Best Free Download Managers
Posted on November 26, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | Leave a Comment
If your Internet connection is slow or prone to interruption, using a download manager can save you a lot of time and trouble. The best download managers can pause and resume downloads, download multiple files at once and download files using alternate protocols such as FTP and BitTorrent.
They also support downloading of Flash video files from sites like YouTube and Google Videos. The following download managers are among the best there are, and all of them are totally free.
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PartedMagic – Free Partition Manager Software
Posted on November 7, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | Leave a Comment
If you’re one of those people who likes to mess around with their computer a lot, then you have probably partitioned your hard drive many times over. If you have never partitioned a hard drive, you can do it very easily with a free tool called PartedMagic.
The program is actually a combination of two partitioning tools, taking the best of both programs and combining them into one. You can really do all kinds of stuff with this program from very advanced to very simple. Here are some of the core features:
See All Startup Programs with WhatInStartup
Posted on November 6, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | 1 Comment
NirSoft is always coming out with great utilities and one of my favorites is WhatInStartup. You can download the program from here:
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/what_run_in_startup.html
It’s very simple to use and it has some nice features that you won’t get from MSConfig. Firstly, you don’t have to install it, it is just an executable file that runs on it’s own, which is nice because you can run it from a USB stick or any type of external media.
Manage A Computer’s Assets and Inventory Using Free Software
Posted on October 9, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | Leave a Comment
Purchased programs and applications and other software investments often times revolve around a serial number or activation code. After we install applications, we often times use the purchased serial number to activate the software, but then forget about it. Thus, when it comes reinstall time, or reactivation time, we don’t have the serial number, unless we jotted it down. With today’s free application, you can recover serial numbers and activation codes for the majority of your paid applications, view detailed system analytics about a PC, and much more.
Share Screenshots the Easy Way
Posted on October 7, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | 2 Comments
Screenshots are, by far, the best way to show other people how to fix their computer problems. Step-by-step tutorials with picture demonstrations help even the least tech-savvy computer users. However, the best software for taking and sharing screenshots is expensive, and still requires us to attach the screenshots to an email or blog post to share them.
Puush is a nearly instant way to share individual screenshots.
From the Puush homepage, choose your operating system to download and install the software.
Download Full Websites to Hard Drive for Offline Viewing
Posted on October 3, 2011 - Filed Under Free Software Downloads | Leave a Comment
In some cases, it is crucial that you have access to certain files at all times. This means whether or not your internet is working, or whether or not you are within WiFi range of a wireless network, you can still access the files you need. If your resources are web based, you can download the full website, which will extract the content of the website to your hard drive.