Ask dotTechies: What is the best freebie you have ever received?
May 13, 2010 96
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Freebies are very popular on dotTech; and why shouldn’t they be? Everyone loves saving money thus everyone loves freebies. At this point in dotTech’s life – going to become 2 years old later this year – dozens of freebies have been posted. I am interested in knowing what freebies dotTechies consider to be the *best*. So, for this Ask dotTechies segment, I ask “What is the best freebie you have ever received?” The freebie does not have to be thanks to a dotTech “heads up” – it can be any freebie you received from anywhere. Like the last Ask dotTechies, there is no poll for this thread; rather please share your input via the comments below.
To get the ball rolling, I will share what I consider to be the best freebie I have ever received: WinPatrol Pro. No, I did not win WinPatrol Pro via a giveaway; Bill Pytlovany – the developer of WinPatrol – was kind enough to provide me with a free license because he appreciates the work I do on dotTech. (Maybe in the future dotTech and Bill can team up to sponsor a WinPatrol Pro giveaway, who knows.)
Now, it is your turn – what is the best freebie you have ever received?
USB Safely Remove v4.3 with a lifetime license!
jv16 PowerTools was my favorite :)
An Asus Eee computer with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office ultimate 2007 pre-installed. Unlimited licenses of both. I don’t know though if it would actually be considered a freebie it was more of a drawing but I got it for free.
I have also really enjoyed Anvir Task manager from here on dottech, the pro version of course.
a-squared Anti-Malware (Paid version)
For 1 Year free,… 2 years in a row!
Well windows needs alwyas a cleaning tools so I will say Glary utilities pro
Microsoft Technet accidentally leaked a promotion that only lasted a few hours. I was given a guest membership that entitled me to download Win 7 Ultimate and 2 serials for free. Since I’d let my old Technet subscription lapse after Vista was released, I went for it. MS caught on in about twelve hours and canceled the subscriptions, but I had my software by then.
Well can’t tell about a single one. I like a few. But According to daily use
1. USB safely remove.
2. SAS pro (giveaway)
3. Fileminimizer Picture.
Hi Ashraf,
Without a doubt, the best freebie I ever received from you guys was SNAG-IT.
It was an old one, but a goodie. Too bad I lost it because of a re-boot.
-Jeeem-
FastoneCapture for Windows Version 5.3 is a marvellous tool I use several times each day.
RevoUninstaller also comes to mind.
Then Avira Free AV; Mamutu malware detector; Comodo Firewall; Superantispyware; and Evernote.
All free, and all excellent.
Thanks Ashraf for your hard work in bringing these jewels to our attention for free!
Seahound
Well, I’m afraid that the best “freebie” I ever received wasn’t from dotTech. I beta tested Windows 95 and Windows 98 and received a CD of each operating system as well as one of Windows NT. However, the Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 2010 that I received from dotTech is probably the best freebie I’ve received in a long, long time. Thanks again, Ashraf!
Mike
Tuneup Utilities & Nova PDF.
I assume you mean software for which it is normally payable?!
@Jeanjean: Yes, I mean commercial software although I suppose people can mention their favorite freeware also if they want.
I once won Microsoft Office 2007 Professional in a competition
My favourite is Autoruns
hi ashraf, for me acronis true image 2010 plus pack and outpost firewall pro lifetime license.
My favourite is the all-in-one photo manager (organize, edit, publish) Zoner’s PhotoStudio (Home edition) offered earlier in Giveawayoftheday. Paragon’s Hard Disk Manager (I use v8.5) is also very handy and robust multi-purpose suite for hard disk partitioning & image backup.
Winpatrol and Win Utilities – Both great software.
It’s difficult to mention just one, so here is a small list of my favourites:
FastStone Capture
xplorer2Lite
Everything
Lupas Rename
PhraseExpress
PureText
All of these programs are excellent, and I use most of them every day. Selecting one is very difficult, but I would probably go for xplorer2Lite (or possibly FastStone Capture).
Thanks to Ashraf for very good comments on software!
There have been so many good ones, but i guess Glary utilities pro is the one for me, thanks for a great webpage Mike.
For me the ‘eXpert PDF Suite’ is best-ware received.
Hi Ashraf! This is my first post on your site, though I visit daily. My favorite freebie ever, has been Paragon Drive Backup Professional 10.
Its an immensely useful software and its still been given away free on Softpedia.com.
Any of the Paragon backup and restore applications.
*scratches head* Hard to pick the favourite, as all freebies I’ve grabbed have been equally good :) I suppose the best has been TuneUp Utilities.
ERUNT – backs up registry (all hives).
Can revert the registry to an earlier good configuration with no problem using ERDNT (both downloaded at the same time).
If you cannot boot, you can recover using BartsPE and ERDNT.
Saved my bacon more times than I can count