Best free software

It’s always exciting to discover a free PC program that offers advanced features you usually have to pay for. It’s also interesting to try new open-source tools from independent developers on GitHub (

NirSoft, one of our favourite independent developers, has launched two tools measuring how long it takes your computer to boot and shut down. BootPerformanceView (www.snipca. com/55145) shows the boot

I used to save everything to my Windows desktop – files, documents, software, the lot. I thought it was the only way to know where they were, but it made my desktop a complete mess. What I do now Now

www.snipca.com/55260 What you need: Windows 10 or 11 From the company behind the free software Wise Disk Cleaner and Wise Program Uninstaller (see page 51 of our Cover Feature), WiseX is a new AI assi

SCORE PRICE 5TB, £791 exc VAT per year from idrive.com SMBs seeking a cloud backup provider that is totally transparent about pricing will love IDrive Business. Simply choose the amount of cloud stora

If you’re looking for a new junk-cleaning tool, never search for one on Google. The results are littered with so many dodgy sponsored links that anything truly useful gets lost. One especially shamele