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Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« on: July 15, 2008, 05:32:34 am »
Hello Everyone,
Here I am putting a list of must have software's(freeware) For every PC user be it a Beginner or an Advanced user.
I hope you like the list I have compiled and do add if I have missed out on anything.

1.) Avira Antivir PE
http://www.free-av.com/

2.) ZoneAlarm Firewall
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

3.) Mozilla Firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/

4.) Winamp
http://www.winamp.com/

5.) VLC Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

6.) Orbit Download Manager
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/

7.) Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

8.) Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

9.) DAMN NFO Viewer
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/DAMN-NFO-Viewer.shtml

10.) Filezilla FTP
http://filezilla-project.org/

11.) FLV Player
http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10467081.html

12.) Process Explorer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

13.) Tweak UI(XP Only)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

14.) Spybot-S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

15.) Unlocker
http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/

16.) Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/index.html

17.) Adobe Acrobat Reader
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows

18.) 7-zip
http://www.7-zip.org/

19.) Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

20.)Bit Che(Of course)
http://www.convivea.com/product.php?id=2

ADDED:

21.)CCleaner is a freeware PC optimization tool.
http://www.ccleaner.com/features

22.)MyUninstaller
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html

23.)OpenOffice(Alternative to MS Office)
http://www.openoffice.org/

24.)AMP Font Viewer
http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/FontViewer.php

25.)Comodo Firewall
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

26.)Audacity(Best Free Audio Editing)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

27.)Digsby (All in One IM Application)
http://www.digsby.com
http://www.digsby.com/download.php?os=win

28.)DVD Shrink(DVD Ripping)
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/DVD-Shrink-Download-4128.html

29.)Exact Audio Copy(Free Audio Ripping Tool)
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/en/

30.)Any Video Converter
http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

31.)Java Runtime
http://java.com/en/
« Last Edit: February 15, 2009, 09:36:43 am by Jaxx89 »

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2008, 07:15:59 am »
All really good, I especially recommend 7-zip as a brilliant WinZip/WinRAR alternative.
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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2008, 06:10:49 pm »
Great list m8.

We all have our personal favorites of course, so the minoir quibblles could go on and on. But anyone wanting a great set of tools should download and install this list without substitution.

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2008, 02:12:45 am »
thanx man
i'm glad i cud contribute something
compiled the list myself as i use most of em.

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2008, 09:14:38 pm »
If I knew how to karma you for it I would lol

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 03:04:29 am »
If I knew how to karma you for it I would lol

Just click "High Five" under the Karma rating.
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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2008, 12:21:26 pm »
also might want to add CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/features
CCleaner is a freeware PC optimization tool.


and

MyUninstaller
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.html
« Last Edit: July 21, 2008, 03:55:10 pm by chip! »
  -  https://convivea.com  -   And...  boom goes the dynamite.

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2009, 12:25:30 am »
for 'photshopping' - try Gimp2 or Paint.net - totally free and loads of add-ons

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2009, 04:32:45 pm »
http://www.xilisoft.com/ipod-video-converter.html

http://www.xilisoft.com/video-converter.html

maybe you can check out this video converter or iPod video converter to convert videos...

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2009, 08:41:24 am »
Db poweramp

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2010, 10:29:02 pm »
A few come to mind CC Cleaner, VLC, PIXresizer, U Torrent, and IMGBurn.

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2010, 03:07:02 pm »
I hate 7zip.

NFO viewer is unecessary if you have Notepad++.

I love Notepad++, ImgBurn, uTorrent, and CCleaner. Essentials!!

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2010, 09:09:52 pm »
I like Anti avera  antivirus very much......
n the 7-zip software to extract the rar file........

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2010, 12:42:29 am »
rollback rx (nuke yr computer and reboot to previous snapshot)
everything (quick as you type file search, similar to locate32)
quotetracker (if you daytrade/ invest in stock, you'll love this.....tdameritrade clients get free registration)
vmware (run sandboxie inside this to prevent virus hopping from downloads to main rig)
presto! linux (quick boot ~10seconds linux, even after trial period, good to have it around prior bedtime for 10minute surfing  ;D instead of "oh look the sun is up" pre-bedtime surfing)

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Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 08:03:02 am »
windows sniper allows the program to run, but hides user selected windows
http://www.unhuman.com/WindowsSniper.html

i.e. in the days of old (late 90's), when it was all about number of eyeballs on ads, vs on clicked ads
the alladvantage toolbar lets websurfers  make money watching advertising displayed at the bottom
desktop toolbar

this program 'snipes' the windows and give the user back his valuable monitor real estate
(before the madness known as eyefinity with 1080p 23"lcds)

recently i've been using this again with the free (tdameritrade customers) thinkorswim program
(streaming/ stock quotes news etc) for its free cnbc live stream  ;D