Software I have used and recommend

Raxco Software

PerfectDisk provides the best disk defragmentation and optimization solution - with true hands-off automatic optimization techniques to continuously keep your computer running like new.

http://www.raxco.com/home/home-premium.aspx

Paragon Software Group

Home and Office, Small Business & Medium and Large Business Utilities for hard disk management etc
http://www.paragon-software.com/

Paragon Software has an online portal providing other FREE download versions of some of their best selling products on both Macintosh and Windows platforms. Consumers can quickly evaluate the ease of use and efficiency of these “express” tools aimed at PC maintenance and data security. The Paragon free software portal is available at:
http://www.paragon-software.com/free/

I have been using Paragon for some time especially the backup and recovery suite. I have no hesitation in recommending Paragon software.

Hard Disk Manager 12 Suite

Personal: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/hdm-personal/

Unique, all-in-one suite to completely protect, maintain and manage your PC!

Every essential solution to manage today’s hard drives
Full range of backup, recovery and partitioning solutions
Fast migration to new HDDs, SSDs and virtual machines
Efficient disk maintenance and optimization
Windows 8 support

For Business: http://www.paragon-software.com/products/business/

Storage lifecycle maintenance for physical and virtual Windows® workstations!

Hard Disk Manager Professional includes all facilities to help IT administrators efficiently maintain stand-alone Windows desktops and laptops through their life cycle with minimal effort:

New drive partitioning engine - more functions, faster, yet safer
Support for SSD, AFD, 2TB+ and non-512B sector size disks
Automatic partition alignment boosts storage performance
P2V, V2V, V2P, P2P, OS to SSD migration for Windows OS
Non-destructive Connect VD to safely manage virtual storages
Disaster recovery and drive re-partitioning facilities
Comprehensive WinPE recovery environment*

Full Windows 8 support!

CyberLink Corp. is the world’s leading multimedia software company and pioneer in video and audio technologies on PCs and portable devices including tablets and smartphones.

Make the most of your digital lifestyle with the complete range of multimedia applications. CyberLink’s products are guaranteed to be updated to meet all of the technical Windows 8 compatibility requirements. From unparalleled video and audio play back with PowerDVD, to the powerful yet easy-to-use editing features of PowerDirector, PhotoDirector, you can do it all on Windows 8!

TechSmith - SnagIt & Camtasia Studio

http://www.techsmith.com/

Use Snagit to…

Take a photo of your computer screen, including long webpages.
Create quick demo videos to share with anyone.
Enhance images with stamps, text, and effects.
Organize your screen captures with easy auto-storing and tagging features.
Share your images and videos to presentations, social media sites, and more.

Use Camtasia to…

Record your screen to capture PowerPoint slides, software demos, webpages, and more
Edit your screen recordings and camera video by cutting, splicing, and combining clips with the powerful, yet easy to use, video editor
Import camera video, music, photos, and more to truly enhance your screen recordings
Customize your screen recordings and videos with ready-to-use media themes, animated backgrounds, graphics, callouts, and more
Create interactive videos with clickable links, table of contents, search, and more
Easily share videos that your viewers can watch anywhere, on nearly any device

- TechSmith also have other products which may be of interest to you.

Axialis

Axialis IconWorkshop
http://www.axialis.com/iconworkshop/

Create hi-quality icons for all systems: Windows, MacOS, Unix

Axialis CursorWorkshop
http://www.axialis.com/cursorworkshop/

Create hi-quality cursors for Windows® and web sites

Axialis Screensaver Producer 4
http://www.axialis.com/ssp/

Creating state-of-art screensavers with sprites (animated objects moving on screen) has never been easier. For example, you'll be able to create in minutes a cool screensaver with your company logo bouncing on screen.

Images with transparency (including alpha-channel) are supported. Several options are available: Bouncing on the screen borders, realistic collisions between objects and more...

Movie Label 2013

http://www.codeaero.com/movie-label/

What can Movie Label do for you ?

Organize all your movies in no time. Simply type titles or scan barcodes and all information about your movies and TV-series is automatically downloaded.
Automatically catalog movies from your hard drives. Movie Label can automatically scan your hard drives for movie files.
Find those golden oldies with the powerful yet easy-to-use search engine.
Save money by not purchasing duplicate movies and by keeping track of DVDs on loan.
Get the full picture of your collection with statistics and reports.
Catalog any kind of media ranging from DVD and Blu-ray to Divx movies on your hard drive, or even VHS if you still have those. You can even add your own media types, making Movie Label future proof.
Learn new things about your movies by reading the downloaded information and trivia.
Export your collection and save it on your mobile device to carry it along at all times. Movie Label exports to a variety of formats (Pro Edition Only).
No Limits! Keep any number of databases of any size.

This product keeps getting better and better with each and every update.

ESET

http://www.eset.com/home/ - End Point Security

Why ESET: http://www.eset.com/home/whyeset/

I've tried a few Internet Security Suites over the years, but I find this one the best so far. ESET hasn't let me down yet.

- for peace of mind.

Outlook - Simply File

http://www.techhit.com/SimplyFile/

Do you have too many messages in your Inbox? Do you spend too much time managing your email?

SimplyFile will help you clean up your Inbox and keep it small and fast. File Outlook email messages to the right folders with one click. Easily turn messages into Tasks and Appointments.

So easy to use, great product!

Able2Extract PDF Converter

http://www.investintech.com/able2extract.html

Able2Extract and Able2Extract Professional deliver PDF conversion to formatted Excel spreadsheets and more, including PDF to editable Word documents, PDF to PowerPoint (PPT), PDF to Publisher (PUB), PDF to Autocad, PDF to Open Office documents, PDF to HTML, PDF to Text, HTML to Excel, and Text to Excel.

This product really is good!

GetRight Download Manager

GetRight
http://getright.com/

GetRight is a Download Manager program to help you download files from the Internet. It features download resuming, accelerating, scheduling and more...

Never have an incomplete or lost download again

I was most impressed with GetRight

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