Free programs that can replace the payed versions reviewed

We can make your computer experience much cheaper by using free software tools. Enjoy the experience of totally free programs.

Every paragraph handles a free alternative to a payed program.

Apache OpenOffice
Apache OpenOffice is free and very good alternative for every office package like there is Microsoft Office. OpenOffice includes a writer-, a math-, a database- program and a Powerpoint alternative. Some other handy tools are also included. It supports Windows and Mac and comes in a 32 bit and 64 bit version. The interface looks a bit older but the programs are working blazing fast.

FileZilla
This a free FTP program that can upload your HTML files to your website hosting place. Their are many settings possible.

InkScape
This is the best free alternative to Adobe's Illustrator. With this software you can make astonishing illustrations.

Gimp
A free alternative to Adobe's PhotoShop. With this program you can edit image files.

Xenu's Link Sleuth
You can check if your website has broken links with this peace of software, all for free.

Text-crawler
Easily replace text in multiple text en HTML files.

SuperEdit
A free HTML editor.

FastStone Photo Resizer
Resize your photo's for your website or e-mail.

Free cleaning programs to maintenance your computer work smoothly

There are many programs to do this like there are:
Advanced System Care
DriveBooster
SmartDefrag
CCleaner
DriveBooster

Learn more about these free cleaning programs

Free virus scanners

There are many programs to do this like there are:
AOL Active Virus Shield
Avast!
Avira AntiVir
Microsoft Security Essentials

Learn more about these free anti virus programs

Write CD-Rom's and mount ISO-discs
With these programs you can copy and burn disc's are mounth them virtually.
Free Easy CD DVD Burner
ISODisk
Virtual Clone Drive

WinRar
A free tool that can compress multiple files in one smaller file to send faster trough the internet and consumes less space.

DraftSight
A free alternative for the popular but more professional AutoCAD.

Google Sketchup
Free and easy to learn 3D program.

MediaMonkey
A free alternative to every media player. You can connect almost every dive like an iPhone, iPod, Android and Windows phones.

Learn more about MediaMonkey

Prezi: make online presentations in seconds

With Prezi.com you can make online presentations for free. You just need to register yourself with a new Prezi account or your Facebook account. Once you are logged in , you can start a new Prezi.
Here you must choose a template or a blank one you can adjust later.

Once you have done this you have one large sheet example where you see circles or frames with arrows. The numbers beside the rectangles or circles serve to proceed. From one circle to another As you create your presentation. On the left you will see a bar with all the slides according to the numbers. When you create a new frame you get a new number that is added below the bar.

Effects
If you have a frame along with all the text it contains , than you can turn them 90 ° for example. A turn-effect take place when going from one circle to another. You can zoom in or zoom out. The trick is to go to a very small circle in the middle of another circle or frame. Just try it out and everything becomes clear.

Share your presentation
You can share your presentation with a link of your project or you can share it on Facebook by simply click the button.

In some cases it's good to have the hand-outs of your presentation. There for you can download your presentation as a PDF. This is easy if you want to print your presentation.

A final option is to download a portable prezi of your presentation. This allows you to copy the presentation to an USB stick so you can play in places without internet. Once the zip file is downloaded and unpacked, a Prezi.exe file can be found in the folder which can play your presentation.

Advantages and disadvantages

Since Prezi is a completely done online, you need to have Internet if you want to customize your presentation or play it from the internet.

Add photos directly via searching on Google images. Inserting YouTube videos or done in a click. The YouTube videos are played directly in the presentation.

Prezi offers many advantages over most presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe Visual Communicator.

On the website of Prezi you can find tutorials to make the best possible presentation.

Below you're find such a course.

Free tools to build your own websites

Here are some handy tools to build and maintain your websites.
They are all completely free.

Xenu's LinkSleuth

This tools we use to detect broken links. So we can see which links don't work, and correct them.

Website: xenulink


LinkChecker
This tool is simular to Xenu's LinkSleuth but is less expanded and doesn't crash like Xenu LinkSleuth does.

Website: linkchecker

GSiteCrawler

To build Google sitemaps. This program can upload sitemaps and ping it to Google if there is new stuff on your website.

Website: gsitecrawler.com

FileZilla 

With this program you can upload your file's to an ftp-server.

Website: filezilla-project.org

AlleyCode

Handy to work with html files in text format. Tags are automatically recognized to get a structural summary.

Website: alleycode.com

Gimp

Free Photoshop alternative to manipulate photos.

Meer over Gimp lees je hier.

