DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED THROUGH USING THESE SOFTWARES. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Office

Calendar
-Sunbird

Diagram Drawing
-Dia

Diary
-Advanced Diary

Office Suite
-OpenOffice

Personal Finance Manager
-AceMoney Lite

PDF Maker
-CutePDF
-PDFCreator

PDF Reader
-Adobe Reader

Personal Information Management
-EssentialPIM

Presentation Creation
-Wink

Word Processor
-AbiWord

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Graphic

3D Modelling
-Blender3D

Icon Editor
-@icon sushi

Image Editing
-GIMP
-Paint .NET

Image Viewer
-IrfanView

Photo Organizer
-Picasa

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E-mail

E-mail Client
-Eduora
-Foxmail
-i.Scribe
-Pegasus Mail
-Thunderbird

E-mail Notification
-Gmail Notifier
-Mail Alert
-PopTray
-POP Peeper

E-mail Anti-Spam
-K9
-SpamBayes
-Spamihilator
-SpamNet

Miscellaneous
-GMail Drive shell extension
-Outlook Express Backup
-YPOPs!

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Multimedia

Audio Editing
-Audacity
-MP3 Cutter
-mp3DirectCut
-MP3 Gain

Audio Converter
-dBpowerAMP Music Converter

CD Ripping
-AudioCrusher
-AudioGrabber
-CDex

Codec Information
-GSpot

Codec Pack
-K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

DVD Utilities
-DVDINFOPro
-DVD Decrypter
-DVD Profiler
-DVD Shrink

Karaoke Player
-vanBasco

MP3 Player
-Foobar
-Quintessential
-Winamp


Recording
-MuvAudio

Streaming
-SHOUTcast

Tag Editor
-K-MP3
-TagScanner
-The Godfather

Video Player
-BSplayer
-Real Alternative
-QuickTime Alternative
-VideoLan

Video Processing
-TMPGEnc
-VirtualDub

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Internet/Networking

Browser
-Avant Browser
-Firefox
-Maxthon
-Netscape
-Opera

Distributed Computing
-Folding@Home
-Seti@Home

Download Manager
-Download Accelerator
-Download Express
-FlashGet
-Net Transport
-LeechGet
-Star Downloader

File Transfer Program
-FileZilla

File Transfer Server
-FileZilla Server

Instant Messaging
-ICQ
-Miranda IM
-mIRC
-MSN Messenger
-Trillian
-Yahoo! Messenger

Internet Voice Chat
-Eyeball
-Skype

Network Analyzer
-Ethereal

Parental Filter
-Naomi
-Parental Filter

Popup Blocker
-Pop-up Stopper Free
-POW!

RSS/Feed Reader
-Feedreader
-RssReader

Secure File Transfer/SCP
-WinSCP

Web Content Filter
-Proxomitron

Web Server
-AnalogX SimpleServer WWW
-Apache HTTP Server

Web Site Downloader
-HTTrack

Miscellaneous
-AnalogX PowerBrowse
-FireTune
-Google Toolbar
-Google Web Accelerator
-IE New Window Maximizer

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Security

Antivirus
-Avast
-AntiVir PE
-AVG
-BitDefender
-ClamWin
-NOD32

Antivirus Specific
-avast! Virus Cleaner*
-McAfee AVERT Stinger*
-Panda Quick Remover*

*These tools only remove specific virus, not for full antivirus protection

Anti-Spyware
-HijackThis
-Lavasoft Ad-aware
-Microsoft Windows Antispyware (Beta)
-Spybot Search and Destroy
-SpywareBlaster

Data Wiping
-Active@ KillDisk
-AnalogX SuperShredder
-Darik's Boot and Nuke
-DeepDelete
-Eraser

Encryption
-AxCrypt
-CompuSec
-Cryptainer LE
-GNUPG
-PGP

File Recovery
-PC INSPECTOR File Recovery

Firewall
-Kerio
-Outpost
-Sygate
-ZoneAlarm

Password Management
-Access Manager
-KeePass Password Safe
-Password Corral

Password Reovery
-Asterisk Key
-Asterisk Logger
-Dialup/RAS/VPN Passwords Recovery
-Mail PassView
-Network Password Recovery
-Protected Storage PassView

