Windows is a great platform that supports many of the software, most of the software’s are designed to make it more user-friendly and improve productivity of the user. But in some cases due to some reasons the developers of the software can not include much option such that you can increase your productivity even more. Windows as itself has got many productivity tools like the Notepad, Outlook, etc., but these tools are not up to the mark when they are compared with other similar tools that allow the user to do the same task in much simpler way such that he can do it in less time and complete more cycles in a given time. Here in are some of the tools for windows that help you to increase your productivity.

Google Desktop:

Most of us might have used the Google web search and we know that using Google search engine on web is easy. Google Desktop is just as easy as the Google web search. Using this application you can find e-mails, images, viewed web pages, files and folders easily on your computer. After installing this application it will start indexing all the files on the computer and it will continuously indexes the files that you open which includes the web pages, e-mails, etc., on the computer. Google desktop features a sidebar in the windows version which holds many other gadgets like Email, Photos, and Google Talk. Using the Quick find bar that is present in the sidebar one can find the required content on the computer quickly.

FreeClip

This clipboard manager can hold up to any 25 items on the clipboard which may be text, URLs, images or anything that you can copy. Like all the other applications there is no limit for the size of the clips to be copied on to the clipboard. For easy viewing you can hover the pointer on any item on the clipboard and the contents will be displayed in popup. You can paste the items at your wish either by a mouse click, drag drop functionality or by using the hot keys. You can configure the hotkeys according to your convenience using the configuration menu. The interesting feature in this application is you can modify the items on the clipboard and add buttons to the clips. For example if you want the text in the clip to be pasted all in uppercase or lowercase just add a uppercase or lowercase button and all the text will be pasted in the selected case. You can even add more buttons like the Firefox bookmark button, email button, form filling and more.

CCleaner

Using this application you can fix any registry issues and also remove any unwanted programs from the startup menu from the system such that your computer takes less time to boot up. It also free up the processer and system memory such that applications can run at full speed such that you need not wait for long to fire up an application and when compiling and processing data can be done fast such that you can increase your productivity. Waiting for long in-between will make a user loss his interest to work so by using this application and removing any unwanted programs in the startup menu and also uninstalling any application that is not useful to you can free the system resources and improve system speed and performance hence the productivity can go up.

OpenOffice.org

Openoffice is one of the essential applications that are used by every computer user. Openoffice is a package, which has got set of applications like Word processer, spreadsheet, and presentation tool. Word processer is used to make word documents with the file extension .doc and it is also used to write html codes and save them with a file extension of .docx. Spreadsheet program is used to make spreadsheets and to organize data. Presentation tool is a popular presentation program that is used popularly to make presentations and slide shows. All these applications come in handy when you want to make a document or create a presentation. The ease of use and options available in this office suit makes it one of the application to have to improve productivity. Openoffice.org is a free package that can be downloaded from its official web site.

Microsoft Outlook

This is an email client that enables you to manage your email account. It automatically downloads the emails to your computer such that you can view your emails in by launching this application and also enables you to send emails easily. Even if you are offline you can write emails and click send, the MS Outlook will send those emails automatically when an internet connection is established with your computer. By using this application you no longer have to visit your email account online by typing the URL and account information in the page you can organize all your email requirements using this application and save tons of time reading and writing emails with this application hence find more free hours to work and increase your productivity.

Quick2Do

This application lets you to record your tasks quickly and help you to organize your time effectively and efficiently. The coloring feature in this application is a highlight, according to the color code you can easily and quickly identify the tasks in the to-do list there priority and status. Whenever you make changes in the list it actively monitors the tasks and let you know any time collisions and report you the stats of your list.

All these features help you to manage your items and tasks effectively and when this application is not in use it minimizes to the system tray. By effectively managing time you can effectively improve your productivity as well. You can export the list to MS Word and Excel and set your computer to shut down, hibernate or log-off using this application.