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RE: Legal, and Free Software that everyone should consider:

gigabyte — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:30:45 GMT

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RE: Legal, and Free Software that everyone should consider:

gigabyte — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:56:27 GMT

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RE: Legal, and Free Software that everyone should consider:

Tabris_DarkPeace — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:40:53 GMT

Windows OneCare - Web Version (That you can run without installing a thing) is here:

http://safety.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm

You may need to run / load that page using MS Internet Explorer v6 or v7 though, or it may not work correctly.

Protection:
http://safety.live.com/site/en-gb/center/howsafe.htm

Clean-up:
http://safety.live.com/site/en-gb/center/cleanup.htm

Tune-Up:
http://safety.live.com/site/en-gb/center/tuneup.htm

It isn't as fast as the 'installable 90 day trial above' but if you don't like installing software you may not need then at least you can try it before hand to get a better feel for it.

"I am all for better Security, Reliability, and Performance of every home PC in Australia." - - Tabris : DarkPeace

Legal, and Free Software that everyone should consider:

Tabris_DarkPeace — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:30:03 GMT

Legal, and Free Software that everyone should consider using at least once:

Mozilla Firefox: (A replacement Internet Browser to MS Internet Explorer, it has problems 'less often', and sports tabbed browsing that is more seamless than the tabbed browsing in MS Internet Explorer v7 - ie: If you load links from é-mails often, Firefox will triple your productivity).

* http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Sun Java: (You'll want this if you are considering OpenOffice.org)

* http://www.java.com
* http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
* If you can't use secure online internet banking sites, [re]-installing, or updating to, the latest Sun Java Runtime Environment will likely help.

OpenOffice:

* http://www.openoffice.org
* A free, legal, alternative to MS Office, that reads most MS Office file formats.

Microsoft Links:

* http://www.windowsonecare.com/
* Windows OneCare Live - Anti-Virus, Anti-SpyWare, Security Firewall, Performance Tune-Ups, Data Backup Restore, etc
* Make your PC run as well as a tweaked out sports car - For Free. (Trial is for 90 days, some functionality may remain after 90 days, easy to un-install, and can run from the web-site without installing).
* This is not included as part of Windows Update

Windows Update sites:

* http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
* http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us
* Windows update sites - Free updates to Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Home, XP x64 Edition, Vista, and other 'currently supported' editions of MS Windows.

Microsoft Live! pages: (Make your own portal to the internet, no technical knowledge required).
* http://get.live.com
* http://www.live.com
* This is not included as part of Windows Update

Get MSN Live! Messenger (Chat program here):
* http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
* This is not included as part of Windows Update

Share and Access your Internet Favourites from *any* PC with an internet connection:
* http://favorites.live.com/manage.aspx

- Tabris : DarkPeace

More comming soon.