gamerman4

could someone update the first post?

Audio Tools and Media Players:
DB PowerAmp - www.dbpoweramp.com/
Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Winamp - http://www.winamp.com/
foobar2999 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
VLC - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Network Tools:
Ethereal Protocol Analyzer - http://www.ethereal.com/
RealVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/
TightVNC - http://www.tightvnc.org/
NetMeter - http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
NetProfiles - http://netprofiles.danielmilner.com/
NMap - http://www.insecure.org/nmap/
Ntop - http://www.ntop.org
PingPlotter - http://www.pingplotter.com
PuTTY - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
RAS Graph & Stats - http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread...&threadid=2400
UltraVNC - http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
WinSCP - http://www.winscp.com/
CMDTime NTP Utility - http://www.softshape.com/download/

Anti-Virus:
AntiVir - http://www.free-av.com/
Avast - http://www.avast.com/i_idt_1018.html
AVG - http://www.grisoft.com/

Anti Spyware:
Ad-aware - http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
Bazooka - http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html
SpyBot Search & Destroy - http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
SpywareGuard – (free online site) http://spywareguard.com/
Hitman Pro - http://members.home.nl/mloman/hitmanpro243.exe

Defrag Software:
DIRMS & Buzzsaw - http://www.dirms.com/
OpenVMS - http://www.execsoft.com/freeware/freeware.asp

Compression Tools:
ZipCentral - http://www.webmasterfree.com/zipcentral.html
WinRAR - www.rarlab.com
7-zip - www.7-zip.org

File repair and recovery:
PC Inspector File Recovery - http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

FTP Clients:
Filezilla! - http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
SmartFTP - http://www.smartftp.com/

FTP Servers:
FileZilla - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
Golden FTP Server - http://www.goldenftpserver.com
GuildFTPD - http://www.totalshareware.com/asp/de...plication=8334
Quick 'n Easy FTP Server - http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.co...tp_server.html
SlimFTPd - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/slimftpd
WarFTPD - http://www.jgaa.com/

Firewalls:
Sygate Personal Firewall - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Securit...all-Free.shtml
Zonealarm - http://www.zonelabs.com/
Comodo - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

Office Apps:
602PC Suite free edition - http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/download.html
AbiWord - http://www.abiword.com/
OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/
Easyoffice - http://www.e-press.com/
PDF Creator-http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Partition Managers:
Partition Resizer - http://zeleps.com/
Ranish Partition Manager - http://www.ranish.com/part/
TestDisk - http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html

Pop-up Blockers:
Google Toolbar - http://www.google.com/
NoAds - http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopUp Stopper - http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Privoxy - http://www.privoxy.org/
Proxomitron - http://www.proxomitron.info/

System Information and Utilities:
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
Everest - http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...ng=en&pageid=1
Gkrellm - http://bill.nalens.com/
Motherboard monitor - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002.../download.html
HijackThis! - www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html
SpeedFan- http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
Startup Manager - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
PC Wizard 2005 - http://www.cpuid.org/pcwizard.php
Memtest-86 - http://www.memtest86.com
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com
Registry Cleaner - http://www.worldstart.com/weekly-dow...regcleaner.exe
Nlite (modify WinXP/2000 install CD) - http://nuhi.olmik.net/new/nlite1.0fi.exe

Web browsers:
Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com
Opera – www.opera.com
K-Meleon - http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/
Mozilla - http://www.mozilla.org/
Netscape - http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp

Graphics Utilities:
IrfanView - www.irfanview.com/
Paint Replacement - http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Gimp (free photoshop alternative) www.gimp.org/
ImageForge - http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imffw.html
Brush Strokes - http://www.pabird.supanet.com/~pabir.../brushstrokes/
Pixia - http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/
ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

General Utilities And Other Applications:
AppRocket - http://www.candylabs.com/approcket/
Celestia - http://www.shatters.net/celestia
Cygwin - http://www.cygwin.com
Dirkey - http://www.protonfx.com/dirkey/
EditPad Lite - http://www.editpadpro.com/editpadlite.html
HTTrack - http://www.httrack.com/
Inno Setup - http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
MWSnap - http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html
NetTime - http://nettime.sourceforge.net
Nullsoft Installer - http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis
png2ico - http://winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico
Stickies - http://finiteloop.org/~btaylor/software/stickies/
Vim - http://vim.sourceforge.net
Wallpaper Changer - http://www.kanasolution.cjb.net/
FlyakiteOSX (make XP loo like Mac) - http://osx.portraitofakite.com/
Image Burner - http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-.../BURNISO.shtml
MediaPortal (Windows Media Center replacement) - http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
Free Download Manager - http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/download.htm

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cdanik

VERY useful list! I am using a few things from this list

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Here is a handy tiny little program called "Picky Basket".
It basically incorporates itself into your right-click menu and allows you to "drop" selected files into the basket (it basically means it remembers all of their directory paths).

You can go through a bunch of folders and drop things into the basket. Then, you go to whatever folder you want and either copy or move all the files from the basket into the folder you are in.

I find it handy if for example you have different files spread all over the place and you want to use them all for some project. Well add them all to your basket and then copy them into a certain folder at once for ease of access later.

You can also choose to copy the directory paths from selected files into the clipboard. Then, you can paste them into - say - Notepad. That is handy for example with music files when you want to list those directories in notepad to then create an m3u list (playlist) from that text file (i.e. don't save as .txt but as .m3u)

Ok, enough rambling already.... here is the link
http://www.conceptworld.com/piky/piky_features.asp

enjoy.

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Check out this video Those guys can drive!!!

El_Zilcho

Which is most like Adobe Photoshop/ most user-friendly? Does Gimp have similar tools? Sorry that I don't have any links, but thanks everyone!

tlarkin

jimmymac

the following link covers some of the best available freeware around

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best..._utilities.htm

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http://forum.peytonmusic.com/

the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

PC Hobbyist

Alternative to windows xp explorer

http://www.explorerxp.com/

ImageGrabber II.NET
I found a great freeware program to create a single "contact sheet" style .jpg image from a video. Here is a sample image of what the result looks like: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...timeline01.jpg
Download program via rapidshare link.
http://rapidshare.com/files/12120410...I_NET.zip.html

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Check out this video Those guys can drive!!!

sanan

check the same place..it's updated now...it's called "database"

tlarkin

you may want to add nmapFE for those who want a gui based version

sanan

any one know a free font creator?