Cubic Explorer [2.9M] Win 2k – Win 7 (12-11)  Freeware - a robust Windows Explorer replacement

http://www.cubicreality.com/ce/

EssentialPIM [6M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (12-11) - manage appointments and contacts with the look and functionality of Outlook

http://www.essentialpim.com/

File Locator Lite [32 bit 2.9M;64 bit 3.6M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12-11) - find files that other search engines miss

http://www.mythicsoft.com/page.aspx?page=home&type=filelocatorlite

GameSave Manager [9.7M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (12-11) - easily backup, restore and transfer saved games

http://www.gamesave-manager.com/

KeyMusic [612k] Win 2k – Win 7  freeware (12-11) - turns your keyboard into a musical instrument

http://www.trisunsoft.com/key-music.htm

LastPass [9.6M] Win XP - Win 7  Freeware (12-11) - an excellent password manager

https://lastpass.com/

MP3 Cutter and Editor [1M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12-11) - extremely simple and handy application for editing mp3 files

http://www.musetips.com/free-mp3-cutter-and-editor.html

Virtual Magnifying Glass [1.2M] Win All/Mac OS X/Linux  Freeware (Public Domain) (12-11) - free, open source, cross-platform screen magnification tool

http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/

Ditto [4.8M] Win All  Freeware (11-11) - Windows clipboard extender

http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/index.php

Efficient Reminder Free [3.6M] Win 98 – Win 7  Freeware (11-11) - easily set up pop up reminders for important events

http://www.efficientreminder.com/freeedition.htm

Explorer2 [1.5M] Win 9x – Win 7  Freewware (11-11) - explorer like file manager with dual panes

http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

HDD Low Level Format Tool [760K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11-11) - low level format utility for hard disk drives and memory storage devices

http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/

MiniTool Partition Wizard [10.5M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (11-11) - powerful yet free partition manager

http://partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Rapid Environment Editor [904K] Xin XP – Win 7 (11-11)  Freeware - quick environment variables editor with advanced features

http://www.rapidee.com/en/about

TeraCopy [1.7M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11-11) - advanced file copy utility with many features

http://www.codesector.com/teracopy.php

Touchpad Blocker [437K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11-11) - a must have for notebook touchpad users

http://touchpad-blocker.com/

IOBit Uninstaller [1.2M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - uninstall and remove unwanted programs and folders

http://www.iobit.com/advanceduninstaller.html

MP3 Skype Recorder [2.2M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - easily record and save Skype phone calls

You might be wondering whether recording your VoIP calls is legal. Even when it comes to traditional calls, the legality depends on what jurisdiction you're in (in the U.S., in a "one party state," you can record any call to which you're a party without getting permission of the other party or parties. In a "two party state," you can't. Here is a list to help you figure out which classification your state fits into. And here's a white paper that discusses in detail the legal issues involved in recording phone calls.

http://voipcallrecording.com/

Open Freely [29.2M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - open and work with all sorts of different file types

http://www.openfreely.com/

PortableApps.com Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (Open Source) (10-11) - take your favorite software with you

http://portableapps.com/

Tweaking.com – Windows Repair [594k] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - an all-in-one Windows repair tool

http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/windows_repair_all_in_one.html

Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer [43k] Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - change the size of the thumbnails by just dragging a slider

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,83804/description.html

YTD Basic [4.93M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (10-11) - download and save videos from YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo and other sharing sites

http://www.youtubedownloadersite.com/

Chrome Toolbox – Win all with Chrome browser  Freeware (09-11) - quick access extension for Google Chrome browser

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/fjccknnhdnkbanjilpjddjhmkghmachn

Fences [9.04M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - organizes your icons into separate windows on your desktop

http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/

Free File Wiper [95.9k] Win XP - Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - securely deletes files

http://freesoftwareproject.weebly.com/free-file-wiper.html

Free Undelete [934k] Win NT 4 - Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - restores deleted files

http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

Image Composite Editor [2.42M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - an advanced panoramic image stitcher from Microsoft

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/

Legacy Family Tree [46.6M] Win 98 – Win 7 Free (09-11) - an award winning professional genealogy program

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Index.asp

Pig Toolbox – Win all with Chrome browser  Freeware (09-11) - a feature packed extension for Google Chrome browser

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oiplkfaidhjklglajdpfehoagkmlcakh

Sigil [11.5M] Win/Linux/Mac  Freeware (GNU Public license) (09-11) - a multi-platform WYSIWYG ebook editor

http://code.google.com/p/sigil/

TeamViewer [3.96M] Win 98 – Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - an excellent screen-sharing and file-transfer app

