Lee Marsh said:
----------These are Free programs I use and like. (I have Win98SE & XP
) -------
AddressBook -------
http://blaizfree.net/ ---secure address book
Ad-Aware --------
www.lavasoftusa.com ----- find and stop spyware
programs
AxCrypt -------
http://axcrypt.sourceforge.net/ ... easy file
encryption ,open source
Birthday Reminder ---------
http://www.cweiske.de/birthday.htm ---
reminds you at start up
Chaos Manager -http://home4.inet.tele.dk/mbresson/cm/ ---- address
book , notes keeper, calendar ,
reminder , with encryption/password protection
Comparator ----
http://softbytelabs.com ----- synchronizes files,
copies, updates
Convert ---
http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/ -- converts
measurements
cookie wall -------
www.analogx.com ----- control cookies
CDex ----
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net ---- music ripper /
converter / player
Download Express ----
www.metaproducts.com/ -- resuming
downloader with anti-virus
integration (uses your anti-virus program to scan downloads
automatically)
Empty Temp Folders -
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/emptemp -
empties temp folders
Eraser --
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ ------ securely delete and
overwrite sensitive files.
Gadwin Printscreen --
www.gadwin.com/ -- automatically saves screen
shots
Hamsin Clipboard ---
http://www.iisr-cnc.com/hamsin/ -- extends
clipboard use.
ieSpell --
www.iespell.com -- lets you spell check in Internet
Explorer , (or my-ie2)
Irvan View -------
www.irvanview.com --- excellent pic.viewer,music
player, slide show maker,
screen shot tool, etc. (be sure to get all plug ins)
K-Mapper ------- (XP only )
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~brockh/kmapper.html .... set
most any key to do what you want
Keep it Alive ----
www.pclightning.com ---- helps keep you from being
disconnected online
KeyNote ---
http://sourceforge.net/projects/keynote/ ---Tabbed
notebook, RichText editor,data program w/ encryption
MetaPad -----
http://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/ ----- best
notePad replacement
multi-timer -------
www.programming.de --------10 in one timer
(counts up or down)
MY IE 2 .......
http://www.myie2.com/html_en/home.htm
........browser (shell for IE) ...blocks pop-ups and ads, has tabs,etc.
Nail it -
http://www.pier7.net/dojo/Nail-It.htm ---keeps a window "on
top" (for example your calculator)
Open Office ---
www.openoffice.org ---- full office suite ,compatable
with others, open source. (60mb)
Pass Keeper --
www.passkeeper.com -- password/info keeper,
encrypted/password protected -- fits on a floppy (if wanted)
Restoration --
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/ -- restore files
that were deleted past the recycle bin
ScanDefrag ---- (98+ME only)-
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html .. helps scan &
defrag computer, run manually or on a schedule.
Script Defender --
www.analogx.com ---- protection from virus scripts
Splitter -------
http://www.martinstoeckli.ch/ --- splits
files,folders
Spider -----
http://www.fsm.nl/ward/ --- lets you view and clear
your "index.dat" file , etc.
SpyBot -search & destroy ---
http://security.kolla.de/ --- remove
spyware
SpywareBlaster --
www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html - stops
spyware
SpywareGuard --
www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html -- prevents
spyware
StartupMonitor ----http://
www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml ---
monitors the startup list
textArchiver --
www.pcnineoneone.com/tweaks/scripts9.html -- saves
highlighted text ,and the url , from web sites , to a text file.
TextShield -----
http://www.textshield.com/ ---- good small rich
text editor
TotalUninstall --
www.geocities.com/ggmartau/download/download.html -
uninstalls programs thoroughly
TreePad ----
www.treepad.com ---- small, configurable, plain text
data program
WordWeb --------
www.wordweb.co.uk -----english dictionary and
thesaurus
Zone alarm ------
www.zonelabs.com ----- a very good free firewall
7-zip ----
www.7-zip.org/ --- free , open source , zip - unzip utility
