[U2]

Antivirus:
AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
Avast - http://www.avast.com/
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Panda ActiveScan - http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

Audio Players:
Foobar2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
Sonique - http://sonique.lycos.com/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
jetAudio - http://www.jetaudio.com/
QCD - http://www.quinnware.com/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/

Audio Utilities:
CDex - http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
dbPowerAMP Music Converter - http://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm

CD Recording:
ASPI Drivers - http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/su...oduct/ASPI-4.70
CD/DVD Burner XP - http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
Burn 4 Free - http://www.burn4free.com/

CD Utilities:
Daemon Tools - http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php

Download Managers:
WackGet - http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
LeechGet - http://www.leechget.net/en/
wget for Windows - http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hherold/

Encryption:
PGP Freeware Edition - http://www.pgp.com/products/freeware.html
Axcrypt - http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/
GnuPG - http://www.gnupg.org/

Firewall:
ZoneAlarm - http://www.zonelabs.com/
Sygate Personal Firewall - http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
Kerio Personal Firewall - http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
Outpost - http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpost1.html

GUI Utilities:
Tclock - http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tclock/index.html
IconPhile - http://www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html
PowerMenu - http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
Glass2k - http://www.chime.tv/products/glass2k.shtml
D-Color XP - http://dliboon.freeshell.org/products/dcolor/index.php
CursorXP - http://www.stardock.com/products/cursorxp/download.html
MobyDock - http://www.mobydock.com/
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/

Image Viewers:
IrfanView - http://www.irfanview.com/
iBrowser - http://ibrowser.fcodersoft.com/
AhaView - http://www.aha-soft.com/ahaview/free.htm

Instant Messaging:
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
Gaim - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Trillian - http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/
Yahoo Instant Messenger - http://messenger.yahoo.com/
MSN Messenger - http://messenger.msn.com/
AOL Instant Messenger - http://www.aim.com/
ICQ - http://www.icq.com
Jabber - http://www.jabber.org/

Networking:
Putty Telnet/SSH Client - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
IP Tools - http://www.ks-soft.net/ip-tools.eng/
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
HyperTerminal Private Edition - http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/download.html
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
Nmap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/

Programming:
ActivePerl - http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/
jEdit - http://www.jedit.org/
Dev-C++ - http://www.bloodshed.net/
MySQL - http://www.mysql.com
SciTE - http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

Publication/Document Manipulation:
OpenOffice.org - http://download.openoffice.org/index.html
AbiWord - http://www.abisource.com/download/

Spyware Protection:
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Spybot: Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Hijack This - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
IE-SPYAD - http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com

System Utilities:
BootVis - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664
Resource Hacker - http://www.users.on.net/~johnson/resourcehacker/
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
Motherboard Monitor - http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
Sysinternals Utilities - http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA00...c/download.html

Video Players:
BSPlayer - http://www.bsplayer.org/
Core Media Player - http://www.tcmp.org/
Media Player Classic - http://sourceforge.net/project/show...?group_id=82303
VideoLAN - http://www.videolan.org/
Zoom Player - http://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomplayer_download.shtml

Video Utilities:
KVCD - http://www.KVCD.net
TMPGEnc - http://www.tmpgenc.net/
VirtualDUB - http://www.virtualdub.org/

Web Browsers:
Mozilla FireFox - http://www.mozilla.org/download.html
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp
MyIE2 - http://www.myie2.com/
Avantbrowser - http://www.avantbrowser.com/
SlimBrowser - http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm

Web/FTP Servers:
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd/
Filezilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Xitami - http://www.xitami.com/
Apache - http://www.apache.org/
Savant - http://savant.sourceforge.net/

For Anti Spyware :

CWShredder
Hijack This

Both from here (and other free software...including a Kazaa removal tool):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html


System Utilities:

Try these here (includes Process eXPlorer):
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/utilities.shtml

also
BootVIS
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664

also dont forget your ASPI Drivers (or is this under CD burning?):
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/su...oduct/ASPI-4.70

talking (virtual) CD's what about Daemon Tools?
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php


Video Utilities

TMPGe (the free version for avi to VCD).
http://www.tmpgenc.net/

pyware guard and spyware blaster www.javacoolsoftware.com
spyware blaster will block spyware from comming in when you surf the net(compatible with IE, mozilla and firefox) and spyware guard is a resident scanner.

IE hosts http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The IE hosts file blocks ads, banners, cookies, web bugs, and even most hijackers. This is accomplished by blocking the Server that supplies these little gems.

Example - the following entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net blocks all files supplied by the DoubleClick Server to the web page you are viewing. This also prevents the server from tracking your movements.It Now includes most major parasites, hijackers and unwanted Search Engines!
In many cases this can speed the loading of web pages by not having to wait for these ads, banners, hit counters, etc. to load.
This also helps to protect your Privacy by blocking servers that track your viewing habits, known as "click-thru tracking".


IE-SPYAD http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#IESPYAD
IE-SPYAD puts over 5000 sites in your restricted zone, so you'll be protected when you visit innocent-looking sites that aren't actually innocent at all.

Networking:
Hyper Terminal Private Edition - http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/download.html

for free online virus scanning...

www.pandasoftware.com/activescan

i've used it...it works well.

SciTe for a notepad replacement/programming tool.

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

Also has a built-in synatax checker,

go to the freeware section of http://www.snapfiles.com/. there are dozens of freeware categories there

For Firewalls you can add Tiny Personal Firewall.

Here's a download website for it: http://www.webmasterfree.com/tpfw.html

Here's the company website:
http://www.tinysoftware.com/home/tiny2?la=EN

-Its odd, I couldn't find a download link on the website. Maybe someone else can. Btw, its free for personal use. If you're a big corporation you better get a license to use it.

Some free graphics editors:

I found the following page that lists heaps of free image editors, which means that I don't have to
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/g...raphicedit.html

Some others that aren't listed on that site are:

http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html
Image Forge. Some people like it, some don't.

http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/
Gale. The page is in Japanese and I've never actually used this program, but I've heard good things.

Enjoy!

bought a smartphone recently and found the site www.freewarepalm.com

3D Modelling Software:

http://www.wings3d.com
Wings3D. I love this program. Very good modelling tool.

http://www.blender3d.org
Blender3D. One of the most popular freeware 3D animation tools.

http://www.caligari.com/products/truespace/ts3/
Calligari give away an older version of their TrueSpace software. It's pretty good.

ell, this might be uneeded but here goes:

musicmatch at www.musicmatch.com for audio
u can copy CD to mp3 into ur hardrive

not v. user friendly though

yeah, gimp is great, i almost prefer it to photoshop
a really good program for mp3 conversion is neoaudio, and it is user friendly

http://www.download.com/3001-2140-10221316.html

ttp://www.php.com

I'd say this goes under programming

I think PHP should be included in the list because it is available to download and install on your own PC. Doing this saves developers time from not having to upload to their server to test their work. Instead with PHP installed on their own computer they can open their work in their browser like any other HTML document and see the results.

Didn't know parents helping parents could solve those kinds of problems.

(its http://www.php.net/)