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Got A Favorite FREE Computer/Windows Utility Program?

Posted on 10/24/2009 5:58:02 PM PDT by JoeProBono

What is it?

Where is it?

What's it do?

ZoneAlarm Firewall


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: cheapbastards; computer; freeware; jpb; linux; microsoft; software; utility; utilityprogram; windows
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.ghostery.com/

Add-on for Firefox.

Ghostery alerts you about the web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web.

Web bugs are hidden scripts that track your behavior and are used by the sites you visit to understand their own audience.

Best thing ever.


21 posted on 10/24/2009 6:18:21 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Democrats: the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy and Sedition)
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To: djf
Even the defrag that comes with ME is far and beyond faster than the POS Win 2k/XP version.

That's why you get the real Diskeeper. ;)

22 posted on 10/24/2009 6:18:28 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: JoeProBono

A couple of free ones:
etriloquist..free...is a text to talk program with a ton of features. I lost my voice box to cancer (agent orange) and etriloquest was a life saver for a bunch of months till I learned an alternate voice method.
And on I just put in today...MONITORS WEATHER AND POSTS IT ON TWITTER. Go to grantsvillewx on twitter to see it working. It is called Cirrus and it is free (my kinda price).

....Bob


23 posted on 10/24/2009 6:18:33 PM PDT by Lokibob (When handed lemons...Refuse to sign for them. Life's lemons can't be delivered without a signature.)
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To: JoeProBono

ping


24 posted on 10/24/2009 6:20:36 PM PDT by FoxPro (I love bacon.)
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To: library user

(I wonder how many people will opine on THIS one?-haha)

best defrag...O&O (http://www.oo-software.com/home/en/products/oodefrag/), NOT free. NOT cheap.

I will try out auslogics, though.

BTW, I tested Defraggler (http://www.piriform.com/defraggler/download) on 5 different systems w/different setups and 4 different OS’s. In each case, it reported MORE fragmentation after defragging, than when it began.

A really neat set of utilities that is FREE is from KarenWare (http:/www.karenware.com) her “Power Tools” have been in my toolbox for many years, and they are great.

If you’re into graphics, especially as a n00b, I use GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) and PaintNet (http://www.getpaint.net/) for most everything.

Then, there is always the very useful OSSwin Project (http://osswin/sourceforge.net), and they have (maybe) thousands of free Windows software for the download.


25 posted on 10/24/2009 6:20:55 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: rabscuttle385

Yes, but knowing which items to drop..that is the question. drop the wrong items and you might find your net connection tanks, or xp won’t boot.


26 posted on 10/24/2009 6:23:46 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: papasmurf

Paint.NET is awesome!


27 posted on 10/24/2009 6:24:10 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 (http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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To: Daffynition

Would be interesting if you could hook up a 1000 of those running on a treadmill and try to power the pc with it. Unfortunately I dont know enough about kinetic energy to test such an experiment :)


28 posted on 10/24/2009 6:25:02 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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To: JoeProBono

Anyone know of a good word processor for Mac? I don’t need all the business stuff, just the letter writing stuff. I have Mac 10.5.8, Safari.


29 posted on 10/24/2009 6:26:39 PM PDT by kitkat
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To: JoeProBono

Why, yes! My favorite Windoze programs are those that run in virtual machines, so that we can see how trashy the anti-American, pro-communist software is without letting viruses in.

Program Upgrade - the politics of Bill Gates
The changing politics of Bill Gates.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_2_51/ai_53662235/

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation gave $8.8 million to the Planned Parenthood Federation.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/women/12/11/health.women.gates.reut/

Bill Gates against repealing the inheritance tax
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_inheritance.html

The Left-Wing Billionaire Collectivist Pigs
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/9/25/191020.shtml

Billionaire Collectivist Pigs on a Roll
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/10/11/171315.shtml

“Is Bill Gates a closet liberal?”
http://archive.salon.com/21st/feature/1998/01/cov_29feature.html
(Bill Gates for gun control, pro-abortion, etc.)

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec97/guns_11-4.html
(bottom of page - more money for gun control from Gates and his father)

“Software, soft money, and Libertarians”
http://www.seattleweekly.com/features/0039/news-anderson.shtml
[Bill gives money to both sides—whoever supports Microsoft and extreme social left policies. ...includes Barney Frank.]

Client testimonials, Bill Gates in China, Bill Clinton in China
http://www.beijinghighlights.com/testimonials/testimonials.htm


30 posted on 10/24/2009 6:27:30 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), NG, '89-' 96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
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To: kitkat

Try *pinging* FReeper Swordmaker, the keeper of the Mac ping list.


31 posted on 10/24/2009 6:27:36 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: JoeProBono

Yeah, UNIX! It can wipe your windows partition clean in seconds and give you REAL operating system!!


32 posted on 10/24/2009 6:28:30 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: Daffynition

They all come with mouses. Didn’t you know that?


33 posted on 10/24/2009 6:29:10 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: Psycho_Bunny

“Mark Russinovich’s Autoruns.exe from http://live.sysinternals.com/ is much better.”

Heck, anything sysinternals is great, and worlds above MS...uh, oh yeah, MS bought them, didn’t they. They don’t seem to have screwed them up yet, though.


34 posted on 10/24/2009 6:29:35 PM PDT by papasmurf (RnVjayB5b3UsIDBiYW1hLCB5b3UgcGllY2Ugb2Ygc2hpdCBjb3dhcmQh)
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To: Soothesayer9
What's to know .......the answer is in the cheese! ;D


35 posted on 10/24/2009 6:29:51 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: papasmurf

Having a fraggin’ file system that needs de-fraggin’ all the time is fraggin’ lame, dude. Is that your favorite windows application, the de-fragger? Watching those red blocks get turned into green and yellow blocks? Fraggin’ hopeless.


36 posted on 10/24/2009 6:31:53 PM PDT by dr_who
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To: dr_who
O RLY?


37 posted on 10/24/2009 6:32:28 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: JoeProBono

http://www.irfanview.com/


38 posted on 10/24/2009 6:32:57 PM PDT by SeeRushToldU_So ( Go Braves! Braves are gone.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Ditto.


39 posted on 10/24/2009 6:33:17 PM PDT by maggief
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To: JoeProBono

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-au/default.htm?mkt=en-au

Follow prompts, its nice. I also like the new MS av. Its all free and works well. Its about time I liked a MS product again.


40 posted on 10/24/2009 6:33:34 PM PDT by enduserindy (Conservative Dead Head)
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