Best Windows Freebies and Guides 01 [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

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

Concielian

Enchanted Prairie Dog

Judas

Somes Style

Screensavers

Polar Clock

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

See Lego models built before your eyes.

BSOD Screensaver

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

Freeware

GIMP

	A great image retouching and authoring program. An excellent alternative to Photoshop.
	Download Here

Scribus

	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.
	Download Here

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?