Must Have Add-Ons for Windows® 10

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Depending on what kind of Windows® 10 machine you have, there’s a short and sweet list of free software that you’ll want to check out.

www.videolan.org

Many Windows® 10 PCs won’t play DVD movies. If a DVD won’t play, a simple solution is the VLC Media Player program.

VLC Media Player

PSI Inspectorwww.secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal

Secunia’s Personal Software Inspector keeps track of all the software on your PC and alerts you when updates are needed.

www.lastpass.com

LastPass® keeps track of your user IDs, passwords, and other settings; stores them in the cloud; and offers them to you with a click.

LastPass®

Recuva®

http://www.piriform.com/recuva

There’s never been an undeleter better than Recuva®. Recuva® can undelete data on a USB drive, an SD card, and many phones that can be attached to your PC.

www.revouninstaller.com

Revo Uninstaller well and truly uninstalls programs. It then removes leftover pieces.

Revo Uninstaller

Paint.net®

www.getpaint.net

The program puts all the editing tools a non-professional may reasonably expect into a remarkably intuitive package.

www.7-zip.org

Some people of the Apple persuasion will send you RAR files from time to time, so use 7-Zip to handle them.

7-Zip

PicPickhttp://www.picpick.org/en/

PicPick lets you take screenshots with the press of a key.

http://www.tixati.com/

A torrent is a file, such as a movie, song, game, or application, sent via the BitTorrent protocol. This format provides an efficient way to distribute files and Tixati makes downloading torrents easy.

Tixati

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Downloading these add-ons will set you on the right track for getting the most out of everything your Windows® 10 device

has to offer. So what are you waiting for?

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