PC Magazine recently published a list (plus short explanation) of 157 FREE Downloads - it is really an interesting list and you will note several of those we have talked about in the club meetings.  Click here for the link

There is a FREE Screen Capture Utility called Captura and here is the link.

Snagit is a great Screen Capture Utility and the club has made a couple Group Buys - here is the link to Snagit Website

There are several utilities to see how fast your "high speed" internet connection might be.  Here are a couple to look at:  here (also lists your IP Address) and here must be some reasons their answers do not agree, but oh well it is interesting.

Lee Also found "Power Toys for Windows" from Microsoft and can be downloaded here.

If you do not have Microsoft Office there is a Free Suite of Programs called openOffice.org that accomplish essentially the same thing click here. There is a free photo calendar maker (Flickr Calendar Creator) which you can find here.

Many of the club members have been using a Free Anti-Virus Program called AVG - here is a link to download the Program

There are many Audio and Video Formats and it is often necessary to convert from one format to another to transfer - here is a program called Format Factory which does lots of conversions.

Click here for another audio conversion/ripping Program called Cdex.  This program has another feature which allows audio in MP3 format to be embedded into a Power Point Presentation by changing the header information.

PCWorld recomments a free program called CCleaner to eliminate temporary internet files and the residue from various programs - click here for the download link.

Another Program recommended by PCWorld is the Glary utilities(Free) - it includes several sub-programs to analyze your system - click here for the download.

It can be tough to eliminate Norton from your system == here is a link to download a program which completes removing Norton

And just to be fair here is the McAffee Removal tool

Lee uses a "background" defrag program called Ashampoo - click here for the link.

Lee uses an "Ad blocker" called Adaware (free) - click here for the link.

Leon found a free registry cleaner called registry easy - click here for the link. ($34.95)

Leon also uses a program which resolves driver problems called Driver Detective - click here for the link

Click here to download a free Registry utility called Glary Utilities and click here for the top rated Registry Cleanup utility called Regcure (not free)