PC-Freebies

Spruce up the Windows Taskbar clock and calendar with this neat desktop replacement with cool graphics that makes it standout.  When the System Tray clock is clicked once, up pops a nice calendar that is highly configurable to your own liking.  There is no need to double click anymore just to view the calendar.  Stop using the boring old System Tray clock that Windows provides and use the free LClock for graphical bliss.

Some features included with LClock are:

• Calendar event reminder feature.
• Multiple language support.
• The ability to have balloon tooltips.
• Several gorgeous skins available.
• Extremely stable and uses little resources.

LClock is quite the desktop enhancement as it gives you total control over every element of the date and time including colors, fonts, sizes and positions.  The alarm feature is also quite handy for reminding you of personal items.

Current Version: 1.62b          Installer Size: 0.18MB          DOWNLOAD LINK

Image files can be burned to CD and DVD in a few steps with the great free product called ImgBurn.  This lightweight application operates under several modes including read, write, verify, build and discovery.  ImgBurn supports a myriad of file formats including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.  This software will run on all versions of the Windows family including 64-bit platforms.

Some features included inside ImgBurn are:

• Burn music CD’s from the most common audio file types.
• Build DVD’s, HD-DVD’s and Blu-Ray discs with ease.
• Unicode support for international character sets.
• Image queue system for burning several images over multiple drives.
• Automatic write speed feature for storing your favorite burn settings.

Most files these days transferred over the Internet are image files, and this software will allow you to burn them directly to disc easily.  It is a great application that everyone should have in their toolkit.

Current Version: 2.4.4          Installer Size: 1.94MB          DOWNLOAD LINK

Windows doesn’t provide you an interface for managing all your fonts and this is where a great piece of free software comes into play called Font Xplorer.  This application allows you to find, manage and print installed and non-installed fonts on your computer system.  It will also let you search and identify duplicate fonts from the dozens or hundreds of fonts already installed so you can delete them.

Some basic features of Font Xplorer are:

• Print predesigned professional sample sheets of your fonts.
• Save bitmap images of your fonts.
• Find the perfect font to use with an easy compare viewer.
• Zoom feature allows you to get a closer look at the characters.
• Rename the font files so they are easily identifiable.

What I like most about Font Xplorer is that you have an in-depth look at all the fonts installed on your Windows PC.  Scroll through them and delete the ones you know you will never use to save space and system resources.

Current Version: 1.2.2          Installer Size: 0.83MB          DOWNLOAD LINK