3 Cool New Apps You Need To Know About

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3 Cool New Apps You Need To Know About

      – by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
    http://www.thenetreporter.com
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One of the greatest things about the Internet means that you never run out of new things to try.

Somebody always comes up with the next greatest thing to solve the problems created by the last "next greatest thing" to hit the computing world!

These three software programs (below) rate a must-look if you ever buy a new computer, your hard drive seems sluggish, or you ever worried about the fine print on that software package you’re about to download from the Net.

Oh, and the best news, all 3 are free to try (and only 1 to buy)!

Destroy "BloatWare"
When I bought my wife’s new computer many months ago, I put off setting I up for her for almost four months.

Why?

All the "bloatware" I knew needed to get deleted off the new machine before she could use it.

I ended up uninstalling no fewer than 15 programs, including: Earthlink, AOL, Norton Ghost, Norton Anti-Virus, Google Toolbar, Office 2007 Trial, Yahoo Toolbar, Microsoft Money, Quicken, and more!

"Bloatware" refers to all the software you didn’t ask for that the computer manufacturers force-feed you on a new computer so they can churn a few extra bucks.

Aside from the security risks, the main problem with bloatware basically comes down to the fact that is slows your computer’s performance, eats up hard drive space, clogs your Windows registry, oh, and before I forget, you didn’t ask for it!

Next time you buy a new PC, consider using a free program like www.pcdecrapifier.com to remove these unwanted programs before you start loading it up with the files and software you do want.

The Ultimate De-Frag
Every savvy computer user knows you should perform basic maintenance on your PC on a regular (or semi-regular) basis.

This includes cleaning up old temp files, deleting programs you don’t use, eliminating unused desktop icons, and defragging your hard drive.

In fact, of the items just listed, defragging creates the biggest impact as far as increases in system performance and overall speed.

Unfortunately, the defrag utility that comes with Windows only does a mediocre job.

I recently used a software program called "Diskeeper Professional" from www.diskeeper.com to defrag my hard drive and found it far superior to the windows defrag utility.

After using the program my computer booted windows faster, started other programs faster, and generally lost that "sluggish" feel a computer gets after heavy use for several months.

You can use the software free for 30 days. By the way, I personally did not set up the software to run all the time, but only when I wanted it to actually defrag my hard drive.

EULAlyzer
Be honest: you don’t read those 20 page agreements that appear before you install most software.

Unfortunately, those agreements make it possible for some companies to do nasty things on your computer like serving ads on your desktop.

A free application from www.javacoolsoftware.com called "EULAlyzer" will scan EULAs (End User License Agreements) for any trouble words and bring them to your attention.

Now I wouldn’t worry too much about using it with companies like Microsoft, but would certainly run any EULA from a shareware, contest, or freebie site through the free EULAlyzer filter to look for trouble.

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Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
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