Website: gimp.org

TextCrawler

With this tools you can easily substitute some words or phrases in a text or html file.

Website: textcrawler

Kompozer

Grahfic and text orientated html editor.

Website: kompozer.net


InfoRapid Search & Replace
This program does more than only replace text in more than one file. It can search for more than one line and has some unique tools to caraterise the search instructions. This free tool made by a German company that builds many company tools like there are an Knowledge Map and MindMaps.

Website: InfoRapid Search & Replace

Free Windows based operating systems

Here are some free UI systems to run on your PC.

ReactOS

ReactOS is a free open source operating system based on the best design principles found in the Windows NT architecture (Windows versions such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 are built on Windows NT architecture). Written completely from scratch, ReactOS is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the UNIX architecture.
The main goal of the ReactOS project is to provide an operating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow you to run Windows applications and drivers as they would on your Windows system. Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windows would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS is to allow you to use it as alternative to Windows without the need to change software you are used to.
Website: www.reactos.org

Free Windows
Free Windows is a Linux-based operating system, that's why we can ensure its stable functioning, reliable virus protection and absolutely free software. So our new operating system is more stable and protected than Microsoft Windows, but at the same time it is less expensive. As well as Microsoft Windows this new operating system permits you to work with texts, use your favorite browser for Internet-surfing (Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome), listen to music, watch video films, communicate with ICQ or Skype, play computer games and so on. But you don't need to buy expensive software licenses, because all the free analogs of payware are already included in Free Windows and this is the main difference between Microsoft Windows and Free Windows. You pay for the installation disk with Free Windows only once and then you can install it on an infinite number of computers. And of course you can additionally install all the programs you want. We hope that it will be comfortable for you to use Free Windows not only at home but also in the office.

Website: This website is offline. We do not know the exact reason for this. If you have additional information about Free Windows than you can post a comment below.

Chromium OS by Google
This is a free Linux based operating system with only a browser. Al the apps are manged trough the internet. View more about Google's Chromium OS.

Website: www.chromium.org

Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a popular Linux distro, mostly due to its extensive range of features, refined looks and out-of-the-box capabilities. Ubuntu is released regularly and a new version is made every 6 months. The latest edition of Ubuntu is 10.10, which was released in October 2010. Ubuntu 10.10 comes pre-loaded with a variety of software (all free, of course). You’re pretty much able to perform any everyday task that you would normally undertake on your Windows PC, making it the perfect alternative to Windows 7.

Website: www.ubuntu.com

PinguyOS

Ubuntu is great but for someone who is switching from Windows 7 to Linux or perhaps want to take a user-friendly distro for a spin, PinguyOS is probably where they’ll want to start. Pinguy OS is based on Ubuntu 10.10 Minimal CD but is built to be easier to use, with lots more applications and integrated extensions (like CoverGloobus, Gloobus Preview, GNOME Do, and Docky) to make the interface more familiar to the Windows user. It’s a great alternative to Windows 7, the switch will be seamless.

Website: www.pinguyos.com

JoliCloud

The ideal operation system for netbooks because Windows 7 Home is too sluggish to run. JoliCloud is an alternate operating system that was optimised just for netbooks. The system’s architecture was designed to make the most out of the less powerful netbook configurations.
Their are lots of build-in tools like a web browser and social network apps. Google Docs, Gmail, Flickr and YouTube are fully integrated into the open operating system. You have the option to install hundreds more web apps via its application manager. Because it is in the cloud, you’ll need to create an account and sign in before using the system.
Website: www.jolicloud.com

Blogspot Templates, free and easy to use

This is a list of good Templates for your Blogspot Blog. These templates are xml-files that contains the layout for Blogspot-blogs. You can download the files and upload them directly into your Blog.

ArchiVision Directory Blogspot Template
This template has rounded corners and contents 3 columns to add your content. In the right corner you can add a small logo of your company. The main color is dark blue, grey shades and white backgrounds. And it's very handy to apply large AdSense blocks on the left, the right and ad the top of the blogspot website. It's fully compatible with the latest blogspot techniques.

View the ArchiVision Directory Blogspot to see the Template in action.



Blue with Rounded Corners Blogspot Template
This template has separates sections to add your content. The main colors are light blue lines, with background for the text and a light blue main background. It's a 3 columns template.

View the Blue with Rounded Corners Blogspot to see the Template in action.



Simple Red and Blue Blogpsot Template
This template has 2 columns. It's beautiful by it's simplicity and its also very fast because of the small designed layout. It has a white main background and a light blue inner background.

