Must Have Applications of Windows XP

Mozilla Firefox 3.6

If you don’t know Firefox you don’t know the internet. It is the most widely used and people favorite web browser for all. With Firefox 3 on the show it makes you browsing a fun experience. Available in over over 45 languages and incorporated with various features like smart location bar, a pop-up blocker, full zoom that can now zoom in through images too, password manager, bookmark organizer, feed reader, full screen browsing mode where you can browse. And not to forget the best part, with a wide range of plugins available will make your browsing even better. you can get your copy of Firefox 3 here.

OpenOffice

OpenOffice goes second on the list. OpenOffice is a completely free and open source office and productivity suite like your Microsoft Office. It comprises of 4 main applications mainly the writer (for documents), calc (for spreadsheets), impress (for presentations) and base (for databases). More over features you the ability to create .PDF files for ebooks or online publishing. Simpler to use, with jsut 1 file to download from the web and you have the complete suite. OpenOffice is 100% compatiable with files created by any other similar office productivity suites (e.g. Microsoft Office). Join their community and ask for any support that you need with dozens of people ready to help you. Everything all this just for free.

VLC Media Player

Entertainment is the most required necessity that one seeks on your computer. Developed by VIdeoLan, VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs. It is integrated with all the requiredcodecs so you dont need to worry which video will play or not. Just open with VLC Media player and there it goes.

BitDefender / AVG Antivirus

The reason BitDefender and AVG Antivirus both are on the same place is that we recommend you using any of the antivirus. You might think that this is weird but using these 2 anti virus solutions may keep the bad away far from your PC. Both AVG Antivirus and BitDefender antivirus comes in two packages free and paid. BitDefender Free Trial doesn’t support real time protection but the powerful on-demand virus scan can remove all the crap out of your PC. And with AVG Free you can get a basic real time protection to scan emails, downloads etc. Yes you are absolutely safe free of cost ! Please be aware that using 2 real time antivirus solutions may cause conflicts.

You can download a copy of BitDefender Antivirus here and a copy of AVG Free Anti-virus here.

NotePad++

Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. It runs in the Microsoft Windows environment. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) – Print your source code in color. GNU Licensed, Multi Documents, Drag n Drop, Macros, Supports over 40 Languages… Phew !! What else do you want ? Download It

Paint.NET

Paint.net is an Intermediate level of Digital Editing free application It has intermediate tools of editing pictures and designing any banners and has fast accessibility than Adobe Photoshop, It has added featured to ms paint but due to lack of popularity this application remainedis undiscovered by many Webmasters and Beginners too, In short its Paint ++

Daemon Tools

Daemon tools is a freeware application which is used to create virtual drives and mount CD/DVD image in a virtual drive, This helps users to keep their CD/DVD Drives free and long lasting. Most of the users who like gaming might already know this software because it is largely used by gamers to mount their games DVDs. A recommended application for those who need to use same CD/DVDs repeatedly..

CDBurnerXP / ImgBurn

CDBurnerXp and ImgBurn both are CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application. More than just burning DVDs, ImgBurn can be used to create .iso images and DVD backups. CDBurnerXP is a recommended applications for those who cant afford to buy any other software like NERO.

StarDock / RocketDock

Stardock and RocketDock is are widely used dock animated menus which can save your shortcuts and applications to have fast and better accessibility, It not only makes your accessibility comfortable but also has a good visual look on the desktop. A lot of users find these menu docks quite useful to place their shortcuts in the menu docks.

CCleaner

CCleaner is a free application used for removing unwanted data i.e., temporary files from your hard drive It optimizes your Windows to the fullest and has a fast accessibility and good graphical interference. It successfully fixes all the broken shortcuts and missed dll errors and is a must have application to keep your windows clean and free up you space. (For more information and tutorial on using CCleaner please check here)