A
AntiVir - very good Freeware Anti Virus application
Alcohol 120% - used for making 1:1 copies
ASPI Driver - mainly needed by certain cd-r apps
B
C
CloneCD - A well known tool for 1:1 copying
CD Burner XP Pro - professional freeware app for CD burning.
CPUKiller - Slows down your PC for older games / " Rubntimme Error 200"
D
DAMN NFO Viewer - NFO viewer made by DAMN-Crew. Very good!
DirectX - Everyone knows, what this is, ay?
Daemon Tools - Tool for mounting CD-Images into virtual drives.. freware!
DosBox - DoS emulator for various platforms
E
F
FlashGet - An unusual good download manager. free for personal use i think.
G
H
I
IrfanView - Viewer for many kinds of pictures.. freeware!
J
K
L
M
Mozilla - Another internet browser... and a pretty cool one, too!
Mozilla Thunderbird - Email Client simliar to outlook. Very useful freeware!
Mozilla Firefox - Another Mozilla browser... this one is also cool.
mIRC - Most popular IRC client.
N
Nero - The all in one burning solution!
.NET Framework - needed for some applications.
O
OpenOffice.org - Complete office suite simliar to MS Office!.. but freeware!
Opera - A very good internet browser.. based on Netscape I think.
P
PowerStrip - A powerful graphic card setup tool.. take a look!
Q
QuickSFV - For verifying releases (if *.sfv/*.crc file included)
R
Regmon - see what an app is doing in the registry
S
SmartFTP - Freeware FTP Client... easy to use
T
The All Seeing Eye - A superb game sever browser!
TotalCommander - File Manager, allround tool.
U
V
Visual Basic Runtime Files - needed for most apps coded in VB
VDMSound - Tool to get DOS games working on Win2k/XP
W
WinRar - for Packing/unpacking Archives... best app I think
WinZip - Well known packing/unpacking app... not as nearly as good as WinRar
WinAce - Another packing app... best alternative to WinRar
X
XnView - Very simliar to ACDSee!... but freeware!
XP AntiSpy - Making your WinXP a little more secure. Freeware!
Y
Z
ZoneAlarm - good Firewall, free for personal use
If you've got some more things you think I should add... PM me please!
greetz
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