Online Computer Repair - Archive for the '5 Must Have Programs' Category


You buy a brand new computer, fast as a bullet for a few days but you then realise it slows down even though you haven’t done anything than surf the web or play games which are also not stored on your computer. Well, to keep your computer up to scratch and operational as efficiently as possible, here are 5 free to use and highly recommended programs by several online corporations.

5. Spybot Search & Destroy

Spyware, Adware, Trojans, you name it and it’ll be out there. Whilst there is a computer, there will always be somebody out there who wants to know what you have and possibly use it for their advantage, leaving you with problems. A side issue of a virus/bug is that it slows down your computer three fold and possibly more depending on the virus type. Whilst there are many online computer repair shops, it isn’t difficult to remove these programs. The program mentioned above is one of the top free Virus Scanner and Firewall combination around, especially with it’s now recognized Microsoft Approval. Everything about it is free, so you have nothing to lose with over 25,000,000 downloads from the US during 2007 (Jan – Dec).

4. AlZip

The Al product range offers free services to home users with cheap licensing for businesses. The free to use Al tool known as AlZip can compress your files in bulk or singular. This isn’t like a online computer repair, but it freshens up your computer space and minimize file sizes, saving that extra disk for transferring files. Whilst the magic of AlZip can compress files, it can also extract .zip files and many many more, all built in and ready to use within seconds. To date, nobody has had a problem with it in terms of file management and is rising sharply in the use of home computers, showing over 45,000,000 downloads Worldwide since it’s launch several years ago (excluding beta testing).

3. MemTurbo

This product is unfortunately not free, however, it does come with a 15 day trial/evaluation period so you may “test” the product before you buy if you are not confident it will work/be compatible with you. But look on the bright side, $29.95 for one of the best programs you’ll ever buy with free upgrades for life. This does all the backstage hard work for you. It is possible to run it as a background service once you have correctly made the settings, meaning it can be fully automated forever after just a quick 5 minute setup. Whilst this is a relatively new product on the market, it is gaining respect from major software review sites such as CNet and SourceForge. With a 75% increase in downloads over the last 3 months, this product will surely be with the top dogs soon, so just forget the online computer repair hoax’s.

2. Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.8.6

If you want an all-in-one application to take care of your computer, then Advanced WindowsCare Personal 2.8.6 is far better than anything else, in quality and efficiency. Forget online computer repair fee’s, this is by far one of the greatest releases on the Internet with a staggering 52,000,000 during the last half (Jan-Jul 2008). What makes this product even better is that it is 100% free forever, and the designers of the software promise it will stay that way forever with a minimum of 1 update a month, which the software downloads, installs and integrates without you even knowing. Summing up to the fact that this software can manage itself with it’s schedule system just incase there are times where you forget about keeping your system healthy.

1. Aus Logistics Defragmentator

When it comes to defragmenting your hard drive, Windows only comes with the basic equipment to do this. So, a free and better alternative is Aus Logistics Defragmentator. It has a very simple graphical user interface and all you have to do is select which drive you want to defragment (Default is set C:) and then click Next. Then, it will begin to clean up your hard drive of useless material such as empty folders or errors in shortcuts etc. Is there truly a need for online computer repair when you have this? It can usually complete about 450Gb/hour of defragmentating after it’s first use and from this, you will displayed the results at the end of the scan saying how much space/speed it has given you from removing unnecessary files, it typically speeds up your system by 65% on it’s first use, 40% on it’s second and 8%-10% from thereon.

In conclusion, there are plenty of free software and tool designers out there, but not everything can match the standards of that above. They are all earning their way to the top, mostly for the courtesy of the average home computer user who knows they cannot prevent their system grinding to turtle speeds. But, at least with these, that isn’t a worry.