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Windows Freeware: Top 5 Free Windows Software

April 7, 2012 By EZVid 50 Comments

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This is a guest post from Saif Ullah who is the marketing manager for the new Windows Movie Maker EZVID.

Although the death of the Windows platform has been widely predicted, in fact Windows is as strong as ever, with literally hundreds of millions of users around the world.

The single best thing about Windows (7, XP, Vista) is the massive breadth of software that is available, much of it Windows freeware. Here I’m going to discuss five pieces of free windows software which I consider to be indispensable.

WINDOWS FREEWARE:

1. Ezvid

I put Ezvid first because it isn’t extremely well known, and yet simultaneously solves a lot of problems at once. Billed as a “free video and slideshow creator”, Ezvid really works best as a presentation maker that can take the place of Powerpoint. It very quickly makes great looking informational videos for YouTube.

ezvid screenshot
ezvid screenshot

You can import video, still images, and text – all without leaving the main interface – and all with a click of a button. You can also make videos and slideshows of all kinds.

It is extremely easy to use and integrates seamlessly with YouTube… the upload functionality is extremely slick – you can watch as your video is created and the user feedback is great. And it’s totally free!

2.    Libreoffice Productivity Suite (alternative to MS Office)

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LibreOffice is a nerd-friendly productivity package which is intended to replace MS Office – and pretty much does. Calc does the spreadsheet, Writer does Word, Impress does Powerpoint, and etc.

Actually buying MS Office is out of range for a lot of us, and Libreoffice will pretty much do EVERYTHING that MS Office will do (unless you need complex plugins which are written only for MS Office.)  I would definitely download this and have it installed on any new Windows machine.

[ Note from GrowMap: I have received a tip from a reader who says, “Not sure clamwin was a good choice. I’ve had to disinfect machines ‘protected’ by that. What about windirstat? (windirstat.info) an oldy but still one of the best for managing the hard drive space intuitively.” – THIS is why I encourage interaction and collaboration – so that my readers and collaborators get the benefit of the collective experience of all.]

3. Clamwin Antivirus

Free anti-virus for Windows

Actually, I hate antivirus programs. Why?  Because once you have them installed, they can really slow down your computer – in fact, they can tend to slow down your computer more than an actual virus would!

But there’s not really any alternative – the only way for an antivirus to do its work is to actually continually scan your computer, and this uses a lot of processor power. My suggestion is this – use a more “simple” antivirus like Clamwin, and only do occasional, manual scans of your computer. Don’t leave it running all the time. It’s not 100% protection, but it at least it won’t slow your system to a complete standstill.

4.    YouTube Downloader

It’s an open secret – nobody wants to pay for media or music anymore, and YouTube lets you access content for free. Google makes money, and artists and musicians just cry 😉  But seriously, just YouTube is not good enough because once you find what you on YouTube, to get it on your computer is not easy at all.

youtube-downloader

YouTube Downloader allows you to download FLV files from YouTube and then convert them into whatever u want – and hint – u can actually use these files to make new videos for YouTube – see #1 above, Ezvid…

VLC Media Player5.    VLC Media Player

Pretty much the only media player you will need, for all kind of videos files you might have “borrowed” from the Internet. Totally free, open source – almost nothing more to say. Oh yeah, cool logo!

There you have it – my favorite five free Windows applications.

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  1. Thomas Beck says

    July 24, 2019 at 8:47 am

    Nice article my favourite window freeware are VLC player and YouTube downloader.

    Reply
  2. Jayseth says

    April 10, 2019 at 6:29 am

    Your article for Windows platform has been widely worth for the user to get useful information.
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  3. Chris George says

    December 17, 2018 at 1:37 am

    Thank you so much for sharing such a great piece of information.Great collections you have shared. Thank you for this extensive list. I have used couple of software in this list and found them very helpful.

    Reply
  4. Netgear Genie support says

    June 9, 2018 at 11:34 am

    Office 365 is developed by the Microsoft. But to install many people face the various problem. And also for using these many people also faces problems . to get rid of these problems anyone can visit our site. And all windows free software also provided there.
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  5. Samantha says

    February 9, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    Very nice list of windows freeware,
    Hi Saif, thank you for sharing your post, this helped me a lot.
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  6. Adnan says

    January 9, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    I had never hear of ezvid nor of liberoffice but it would be great to see if they are helpful as you mentioned or not. Thanks for sharing your collection with us.
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  7. karan says

    December 28, 2015 at 8:25 am

    Awsome.. Im going to download Ezvid straight away. i Love youtube dowloader from long time this works fine Look forward to try it.

    Thanks
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  8. rossy smith says

    December 26, 2015 at 9:46 am

    Awesome post. I think that new youtube downloader is simply awesome and it has many features to try out.

