System and coolest things
Check out Advanced SystemCare Free, Defraggler, Drive Manager, Vista Services Optimizer and other great free PC utilities.
You have a good system, but you can always improve a PC's performance.
We've come up with six free utilities that will fix your registry, power up your Windows clipboard, record any action taken on your screen and turn it into video, and manage and defrag your hard drive.
BEST Advanced SystemCare Free: This download can speed up your system by fixing your registry, removing spyware and junk files, killing unnecessary programs that run on startup and more. It even offers a one-click option that automatically finds all problems and fixes them. (This program also installs the Yahoo Toolbar by default, so if you don't want that, uncheck the appropriate box during installation.)
Clipboard Help and Spell: Windows' clipboard is anemic, nearly useless and brain-dead. Power it up with Clipboard Help and Spell, which keeps a list of the text items you copy to it so that you can retrieve them later. This download also checks spelling and lets you organize your clips in folders.
ScreenToaster: If you need to record what happens on your screen for any reason -- to show how an application works, for example -- try this simple-to-use Web service. Head to the site and press Alt-S, and it records every action you take. Press Alt-S again, and it stops. You can edit what you record, including adding titles and audio. You can then upload your video to the ScreenToaster site or to YouTube, or download it to your PC.
A richer PC experience
To tweak or not to tweak? We think these six downloads will put you in tweaking mode.
BEST Advanced SystemCare Free: This download can speed up your system by fixing your registry, removing spyware and junk files, killing unnecessary programs that run on startup and more. It even offers a one-click option that automatically finds all problems and fixes them. (This program also installs the Yahoo Toolbar by default, so if you don't want that, uncheck the appropriate box during installation.)
Clipboard Help and Spell: Windows' clipboard is anemic, nearly useless and brain-dead. Power it up with Clipboard Help and Spell, which keeps a list of the text items you copy to it so that you can retrieve them later. This download also checks spelling and lets you organize your clips in folders.
ScreenToaster: If you need to record what happens on your screen for any reason -- to show how an application works, for example -- try this simple-to-use Web service. Head to the site and press Alt-S, and it records every action you take. Press Alt-S again, and it stops. You can edit what you record, including adding titles and audio. You can then upload your video to the ScreenToaster site or to YouTube, or download it to your PC.
A richer PC experience
To tweak or not to tweak? We think these six downloads will put you in tweaking mode.
Here are some of the newest and coolest things to do with your system. You can optimize Windows Vista, gain a bigger viewing experience on your monitor without buying a new one, or give a PC a Maclike dock to get quick access to your most commonly used software.
BEST: Wubi Ubuntu Installer lets you easily install Ubuntu Linux on your PC as a dual-boot option. It's Linux without installation pain -- or a new PC.
With RocketDock you can add a Maclike dock to a Windows PC to gain quick access to commonly used apps. This excellent docking software makes Vista more fun to use.
BEST: Wubi Ubuntu Installer lets you easily install Ubuntu Linux on your PC as a dual-boot option. It's Linux without installation pain -- or a new PC.
With RocketDock you can add a Maclike dock to a Windows PC to gain quick access to commonly used apps. This excellent docking software makes Vista more fun to use.
To rev up your machine and eliminate unnecessary system overhead, try StartUpLite, which streamlines your PC’s startup function after just a few mouse clicks.
360Desktop, true to its name, creates a desktop 360 degrees wide that gives you lots of space. With its help, you can have breathtaking vistas that don’t require buying a bigger monitor.
In Ultimate Windows Tweaker, you get 150 ways to optimize Windows Vista, in one interface. The app is organized into seven categories, giving you easy access to all the tweaks.
Vista Services Optimizer kills unneeded services running in the background in Vista. Everyone complains that Vista is too slow -- here’s how to speed it up.
360Desktop, true to its name, creates a desktop 360 degrees wide that gives you lots of space. With its help, you can have breathtaking vistas that don’t require buying a bigger monitor.
In Ultimate Windows Tweaker, you get 150 ways to optimize Windows Vista, in one interface. The app is organized into seven categories, giving you easy access to all the tweaks.
Vista Services Optimizer kills unneeded services running in the background in Vista. Everyone complains that Vista is too slow -- here’s how to speed it up.
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