If you have ever used the *nix command line tool, wget, you know how useful it can be. wget allows you to connect to and download files by simply supplying a URL as a parameter, effectively enabling you to script downloads.

Of course this tool is not native to Windows, however you can download a port of wget for Windows here. If you have never used wget, it uses are really limitless if you want to download files or html source from websites on a schedule. Additionally, if you want to download files without going through a browser, this tool is for you.