Tech Tools

Tools that help you through your busy day that improve the enjoyment and functionality of your workstation. From the absolute necessities to the tools that take the frustration out of utilizing public networks (internet) without bothersome virus's and adware. Take a moment to install some or all of these tools to improve your computing experience.

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A Better Network

Security

Free security tools and software

Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home or small business PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.

Microsoft Junk E-mail Reporting Add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook®
The Junk E-mail Reporting Tool lets you directly report junk e-mail to Microsoft and its affiliates for analysis to help us improve the effectiveness of their junk e-mail filtering technologies.

Multimedia

Free tools for viewing mulitmedia

Adobe Flash Player
Required for some interactive web content
Adobe Air
Required for some desktop applications
Adobe Shockwave
Required for some interactive web content
Microsoft Silverlight
Required for some interactive web content
VideoLAN VLC Media Player
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

Internet

Internet connection speed testing