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx

WizMouse [571K] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (09-11) - mouse enhancement utility makes your mouse wheel work on the window currently under the mouse pointer

http://download.cnet.com/WizMouse/3000-18487_4-10907935.html?tag=mncol;txt

Audacity [13.8M] Win 98 – Win 7  Freeware (08-11) - a nice, feature rich sound editor

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Free Download Manager [6.42M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (GNU Public License) (08-11) - full featured downloading program

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/index.htm

ImgBurn [5.4M] Win 95 – Win 7  Freeware (08-11) - effortlessly and reliably create and burn ISO images

http://www.imgburn.com/

Irfanview [1.44M] Win 95 – Win 7  Freeware (non-commercial use) (08-11) - a world wide popular picture and video viewer

http://www.irfanview.com/

Multi Commander [4.3M] Win XP – Win 7 32 & 64 bit  Freeware (08-11) - a multi-tabbed file manager that is an alternative to standard Windows Explorer

http://multicommander.com/

MuseScore [34.2M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (GNU Public license) (08-11) - a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program

http://musescore.org/

NirLauncher [9.92M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (08-11) - a package of more than 100 portable freeware utilities for Windows

http://launcher.nirsoft.net/

Open Office [151M] Win 2k – Win 7 plus other operating systems  Freeware (GNU Public license) (08-11) - if you can't afford Microsoft Office, then Open Office will do

http://www.openoffice.org/

Patch My PC [474K] Win XP – Win 7 Freeware (08-11) - check and update to the current version of Acrobat, Flash, Firefox, Java, Quicktime, and more!

http://www.patchmypc.net/

VLC Media Player [20M] Win 2k – Win 7 plus other operating systems  Freeware (GNU Public license) (08-11) - an all purpose video player, which also plays all audio formats

http://www.videolan.org/

4TOPS [1.8 kb] Win XP – Win 7/Excel 2000 – 2010  30 day free trial, $69.00 to buy  (7-11) - compare spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel

http://www.4tops.com/compare_excel_files.htm

Angry IP Scanner [1.2 Mb] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (7-11) - a very fast IP address and port scanner

http://www.angryip.org/w/Home

AVC [22.1 Mb] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (7-11) - convert video files between various formats

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

Desktop Restore [248 kb] Win 98 – Win 7  Freeware (7-11) - restore desktop layout from changes to screen resolution by other programs

http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm

dp4 font viewer [421 kb] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (GNU Public License) (7-11) - a feature rich free font viewer

http://us.fontviewer.de/index.html

DVDSmith Movie Backup [3 Mb] Win XP – Win 7 – MAC OS X  Freeware (7-11) - copy entire DVD movie to hard drive with removal of all the DVD copy protections

http://www.dvdsmith.com/

Lord of the Rings Online [1.9 Mb] Win XP – Win 7  Free (7-11) - explore up to 65 levels of Middle Earth with this free online role player game

http://www.lotro.com/free.php

Synergy [10.4 Mb] Win XP – Win 7/Linux/Mac OS X  Freeware (GNU Public License) (7-11) - easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers without added hardware

http://synergy-foss.org/

Clonezilla [134.9k] Win All  Free (Open Source) (06-11) - open source disk clone system

http://clonezilla.org/

Colorful Tabs [321 bytes] Windows Firefox Browser  Free (06-11) - each tab open in Firefox will have a different color

http://www.binaryturf.com/free-software/colorfultabs-for-firefox/

EASEUS Partition Master [8.4M] Win 2k – Win 7 32 & 64 bit  Free (06-11) - free partition manager

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

Macrium Reflect [31.4M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (06-11) - image all or portions of your hard drive

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp

Quad Explorer [405k] Win 2k – Win 7 32 & 64 bit  Freeware (06-11) - have 4 open file manager windows

http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir

Serf Anonymous Free [4.8M] Win 2k – Win 7 32 & 64 bit  Free (06-11) - provides anonymity to your web surfing by hiding your IP address

http://www.surfanonymous-free.com/

TestDisk [3.3M] DOS/Win NT4 – Win 7/Linux/BSD/SunOS/MacOS X  Freeware (GNU Public Domain) (06-11) - free data recovery software

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Vista Drive Icon [133k] Win 32 bit Win 95 – Win XP  Free (06-11) - add Vista’s space used color bar to Win 95 - XP drive icons

http://drvicon.sourceforge.net/

Climsy [979k] Win XP - Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - share your clipboard images over the Internet or your network

http://www.climsy.com

Coollector [36M] Win XP – Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - manage your video collection and more

http://www.coollector.com/

Dexpot [4.1M] Win 2k – Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - have separate virtual desktops for different applications

http://dexpot.de/index.php?id=home

Diffpdf Portable – [5M] Win 2k – Win 7 Free (Open Source) (05-11) - do a comparison of two .pdf files and highlight the differences

