Carol’s Vault
Best Freeware, Open Source Software
Windows
Increase bandwidth for networks and internet connections
Jun 18th
Here’s a tweak to increase your internet connection and get a better response from servers. Go to Start/Run and type in Regedit. Once the editor is open, navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings. Right click on a blank space on the right and then select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and type in : [...]
Essential 5 freeware utilities every computer running Windows should have
Nov 3rd
Warning: This list is for advanced users. Use these apps ONLY if you know what you are doing or use them at your own risk. nCleaner – advanced system and application cleaner Every computer needs care, and care starts with maintenance and cleanup. Good stuff on nCleaner: Junk finder, Reg Cleaner, Free Space Shredder, Tweak [...]
Convert .mkv files to mp3 with Pazera free audio extractor
Oct 16th
A .mkv file is an open standard free container format-aka Matroska Multimedia Container. Say you’ve downloaded a music file as a .mkv and you want to convert it to mp3…What do you use to convert it? I’ve looked up in Google the following:”how to convert .mkv files to mp3” and i got dizzy from all [...]
Today’s freeware
Oct 7th
Clone Genius 2008 – advanced backup and recovery for your PC WebShot 1.50 – take screenshots and thumbnails of web pages or whole web sites CDBurnerXP 4 -complete free disc burning suite Revelation v2.0 – recovers forgotten passwords Adobe Media Player – flv media player – requires Adobe Air. 0
ZoneAlarm ForceField freeware
Sep 29th
ZoneAlarm ForceField was designed to help you surf safer and without a trace. No web history and no information is shared anymore with other users, so nothing will be stored on your computer anymore. With numerous protection layers, Forcefield will shield your computer from the Internet against phishing, spyware and other treats. Forcefield features [...]