View the Simple Red and Blue Blogspot Template to see the Template in action.

Ad and combine SRT to MKV video with Wondershare Video Converter

Do you have the problem that your TV can play mkv files but the subtitles in srt format can't be displayed.

You can solve this by ad the srt file to the mkv file.

You need to merge the video file and the subtitle file together into 1 mkv file.

We use the free program Wondershare Video Converter to  do tis.

Go to the User Guide for the Wondershare Video Converter

Download the installation files below.

Download Wondershare Video Converter for Windows

Download Wondershare Video Converter for Mac

Gratis tools om uw computer sneller te doen werken

Welk opschoon programma is het beste? Wij vergeleken de beste cleaning tools.
De meeste programma's maken een system restore point alvorens de gecashte bestanden te verwijderen en uw register te fixen en uw harde schijf te vrijwaren van onnodige bestanden.

Advanced System Care v6

Advanced System Care (from IObit)
Dit is één van de beste gratis tools om uw computer sneller te doen werken.
Dit programma heeft een expert mode en meer dan 20 extra tools,,zoals Smart Defrag 2, om uw computer op te schonen. Het kan uw computer ook scannen op gevaarlijke software. Tevens beschikt IObit ook over een defragmentatie programma dat volledig geïntegreerd is in het het Advanced System Care programma. Het heeft zelfs een Uninstaller dat naast het uninstalleren van programma's ook meerdere programma's op een geforceerde manier kan verwijderen en dit allemaal automatisch.

Smart Defrag 2

Dit alles is gratis. Als je het nodig acht om uw computer nog sneller te doen draaien en je betaald voor dit programma dan krijg je nog meer professionele tools ter beschikking.
Website: Advanced System Care

TuneUp Utilities

TuneUp Utilities

Je kunt een 30 dagen demo uitproberen van dit super programma.
Het werkt zeer smooth. Het enige nadeel is dat je een 30 euro moet betalen na 30 demo dagen als je dit excellent programma wil behouden.
Website: TuneUp Utilities

CCleaner

CCleaner

CCleaner is het oudste en tevens het populairste programma om uw PC mee op te schonen. Het kuist uw computer goed maar in vroegere dagen kregen sommige computers problemen na het cleanen van hun computer.
Nu ondersteunt CCleaner het opschonen van cach bestanden van programma's zoals Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari en Firefox.
Website: CCleaner

Slim Cleaner

Slim Cleaner

Dit programma is niet zo gekend als de programma's hierboven maar het heeft tal van tools om junk files op te schonen. Het kan zelfs bestanden verwijderen die CCleaner niet verwijderd krijgt. Wij gebruiken Slim Cleaner als een aanvulling op CCleaner. Nadat we CCleaner zijn job hebben laten doen laten we Slim Cleaner nog eens heel de boel controleren op fouten en overbodige bestanden.
Website: Slim Cleaner

Xleaner
Dit programma is een goed alternatief voor de Advanced System Care software van IObit.
Maar het is een beetje complex om te gebruiken en je kan zeer gemakkelijk bestanden verwijderen die wel nodig zijn op uw PC. Een voordeel aan dit programma is dat er een portable installer is zodat je Xleaner ook op uw USB-stick kan installeren en uitvoeren.

Website: Xleaner

Besluit
Vroeger was ik gewend om TuneUp Utilities te gebruiken en dit werkte zeer goed. Maar ik zocht naar een gratis alternatief en belande zo bij deze programma's. CCleaner is een beetje riskant om te gebruiken dus zweer ik bij de excellente tools van Advanced System Care. Meteen ook het beste programma, zeker als je weinig kennis hebt van zaken.
Advanced System Care is momenteel het beste gratis programma om uw computer op te schonen en sneller te doen werken.

Free tools to make your computer run faster

Wich system cleaner to use? We compared the best cleaning utilities.
Most of these programs makes a system restore point before you clean stored cashed files, fix’s your register, optimize your computer and clean your hard-drive from redundant file and more.

