YOUR LINKS TO THE WORLD OF COMPUTERS

(All links last verified and updated on 10-28-16)

THE BEST SEARCH ENGINES ON THE INTERNET

Google is Number One!

Bing is another very good search engine.

Ask is another very good search engine.

HotBot is another very good search engine.

Lycos is another very good search engine.

Yahoo is another very good search engine.

Internet Archive is THE archive of the Internet!

COMPUTER INFORMATION PAGES

The ZDNet page is one of the best computer information sites.

The CNet page is one of the best computer information sites.

The PCWorld page is one of the best computer information sites.

The PCMagazine page is one of the best computer information sites.

The Komando page is one of the best computer information sites.

The Experts Exchange page is one of the best computer information sites.

The Tech Support Guy page is one of the best computer information sites.

The How Stuff Works page is one of the best computer information sites.

The Answers page is one of the best general information sites.

The Answers That Work page is one of the best PC information sites.

The Wikipedia page is a fun online encyclopedia for computer information and more.

The Whatis page is one of the best computer and technology information sites.

The Webopedia Online Internet Dictionary page is one of the best computer information sites.

The Computer Technology Documentation Project page is one of the best computer information sites.

COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SYSTEM PAGES FOR WINDOWS

The PCTools Guides page is one of the best Windows computer system sites.

The MDGx page is one of the best computer system information tweak sites.

The Tweak Town page is one of the best computer system information tweak sites.

The TweakGuides page is one of the best computer system information tweak sites.

The Tom's Hardware page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The AnandTech page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The Tips4PC page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The Sharky Forums page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The Neoseeker page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The Hardware Secrets page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The ExtremeTech page is one of the best computer technology sites.

The TechSpot page is one of the best computer technology sites.

The Storage Review page is one of the best hard drive and storage information sites.

The My Super PC page is one of the best computer hardware and PC building sites.

The PC Mechanic page is one of the best computer hardware and PC building sites.

The PCGuide page is one of the best computer hardware and information sites.

The PCStats page is one of the best computer hardware and information sites.

The ArsTechnica page is one of the best computer hardware and information sites.

The Overclockers Club page is one of the best computer hardware sites.

The 3D Mark 11 page is one of the best computer hardware and testing sites.

The ModemHelp page is one of the best modem help and information sites.

The HelpWithWindows page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Windows Reinstall page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The SysOpt page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The SysInternals page is one of the best Windows system information utility sites.

The SpeedGuide page is one of the best system performance sites.

The Annoyances page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Tweaks page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Elder Geek on Windows XP page is one of the best Windows XP system sites.

The Black Viper page is one of the best system tweak and services information sites.

The Bob Cerelli's Windows Page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Doug’s Windows Tweaks and Tips is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows is one of the best Windows system sites.

The Windows Support Center page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The WinMatrix page is one of the best Windows customization and tweaking sites.

The Computing.Net forums page is one of the best Windows operating system sites.

The Microsoft Support and Knowledge Base page is one of the best Windows operating system sites.

The 5 Star Support page is one of the best tech support service sites.

The Tech Support Guy page is one of the best tech support service sites.

The Ask Me Help Desk page is one of the best tech support service sites.

The Protonic page is one of the best tech support service sites.

The ErrorHelp page is one of the best computer error message troubleshooting sites.

The Windows Problem Solver page is one of the best tech support service sites.

The TweakHound page is one of the best Windows system sites.

The TweakGuides page has tweaking companions for Windows and various games and programs.

COMPUTER NETWORKING PAGES

The World of Windows Networking page is one of the best computer networking sites.

The Practically Networked page is one of the best computer networking sites.

The SmallNetBuilder page is one of the best computer networking sites.

The CERT Home Network Security page is one of the best computer networking security sites.

The Netgear page has some great home networking tutorials in their learning center.

The Wi-Fi page has some great wireless networking information.

The Wi-Fi Planet page has some great wireless networking information.

The ARS Technica page has some great wireless networking setup and security information.

The Microsoft Help Page has information on setting up a home network using Windows 7.

The Microsoft Knowledge Base has information on setting up a home network using Windows XP.

The Microsoft Knowledge Base has information on setting up a home network using Windows 98SE.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET SECURITY PAGES

The Gibson Research Corporation page is one of the best computer security sites.

The Symantec page is one of the best computer utility, virus and security sites.

The Symantec Security Response page is one of the best computer security sites.

The Microsoft Security and Privacy page is one of the best computer security sites.

