DOWNLOADS - MUST HAVE ITEMS
ADOBE READER AND PDF CREATION
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2 (full standalone) -
View, print, Search and Share Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files using a variety of platforms and devices
(Official Website)
CutePDF Writer - Create PDF for free, Free PDF Utilities, Edit PDF easily. Free.
WORKS GREAT!
PDF Creator - PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. Free
Foxit Reader - PDF Solutions
Win2PDF - Win2PDF creates PDF files from any Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, or Server 2008 application (including x64 editions). Win2PDF installs as a printer, so all you need to do is print from any application to create the PDF file.
PrimoPDF - Easily create PDF files that can be opened in any PDF viewer, including Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Reader, and Nitro PDF Professional. Free
ANIMATION
Pencil - A traditional 2D animation software. Free
ANTISPYWARE/MALWARE/ADWARE REMOVAL
LOOK BELOW AT MALWARE/SPYWARE/VIRUS/ADWARE REMOVAL
ANTIVIRUS
Antivir - Antivirus protection, free version available.
Avast - Antivirus protection, free version available.
AVG - Antivirus protection, free version available.
Clamwin - Antivirus protection, free.
Comodo - Antivirus protection, free.
AUDIO
Audio - Forums, Shopping, Tools and Audio Server builds
BACKUP, CLOUD BACKUP, COPY, TRANSFER, RESTORE AND GO BACK IN TIME
Acronis - Software for Data Backup and Disaster Recovery in Windows and Linux
Carbonite - Online Backup, Computer Backup Software and Remote Backup
Cobian Backup - a multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. Free
ToDo Backup - All-In-One backup software for Windows. Free
GFI Backup - Free backup software for Windows
Macruim Reflect - PC Image and Hard Drive Backup (Free version available)
Unitrends - Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions.
Windows Steady State - Windows management tool designed for scenarios in which access to machines is completely unrestricted.
Urbackup - UrBackup is an easy to setup open source client/server backup system.
ShadowExplorer - Allows you to browse the Shadow Copies created by the Windows. WORKS GREAT!!!
OWNCLOUD - Owncloud backup for all your data, backup and transfer between multiple devices
BOOTABLE MEDIA DOWNLOAD AND CREATION
Bootable CD's - Bart's Bootable Media
nLite - Windows Installation Customizer
Ultimate Boot CD - Boot up Any Computer
BURNING SOFTWARE - CD\DVD\BLURAY
Alcohol - Burn CD's, DVD's and Blu-ray
Burn4Free - Burn CD's and DVD's for Free
CDBurnerXP - Burn CD's and DVD's for Free
ImgBurn - Burn CD's and DVD's for Free
InfraRecorder - A lightweight CD / DVD burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit! For Free
Nero - Burn CD's, DVD's and Blu-ray
Roxio - Burn CD's, DVD's and Blu-ray
CALENDERS
UK`s Kalender - UK`s Kalender is a straightforward calendar and ToDo list with a solid set of features and an easy to use interface. Also networkable. Free
CD\DVD EMULATION
WinCDEmu - WinCDEmu is an open-source software that allows mounting CD/DVD images by clicking at the image files in Windows Explorer
CLEANING AND OPTIMITAZTION
CCLEANER - System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. Free
SlimCleaner - System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. Free
CLIPBOARD MANAGERS
Ditto - An extension to the standard windows clipboard
CLOUD COMPUTING
Owncloud-Cloud backup. create your own server for cloud backups
CODECS
Lame 3.98.2.zip- An Audio Codec that is required in many Audio Software's. Free
JockerSoft - Checks for current codec's and recommends some if none found. Free
CMS (CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)
MS Sharepoint - MS Sharepoint Content Management Server. Free Edition
DATA RECOVERY
Also look below at RESTORE/RECOVER/UNDELETE/BACKUP for more backup and recovery tools
ISO Buster - CD Recovery | CD DVD Data Rescue software, featuring BD HD DVD
MHDD - The most popular freeware program for low-level HDD diagnostics. Free
DATABASE REPAIR
MDB Repair Tool - Unrecognized Database Format c:\server\db.mdb. - Usually an MS Access Error. Free
DEFRAGMENTATION
Auslogics - A compact defragmentation tool. Free
Defraggler - File and Disk Defragmentation. Free
DESKTOP TOYS
Desktop Slides - Desktop wallpaper changer. Free
DESIGNERS - NETWORK
Diagram Designer - Diagram Designer. Free
DUPLICATE FILE REMOVERS
Duplicate File Finder - Duplicate File Finder is a simple, but effective tool to locate duplicate files in one or more selected search paths. Free
DRIVERS
Drivers - A collection of various device drivers.
