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Title: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: Jaxx89 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/ (http://www.free-av.com/)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ADDED:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31.)Java Runtime
http://java.com/en/ (http://java.com/en/)
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: Quantum on July 16, 2008, 07:15:59 am: All really good, I especially recommend 7-zip as a brilliant WinZip/WinRAR alternative.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: tincanman2010 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.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: Jaxx89 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.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: tincanman2010 on July 19, 2008, 09:14:38 pm: If I knew how to karma you for it I would lol
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: Quantum on July 20, 2008, 03:04:29 am: Quote from: tincanman2010 on July 19, 2008, 09:14:38 pm
If I knew how to karma you for it I would lol

Just click "High Five" under the Karma rating.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves)
Post by: chip! 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
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: Joe91 on May 23, 2009, 12:25:30 am: for 'photshopping' - try Gimp2 or Paint.net - totally free and loads of add-ons
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: shawnyeung on August 17, 2009, 04:32:45 pm: http://www.xilisoft.com/ipod-video-converter.html (http://www.xilisoft.com/ipod-video-converter.html)

http://www.xilisoft.com/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...
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: card2006 on November 09, 2009, 08:41:24 am: Db poweramp
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: sleepless on May 03, 2010, 10:29:02 pm: A few come to mind CC Cleaner, VLC, PIXresizer, U Torrent, and IMGBurn.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: Synbios 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!!
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: venus89 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........
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: lting77 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)
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: lting77 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 (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
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: MasterofPuppets on April 10, 2011, 03:22:25 pm: Thanks for this list.
Found some good stuff here.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: wamba9 on September 28, 2012, 02:12:56 am: tu es une lumiere ne l'oubli jamais
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: billyfridge on September 28, 2012, 08:48:49 am: Quote from: wamba9 on September 28, 2012, 02:12:56 am
tu es une lumiere ne l'oubli jamais

english please [rolleyes]
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: billyfridge on September 28, 2012, 08:52:03 am: I only clicked on one of these programs (any video converter) and my antivirus shot it down immediately >:(
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: Zver on November 28, 2012, 01:15:57 pm: JUST 2 ADD few goodies:
Irfanwiev really good graphic wiever and editor
cuetools new and advanced cd ripper with secure ripping,accurate rip plug and his own plug which can fix if the ripproblems like offset and other small thingies.
mp3tag best music tagger
media player classic home cinema best videoplayer with vlc
foobar best audio player period.
open office replacement 4 ms office
perfect tunes great tool which will add missing art,tags,check 4accurate rip and audio duplicates(still public beta till end of year)
O0 :) ;)
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: jarinahpel on September 14, 2013, 04:02:29 am: Well, many people share the same feeling as yours because they want to make sure that the registry cleaner they will get will not cause any harm or damage to the important files and information in their computers.
Title: Re: Essential Freeware(A small list of mut haves){UPDATED}
Post by: Ron Starc on January 01, 2015, 11:26:17 pm: FTP Manager Lite is a better freeware FTP and SFTP client software (http://www.deskshare.com/ftp-manager-free.aspx). The clean interface is super easy to use. It will perform your files transfers quickly and efficiently. It is one of the best freeware FTP clients that also supports FXP.