Did you download a audio file and/or a video in a format you may or may not have seen before?  You try them, but they don’t work on your media players you have installed.  Did you try VideoLan VLC Media Player?  VLC Media Player is a free, open source that supports large number of codecs, sure I can list them all, but there is just way to many!  But, the people at VideoLAN has created a page for you that lists them all that are supported by VLC.  You can check that out here. I decided to create a little review about VLC, because I have asked a few people about VLC and they never heard of it, but they didn’t know that it can play just about every type of media format.

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Do you have a fairly large hard drive and only having about 2-5gb left of space?  Wondering what’s taking up all of the space?  But you can’t find where these files are located.  I been there before and I use a free program called TreeSize Free.

TreeSize will tell you precisely where these large files are.  You can start TreeSize from the context menu of a folder or a drive and it will show you the size of this folder, including it’s subfolders.  You can select KB, MB, and GB for size options.  You can also expand this folder just like you can in explorer and you will see every size of ever subfolder.  When TreeSize is scanning your files, you can see the results in real time.  Also, TreeSize works well with Windows Explorer. 

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Whether you own a website, have a home FTP server or just want fast downloads from to time.  Sure there is shareware FTP clients, but why buy a FTP client when you can do the same EXACT thing on a free FTP client?  There is no need to,  I have populated a list of 5 “good” FTP clients you should use if you do work on the website or run a FTP server at home.  If you are running a FTP client at home, I hope you are using FileZilla FTP Server. 

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Have you heard of CCleaner? CCleaner is a free application for Windows that optimizes your system.  It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. It also has a really good registry cleaner that works really good.  I have fixed many customer computers just by using CCleaner, you wouldn’t believe how much crap that builds up after time that just causes your computer to be slower and generate more errors.  That’s why it’s called CCleaner, AKA “Crap Cleaner”  It’s cleans the crap out of your computer.  For more information about CCleaner, other applications they make and other stuff, check out their website at ccleaner.com.

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I been a big fan of AVG Free but I had a lot of problems with it.  So i’m a proud user of Avira AntiVir, it’s very light weight and works really well.  It does take a little long to update but to me that’s not a big deal. 

Consistently at or near the top of independent efficacy testers, Avira’s AntiVir remains one of the best freeware security solutions around. Its scans are flexible, allowing the user to fully scan both internal and external hard drives, run a preloaded scan–for rootkits, for example–or customize a scan. The latest version introduces antispyware protections, scanning tech that can crack open "locked" files, improved internal security to prevent AntiVir’s files from being maliciously altered, and one-click threat removal–no more baby-sitting.

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