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?
Gentlemen never tell :-)
Actually, I believe all the freebies I’ve received are good & valuable – but then I truly appreciate everything I receive – so it’s difficult for me to pinpoint only one best freebie….and that’s the way it is…. for me.
Inas
I have two best freebies, Ashampoo Burning Studio 2010, use for all my burning instead of Nero. And Anvir Task Manager to get easy access to process that need to be killed and the few extras with it.
Hmm….best “freebie”….in programs…It’s difficult to choose just one. I have several that I use everyday. One of my favorites ….CapsLock/NumLock Warning is something that has helped me countless times and always used.
However….”freebies” can also mean other things. The best one outside of programs is dotTech. The information, advise, reviews, help, general chat, etc. are all the best and most valuable. Receiving offers and freebies are just an extremely great perk of being a part here. At least in my opinion.
Each person that comes here and offers their opinion, help, advise, etc. brings a new dimension to the community here making it even more wonderful. So in that respect….dotTech is the best “freebie” on my end.
Format Factory
Has to be a security program – imagine how much they would really have to charge without a corporate liscencing income! Think ZoneAlarm back when MS didn’t bother with firewalls. Think AVG, AVAST, Spybot S&D, AdAware …
All taken for granted nowadays.
Then there’s the free browser you are using now.
GFI Backup (ex-Titan), IrfanView, Audacity, FastStone Viewer, 7-Zip.
To nomimate some promo’s, though, I have to look back some time to Evidence Eliminator (like CC), Acronis Partition Manager (ran nicely off floppy disk), XOOM Music Clean (all from cover disks).
What I’ve never seen (including in OpenOffice) is a decent free database with the useability of Access (for the average home user). Remember your data is important to you, otherwise you wouldn’t put it in a database (derrr!), so you’ve got to have confidence that it’ll work, back-up, not corrupt your data, and that you’ll be able to cope with version updates for the program, and migrate across PCs and Windows versions (for free).
Oh, I forgot my favourite little utility that I use so much I forget its not part of Windows. I use it at home (WinXP) and at work (Win2000 installed as user). Pastes the paste buffer as plain text with the shortcut ‘<Windows>V’. Simply brilliant.
PureText from http://www.SteveMiller.net
Probably not of interest from Vista onwards, but I similarly take ClocX for granted at home and work. It puts up a transparent clock with many options, alarms, etc. http://clockx.fi.cz
Actually there are two.One of them is ashampoo 2010 and the other expert pdf.Two brilliant programmes for me.I can edit docs. and save them using ashampoo.The two best for me by far!!!!
TeamViewer, at http://www.teamviewer.com, always free, always available, for personal use… already mentioned it here once on DotTech… thought deserves to be mentioned again as THE BEST FREEBIE ever… there are others of course… this is just a pointer for other DotTechies to check it out and grab it (recently updated to v. 5.xx… truly a MUST HAVE.)
@Emrys:
I found a legal version for you.
I posted the link yesterday.
IT GOT MODERATED OUT
Don’t know why.
Contact me at BobbyScotland AT gmail DOT com
and I will send you the link
Without a doubt, Paragon Hardisk manager 2010 Suite!
If you want to be SURE you can recover EASILY & completely from any system failure, including if you can’t boot up- use this! It even has a Recovery Wizard that offers to recover for you at bootup! It works like a dream! It has really saved me! The Paragon backup Ashraf has for free here right now is also excellent! Check the Paragon site, but I THINK that version also has the wizard at bootup. I think. +Whoever gets the 30 free Suite copies here on dottech is truly lucky! :)
#2- Online Armor! I can’t imagine what I’ll use in about 10 days when it expires! I don’t know how I lived without it before got it on GOTD.
Well, I have a number:
- Revo Uninstaller Free – Uninstalls
- Glary Utilities Pro – General Utilities
- Sync Back – Backup
- Free Download Manager – Downloads
- Avira – Antivirus
There are a few more but I reckon this is enuff for now.
I received many free software from dotTech, GOTD – and the best one I like is AnyBizSoft PDF to Word (one of the 30 licenses were given away and I was one of the winners.)
Keep up the good work, Ashraf.
Backup4All Pro
My best freebie- SNAGIT. I use it daily, have tried other screen capture software, but nothing compares. I only have version 7, (they are up to version 10) but it still works for me.
I really like Comfort Keys Lite.
I’ve been thinking on this one for awhile and decided that the best freebie on the open market I have received is xplorer2. The best I have gotten from dotTech is AnVir Task Manager. Plus this thread has given me many welcome leads to other freebies, thanks!
The best Freebie I have received was Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Edition through a contest on-line.
WinRAR
Thanks to raymond.cc
A copy of Win 7 Ultimate 32 and 64 bit!
I answered a microsoft survey at the uni I work at, and was the first to respond.
Revo Uninstaller is the best for me. I like to play and it helps keep those pesky programs honest.
Vidimo Se!