Recommended Free Utilities

• Disk cleanup
• System information
• Internet Connection
• Backup
• Photo editing and organizing

CCleaner

An excellent free utility that will help you clean your hard disk of unnecessary files; resolve issues in your Windows registry; help you uninstall unnecessary programs; and let you choose which programs and services should be allowed to start up automatically when your computer boots.

System information

Both of these utilities will provide a detailed report report about your computer, including hardware details (how big is that hard drive again?) as well as software -- sometimes even including the installation key (in case you lost that CD case with the sticker...)

• Belarc Advisor
• SIW [System Information for Windows]

Internet Connection Speed Tester

Test your internet connection speed here:

Backup Services/Programs

Online backup services:

• Mozy

Disk-imaging software:

• DriveImageXML

Photo editing and organizing

• Picasa
• FastStone