The All-Internet-Security page is one of the best computer security sites.

The WindowsSecurity page is one of the best computer security sites.

The CERT page is one of the best computer security sites.

The McAfee page is one of the best computer utility, virus and security sites.

The Trend Micro page is one of the best computer utility, virus and security sites.

The Browserspy page is one of the best browser security diagnostic sites.

The FireHole page is one of the best firewall security diagnostic sites.

The Home PC Firewall Guide page is one of the firewall information sites.

The ZoneAlarm page is one of the best security firewall sites.

The SpywareGuide page is one of the best computer security and spyware sites.

The Spychecker page is one of the best computer security and spyware sites.

The Spyware Warrior page offers one of the best spyware information forums.

The Tor Project page is one of the best computer security and privacy sites.

The Counterexploitation page is one of the best computer security and privacy sites.

The All Nettools page is one of the best Internet information and security sites.

The Navas page is one of the best cable/DSL information and security sites.

The BugMeNot page is one of the best pages for web page passwords to bypass registration on free sites.

The Broadband Reports page is one of the best cable/DSL information and security sites.

The Top 125 Network Security Tools page is one of the best network security tools sites.

FREE ONLINE SECURITY AND OTHER SCANS

The Shields UP! page offers one of the best free security scans.

The Comodo page offers free security scans and several free security programs.

The Symantec Security Check page offers one of the best free computer security and virus scans.

The AuditMyPC page offers one of the best free computer security scans.

The ESET page offers one of the best free computer malware scans.

The Kaspersky page offers one of the best free computer security scans.

The McAfee Security page offers one of the best free computer virus scans.

The VirusTotal page offers one of the best free services for uploading individual files for virus scans.

The HackerWatch page offers one of the best free computer security scans.

The BitDefender page offers one of the best free computer virus scans.

The PC Pitstop page offers one of the best free computer security and virus scans.

The Trojan Scan page offers one of the best free computer security scans.

The Active Scan page offers one of the best free process security scans.

The Tenebril page offers one of the best free spyware security scans.

The Trend Micro page offers one of the best free computer virus scans.

The PrivacyNet page offers one of the best free internet connection security scans.

The BrowserSpy page offers one of the best free browser security scans.

The Qualys Browser Checkup page offers one of the best free browser security scans.

The iNFOSYSSEC page is one of the best security information portals.

The DNSStuff page offers one of the best free domain and network information portals.

The Broadband Reports page is one of the best cable/DSL utility and connection scan sites.

The ProcessScanner page is one of the best Windows process scanner and information sites.

The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer is one of the best security check programs available.

The WhatIsMyIPAddress page is a free Internet site that gives your true IP address.

The DownForEveryoneOrJustMe page is a great site to check if a site is up or down.

FREE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC BOOT DISK UTILITIES

The BootDisk page is one of the best DOS and Windows boot disk and utility sites.

The AllBootDisks page is one of the best DOS and Windows boot disk and utility sites.

The NU2 Productions page is one of the best Windows CD boot disk and utility sites.

The Ultimate Boot CD page is one of the best CD boot disk utility sites. *

The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows page is one of the best CD boot disk utility sites. *

The BootMed page is one of the best CD boot disk utility sites. *

The Hiren's BootCD page is one of the best CD boot disk utility sites. *

The EBCD page is one of the best CD emergency boot disk utility sites.

The Knoppix CD can be used as a great little system boot and recovery disk. *

The STD CD can be used as a system boot and recovery disk.

The SystemRescueCD can be used as a system boot and recovery disk.

The ToDo Backup can be used as a system boot and recovery, backup and restore program.

The DSL CD can be used as a system boot and recovery disk.

The NT Password Editor can be used to reset passwords on Windows NT systems.

The Ophcrack can be used to recover passwords on Windows NT systems.

The RockXP can be used to retrieve passwords on Windows NT systems.

The NTFS Reader can be used to read NTFS file systems from a DOS boot disk.

The Windows XP Recovery CD page also has information on building your own system boot and recovery disk that includes SP2.

COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND FILES PAGES: SHAREWARE AND FREEWARE

The CNet Downloads page is one of the best computer programmed files sites.

The ZDNet Downloads page is one of the best computer program and files sites.

The PCWorld Software page is one of the best computer program and files sites.

The TechSpot page has a list of top applications (mostly freeware) for your computer.

The Tucows page is one of the best computer program and shareware sites.