DNS AMD DNS TOOLS
OpenDNS - Internet Navigation And Security.
DVD IDENTIFY
DVD Identifier - Retrieves and interprets the pre-recorded information that is present on various medias. Your DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray Companion. Free
DVD AUTHORING AND CONVERSION
DVD Flick - DVD authoring,
conversion and burning program. Free
DVD Styler - Cross-platform DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs. Free
Ulead DVD Movie Factory - DVD authoring and burning software
DVD PLAYER SOFTWARE
PowerDVD by Cyberlink - 3D video, Blu-ray player & DVD player software
WinDVD - Blu-ray player & DVD player software
VLC Media Player - Open Source Multimedia Framework and Player. Free
DUAL BOOTING
Restart - A system utility for advanced users with more than one operating system installed on their machine.
EMAIL AUDIO
New Email audio Alerts - Audio for new received email
EMAIL CLIENTS AND SOLUTIONS
Eudora - A Free mail client
FreePOPs - FreePOPs is an easily extensible program, which allows access to the most varied resources through the POP3 protocol.
Mainly, it can be used to download mail from the most famous webmail's...Free
Outlook Express Stand Alone Spell Checker - Microsoft Outlook Express Stand-Alone Spell Checker. Free
Thunderbird - Mozilla Email Client
Windows Live Mail - Microsoft Windows Live Mail
EMAIL SERVERS AND EMAIL GROUPWARE
Citadel- Citadel is a turnkey open-source solution for email and collaboration. One simple installation delivers a multitude of powerful features.(Free)
VMware appliance available here (Free)
Microsoft Exchange Server- Microsoft's robust email solution
Smarter Mail- Windows Mail Server, Customer Service Software, Web Log Analytics. Free Edition Available
Zafara- Like Exchange Server, but it's not, Outlook "Look and Feel" webaccess.
FILE RENAMERS
1-4a File Renamer- Easily Rename Your Files
Oscar's File Renamer- Easily Rename Your Files
FILE PROTECTION / ENCRYPTION / PRIVACY
Private Folder- Microsoft Private Folder is a useful tool for you to protect your private data when your friends, colleagues, kids or other people share your PC or account. Free
SafeGuard Easy- SafeGuard Easy full disk encryption software encrypts your entire hard drive, rendering data completely undecipherable to unauthorized users.
TrueCrypt- On the fly, open-source
disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and
Linux. Free
FILE SHREDDERS, DELETERS AND ERASERS
Handy Bits File Shredder- Securely wiping files - you can configure File Shredder to overwrite a file data with random information up to 15 times, so it is practically impossible to recover the original data.
FILE SPLITTERS
Chainsaw File Splitter- Splits large files into smaller ones. Free
FILE UNLOCKERS
Unlocker- If you have ever tried to delete a file and get the annoying Windows box. Cannot delete Folder: it is being used by another person or program. Try this, Free
FIREWALLS AND NETWORK GATEWAYS
Astaro Internet Security- Simplifying Network, Mail and Web Security
Barracuda Networks- Worldwide leader in email and Web security
K-9 Web Protection- Internet Filtering and Parental Controls Software. Free
SmoothWall Express- Express Open Source Firewall Project. Free
Untangle- Multi-functional Firewall Software Helps To Protect Your Home Or Small Business By Making Spam Blocking, Web Filtering, and More Easy!
