Here’s a list of the best freeware I can recommend to my family, friends and to you as my readers aswell. Most of these tools are light, easy to install and are very effective!
Startup Control Panel - This is a good tool to monitor and manage your startup items. It can also work as an antispyware coz it helps you keep track of your startup list.
Launchy - A very versatile keystroke launcher that supports nifty skins!
Process Tamer - This tool is the good samaritan that helps windows everytime he’s in trouble. It automatically adjust priority settings of softwares running in the background in order to avoid system instability.
Sandboxie - Sandboxing software that protects your pc from the growing threat of spywares. A one of a kind security tool.
Wordweb - I call this a writer’s companion. Wordweb is a free dictionary software. Simple and straightforward.
Classic Media Player - Do you hate how bloated Windows Media Player is? Do you like to play your cd/dvd video files in a snap?! Then this player is for you!
Locate - This freeware killed my windows search utility for good! I believe this is the fastest search tool you’ll ever need for your pc. You can search your files using this tool in just seconds! You heard me right, just in seconds!
Gigaget - I’m loving this download manager. It’s fast, spyware free and best of all it’s FREE!
Mediacoder - I haven’t yet tested the full power of this media coder because the possibilities are endless. I call this the all-in-one king of its kind!
Crapcleaner - Man im obessesed with this cleaning utility! If not for this angel, my pc can’t survive the beating of the everyday junk on my computer. Thank you crapcleaner!
EasyCleaner - If Crapcleaner has a twin, then this would be him. This disk cleaning utility works perfectly if combined with Crapcleaner.
QuickFolder - This is one of the newest freeware that I find useful. It easily launches my favorite folders in an instant and it’s pairs right with Launchy.
Billy - I hate Winamp! I hate Foobar! I LOVE BILLY!
Features
Freeware (no adware)
Runs on Win 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP/2003
No skins, no mp3 tags, no equalizer, no nonsense - pure audio
Supported formats: MP3, WAV, OGG
High quality sound engine, by Un4seen Bass
Extremely fast, loads 1000 mp3 files in a second
Gapless trackchange of mp3 files
Directory based or playlist based
Filenames renamer to organize your music albums
Calibrated dB level meter
100% controllable by keyboard
Low memory and cpu usage
Queueing your next songs
Find a specific song quickly
Sleep timer
Drag & drop
Firefox - The best browser on the planet. Period!
Cabos - The only p2p software that I trust. It’s fast, efficient and spyware free! A good p2p software for starters and pros alike.
Cobian - Cobian Backup is a multi-threaded program you can use to backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network.
Truecrypt - Easy to use encrypter that can create virtual disks that holds encrypted images, text files and even hard disks.
RipIt4Me - Record protected DVD’s all done in ONE click alone!
TalkativeIRC - When you hate the complexity of mIRC then this irc client is for you.
ZoneAlarm Free - Believe it or not. This free firewall is easy to setup and maintain.
AVG Free - A reliable antivirus for home users.
Clamwin - A good antivirus that can also detect trojans and spywares.
Filezilla - Light and fast FTP client.
Utorrent - A very light and stable torrent that can even fit inside a floppy disk.
NVU - A good WYSIWYG HTML editor with site manangement features derived from Mozilla Composer
Spybot Search & Destroy - One of the most effective antispyware that offers realtime browser protection.
Converter - A simple unit converter that pairs well with MS window’s calculator.
Foxit PDF Reader - A light PDF Reader (added 7/21/06)