The WinSite page is one of the best computer program and shareware sites.

The WinAppsList page is one of the best computer program and shareware sites.

The Freeware Files page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The NoNags page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Freeware Home page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The TheFreeCountry page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Snapfiles page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Softpedia page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Open Source Windows page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Glary Utilities page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The EaseUS page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The Gizmo's page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The Best Freeware page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The Nirsoft page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The CleanSoftware page is one of the best computer utility and freeware sites.

The Doc's Mega Download page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The 321Download page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The A+ Freeware page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The A+ Last Freeware Versions page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The OldVersion page is one of the best previous version computer program and freeware sites.

The Xtort page is one of the best computer program and freeware sites.

The Freeware Guide page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The Free Site page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The FreewareWeb page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The Free Byte page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The PCMan page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The 5Star Shareware page is one of the best listings for free services and freeware.

The Shell Extension City page is a great site for all kinds of utilities for your computer.

The MajorGeeks page is a great site for all kinds of utilities for your computer.

The AnalogX page is a great site for all kinds of utilities for your computer.

The PortableApps page is a great site for all kinds of applications for your USB drive.

The Icrontic page has some excellent information on how to make your USB flash drive bootable.

The FindFiles page is a great site for searching for alternative download sites.

The Microsoft Download Center page allows you to independently download most Microsoft updates.

COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SYSTEM DRIVERS

The Driver Fusion page is one of the best free driver updating programs.

The SlimDrivers page is one of the best driver updating programs.

The DriverZone page is one of the best device driver sites.

The DriverHQ page is one of the best device driver sites.

The DriverSearch page is one of the best device driver sites.

The DriverGuide page offers help to find all kinds of drivers.

The Windows Drivers 32 Search page offers help to find all kinds of drivers.

COMPUTER SITES FOR LINUX

The openSUSE page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Ubuntu page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Kubuntu page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Linux Mint page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Knoppix page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Fedora page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Mandriva page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The Debian page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The MEPIS page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The PCLinuxOS page is one of the best Linux distribution sites.

The DistroWatch page is one of the best Linux distribution overview sites.

The Live CD List page is one of the best Linux distribution sites for Live Linux CDs.

The Wine project is one of the best sites for running Windows programs on Linux.

The Linux.Com page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The LinuxLinks Portal page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The ReallyLinux page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux From Scratch page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The JustLinux page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux for Newbies wikibooks page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The LinuxQuestions page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux Forums page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux Newbie Administrator Guide page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The CTDP Linux page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux Documentation Project page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Using Linux page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Red Hat Linux Unleashed (Book) page is one of the best Linux information sites.

The Linux Alternative Project page is one of the best Linux alternatives to Windows program sites.

The RPMFind page is one of the best Linux rpm application and program sites.

The Sourceforge page is one of the best Linux application and program sites.

The Linux TwoCows page is one of the best Linux application and program sites.

The IceWalkers page is one of the best Linux application and program sites.

The Free Software Directory page is one of the best Linux program and freeware sites.

The Linux Drivers page is one of the best Linux drivers sites.

The PlayOnLinux page is one of the best Windows on Linux games sites.

The Linux Game List page is one of the best Linux game listing sites.

The Linux Gamer’s FAQ page is one of the best Linux game information sites.

The Linux Gaming on Wikipedia page is one of the best Linux game listing sites.

The Linux Software Encyclopedia page is one of the best Linux application and program sites.

THE BEST COMPUTER FREEWARE (AND SHAREWARE) PROGRAMS I HAVE FOUND

TWEAKS, SYSTEM UTILITIES & PROGRAMS FOR WINDOWS 7/8/10

GodMode is one of the best “system tweaks” for Windows. *

Windows Downloads is one of the best sites for Windows add-on programs. *

Classic Shell is one of the best Windows Explorer tweaks for Windows. *

Ultimate Windows Tweaker is one of the best free “system tweak” programs for Windows. *

XdNTweaker is one of the best free “system tweak” programs for Windows. *

SlimWare Utilities offers all kinds of some of the best free “system tweak” programs and utilities. *

Glary Utilities offers all kinds of some of the best free “system tweak” programs and utilities. *

EaseUS offers all kinds of some of the best free “system tweak” programs and utilities. *

Sysinternals Utilities Suite offers all kinds of some of the best free “system tweak” programs and utilities. *

Enhanso is one of the best free “system tweak” programs for Windows.

Take Ownership is a great little “tweak” to let you own a file or folder in Windows 7.

