I thought I would put a end to all the reposts. I only made it to page 14.
Startup Control Panel
1: Ad-Aware SE (best adware remover ever IMO)
http://www.download.com/3001-8022_4-10399602.html
2: spywareblaster (keeps spyware OFF)
http://www.download.com/3001-8022_4-10396039.html
3: spywaregaurd (works with spywareblaster)
http://www.javacoolsoftware.net/dow...eguardsetup.exe
4: hijack this (good to diagnose browser hijacks)
http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip
5: XBConnect (the free alternative to XBlive)
http://www.xbconnect.com/index.php?topic=Downloads
6: AIM 5.2.3292 (the last virus/spyware free version)
http://oldversion.com/download.php?i...976ee2d9d52861
7: WindowBlinds (not 'free' but it's an unlimited free trial with a periodic 5 sec. nag screen.
http://www.download.com/WindowBlinds...-10026826.html
8: PDF Reader and Printing Program.
FOXIT
http://foxitsoftware.com/
9: ShortKeys is a utility that allows you to set up replacement text or paragraphs for any given number of user defined keystrokes
http://www.shortkeys.com/lite.htm
10: System Information for Windows
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/abo...ll_screen.html
11: HDDlife is a usable program that will allow you to control the health of your hard drive
http://www.hddlife.com/
12: control your audio levels without havin to click on anything
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/volumouse.html
13: Quintessential(good audio player)
www.quinnware.com
14: Trilllian( if you have aol msn yahoo or irc this combines them all)
www.ceruleanstudios.com
15: Cheetah Audio Converter(converts audio and also rips)
http://www.cheetahburner.com/
16: kmp3(great for naming mp3's)
http://www.kcsoftwares.com/index.php?kmp3
17: sticky notes thingy
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html
18: Themes Without Windowblind
http://www.alienware.com/Standalone_Pages/darkstar.aspx
19: E-Mail Remover. It allows you to check your mail and delete at your ISP's site
http://eremover.bizhosting.com/
20: Don't want anybody to know what you were doing on your PC?
http://browsertools.net/IE-Privacy-Keeper/
21: Protects registry by notifying you when a reg entry is being made.
http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=regprot
22: Bazooka™ Adware and Spyware Scanner detects a multitude of spyware, adware, trojan, keylogger, foistware and trackware components
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner...ource=appvisit
23: analog" clock
http://clocx.fi.cz/
24: RegCompact Pro 0.1.8
http://www.experimentalscene.com/?type=1&id=regcompact
25: Gaim an opensource instant messanging client
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
26: FireFox.
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
27: great for music files, doesnt use up much resources
http://www.foobar2000.org/index.html
28: Great for checking out what's running on your comp
http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.html
29: Helps you learn the fretboard
http://www.francoisbrisson.com/fretboardwarrior/
30: Lots of cool guitar stuff on this program
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...tar_Utilities/
31: Fastest web browser on earth
http://www.avantbrowser.com/
32: Virus software
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
33: Control Your Desktop Icons:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,600479,00.asp
34: For controlling some basic StartUp items
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
35: Startup Monitor which warns of items being added to one's StartUp list
http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml
36: an in-depth look at exactly all that is running on your computer
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../procexp.shtml
37: Other version of Windows Media Player
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=wmp
38: excellent registry cleaner, jv16pt
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16
39: For a profile of your computer especially of those critical and recommended updates this from Belarc:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
40: Using Outllook Express? Need a spelling checker?
http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/
41:routine maintenance of Disk Cleanup. ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter I use this,
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html
42: one of the most popular image viewers worldwide!
http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm
43: raw converter for digital camera's
http://www.pixmantec.com/products/ra...ssentials.html
44: PaintShopPro version 7
http://com-puterworks.com/Free_Downloads.htm
45: windows XP powertools
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx
46: MS Office's free alternative
http://www.openoffice.org/
47: spyware removal SpyBot-Search & Destroy 1.4
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
48: Simple and FAST text editor
http://www.editpadlite.com/editpadlite.html
49: keep track of the time zone difference
http://www.qlock.com/
50: DAEMON Tools run files like .iso without having to burn them first. virtual drive.
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/port...tegory&catid=5
51: Converts .bin and .cue files (for a vcd) into .MPG files so you don't have to burn to CD to play the movie.
http://www.vcdgear.com/download.html
52: Pixresizer is a image resizing program
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm
53: voice mail, free programme to use in e-mail
http://www.handybits.com/voicemail.htm
54: regularly clean your computer with
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
55: WinPatrol: Watches for newly added startup entries and other things.
http://www.winpatrol.com/
56: EPrompter- Access multiple web based email accounts at one time. They are having problems with HotMail right now. Everything else OK.
http://www.eprompter.com
57: HostMan: Manage the Hosts file-
http://hostsman12.abelhadigital.com/
58: SequoiaView- Graphic view of your hard drive-
http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
59: Erunt- Backup and restore registry for Win 2000 (and others)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1267.html
60: xplorer2 lite ditch windows explorer and use this instead
http://www.zabkat.com/x2lite.htm
61:AutoHotkey great scripting tool, saves a lot of time
http://www.autohotkey.com/
62:AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language designed for automating the Windows GUI and general scripting
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.php
63: if you like Autoit, check out AutoHotkey, its like Autoit on steroids
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...y/1088127602/1
64: Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC
http://www.trillian.cc/
65: Urlbase 5 - This a great little database for all your web links. You can group them into all sites and fav sites (or any other way you can think of).
http://www.terriadev.com/urlbase/downloads/index.html
66: Another tool I use along with that is AM-Deadlink. It goes thru your IE favorites or Firefox bookmarks and flags bad links. It's pretty fast too.
http://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
67: one of my favorite sites for all kinds of freeware is Snapfiles.