Web Allow- Parental filter and Internet Access Control Software
Zone Alarm- Antivirus Software, Firewall, Spyware Removal, Virus Scan: Computer Security by ZoneAlarm
FORMAT/ERASE YOUR HARD DRIVE
Active Kill Disk- Hard Drive Eraser is powerful and compact software that allows you to destroy all data on hard and floppy drives completely, excluding any possibility of future recovery of deleted files and folders. It's a hard drive and partition eraser utility.(Free Version Available)
Darik's Boot and Nuke- is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect. Free
Eraser- An advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Free
Fat32Formatter- format drive larger than 32GB to FAT32, which means it can walk around the OS restriction that you can format drive to FAT32 only the size up to 32GB. Free
FORUMS
E-Blah- Open source community building forum software built with security, stability, and speed in mind. Free
phpBB- The most widely used Open Source forum solution. Free
FTP CLIENT
CuteFTP Client- CuteFTP software family lets you intelligently and securely move your important files across multiple locations and between various contacts over the Internet.
FileZilla- FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
Free
Ipswitch WS FTP Client- Transfer: Managed File Transfer and FTP Software solutions.
FTP SERVER
CuteFTP Server- Rebranded as EFT Server, Secure FTP Server remains the secure, affordable, and simple-to-deploy solution for small and medium enterprises, and in addition will now include the added capability and support of the EFT Server product line.
FileZilla- FileZilla Serveris a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
Free
Ipswitch WS FTP Server- Transfer: Managed File Transfer Software solution.
HARD DRIVE TOOLS
JDiskReport- JDiskReport enables you to understand how much space the files and directories consume on your disk drives, and it helps you find obsolete files and folders. Free
HELDESK SOFTWARE
Spiceworks- IT helpdesk ticketing system. Free
INTERNET BROWSERS
Alternative Browser Alliance- A Collection of
Free Web Browsers.
Avant- Avant Web Browser for Free
Ghostzilla- The Invisible Web Browser. Free
Flock- Flock is a “social browser” built on a Firefox core that integrates with web services for blogging, photo sharing, and bookmark sharing.
Free
Google Chrome- Get a fast new browser. For PC, Mac, and Linux
for Free
Firefox- Web Browser for Free
Opera- Opera Web Browser for Free
Safari- Apple's Web Browser for Free
SeaMonkey- Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application. Free
ISO CREATION SOFTWARE
ISO Disk - ISODisk, free software for mount and create ISO disk image. Free
MagicISO - Convert BIN to ISO, Create, Edit, Burn, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter/extractor/editor
PowerISO - Create, Edit, Compress, Encrypt, Split, Mount, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter, Virtual Drive
WinISO - WinISO is a CD-ROM image file utility that can convert BIN to ISO, extract/edit/create ISO files directly, make bootable CDs and as a BIN/ISO converter/extractor/editor
JAVA
Java- Java Full Stand Alone Installer and Internet Installer for all Operating Systems.
KEYLOGGER DETECTORS
KL-Detector - KL-Detector: detect keylogger on your computer! (it is a keylogger detector - NOT a keylogger remover). Free
KEY FINDERS
Adobe - Adobe Key Finder Free
Magical Jellybean key Finder - Retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. Free
ProduKey - Recover lost product key (CD-Key) of Windows/MS-Office/SQL Server. Free
LINUX
Linux Live USB- LiLi USB Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable Live USB key with a Linux on it. Free.