MZ Ultimate Tools offer all kinds of “system tweak” programs and utilities for Windows.

TweakUAC is one of the best free “User Account Control” modification programs for Windows.

Windows Firewall Control is one of the best free firewall control programs for Windows.

FixWin is one of the best “system tweak” programs for Windows.

TweakNow is one of the best “system tweak” programs for Windows.

7+ Taskbar Tweaker page is one of the best free Windows Taskbar tweakers.

FreshUI is another good little free “system tweak” program for Windows.

XdN Tweaker is another good little free “system tweak” program.

EasyBCD is one of the best free “system tweak” multi-boot programs for Windows.

RocketDock is one of the best desktop docking programs for Windows.

ObjectDock is one of the best desktop docking programs for Windows.

Default Programs Editor is one of the best editors for Windows Settings.

PCDecrapifier gets rid of well ... worthless, junk programs that come with your computer.

Should I Remove It? also gets rid worthless, junk programs that come with your computer.

Classic Shell has a great little free Start Menu for Windows.

Pokki has a great little free Start Menu for Windows.

Power8 has a great little free Start Menu for Windows.

SYSTEM INFORMATION

Sandra is one of the best free system diagnostic tools available. *

PCWizard is one of the best free system diagnostic tools available. *

MBM is one of the best free motherboard monitoring tools available. *

CPU-Z is one of the best free CPU diagnostic tools available. *

GPU-Z is one of the best free GPU diagnostic tools available. *

Speccy is one of the best free system information tools available. *

HWiNFO32 is one of the best free system diagnostic tools available.

SIW is one of the best free system diagnostic tools available.

System Spec is one of the best free system information tools available.

Fresh Diagnose is one of the best free system diagnostic tools available.

Hexagora Performance Monitor is one of the best free monitor tools available.

Belarc Advisor is one of the best free personal PC auditing system tools available.

USBDeView is one of the best free USB port information tools available.

PASSWORD MANAGERS

LastPass is one of the best free password managers. *

Norton Identity Safe is one of the best free password managers.

Dashlane is one of the best free password managers.

KeePass is one of the best free password managers.

SECURITY SUITES

Comodo offers an extensive suite of very good free security programs.

FIREWALLS

ZoneAlarm is one of the best free and retail firewalls available.

Comodo is one of the best free firewalls available.

Jetico Personal Firewall is one of the best free firewalls available.

SmoothWall is one of the best free Linux based firewalls available that allows you to turn an old computer into a dedicated hardware firewall.

ANTI VIRUS

AVG AntiVirus is one of the best free antivirus programs available. *

Avast Antivirus is one of the best free antivirus programs available. *

Microsoft Security Essentials is one of the best free antivirus and antispyware programs available. *

Comodo is one of the best free antivirus programs available.

Avira AntiVirus is one of the best free antivirus programs available.

Panda Cloud Antivirus is one of the best free antivirus programs available.

Comodo Internet Security Suite is one of the best free Internet security programs available.

ClamWin (or here)is one of the best free antivirus programs available.

Symantec Virus Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

McAfee Virus Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

F-Secure Virus Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

AVG Virus Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

BitDefender Virus Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

Sophos Removal Tools can be used to remove individual viruses.

Norton Power Eraser can be used to remove only the most stubborn viruses.

Norton Removal Tool can be used to completely remove Norton and Symantec products.

McAfee Removal Tool can be used to completely remove McAfee products.

SYSTEM PROTECTION & VIRTUALIZATION

VirtualBox is one of the best free system protection and virtualization programs available.

Microsoft Virtual PC is one of the best free system protection and virtualization programs available.

ROOTKIT

RootkitRevealer is one of the best free rootkit detection programs available.

GMER is one of the best free rootkit detection programs available.

Sophos Anti-Rootkit is one of the best free rootkit detection programs available.

Antirootkit.com site has some of of the best free rootkit detection tools and information available.

SPYWARE

Ad-Aware is one of the best free spyware killer programs available. *

SUPERAntiSpyware is one of the best free spyware killer programs available. *

Malwarebytes is one of the best free spyware killer programs available. *

SpyBot is one of the best free spyware killer programs available. *

Emsisoft Anti-Malware is one of the best free spyware killer programs available.

Comodo BOClean is one of the best free spyware killer programs available.

BotHunter is one of the best free malware detecting programs available.

SpywareBlaster is one of the best free spyware killer programs available.

SpywareGuard is one of the best free real-time spyware protection programs available.

