Free Software.

Here are my top choices for free software.

Browser: Firefox 3.

Firefox 3 is the best web browser out there, because it is fast, efficient, and very customizable.

Download Firefox 3 here.

Writing Software: OpenOffice.

The best things about OpenOffice are that it is free, and can open basically all of the documents that Microsoft Word can.

Download OpenOffice here.       http://www.openoffice.org/

PDF Opener: Foxit Reader.

Foxit Reader opens quickly, and is less bloated than Adobe Reader.

Download Foxit Reader here.       http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm

E-mail: Mozilla Thunderbird.

Thunderbird is very secure, and looks very cool.

Download Thunderbird here.      

Calendar: Mozilla Sunbird.

Download Sunbird here.       http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/

Easy Ways To Speed Up Your PC – Tip #4

Disable file indexing. What file indexing does is it makes a searchable keyword index from all your files and documents on your computer and lets you search for them without knowing the name of the file you need. This is very taxing on your computer. You can disable file indexing by going to start menu/my computer/right click on C: Local Disk/properties/uncheck allow Indexing Service to index this drive for fast file searching.