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
- Support Details - online scan of your computer to tell you what version of operating system and software you are running to assist tech support in helping resolve a problem.
- 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 choose "Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 11" to download.
- 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
- WinAmp
Spyware/Adware/Malware Scanners
- Spybot Search & Destroy
- Ad-Aware
- CWShredder
- Spycatcher Express
- Spyware Terminator
- Process Guard
- ThreatFire Security
- Spyware Doctor
- McAfee Rootkit Detective
- Malwarebytes
- SUPERAnitSpyware
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.
