There are plenty of good software out there that are free and work as well or even better.
why don't you give them a try?
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My favorites:

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Mozilla Firefox an alternative web browser to Internet Explorer.
Maxthon adds more power to Internet Explorer.
Word Webdictionary in a snap.
Irfan View Very good image viewing utilities.
Filezilla FTP client.
CDex Music Ripper.
Jet Audio Basic Like Windows Media Player.
Eraser paranoia about your digital information? Want to completely erase any trace of them?
OpenExpert allow you to open same file with multiple programs/apps
TreeSize ever wonder how did your disk space shrinks so fast? This could help.