Software - Freeware - Shareware - Commercial-The Essentials
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Commercial Programs |
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Office Productivity Suite |
Microsoft Office |
A full Office Suite - Very Good |
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Requires Free Signup |
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Requires Free Signup |
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Word Processor |
Microsoft Word |
Great basic Word Processor |
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Remote Computing |
LogmeIn Free |
Easy to use - and fast! |
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Great for helping others |
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The grandaddy of free remote computing |
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Anti-Virus |
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Microsoft Security
Essentials |
Excellent protection |
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AVG
Antivirus Free Edition |
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Excellent protection but a little more difficult to use |
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AntiSpyware |
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Very Good |
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Very Good |
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Very Good |
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Very Good |
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Software Firewall |
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Backup Software |
Symantec BackupExec |
A personal favorite |
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Simple to use - good wizards! |
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Hard Drive Imaging |
Macrium Reflect |
Now there's no reason not to image your drive |
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Symantec Norton Ghost |
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Hard Drive Partitioning |
Acronis Disk Director |
Partitioning made easy |
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Internet and Hard Drive Cleanup |
Window Washer |
Wipes your tracks |
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Graphics Program |
Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro |
Photoscape |
Easy to use and lots of features |
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Most powerful but has a learning curve |
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Photofiltre or Pixia |
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Graphics Viewer |
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A terrific viewer |
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Zip Utility |
Winzip |
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Zip Utility |
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Acrobat .pdf file Creator |
Adobe Acrobat |
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Adobe Acrobat |
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CD/DVD Burning Software |
Ahead Nero |
Both are very good |
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ISO creator & reader - Excellent! |
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DVD Software |
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MP3 / Audio Player |
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Audio Editor |
GoldWave |
Very good |
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Real Audio Player |
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Quicktime (mov) Player |
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EZGuide®
Canada
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Alternative Operating Systems & Free Software Sites
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Give it a try - it's free!! |
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for netbooks!!
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