it very easy to set up complex renaming rules without much visual clutter.

ReNamer « Products « den4b.com

 

anyone know a good file recovery prog that actually recovers ur files after a reformate and does not give u the garbage files like data etc

 

ClipCube

For the life of me I cannot figure why I keep getting an error dialog saying my post is too short I must add ten characters; it was NOT too short!

 

150 Best Windows Software Of Year 2013

 

Hey mods ill go threw this whole thread and consolidate all the links if you want to let me..

 

Thanks for all the useful link.

 

anyone got a free wifi analyzer for windows like the one for android

 

InSSIDer?


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i was gonna try that oen but they wanted me to buy it

 

Weird. I recall a lite or trial version. Sorry.


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REDO backup - bare metal backup- Redo Backup and Recovery | Free Security & Utilities software downloads at SourceForge.net - Very basic backup + restore. It was able to backup + restore data files that Paragon 2014 Failed to do.

BUT- It appear development may have stopped http://sourceforge.net/p/redobackup/discussion/1169663/thread/abddcd8b/ in 2012
Still I use it as a secondary method of backup and just used 1.0.4 to successfully restore Bodhi Linux on my Dell

 

Recently discovered IceCream Ebook Reader, it is a desktop ebook reader that supports epub, fb2, mobi, cbr and cbz formats. And what was also important for me is that there is a panic button

 

Dimmer - Screen brightness reduction utility for LCD/TFT/LED monitors

John.

 

^^^ I use that same program for a Dell Latitude I own. I really like the tiny file size and that it is free! Works very well for my needs

 

Useful for students who need a bit of help on their science and mathematical analysis.

Microsoft Mathematics 4.0

"Microsoft Mathematics provides a set of mathematical tools that help students get school work done quickly and easily. With Microsoft Mathematics, students can learn to solve equations step-by-step while gaining a better understanding of fundamental concepts in pre-algebra, algebra, trigonometry, physics, chemistry, and calculus.

Microsoft Mathematics includes a full-featured graphing calculator that’s designed to work just like a handheld calculator. Additional math tools help you evaluate triangles, convert from one system of units to another, and solve systems of equations."

Best thing of all this Microsoft supported application is freeware and is compatible from Windows XP SP3 to the current Windows.

 

Handy little program especially for old no longer supported notebooks.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/drvback/

 

I somehow missed this post. I'll make sure to bookmark it and make it a must visit when I get a new PC.

 

If you use Handbrake for video conversion and need to batch convert Animi mkv or other video`s and need to burn-in the english subtitles handbrake will only do them one at a time, i dont know why.

I found this program called THandBrake and it`s a GUI for handbrake that allows you to batch convert videos with subtitles in batch mode

EDIT: One nice feature is you can compress a video to a specific file size, the default is 100mb.

John.

http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/352628-THandBrake-1-2-Batch-GUI-for-Handbrake

 

Nice codec pack with built in MPC player

http://haruhichan.com/forum/showthread.php?7545-KCP-Kawaii-Codec-Pack

John.

 

Have you ever felt instant turning off your monitor when you want to go somewhere so it would save power but never wanted to change power plans for that? Or just like to keep it blank when you go away but don't like when it dimms in front of you when you still sit?
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I found a response about this little program called Monitor Off.
Download standalone version in ZIP container and you can use it for both: display-off by key-combo and display-off when doubleclick tray icon with timer.
1. Autoload program with display off when doubleclick: copy program in any folder like C:\PortableApps\Monitor Off\ and setup accordingly;
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2. Display-off by key-combo: same what is above where Ctrl+Alt+L as example.

Spoiler: 3rd way

3. Display-off by key-combo + pranking with M$ if you don't use another display/projector: put another copy of program elsewhere (like Windows\System32 and rename to DisplaySwitch.exe), check "Save settings in program folder" and setup accordingly but with out Autostart with Windows.
If you chose to prank M$ then anytime you press Win+P it will display off your display in couple seconds.
Most important... such complicated way still doesn't make any interactions!
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CleanMem is a free/paid memory optimizer, according to the writeup it uses windows own memory optimizing function, just more effectively.

The desktop monitor and schedule is a paid function $4.99 but the optimizer works just as effectively without it.

I am using this om my Win8.1 Atom Tablet, that only has 2GB of non upgradable memory.

http://www.pcwintech.com/about-cleanmem

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/cleanmem.html

John.

 

Nice little app, needs manually installing to any directory, run it, then enable auto start by right clicking the icon on the taskbar.

http://ibrightness.software.informer.com/

John.

 

I don't know if this neat little program was mentioned here before, but if you want to remap some keys on your keyboard, Sharpkeys/']https://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/]Sharpkeys[/url] is capable of doing it.
I wanted to have dedicated previous track, play/pause, next track keys on T100, so I used this program and voila, it works!