MAILING LIST PROGRAMS
Cobian Herald - A mailing list program that takes an incoming letter and distributes it to all the members of the list.. Free
MALWARE/SPYWARE/VIRUS/ADWARE REMOVAL
Autorun Eater - Autorun scanner, which can remove autorun programs. Free
Malwarebytes - Malware remover Free
Rkill - Malware Process Terminator and Anti-Malware Assistant. Free
Spybot Search and Destroy - Detects and removes tens of thousands of spyware and similar malware from PCs. Free
Spyware Terminator - Spyware removal Spyware Terminator. Free
SUPERAntispyware - Spyware detection and removal. Free
MEDIA SERVER
Boxee - Movies, TV Shows and Video from the Internet on your TV
PlayStation 3 Media Server (PS3 Media Server) - Using your PlayStation 3 as a Media Server. Free
Linux MCE - LinuxMCE is the only all-in-one open source solution that seamlessly combines Media and entertainment, Home automation with a Phone system with video conferencing. Free
TVersity - Manage your personal and favorite Internet media (including Full Episodes). Free version available
MediaBrowser/Emby - Manage your personal and favorite media. Free version available
NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE (NAS)
FreeNAS - FreeNAS is an embedded open source NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD, supporting the following protocols: CIFS (samba), FTP, NFS, TFTP, AFP, RSYNC, Unison, iSCSI (initiator and target) and UPnP. Free
NETWORK DISCOVERY TOOLS
Angry IP Scanner - Fast, robust and easy-to-use IP scanner for Windows. It easily lets you have various types of information about local network computers in a few seconds! Free
Advanced IP Scanner - Fast, robust and easy-to-use IP scanner for Windows. It easily lets you have various types of information about local network computers in a few seconds! Free
Advanced LAN Scanner - Advanced LAN Scanner is a small, easy-to-use, highly configurable network scanner for Win32. Free
Network Monitor (Microsoft) - Microsoft Network Monitor. Free
Network Scanner by SoftPerfect) - SoftPerfect Network Scanner. Free
Wireless Net View - View the details of wireless networks around you. Free
The Dude - Routers and Wireless - It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems. Free
WS Ping Pro Pack - The Ultimate Network Information Tool. (Not Free, but Outstanding)
NETWORK INVENTORY AND SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT
OCS Inventory NG- Powerful inventory and package system. Free
PDQ Deploy- Provides a basic level of software deployment. Free
WPKG- Automated software deployment, upgrade and removal program for Windows. Free
NETWORK COMPUTER REBOOT TOOLS
RemoteRebootX - Remote reboot, remote shutdown, or wake on LAN (WoL) functionality for LOTS of computers, simultaneously, with just a few clicks. Free
NETWORK SECURITY TOOLS
PsTools - Change the LOCAL administrator password on a Client PC's on a Network. Works great for a large network! Free
Snort - Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire. Free
NOTEPAD
Notepad plus plus - Notepad plus plus - Free
OFFICE SUITES
AbiWord - AbiWord is a free word processing program similar to Microsoft® Word. It is suitable for a wide variety of word processing tasks. Free
OpenOffice - Open Productivity Suite. Free
OxygenOffice - Oxygen Office Professional basically a modified version of Open Office with lots of extras that remind me of the extras that ship with Microsoft Office. Free
PALM SOFTWARE
Pocket Copy - Copy Palm Desktop data into Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes with PocketCopy.
PASSWORD GENERATERS
Password Generater - Generate a password right now with nothing to download. Free
PASSWORD MANAGER
KeePass - Keep passwords safe. Free
PASSWORD RECOVERY
Cain & Able - password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. FREE
Mail PassView - Recover lost email passwords.
SniffPass - small password monitoring software that listens to your network, capture the passwords that pass through your network adapter, and display them on the screen instantly.
Wirelsss Key Recovery - Recover a lost wireless network key. Free
PHOTO EDITING AND PHOTO TOOLS
Animoto - Upload Video, Images and Music. Create your own video All done online. Free
Easy Thumbnails - Windows utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. Free
FastStone - An image converter and renaming tool that intends to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode. Free
Fotografix - No-frills photo editing software doesn't require a gig of RAM or half of your hard drive for swap space. Free
Gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program. Free
Image Composite Editor- With Image Composite Editor, you can easily stitch your images together to create a seamless panorama. Free
IrfanView - IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 , 2008, Vista, Windows 7. Free
Image Resizer PowerToy Clone- a clone of Image Resizer which is one of the Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP. It enables you to resize one or many image files with a right-click. This version will work also on non-XP versions of Windows including Windows Vista and Windows 7. Free
Image Resizer for Windows XP - Image Resizer for Windows XP Only. Free
InkScape - An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw,
or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Free
onOne - Plug-ins for Photoshop
Paint.Net - Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface
with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online
community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins. Free
Sagelight - Sagelight is for the beginner or advanced hobbyist who wants to do more than just take a picture, but wants to make it look great. While those with more advanced skills can take advantage of some of the more sophisticated features of Sagelight, Sagelight is designed to let non-experts learn as they go by being intuitive. Free Version Available
PhotoScape - Complete photo editing suite that includes image browsing/viewing, photo editing, picture page printing, photo resizing and
renaming, and even RAW conversion.
