Your Favorite Freeware for Windows

[BJ_M]

Intel Active Monitor (Intel only) http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm

Atomic Clock Sync (because XP doesn't)
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

Kprobe

xp has a time sync ... just set it up and let it run -- its built in !

[fritzi93]

CCleaner (AKA "Crap Cleaner")

http://www.ccleaner.com/

You may be surprised what it finds, particularly in your registry.

[EDIT] Damn, Soopafresh posted it . Okay, I'll second that recommendation.

[lumis]

virtual floppy drive

http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html

its good when you dont have a floppy drive, but need to create a bootable disc (which you then transfer to cd-rw)

[Zisguy1]

Among others --

* ShellExView: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
* Spywareblaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
* Ad-Aware
* BSPlayer
* Soulseek: http://www.slsknet.org/
* VICE Emulator: http://www.viceteam.org/
* Agent Ransack Search: http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx
* Private Disk Light: http://www.dekart.com/products/file_disk_encryption/private_disk_light/
* ERUNT/NTRegOpt: http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

And I guess this last could be called a freeware, I dislike standalone antivirus apps & don't install new progs every day so I use:

http://housecall.trendmicro.com

a couple times/week for virus scanning.

[Shadow57]

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[glockjs]

ok im home now...so im gonna finalize my list hehe

dvddecrypter
dvdshrink
firefox
avg
zonealarm
trillian(im all in one)
xfire(im that works in game too)
tmpgenc
virtualdub
ad aware
spybot s&d
camstudio
winamp
vob blanker titleset blanker
virtual vcr
dvdinfo
dvdrebuilder
rejig
dvd2avi
hijackthis
audiograbber
extract now
ScreenHunter 4.0
bitpim
gmail notifier
Irfanview
Quickplayer
Realplayer (kinda gotta have not a fav)
xvid
divx
ESPN ticker
mbm5


eh, i think thats it

[BJ_M]

some of those are not freeware btw glockjs

trillian
tmpgenc
winamp
dvdinfo
audiograbber (i think)

divx has a paid and free version

[aanaravs]

Trillian Basic and Audiograbber are freeware.

[glockjs]

some of those are not freeware btw glockjs

trillian
tmpgenc
winamp
dvdinfo
audiograbber (i think)

divx has a paid and free version

eh whatever. i dont have to pay for em. :P

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Intel Active Monitor (Intel only) http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/active.htm

Atomic Clock Sync (because XP doesn't)
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

Kprobe

xp has a time sync ... just set it up and let it run -- its built in !

I can't get mine to sync with the server. It never works.

[BJ_M]

use a different server -- there are many

how to add multiple servers:
http://www.garyscott.net/tips/add_time_servers.php
(some additional servers listed above)

full list (there are 100's)

http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome

[dipstick]

lumis wrote:

virtual floppy drive

http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html

its good when you dont have a floppy drive, but need to create a bootable disc (which you then transfer to cd-rw)

Thanks, that was great. Very usefull indeed.

[saboolla]

avant antivirus
What the difference between professional and home.
which one to use?

[monzie]

Some you've all missed:

AC3Filter
AC3fix
AVIFRATE
AVISynth
CCE SP TRIAL VERSIONS
Daemon Tools
dbpoweramp
FITCD
FFDshow (!......how was this missed)
FFMpegGUI (ditto)
Hijackthis
Ifoedit
Kerio Personal Firewall
Lame
Pulldown.exe
TCMP (free version..no DVD support)
TMPGenc (the basic mpeg1 vcd verson)
ScummVM
Spywareblaster
Xvid codec (!)
Zoomplayer (no DVD)

and of course VirtualDub all flavors (esp VDM)....already mentioned.

Plus lots more that I cant think of..or have been mentioned already (like Audacity)

[sybariten]

Would it be possible to join all these programs into one list in this thread? It would be almost necessary though, with a line that explaijns what the program does.

My own examples are
Snippets - a text database that is like a notepad, only all information is stored in the programs own database. In a treelike structure. This means, that if your computer breaks down, you wont lose one single character you typed

Type and run - a very russian program that i invoke with a keystroke. Its like a shell, resembling a bash command line or something, only much simpler. Its a very easy way to start programs.

Miranda IM - the best ICQ clone ever made

I use a Firefox extension called BBCode. Because every bloody forum implements the attribute coding somewhat different, BBCode is a very nice way to get for instance the bold text here, by marking and rightclicking.
I would list total commander, which is more or less my operating system, but i've heard that aint freeware.

[Sifaga]

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=119821

list of alternative freeware

[lmemsm]

I saw audacity mentioned. Surprised no one mentioned Timidity or the abc notation programs. With these three applications and some public domain sheet music, you can create public domain background music for your home authored DVD-Rs.
ABC info at:
http://abc.sourceforge.net/abcMIDI/
Timidity at:
http://onefreehost.com/saxguru/Timidity.html

There's also a good list of freeware at:
http://www.pricelessware.org