HijackThis is one of the best free browser hijack information programs available.

Spyware Terminator is one of the best free spyware killer programs available.

WinPatrol is one of the best free spyware killer programs available.

ANTI-PHISHING & SCAM TOOLBARS & DNS SERVICES

Netcraft is one of the best free anti-phishing toolbars available.

OpenDNS also provides one of the best phishing protection and DNS services. *

McAfee SiteAdvisor is a good web site security plug-in for your web browser.

LinkScanner is a good web site security plug-in for your web browser.

SPAM KILLERS

MailWasher is one of the best free spam filter programs available. *

Comodo is one of the best free anti-spam programs available.

SPAMfighter Standard is one of the best free anti-spam programs available.

SpamBayes is one of the best free spam killer programs available.

Spamihilator is one of the best free spam killer programs available.

FILE MANAGEMENT

All-In-One

Glary Utilities are some of the very best free system programs and utilities available! *

File Managers

Better Explorer is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available. *

2XExplorer is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

xplorer2 is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

XYplorer is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

Free Commander is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

Pablo Commander is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

muCommander is one of the best free Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

Total Commander is one of the best shareware Windows Explorer replacement programs available.

File Information

FileAlyzer is one of the best free file analyzer and information programs available.

File Synchronization

ViceVersa is one of the best free file synchronization programs available. *

Allway Sync is one of the best free file synchronization programs available.

SyncBack is one of the best free file synchronization programs available.

Dropbox is one of the best free file synchronization and backup programs available.

Microsoft SyncToy is one of the best free file synchronization programs available.

File Finders

XFind is one of the very best little free file finder programs available.

FileFinder is one of the very best little free file finder programs available.

Agent Ransack is one of the very best little free file finder programs available. *

Copernic Desktop Search is one of the very best free search programs available.

Everything is one of the very best free search programs available. *

LookDisk is one of the very best little free file finder programs available.

Duplicate File Finders

Duplicate Cleaner is one of the best free duplicate file finder programs available.

Fast Duplicate File Finder is one of the best free duplicate file finder programs available.

Easy Duplicate File Finder is one of the best free duplicate file finder programs available.

File Splitters

File Splitter is one of the very best little free file splitting programs available.

HJ-Split is one of the very best little free file splitting programs available.

ChainSaw is one of the very best little free file splitting programs available.

File & Computer Backup

EaseUS Todo Backup Home is a great free hard drive backup program. *

XXCopy is a great free versatile extension of the Windows xcopy program.

Cobain Backup is a great little free backup program.

Comodo Backup is a great little free backup program.

Freebyte Backup is a great little free backup program.

MyOwn Backup is a great little free backup program.

Backup4all is a great little free backup program.

Backup Maker is a great little free backup program.

Bacula is a great little free backup program for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Driver Backup & Update & Cleanup

SlimDrivers is one of the best driver updating programs.

DriverBackup! is a great little free driver backup program.

WinDriversBackup PE is a great little free driver backup program.

Driver Collector is a great little free driver backup program.

Double Driver is a great little free driver backup program.

DriverMax is a great little free driver backup program.

File & Folder Size

FolderSize is a great little free directory size program.

WixTree is a great little free file and folder size program.

SpaceSniffer is a great little free file and folder size program.

File Rename

Bulk Rename Utility is a great little free file renaming program.

Rename Master is a great little free file renaming program.

Lupas Rename is a great little free file renaming program.

ReNamer is a great little free file renaming program.

Advanced Renamer is a great little free file renaming program.

PFrank is a great little free file renaming program.

File Erase

Boot and Nuke is a great little free hard drive wipe program. *

Eraser is a great little free file erase and wipe program.

AxCrypt is a great little free file erase and wipe program.

File Shredder is a great little free file erase and wipe program.

File Recover

Undelete Plus is a great little free file undelete and recovery program.

FreeUndelete is a great little free file undelete and recovery program.

DiskDigger is a great little free file undelete and recovery program.

PCI Recovery is a great little free file undelete and recovery program.

Recuva is a great little free file undelete and recovery program.

File Compression

PKZip is one of the best retail file compression programs available.

WinZip is one of the best retail file compression programs available.

UltimateZip is one of the best retail file compression programs available.

FreeZip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

Freebyte Zip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

7-Zip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

jZip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

ZipGenius is one of the best free file compression programs available. *

QuickZip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

PeaZip is one of the best free file compression programs available.

