This thread started a little differently and has been edited to become a list of freeware that BE members use and would recommend.
I like:
VLC media player
7-Zip file archiver
Filezilla FTP client
Grabit Usenet binary downloader
Gimp image editor
GoGo MP3 To CD Burner
Foxit PDF Reader
PSPad text and code editor
Daemon Tools CD-Rom emulator I haven't been able to get it to work with Vista Beta 2, see next entry.
Virtual CloneDrive - CD-Rom emulator Works with Vista Beta 2
Tftpd32 - DHCP, TFTP, SNTP and Syslog servers as well as a TFTP client.
SolarWinds TFTP Server
Darik's Boot and Nuke Hard Disk Wiper
Audacity, The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor
Iso Recorder
PhotoFiltre image editor
bughouse likes:
Kerio Personal Firewall
Avast Anti-Virus
Simply Safe Backup
Magicky likes:
Ultimate Boot CD
--I second this, I've used the windows password utility a couple of times!
Cheech likes:
Freemeter: lightweight, powerful system monitor for Windows
PuTTY: Telnet and SSH client
flexkill likes:
ZipGenius file compression suite
Eraser: Secure file/folder deletion.
Moop likes:
CCleaner system optimization and privacy tool
Hawk likes:
WinSCP: Freeware SFTP and SCP client for Windows
d.justice likes:
Starter: Startup manager for Windows
Just Learnin' likes:
Moveonboot - Copies, moves or deletes files and folders on the next system boot.
Note- this is the last version that was freeware.
Alcohol 52% CD & DVD emulation software
Note- use to create disk images too!
huncherman likes:
Security Toolkit - File encryption utility.
Note- soon to be replaced by CleverCrypt
BeeHay likes:
Unknown Devices - Find what those unknown devices in Device Manager really are.
DVD Shrink - Software to backup DVD discs.
DVDDecrypter - Rips encrypted dvd video files to harddrive.
BB_One likes:
Open Office- free office suite.
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