This page lists pointers to useful freeware for MS Windows
95/98/NT which I have found on the Internet. Please email
me if you have suggestions or updates.
| Program |
Home Page |
Description |
| Another Task Manager |
Home |
Top process viewer and killer. |
| DVD Profiler |
Home |
Keep track of DVDs owned and comparison shop for DVDs online. |
| GenoPro |
Home |
GenoPro is for visualizing, editing and printing large genealogy trees. |
| JWPce |
Home |
Japanese text editor |
| MikTeX |
Home |
TeX distribution for Win32 |
| PowerArchiver 2000 |
Home |
Manipulate ZIP, CAB, LHA, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ZOO, TAR, GZ, UUE files |
| Q-Sort 2000 |
Home |
Alphabetizes the Start Menu and Internet Explorer Favorites |
| SFX Maker |
Home |
Convert ZIP archive files into self-extracting (EXE) files |
| Whispher 32 |
Home |
Password manager |
| WorldTime World Clock |
Home |
NTP time sync client and much more |
| XEmacs |
FTP |
The Ultimate Text editor. |
| Zone Alarm |
Home |
Firewall (free for personal use) |
| Network Utilies |
| AdAware |
Home |
Multi-spyware removal tool that detects and safely removes advertising spyware |
| CyberKit |
Home |
Ping, TraceRoute, WhoIs, Finger, Quote of the Day, Name Server LookUp, Time Synchronizer, DBScanner, Check for New Mail and Keep Alive (Postcardware) |
| Copernic 2000 |
Home |
Search home pages, email addresses and newsgroups |
| FirstStop Web Search |
Home |
Searches multiple search engines and websites simultaneously |
| Free Agent |
Home |
Usenet News reader |
| LeechFTP |
Home |
FTP client; localizations available |
| Magical Jellybean Dictionary |
Home |
dict.org dictionary client |
| Micro Net Utilities |
Home |
Whois, Finger, DNS, IP Monitor, Ping, Trace Route, Port Scan, IP Scan, Net Stat, and Time synchronization |
| News Shark |
Home |
Download multi-part files from Usenet news groups |
| SSH |
Home |
Secure SHell. Use instead of telnet, rlogin, rsh |
| Tera Term |
Home |
Terminal emulator which supports VT100 emulation, telnet connection, serial port connection, and so on |
| Wanted Jobs 2K |
Home |
Search many job sites at once |
| Weather Bug |
Home |
Get current weather info on your system tray |
| Website Extractor |
Home |
Save all elements of a website - HTML, graphics, etc |
| Print Utilities |
| AdobePS |
Home |
Adobe Printer Drivers; includes generic PostScript Printer |
| TxtPrint |
Home |
Print text files. Many useful options. |
| File Viewers |
| Acrobat Reader |
Home |
PDF viewer from Adobe |
| gsview |
Home |
PS, EPS, PDF viewer; Ghostscript/Ghostview |
| IrfanView 32 |
Home |
View many image formats including JPG, GIF, PNG, etc (personal use) |
| Media Player |
Home |
Plays ASF, Real Video/Real Audio 4.0, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, WAV, AVI, MIDI, MOV, VOD, AU, MP3, and QuickTime |
| QuickTime |
Home |
Views QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, AIFF, WAV, AU, FLIC, Photoshop, QuickDraw, BMP, GIF, JPG |
| RealPlayer |
Home |
RealAudio/RealVideo player |
| Audio Tools |
| dbPowerAmp |
Home |
Convert audio files from one format to another |
| MP Tagger |
Home |
mp3 tagger which supports ID3 v1.x and id3v2 |
| MP3 CD Organizer |
Home |
Helps organize all of your mp3s across multiple CDs |
| Winamp |
Home |
Plays mp3, CD, WMA, Audiosoft, Mjuice, MOD, WAV |
| Zlurp! |
Home |
Rips, encodes and tags CDs |
| Browsers/Browser Plug-ins |
| Catch-Up |
Home |
Get the latest versions of installed software. |
| Netscape Communicator |
FTP |
Netscape's browser. |
| Distributed Computing - Donate spare CPU cycles |
| Internet-based Distributed Computing Projects |
Home |
List of Distributed Computing Projects |
| Fight AIDS @ Home |
Home |
Use your computer to assist in AIDS research |
| Folding@home |
Home |
Help solve the protein folding problem |
| Mersenne |
Home |
Find the largest known prime number |