Free Software list

[Blue_Gundam2002]

I'm trying to put together a list a free software for people that
don't want to spend alot of money buying software or use the
programs included with windows.

Here is what I have so far, let me know if any of it is bad
software or if there are any programs or categories to add.

Internet Browser
Mozilla
Firefox

E-mail Client
Included with Mozilla
Thunderbird

Zip program
7-Zip

Instant Messeger
AIM
Yahoo
MSN
ICQ
Trillian(all of the above in one)

Media Player
Win Amp
BS Player

Clock setting Program
Atomic Clock Sync

FTP Program
Fastream Netfile
Fastream NetFile server

Burning/ripping Program
FreeRip(music only)
Burn4Free

Image Viewer
Mozilla web browser
IrfanView

Spyware scanner
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware

Spyware blocker
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard

Trojan scanner
swatit
http://www.trojanscan.com/ (online scan)

Anti-Virus
AVG
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ (online scan)
http://www.free-av.com/

Wordprocessor program
http://www.openoffice.org/
Included with Mozilla

Download Resumer
Download Accelerator Plus

Firewall
ZoneAlarm
Sygate Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall

[Confused]

PC Suite http://www.software602.com/

A word processor, spreadsheet, photo editor and photo organizer.

Free for up to 3 users.
Chas

[RJ]

SmartFTP is also a good ftp program.

And DVD Decrypter / DVD Shrink for DVD video backup.

RJ

[pillainp]

System Information/Diagnostics
1. AIDA32 www.aida32.hu
2. Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard www.sisoftware.co.uk

Image Editors
1. The GIMP for Windows www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/

[lil Jimmie]

CDex- best ripper
DScaler- TV tuner
WinAmp- best media player

[reboot]

Email client: Eudora, EudoraLight
Zip Program: Winrar
Download resumer: Net Transport (DAP sucks!)
Sysinfo/Diagnostic: Belarc (although I prefer Aida32)

[Doobie]

Dap does suck and i dont really consider it free since its packed with spyware, there is no way i would let a friend install that...

Audio: Winamp

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Updated list

Internet Browser
Mozilla
Firefox

E-mail Client
Included with Mozilla
Thunderbird
EudoraLight
Hotmail Popper(used to access hotmail with e-mail programs)

Zip program
7-Zip

Instant Messeger
AIM
Yahoo
MSN
ICQ
Trillian(all of the above in one)
X fire (for online gamers)
Media Player
Win Amp
BS Player
Real Alternative
Quick Time alternative
Clock setting Program
Atomic Clock Sync

FTP Program
Fastream Netfile
Fastream NetFile server
SmartFTP

Burning/ripping Program
FreeRip(music only)
Burn4Free
CDex(ripper)

Image Viewer/editor
Mozilla web browser(viewer only)
IrfanView
Included with Software PC suit

Spyware scanner
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware

Spyware blocker
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard

Trojan scanner
swatit
http://www.trojanscan.com/ (online scan)

Anti-Virus
AVG
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ (online scan)
Free-AV

Wordprocessor program
Openoffice
Included with Mozilla
Software602 PC suit
Adobe reader (pdf file)

Download Resumer
Net Transport

Firewall
ZoneAlarm
Sygate Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall

DVD backup
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Gordian Knot Rip Pack(used with codec pack)

System Info/Diagnostic
AIDA32
Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard
Belarc
MemTest 86

TV Tuner software
DScaler

Peer to Peer programs
Emule

Dialup
Netzero Dialup (10 hours a month, some popups)

Other
VNC (used to view and controle computers over a network)
WinWall (changes your wallpaper at a fixed time)
Folding @ Home (folds proteins to help save lives, join team 13761)

[Cricket]

For ripping music off a CD, I like EAC (Exact Audio Copy) (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/).

Pegasus (http://www.pmail.com/) is another free email client.

:) Cricket

[tim1477]

i like opera for my internet.

[reboot]

Maybe add DVD/(S)VCD/video editing software:
TMPGEnc (versions up to 12a are free)
DVDx
VirtualDub VDub-mp3-freeze VDubMod
VCDGear
VCDEasy
ISO buster
DVD2SVCD
Kristal codec pack.
BeSweet
CCE Ecl
Avisynth

Audio editing:
Audacity

Other:
Push the Freakin' Button

Chat:
mIRC

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by reboot
Maybe add DVD/(S)VCD/video editing software:
TMPGEnc (versions up to 12a are free)
DVDx
VirtualDub VDub-mp3-freeze VDubMod
VCDGear
VCDEasy
ISO buster
DVD2SVCD
Kristal codec pack.
BeSweet
CCE Ecl
Avisynth

Audio editing:
Audacity

Other:
Push the Freakin' Button

Chat:
mIRC
just about all the dvd software is included with gordian knot

[ScurrilousPrune]

I'd also add Exact Audio Copy as well as Cdex to the list.

[bigandy]

I agree 100% with Doobie. DAP is loaded with spyware. I tried it out awhile ago, and wow. Spybot and Adaware went crazy.