Check out the other portable apps at http://portableapps.com/

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/diffpdf_portable

FotoMix [2.4M] Win 2k – Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - combine elements from different images

http://www.diphso.no/FotoMix.html

FotoMorph [3.6M] Win 2k – Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - create animations that morph one photo into another

http://www.diphso.no/FotoMorph.html

MusicBee [21M] Win XP – Win 7 Freeware (05-11) - find and play music files on your computer, on portable devices and on the web

http://getmusicbee.com/

Pazera Video Converters Suite [29.7M] Win Me – Win Vista Freeware (05-11) - convert between almost all video formats

The site also has other less common converters.

http://www.pazera-software.com/products/vcsuite/

PhotoSort [1.4M] Win XP – Win 7 Shareware Free Demo, $24.95 to register (05-11) - find nearly identical and duplicate pictures

http://www.asmdev.net/products/photosort/index.html

FileZilla [4.1M] Win XP – Win 7/Linux/Mac OS X  Freeware (GNU) (04-11) - a fast and reliable FTP client

http://filezilla-project.org/index.php

Framing Studio [3.7M] Win98 – Win 7  30 day Free trial, then $24.00 (04-11) - add frames and boarders to your digital pictures

http://ams-soft.com/framing/index.html

Gmail Notifier Pro [2.7M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware, $7.00 to register (04-11) - an email notifier for Gmail

http://www.gmailnotifier.se/index.php

KeePass Password Safe [1.9M] Win 98 – Win 7/Linux/Mac  Freeware (Open Source) (04-11) - safely store your passwords on your PC and hand held devices

Versions also available for portable devices (PocketPC, iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.).

http://keepass.info/index.html

Library .Net [3.2M] Win All  Freeware (04-11) - a personal notes and information management system

http://fishcodelib.com/CodeLibFree.htm

Mahjong in Poculis [43.3M] Win 2k – Win 7 and Mac OS X  Freeware (04-11) - Mahjong game with 300 levels and 6 fun scenarios

http://www.in-poculis.com/games/mahjong.html

RKill [983K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (04-11) - terminate known malware processes so that your normal security software can then run

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill

UNetbootin [4.5M] Win XP – Win 7/Linux/Mac OS X  Freeware (04-11) - create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

5 Free Ashampoo Programs [13.4-164.2M] Win XP – Win 7  Free (03-11) - get 5 Ashampoo programs for Windows absolutely free

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20033313-58.html#ixzz1F7aQ863A

http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/lpa/gift

aTube Catcher [12.1M] Win 98 – Win 7  Freeware (03-11) - download videos from social web sites, screen recorder and more

http://atube-catcher.dsnetwb.com/get-video-software-windows-home/content/banco-datos-Welcome-Home-Page.html

AxCrypt [1.6M] Win 2k – Win 7 32/64  Freeware (03-11) - open source file encryption software

http://www.axantum.com/axcrypt/Default.aspx

CPU-Z [3.7M] Win All  Freeware (03-11) - gathers information on some of the main devices of your system

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Daphine [1.5M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (03-11) - kill, control and debug Windows' processes and is a task manager replacement

http://www.drk.com.ar/daphne.php

Directory Password Security [836K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (03-11) - apply password protection to a directory or file

Note – Requires .Net Framework

http://www.bomchikbom.com/

ISpy USBblocker [5M] Win  Free 15 day trial then $29.00 (03-11) - blocks untrusted USB Memory Stick from being used

Also check out USBLock to lock your system from access without an authorized USB Memory Stick.

http://www.ispy-tech.com/softwares.html

Kryptel [11.8M] Win 2k – Win 7  Free trial then $29.00 (03-11) - drag-and-drop file and folder encryption program

Free lite version (Kryptelite) http://www.kryptel.com/products/freesoftware.php

http://www.kryptel.com/products/kryptel.php

PC Wizard [5M] Win All  Freeware (03-11) - among the most advanced system information programs on the market

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html

Silverkey [4.5M] Win 95 – Win 7  Free trial then $29.95 (03-11) - encrypts files or folders and produces encrypted parcels which can be safely sent over the Internet

Free lite version (Iron Key) http://www.kryptel.com/products/freesoftware.php

http://www.kryptel.com/products/silverkey.php

Autoruns for Windows [605K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (02-11) - goes way beyond the MSConfig to show your startup programs

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

Chemistry add-in for MS Word [8.8M] MS Word 2007 – 2010  Freeware (02-11) - insert and modify chemical information in Word docs

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chem4word/

Diff-IE [4.8M] Win XP – Win 7 (32 & 64 bit)  and IE 7-9 (32 bit only)  Freeware (02-11) - visually shows web page content changes

