Installing windows is the first step to being able to enjoy the wonderful world of computers, however it is not enough by itself, since beyond the operating system it does not provide us with much flexibility and choice in programs.
So we are forced to install third-party programs to increase the efficiency of our computer.
In today's article we have selected 30 of the best free programs that we believe will make your life easier. However, since the list is long, we will be adding more very soon.
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Windows Repair Toolbox
When you're done, just close the app and all your downloaded apps will be automatically removed. The programs include various security programs as well as programs that allow you to display information about your computer such as the temperature of your processor, the amount of RAM in your system, how much memory you have left, the free space on your hard drives, and finally gives you one-click access to some useful Windows tools.
WinDynamicDesktop is an open source application that enhances the desktop background experience, influenced by macOS Mojave Dynamic Desktop. What makes it unique is its ability to change the desktop background based on the time of day and the user's geographical location,
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Do you want to log in to your computer but you find that you have forgotten your Windows Login password or you can not log in to your Profile either because you forgot your password or because it is corrupted for some reason?
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Free program that can download photos and videos. It can download all images from one link, compress and resize them, and save videos from many websites, such as Facebook, Twitch, Flickr, Instagram and others, in the highest possible resolution.
The whole history of Windows Desktop Gadgets takes us back a bit in time. Windows Graphics Tools (Windows Sidebar in Windows Vista) is a discontinued widget engine for Microsoft Gadgets. It was first introduced with Windows Vista, in which it has a sidebar on the right side of the desktop.
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Lazesoft Recover My Password
The format solution especially in the second case seems ideal but is it? This may be a solution but you should be very desperate or unaware of the existence of this program to choose it.
There are several ways for someone to bypass the password protection on our computer, but most of the time some techniques are followed that are not so simple especially for a novice user.
Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition is the application that makes the difference and will give us a solution in such a simple way that you cannot imagine.
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Hitomi Downloader
The program is portable, meaning no installation is required. Simply, after extracting the file to be downloaded, run the executable file and paste the links you want to download from.
If you are looking for scripts that will enhance its functionality, you can download them from here: github.com/KurtBestor. To add them, select from the application menu Tools> Import Script. In conclusion, be it videos or photos I think the app has you covered to a great extent.
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8GadgetPack
The widgets that make it up can perform various tasks, such as displaying the time and date and displaying CPU usage. In Windows 7, the Windows sidebar was renamed to Windows Desktop Gadgets, and the sidebar itself is not included in Windows 7.
Windows Desktop Gadgets were included in all beta versions of Windows 8 but ultimately Microsoft did not include it in the final version. Instead, on July 10, 2012 (which is in the past between the last version of Windows 8 and its final release), Microsoft issued a security advisory to disable Sidebar and Desktop Gadgets in Windows Vista and 7, due to the security vulnerability run code.
Windows Desktop Gadgets were finally abandoned in Windows 8. beta versions of Windows 8 but finally microsoft did not in the final version. The included gadgets are really useful when working with the computer. Unlike Metro-Apps gadgets can access useful system information.
The built-in Clipboard-Manager gadget for example will greatly improve your productivity. With the Sidebar gadget, you can make gadgets visible while working with maximized windows, monitor network traffic, adjust volume with one click, and many more conveniences. Fully compatible with Windows 10 and 11.
f.lux
We know that night exposure to blue light affects the circadian rhythm. The science that explains this has made tremendous progress in the last 20 years, with the discovery of a new photo-pigment substance in the eye, called Melanopsin. A wide range of colors seems to be able to stimulate the circadian rhythm in humans, and so, while referring to "blue light" to distinguish it from the light seen by our visual system, it also includes lights that appear as green, blue, cyan , even orange.
Computer screens, tablets and mobile phones emit full-spectrum light around the clock, just like the sun. Exposure to blue light at the wrong time of day can keep you awake and affect your sleep quality. f.lux tries to help you by removing blue and green light and help you relax at night.