You may also want to add iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/) to the list as well. Not only can it be used to play Audio files, but can also rip, burn, and encode. As well as access the CDDB, so you don't have to manually type in all the info when you rip one of your CD's.

[reboot]

Not everyone has a dvd burner, and for those of us still doing (S)VCD's, you need different software. Gordian doesn't have everything...

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Originally posted by reboot
Not everyone has a dvd burner, and for those of us still doing (S)VCD's, you need different software. Gordian doesn't have everything...
Godian knot makes svcd's thats what I use it for.

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Internet Browser
Mozilla
Firefox
Opera

E-mail Client
Included with Mozilla
Thunderbird
EudoraLight
Hotmail Popper(used to access hotmail with e-mail programs)
Pegasus

Zip program
7-Zip

Online Chat
AIM
Yahoo
MSN
ICQ
Trillian(all of the above in one)
X fire (for online gamers)
mIRC

Media Player
Win Amp
BS Player
Real Alternative
Quick Time alternative
iTunes

Clock setting Program
Atomic Clock Sync

FTP Program
Fastream Netfile
Fastream NetFile server
SmartFTP

Burning/ripping Program
FreeRip(music only)
Burn4Free
CDex(ripper)
EAC(ripper)

Image Viewer/editor
Mozilla web browser(viewer only)
IrfanView
Included with Software PC suit

Spyware scanner
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware

Spyware blocker
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard

Trojan scanner
swatit
http://www.trojanscan.com/ (online scan)

Anti-Virus
AVG
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ (online scan)
Free-AV

Wordprocessor program
Openoffice
Included with Mozilla
Software602 PC suit
Adobe reader (pdf file)

Download Resumer
Net Transport

Firewall
ZoneAlarm
Sygate Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall

DVD backup
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Gordian Knot Rip Pack(used with codec pack)

DVD/(S)VCD/video editing software
TMPGEnc (versions up to 12a are free)
DVDx
VirtualDub VDub-mp3-freeze VDubMod
VCDGear
VCDEasy
ISO buster
DVD2SVCD
Kristal codec pack.
BeSweet
CCE Ecl
Avisynth

System Info/Diagnostic
AIDA32
Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard
Belarc
MemTest 86

TV Tuner software
DScaler

Peer to Peer programs
Emule

Dialup
Netzero Dialup (10 hours a month, some popups)

Other
VNC (used to view and controle computers over a network)
WinWall (changes your wallpaper at a fixed time)
Folding @ Home (folds proteins to help save lives, join team 13761)
Audacity (audio editing)
PTFB- Press The Freaking Button (presses buttons for 95/98(se)/ME/NT4/2000)

[mattbell]

Excellent Post.

Alot of usefull up-to date information in there!

[Carl Price]

Now if you just had urls to the above. I'm kidding but it would be nice.

[aym]

Gaim for chat (works with ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AOL networks and IRC)
http://gaim.sf.net/

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Here is the updated list, you can use google to find any of these programs.

Internet Browser
Mozilla
Firefox
Opera

E-mail Client
Included with Mozilla
Thunderbird
EudoraLight
Hotmail Popper(used to access hotmail with e-mail programs)
Pegasus

Zip program
7-Zip

Online Chat
AIM
Yahoo
MSN
ICQ
Trillian(ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, irc)
Gaim(
X fire (for online gamers)
mIRC (ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, irc)

Media Player
Win Amp
BS Player
Real Alternative
Quick Time alternative
iTunes

Clock setting Program
Atomic Clock Sync

FTP Program
Fastream Netfile
Fastream NetFile server
SmartFTP

Burning/ripping Program
FreeRip(music only)
Burn4Free
CDex(ripper)
EAC(ripper)

Image Viewer/editor
Mozilla web browser(viewer only)
IrfanView
Included with Software PC suit

Spyware scanner
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware

Spyware blocker
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard

Trojan scanner
swatit
http://www.trojanscan.com/ (online scan)

Anti-Virus
AVG
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ (online scan)
Free-AV

Wordprocessor program
Openoffice
Included with Mozilla
Software602 PC suit
Adobe reader (pdf file)

Download Resumer
Net Transport

Firewall
ZoneAlarm
Sygate Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall

DVD backup
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Gordian Knot Rip Pack(used with codec pack)

DVD/(S)VCD/video editing software
TMPGEnc (versions up to 12a are free)
DVDx
VirtualDub VDub-mp3-freeze VDubMod
VCDGear
VCDEasy
ISO buster
DVD2SVCD
Kristal codec pack.
BeSweet
CCE Ecl
Avisynth

System Info/Diagnostic
AIDA32
Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard
Belarc
MemTest 86

TV Tuner software
DScaler

Peer to Peer programs
Emule

Dialup
Netzero Dialup (10 hours a month, some popups)

Other
VNC (used to view and controle computers over a network)
WinWall (changes your wallpaper at a fixed time)
Folding @ Home (folds proteins to help save lives, join team 13761)
Audacity (audio editing)
PTFB- Press The Freaking Button (presses buttons for 95/98(se)/ME/NT4/2000/XP)

[Prew]

EZ Armour suite- includes av and zonealarm pro- free for one year.

