Anti-virus/Spyware/Firewall

	Ad-Aware (spyware remover; latest update file)
	Avast! (alternative to Symantec or McAfee anti-virus)
	CCleaner (utility for cleaning up your system)
	Comodo Firewall Pro (firewall)
	Spybot - Search & Destroy (spyware remover)
	Stinger (McAfee's Top 50 virus remover utility)
	Trend Micro House Call (online virus scanner)

Audio/Video Manipulation

	Audacity (audio editor)
	CamStudio (create screen-capture videos for training end-users)
	K-Lite Codec Pack (a very complete codec pack)
	MediaCoder (universal audio/video batch convertor)
	MP3Tag (MP3 tag editor)
	QuickTime (Apple's multimedia player)
	VLC Media Player (multimedia player... if this program can't play it...)
	WinAmp (alternative to QuickTime/Windows Media Player)

Databases

	BlueDragon (alternative to ColdFusion)
	MySQL (alternative to SQL)

Internet

	Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF file viewer) DoPDF (PDF file convertor, works from most every application)
	Adobe Flash Player and Shockwave
	AM-DeadLink (bookmark/favorite editor with weeding AND verification)
	Browser Archive (get old versions of most any browser)
	Mozilla (www browser, basis of Netscape without the "stuff")
	Pidgin (multi-protocol Instant Messaging client)
	Sun Java (offline installer) (over versions)
	Thunderbird (e-mail client) Lightning (calendar component for Thunderbird)

Miscellaneous Goodies

	Google Earth
	Stellarium (astronomy viewer)

Office Suites

	Converting Works/WordPerfect to Word... click here.
	OpenOffice (alternative to Microsoft Office)

Photo Editing, Animation, and 3-D Modeling

	Blender (Maya alternative)
	Easy Thumbnails (thumbnail creator)
	GIMP (picture editor) GIMPShop (Adobe Photoshop skin for GIMP)
	IrFanView (picture editor)
	Picasa (picture editor)
	Pencil (traditional animation software)
	XnView (picture editor)

Programming and Game Development

	Dev C++ (alternative to Microsoft Visual C)
	wxDevC++ (alternative to Borland C++ Builder)
	Eclipse (MUCH more than just a Java IDE)
	Lazarus Project (alternative to Borland Pascal/Delphi)
	Netbeans ("The only IDE you need!")
	Scirra (DirectX game development in a WYSIWYG environment)

Utilities

	ImgBurn (CD/DVD burning software)
	LLFUTIL (IDE Hard Drive low level format utility)
	PC Activity Monitoring (need to know who's doing what on your computer?)
	PING (alternative to Symantec Ghost)
	SysInternals Suite (tools for nerds!)

Website Development

	Microsoft's Visual Web Developer
	NVU (alternative to FrontPage or Dreamweaver)
	Drupal (open source content management system)
	Screen Capture Tool (need more than ALT/CTRL+PrtScn?)

Windows Enhancements

	7-ZIP (alternative to WinZip)
	Autoruns (edit your system's startup list)
	CalcPlus (a beefed up calculator with conversions)
	FileZilla (FTP client)
	LogiTech Mouse Driver (enhancement to your mouse... works with most brands)
	Microsoft: DirectX Updates WindizUpdate (Get Microsoft Updates via this alternative site)
	NoteTab (NotePad replacement... using TABS for multiple files!)
	PuTTY (telnet/SSH client)
	Regclean (cleans out old/unnecessary entries in the registry)
	StarDock's ObjectDock (create a MaxOSX-like Docking Bar)
	WebEx Manager/Player (for those needing to join/view a WebEx session)
	Windows XP Remote Desktop Connection (for those without XP)
	Windows XP Service Pack 3
	WinSCP (secure FTP/SCP client; requires PuTTY)
	WNTIPCFG (do you miss WINIPCFG from Win9x?  Here is the GUI for Win2K/XP)

	Byte Converter (online K/KB/MB/GB converter)
	ConvertMe (online data transfer rate converter)
	Ziskocalc (Decimal- Binary, IP-HEX, and Subnet calculator)

A list of known file extensions

File Extensions

Port List References:

	Dave's Port List (simply THE best list of frequently seen TCP and UDP ports)
	Network ICE Port List
	IANA's Port List (poorly displayed, but up-to-date)