    I hope you also like to read this : Here’s How to Get a Job at Facebook
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  9. Ali Hamza says

    August 22, 2015 at 9:29 am

    i love YouTube downloader because it’s very useful software for downloading YouTube videos.It’s very easy to use thanks for sharing a great post.
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  10. Manish K says

    June 6, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    A very nice article. I also have an article based on the best Free software’s for PCB design. Hope you like it. It talks about the PCB design softwares for laying out the PCB’s on platforms like Windows and Linux.
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  11. Hemant Aggarwal says

    March 23, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Any recommended antivirus programs for Macintosh? A free antivirus will be good.
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  12. shailesh puri says

    March 22, 2014 at 9:35 am

    first of all thanks for sharing such nice article….I personally think that VLC is the best video player comparatively any other software…but I had some bad experience with Youtube downloader thats why i dont like youtube downloader rather i will prefer keepvid.com for downloading youtube videos…….

    http://www.technetpal.com/12-best-free-antivirus-softwares/

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  13. Nikita Arora says

    March 22, 2014 at 11:24 am

    Hello there!

    I used only the last 2 Softwares because these are the most essential for me. Specially You tube downloader. According to you, which is the best software for video making? I’m currently using Movie Maker & now i wants to use another software. So is there any other software for this task?

    Thanks Regards,
    Nikita Arora
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  14. Abhishek says

    March 21, 2014 at 6:02 pm

    Great Collection of all these software, but i like VLC and youtube video downloader. i like youtube.com and watch many videos or movies and using youtube video downloader software.

    Thanks
    Abhishek
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  15. Sebin Thomas says

    March 8, 2014 at 9:16 am

    Great share bro, Include more freeware softwares. I downloaded and created a youtube video using Ezvid. But I can’t monetize the video created using this software. It showing copyrighted music.
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  16. abdurrazaq says

    December 8, 2013 at 2:05 am

    Thank you for good post, I also like use VLC Player and i more like use king office than libre office.

    Reply
  17. Ema says

    August 1, 2013 at 6:08 am

    I like VLC media player. I always use this for watching movies.

    Reply
  18. Mark Jordan says

    June 7, 2013 at 5:57 am

    Thanks for the introducing to the concept of deep links. I learn a little more about WINDOWS and appreciate every tidbit of information. Moving forward I’ll keep the idea of deep link building in mind.
    [Reply]

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  19. Smith jhone says

    June 6, 2013 at 10:32 am

    All Best My suggestion is this – use a more “simple” antivirus like Clamwin, and only do occasional, manual scans of your computer. Don’t leave it running all the time. It’s not 100% protection, but it at least it won’t slow your system to a complete standstill.

    Reply
  20. Amritsar says

    June 5, 2013 at 1:58 pm

    Hi Saif Ullah,

    Amazing blog. Thanks for introducing such a useful window software’s which our most popular nowdays. Ezvid is one of them which simultaneously solves a lot of problems at once. I’ve already worked on this software before which help me to makes some great looking informational videos for YouTube. It’s easy to use can also make videos and slideshows of all kinds. Thanks for highlighting this software.

    Reply
  21. Mark Jordan says

    June 5, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Awesome post. I think that new youtube downloader is simply awesome and it has many features to try out.

    Reply
  22. Richard Clegg says

    June 5, 2013 at 11:22 am

    VLC media player is great and plays lots of things other media players don’t. The people who make it, VideoLAN , are currently in the process of creating a free video editing program called Movie Creator. Can’t wait for that to be finished.
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  23. Noreen says

    April 11, 2012 at 5:52 am

    Hi, I want to have a program that i can use to edit videos. What should i get? Please help!

    Reply
  24. Rober says

    April 10, 2012 at 9:06 am

    VLC media player is my favorite video/music player, it can read more a lot of formats and the thing I love, you can set the volume at 200%, really useful if the sound of the video or music is very low

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  25. praneet says

    April 10, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Thanks for the information I have been only using you tube downloader will surely other great freeware
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  26. hubpk says

    April 10, 2012 at 4:05 am

    Freeware software is very helpfull in comuter in use, Without utitly software computer is dead,
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  27. Ed says

    April 9, 2012 at 11:05 pm

    youtube downloader has been a great tool for me when it comes to my work about video production. And ideally I had to download videos from youtube and start to edit them especially those well done videos that have great effects. And also VLC is such a dynamic player of both audio and video. It plays almost all kinds of movie and audio format or file extension.

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  28. AKM Borhanice says

    April 10, 2012 at 1:29 am

    I quite agree with you . I use some other soft like
    1. MS Office,
    2 Firefox/crome ,
    3 Kaspersky .
    4.IDM (Internet download manager)
    5. And I only agree at this Point . VLC is the best media player ever made .
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  29. Ray says

    April 10, 2012 at 12:53 am

    It seems like there is a lot more freeware for windows out there than years ago. The internet probably helped contribute to that quite a bit. I need to spend more time with Ezvid. The LibreOffice Suite looks appealing too though. MS wants a little more for their Word Suite than I would like to spend, and it’s always nice to find an alternative to the big companies like MS.

