Useful software for your PC, with a focus on free tools, and how to get the most out of them.
Rufus is a small, free tool that turns a USB stick into a bootable Windows installer, and it does a few things the official tools do not. The version covered here, 4.15, came out at the end of June 2026 and was the newest release when this was written. Here is how to get it,…
A fresh Windows install leaves a lot out: a media player that plays everything, a screen recorder, a way to get back a file you just deleted. Free tools cover most of it, and these are the twelve apps I would put on a Windows PC. Some of them overlap with things Windows 11 now…