What is a task manager? Microsoft explains it purpose as showing the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program/kill a process
Best Free Software 08: Disk Usage Analyzers & Clean Up Tools – WinDirStat
Ever wondered what on earth is using up your PC hard drive space and where it’s all hidden? Sometimes it’s easy to find it, sometimes not, especially after using a PC over a long time. This small tool, WinDirStat, a
Best Free Software 07: Aida32 – Personal System Information
This utility is small but can come in handy in many situations when you need some of the wide range of information it extracts and displays from your PC system components. Apart from being able to view this information on
Best Free Software 06: VLC Media Player
The VLC Media Player is an all-rounder. It plays just about any video & audio format there is, streams and converts media from one format to another. It is cross-platform, meaning it is available for not only different Windows versions,
Best Free Software 05: Opera Web Browser
Opera web browser from http://www.opera.com, compared to Internet explorer and Mozilla Firefox is not known to many internet users, although it has been there for quite a while and has often pioneered features other browsers have subsequently adapted. It has always
CDBurnerXP – Free CD and DVD Burning Software
Ever since I came across CDBurnerXP a few years ago, it’s been the software of choice I use for burning CDs/DVDs, even if I have always had Nero and access to other similar software. I also always recommend it to
Apache OpenOffice Free and Open Productivity Suite
If it comes to dealing with word processing, Powerpoint, Spreadsheets, Databases and so on, most people using a Windows PC would immediately think of Microsoft Office. Many PCs come with a 3 month test version, which however requires buying when
Photofiltre Image Editor
Have you ever tried to send someone a picture, but got an error message, that it’s too big, probably because it’s several MBs and you did not know what to do? Or you probably have a nice photo of you,