There are certain PC programs which are available in the market for free, and every PC user must have them. These tools add value to the PC. Today, I am bringing into notice about the top 10 free PC programs which every PC user must have. These tools are truly useful as well as handy for the users. By adding value to the PC, it truly makes the PC a customized one. There are millions of PC programs, so to manage them out in a perfect manner, I have broken them into top 10 categories.
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Backup Solutions
There are numerous PC programs for backup solutions, but it is recommended to use online backup services. For instance, Dropbox or Google Drive, or Mozy.
Antivirus and Malware Protection
It is quite important to protect your PC from malware and virus attacks. And to protect our PC, we have numerous free PC programs which are worth trying because they are even better as compared to the commercial products. For instance, AVG or Avast! For Antivirus protection and Malwarebytes for malware and spyware protection.
Browsers
Internet Explorer is a default Windows browser which comes pre-installed on all PCs. But, we have several free and excellent alternatives which are worth a try. Even these alternatives are faster as well as smooth in working and even are more secure than Internet Explorer. For instance, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
Compression Utility
It is often reported by the users that while downloading files from the Internet, they sometimes encounter the compressed files. For those dealing with compressed files easily, we have numerous compression utility programs. For instance, 7-Zip.
Creation Utility and Disc Ripper
Users can easily rip data from audio CD as well as create data or an audio CD and DVD easily by using numerous free PC programs. Also, users can use .ISO file for creating a CD too. For instance, CDBurnerXP.
Almost all the internet users use online e-mail services for sending mails and e-mail is another service which can be easily done for free. Many users still use Microsoft Outlook, so it is recommended to use free services, the best alternatives too. For instance, Mozilla Thunderbird for E-mail client and Gmail for Online e-mail.
FTP, SFTP and SSH Utility
FTP and SSH utility is being used by those PC users who need to download or upload files from or to a server as well as maintains their own web pages. There are numerous commercial programs which can easily carry these tasks. For instance, Filezilla for FTP client and Putty, MobaXterm for SSH client beats all free PC programs.
Picture Organizer, Image Editor and Paint Program
We have innumerable programs and applications for picture and image editing, which even helps in creating as well as organizing images on your PC. Most of the programs can cost you dollars. But, we have GIMP as image editor, Paint.net as paint program and Google Picasa as picture organizer, which are free and the best PC programs to carry these tasks.
Multimedia
There are numerous multimedia programs featuring different limitations and capabilities and even there are users who prefer watching videos and movies online. Even there are many users who prefer recording audio online. For instance, Audacity as audio editing-creating tool and MPC-HC and VLC as video and DVD player.
Office Suite
Microsoft Office is one of the most expensive PC program which has been used by all the PC, laptop users. But, when we have free solutions for Office Suite, then what’s the need for using and installing these expensive programs. For instance, users can use OpenOffice as Office Suite and Notepad++ as notepad and source code editor.
Some PC programs and applications are quite essential for everyday use. All the categories mentioned in this article are really useful, but sometimes gets less attention. Windows features numerous great programs, but there are few which are essential for setting up a PC. All the PC programs mentioned above are worth a try once and believe me that you will have a great experience using these. I hope that these programs might help you in some or the other way round!