It may take a few days to get used to the new colors at night, so we recommend that you adjust the night colors in the app to what suits your eyes best. After a few days of use with f.lux, and after experimenting a bit with the settings, find which color suits you best. The default setting of 3400K in Windows removes about 3/4 of the blue and about half of the green light.
You can remove even more notification light by selecting Color Range Expansion to unlock other colors as well. Also, set your location. f.lux works much better if it knows when the sun rises and sets in your area, so setting it up is very important for understanding the circadian rhythm.
So adjust the color settings by moving the large adjustment knob. Of course you can adjust the lighting of your computer screen at any time of the day, especially if you sit for long hours in front of your computer screen.
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WingetUI
The available packages range from well-known software like browsers, pdf readers, and other common programs to other lesser-known utilities. However, its capabilities don't end there.
It has features such as mechanisms for backing up and restoring package lists or bulk installation or uninstallation of software, either to remove the "junk" from your new laptop or to easily restore the software you had installed in your last installation.
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Add appearance and functionality to your computer by bringing your Desktop to life. Free your desktop from the many icons and make your own taskbar.
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In the past, most computers were desktops and there was no real need for technologies such as SpeedStep, Turbo Boost, etc. Nowadays, however, energy consumption sometimes takes precedence over efficiency. Taking into account the significant changes in new technology and hardware expectations, CPUs have acquired many new features, such as TurboBoost, SpeedStep, Hyper-Threading and single core modes that help reduce energy and heat consumption.
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When you empty the recycle bin that contains deleted files or when you use the shortcut Shift + Delete to delete files, windows marks the files as deleted and deletes all the markers on them, so these files are invisible to the user. Also, the space used by the deleted files will be highlighted as free space.
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Unique application that allows you to anonymously and securely share files of any size and communicate with each other by exchanging messages. It works by starting a web server, through Tor, and creating a unique URL to access and download the files.
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Free program created to create a bootable USB for ISO files. With ventoy, you don't need to format the disc again and again, you just need to copy the ISO file to the USB drive. You can copy multiple ISO files at once and ventoy will give you a boot menu to select them. Both legacy BIOS and UEFI are supported in the same way. It has been tested and works with over 200 ISO files. Simple to use, fast (limited only by iso copying speed) and with support for files larger than 4GB with Legacy and UEFI boot menu styles
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Free IPTV client for computers running windows 10 and 11 through which you can watch TV channels from Greece and all over the world on your computer. It is very simple to use and one of its best features is that it does not consume a lot of resources, which results in seamless channel watching even if you are doing other tasks on your computer at the same time. Its operation mode is very simple, load m3u, m3u8 playlists and watch the channels you want. To watch TV channels from Greece and Cyprus, use the free M3U lists we found on free-greek-iptv. For channels from around the world use the free M3U lists we found at https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv.
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Sorting folders on your computer is a difficult task especially if you have many folders with different contents. However if there was a way to change that, things would be much simpler.
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If you want a volume booster, bass booster, better sound quality or a handy Windows EQ, you're covered. Especially if you are using laptop speakers or other low sound quality hardware, FxSound is the best software to boost volume, bass and sound quality. No free EQ for Windows is easier to use than this one.
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Redo Rescue Backup and Recovery is a completely free software that can backup and restore an entire computer system within minutes, from a very simple menu. It supports saving and restoring from local drives or shared network drives. Selectively restore partitions and map them to different locations on the destination drive. Additional tools for partition editing, web browsing, and more are included. Runs from live CD/USB and requires no installation.
Winstep Nexus
This is probably the best free tool for this task. Choose from dozens of free display templates and see your bar in real time. The menu of the program is completely customizable, which means that there are too many settings for the aesthetic effect and the functionality of your bar, however, the configuration of the menu is structured in such a way that it is impossible to get lost, even a beginner to be. To have a better view and not to hesitate to install it.
quick cpu
While these are all positive changes, sometimes a situation arises where the user does not get top performance when required (delayed performance boost). This can be caused by many unforeseen factors such as system status, availability, CPU status, heat and more.