Photo Flash Maker - Create flash slideshows with photos and music, in only a few steps. FREE version available.
REGISTERY REPAIR, EDITORS AND SEARCHERS
RegCure - Registry Cleaner
RegEditX - Tweaks for the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT). Free
Registry Crawler - Turbocharge your RegEdit experience even more.
Registry Repair - Repairs and cleans the registry
REMOTE DESKTOP SHARING
ChunkVNC - Remote into a client PC with just a simple file download, nothing to install on client/server or viewer. Free
Go To My PC - Remote Access
PC Anywhere - Symantec Remote Computer Access Solution
Radmin - PC Remote Control Software and Remote Access Software: Control Remote PC Securely, Transfer Files, Share Remote Desktop, Access Remote PC from Anywhere, Perform System Administration.
Real VNC - Virtual Network Computing. Free Edition Available
Remote Desktop Connection - This software package will install the client portion of Remote Desktop on any of the following operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98 and 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000.
Tight VNC - Virtual Network Computing. Free Edition Available
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RESTORE/RECOVER/UNDELETE/BACKUP
Acronis- Backup and disaster recovery software for Windows, server backup solutions for both Windows and Linux.
Active Boot Disk - Data Recovery Software.
File Undelete Utility- Backup and disaster recovery software for Windows, server backup solutions for both Windows and Linux.
Macrium Reflect - Backup and disaster recovery software for Windows.(Free Edition Available)
Recuva - Windows utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. Free
Redo - Bare metal restore solution with graphical interface on a live CD. Free
R-Studio - A family of powerful and cost-effective undelete and data recovery software.
Windows Steady State - Whether you manage computers in a school computer lab or an Internet cafe, a library, or even in your home, Windows Steady State helps make it easy for you to keep your computers running the way you want them to, no matter who uses them.
On a REBOOT, the PC reverts back to ORIGINAL state you specified. Free
SCREEN CAPTURE, SCREENSHOT, PRINT SCREEN
Gadwin - Screen Capture and Print Screen. Free
Greenshot - A light-weight screenshot software tool. Free
Screen Hunter - Screen capture software for you to easily take screenshots. Free
SCREEN RECORDERS
Camstudio - Free video streaming capture software with audio - Works pretty well, better for short recordings. Free
Free Screen Recorder - Free screen recorder that captures video and audio. Free
Free Screen to Video - Designed to record your computer screen activity in video. Free
Snagit - Screen Capture by TechSmith.
SCREEN SAVERS
The Matrix - Scrolling green code like the in the Matrix movie. Free
X-Files - X-Files Screensaver, Green X's floating around teh screen. Free
Flip Clock - Like an old time clock, big numbers and flips when hours and minutes change. Free
Bluescreen - A fake bluescreen screensaver, looks just like a computer failure bluescreen. Free
MS Bliss - Moving clouds and green grass, this is Microsofts bliss screensaver. Free
SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT
LOOK UP IN THE NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT SECTION
SOFTWARE UPDATE MANAGERS
SUMO - Software Update Monitor. SUMO tells you if updates are available before you need to use your software . Free
SPACESNIFFER
SpaceSniffer - Find out what's talking up so much space on your computer. Free
SPELL CHECKERS
Outlook Express Stand Alone Spell Checker - Microsoft Outlook Express Stand-Alone Spell Checker. Free
SURVEILLANCE
Axis Communications - A Leader in network cameras and other IP networking solutions.
