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Microsoft as a company is not usually associated with cool and free products.
Nonetheless, there are a bunch of FREE Microsoft tools that are definitely worth a look.
While some of them are yet to be released, others have been around for a while.
(1)HealthVault
Service that many US families should find really useful.
In simple terms, HealthVault is an online safebox for all your medical records.
(2)Windows Live (Office Suite)
Long-awaited online office offering from Microsoft.
What if the document won’t open?
What if text styling gets messy?
… Well, who if not Microsoft can guarantee 100% compatibility with Microsoft Office.
Check out TellMe video demo here.
(4)Windows Live (Safety Scanner)
Online Windows health check-up and maintenance center.
Includes virus scan and removal, hard drive space recovery and performance tools.
The only drawback, it doesn’t work with Firefox and thus you need IE to access it.
(5)[NO LONGER WORKS] Tafiti
Looking for a comprehensive research tool?
Tafiti will work on any surfing app but you do need to have Microsoft Silverlight (free).
(7)[NO LONGER WORKS] FolderShare- Simple and memory-friendly program with a bunch of cool features.
It’s a pretty useful app to have on your arsenal.
(8) Sysinternals Suite - Over 60 troubleshooting utilities bundled in one suite.
Most of the bundled apps are rather techy and may require technical skills.
Although some of the apps are 100% automated.
For instance, PageDefrag (excellent paging-file defragmenter) is one of such apps.
(9) ConferenceXP - Live screen sharing and collaboration system for groups.
Highlights include local screen streaming, online window screen sharing, and live collaboration sketchboard.
(10)Windows Live Pack- Brings Windows Live services to your desktop.
Cool part about it, you have an option to choose which services to get.