This application was created to help control such factors and to reduce the effect of performance degradation whenever possible. Quick CPU is a program designed to customize and monitor important CPU and system parameters such as CPU temperature, CPU performance, power, voltage, current, kernel parking, frequency scaling, system memory, Turbo boost and other settings.
The functionality of the application allows you to control the number of CPU cores (CPU Core parking) to be enabled or disabled (you can enable all cores at any time, based on your personal requirements, ) and by looking at the graph of CPU to see if specific cores are enabled or disabled.
This information is also available on the CPU Performance tab in the "Enabled Cores" and "Parked Cores" section. All information is real-time, so you do not need to click the "Refresh" button to find out the current status.
CPU frequency scaling is a feature that allows the operating system to scale the CPU frequency up or down to try to match the supply of energy according to demand, providing CPU performance when needed or saving energy when possible.
Using a technique similar to that of Core Parking, it tries to scale the CPU frequency dynamically based on the system load. The performance index. is an operating system feature that allows the end user to determine how much the processor should favor in terms of energy savings over maximum performance. This feature has been introduced in Windows 10 and will not be available in previous versions.
Therefore, by accessing all these settings, you have the ability to fully configure the power management of your computer, so that you have the best performance when you need it and the lowest power consumption on your computer when it is not needed.
WinfrGUI
So, technically, the deleted files will still be on your computer until windows replaces them with new data. WinfrGUI is a free Windows data recovery software supported and approved by Microsoft.
Fully integrates with Windows File Recovery (Microsoft Command Prompt) functionality and finally provides a graphical user interface that allows all for all user skill levels to recover deleted files from their computer in the easiest way.
This way you can recover your lost files including JPEG / PDF / DOCX / MP3 / EXCEL / ZIP etc. from storage, SSD / HDD / USB / memory card in Windows 11/10, with NTFS / FAT / exFAT / ReFS partition configuration.
The whole process is completed in just three steps, after choosing a partition to scan and a location to save, then choose the scanning method (quick or deep) and finally click the start recovery button. You will be surprised by the results.
OnionShare
It doesn't require you to create a server on the internet and it doesn't use any third-party file-sharing service. You can host the file on your computer and use a Tor service to make it temporarily accessible over the internet. Now, just add your files or folders and click the "Start Sharing" button.
However, (and this is OnionShare's strong point), it provides a URL that you'll need to give the person you want to download your file to download the file directly to your computer. By default, the program disables the service once the files have been downloaded once.
So even if someone else intercepts the URL later, it simply means that it will no longer be available, so no one can intercept the files you have made available for download.
Run OnionShare and drag the file you want to share into the application box and press the Start Sharing button. As you can see, a URL is automatically created. Now copy the URL and give it to whoever you want to receive the file. From there, he just needs to paste the URL into the Tor Browser. (You must have Tor Browser installed to download the file. Anyone else after the first download cannot access it even if they have the URL unless you choose not to.
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IPTV Player
CustomFolder
CustomFolder is the software that will help us with this. This is a really simple, amazing, free application that will allow us to customize folders on the computer. It includes 4 preset icons for coloring, of which 3 of them can be rotated, however you can also create your own personal icons.
Also, you can download more than 60 ready-made icons, and add unlimited icons from your own collection, choose the background color of the icon preview and the color of the window.
For your convenience you can find some ready-made icons and add them to your application from here and here. (If you face any problem adding icons from the app gallery just convert them from .ico format to png with any graphics editor). For best results prefer the installer
FXSound
Simple stereo systems and computers are built with a compromise, affordable hardware in terms of sound quality. However, this application compensates for low-quality material by targeting and processing the timbre, loudness, balance and dynamics of the sound.
This means for the user, clearer, stronger, deeper and more balanced sound that corrects the limitations of relatively low quality performance, especially in laptops. In conclusion, this is a valuable software that is even available, absolutely free.