WebcamXP - Powerful webcams and
IP cameras server for windows. Free version available
TTI-PLUS - CCTV Video Security DVR and Video Security Camera Supplier.
You Do It Security - Security Camera Systems - Security DVR - spy cameras - alarm systems.
SPYWARE/MALWARE/VIRUS/ADWARE REMOVAL
LOOK ABOVE AT MALWARE FOR REMOVAL TOOLS
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT SERVER
OCS Inventory Next Generation Inventory - An Open Source computer inventory and package deployment system for Win32 and Unix. Free
TO DO LISTS
Cobian Amigo - A client server application which can be used to store and manipulate your favorite sites, quick notes, contacts and to-do lists online.
TRACKING
PREY - lets you keep track of your laptop, phone and tablet whenever stolen or missing -- easily and all in one place.
UNINSTALLERS
PC Decrapifier - Automatically uninstall and delete the majority of trialware applications. Free
Revo Uninstaller - Uninstall software and remove unwanted programs installed on your computer easily. Free
Windows Installer CleanUp Utility 7.2
- Uninstaller for most any program, recommended for Windows XP - Free
VIDEO
Avidemux - Video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. Free
Auto Gordian Knot (AutoGK) - THE tool for XviD / DivX conversion - Downloads. Free
Any DVD - AnyDVD works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it's inserted into the drive.
AVI Joiner - An easy-to-use tool to join AVI files into bigger one.
DVD43 - DVD decrypter that runs in the background and decrypts DVDs on the fly. Free.
DVD Decrypter - This software can copy the VIDEO_TS and VOB folders off the DVD and can also make an ISO Image or IFO files of the movie which can come in very handy in some cases.
DVD Shrink - DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc. Free
Free 3GP Converter - Designed to convert all your Video files to your Mobile phones. Free
Free HD Converter - Convert all your MTS and M2TS files. AVCHD is a format for the recording and playback of high definition video. Video compressed in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format. Camcorders use this file format often.
Free FLV Converter - Search and download videos for free from Youtube, Dailymotion, Google Video, Yahoo Videos, MetaCafe, Veoh, megavideo...
HandBrake - An open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder available for MacOS
X, Linux and Windows. Free
Magic DVD Ripper - powerful DVD ripping software, which can convert DVD to VCD, SVCD, AVI(DivX), WMV, MP3, iPod and PSP formats or backup DVD to hard drive without any loss of quality.
MP4 Joiner - A cross-platform free application that allows join multiple MP4 files into one. Free
Quick Media Converter - Quick Media Converter enables you to convert between most audio and video formats, including AVI, DVD,
QuickTime, Flash, Xvid, DivX, MPEG, MP3, WMA, MP4, 3GP and many others. Free
RipBot264 - BluRay Converter. Robbot264 application was designed to help you convert your videos to the popular formats.
Super - Simplified Universal Player Encoder and Renderer. Free
TMPGEnc - Converts your videos to VideoCD-compliant MPEG video. Free version available
tsMuxeR - the software utility to create TS and M2TS files for IP broadcasting as well as for viewing at hardware video players (i.e., Dune HD Ultra, Sony Playstation3 and others). tsMuxeR is a part of SmartCONTENT, content preparation solution. Free
VideoHelp - Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists.
VIDEO CAPTURE
Debut - Videp Capture Software. Free Version available
VIRTUAL DESKTOPS
Dexpot - The utility for virtual desktops. Free
Virtual Box - VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution. Free
VMware - VMware Virtualization Software for Desktops, Servers & Virtual Machines for a Private Cloud.
VIRTUAL CD/DVD DRIVE SOFTWARE EMULATORS
Virtual Clone Drive - Virtual CD/DVD Drive Emulator Software
VIRTUAL SERVER and VIRTUAL DESKTOP
vConverter - P2V/V2V for Disaster Recovery or Server Consolidation.