Miscellaneous
-AirSnare
-AirSnort
-Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
-IP-Tools
-Nmap
-WinPatrol

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File Management

File Compression
-7-Zip
-EnZip
-Filzip
-IZArc
-UltimateZip

File Joiner
-Simple File Joiner

File Integrity
-CheckSum Calculator
-MD5Summer

File Renaming
-Flexible Renamer
-MP3 Rename
-Rename-It!
-Siren
-THE Rename

File Splitting
-Gsplit
-KFK

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System Utilities

Boot Manager
-XOSL

CD Burning
-BurnAtOnce
-CDBurnerXP
-CDR Tools Front End
-DeepBurner

CD Utilities
-Nero CD-DVD Speed
-ISOBuster

CDROM Emulation
-Daemon

Desktop Enhancement
-ObjectDock
-Rainlendar
-TrayIt!
-Virtual Desktop Manager

Diagnostic and Benchmark
-3Dmark2005
-AquaMark3
-ClockGen
-CPU Burn In
-CPU-Z
-Everest
-HD Tach
-Memtest86
-Memtest86+
-MotherBoard Monitor
-Prime95
-PowerStrip
-RivaTuner
-SiSoftware Sandra
-SpeedFan
-Super PI
-WCPUID

Optimization
-Adobe Reader SpeedUp
-CachemanXP
-CCleaner
-TweakUI

Partition Manager
-Ranish Partition Manager

PC Emulator
-Bochs

Product Key Finder
-Magic JellyBean Key Finder

Remote Access
-TightVNC
-UltraVNC

Registry
-RegScrubXP
-Regmon
-RegSeeker

Screen Capture/Recording
-CamStudio 2.0
-GrabCaptureScreen

Shutdown
-PowerOff
-ShutDownOnTime

System Monitoring
-CoolMon
-Filemon
-Process Explorer
-Samurize

Telnet/SSH Clients
-PuTTY

Task Automation
-MacroMaker
-StrokeIt

Unattended Windows XP Installation
-nLite

IDE and Editors

CSS Editor
-Cascade DTP
-Topstyle Lite

C++ IDE
-Code::Blocks
-Dev-C++

C# IDE
-SharpDevelop(#develop)

Database
-MySQL
-PostgreSQL

Hex Editor
-Hex Editor

HTML Editor
-HTMLGate
-HTML-Kit
-Nvu

Installation Creation
-Nullsoft Install System
-InnoSetup

Java IDE
-Borland JBuilder Foundation
-Eclipse
-JCreator
-netBeans

PHP Editor
-Dev-PHP
-PHPEdit

VB.NET IDE
-SharpDevelop(#develop)

XML Editor
-XMLEditPro
-XMLFox

Miscellaneous
-Crimson Editor
-jEdit
-Syn
-PSPad
-WinMerge
-WinLAMP

Microsoft has release a suite of Visual Studio 2005 Express Edition products.

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Useful CDs
-BartPE
-Helix
-Open Source Software
-Knoppix
-SystemRescueCd
-Ultimate Boot CD
-Whoppix

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Links:
http://sourceforge.net/
http://www.download.com/
http://www.softpedia.com/
http://www.snapfiles.com/
http://fileforum.betanews.com/
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/
http://www.tucows.com/downloads/Windows/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...tware_packages

Some of the information taken from:
http://forums.hardwarezone.com/showthread.php?t=590758
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...7283&forumid=1

Last Updated: 28-08-2005

[Bendictos]

how come in chit chat lol tot shld be in software

[cyberengine]

wow........thanks for the great links

[cyberengine]

Originally Posted by Bendictos

how come in chit chat lol tot shld be in software

yea....i tink should be in software or open source forum

opps. moderator can move this thread to the right forum..

[aikamai]

Wow, at least I see credits.

[Bendictos]

yeah not bad quite a list u have there hehe

wa.. thank you very much man...

[DiGdUb's Bro]

Make it sticky in software forum please. Very useful.

[yhw22]

somemore if any new software still can add to the list. :laugh5:

why the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack link is not working?

Excellent thread. Thanks!

[Asimof]

impressive list you have there. hard work on your part.

thanks a million! appreciate it.