Redo Rescue
microsoft power toys
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of tools that allow power users to customize and optimize their Windows experience for greater productivity. It is open source and developed with input from the user community. Let's take a closer look at what these tools offer.
It has a host of tools that can greatly enhance your productivity and personalize your Windows experience. Whether you're a professional user or a casual user looking to improve their daily work, PowerToys provide powerful tools to help you do just that.
It is available for free and can be downloaded from the official GitHub page. With each new release, PowerToys continues to evolve and improve, making it a valuable tool for Windows users.
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MyPublicWiFi
By enabling user authentication, customers will be redirected to your login page to authenticate with a password or accept the Terms of Use before accessing the web.
It can be used to restrict user access to specific servers. You can also prevent the use of certain online services (eg file sharing programs) or block the use of social media networks (eg Facebook). MyPublicWiFi turns your PC into an Adblock router.
Ad blocker is an effective way to save your internet bandwidth and protect your user privacy. Bandwidth management helps you control the download and upload rate for your hotspot clients. and allows you to record and track all the url pages you have visited on the virtual WiFi-Hotspot.
Finally, it allows you to set up port forwarding, is available in 12 languages and can also be used with an offline option, supports "Hosted Network" and "WiFi Direct for Windows 10".
Lossless Cut
LosslessCut is a completely free, excellent solution for trimming video segments. It is a very easy-to-use application that will not trouble you, given its simplicity and ease of use. And its mode of operation is simple. First of all, we should point out that the application is portable, this means that we will not install anything on our computer.
After running the application, select the desired video, drag the file you want to trim to the application menu, or alternatively select File-Open and find the path of the file you wish to edit.
Now, drag the white vertical line on the left with your mouse to the point where you want the video to start, (alternatively, of course, you can specify it in time if you know exactly at what point in time you want the cut to start) and double-click the icon with the little hand.
Do the same on the other side and finally press the scissor icon to save the video. Your video is now ready and you will find it in the corresponding folder where your main video is saved.
So in conclusion, this is perhaps one of the best programs of its kind, which will delight you not only for its simplicity, but also for the speed of cutting your video.
Lunacy
Below we will analyze the key benefits and features of Lunacy, so you can understand why you should integrate it into your workflow. One of the main features of Lunacy is the use of artificial intelligence to accelerate the design process.
Another impressive feature is the integration of illustrations, images, and icons that you can use immediately in your designs. This allows you to access a wealth of resources without having to search the internet for suitable images or icons.
In addition, Lunacy also provides a library of illustrations and images created by top designers, thus offering high quality and authenticity to your designs.
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MyPhoneExplorer
To connect your mobile phone to the computer via wi-fi, download the MyPhoneExplorer Client application from the Google Play Store, run it on your mobile phone, then run the application from windows, select file settings and connect to wi-fi, close it window and press connect.
On the screen of the application, among other things, you can get information about your mobile phone and see the current status of your battery, memory and notifications from your mobile phone.
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Voicemeter Banana
It is now possible to connect and mix any audio source with any audio application in an easy way with unparalleled control over the sound quality. Players like DVD, USB Mic, ASIO board, Video Game, iTunes and Audio Pro Daw can connect to Voicemeeter and provide incredible audio experiences!
With 8 channels, full parametric EQ and built-in application that can record or play any audio sources or audio files with a single mouse click (WAV, AIFF, BWF, MP3 + MP4, M4A, MOV, AVI, WMA, WMV. ), I think it is an application that is definitely worth trying.
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Pairdrop
Absolutely free application for Android devices to transfer files between mobile phones and between PC and mobile. Thanks to its perfect Android integration, files are sent even faster, directly from other applications.
To send files between two mobiles install the app on both, click on the device you want to send the files to and select the file from your device which can be anything, videos photos, music etc.
Your file has been sent to its destination. Now to send files from your computer or send files from your mobile to computer click on snapdrop.net.