Travelaxe- searches the major travel engines simultaneously (Orbitz, travelocity, etc) for cheapest hotel prices.

Spambeyes- block spam from MS Outlook

[aym]

just found this:
http://www.pricelessware.org/
a huge list of free software.

[Izumui Abriel]

Heads-up. Mirc: EVIL! use scoop script instead, or better yet Trillian's IRC is even better. Mirc and even scoop(which is less so)are prone to attract viruses and slammers. besides which they're just a little...you know...wrong way-rubbing. I get an off feeling when I use 'em.

[scracker]

Check this out:

http://www.soft4pc.net

There are many good freewares on this site.

[catfishjoe_1]

doesn't the 602 suite get hit with adaware and spybot?
iL system wiper, clear temps and cookies with one click. Lots of options to set what gets wiped. Nice. http://iisoftware.net/
cat

[kram 2.0]

Thanks for putting together this list - I'm sure that this ought to come in handy :D *bump*

Thanks,
kram

[compusport]

StartupMonitor - monitors what programs try to register at startup
http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml

StartpageGuard - Prevents scripts and programs from messing with your homepage

http://www.webattack.com/get/startpageguard.shtml

[Nuclear Krusader]

www.freshdevices.com

System info and benchmark, download manager, and other proggies.

[reboot]

mIRC is not evil. People who don't use it right may be evil.
Scoop is stupid.
Invision, or Sysreset are much better scripts.

[warren_wade]

Hi http://www.oldversion.com is worth to look at.
A lot of free software.

[Jaggannath]

I like Audiocatalyst for ripping..... can't remember if it's free though

[Byte 2.0]

I just had to dig this thread back out. I am in the middle of making a speical CD and I am using this as a referrence.

[nui_deas]

I would recommend Kill It All. This is a really good program that shows all the processes including ones that don't show up in Task manager. Well recommended.

[nui_deas]

Also would recomend Antivir for antivirus as well. i use it and have been impressed.

[aym]

<a href="http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/">The Open CD</a>, and excellent collection of open source Windows apps, compiled in one, easy to use CD.

[mikezel]

thank you aym_7, that is a very useful link, and that cd will be <b>very</b> useful for me.

Mike

[aym]

No problem, Check out The Ultimate Boot CD too, another very useful CD.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

[Hi Ho]

Internet browser: My IE 2

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Nice to see my that my thread has been dug up. I'll have to update the list next week after my finals are over.

[ghost2003]

Originally posted by aym_7
No problem, Check out The Ultimate Boot CD too, another very useful CD.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
looks very good but how do you update f-prot and mcafee virus scan if its on a CD?

[mattbell]

Originally posted by Byte 2.0
I just had to dig this thread back out. I am in the middle of making a speical CD and I am using this as a referrence.

I'am glad to see this thread back its an excellent resource!

[aym]

Originally posted by ghost2003
looks very good but how do you update f-prot and mcafee virus scan if its on a CD?

You can't update the CD, but you can download a newer version of the ISO image and burn it.

[ghost2003]

But then you waste lots of CD's doing that

[catfishjoe_1]

use a cdrw.
cat

[aym]

Found this in the FAQ:

Question: I have F-Prot (DOS) always with latest definitions on my PC. Now do I create an image of this, to be included on my UBCD?

The easiest way is use a program like WinImage to view the F-Prot image file (fprot.img) on UBCD. You will see a file called files.zip within the image. Copy it to your harddisk, then use WinZip to view the zip file. You will see it contains the entire F-Prot distribution. Replace the virus definition files with your latest. Then, copy the updated files.zip to the F-Prot image file.


You still need to use another CD though, or use a CD-RW as cat suggested.

[ScurrilousPrune]

Let's see:

DVD Decrypter to decrypt DVDs
ALso DVD Shrink to reduce filesizes
Then convert them all to MPG or AVI with
FlaskMpeg. Also there's Burn4Free and Mp3 CD Doctor.

[Blue_Gundam2002]

Just updated it

Internet Browser
Mozilla
Firefox
Opera
My IE 2

E-mail
Mozilla's built in client
Thunderbird
EudoraLight
Pegasus
Hotmail Popper(used to access hotmail with e-mail programs)
Spambeyes (block spam from MS Outlook)

ZIP Programs
7-Zip

Online Chat
AIM
Yahoo
MSN
ICQ
Trillian(ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, IRC)
Gaim(ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, IRC)
X fire (for online gamers)
mIRC
Acidmax (great irc client)

Media Player
Win Amp
BS Player
Real Alternative
Quick Time alternative
iTunes
AVI Preview

Clock setting Program
Atomic Clock Sync

FTP Client/server
Fastream Netfile
Fastream NetFile server
SmartFTP

Burning/ripping Program
FreeRip(music only)
Burn4Free
CDex(ripper)
EAC(ripper)

Image Viewer/editor
Mozilla web browser(viewer only)
IrfanView
Included with Software PC suit

Spyware removers/blockers
Spybot Search & Destroy
Ad-Aware
SpywareBlaster
SpywareGuard
iL system wiper (clear temps and cookies with one click)
StartpageGuard - Prevents scripts and programs from messing with your homepage
StartupMonitor - monitors what programs try to register at startup

