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The Best PDF Viewer/Editor for Windows

The PDF viewer you choose is really dependent on what you need to do with the PDFs you download, but when it comes to viewing and editing PDFs, PDF-XChange Viewer is the best program around. Note:...

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The Best Text Expansion App for Windows

Windows has a number of text expansion apps, but none of them are perfect. PhraseExpress is the best option we've found, though, due to its high configurability and low price. PhraseExpress Platform:...

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The Best System Monitor for Windows

While Windows' built-in Task Manager is great for the occasional resource check, it's not something you can easily monitor all day long. For that, we recommend Rainmeter, the best darn system monitor...

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The Best Video Chat App for Windows

While other video chat apps may be more popular, we've found that Google+ Hangouts brings the best experience to video chat, with a ton of extra features and the low price of free. What works best for...

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The Best To-Do App for Windows

Windows has a few good to-do apps up its sleeve, not to mention more webapps than you can shake a stick at. Our favorite of the bunch is Wunderlist, a syncing, full-featured, and free app for multiple...

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The Best Time Tracking App for Windows

There are a number of different ways to track your work time, but for the majority of people, something like the free, cross-platform Klok is perfect for managing your workday, seeing how long your...

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The Best BitTorrent Client for Windows

While you have a few choices of BitTorrent client on Windows, uTorrent is hands down the best we've ever used: it's feature-filled, very lightweight, and completely free. Note: If you don't know much...

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The Best Terminal Emulator for Windows

Windows' built-in command line programs aren't that great on their own. To make them better, we like to use third-party terminal programs, our favorite being the customizable and free Console. Note:...

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The Best Disc Burning App for Windows

Windows has more disc burning apps than we can count, but a few notable programs stand out from the pack. Our favorite is CDBurnerXP for its long list of features and easy-to-use interface. CDBurnerXP...

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The Best Virtualization App for Windows

Windows users have a few choices when it comes to virtualizing another OS, but our personal favorite is VirtualBox, for its solid feature set and $0 price tag. VirtualBox Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux...

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The Best System Tweaker for Windows

Windows users have a ton of system tweakers to choose from, but we love the Ultimate Windows Tweaker the most. It has a ton of different tweaks you can perform, it's portable, super lightweight, and...

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The Best Word Processing App for Windows

Windows has a few good word processors available, but when it comes to the majority of users, the free LibreOffice should serve any word processing needs you have. LibreOffice Writer Platform: Windows,...

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The Best Spreadsheet App for Windows

You have a few choices when it comes to making spreadsheets, but if you're going beyond the basics, we think Microsoft Office is the most feature-filled, easy to use, and compatible program to use....

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The Best Presentations App for Windows

Windows users don't have a ton of choices when it comes to making presentations, but the well-known PowerPoint has all the features you need for putting together a great presentation. Microsoft...

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The Best Image Editing App for Windows

Windows users have a few image editors to choose from, but as you probably expected Photoshop comes out as king. Here's a look at why it's the best, as well as a number of (much cheaper) alternatives...

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The Best Video Card Overclocking App for Windows

Overclocking is a great way to eke a bit more gaming power out of your computer, and Windows users have quite a few tools to help them do it easily. Our favorite of the bunch is the insanely easy to...

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The Best Screencasting App for Windows

Windows users have a lot of choices when it comes to screencasting tools, but the best of the bunch is the professional, feature-rich, editing, high quality-producing Camtasia Studio. Camtasia Studio...

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The Best Screen Capture Tool for Windows

Windows has about a billion screen capture tools (give or take), but we dig PicPick's huge list of options, built-in photo editor, ability to upload photos to FTP, and its $0 price tag. If you're not...

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The Best Key Remapper for Windows

If you wish your keyboard's keys were laid out just a tad bit differently, you can change it around with a keyboard remapper. Windows users have a few to choose from, but the easiest to use is...

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The Best Wallpaper Manager for Windows

Windows' built-in wallpaper switcher is okay, but not spectacular. If you'd like to beef up your rotating wallpaper, John's Background Switcher gives you tons of options for doing so, and at no cost....

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