If you have the application open on your mobile you will see the devices appear. From there, transfer the files you want in the same way. The web application will work just as well for windows, mac, linux
Kodi
It allows users to play and view videos, music, podcasts, and other digital media files from local storage, storage on your network, and the Internet.
It plays almost any type of media and you might find it ideal for watching TV, movies and your favorite shows, It's the best way to share your photos on the biggest screen in the house with a personal slideshow.
It works with a number of popular backends including MediaPortal, MythTV, NextPVR, Tvheadend and more. However, you can also play games too, just choose from a large number of emulators the one you want, or even play a standalone game.
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Hiren's BootCD PE
It supports booting from UEFI and requires a minimum of 2GB of RAM. With the useful tools inside the ISO, you can solve many problems related to your computer and it includes only free, legal software. After boot it will try to install drivers such as graphics, sound, wireless card and Ethernet card for your hardware. After downloading the program burn it to a CD-DVD and Boot from it, now depending on what you want to do select the corresponding task as well.
To format and install the application on a USB stick you can use the portable BootCD PE-ISO2USB tool, download it from here. It will work on all Windows from Windows 7 and up. Alternatively download the iso and boot the CD via Ventoy
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Red Button
It includes a huge number, (hundreds) of functions, with an incredibly small size. Before pressing the button, click on the Features option and activate the functions you want. In conclusion, this is a very useful application with performance inversely proportional to its size
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FTP Rush
With a user-friendly interface and a number of advanced features, FTP Rush is aimed at both professionals and ordinary users who need to transfer files to and from FTP servers. However, it should be noted that it is not only an FTP/SFTP client, but also a cloud storage client (it supports Google Drive, DropBox, OneDrive and Amazon S3).
In addition to classic FTP, FTP Rush also supports FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS) and SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), providing additional layers of security. Thanks to the ability to create scripts and schedule tasks, you can automate transfer processes, saving time and resources.
With FTP Rush, you can manage your files from any location, thanks to its remote access feature. It allows you to manage multiple FTP sessions simultaneously, making file transfers more efficient and less time-consuming.
The application includes modern security measures, such as data encryption and SSL certificates, ensuring that file transfers are made with the highest possible protection.
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SSuite Envelope Printer
As the name suggests, SSuite Envelope Printer is a utility that allows you to print letters and cards. When the printer dialog box appears, select the printer properties button on the right side, and set its paper type in the folder.
The friendly interface allows you to select the folder size, set the input power type and write or copy recipient information from the clipboard. You should know that the application allows you to preview to see the label or envelope before printing.
It even includes a handy address book. Since the program's role is to make things easier, it integrates an address book where you can add all the details about friends, colleagues and other useful contacts.
You can simply add the information once so that it is available for printing at a special event or other important dates. The app allows you to include a picture and write notes about your contact, an option that may come in handy in the long run. You can also save your entire address book in XLM or CSV format.
Goodsync
It automatically syncs and backs up all your photos, music, email, and other important files between all your desktops, laptops, servers, and external drives. GoodSync's file synchronization feature ensures that folders in two or more separate locations contain identical, up-to-date files.
If you add, change or delete a file from one location, the synchronization process will add, change or delete the same file in the other location(s). The software will not only synchronize all your data, but will also analyze, filter and display results through a user-friendly interface, ensuring that you avoid duplicates and only synchronize the files you need. Thanks to GoodSync, backing up files on your computer has never been easier or faster, knowing that your important documents and files are safe, even if you accidentally delete them.
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Immersive Explorer
One of its main features is its ability to display files in a 3D view, thus offering a completely new way of browsing your files. This gives the impression that you are browsing in a virtual environment, making the experience much more interesting and enjoyable.
Additionally, it has a wealth of customization and configuration options that allow you to tailor its appearance and functionality to your preferences. You can change the theme, icon size, and more to create a browsing experience that truly represents you.
It is extremely easy to use and offers a smooth browsing experience for your files. By double-clicking on a folder, you can instantly see its contents in a stunning view, while easy navigation and file search make managing your files much more efficient.
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