Virtual Box - VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution. Free
VMware - VMware Virtualization Software for Desktops, Servers & Virtual Machines for a Private Cloud.
VPN (VITUAL PRIVATE NETWORK)
Hamachi - A zero-configuration virtual private network (VPN) shareware application. Free version available
OpenVPN - OpenVPN virtual private network (VPN). Free version available
OpenVPN VMware Appliance - OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Appliance VMware Version. Free
pfsense Firewall and VPN - pfsense VPN Access Server Virtual Appliance VMware Version. Free
WEB CONFERENCING
dimdim - Free Web conferencing that just works. Dimdim provides easy, open, affordable collaboration. Use for online meetings, eLearning, desktop sharing, training, distance education, unified collaboration, webinar, free web meetings and more.
Screen Stream - Broadcast your screen for presentations and training sessions. Very Good! Works Great!
WEB DESIGNERS/CREATE A WEBSITE
Microsot Web Expression - Microsoft solution for Website Design and web authoring.
NVU - Open source software program that allows you to build websites and web pages using a simple WYSIWYG editor (what-you-see-is-what-you-get). Free
WIFI - Tips, Tricks, Firmware and Software
inSSIDer network scanner - Wi-Fi network scanner for Windows Vista and windows XP. Free
NetStumbler - Wireless networking tool and the best source for your daily Wi-Fi, WiMAX, 3G and VoIP news. Free
DD-WRT - Linux-based firmware for several wireless routers, especially Buffalo. Works Great! Free
Tomato - Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. Free
WIKI - BUILD YOUR OWN WIKI
DokuWikii - DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. Free
Instiki - A FREE editable website where anyone can add, update and remove. Now can be used as a CMS. Free
MediWiki - MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. Free
ScrewTurn Wiki - based on Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5, meaning that you need a Windows operating system to run it, such as Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008. Desktop operating systems are supported by ScrewTurn Wiki Desktop Edition. Free
WINDOWS AUDITING / INFORMATION (WHATS IN THERE)
Aida32 - A professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program running on Win32 platforms. Free
Belarc Advisor - Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status and more. Free
BgInfo - Automatically displays relevant information about a Windows computer on the desktop's background, such as the computer name, IP address, service pack version, and more Free
WINDOWS CLEANING AND OPTIMIZATION
CCleaner - System optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. Free
WINDOWS CUSTOMIZATION
Bart PE - Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD. Free
nLite - A tool for pre-installation Windows configuration and component removal at your choice. Optional bootable image ready for burning on media or testing in virtual machines. Free
SysPrep - Automate successful deployment of Windows XP. Free
WINDOWS REPAIR
Active Boot Disk - NTFS is a high-performance and self-healing file system proprietary to Windows XP Vista 2003 2000 NT and Windows 7, which supports file-level security, compression and auditing.
Advanced Windows Care - Repairs windows problems. Free
BartPE - Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment) bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD, very suitable for PC maintenance tasks. Free
Dial A Fix - Repairs all kinds of Windows problems. Free
WINDOWS TWEAKS AND ENHANCEMENTS
Send To Toys - Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu. Free
MS Config for Windows 2000 - Windows 2000 does not have the MSCONFIG program that was provided with Windows 98. Get it here. Free
Windows Ultimate Tweaker for Windows Vista and 7 - TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows 7, Windows Vista, 32-bit and 64-bit. Free
Windows XP Power Toys - PowerToys add fun and functionality to the Windows experience. Free
WINDOWS 2003 SERVER TOOLS
Active Directory Migration Tool v3.0 - The Active Directory Migration Tool version 3 (ADMT v3) provides an integrated toolset to facilitate migration and restructuring tasks in an Active Directory infrastructure. Free
Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools - a set of tools to help administrators streamline management tasks such as troubleshooting operating system issues,
managing Active Directory®, configuring networking and security features, and automating application deployment. Free
ZIPPING TOOLS
7zip - 7zip is free alternative to WinZip, WinRar, StuffIt. Free
Zipeg - Zipeg is free alternative to WinZip, WinRar, StuffIt. Free