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Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - Done - 06-17-2011
I thought Windows PC's were just for games.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - deckeda - 06-17-2011
I guess it still is. I noticed Solitaire is still a default shortcut in the Start menu.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - Dennis S - 06-17-2011
http://ninite.com/
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - deckeda - 06-17-2011
Thanks, Dennis---another good idea it seems.
Update: my first geek task.
I added the Downloads folder to the taskbar. http://lifehacker.com/5372830/pin-individual-folders-to-the-windows-7-taskbar Weirdly convoluted, and yet surprising Windows lets itself get fooled for it to work.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - deckeda - 06-17-2011
deckeda wrote: ...
How is something like Ad-aware different or better than MS Malicious Software Removal Tool?
OK, it seems the MS solution only looks for the most widely-known, heinous stuff whereas Ad-aware is more broad.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - silvarios - 06-17-2011
deckeda wrote:
How about something that can open PDFs? Something worth considering over Adobe Reader?
Foxit Reader?
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - deckeda - 06-17-2011
deckeda wrote:
I guess it still is. I noticed Solitaire is still a default shortcut in the Start menu.
Holy cow---there's System 6 "Puzzle" Desk Accessory clone in the "Desktop Gadget Gallery" (Picture Puzzle). I suppose by now if Apple brought Puzzle back people would think they were copying Windows.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - Acer - 06-17-2011
silvarios wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
How about something that can open PDFs? Something worth considering over Adobe Reader?
Foxit Reader?
:agree:
Must faster, smaller footprint, and it doesn't insist on updating itself twice a week.
Also, Revo uninstaller.
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - N-OS X-tasy! - 06-18-2011
Trouble wrote:
I'd get 7zip as well.
Can someone explain to me the advantage this offers over WinZip (besides being free)?
Re: Fresh Windows 7 install---what free apps to get? - kap - 06-18-2011
Here some mo':
VLC
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware