Spending money is not always the answer.
We have tried and tested the following free software and found them
useful. Please feel free to contact
us if you have any doubts or questions before installing:
Open Office Suite
Replace Microsoft office. If you want to avoid spending lots of money
on Microsoft Office try this alternative office suite. It works great,
the only limitation being if you want to easily share documents with
other people that only use Microsoft Office.
http://www.openoffice.org/
Internet browsers
Mozilla, a free altenative to Internet Explorer. It has extra security
for blocking popups and a great tab feature which lets you open many
pages in the same window.
http://www.mozilla.com/
Free Antivirus
If your trial period has run out and you don’t want to pay,
the following are easy to use and free to install and run. Please
remember to uninstall any existing antivirus software before installing
a new one.
AVG free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
AV Free http://www.free-av.com/
Free phone calls
If you have adsl then this is a must. Call anywhere in the world for
free!
Skype
This is the most popular tool for making free calls PC to PC, with
tiny charges for international calls to real phones.
www.skype.com/
VoipBuster
A great alternative to skype, and even gives free PC to phone calls
in Spain and America, and 0.01€ per minute to the UK.
http://www.voipbuster.com/
Anti spyware
An extra line of defense to backup your antivirus
Spybot http://www.spybot.info/
Ad Aware Personal http://www.download.com/
For more useful downloads check out http://www.download.com/
We have used all the above programs and genuinely recommend them,
but please realise that we can not be held responsible for any issues
they or other downloaded software may cause. Before installing any
program via the internet, if you are not 100% sure about the source
or what you are doing please seek our advice first.
