Great Freeware Squeezes More Out of Windows

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Great Freeware Squeezes More Out of Windows
By Scott Dunn

• Presented By Megan Smolinski

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Shrink Your Files

• Nuetools StripFile

Download at http//find.pcworld.com/48992
What it Does - Increases the speed of a website
and saves space by removing all the nonessential
information that is often found in GIF, JPEG, and
PNG files
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A Picture Manager

• Picasa- An image service provided by Google

Download at
http//www.picasa.com
What it Does

• Organizes digital photos and videos into a
  library
• Edit photos by cropping, rotating, adjusting the
  tone, or adding special effects
• Print them, Order them, Make collages, and much
  more

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A Tidy Taskbar

• ExplorerXP and TaskArrange

Download at www.explorerxp.com
http//find.pcworld.com/48986
What they do -Both of these programs allow you
to organize all of your open windows and programs
in a single window. -This provides quick access
to any given window, and also makes your taskbar
less cluttered
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PDFs In A Jiffy

• CutePDF Writer

Download at www.cutepdf.com
What it does

• Allows you to convert just about any document
  into a PDF version
• Places a CutePDF printer icon on your desktop
• When your document is completed send it to this
  virtual printer to automatically convert it to
  a PDF format

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Displaying Icons

• ObjectDock Utility

• Icon Restore

Download at www.objectdock.com
Download at http//find.pcworld.com/48984
What it does
What it does
Provides zooming and animation of the icons
similar to those of Mac systems
Allows you to save the way your icons are
arranged on your desktop.
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After-Hours Cleanup

• FileWares LastChance

Download at http//find.pcworld.com/49268
What it does
- Allows you to create and apply a set of
commands and applications that you would like run
each time you shutdown your computer
- It interrupts the shutdown process to run the
commands that you specified, then continues to
shut down Windows
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Systems Tray and Clock

• Tray Pilot Lite

• ClocX

Download at http//find.pcworld.com/48988
Download at http//find.pcworld.com/48990
What it does
What it does
-Allows you to hide the utility icons that are
always on your desktop
- Replaces windows small, plain clock with a
clock that you can set alarms on