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Best Free Windows 64-bit Software
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Here are the top freeware picks for 64-bit Windows in their various categories. This list will continue to grow as we add new categories and new products. Go to the page index for the category you are interested in or read more about 64-bit Windows by following the links in the related articles. Where a product has a review in another category I will usually provide an excerpt from that review. Other comments will usually relate to 64-bit compatibility and operation. My primary goal is to find the best native 64-bit applications ( The secondary focus of this article is to identify 32-bit applications that are compatible with 64-bit Windows ( Although we do mention Windows XP Pro 64, all testing has been under 64-bit versions of WIndows Vista, 7 and 8. Let me know if you have an idea for an application or category I could cover. Anyone can leave a comment at the bottom of this page, Registered users (free to anyone) can contact me in the forum under Contact Info or may post in the 64-bit Freeware forum. |
) in each category. Where a 64-bit application is recommended the Quick Selection Guide will only include details related to the 64-bit version and not the 32-bit version, if any.
). These 32-bit applications will usually run slower (due to emulation of the 32-bit environment) but are either the best in their class or have features that will be particularly useful to many 64-bit Windows users.|
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This list of the best software for 64-bit Windows has 48 categories with 91 products consisting of 51 native 64-bit applications and 40 compatible 32-bit applications. To read brief descriptions of the items, click a page number.
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| November 2011 | Major update completed: convert to a multipage article, reformat product reviews, add categories, remove screenshots, and start adding new products. | Remah |
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| April 2011 | Latest update | Rik |
| June 2009 | Article created. | Rik |
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Freeware for 64-bit Windows 7, Freeware for 64-bit Windows Vista, 64-bit Windows freeware, Freeware for 64-bit Windows, 64-bit freeware |
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I have 32 bit vista and have .net framework 3.5 waiting in the wings to be downloaded. I'm not sure if I need it not b/c when i got my computer 2 years ago it came with .net framework 2.0 already installed. I'm running ie8 and mse and they are running fine. do i really need this extra 3.5 framework on my computer! Thanks
The .NET framework is like any other core piece of software and I always keep it up to date. At the risk of boring you with the obvious, take an image of your PC before installing .NET 3.51 SP 1. I doubt you'll have a problem but 'least said soonest mended.'
Rik
Thank you for this prompt and charismatic response. I like the similes and metaphors you inject in your responses. Please don't ever think your work and time is done in vain on this website because i've learned a lot these past few months reading your posts :)
Thank you for your kind words. If I can help one visitor from falling into one of the many holes I've fallen into over the years then I'll have done something right.
Rik
Hi All
What software would i use to whipe out compleate hdd with secure files on them. I have several old computers that have lucked files on them including an okd laptop The hall have windows xp on them right now. I sure would appreciate it if someone could hekp me
Thanks a bunch.
Please look here :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-secure-erase-utility.htm
Further to Anupam's comment, use one of these utilties to erase the drive(s) and assuming you don't intend to sell the PCs remove the drives and smash them to pieces. This is what the US DoD and UK Department of Defense do. It isn't subtle but it does the job :)
Rik
Hi Anupam
Thanks for the help. I appreciate it. I will take a look there and see what I can find. I just want to wipe everything clean and put new ops on them so I can use them for myself again it's cheeper then buying new hdds other ways I would do what rick said, to smash them. Since you never know what others will do with your info.
Thanks again and have a good one.
You are welcome. Glad to be of help :). If you wanted to reuse your hard disk for installing a fresh copy of OS, then the format command while installing your OS would do the job well. Since, you only are going to reuse the hard disk, so there is no need to wipe the hard disk clean, as there is no security issue. A format will get rid of all the previous data. But yes, if you want to dispose off the hard disk, then you should make use of the wiping software.
Hi again Anupan
Ok now I have real problem. I did not get your replay in time and I think I messed up big time. I used DBN to whipe the hdd but now yt will not let me install the op. It said that it can't format the hdd. Is there anything I can do tto fix that??? I would really appreciate your help
again if ou could.
Thanks a lot
Please take this issue over to the forum. No disrespect, but I don't want the comments section taken over by this.
Rik, Category Editor Best Free Windows 7 / Vista 64 bit Software & Site Technical Support Manager
Hi rik
Sorry about that. Will not happen again.
No need for an apology. We are all here to help each other, it's just a question of where the best place on the site for that is.
Best regards,
Rik
Note, the latest build of 64 bit Thunderbird 3, codenamed Shredder is 3.0.5 not, 3.0 beta 2. (Works great, too).
If it supports the Lightning extension I might be interested. If not, as is most likely, I'll stick with what I have.
Rik - Category Editor
Well, I don't use Lightning, but I looked at the Lighning known issues and bug fixes, and it is not a current known issue. And, last bug fix affecting shredder was fixed back in March. So, all I can say is to give it a try. In any case, you should update the article to show the current version of 3.0.5
Done as requested, many thanks for pointing this out.
I should perhaps point out that 64 bit Thunderbird 3 is NOT an official project so please don't report problems theres
Rik
Any good 64bit text editor recommendations?
Our article Best Free Text Editor doesn't mention any, but a 64 bit version of notepad2 is available here.
Rik
I am a regular visitor to your blog, like all your post this post is also very good. I will give 10 out of 10 marks.
Have you tried Windows Notepad. It actually comes standard with windows os ?
Many thanks!
Rik
Me also regular visitor as well but i will give it 20 out of 10 !
Thank you for this great information!
I recommend CCleaner. There is a native 64 bit version of the software, which installs out of the combined installation program (at least for my understanding).
http://www.piriform.com/download
Sorry, but ccleaner is still pure 32 bit.
Rik, Category Editor
Hi,
I'm currently using Spybot Search & Destroy and Spybot resident, don't really have any idea of how much it covers but i do regular scans and the resident runs constantly, is there anything you would recommend instead or as well as? Don't want too many different protection programs that do the same thing!
Recently my computer keeps restarting itself randomly but spybot isn't finding anything and I don't have a clue what's going on!? Any suggestions? I think someone mentioned about Spybot updates causing computers to crash?
(sorry but not read all the above messages haven't got all day!)
The only security software in your pc is Spybot?
If I was you, I would remove Spybot and use Avast free.
Yeah, I did have Avast but read some dodgy reviews about it, thought Spybot sounded like the best. I'll give it another chance ;)
Apologies for the delay in replying. Definitely switch from Spybot to AVAST or Avira. Personally I wouldn't touch MSE or Panda 'Cloud' with a barge pole. Best of luck.
Rik, Category Editor
I can understand the reservations about Panda but whaddayagot against MSE? :)