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/
68: KeePass Password Safe - An easy to use password manager to keep track of all your usernames and passwords. Has a nice password generator too.
http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
69: Cryptainer LE - Strong encryption software, but still easy to use. Creates a 'virtual drive' where you can store sensitive data.
http://www.cypherix.com/index.htm
70: Another great site for freeware is FileForum BetaNews. Also has shareware, but you can filter just the freeware. It also has a good RSS feed that keeps you up to date with all the new releases.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/
71: mind mapping software helps me get lots of random thoughts down in a usable format
freemind.sourceforge.net
72: Total Uninstall 2, installation monitor and uninstaller
http://www.martau.com/tu2.php
73: AutoHotkey is on steroids? then just give Powerpro a try
http://www.ppro.org/
74: MSConfig is a small and helpful tool. It allows you disable programs which are starting with Windows
http://www.get-in-control.com/msconfig-cleanup/
75: Make your folders different colors is neat. It's called Rainbow Folders
http://www.zwnet.bmj.net.pl/~aionel/...l/gb/wstep.htm
76: DG-Defragmenter, a high performance defragmenter which built on top of full DOS based defrag engine.
http://www.beoncorp.com/dgdefragmenter.html
77: Clipomatic is a clipboard cache program - it remembers what was copied to the clipboard even after new data is copied, and allows you to retrieve the old data.
http://mlin.net/Clipomatic.shtml
78: TinySpell - It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application.
http://tinyspell.m6.net/
79: SceenPrint32 - A very versatile screen capture program.
ScreenPrint32 allows you to print and/or capture to disk or clipboard, the full desktop, active window, predefined area, or user selected area of the screen.
http://www.provtech.co.uk/software/screenprint32.asp
80: Yankee Clipper is another usefull clipboard app
http://www.intelexual.com/products/yc3/
81: LeechGet is a download manager that uses a very nice, modern, Microsoft Outlook-like user interface and seamlessly integrates into Internet Explorer, allowing you to easily start and manage your downloads
82: Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
83: Wallpaper Master allows you to change your desktop wallpaper automatically every X minutes.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/WallpaperMaster.html
84: WPChanger is an easy to use tool to automatically cycle through your collection of desktop wallpapers
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wpchanger.html
85: The Webshots Desktop is an advanced internet-enabled screen saver that combines high quality
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/webshots.html
86: Konfabulator?
www.konfabulator.com
87: KNOPPIX?
www.knopper.net
88: PSP Video 9?
www.pspvideo9.com
89: Microsoft AntiSpyware:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
90: ClearTweak™ allows you to change the contrast setting of the ClearType® setting for Windows XP
http://www.ioisland.com/cleartweak/
91: Secure yourself from spam, ads, spyware and more
All-in-One SECRETMAKER contains everything you need to maintain absolute privacy and security
http://www.secretmaker.com/
92: Convert is an easy to use unit conversion program that will convert the most popular units of distance, temperature, volume, time, speed, mass, power, density, pressure, energy and many others, including the ability to create custom conversions!
http://joshmadison.com/software/convert/
93: now Shareware however they still have a link to their "free" version. Great for screen captures/resizing.
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm
94: For Java development and programing
http://www.eclipse.org/
95: move on boot program to move files that you cant delete.
http://gibinsoft.net/
96: Angel Writer is a free text editor allowing you to create impressive documents that contain formatted text, graphics and tables
http://www.angelicsoftware.com/en/angel-writer.html
97: THE Rename is a donationware program designed to help you to rename files and folders en masse with a number of possibilities and options.
http://www.herve-thouzard.com/module...hp?articleid=1
98: MP3 Gain
http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
99: FreeRamPro
http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/
100: WordWeb
http://wordweb.info/free/
101: XnView
http://www.xnview.com/
102: MP3 Trim
http://www.mptrim.com/
103: PrintFolder
http://no-nonsense-software.com/download.shtml
104: Anti virus
http://www.hitmanpro.nl/hitmanpro/
105: Flashnote:- resides in the systray (tiny footprint). Click on it or type Alt+s and instantly you have a notepad-like page (any colour background and text). Auto saves everything. Faster than launching notepad, sticky notes etc. Excellent for copy/paste, quick notes, etc. Very fast on slow systems
flashnote.softvoile.com/
106: Filemap :- Keep control over the growing number of phantom files that mysteriously appear on your system for no explained reason ... This is a valuable program which quickly indicates any changes to your root (C:\) Directory, Windows and System Directories each time the computer is booted.
dogkennels.net/filemap/
107: TaskZip:- An oldie but goldie . At scheduled times Taskzip backs up all your critical settings and folders (zipped) to anywhere you specify. Mine backs up: My Documents folder, Word's Normal.dot, My Outlook Express Folders, Registry, Browser settings, Start Menu, OE Address Book, My Favorites Folder, All system Files etc, etc. etc. Simple to use.
pb-sys.com/
108: a handy tool that allows you to close all currently running programs a task often required during software installations to minimize conflicts or during defrag operations
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartclose.html
109: you can set up shortcuts to all your fav. programs/directories/websites etc. it has a little notepad type thing attached as well
http://bayden.com/SlickRun/
110: TClockEx enhances the standard Windows taskbar clock, adding the ability to display the date, time and lots of other information in any format you like
www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/index.htm
111: Taskzip is a great little backup program
http://www.pb-sys.com/
Please remember this is only a partial list and this post is intended to stop the reposts of the freeware apps that have already been posted.. A second post will follow when I get time to go through the rest of the posts, But in the meantime Please look through the posts before posting a "new freeware app".