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Best Windows Freebies and Guides 01 [March 2008]

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Best Free Stuff of March 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, 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 March 2008.

Desktop Wallpapers

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Icon Packs

Vista High PX
More than 150 icons based on the model of Windows Vista.

Office Space Icon Set for Windows Vista
Contains the icons in all sizes, both ico and png formats.

Yoritsuki Icons
This file contains 35 icons that are associated with hot springs in Japan.

Antique Icons
A collection of 33 antique style application icons.

iLife and iWork ‘08 Icons
Even Includes Appleworks 6, and Aperture.

Summer Collection
Summer Collection contains 74 green and sunny Icons in PNG format.

Fonts

28 Days Later

Free Fonts for Windows

Concielian

Free Fonts for Windows

Enchanted Prairie Dog

Free Fonts for Windows

Judas

Free Fonts for Windows

Somes Style

Free Fonts for Windows

Screensavers

Polar Clock

Polar Clock Screensaver
PolarClock 3.0 is now available as a screen saver for Mac and Windows, and also as a dashboard widget for OSX Tiger. This release is a total rebuild from scratch using Flash CS3, Flex Builder and ActionScript 3.0.

Briblo

Briblo
See Lego models built before your eyes.

BSOD Screensaver

Blue Screen (BSOD)
Any of you that have been using Windows for sometime will be familiar with this screen! Get it here

Freeware

GIMP

freeware A great image retouching and authoring program. An excellent alternative to Photoshop.
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Scribus

freeware Desktop publishing application. Much better than Microsoft Publisher and has high end page layout features similar to those found in Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXPress, and Adobe InDesign.
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Tutorials

Windows Pranks You Can Play on Your Friends


Fix Slow File Transfers in Windows Vista


Windows Easter Eggs You Really Should Try


Put a Mac-like Dock in Windows Vista or XP


What is the Windows Key Used for?

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3 Responses to Best Windows Freebies and Guides 01 [March 2008]

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Angad

Cool!

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Phillip

wow this is one hell of a collection

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