Anti-Virus/trojan
AVG
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ (online scan)
Free-AV
Antivir
swatit
http://www.trojanscan.com/ (online scan)

Wordprocessor program
Openoffice
Included with Mozilla
Software602 PC suit
Adobe reader (pdf file)

Download Resumer
Net Transport

Firewall
ZoneAlarm
Sygate Personal Firewall
Kerio Personal Firewall

DVD & Video backup/editing
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Gordian Knot Rip Pack(used with codec pack)
DVDx
VirtualDub VDub-mp3-freeze VDubMod
VCDGear
VCDEasy
ISO buster
DVD2SVCD
Kristal codec pack.
BeSweet
CCE Ecl
Avisynth
Audacity (audio editing)

System Info/Diagnostic
EVEREST (AIDA32)
Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard
Belarc
MemTest 86

Peer to Peer programs
Emule
K-lite

Dialup
Netzero Dialup (10 hours a month, some popups)

Other
VNC (used to view and controle computers over a network)
WinWall (changes your wallpaper at a fixed time)
Folding @ Home (folds proteins to help save lives, join team 13761)
Travelaxe (searches the major travel engines simultaneously (Orbitz, travelocity, etc) for cheapest hotel prices.)
PTFB- Press The Freaking Button (presses buttons for 95/98(se)/ME/NT4/2000/XP)

[Force Flow]

Stickied. ;)

[kram 2.0]

Stickied. ;)
Thanks - this is definately a very handy thread :)

kram

[Ray-DaGunnySgt]

System Information/Diagnostics
1. AIDA32 www.aida32.hu
2. Sisoft Sandra 2004 Standard www.sisoftware.co.uk

Image Editors
1. The GIMP for Windows www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/

HEY partner, AIDA32 (www.ADIA32.hu) has been discontinued as of April this year. The last version was 393, if you want it/need it, email me at:
DaGunnySgt@Yahoo.com

[ghost2003]

HEY partner, AIDA32 (www.ADIA32.hu) has been discontinued as of April this year. The last version was 393, if you want it/need it, email me at:
DaGunnySgt@Yahoo.com

You can get everest instead, its the same thing http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en

[RayH]

http://www.tk8.com/easynote.asp

This is a freeware Post It Note utility. Instead of hanging them all around your computer, you can have it on your computer's desktop!

[JTH]

Many people don't have any of the Microsoft Office suites and this can be a big problem when trying to open Excel and Powerpoint files that are either online or that are e-mailed to you by a lucky friend that has these programs. Microsoft offer excellent free Excel and Powerpoint readers that open files from all versions of these programs. I have found to be invaluable:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/excel2000/Xlviewer/2000/WIN98/EN-US/xlViewer.exe
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/1/a/a1adc39b-9827-4c7a-890b-91396aed2b86/ppviewer.exe

Here's a question though. I have recently switched from IE6 to Mozilla Firefox and I like it a lot. Is it worth changing Outlook 6 as well (which I don't particularly have a problem with) or is it better to just leave a good thing the way it is?

Thanks a lot. Great thread by the way!

[HyperTF]

Awesome program for detailing, reporting and testing nearly everything about your PC apart from what coloured underwear it prefers! It's awesome, just get it!!
Everest Home Edition
http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en&pageid=3

[JTH]

Oh and I forgot to mention you left out the most incredible free audio editor out there: Goldwave. It's fantastic!

[kramer]

extractnow.com zip thing
and some miscelaneous netstumbler.com finds routers channnels in your neighborhood. edonkey peer to peer
download excelerator plus
Kazaa Download Accelerator Pro popular





I think this list when completed or whenever should make a list of the top ones.

[kramer]

i almost forgot roboform. This has a free version. there are few limitations from the one u have to buy that I never come accross. it saves all you information and the best part is absolutely no spyware. its password protected if you want so no one else can get to it if you put protection on.

how bout toolbars or popup blockers or both together
yahoo
msn
google
some others

[Parangles]

DiskWizard- installs hard drives, diagnostics, formatting, partitioning,
and rapid cloning of hard drives, etc. You must clone your C:drive and put it in a drawer, not on the machine. Download DW or use online. Its 'for Seagate drives'
but it has worked with all I've tried it with.
http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/drivers/discwiz.html

Chris.

[bdanner302]

i have been thinking about linux more and more lately. sick and tired of pop ups and all the other problems with windows.....

i'm just worried about being compatible with windows users with programs like Word, AIM and such..... also my HP printer


any comments? any other things i should worry about?

[JTH]

If you use the WINE program you should be able to run most programs. Also, Linux have surprisingly good free software such as word processors and instant messangers, as you've mentioned.

[village_idiot]

Unfreez (http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/). It's a great .GIF animator, just make some still .GIFs (with another program), and drag and drop them into the unfreez window, and it turns all of your images into an animated .gif. I'm making my avatar for this and other forums with it (im not done, though), its real easy.

