Your Favorite FREE Software

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I love freeware. I have Weatherbug running in my tray. I still use ver 2.7 which if you say you're under 13 , it won't collect data on you and has little or no ads, depending on your browser. Laterversions got more full of ads and make you have a parent authorize it's installation when you say you're <13.

PoloView is a good image viewer. Tiny and fast.

Cyberkit is good for ping and tracert.

Zone Alarm is a nice firewall.

MBM5 is good for seeing your system temperatures.

Winzip and mIRC are not 'freeware' but work without paying.

Eudora mail is a great safe mail client that can run as 'banner ad' supported free mail client.

SafeSex and Winamp by Nullsoft are great. SafeSex is a notepad type thing that sits on your desktop (Veh turned me on to it) and everybody knows what Winamp is.

that's my list off the top of my head.
 
Thanks for all the great replies! I've got a CD compilation going thats actualy more than 1 CD. If you come up with any other notable Freeware, please post!
 
Well you can always set them up with AIM and MSN Messenger... as well as StyleXP to change the windows themes and what not.
 
Originally posted by Tarkus
SafeSex and Winamp by Nullsoft are great. SafeSex is a notepad type thing that sits on your desktop (Veh turned me on to it) and everybody knows what Winamp is.

I didn't introduce you to safe sex, your health teacher did!

I find the irony in the nonags.com site delicious. You having to pay to get (better access to) freeware...Contradicts the whole "nonags" idea.
 
Originally posted by XtR-X
Well you can always set them up with AIM and MSN Messenger... as well as StyleXP to change the windows themes and what not.
StyleXP is shareware is it not?
The UXTheme.dll on the other hand, which is all you need, to use styles, is free
 
Originally posted by StormBringer
StyleXP is shareware is it not?
The UXTheme.dll on the other hand, which is all you need, to use styles, is free

Hrmm... when I got it a while back, it wasn't considered shareware... I think.

Well at least it's a free trial that never expires.... right?
 
Browser Hijack Blaster
Small background program that detects when a web site tries to change your browser settings.

StartupMonitor
An even smaller background program that notifies you when a program tries to add a startup entry for itself in the registry.

I use both and am very satisfied :)
 
Originally posted by StormBringer
last time I checked, StyleXP was a time limited trial.


Also not free.

Yes! There are freeware versions of winRAR! I have a late freeware version... not shareware or ad-supported. It is a legal version.


Why ain't you the police?
 
I use AVG antivirus and antispyware (better than symantec which tends to be memory hog) ad aware is okay, but avg can automatically delete cookies where as ad aware wants you to keep re-deleting them (last time I had the program) avg also has a bunch of helpful options like disabling error reporting (if nothing else it saves you from clicking cancel).
As for a free vista theme google bricopack vista inspirat 2. Even if you don't have a high-end PC you can still enjoy many of vistas features, since you can disable the rocket dock, shadows and transbar
 
Open office
Mozilla and Firefox web browsers
7Z
thunderbird
sunbird

These are my faves.
 
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