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Preston · 03-02-2004, 11:42 PM

Just thought I'd pass along my favorites! Any other suggestions?

Ad-Aware

Spybot S&D

Pop Up Stopper - Free Edition

Irfan View

TClockEx

aym · 03-03-2004, 04:24 AM

Mozilla Web Browser
Winamp

can't think of anything else right now, I'll add more when I boot into Windows.

**Force Flow** · 03-03-2004, 07:28 AM

AVG

RJ · 03-03-2004, 07:39 AM

WinAce

Adobe Reader

AntiVir

ZoneAlarm

RJ

raftero · 03-03-2004, 08:37 AM

google and google tool bar?or would that be considered just a program?

doctorgonzo · 03-03-2004, 08:49 AM

WinRAR

Nitrohex (a hex editor)

Eraser (data shredding)

SiSoftware Sandra

SwatIt (anti-trojan)

PGP (data encryption)

Feedreader (RSS feed aggregator)

WCPUID

reboot · 03-03-2004, 11:29 AM

Push the Freakin' Button.
Real Alternative.
QT Alternative.

lil Jimmie · 03-03-2004, 01:48 PM

AIDA32
DScaler
F@H PCMech team # 13761

morriswindgate · 03-03-2004, 02:46 PM

Lots of great little freeware utilities at this guy's website. I really like his Index Maker. I use it to catalog my MP3 collection which is over 60GB. The index is HTML and as such each song becomes a clickable link.

http://www.mihov.com/eng/

Jimmy White · 03-03-2004, 03:07 PM

EasyCleaner (registrycleaner)

**mairving** · 03-03-2004, 03:27 PM

FreeBSD
Slackware Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP
Perl

SonicVanguard · 03-03-2004, 04:54 PM

Just a note: WinAce and WinRAR are shareware. Although they really don't time out, they just nag and nag and nag...

Also, PGP is no longer freeware. They have changed PGP to PGP Personal Desktop and it is now $50.

Dave.

Jester · 03-04-2004, 10:38 AM

Painicware pop up stopper is bundeled ad ware just to let you all know.

aym · 03-04-2004, 10:45 AM

CDex (audio CD ripping)

doctorgonzo · 03-04-2004, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SonicVanguard
Also, PGP is no longer freeware. They have changed PGP to PGP Personal Desktop and it is now $50.

Not true. You can download PGP Freeware and use it for noncommercial use: http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html

Doobie · 03-04-2004, 01:54 PM

Locate 3.0 Alpha

Quote:

Locate saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. Very fast. This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems. Win32 based locating program also included.

this is very handy on my system being i have alot of space... When i used the windows built in search to search all my harddrives it takes about 1 min. with this the results are instant.

Yes its Alpha but i have never encountered any problems. And you dont install it just unzip it.. so if you dont like it just delete it.

juicelooser · 03-04-2004, 02:39 PM

iTunes

SonicVanguard · 03-04-2004, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by doctorgonzo
Not true. You can download PGP Freeware and use it for noncommercial use: http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html

But it's pretty crippled:
PGP Freeware product capabilities/limitations:

* Does not include PGP Disk
* Does not include automatic encryption of email file attachments
* Does not provide plug-in integration with Outlook, Outlook Express, or other email applications on any platform
* Does not operate with PGP Admin or other PGP deployment tools

Dave.

doctorgonzo · 03-04-2004, 05:13 PM

For encrypting/signing e-mail and files, it works just fine. Integration with e-mail programs would be nice, but the sign/encrypt current window function does the exact same thing.

EFS makes PGP disk pretty redundant anyway.

tyoung · 03-04-2004, 05:58 PM

StartUpCop
StartPage Guard (suggested by morriswingate on a previous thread)

Preston · 03-04-2004, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Radioactiveninja
Painicware pop up stopper is bundeled ad ware just to let you all know.

I haven't noticed any adware in pop up stopper. Spybot and AdAware haven't picked any up either....what have you seen in there?

not important · 03-04-2004, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Preston
I haven't noticed any adware in pop up stopper. Spybot and AdAware haven't picked any up either....what have you seen in there?

I'm not positive on this. I think the newer versions of PopUpStopper, the one that had the yellow hand for an icon, might have adware. I have the older version, with the red x icon, and it is ad free.

Nuclear Krusader · 03-05-2004, 12:25 AM

Kerio firewall

**Force Flow** · 03-05-2004, 08:33 AM

Sygate Personal Firewal

ScurrilousPrune · 03-05-2004, 10:50 AM

Exact Audio Copy

Samurize

Limewire

MP3 CD Doctor

Lame MP3 Encoder

Floppyman · 03-05-2004, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mairving
FreeBSD
Slackware Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP
Perl

I second those.

03-02-2004, 11:42 PM	#1
Preston Member (9 bit) Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO U.S.A. Posts: 404	"Must Have" Freeware Just thought I'd pass along my favorites! Any other suggestions? Ad-Aware Spybot S&D Pop Up Stopper - Free Edition Irfan View TClockEx Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-03-2004, 04:24 AM	#2
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03-03-2004, 08:49 AM	#6
doctorgonzo Professional gadfly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 6,364	WinRAR Nitrohex (a hex editor) Eraser (data shredding) SiSoftware Sandra SwatIt (anti-trojan) PGP (data encryption) Feedreader (RSS feed aggregator) WCPUID Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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03-03-2004, 02:46 PM	#9
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	Lots of great little freeware utilities at this guy's website. I really like his Index Maker. I use it to catalog my MP3 collection which is over 60GB. The index is HTML and as such each song becomes a clickable link. http://www.mihov.com/eng/ Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-03-2004, 03:07 PM	#10
Jimmy White Member (10 bit) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: England the centre of the world Posts: 676	EasyCleaner (registrycleaner) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-03-2004, 03:27 PM	#11
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03-03-2004, 04:54 PM	#12
SonicVanguard Audio/Video Expert Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: West Michigan Posts: 1,625	Just a note: WinAce and WinRAR are shareware. Although they really don't time out, they just nag and nag and nag... Also, PGP is no longer freeware. They have changed PGP to PGP Personal Desktop and it is now $50. Dave. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________ Dave. Go where there is no path and leave a trail.

03-04-2004, 10:38 AM	#13
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03-04-2004, 10:45 AM	#14
aym Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,965	CDex (audio CD ripping) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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03-05-2004, 10:50 AM	#25
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03-04-2004, 05:13 PM	#19
doctorgonzo Professional gadfly Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 6,364	For encrypting/signing e-mail and files, it works just fine. Integration with e-mail programs would be nice, but the sign/encrypt current window function does the exact same thing. EFS makes PGP disk pretty redundant anyway. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-04-2004, 05:58 PM	#20
tyoung Member (8 bit) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 161	StartUpCop StartPage Guard (suggested by morriswingate on a previous thread) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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