Commonly used free (proprietry) software for Windows

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a plugin for viewing PDF files

Agent Ransack - File searching utility

Agent Ransack is a free tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently. When searching the contents of files Agent Ransack displays the text found so you can quickly browse the results without having to separately open each file!

Java™ Runtime Environment - plugin for browsers

The Java™ Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (JRE) or the JRE consists of the Java™ Virtual Machine, Java platform core classes, and supporting Java platform libraries. The JRE is the runtime portion of Java software, which is all you need to run it in your Web browser.

Macromedia Flash player - plugin

Macromedia Flash player plugin for Mozilla allows you to view websites that rely on Flash to render pages in Netscape, Mozilla, Opera and Compuserve.

My Own Backup v2.1 - for backing up your data.

My Own Backup is the easy and powerful backup program with features like: Compress Backups with Zip, Diskspan, Backup Multiple Sets at the same time, AutoSave Backup Sets, Backup History, Command Line Support and much more...

Xenu's Link Sleuth

Xenu's Link Sleuth checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.

XnView (image viewer and more)

XnView is a utility for viewing and converting graphic files. It works in a simillar way to ACDSee.

XnView is provided as FREEWARE for private non-commercial or educational use (including non-profit organization)

The MacOSX version requires X11 to run

ZipCentral (like WinZip™)

ZipCentral is a free and easy to use zip file manager with all the utilities you need to manage your zip files. The goal of ZipCentral is to be the most robust freeware zip-package you can find today. It is a great tool for the beginner as well as the expert. Working with zip files has never been easier!