Windows 7 tool No. 5: TeamViewer
I stumbled upon TeamViewer at a download site. It's a screen-sharing and file-transfer application that provides remote access to a second computer so that you can help tech-challenged relatives. There are other tools like this on the market, but TeamViewer was easy to install and work with; plus, it's free.
Windows 7 tool No. 6: ClipTraining
This is my company's tool, but it's worthwhile. ClipTraining has 100 videos (five hours' worth) on Windows 7 task-based training, plus instructions for Office and other applications.
Windows 7 tool No. 7: AllMyApps
Here's a good idea: Take all the applications you normally need to download and install one by one, but instead, choose them all from one source, then download and install them in one group. AllMyApps has more than 1,600 apps available.
Windows 7 tool No. 8: Dropbox
The cloud-based Dropbox tool lets you access its included free 2GB of space (you can rent more if needed) to establish offsite backups and transfer data easily from one system to another. Dropbox is also a great collaboration tool; unlike with an FTP site, you can simply drop a file in the Dropbox folder on your system and have it sync with others to which you've granted access. It works in Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android, and other platforms.
There are, of course, many tools available for Windows users. My InfoWorld.com colleagues and I have covered some of them in other stories:
- Top 15 free tools for every Windows desktop
- Truly awesome tools for Windows 7 power users
- The one tool all modern Windows admins still require
- Top free troubleshooting tools for Windows
- More great free troubleshooting tools for Windows
- Top 10 Windows tools for IT pros
- InfoWorld review: Free remote access tools for Windows and Mac
And you may have your own to suggest. Please do!
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