Essential Software
Last edited 23 November 2009
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General

File Compression (Zip, RAR etc)
7-Zip
Password Storage
KeePass
Virtual CD (ISO Mounting)
DAEMON Tools
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/

Alcohol 52% Free Edition
http://www.free-downloads.net/programs/Alcohol_52__Free_Edition
Desktop Search & Widgets
Google Desktop
http://desktop.google.com/
Internet & Network

Remote Control
UltraVNC
http://ultravnc.sourceforge.net/
Secure Copy (SCP & SFTP)
WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
Secure Shell Server (SSHd)
FreeSSHd
http://www.freesshd.com/

Messaging & Email

Universal IM Client
Pidgin
http://www.pidgin.im/
Mind Mapping
XMind
Graphics & Documents

Photo & Image Organizer
XNView
http://www.xnview.com/

Picasa
http://picasa.google.com/
Security

Spyware
Ad-Aware SE Personal
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Drive Protection/Encryption
TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/
Screencasting

Demo / Tutorial Recording
Wink
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/download.php
Screen Recording
CamStudio
http://camstudio.org/
Video

Real Player (Alternative)
Real Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm
QuickTime (Alternative)
QuickTime Alternative
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm
Video Editing & Processing
Virtualdub
http://www.virtualdub.org/
Video Capture /  Webcam
YAWCam
http://www.yawcam.com/
Audio & MP3

Audio Player
FooBar 2000
http://www.foobar2000.org/
MP3 Tagging & Editing
MP3Tag
Audio Editor & Recorder
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Development

Windows Development (VB .NET, C#, C++)
Visual Studio 2008 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/express/
Java IDE
Netbeans
Setup & Installer
Inno Setup
http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php
Regular Expressions
Kodos
XML Editing and Validation
XML Copy Editor
http://xml-copy-editor.sourceforge.net/
CD & DVD

CD & DVD Burning
CDBurnerXP
http://cdburnerxp.se/download
Techie Utils

File Copy & Backup
XXCOPY
http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm
Network Sniffer & Protocol Analyser
WireShark
http://www.wireshark.org/
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