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- CrewTrac®
Crew Menu Directions
The best free Suites and programs on
the web!
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Office Suite,
OpenOffice.org - Writer, Calc
spread sheet, Impress presentations, Base Database and Math equation editor.
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Antispyware, Ad-Aware
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Antivirus - AntiVir,
Avast,
AVG
Free
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Firewall - Kerio,
Outpost,
Sygate
Personal FIrewall 5.x, ZoneAlarm
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Images & Graphics - Creature
House Expression 3, Gimpshop,
PhotoPlus
6
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Photo Managers - Picasa,
Preclick
Silver Photo Organizer
Don't see it here? Try this link.
- SpyBot-Search
& Destroy
Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove spyware of different
kinds from your computer. Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that
common anti-virus applications do not yet cover. Even if you don't see
anything, you may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging
that is silently tracking your surfing behaviour to create a marketing
profile of you that will be sold to advertisement companies. Spybot-S&D
is free, so there's no harm in trying it.
- Stop Pop-ups! Popup
Manager uses a widget, a little rectangular thing-a-ma-jig in the
lower corner of your screen. When the widget stops a popup "monster," it
turns red. Hover over the widget to see the address and title of
the popup that's blocked. If you want to check out the popup window,
then click on the Internet Explorer icon and it'll open.
- RapidRes
lets you make video-mode switches with much less fuss. The RapidRes icon
sits in your taskbar tray. Simply moving the mouse pointer to the RapidRes
icon shows you the current video settings.
- RoboForm
is a one-click web form filler and password manager with some serious
Artificial Intelligence inside.
PrintKey
- Press the PrintScreen Key and capture the entire screen or any portion
of it. FREE
PlaceBar
Customizer - bring up Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or FrontPage,
and click on File/Open. See that dialog - the one with five pictures down
the left-hand side, that's the PlaceBar. Add up to 10 icons and point them
to whatever location you like with the PlaceBar
Customizer.
WinGrab
- Tired of making screen captures of your PBS Showbid window? Try this
Freeware
program for screen capture. For Windows 95/98 and Windows NT/2000
Netscape
- The preferred
FCIS Browser.
FREE
Microsoft's
Internet Explorer.
FREE
WinZip
brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other compression
formats. WinZip interfaces to most virus scanners. Free Evaluation version
available
Real
Player - PlayStreaming Audio & Video, Digital Music, CD Recording
and MP3's
Adobe
Acrobat Reader - FREE - View and print Adobe PDF files.
ZoneAlarm
2.0 Indispensable (FREE) Internet protection
for users of DSL and Cable modems.
Always connected to the Internet with DSL or Cable modem? See how safe
you are, test it here. Shields Up!
Gator
- Never type in the same information again on registration or order forms.
You never have to remember a password, an account number, or a log-in ID.
Gator
does it all automatically! FREE
AOL's
Instant Messenger - Exchange messages for instant, private,
one-to-one chats. FREE
ICQ
- (“I Seek You”) notifies you who’s online at all times and enables you
to initiate contact with those people at any time. Chat, send messages
and files, play games or just hang out with your fellow surfers while still
surfing the Internet. FREE
FreePDF
v0.95 Beta [1.4M] W9x FREE. Free PDF allows you to create PDFs just by
printing to a "Create PDF" printer (for free). "Features include: full
install and uninstall routines, 'Save PDF as' functionality and simple
PDF viewing."
Missing calls while connected to the Internet? Internet
Answering Machine intercepts the incoming calls while you're online
and instantly lets you know that someone's calling, right on your computer
monitor. Hear messages played back over your computer speakers while you're
still connected to the Internet! You can also save your messages and play
them back later.
Enigma
- Easy to use Anti-Telemarketing
Software that guides it's users in the fine art of telling telemarketers
to stop calling. If the company calls again within 12 months, you can sue
for up to $500 per violation. See article
in PC World Magazine. (Windows 95 or 98)
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