| Charlie's Suggested Freeware | |
| Program | Description |
| 1stPage2000 | HTML Editor with a spell checker |
| Ad-Aware | Check for and remove adware, trojan software etc |
| Audacity | Sound Editor |
| Belarc | PC Harware Audit |
| AVG anti-virus | Antivirus Software |
| CoffeeCup Free DHTML Editor | Create Dynamic Menus for your web page |
| CutePDFPrinter | Create PDF (Acrobat readable) files. |
| DotNetNuke | Website content management system |
| FileZilla | FTP Client (Server is also available) |
| Folder Size | Shows folder sizes in Window Explorer |
| foneword | Convert phone numbers to words |
| font Viewer | Review the fonts installed on your computer |
| GIMP | Photo editor |
| Google DeskTop Search | DeskTop Search Engine |
| Homeplanet | Planetarium/star/earth viewer. |
| HTML Library | HTML reference |
| HTTrack | Download all the files on a website for local viewing |
| Icon Editor | Edit Windows Icons |
| ieSpell | Spell check forms in internet explorer |
| Irfanview | Reads almost any graphic file and convert between types. Minimal Editing |
| ISO Recorder | Create ISO images of CDs |
| jAlbum | Create Web Photo Albums |
| Lookout | A lightning fast search for your Email (Outlook), files and desktop. |
| Micro Egg Timer | Time various activities |
| Mambo | A full-featured content management system. |
| FreeMind | Mind-mapping software |
| Microsoft AntiSpyware | Protects from spyware and other unwanted programs. |
| Microsoft Time Zone | Sits in the systray and reports the current time for selected locations. |
| Moodle | A free online course management system (courseware). |
| MusicMatch | Music player. |
| My Media Manager | Administrate streaming media through standard browsers. |
| Network EducationWare project | Open-source distance education and conferencing system. |
| NVU | WYSIWYG HTML Editor |
| OpenOffice | Office Software that reads/write Microsoft office files plus PDF and Flash. |
| Paint.net | A relatively full featured photo editing program. |
| Picasa | Digital Photo Organizing and Sharing Software |
| PhotoFrame | PHP Script that you can put in a folder to show images. |
| Plone | Website server, site authoring tool and collaborative tool. Also see http://www.webdav.org |
| REST2514.EXE | Restores accidentally deleted files or deletes the file completely. |
| Sequoia View | Graphic Display of how hard drive space is being used. |
| SereneSound | Create an ambient/relaxing sound (IE Waves, rain, waterfall) |
| ShellExe | Creates AutoRun CDs |
| ShowCalc | A tape machine like calculator |
| Snitz Forum | Bulletin Board System |
| Startup Control | Review startup programs. |
| Startup Inspector | Lists Startup Programs and describes what they do. |
| Stinger | Find and remove Viruses |
| TightVNC | Share screen over the web |
| Vcalendar | Web Calendar Application |
| VideoLan | Stream media over the Internet and play DVDs. |
| VLC | Multimedia player - also client/server for content on networks (send movies over a LAN) |
| WIKINDX | Bibliographic tracking software |
| Windows Media Encoder | Captures video / screen shots |
| Windows Movie Maker 2 | Create/Edit movies - limited export |
| WinMorph | Morph Pictures from one to the other |
| WordWeb Dictionary | Dictionary and thesaurus. |
| XChat | Open source Chat Client (also consider the free Yahoo Messenger) |
| Yahoo Messenger | Instant Messenger/chat client with voice, video and group capabilities |
| ZoneAlarm | Firewall protection |
| This software list is maintained by Charlie Balch | |
This table was created by a free Excel macro written by Charles Balch.
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