Improve your Windows experience

Make your computer faster, safer, more fun ... for free!

Improve your Windows experienceFor most users of personal and office computers, free software offer a very attractive alternative to expensive commercial software. It is essential to emphasize that “free software” is not to say “cheap” or “of poor quality”: they often run far better than commercial software.

Besides popular software such as Adobe Reader, Skype, Firefox, or 7-Zip, freeware includes tools less known to the public, but extremely powerful. They use a small amount of memory and can in most cases run from removable media.

You will find in these pages a collection of powerful applications – freeware and open source. They will help you keep your system in top form, making it faster, safer and more fun – at no cost!

Golden rules

Download and install the latest Microsoft updates
Make sure you get the latest updates available for your computer’s operating system, Microsoft software, and hardware. Updates and patches are published every second tuesday of the month.
Protect yourself from virus, malware and cybercriminals
Install one of these free antimalware software for your computer and help protect against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Make sure it runs at all time and is kept up to date.
Assess the security patch state of software installed on your system
Assess the security patch state of software installed on your system. Timely patching your software is the only solution to attacks exploiting vulnerable programs and plug-ins. Use a free security scanner which identifies programs that are insecure and need updates.

My favourite software

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)

Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) is a free security scanner which identifies programs that are insecure and need updates. It even automates the updating of many of these programs, making it a lot easier to maintain a secure PC. Works with Windows 7, Vista SP 1+, XP SP 3 (32 & 64 bit).
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NirLauncher Package

NirLauncher Package
This portable application launches no less than 227 great freeware utilities from a central console which integrates the latest tools by NirSoft, Pririform and Sysinternals. The utilities can be used from any removable drive without need of any installation.
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