Windows 7: This 15 free programs you should not do without!

After installation of Windows 7 to get you started, right? Wrong, because some programs are missing from the operating system or do not offer enough features. COMPUTER ART provides 15 before free applications that deserves to have Windows 7.

What Microsoft has omitted

The good news: Windows 7 is the first Microsoft operating system that requires fewer resources than its predecessor. But the developers that have bought with a price advantage by removing important applications such as e-mail program or photo management software from the installation. Who does not want to do without these functions, must be retrofitted. COMPUTER IMAGE shows should download 15 free programs that you.

Virus Protection: Absolute action

A vulnerability in Windows 7 is particularly critical - there is no virus present. Although the maintenance center of the operating system is recommended after a short time to install a security software, but you should not wait that long. Tip: You can download the free AntiVir Personal ahead and copy it onto a USB stick. How to install virus protection on your Windows 7 PC before you first go to the Internet.

Here is the competition better

For many applications, Windows, 7 programs, are insufficient in the PC life. The Windows Media Player plays as long as not all video formats for music and is oversized. The services to unpack archives of files or burning CDs have significantly worse functionality than many of their free counterparts. Learn step by step, what free tools are better suited.

Alternatives to Internet Explorer

Microsoft is years in the dispute with the European Commission. The reason: Every Windows operating system, Internet Explorer is installed. Developers of other browsers can see here a disadvantage and make the exploitation of a Microsoft monopoly. For this reason appears for the first time Windows 7, a selection window where you can load another browser like Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Safari. Also COMPUTER advised to change - including the Internet Explorer 8 in the test section from the worst.