Advanced System Care v6

Advanced System Care (from IObit)
This is one of the best free tools available to make your computer run faster.
It has an expert mode and more than 20 tools, like Smart Defrag 2, to clean up your computer. It also scans your computer for malicious software. Their is a smart defrag tool available from IObit that can be integrated in the Advanced System Care tool. It even has an Uninstaller that not only can uninstall a program by default but it has an option called: forced

Smart Defrag 2

uninstall. It can uninstall multiple programs at once and you can perform a deep scan after you uninstalled some programs and this all automatic. This is al for free. If you pay for this program you can get more professional tools.
Website: Advanced System Care

TuneUp Utilities

TuneUp Utilities

You can get a 30 days trail to try this very good program.
It works very smooth. The only disadvantage is that you need to pay some dollars after 30 days if you want to keep this excellent program.
Website: TuneUp Utilities

CCleaner

CCleaner

CCleaner is the oldest most popular tool to clean your PC. It cleans good but in the earlier days some computers where getting problems after cleaning their computer. Now it support cleaning cached files from Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari and Firefox.
Website: CCleaner

Slim Cleaner

Slim Cleaner

This program is not as know as the programs above but it has many advanced tools to clean junk files. It can even can clean some files that CCleaner can't clean. We use Slim Cleaner as an extra tool to clean after CCleaner did his job. But it has no registry cleaner that is effective enough.
Website: Slim Cleaner

Xleaner
This program is a good alternative for the Advanced System Care software from IObit. But it's a bit to complex to use and you can easily delete file you still need. One advantage: it has a portable installer so you can install it on a stick and run it from their.

Website: Xleaner

The final verdict
In earlier days I was used to use TuneUp Utilities and it worked very good. After searching for a free alternative I ended up with Advanced System Care. CCleaner is a bit to risky to use, Xleaner is not only risky but a bit complex to use. For users with little of knowledge I recommend Advanced System Care. It the best tool I ever used.

Download NetMD USB-Drivers voor uw Sony MiniDisc met Windows 10, Windows 7 64 bit (x64) of Vista 64 bit (x64) systeem

Sony MiniDisc

Je kan WinZIP, WinRAR of Windows gebruiken om de ZIP-bestanden uit te pakken.

Ondersteunde besturingssystemen:
Windows 10 64 Bit (x64)
Windows 7 64 Bit (x64)
Windows Vista 64 Bit (x64)

Klik hier om te zien hoe je de gratis drivers voor uw Sony MiniDisc moet installeren.

MiniDisc 64 bit driver volgens Product Nr.:

NetMD MZ-RH1 en later (HiMD)
(Deze 64 bit driver voldoet voor de meeste Sony MiniDisc players)
Supports:

- MZ-N910
- MZ-N1
- MZ-N505
- MZ-S1
- MZ-N707
- MZ-N10
- MZ-N910
- MZ-NF810/N710
- MZ-NF610/N510
- MZ-NE410
- MZ-NE910/NE810
- LAM-10
- AM-NX1
- MZ-NH1
- MZ-NH3D
- MZ-NH900
- MZ-NH800/NH700
- MZ-NH600/NH600D
- MZ-N920
- MZ-DH10P
- MZ-RH10
- MZ-RH910
- MZ-RH1

NetMD-760 en later

Supports:
- MZ-RH1

NetMD-707

Supports:
- MZ-RH1
- MZ-N707

MD CMT

Supports:
- CMT-C7NT
- CMT-M333NT
- CMT-M373NT
- CMT-M100MD

MD PC Link USB

NetMD USB

Klik hier voor meer uitleg hoe je de drivers voor uw Sony MiniDisc moet installeren.

Download Free Music!

Here are the best Website's to Download Free Music Fully Legal.

GrooveShark is an online service where you can stream almost every song in a music player.

MP3.com has some free music in all sorts of genres.

last.fm offers you to stream music.

Deezer is a platform that streams music to your pc, laptop, mobile phone and smart phone from their servers.

Download NetMD USB-Drivers for your Sony MiniDisc to work on 64 bit versions of Winows

Sony MiniDisc

You can use the free WinZIP, WinRAR, 7zip or Windows to unpack the ZIP-files.

Supported Operating Systems:
Windows 10 64 Bit (x64)
Windows 8.1 64 Bit (x64)
Windows 8 64 Bit (x64)
Windows 7 64 Bit (x64)
Windows Vista 64 Bit (x64)

Click here to see how to install the drivers so it can work properly with your Sony MiniDisc and your computer.