[_shep]

This application is a musthave, it is called Trayit! and allows you to move an application to the tray by right clicking the "X" button. It allows me to keep Thunderbird open 24/7 without having it use up precious Taskbar space http://www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm

Also I reccomend WordWeb. Highlight any word in any application and click on the tray icon to see what it means and similar words. In applications where you can edit text you can replace the word with the correct spelling if you found it was spelled wrong. A must have!
http://wordweb.info/free/

I love freeware and have found a lot of it in the past few years. There are so many awesome apps out there!

[optimist]

I'm very impressed with the following

PhotoFiltre -- Powerful Image Editing
http://www.photofiltre.com/

FastStone -- Intuitive, Elegant Image Viewer
http://www.faststonesoft.com/

[RayH]

PrimoPDF: Will convert Windows applications to PDF. Everyone can use PDF

http://www.webattack.com/get/primopdf.html

[Ind-PC_student]

Antivirus
+ Avast Antivirus Home edition

Firewall
+ Wyvern Works firewall 2004

CD burner utils
+ Deep Burner Free edition
+ Cd burner xp Pro

Internet
+ Skype [internet voice calls]
+ Free download Manager.org
+ shareaza [p2p]
+ Maxthon [browser]

Game
Battle for wesnoth

[stylin19]

I'm very impressed with the following

PhotoFiltre -- Powerful Image Editing
http://www.photofiltre.com/

FastStone -- Intuitive, Elegant Image Viewer
http://www.faststonesoft.com/


whoa....fastonesoft's 4 in 1 browser has a footprint of less than 1.4 mb and it's quick. For simple bowsing, this is great.

thanx

[rightcoast]

I just looked through the post and didn't see IE-spyad (https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm) mentioned. Believe it or not it's better than spyware blaster for people that use IE, IMO.

[kev7555]

DVD ripping and burning software...

DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink

[rightcoast]

Free CD/DVD burning software

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
http://www.burn4free.com/
http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?news

[ghost2003]

Hostess (http://accs-net.com/hostess/) is a little program to manage your host file. You can import multiple host files into its database and its going to sort the entries into categories and remove duplicate entries, then when you want you can export it to your real hostfile. Its great when you use host files from different places to block out bad stuff.

[Byte 2.0]

Aida32 is no more, however they have been brought by

http://www.lavalys.com/

You can get "EVEREST Home Edition"

Like Aida, but newer and updated.

[Colonel Sanders]

peer-to-peer:
Ares
Lime-wire

[OoOoOo]

a good P2P proggie is Ares.

[ssahl]

Here are a few good ones

file Compression
Aladdin dropstuff & expander
winrar

browser
firefox

audio
wimamp
sonique
goldwave

internet
teamspeak
tightvnc
acrobat reader

general tools
hijackthis
daemon tools

[jahjahbinks]

i don`t think i saw WINEXPLORER 5.0 a great scripting tool

[RazorDX]

Great free MP3-WAV converter:
Etalonsoft MP3Decode

[jeofrey10100900]

3DCANVAS- 3D Modeling program
TweakNow RegCleaner- Cleanup registry entries leaves behind upon uninstalling programs

[nokiafan05]

Spyware:Microsoft AntiSpyware
Anti Virus: Avg Free Edition
Audio:Jet Audio
Torrent Downloader: Bitcomet

[Ind-PC_student]

AWC advanced windows care
on download.com it fixed 56 services on my WINXP and so far 16 days without problems so far and counting.

[jayb1234]

System Information/Diagnostics
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer In response to direct customer need for a streamlined method of identifying common security misconfigurations, Microsoft has developed the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA). Version 2.0 of MBSA includes a graphical and command line interface that can perform local or remote scans of Windows systems. MBSA runs on Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP systems and will scan for common security misconfigurations in the following products: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0, and 6.0, SQL Server 7.0 and 2000, Internet Explorer (IE) 5.01 and later, and Office 2000, 2002 and 2003. MBSA also scans for missing security updates, update rollups and service packs published to Microsoft Update.
Can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4b4aba06-b5f9-4dad-be9d-7b51ec2e5ac9&DisplayLang=en

[David M]

Picasa I have found to great for finding pics and organizing them. Ever lost a photo buried somewhere on your hard drive? Picasa will find it. It's free as well.

http://picasa.google.com/index.html

[NUTCASE]

I like yahoo e-mail , which is also free . and all-in-one secretmaker has so many tools in one program , you should really check it out . also the best browser ever , now is completly free , no ads or other crap , that being OPERA . and ms antispyware is pretty decent . that's all i can think of right now .

[ztx]

Awesome media player with many codecs built in:

VideoLAN

http://www.videolan.org/

[jayb1234]

Microsoft will send you a cd with Xp SP2. Helpful if you are on a slow internet connection, since it is 270 Gb. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp2/cdorder/en_us/default.mspx

[cuzzzzzz]

Hi.. audio crusher is a terrific ripper. Google it.

