Hello All,
I thought given the holiday spirit and all the frantic scurrying for gift buying,
I'd post a list of often used uttilities, I use that do not cost a dime. I know we all are
feeling the pinch of the economy and want to maximize our resources, so I have scoured the
Net over the years and come up with a stable of good program, that help me make it through
the day, and thought others might benefit from what I use on a daily basis. I know this list is
not all inclusive, I have tried to throw together the basics. Please feel free to add you own
personal favorites, and locations to the list. Remember though, keep them FREE, not Warez,
limited Shareware trials, or containing other limitations.
Mozilla Firefox Web Browser
Simply the safest and best Web Browser around.
Portable Edition: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
Installer Edition: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Defraggler
Why pay hundreds of dollars for a commercial defragmentation tool?
http://www.defraggler.com/download
Winroll 2.0
Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the back or make it stay on top.
http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Portable Applications Suite
PortableApps.com Suite™ is a collection of portable apps all preconfigured to work
portably.Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go.
http://portableapps.com/suite
http://portableapps.com/apps
CCleaner
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool.
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Ad-Aware Anti Spyware
Ad-Aware is no ordinary anti-spyware, it is the original anti-spyware product
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Spybot Search and Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Spybot Run Analyzer
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/runalyz.exe
Spybot File Analyzer
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/filealyz.exe
Spybot Registry Analyzer
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/regalyz.exe
Spybot Net Analyzer
http://www.safer-networking.org/files/netalyz.exe
Hijackthis
HijackThis™ is a free utility which quickly scans your Windows computer to find settings
that may have been changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs.
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis
7-Zip
Why Pay for Winzip, when &-zip is free and does so, so much more.
http://www.7-zip.org/
K-Lite codec Pack
When you just don't know which codec a movie or file uses. Here's a good start.
http://www.filehippo.com/download_klite_codec_pack/
Apple QuickTime Player
http://www.filehippo.com/download_quicktime_player/
G6 Utilities
G6 Utilities can rename many file at once, but also apply "functions" on it
(like ID3 removal, zipping, SFV making ...)
Program Location: http://www.gene6.com/files/g6utilities-setup.zip
Free License Key: http://www.gene6.com/files/g6utilities-license.zip
Y-Book
This ebook reading software is to provide a 'paper book' experience on the PC.
http://www.spacejock.com/yBook_Download.html
SysInternals Complete Suite of Utilities By Mark Russinovich
This suite includes many utilities, like Process Monitor, Regmon, Filemon etc...
http://fileforum.betanews.com/sendfile/1194884530/1/SysinternalsSuite.zip
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/sysinternalssuite.mspx
Audacity Audio Editor
Also be sure to get the Lame Encoder Dll, and the other plugins available.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows
Notepad++
A multi tabbed free, expanded notepad replacement. Once you're tabbed, you
never go back.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=95717&package_id=102072
Paint.Net
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.
http://www.getpaint.net/
The GiMP for Windows
A free Image Editor, with some nice features.
Installer: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable
Irfan
Irfan is a very good, free image viewer, and thumbnail program
Program: http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm
Plugins: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
Miranda Multi Protocol Instant Messenger Program
Installer: http://www.miranda-im.org/download/
Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda_portable
Pidgin Multi Protocol Instant Messenger Program
Installer: http://www.pidgin.im/download/windows/
Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable
Media Player Classic
A no nonsense Multi Format media player replacement
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358
Magic Jellybean
A windows Keyfinder application, for Office Keys, and other Installed Item Keys
http://www.magicaljellybean.com/
FileZilla
A very good FTP Client / Client Manager / Server
Installer: http://filezilla-project.org/
Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/filezilla_portable
Open Office
A very good alternative to Microsoft Office
Installer: http://download.openoffice.org/2.3.0/index.html
Portable: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
AutoHotKey
A windows based Macro building Utility.
http://www.autohotkey.com/download/
Synergy
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between
multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=59275&release_id=406637