There are a lot of useful free or open-source programs and utilities available on the Web for online students. Listed below are links to some of them:
- Utilities
- Readers/Viewers
- Productivity Software
- Browsers
- Browser Plug-ins
- Media Players
- Spyware/Adware/Malware Scanners
- Search Engine Scanners
- Anti-Virus
- Firewalls
Utilities
- WinZip
- ZipCentral
- FastStone Capture
- Undelete Plus
- CutePDF This program allows you to create PDF files from almost any printable document
- ZipGenius
- 7-Zip
- Power Replacements for Built-In Windows Utilities
- TweakXP News, tips and tweaks
- Secunia Security Software Inspector
- Autoruns
- Wise Disk Cleaner
- Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 This compatibility pack will enable you to open Office 2007 documents using Office 2000, XP, or 2003
- Advanced WindowsCare Personal
- CCleaner
- RegClean
- Startup Mechanic
- Glary Utilities An all-in-one utilities package
- MoffSoft FreeCalc - Free Calculator Program
- Back It Up!
- ERUNT - Emergency Recovery Utility NT
- Personal Folders Backup - for use with Microsoft Office
- Circle Dock
- Ultra Explorer - File Manager for Microsoft Windows
- Xobni - Outlook E-mail Organizer
- FlashGet - Download Accelerator Manager
- Floola - iPod or mobil phone manager for iTunes
- Performance Monitor
- Revo Uninstaller
- What's Running 2.2
Readers/Viewers
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Microsoft Word Viewer
- Microsoft Excel Viewer
- Microsoft Access Viewer
- Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- Foxit PDF Viewers
- PDF-XChange Viewer
- IrfanView - Graphics Viewer
- Sumatra PDF Viewer
- Pictomio - Image Viewer
Productivity Software
- OpenOffice OpenOffice.org offers a free productivity suite compatible with all major office suites
- Lotus Symphony by IBM
- AbiWord AbiWord is a free word processing program that is compatible with Word and other word processing programs.
- WordWeb WordWeb is a good thesaurus/dictionary resource; it shows pronunciations, definitions, synonyms, and anyonyms of words; also, it gives examples of how the word can be used as a noun, verb, adjective, and/or adverb.
- Gnumeric - The Gnome Office Spreadsheet Program
- BuzzWord Online Word Processor
- PhotoScape Image Editor
- Graph - Mathematical Graphing Program
- Jarte
- Gimp - Photo Editing Software
- KeyNote - Document Outlining Program
- BonkEnc - CD ripper, audio encoder and converter
Browsers
- Internet Explorer
- K-Meleon
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera for Windows
- Opera for Mac
- Safari for Windows and Mac
- Google Chrome
Browser Plug-ins
- Java - Make sure to click on the JRE 5.0 Update 7 link. Windows Vista Users will need to install this update and then uninstall Java 1.6. Windows XP Users will need to uninstall ALL Java software and then install the JRE 5.0 Update.
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Shockwave
- Firefox Browser Add-ons
- Zotero.org A powerful, free online/offline research tool for the Firefox Web browser
- Secure Login - Firefox Add-on to manage login and password information
- WOT - Firefox Add-on for Website security
- Sage-Too - RSS Feed Reader for Firefox
- Video Download Helper - For Firefox
Media Players
- QuickTime
- Windows Media Player
- RealPlayer
- VLC Media Player
- Codec.com Media Player Classic Alternative to Windows Media Player
- Codec.com RealPlayer Alternative Alternative to RealPlayer
- RealPlayer Alternative
- QuickTime Alternative
- Miro
- URLSnooper
- Orange CD Player
- Floola
Spyware/Adware/Malware Scanners
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Ad-Aware
- CWShredder
- Spycatcher Express
- Spyware Terminator
- Process Guard
- ThreatFire Security
- Spyware Doctor
- McAfee Rootkit Detective
- Malwarebytes
Search Engine Scanners
Anti-Virus
Firewalls
Do you know of any other good downloads that you would like to see included on this page? If you do, please e-mail the link to ejackson@richland.edu.