[ice]

any software for makin hip hop beats

[jquindlen]

I have found a new tool that helps people quickly review many websites. In addition it helps prevent you from going to sites with spyware, adware, viruses, or even just poor content. The tool is the ReviewToolbar which allows users to rate sites, so that legitimate sites with good content are easily distinguishable from malicious or poorly designed sites. The program embeds site ratings directly in the search results of the web's most popular search engines. The best thing is that like all good tools, it is free. It is available for free at http://www.reviewtoolbar.com

[Punked Out Comp]

I found another website that lists opensource software.

http://www.filehippo.com/


Thanks for this thread.

[Chris in U.K.]

For a Zip utility, Justzipit is available at http://free-backup-software.net/

It's very user-friendly and has a good compression ratio. Recommended.

Chris

[Nealzx6]

DVD43 http://www.dvd43.com/

Another good free dvd decrypter.

[RayH]

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm

Free Disk Imaginer

[gep]

Hello All, surprised these two are not in the list.

CCleaner Clears out Temp and cookies and many other things.

http://www.ccleaner.com

A.V.G. Anti-Virus http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

And also theres Winpatrol http://www.winpatrol.com/plus.html

Read all about what they do at the websites.

GEP

[gilera]

Had a quick scan of list but did not see these ::
1/ Kerio firewall is now Owned by Sunbelt and is called Sunbelt Kerio Firewall.
2/ Give Real Player enterprise edition a go does not load any of the crap that the normal player does.:)

[gal220]

I didn't notice if this was on there or not, but I love WavePad for editing audio files and you can also convert from one type of file to another (i.e. mp3 to wav).

Also, there is a program called OpD2d that lets you record directly from your soundcard. You can record streaming audio in this way. It's not CD quality but it's a nice way to save something that you can't get any other way. It has its own file format but I use WavePad to convert it to a .wav file.

[Marbles]

Limewire=Bad

Firefox= Awsome

[TwoRails]

I gave a quick look and didn't notice it:

The Opera browser is now free:

http://www.opera.com/

[jlee031]

hey guys i dloaded dscaler but i cant find any tutoriols for it online can u guys help to watch tv on it

[Joeberg]

Google Earth - simply because its cool :)

http://earth.google.com/

Videora iPod Converter

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/

[RayH]

SgtSpector posted this (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=156630), a FREE partition manager (http://partitionlogic.org.uk/index.html) that does NTFS!

[TwoRails]

peekaboo just posted a nice link to a system utility. Check it out here:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=157390

[Negeva]

This is long list of Non Installation programs meaning they are just an .exe file that work as a stand alone application.. for those like me who like to keep there computers running good by keeping them simple with minimal installed programs. Hopefully none have been posted before.

Burners
- --------
Silent Night DVD/CD burner
http://www.silentnight2004.com/microburner.html

Image or ISO maker…make perfect images of CD’d or DVD
http://www.silentnight2004.com/microburner.html

Photo
Photo editor -------
http://www.anim8or.com/main/index.html

System info
--------------
This is a complete system information program and MAC ADDRESS ChangerThis program hands down beats any other program in its field and no installation required.. This guy who made this is one hell of a good programmer..
To change mac address to tool/mac changer ..then go to control panel/network connection and right click on your connection and disable then use the tool and reconnect. that’s it
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/siw_download.html

Shows every auto start program ..DLL.’s …apps on your system and allows you to shut them off.. be carful…
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/autoruns.html

CPU-Z complete CPU info
http://www.cpuid.org/cpuz.php

Security / Scanners
--------
Dozens of stand alone virus and spyware scanners
http://www.merijn.org/downloads.html



Safe XP… gives a large list of options to disable/enable making your computer safer and faster..
http://www.theorica.net/download.htm

System tests
---------------
memory test
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html

Internet repair tools -----------------------
lsInternet Explorer fix utility
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm

winsock fix
http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlwinsockxpfix.html

Music ------
NPTrim clean up..fade ..normalize ..modify music
http://www.mptrim.com/

Repair
-------
Pixel fix ...rapairs bad Pixels on your monitor..
http://www.dps.uk.com/freeware_DTP.htm

Undelete Wizard: recover deleted files
http://paradiseprogramming.tripod.com/uw.html

[Amanita]

Here are a few more -

Text Editors to replace MS Notepad and its 64K memory limit:
** NoteTab Light - http://www.notetab.com/
Multifunction text editor, HTML editor, etc.
** EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
A more basic and minimalistic editor than NoteTab. It still has quite a few features.

Download Managers:
** WackGet - http://www.millweed.com/
A nice small DL Mgr. based on wget. Pause, Resume, Queue, etc. You can add downloads from Firefox using the DownloadWith extension. WackGet is open-source. Minimalistic. No install needed if you choose the .zip.
** LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/
A full featured DL Mgr. Integrates with Firefox using the FlashGot extension.

MD5Sum Utes:
** Nero MD5 Verifier - http://www.nero.com/nero6/en/Nero_MD5_Verifier.html
Basically the open source MD5Sum listed below with a nice GUI frontend by Ahead. Easy to use. Fast. Check or generate single file MD5Sums. No install needed.
** md5sum.exe - http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/md5.php
The DOS version. What I used before I stumbled upon the Nero MD5 Verifier. Run from command prompt.

Archive Utility:
** FilZip - http://www.filzip.com/
An alternative to 7-Zip. Handles most formats.

