Top 10 Free Windows Applications

Top Ten Windows Applications that are Hard to Live Without

Here i'll review and compile a list of free Windows applications for use in our everyday lives. These free applications will improve your PC and help you carry out the most common tasks easily.

This is my Top 10 Free Applications for every Windows user:

1. Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla's Firefox is an excellent browser, a good replacement for Internet Explorer with a well thought out user interface and impressive speed. The most important benefit of the Firefox web browser is the security in web browsing. This is the main reason for the net users to shift from Internet Explorer to Firefox. Security is the main concern for the software, which communicate with inaccessible computers. This web browser includes many powerful features, like Adblock, which filters out adverts on web pages and FlashGot which manages downloads automatically. Other useful features built into the browser include automatic spell checking on forms, incremental search and live bookmarks. Firefox is being constantly updated, and security fixes are released on a regular basis.

2. CCleaner

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

3. AVG Free Edition

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is trusted antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. In addition, the new included LinkScanner® Active Surf-Shield checks web pages for threats at the only time that matters – when you're about to click that link. It's an award-winning antivirus and antispyware software, Quality proven by 80 million of users and compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition is only available for single computer use for home and non commercial use.

4. Audacity

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
* Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
* Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
* Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
* And more!

5. VLC Media Player

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player and multimedia framework capable of reading most audio and video formats (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, DivX, MPEG-1, mp3, ogg, aac ...) as well as DVDs, Audio CDs VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a media converter or a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on networks.

6. Open Office

OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. OpenOffice.org 3 is the result of over twenty years' software engineering. Designed from the start as a single piece of software, it has a consistency other products cannot match. A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software.

7. Picasa

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure your pictures are always organized. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share your pictures, you can email, print photos home, make gift CDs, instantly share your images and albums, and even post pictures on your own blog.

8. Spyware Terminator

Millions of users worldwide rely on Spyware Terminator, winner of many awards and high ratings from industry experts and users. Its free comprehensive protection is comparable to competitors' paid versions! Spyware Terminator will scan your computer for known threats and report findings in a manner that is easy to read and interpret. Every entry is given a rating and a classification, which makes it very easy to decide if a detected item should be removed. Unlike some free software titles, Spyware Terminator will remove all threats for free. Spyware Terminator is licensed for free for both home and business use.

9. Desktoptopia

Desktopia is a clever little freeware program that does one thing: changes your desktop background based on a schedule you set. Think of the possibilities, in the morning you can have a nice picture of the sunrising, and at night you can have a full moon. The possibilities are only limited by the desktop backgrounds that you have available to you, though Desktopia does ship with a few backgrounds.

10. YouTube Downloader

YouTube Downloader is software that allows you to download videos from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo Video, and many others and convert them to other video formats. The program is easy to use, just specify the URL for the video you want to download and click the Ok button! It also allows you to convert downloaded videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3. It's compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista.


I hope that you find these applications very useful. I know I do :)