1. How To Take Care of Your Computerfor Little or No Money 6 Part Series Part 4 The Best FREE Software Replace Commercial Software Software You Never Knew Existed Question and Answer Session Ted WhittemoreThe Working Computers Blog & Kinnelon Computerswww.kinneloncomputers.com

2. Who is Ted Whittemore? Owner of Working Computers and theWorking Computers Blog Has worked in computer services industrysince 1987 building, servicing, and sellingcomputer systems, software andmaintenance 3. www.kinneloncomputers.com 4. Whats the Plan for today? Take a look at a number of Free softwareprograms from first-quality makers, that replacecommercial programs Discuss how to get them and install them Discuss what they do and why they are as good orbetter Discuss where to get more of such programs Answer questions and solve problems*All of the subjects covered are also in articles in theWorking Computers Blog, @www.kinneloncomputers.com 5. Before We Deal With These Issues Feel free to ask specific questionsabout the topic we are covering Please save general questions for theend 6. Why Use Free Software? Do I really have to answer that? Its Free. Its Good. It costs no moneynow or later. You will never have to worry about aproduct key, serial number, or licenseagain. Commercial Software can be veryexpensive, a pain in the neck, and apermanent leach on your pocketbook. 7. How did you Choose the Free Programs? MS Office LibreOffice Writer Calc Impress Draw Base Math I picked commercial software programs that youmay already be using and that costs the mostmoney and that have excellent drop inreplacement substitutes, or I picked programs thatwork better. They are programs primarily that replace productivitysuites, or utilities. 8. Free Programs LibreOffice MS Office Replacement Google Picasa Best Picture Library/Printer Google Chrome Best/Fastest Web Browser Skype Best VOIP Phone/Video Program Gadwin PrintScreen Best Free Screen Capture Imgburn Best CD/DVD Burning/Ripping Utility MalwareBytes Best Disinfection Utility AVG Free Best Free Anti-Virus Utility FreeMake - Best Video/Audio Downloader/Converters 7-Zip Best Free Compression/Extraction 9. LibreOffice1. Includes Drop-In Replacements for MS Word Applications2. Supports all File Types Supported by Office3. Go to the Makers Website with the Code You Have Received and Option Your Machine4. Not only is it Free, but it is part of an ongoing development effort that will maintain and continue it5. There is also a portable version that does not need to be installed. 10. Google Picasa is a library/catalog, a light editor, afantastic printer, and uploader/sharer, andan emailer. Picasa offers tutorials in its Help section,and is intuitive to use. You can find Free In-Depth Articles on itsUse at picasatutorials.com 11. Google A Drop-In Replacement for MS InternetExplorer, it: Loads itself up to 10X Faster Loads Web Pages up to 10X faster Has built-in Flash and Java Support Breathes New Life into Older Computers Integrates well with Google Search 12. Skype Computer to Computer Calls, Video or VoiceOnly are Free Computer to Handset Cell or Landline areCheap Video calling is Cool and Fun HD WebCams and Microphones are Cheap If you know someones email, phone numberand/or Skype name, you can call that person! 13. WebCam DealsLook for a 720P or Higher Resolution Autofocus Camera with MicrophoneGood places to Look: Newegg, Amazon, Techbargains and Logicbuy2 choices, two for the low end, and one for the high end:The Microsoft Lifecam HD-3000:http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-T3H-00001-LifeCam-HD-3000/dp/B004ETQHDM at $27The Logitech HD Webcam C-310:http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-960-000585-HD-Webcam-C310/dp/B003LVZO8S at $35The Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 with1080p Widescreen Video Callingand Recording:http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Widescreen-Calling-Recording-960-000764/dp/B0 14. Gadwin PrintScreen Gadwin PrintScreen is aScreen Capture Program thatallows you to save any part ofthe visible computer screen toa picture file. Why would you want to dothat? To share what you can seewith others, for fun, tech-support, or explanation Many of the graphics in thispresentation have beencaptured with GadwinPrintScreen. 15. Another CaptureYou can capture to a file as a photo, to email, or to the printer. 16. ImgBurnHow many of you use the clunk burning and rippingfacilities of Nero, Roxio, or Windows to write toOptical Media such as CDs, DVDs, or BDs?If all you want to do isburn or rip, use ImgBurninstead. Its Free, Quick,Easy, and you donthave to slog through allof the complicated stuffthat the big, commercialprograms throw in yourway.Plays the Mexican HatDance on SuccesfulCompletion!!! 17. MalwareBytes Will Dis-Infect Your Computer for Free Will Run When the Infection has Prevented AllOther Program Execution Works Almost All of the Time Must Be Run Manually Must Be Run Until No Infection Shows Does Not Interfere with AV and IS Programs Run Whenever You are Worried About Infection 18. MS Security Essentials or AVG Free MSE AVGWhich to Use?Its a matter of preference both are very good MSE is very quiet, and willnot solicit you to upgrade to a commercial license, plus it will update itselfalong with the OS, and you will never have to bother with it again, unless it hasnot run a scan for some reason.AVG is a very well respected AV program that continually tops the ratings forFree AV programs.Remember You cannot run multiple AV or IS programs at once The rule isone at a time, and previous installs must be removed first. 19. MSE and AVG MSE is available for Win7, Vista, and XP 32 bit AVG Free is available for all Win7, Vista, and XP See: http://free.avg.com/us-en/free-antivirus-download http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/ 20. Freemake Use Your Computer as it Was Meant to Be USed As a Music and Video Player for Media You CouldNot Otherwise Acquire. Did You Know that You Can Download the Videosand Music from YouTube and other Flash basedsites with Free Video and Audio Programs? Freemake Downloader will Download Videos andMusic to Your Computer Easily for Replay It will Save the Video and Audio or the Audio alonefor Replay by Windows Media Player or iTunes, or Go Find the Music, or Videos that You like, and 21. Freemake Video Downloader 22. Freemake Video Converter 23. Freemake Video Converter Continued 24. Freemake Video Converter continued 25. Freemake Audio Converter 26. 7-Zip 27. What is 7-Zip Good For?Basically Dealing with All of those CompressedFile formats out there on the internet, and there area lot of them.If a particular website has an instruction manual inARJ, or RAR format, once you have downloaded it,after you have installed 7-Zip, you can Right-Mouse-Click on the file and highlight the contextmenu item for 7-Zip extraction of the contents. 28. 7-Zip Context Menu 29. Where Can I Get More Free Software? PC Magazine publishes an annual list: This Year its The Best Free Software of 2012 athttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2381532,00.a CNET at www.cnet.com is a great searchablerepository of almost all of the free and not-free software around with Readers andEditors Reviews. You have to be careful with some CNETsoftware that is not Editor reviewed somehave had malware, but you can trust the PCMagazine ware. 30. PC Magazine 31. CNET 32. Honorable Mentions Win 7 Snipping Tool and Screen Capture Only for Win 7 -- in the Accessories Folder 33. Summary This Presentation and all links will be up on theWorking Computers Blog shortly you do notneed to take notes if you dont want to. These Topics and a lot more are covered on theWorking Computers site, along with links tosoftware and sites for easy downloading. Remember, its all atwww.kinneloncomputers.com 34. Questions?? 35. Please Assess Seminar There are Assessment Sheets for this talkavailable on the table, and I should havealready handed them out Please take amoment to tell us what you think and giveus any suggestions you may have. Thanks! 36. www.kinneloncomputers.com/ 37. Contact Information Ted Whittemore Working Computers in Kinnelon, NJ http://www.KinnelonComputers.com 973-838-2368 Ted@amgpi.com