MiniDisc 64 bit driver by Product Number.:

NetMD MZ-RH1 en later (HiMD)
(The 64 bit driver will do for almost every Sony MiniDisc)
Supports:

- MZ-N910
- MZ-N1
- MZ-N505
- MZ-S1
- MZ-N707
- MZ-N10
- MZ-N910
- MZ-NF810/N710
- MZ-NF610/N510
- MZ-NE410
- MZ-NE910/NE810
- LAM-10
- AM-NX1
- MZ-NH1
- MZ-NH3D
- MZ-NH900
- MZ-NH800/NH700
- MZ-NH600/NH600D
- MZ-N920
- MZ-DH10P
- MZ-RH10
- MZ-RH910
- MZ-RH1

NetMD-760 and later

Supports:
- MZ-RH1

NetMD-707

Supports:
- MZ-RH1
- MZ-N707

MD CMT

Supports:
- CMT-C7NT
- CMT-M333NT
- CMT-M373NT
- CMT-M100MD

MD PC Link USB

NetMD USB

Click here to see how to install the drivers so it can work properly with your Sony MiniDisc and your computer.

Happy New Year Card with some modern firework

A new Year, a new beginning.
We made a shiny Happy New Years Card to have everybody a good start next year.
We wish everybody a good health and lots of fun in the New Year!

Go to: Christmas and New Year Wishes and Greetings

Greetings,
The ArchiVision Directory Team

iTunes 10.1.1 now ready to be download

New iTunes logo

The New iTunes 10.0.1 is now available for downloading from www.itunes.com/download.

The famous Music player of Apple has now 64bit installers for Windows 7 and Vista.
iTunes has now a new logo (icon) and Apple's iTunes store has been updated with new futures.

Backup and copy your music on your iPod with the new and free SharePod 3.9.6. tool.

MediaMonkey Jukebox: the best digital audio player and music organizer ever

First, the MediaMonkey Jukebox software by Ventis Media is one of the best music library players that exists. It's even better than the Standard Windows media-player. There are some issues, but still it is the best music library ever made. Version 3.2.4.1304 of Media Monkey is now available for downloading and supports compatibility with the iPod Nano 6G, iPod Shuffle 4G, and iPod Touch 4G. It also resolves compatibility issues with iTunes 10.1 and iOS 4.2.1 firmware recently released for iPod, iPad, and iPhone devices.
View the whole article of the advantages and limitations of this beautifull music organiser for your computer.

Free Website and Blog Submitting to Search Engines and Web Directory's

This time, I will talk about submitting your Website of Blog to Search Engines and Web Directory's for free, so that Search Engines are aware of your website. You will get more hits to your website as more search engines know your website. The websites that I'll present to you, will submit your website to 40 or more search engines at once for free. Even to Search Engines you never heard of. Some of the submitting services adding your new content automatically once you publish new stuff. They will tracking new content of your website once you submitted your website to their service.
Some of the submitting services requires a free account.

List of Submitting services for Websites (can also work with blogs):
buildwebsite4u.com
freewebsubmission.com
camtech2000.net
fwebdirectory.com
addpro.com
google.com
addme.com
uwillfind.com

List of Submitting services for Blogs (specially for blogs):
feedshark.brainbliss.com
blogbuzzer.com
autopinger.com
pingler.com
pingomatic.com

Lil Wayne Out of Jail. Yeah, rapper Weezy is Free, after a year in prison.

Lil Wayne on Stage

Tuesday November 4th 2010 - Lil Wayne (Dwayne Carter) is released from prison this morning. He got free after a year in prison. He stayed in Rikers Island Jail (New York City) for one year. Weezy was pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon last year after his tour bus was stopped where policeman found a gun in 2007.

We hope he will soon restart making new music. A year to write new songs has to be enough for new fresh songs don't you think Weezy? We look forward to it already!

Grooveshark - a new revolution in the music industry - 170 million songs for free - 100% legal

Grooveshark Logo

Grooveshark is an online music-player with over more than 170 million songs included. They call it a music revolution. And the best of all: it's all free. But is it legal? Yes it is 100% legal.
The artists are paid by the incomes of advertisements (Ads) on the website and this each time their song played by a user. Every song you play is streamed, but you can download it by buying the songs on Amazon and iTunes in a snap. This generate even more income for the artists. But why would you download the song. You can play the songs online for free.

The library is amazing, you can find almost every song on Grooveshark. All songs around the whole world just a click away and... it's totally free! Searching for a song? Just type it in the search box and in less than a second you can play the song. You can even upload your songs to their server and earn money. You can even earn money with tagging songs. Beside its free that's what's made Grooveshark big. Everybody can listen to the songs that others uploaded. In fact it's a sort of online P2P (Peer to Peer) program of an new generation that is fully legal compared to other P2P programs. And of course all songs are DRM free. Still the most amazing for this platform is that it's all for free and 100% legal.

See what I mean on: groovesharks.org