Registry Backup Utility for NTFS:
** ERunt - http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
Quickly backs up the XP registry for quick restores.

E-mail Client:
** Popcorn - http://www.tucows.com/preview/333653
Popcorn is a small minimalistic POP Email client. Fits on a floppy and will run from the floppy. You can carry your POP email account access with you and use it on any computer connected to the internet without setting up anything on the host computer. No install needed.

Astronomy Related:
** Planetarium Program - http://www.winstars.net/english/
Winstars - the free version includes the Sky2000 catalogue. A lot of features for free.
** Sundial Design - http://perso.orange.fr/blateyron/sundials/shadowspro/gb/
Shadows lets you design many different types of sundials. Make one out of cardboard for the kids, or build one from concrete/tile/brass for your backyard. Draws the dial for printing or gives the pertinent coordinates for all the lines needed so you can go as large as you like.


Misc.:
** CAD - http://www.cadstd.com/
CadStd Lite is a useful home CAD prog. Small and easy to use. Select the free version.
** Time Sync - http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm
Nistime will adjust your clock to sync with the NIST Atomic time. Freeware from NIST and the US Gov. Turn off the Windows Internet Time sync and use this manually when you need adjustment. Can also poll the servers on a schedule for those with networks that need time sync. No install needed.

[conexion]

DVD Shrink For copying all kinds of DVDs

[ztx]

Excellent video converter, does just about anything and everything, and best of all its open source, which means its FREE!

SUPER: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[white_cafe7]

Some open source, freeware software ...
www.SoftwareCity.org

PS: there is commercial soft also on this site. But it was made for OS software...
enjoy:)

[xcraft]

There are many useful applications on http://www.sysinternals.com My favorites are Autoruns: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Autoruns.html and Process Explorer: http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

[phmaideen]

Thank you verymuch you have given very useful information

[Gilbert Rooke]

Now if you just had urls to the above. I'm kidding but it would be nice.

Does anyone have a wik?. That would make a brilliant site.

Gil

[gilera]

Great little programme that will memorize all your log ins and more. It will take you direct to your sites.
http://www.roboform.com/

[gilera]

Found a great little winner to get rid of SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE icon from task bar.6399

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=172132

[michaelk1958]

We must have an updated list blue-gun.....

Someone prior mentioned Avast Antivirus by Alwil software.

This program is a totally free stand alone program.
No sidebar advertisements
No pop up adds...ever
No spyware
No adware

Virus Definitions are updated every 3 hours not once a day as in Nortn.

And its easy to sign up

Submit your valid e-mail to avast to receive your free product activation code.
Your PA code is good for one year, at which time you must reregister with Avast to
receive your next year, and so on...

I have Avast on 7 computers in my house and it hasn't failed me yet.
My Opinion--- The most useful program on the net.

[gilera]

Heres a great little proggy that replaces START with a clock that can be set to show date, time ,seconds. Then remove clock from task bar right.
http://startclock.osnn.net/

[perkster]

mIRC is great
Skype is free messenger
CCleaner is great registry cleaner
AVG AS is great aniti spyware
winzip
winrar
foxit reader (free and faster loading than adobe pDF reader)
cutePDFwriter - free tool for making PDFs
Krystal - great free audio engine for home 16 track recording studio.
Itunes is great free media player as is realplayer.

[glc]

Winzip and Winrar are not free.

[fleeingpepper]

Winzip and Winrar both have 40(?) day trials.

You can unzip and unrar(?) things with those after the trial period, but not zip or rar(?) anything.

I think...

Wow, lots of (?)'s on that.

[glc]

That still does not qualify them as "free" software.

[gilera]

[QUOTE=gilera]Heres a great little proggy that replaces START with a clock that can be set to show date, time ,seconds. Then remove clock from task bar right.
http://startclock.osnn.net/[found a problem with programme, it stops a lot of balloons coming onscreen also affects opening some programmes on task bar. Hope an update will cure these problems.]

[perkster]

yeah technically they are not free, but if you need something to unzip things those are both great and work forever.

[fleeingpepper]

That still does not qualify them as "free" software.

I know, but was just trying to clarify if that was the policy. So, what I said is correct?

[gilera]

http://www.filetransit.com/screenshot.php?id=26164
Heres one that stops you having to perform acrobatics when finding the open/close buttons on your DVD/CD drives.

[gooiool]

Free Photo editor : Photobie.com
Photobie is a complete image editing software customized for photo retouching.And a gif animator all in one.

[pam123]

Thanks to juppy you can now slipstream SP2 on to your XP disk without a major hassle.
Get Autostreamer here : http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Autostreamer.shtml

[Gimmpy]

Don't forget about Blender and Gimp for 3D modeling and photo editing.
From what I heard you can download a skin to make Gimp look and preform like Adobe Photoshop - I will look into that.

I have also found that when creating a personal website that needs to have a photo album I use JAlbum.

Also when I am working on someones computer I like to install "My Pictures 3D" www.mypictures3d.com

[oby]

Hi, you guys are great. Thanks a lot for your time.

