The Experts’ Favorite Freeware
We recently asked our TechTalk contributors to share a favorite FREE application or tool that they currently use.
Listed below are their recommendations and related comments:
The crew at Dave’s Computer Tips
Marc Thomas – FastStone Image Viewer
David Hartsock – Skype
Richard Pedersen – Firefox
Sherri Johnson-Meinke – CCleaner
Jim Hillier – Sandboxie
Mark Williamson – Avast Antivirus Free
Leo Notenboom
Oh, man. So many.
I’ve just finished writing up some common usage scenarios for Dropbox. It’s one of the first apps I install on any new Windows build out – both for on-the-fly backup as well as cross-machine file sharing.
VLC is absolutely my go-to media player. Recommend it strongly over all alternatives.
I live in Evernote. I recommend Thunderbird to everyone. Chrome is my go-to browser today.
Process Explorer is my go-to solution, still, for figuring out what programs are running and what they’re doing on my machine. Often it leads to using other tools for deeper research, but it’s almost always where I start.
For the power users: VirtualBox. I run multiple versions of Windows for research and assistance all in virtual machines, often simultaneously, on my primary machine (a Mac Pro these days).
Bob Rankin
Some of my Favorite Freeware Apps:
AutoHotKey – http://www.autohotkey.com/
Macrium Reflect – http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
Libre Office – http://www.libreoffice.org/