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/diffie/

Joulemeter [890K] Win 7  Freeware (02-11) - measure energy usage of PC’s

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/joulemeter/default.aspx

Microsoft Mathematics [18M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (02-11) - solve equations, draw graphs, do calculus, and much more

http://www.win7news.net/BF2EMH/110128-MS-Math

Replicator [2M] Win All  Freeware (02-11) - automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

Shadow Copy Cloner [835K] Win XP – Win 7  Free 30 day trial then $19.95 (02-11) - backs up all of your files, including Windows system files

http://www.goldentroutsoftware.com/scc.html

Ultimate Windows Tweaker [345K] Win Vista – Win 7  Freeware (02-11) - optimization and configuration tool for Windows 7 or Vista

http://www.win7news.net/BF2EMH/110128-WindowsTweaker

AnyTV [1.1M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (01-11) - watch internet TV or listen to online radio from all over the world on your PC

http://www.anytvplayer.com/

Ashampoo 2010 [96.6M] Win XP – Win 7 Free 30 day trial then $59.99 (01-11) - a powerful, efficient, yet easy to handle office software that is inexpensive - Note: does not contain Outlook Email or Access Database applications

http://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/pin/0338/Office_Software/Ashampoo-Office-2010

Balabolka [5.5M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (01-11) - a Text-To-Speech (TTS) program

http://www.cross-plus-a.com/balabolka.htm

Earth Alerts [2.7M] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (01-11) - real time monitoring of natural hazards happening anywhere in the world

http://earthalerts.manyjourneys.com/

GnuCash [91M] Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX Freeware (open source) (01-11) - personal and small-business financial-accounting software

http://www.gnucash.org/

LibreOffice [155-206M] Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX Freeware (open source) (01-11) - free power-packed Open Source personal productivity suite

http://www.libreoffice.org/

Stellarium [30-43.5M] Linux/Unix, Windows and MacOSX Freeware (open source) (01-11) - a free open source planetarium for your computer

http://www.stellarium.org/

StripMail [268K] Win 2k/XP  Freeware (01-11) - strips the characters ">" and "|" from forwarded e-mails

http://www.dsoft.com.tr/stripmail/

YoWindow [3.7M] Win XP – Win 7 (Mac OS version available)  Freeware (01-11) - a free Weather Station for Windows

http://yowindow.com/

Comodo Backup [18.4MB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - easily backup data by disk, partition, directory, file type and more options

http://www.comodo.com/home/data-storage-encryption/comodo-backup.php

Data Crow [43.3MB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - the ultimate media cataloger and media organizer

http://www.datacrow.net/

Display Fusion [1.34MB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - make your multi-monitor life much easier

http://www.displayfusion.com/

Fileseek [680KB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - find a file by name or text buried in the file

http://www.fileseek.ca/

FreeFileSync [78MB] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - folder comparison and synchronization tool

http://freefilesync.sourceforge.net/

Notepad Replacer [580KB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - replace Notepad with whatever you would like to use and easily revert back later

http://www.binaryfortress.com/NotepadReplacer/

ReactOS [40.1MB] Win XP/2003 clone OS  Freeware (12- 10) - free modern operating system based on the design of Windows® XP/2003

http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html

TrayStatus [580KB] Win 2k – Win 7  Freeware (12- 10) - show status of caps lock, num lock and hard drive in the tool tray

http://www.binaryfortress.com/TrayStatus/

Delete Doctor [147K] Windows All  Freeware (11- 10) - delete difficult to delete files

http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?tag=zd-left&docid=809429

Disk Investigator [359K] Windows All  Freeware (11- 10) - this Norton Disk Doctor clone will display and recover lost data by reading hard drive sectors

http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?tag=zd-left&docid=1457319

Free Video Catcher [4.6M] Win All  Freeware (11- 10) - capture video from web sites

http://www.giksoft.com/index.php?idlng=1

McAfee Removal Tool [1.3M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11- 10) - procedure and tool for removing McAfee applications

http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

Nitro PDF Reader [29.5M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11- 10) - view, highlight and edit PDF files

(See http://www.nitropdf.com/professional/compared.htm for a comparison).

http://www.nitroreader.com/

Norton Removal Tool [903K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11- 10) - procedure and tool for removing Norton Symantec applications

http://us.norton.com/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docurl=20080710133834EN

SSD Tweaker [105K] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11- 10) - quickly adjust Windows settings for Solid State Drives

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ssdtweaker/

WinUtilities [8.6M] Win XP – Win 7  Freeware (11- 10) - a multi-functional system performance and optimization suite for Windows

http://www.ylcomputing.com/content/view/327/135/

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