Best Windows Freebies and Guides 07 [October 2008]

Every month we take a look around some of the most interesting windows-related web sites. We collect the best free stuff and write tips to help you get more out of Windows. Below you’ll find wallpapers, icon packs, fonts, screensavers, and freeware we’ve found over the last 30 days. We’ve also put together our most popular windows guides.

Enjoy the overview of stuff you shouldn’t have missed in October 2008.

Looking for more cool Windows-related websites, or have your own? Check out the competition for the ‘Best Windows Customization Website‘.

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Desktop Wallpapers (More Wallpapers)

Halloween Wallpapers

Icon Packs (More Icon Packs)

SNOW.E 2 XP

Windows Icons V1

Q’s Vista Ready Icons

YellowIcon Crystal Set

(Choose the Linux Download)

CEM Icon Pack

Misto Icon Pack

Affel Icon Pack

Old School Icons

Aeon Icon Pack

Pure Icon Pack

Tango Icon Library

Flag Icons

165 Vector Icons (5 Colors)

Flat Panel Icons

Green Icon Set

Simplistica

Black Pearl

iZ3

iLeopard Icons Pack

Vista Style Ultimate

Halloween Icon Packs

Halloween Avatars

A Candy Halloween

Haunted Hotel

Witch Hat icon

Halloween Fonts (More Fonts)

Abaddon

Artistamp

All Used Up

Ambulance Shotgun

Akoom

Halloween Desktop Themes

Halloween

Halloween 2

Halloween 2005

Screensavers (From September) (More Screensavers)

24 CTU Display 3 (Widescreen)

A screen saver based on the one used at CTU on the show 24.Supports a widescreen resolution of 1440 x 900 and greater.

Ice Crystal

Fire Screensaver

Glowing Vista ORB Screensaver

Animated Glowing Vista ORB Screensaver.

Live 3D Earth 1.8 ScreenSaver

Realistic 3D Earth model will rotate on your desktop with photo-realistic colourful graphics and music (You can add/modify your own playlist.) Best for 1280×1024 resolution.

Glowing Windows Flag SCR

Animated Glowing Windows Flag Screensaver.

Heart on Fire

Windows 7 Screensaver

Windows 7 Style Screensaver, the upcoming new OS from Microsoft.

Freeware (More Freeware)

• Put User Account Control (UAC) in Quiet Mode [How To]
• KeyScrambler Encrypts Browser Keystrokes
• iSpring Publishes PowerPoint Presentations as Flash Movies
• Senf Finds Potentially Sensitive Numbers on Your Hard Drive

Tutorials & Guides (More Guides: XP | Vista)

• Save Hard Drive Space with NTFS Compression
• Encrypt Your Files from the Right-click Menu in Vista
• Activate the Administrator Account in Vista [How To]
• Customize the Windows Vista Send To Menu [How To]
• Use Native CD & DVD Burning in Windows Vista [How To]

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Further Reading:

• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 06 [September 2008]
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 08 [November 2008]
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 03 [June 2008]
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 02 [May 2008]
• Best Windows Freebies and Guides 01 [March 2008]