Portable Apps

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I had a posting on my old blog about Portable Apps and want to talk about them for those of you that do not know what they are.

Basically Portable Apps allow users to take some of their favorite apps with them where ever they go. For instance I installed the portable apps to my iPod, which I can use as a portable hard drive for backup.

I get calls from people all the time that need help fixing their computers. To avoid downloading software to install on a clients machine. I simple connect my iPod to their computer, run the Portable Apps menu, and now have access to all my applications. I can scan for viruses, trojans, malware and spyware. Check hard drives for bad sectors, recover deleted files, and defrag. Additional apps allow me to packet sniff network traffic, surf the internet, make Skype calls, manage passwords, edit and browse the photos. And if you really need to there a ton of games.

These are some of my day-to-day apps. But there are tons more at PortableApps.com

  • Fire Fox – Web browser
  • Google Chrome – Web browser
  • Opera – Web browser
  • FileZilla – FTP Client
  • Mozilla Thunderbird – Email Client
  • Pidgin – Chat with AOL, MSN, Yahoo, etc.
  • PuTTY – telnet and SSH client
  • OpenOffice – word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with Microsoft compatibility
  • LibreOffice Portable – word processor, spreadsheet, presentations with excellent compatibility
  • ClamWin Portable – Antivirus
  • Eraser Portable – securely delete files and data
  • KeePass Password Safe – Secure, easy-to-use password manager
  • Spybot – Search & Destroy – Spyware detection and removal
  • 7-Zip – File archiver and compressor
  • CrystalDiskInfo – disk health monitoring tool
  • Disk Cleaner – cache, temp file and history cleaner
  • Smart Defrag – disk defragmentation and optimization
  • TeamViewer – remote PC support and screen-sharing
  • Toucan – backup, sync and encrypt for advanced users
  • VirtuaWin – virtual desktop manager
  • Wise Registry Cleaner – registry cleaner and optimizer
  • Wise Data Recovery – data and file recovery
  • Notepad++ – A full-featured text editor with syntax highlighting