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  30. Sam says

    April 9, 2012 at 9:37 am

    I love VLC Player! Been using it for years now. YouTube downloader is a great concept but there are several other alternatives that that are able to perform the same tasks. I use Free Youtube to mp3 converter form dvdvideo soft.com its great at converting files to whatever format you need. I haven’t used your other suggestions but I look forward to checking it out.

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  31. Travis says

    April 9, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    I’ve used Ezvid for a while now! I love it, it’s one of the better video creators out there!

    Reply
  32. abejith says

    April 9, 2012 at 11:31 am

    I love Freewares and also this article…

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  33. Abu Dhabi Guide says

    April 9, 2012 at 3:34 am

    Nice software told by you but the best software is YouTube downloader and Vlc media player

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  34. john says

    April 8, 2012 at 11:40 pm

    This is a huge list of free software that can u install from internet.vlc player in my favourite media player,because it support all type of video format.

    Reply
  35. Duncan says

    April 8, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Great list of window freeware. VLC media player is awesome.
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  36. Arnold says

    April 8, 2012 at 5:05 pm

    Interesting blog…even more interesting comments! I think I gained as much info from the comments as your very informative article. Thanks for sharing everybody!

    Reply
  37. Clair says

    April 8, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    Great info on the VLC Media Player. I am immediately going to check it out.
    I use Viper for my antivirus. I agree they all slow down your computer. But I guess it is a necessary evil.

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  38. Thasariya says

    April 8, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    I am using YouTube Download to download amazing videos to my computer. I will try remaining 4 Software which are freewares.

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  39. Karen says

    April 8, 2012 at 4:43 am

    I certainly like the look of EZVid as I’ve been looking into creating some video content myself, so I’ll be downloading and trying that out, when it comes to downloading content from YouTube, I use a chrome extension to add a button on YouTube.

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  40. Layne says

    April 8, 2012 at 4:39 am

    I never heard of Clamwin Antivirus before. I agree with your points about antivirus softwares consuming too much resources. I’m using McAfee and I just hate how slow it makes my computer sometimes – especially during start ups. I guess I should try Clamwin for a bit after my current McAfee license expires. Also, personally, I’d recommend using a software like keyscrambler along with it just to be safe from keyloggers and stuff.
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  41. Steve says

    April 8, 2012 at 12:01 am

    VLC Media Player is king. It plays most if not all of my videos that I have downloaded. Best video player ever.

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  42. Andrea Hypno says

    April 8, 2012 at 12:59 am

    I’ve dowloaded Ezvid but haven’t used yet. Btw why WOT considers the website not reliable?
    I’m using VLC, Open Office instead of Libra Office and Avast instead of Clamwin, never knew about YouTube Downloader but it’s pretty interesting.

    All in all a good list of free softwares. 🙂

    Happy Easter!

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  43. Jessica Palson says

    April 7, 2012 at 11:52 pm

    I love VLC. That’s one of the first programs i download when i have a fresh install.

    I prefer Malwarebytes as an anti virus. It’s free as well and it’s really capable

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  44. Ryan Hanley says

    April 7, 2012 at 9:46 am

    Thank you! I will now be using Ezvid for my video making… I’ve been looking for something like this.

    Now I need a program that can capture and record Skype video calls…

    Ryan H.
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  45. Billige Parfumer says

    April 7, 2012 at 1:25 pm

    Awsome.. Im going to download Ezvid straight away. Look forward to try it.

    Thanks
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    April 7, 2012 at 9:56 am

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      See the post in CommentLuv in this reply about Bloggers Who Hate Comment Spam and the other links in this reply for more tips on how to write comments that get approved instead of deleted.

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  47. suraj says

    April 7, 2012 at 9:03 am

    Nice list of window freeware. VLC media player is my favorite. I am using Internet download manager to download YouTube videos on my PC.

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  48. Live Cricket Streaming says

    April 7, 2012 at 6:56 am

    Thanks Mr. Saif Ullah. For Providing Us This Five Free Software Of Window I Live More 2 software Which Is 1 Ezvid Which Help Us. To make video i love it’s feature and second one is Clamwin Antivirus i have also an Antivirus Which slow my system speed and i hope it’s help my system to protected and not make any harm to my system.

    Thanks for sharing this 5 Free Software

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    • saif says

      April 7, 2012 at 7:08 am

      You are always welcome sir,

      I have given this post so that if some one wants to go for free software which are really worthy then they can have a look on these software.

      Yes there is no doubt that Ezvid is one of the awesome software i have ever used. It allows to create videos and movies free of cost.
      Clamwin Antivirus is not much popular but it is still worth a lot.

      Thanks

      Saif

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