My software
recommendations!
03/22/2008
Productivity
(Office):
Simply the best out there. Word processing,
spreadsheet, contact manager, database. It does not get better than this!
Very
good FREE! Office suite. Has
most of the features of Microsoft Office and can open MS Office files.
CD Burning:
Very good all around burning software. Can
usually find a legally free version.
Weather
alert/monitoring:
Very good program. Sits in your tray and monitors
weather in your area. NO ADS! FREE!
Photograph
viewer/cataloger/printer:
Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 (formerly JASC)
Excellent. For your digital darkroom needs this is one
of the best around! Fix red-eye, touch-up, re-size, etc.
Very nice and fast image viewer. FREE!!
This
outstanding program lets you print in all kinds of sizes, and will
automatically lay them out to use as little paper as possible. EXCELLENT!
Very nice small program to create web albums for your
photos.
Excellent at making slide shows for your computer on CD
and also for your DVD player.
Anti-Virus:
For
online virus checking, this can not be beat. FREE. For most people this is all
they will ever need. The nice thing is you do not have to worry about updating
your software or data files, it is done every time you go here and check your
system for viruses.
This
is a very good and free (at least as of 03/5/2008) antivirus program. This is
the one I run right now.
Email:
FREE!
Very good. Offers instant email
virus protection. Can be accessed from anywhere, any
computer. You should be on this NOW!
General:
Free!
Very good and very fast defrag tool for all versions of Windows.
Very good and FREE spyware removal program, and about as
fast as it gets.
Awesome program. Cleans crap out of your Windows
registry and more! Run this once a month to keep your system running at top
speed. FREE!
Excellent program that does all types of backups.
Very good small, fast FTP program. FREE! Updated pretty
often!
DVD Copying
Great
program to copy dvd’s
Works
with other programs to take out the protection on dvd’s
Taxes
Great program for doing your taxes. Do not be
intimidated, even YOU can do your taxes. For $28 you will be walked through
step-by-step and then you can e-file both your Federal and State return. The
price is even cheaper if you mail your returns. GET THIS NOW!