[TrumpyNZ]

Free World Time Clock- EngNet Clock v1.22 (http://www.engnetglobal.com/tips/engclocks/).

Also a units converter/engineering dictionary- EngNet Tools v1.4.6.0 - Unit Converter (http://www.engnetglobal.com/tips/toolsapp/default.aspx).

Hope these are of use to someone.

Cheers,
Mike.

[Ahura]

I don't know if anyone else posted this yet, but I'll post/repeat it anyway.

ANti-Trojan and wat/ever
A-Squared - Was recommended to me by EA, yes, when I was reading an article about BF2 requirement, as one of the software to clean the system before running BF2. The other is Ad-Aware. Great program, a lil bit long if yu do full system scan though; 3-4 hrs+ depend on file. Almost as long as my AVG scan.

[autodidact]

http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ I got this through a newsletter listed below,It will inspect your computer for outdated software that needs updates or upgrades.

https://windowssecrets.com/






Forever Ain't so long anymore

[Ahura]

Anyone know if these two RAM management freewares are any good? I have been using them for liek the last several years, but I do not know much about them because they are not that much of use beside monitor the RAM.

Ram Booster
http://www.sci.fi/~borg/rambooster/

CachemanXP
http://www.outertech.com/index.php?_charisma_page=product&id=7

The nice thing about Cacheman is that it display yur RAM on the taskbar icon, bottom right, while Rambooster does not. I really do not know why I am still using Ram Booster.

[Alaron]

In this day and age with 1GB RAM+ setups and Windows' own memory management, programs like that are unnecessary.

[aarathi]

Thank you for information. I don't know about free software. This list helps me very much.

[faint545]

I hear this audio player, Xion (http://xion.r2.com.au) is very good and light. I have it myself and the equalizer can improve the sound quality by a lot (in comparison to windows media player). Fully customizable skin, and a neat thing about the skin is... creating your own skin has never been easier. just create the design in Photoshop, save it as a .psd file and use it!

[alex530]

Two things I have to add.
PC De-crapifier - does what is says, mainly for newer store purchased computers:
http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/

I'm surprised no one has mentioned VLC Media Player. Very low on system resource usage and can play just about anything:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

[Pcfreakske2000]

Anti-Spyware Utilities


- Ad Aware 2007 ( http://www.lavasoftusa.com or http://www.lavasoft.de )

- Spybot Search & Destroy ( http://www.spybot.info )

- SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edtion ( http://www.superantispyware.com )

- Malwarebytes Anti-Malware ( http://www.malwarebytes.org )

- Malwarebytes RogueRemover Free ( http://www.malwarebytes.org )


E-mail clients


DreamMail ( http://www.dreammail-europe.org )


Instant Messaging Clients


Pidgin ( http://www.pidgin.im )


Webbrowsers


Mozilla FireFox ( http://www.getfirefox.com )


Mozilla FireFox Preloader ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffpreloader/ )


K-Meleon ( Mozilla FireFox based browser ) ( http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/ )



System Utilities


Free RAM Optimizer XP ( optimizes your RAM usage ) ( http://www.download.com/Free-Ram-Optimizer-XP/3000-2086_4-10238479.html )



Taskbar Utilities


Taskbar Shuffle ( http://www.freewebs.com/nerdcave/taskbarshuffle.htm )



Adobe Reader Alternative


Foxit Reader ( http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php )


Mozilla FireFox Backup Utility


MozBackup ( http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ )


Media Players [B]


GOM Media Player ( http://www.gomplayer.com )



[B] Defrag Utilities


Auslogics Disk Defrag ( http://www.auslogics.com )


Auslogics Registry Defrag ( http://www.auslogics.com )


JKDefrag GUI ( includes JKDefrag, a screensaver and JKDefrag GUI for easier access ) ( http://www.emro.nl/freeware/)



Cleaners ( temp files, ect ... )


CCleaner ( http://www.ccleaner.com )


Glary Utilities ( free version ) ( http://www.glarysoft.com/gu.html )



CD Burning software


DeepBurner Free ( http://www.deepburner.com )



Internet Radio Players


Screamer Radio ( http://www.screamer-radio.com )



Screen sharing to help other people out ( like Microsoft Remote Assistance )


CrossLoop ( http://www.crossloop.com )



Zip Utilities


7-Zip ( http://www.7-zip.org/ )



Software Inspectors ( to find out if your software is up-to-date )


Secunia Personal Software Inspector ( PSI ) RC1 ( http://psi.secunia.com )


MP3 tagging software


MP3Tag ( http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ )



Image Viewers


IrfanView ( http://www.irfanview.com ) ( also has plugins you can install and other languages. It also plays MP3s with the Plugins installed )


Microsoft Office Alternative


OpenOffice.org ( http://www.openoffice.org )

[Pcfreakske2000]

Translation software


Lingoes ( http://www.lingoes.net )

[MaxRat]

Distrix Ultimate Defrag is now freeware for the older versions....

good defrag progrsm with lots of options....

http://www.download.com/UltimateDefrag-Fre...7.html?hhTest=1

I use this more than anything....


give it a try....

[TwoRails]

Linky-no-worky :(