WinRAR is one of the best file compression programs available.

File Encryption

Hide Folders is a great little free folder hiding program.

Kruptos is a great little free file and folder encryption program.

Rohos Mini Drive is a great little free encryption program for flash drives.

TrueCrypt is a great little free file and disk encryption program. *

File Viewer

Universal Viewer is a great free universal file viewer.

WNBrowse is one of the best free file browser programs available. *

HHD Hex Editor is one of the best free hex editors available. *

Cygnus Hex Editor is one of the best free hex editors available.

File Unlock

Unlocker is a great free utility that allows you to delete locked files.

File Copy

FastCopy is a great free file copying utility for Windows.

SuperCopier is a great free file copying utility for Windows.

TeraCopy is a great free file copying utility for Windows.

File Convert

Zamzar is a great free online file conversion site.

OnlineConvert is a great free online file conversion site.

docx-converter is a great free online file conversion site for Office 2007 files.

File Extension Information

FILExt is a great free online file extension information site.

HARD DISK

HDD Health is a great little free disk monitoring program.

Drive Manager is a great little free hard drive managing program.

Disk Usage Analyzer is a great little free hard drive usage program.

GParted is a great little free Linux Live CD disk partitioning program. *

AOMEI Partition Assistant is a good free disk partitioning program.

DelPart is a great little free NTFS partition deleting program.

OSL2000 is a good little free multi-boot manager program.

Defraggler is a good little free defragmentation program. *

Auslogics Disk Defrag is a good little free defragmentation program.

PageDefrag is a good little free pagefile defragmentation program.

Macrium Reflect FREE is a good free hard disk imaging and partition backup program.

DriveImage XML is a very great free hard disk imaging and partition backup program. *

EaseUS Todo Backup Home is a great free hard drive backup program. *

Paragon is a good little free hard disk imaging and partition backup program.

PING is a good little free hard disk imaging and partition backup program.

Hard Drive Capacity Restore Tool is a good little free program to fix hard drive capacity problems.

Disk Investigator is a great little free hard disk viewing and file undeleting program.

CD/DVD BURNING & TOOLS

Burn4Free is a great free CD/DVD burner program.

DeepBurner is a great free CD/DVD burner program.

InfraRecorder is a great free CD/DVD burner program.

FinalBurner is a great free CD/DVD burner program.

ISO Recorder is a great free CD/DVD burner program.

DVD Shrink is a great free DVD utility program.

DVD Flick is a great free DVD authoring and burning program.

DVDStyler is a great free DVD authoring and burning program.

DVDx is a great free DVD copy and backup utility program.

Daemon Tools Lite is a great free utility program for making disk images and virtual CD and DVD drives.

MagicDisk is a great free utility program for creating and managing virtual CD and DVD drives.

Doom9 has everything you need to know about backing up your DVDs.

STARTUP & SHUTDOWN & LOGON

Autoruns is one of the best free startup viewers available. *

Starter is one of the best free startup viewers available.

StartupList is one of the best free startup viewers available.

StartUpLite is one of the best free startup programs available.

MSConfig is one of the best free configuration startup tools for Windows 2000.

Startup Delayer is one of the best free startup booting tools available.

ReProfiler is one of the best free logon trouble shooting tools available.

UPDATERS, INSTALLERS & UNINSTALLERS

Update Notifier is one of the best free updater programs available.

Update Checker is one of the best free updater programs available. *

Ketarin is one of the best free updater programs available.

Personal Software Inspector is one of the best free updater programs available. *

MyUninstaller is one of the best free uninstaller programs available.

Revo Uninstaller is one of the best free uninstaller programs available.

Absolute Uninstaller is one of the best free uninstaller programs available.

Ninite is one of the best sites that easily installs your choice of over 70 free programs.

REGISTRY

ERUNT is a great free tool to back up the Windows NT/2000/XP registry.

Registry Healer is one of the best free registry programs available.

Auslogics Registry Defrag is one of the best free registry defrag programs available.

EasyCleaner is one of the best free registry programs available.

Comodo Registry Cleaner is one of the best free registry programs available.

TweakNow! is one of the best free registry programs available.

RegSeeker is one of the best free registry programs available.

Wise Registry Cleaner is one of the best free registry programs available.

Eusing Registry Cleaner is one of the best free registry programs available.

SYSTEM CLEANER

CCleaner is one of the best free system and registry cleaning programs available. *

CCEnhancer is a great little enhancement to CCleaner.

