Freeware, Shareware & Abandonware

A very common question asked by computer users is how to re-install older versions of software due to various issues with new software such as bugs, user errors and formatting changes. While some...

Shareaza is a P2P filesharing program that allows users to share music, video, pictures and software files. Sometimes, software programs don't meet the user's expectations, and if this happens to...

When a program isn't working properly, your impulse may be to just select the program files and click "Delete." Unfortunately, this can cause errors on your computer and can leave other files...

Microsoft Silverlight is an application that allows for interactive and multimedia experiences on a website. An example of a place on a website that makes use of this technology is the "Watch...

When you buy a new Microsoft-supported computer, chances are that it will be packed with dozens of preinstalled programs. Some of these programs are truly free and quite useful, but many of the...

Morpheus is a type of peer-to-peer program that allows the user to download files from other users across the Internet. While the program can be very useful, it can also increase the risk of...

CursorMania is a program that adds a search bar to your Web browser and allows you to change your cursor or mouse pointer to a variety of objects-7,500 objects is the number that CursorMania's...

Morpheus is a popular peer-to-peer file sharing program that allows users to download movies, images and audio. However after downloading the file sharing program, a toolbar becomes installed onto...

Do you have to many tool bars and you would like to get rid of a couple of them. Here are a couple steps to take.

The Iwon Co-Pilot Toolbar is a free download compatible with most internet browsers. Some enjoy its features, like checking e-mail and money market access, but others find the toolbar bothersome....

The Y7 toolbar is designed to add additional search and browsing capabilities to your Internet browser. However, some individuals may wish to remove and uninstall the Y7 toolbar for privacy...

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MSN Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger were the most popular instant messaging applications before the advent of Web 2.0 social networking applications such as Facebook...

AOL Instant Messenger continually updates its Instant Messenger freeware and recommends new versions to its wide user base for upgraded functionality and increased security. If your currently...

PC users download a host of popular third-party Internet Explorer toolbars such as MSN Toolbar, AOL Toolbar, Google Toolbar and Yahoo Toolbar to get added functionalities while browsing the Web or...

For Windows, in order to remove an application entirely, you will need to open the Control Panel. In Vista, this Control Panel can be accessed directly from the Start Menu. For Windows 2000 and XP...

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) was one of the most popular and mainstream social networking applications of the early Internet era. If you are looking to upgrade to a new AIM version or are facing...

Computer users, bloggers and PC security experts are well aware of the many incompatibility issues of downloadable programs, applications and freeware with Windows Vista. MSN Messenger and Yahoo...

Having many Instant Messenger freeware or programs such as AOL Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger installed on your computer might make it quite difficult for you to manage or...

Yahoo Messenger, along with AOL Messenger and MSN Messenger, were the pioneering social networking applications of the Internet before the advent of Web 2.0 applications such as Facebook,...

Removing application programs that you no longer use from your computer will free up hard drive space and make less clutter. “Uninstalling” a program is easy, and is explained here, but sometimes...