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  • No-Script (Firefox Add-On)

    Link: No-Script (Firefox Add-On) Add-on for firefox allows you to disable Javascript on websites you don’t trust. With this add-on you can securely browse websites that you do not trust and prevent them from running JavaScript code and potential exploits.

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  • Firefox

    Link: Firefox One of the best Web Browsers out there. Not to mention it free, open source, and more secure than Internet Explorer. This is always one of my first recommendations for Windows users. It’s a simple quick download, that will improve your web experience all around.

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  • Notepad++

    Link: Notepad++ Fantastic open source (Free!) code editor. This is my code editor of choice for HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript. I like it for it super lean and clean style, along with it’s many advanced features you commonly see in high end pay for code editors.

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  • DIVX

    Link: DIVX DIVX Codecs are a must install on any pc.

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  • VLC

    Link: VLC Video Lan Media player is a nice light weight all around good media player. I use this freebie to replace Windows Media Player on all of my Windows boxes. Video playback is far superior to WMP especially on older hardware.

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  • Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider 1.3b

    Link: Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider 1.3b Sign your own drivers and Enable “Test Mode” on Windows 7 x64. See Installing unsigned drivers under Windows 7 x64 for more info.

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  • I8KFanGUI

    Link: I8KFanGUI This utility is used to manually control the fans on Dell laptops. With it you can set the fans to high, low, or even set it to come on and off at a certain temperature. In my opinion, keeping your laptops temperature as low as possible is the key to a long life…

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  • WinDirStat

    Link: WinDirStat This tool can visually show you where you hard drive space is going. Uses bar graphs and others to show you where your space is going. If your running out of hard drive space and need to quickly know where it’s going, this is the tool for you. And it’s completely free.

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  • 7-Zip

    Link: 7-Zip A free open source compression utility for Windows. This is a must have on all of my Windows machines. I use this in place of WinZip or WinRAR. Can uncompress all of of the following: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM,…

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  • DIY – 8GB Solid State Drive for $35

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    Introduction: For my lab setup I run a VMWare ESXi 4 server based on a Intel Core 2 Quad setup. The ESXi server software has a relatively light foot print and doesn’t require much space at all for the OS install. Because of this, installing it on a hard drive is usually a waste of…

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