SlimCleaner is a great little free system cleaner.

MEMORY & CACHE

FreeRAM XP Pro is one of the best free RAM managers available.

Cacheman is one of the best free RAM and cache managers available.

Memtest86 is one of the best free RAM testing programs available. *

PROCESSES

SystemExplorer is one of the best free process viewers available.

Process Library is one of the best free online process information sites.

Process Explorer is one of the best free process viewers available. *

Process Monitor is one of the best free process viewers available. *

COMMAND LINE

SlickRun is one of the best free command line utilities available.

MOUSE

WizMouse is one of the best free mouse utilities available.

MONITOR & RESOLUTION

MultiRes is one of the best free monitor resolution utilities available.

NETWORK

TCPView is one of the best free network connection monitors available. *

Spiceworks is one of the best free network monitoring tools available.

NetStat Live is one of the best free network monitors available.

Active Ports is one of the best free network port monitors available. *

PacketMon is one of the best free network packet monitors available.

Axence NetTools is one of the best free network scanners available.

SoftPerfect is one of the best free network scanners available. *

NMap is one of the best free network scanners available.

Sam Spade is one of the best free network information tools available.

Angry IP Scanner is one of the best free network scanners available.

Advanced IP Scanner is one of the best free network scanners available. *

Advanced Port Scanner is one of the best free network scanners available. *

NetPeeker is one of the best free multiple-use network tools available.

Wireshark is one of the best free network protocol analyzers available.

NetStumbler is one of the best free wireless network analyzers available.

RogueScanner is one of the best free wireless network analyzers available.

WinDump is one of the best free network analyzers available.

Snort is one of the best free network analyzers and intrusion detection systems available.

NetworkProbe is one of the best free network monitors and protocol analyzers available.

NetworkActiv is one of the best free network packet analyzers available.

Zx Sniffer is one of the best free network traffic analyzers available.

WinPCap is the free Windows packet capture library that many network tools use.

My Vital Agent is a free Windows network connection information program.

WhatIsMyIPAddress is the free Internet site that gives your true IP address.

DownForEveryoneOrJustMe is a great site to check if a site is up or down.

REMOTE ACCESS & MAINTENANCE

RealVNC is one of the best free remote access programs available.

TeamViewer is one of the best free remote access programs available.

FTP

FileZilla is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available. *

FreeFTP is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

FreshFTP is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

Core FTP LE is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

CrossFTP is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

FTP Wanderer is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

FTP Explorer is one of the best free File Transfer Protocol programs available.

RightLoad is one of the best free File Upload programs available.

INTERNET CONNECTION

Cable Nut is one of the best free Internet Connection tweak programs available.

Speakeasy is one of the best free Internet Connection speed tests available.

Speedtest is one of the best free Internet Connection speed tests available.

DSLReports is one of the best free Internet Connection tweak programs available.

TCP Optimizer is one of the best free Internet Connection tweakers available.

WinsockFix (or here)is one of the best free Internet and Network Connection fixes available.

WNTIPcfg is one of the best free IP Configuration tools availalbe for Windows 2000/XP. *

INTERNET BROWSERS

Firefox is a great free browser for Windows and Linux. *

MozillaCacheView is a great free cache viewer for Firefox. *

Sea Monkey is a great free Internet Suite for Windows and Linux.

Google Chrome is a great free browser for Windows. *

Internet Explorer is a great free browser for Windows.

IECacheViewer is a great free cache viewer for Internet Explorer. *

MozBackup is a great free utility for backing up Mozilla products.

Opera is a great free browser for Windows and Linux.

Safari is a great free browser for Windows.

Avant is a great free browser for Windows.

K-Meleon is a great free browser for Windows.

Maxthon is a great free browser for Windows.

WebReaper is a great free web crawler and offline Internet web browser.

HTTrack is a great free web site copier and offline Internet web browser.

Web of Trust is a great free browser security addon for Internet Explorer or Firefox.

2Bone has a great free link checker for you web pages.

LinkChecker is a great free link checker program for you web pages.

TinyURL has a great way to shorten long URLs for emails and newsgroups.

EMAIL

Thunderbird is a great free Mozilla email and newsreader program. *

Pegasus is a great free little email program.

ieSpell is a great free spell checker for Internet Explorer.

Mail Store is one of the best free email archiving programs for home users. *

OFFICE & WORDPROCESSING

OpenOffice is a great free office suite for personal and SOHO use.

