AbiWord is an open source text processor that can work with documents from Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org, among other formats.
It has dictionary languages and plugins that can be downloaded from their website.
You can read all the features here.
With TreeSize Free you can scan your hard drives to see which files or folders are taking the most space.
The size information is neatly grouped and you can navigate or open folders of subfolders after the scan completes.
You can download a portable version if you like.
Orbit Downloader is maybe the best freeware download manager.
It has resume support, can download multiple files at a time, supports HTTP, FTP and other protocols. You can use it with any web browser.
Version 3 comes with a few interface changes. However, the developers haven’t take the time to add column show/hide support or a feature to save the columns position.
Windows 7 introduced many changes to Windows Media Foundation.
One of those changes is that now Windows Media Player uses it exclusively for playing back video. If you want to use a DirectShow codec instead of one of the component of the Windows Media Foundation, you need to make changes to some system files and that is not recommended for inexperienced users.
Preferred Filter Tweaker allows you to change which codec to use without manually changing system files yourself. You can now choose to use ffdshow or Xvid in Windows Media Player or Windows Media Center, for example.
DirectShow-based players, like Media Player Classic, are not affected by Windows Media Foundation, as they don’t support it.
BurnAware is a great burning application that supports almost all the features of major paid-for burning programs.
It is the best free burning application out there.
Alcohol 52% Free Edition is a great program for making virtual drives and mounting disc images.
It supports all mejor disc image formats such as ISO, CUE-BIN, NRG, IMG, DMG, IMA and many more. In addition to this, you can make disk images from your CD’s or DVD’s to have them at hand when needed.
You can associate it with this file types so that you can mount them by just right-clicking on them and selecting Mount Image.
This Free Edition comes with a toolbar, but you can choose not to install it by unchecking that option in the installer.
Backing up you USB memory sticks can be very important to preserve your data in case something goes wrong.
While all the backup programs out there can save data from USB drives, USB image tool unique feature is to make disk images out of them so you can store all the drive’s data in one file.
This can be useful for all audio players like iPods or Zunes, because you can store disk images for different occasions. When you want a particular images on the drive, just select restore and select the file.
It took me more than a day to get things going with the server because I had problems uploading the files. As the saying goes: Better late than never.
Remember that you still need to install the latest QuickTime Alternative. Also needed is Mobile Device Support for iPhone, iPod Touch and Nano 5G (I wasn’t aware that the latter needed it).
Anyway, enjoy the new installers and regards.