LibreOffice is a great free office suite for personal and SOHO use. *

WPS Office Suite is a great free office suite for personal and SOHO use.

AbiWord is a great free word processor for personal and SOHO use.*

Jarte is a great free word processor for personal and SOHO use. *

Serif Software has some free publishing suite software for personal and SOHO use.

SOT Office 2003 is a nice free office suite for personal and SOHO use.

FreeOffice is a nice free office suite for personal and SOHO use.

Zoho is a nice free web-based office suite for personal and SOHO use.

Google Docs is a nice free web-based office suite for personal and SOHO use.

Scribus is a great free open source desktop publishing program.

ThinkFree Office Online is a great free office suite that works in your browser.

Powerbullet Presenter is a great free Flash presentation program.

Prezi is a great free Flash presentation program.

Dia is a great free diagramming program.

GnuCash is a great free personal finance and accounting program.

Money Manager Ex is a great free personal finance and accounting program.

Mint is a great free online personal finance and accounting program.

Evernote is a great free multipurpose note taking program for personal use.

Write Monkey is a great free text editor for personal use.

PSPad is a great free text editor for personal use.

EditPad Lite is a great free text editor for personal use.

NotePad++ is a great free text editor for personal use. *

NoteTab Lite is a great free text editor for personal use.

NotepadEx is a great free text editor for personal use.

Metapad is a great free text editor for personal use.

SimpleOCR is a great free OCR program for personal use.

Google Calendar is a great free online calendar program.

Rainlendar is a great free desktop calendar program for personal use.

Lightning are great free Mozilla desktop calendar program for personal use.

DICTIONARIES

WordWeb is a great free dictionary and thesaurus for windows.

Everest Dictionary is a great free dictionary for windows.

PDF

PDF995 is a great free PDF document creator.

CutePDF Writer is a great free PDF document creator. *

PDFMachine White is a great free PDF document creator.

Adobe Acrobat Reader is the best free PDF reader. *

Nitro PDF Reader is a very good free PDF reader.

SumatraPDF is a very good free PDF reader.

PDFSpeedup is a great free utility to make Adobe Reader load faster.

HTML EDITORS

FPExpress is one of the best little free web page creators available.

KompoZer is one of the best free WYSIWYG web page creators available.

Pagebreeze is one of the best free WYSIWYG web page creators available.

Amaya is one of the best free WYSIWYG web page creators available.

FreshHTML is one of the best free WYSIWYG web page creators available.

Coffeecup Free is one of the best free web page creators available.

1stPage2000 is one of the best free HTML editors available.

GRAPHICS

IrfanView is a great free graphics viewer. *

GIMP is a great free graphics program. *

Google Photos is a great free photo management program. *

FastStone is a great free graphics viewer.

Fotografix is a great free graphics editing program.

XnView is a great free graphics viewer.

PhotoPlus is a great free photo editing program.

Snapfire is a great free photo editing program.

FotoFlexer is a great free online photo editing program.

StudioLine Photo Basic is a great free photo editing program.

Pixia is a great free graphics program.

Artweaver is a great free beginner paint and graphics program.

InkScape is a great free graphics program.

Adobe Photoshop SE is a great free graphics program.

Paint.NET is a great free graphics program. *

GIMPshop is a great free photo editing program.

FreshView is a great free graphics viewer.

VicMan is a great free photo editing program.

PhotoFiltre is a great free photo editing program.

MobaPhoto is a great free simple photo editing program.

Pixlr is a great free online photo editing program.

Photoshop Express is a great free photo editing windows program.

Aviary is a great free online set of photo editing programs.

SUMO Paint is a great free online image editing program.

SketchUp is a great free 3D graphics program.

Photosynth is a great free picture program that combines multiple pictures into one.

Windows Live Photo Gallery and Movie Maker are great free picture and video programs.

Image Resizer for Windows is a great free image resizer program.

ScreenHunter is a great free screen capture program.

MUSIC & MEDIA

WinAmp is one of the best free music and media players available. *

Media Player Classic is one of the best little free music and media players available. *

Media Player Classic HC is one of the best little free music and media players available. *

GOM Player is one of the best little free music and media players available.

VLC Media Player is one of the best free music and media players available. *

KMPlayer is one of the best free music and media players available. *

Windows Media Player is one of the best free music and media players available.

iTunes is one of the best free music and media players available.

Spotify is one of the best free music and media players available.

RealPlayer is one of the best free music and media players available.

Audacity is one of the best free audio and editor recorders available. *