essential windows freeware & shareware
(Anti-Spyware/Anti-Malware/Anti-Virus applications in Red,
Multimedia in Violet, Firewall/Registry in Purple, Browsers in Green)

Application Name
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manufacturer's download page
2_Password
ACDSee (3.1b)
Adobe_Acrobat_Reader (alt 1, 2)   
AF5_Rename_Your_Files (1.1)
Album_Art_Downloader (foobar integration)
AMD_Catalyst_Driver (Win 7: Notebook: 32bit/64bit | Desktop: 32bit, 64bit)
Asterisk_Key
Atomic_Clock_Sync (2.7.0.3)
Audacity
Autoit
AVG_Free_Edition  (64-bit) (AVG Rescue CD) (manual update file)
Avira_Antivir  (manual update file) (Antivir Rescue System)
Belarc_Advisor
BootSkin (custom bootskin)
BurnAware
CCleaner
Cool_Timer
CopyWipe
CPU-Z
Crucial_System_Scanner
Digsby
DivX
Domain_Name_Analyzer (3.2)
Dropbox
DVD43
EaseUS_Partition_Master_Home_Edition
EasyCleaner (by ToniArts)
Exact_Audio_Copy
Exam_Diff
FastStone_Image_Viewer
febooti_fileTweak_Hash_and_CRC
Feedreader
ffdshow_tryouts
File_Renamer_Basic
Firefox
Flash  (32-bit: IE, FF)   (64-bit: IE, FF)
Flexible_Renamer
FormatFactory
Foobar2000 (defs)
Foxit_PDF_Reader
Free_Hide_Folderr
Free_Registry_Defrag
GetRight (4.5b)
Gmail_Notifier
GoodSync (v8)
Google_Apps_Migration_for_Microsoft_Outlook
Google_Chrome
HandBrake
HDDScan
HijackThis (msi)
HttpWatch
IconForge
iTunes (64-bit)
Java (JRE) (64-bit)
K-Meleon
Kodak_EasyShare
Macromedia_Dreamweaver_Update (4.01)
Macromedia_Fireworks_MX_2004_Update (4.02)
Macromedia_Flash_MX_2004_Components (Action Script 2.0)
Macromedia_Freehand_MXa (11.0.2)
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Malwarebytes_Anti-Malware (rules)   Rules version 4125
Mame32
Media_Player_Classic
Microsoft_Baseline_Security_Analyzer
Microsoft_Internet_Explorer_7
Microsoft_Internet_Explorer_8
Microsoft_Internet_Explorer_9 (for Windows 7 only) (64-bit)
Microsoft_Office_2003_Service_Pack_3
Microsoft_Office_2007_Service_Pack_3
Microsoft_Office_2010_Service_Pack_1 (64-bit)
Microsoft_Office_Compatibility_Pack
Microsoft_Office_Compatibility_Pack_Service_Pack_2
Microsoft_Office_Compatibility_Pack_Service_Pack_3
Microsoft_SyncToy (64-bit)
Microsoft_TweakUI (2.10)
Microsoft_User_Profile_Hive_Cleanup_Service (v1.6) (64-bit)
Microsoft_Windows_98_SE_Boot_Disk (iso for CD)
not applicable
Microsoft_Windows_Defender
Microsoft_Windows_Genuine_Advantage_Notifications
Microsoft_Windows_Live_Messenger
Microsoft_Windows_7_Service_Pack_1 alt
Microsoft_Windows_Vista_Service_Pack_1
Microsoft_Windows_Vista_Service_Pack_2
Microsoft_Windows_XP_Service_Pack_3 (overview)
Minimem (64-bit)
Motherboard_Monitor
MSN_Messenger (for Windows 2000)
Nero (5.5.10.56)      
nLite
NVIDIA_GeForce_Driver (Win 7: Notebook: 32bit, 64bit | Desktop: 32bit, 64bit)
OEMLOGO (#1, #2, or #3 .ini file)
not applicable
OpenOffice
Opera  
Picasa
POPfile
PrimoPDF
Quicktime_Player
Quicky_Password_Generator (1.2)
RoboForm
SeaMonkey
SetBroswer (1.4)
Sisoft_Sandra
SpywareBlaster
SUPERAntiSpyware (definitions)      Definitions from 2010-05-29
Sygate_Personal_Firewall (5.6 build 2808) (.msi version)
Symantec_Antivirus    uninstall    (Norton Removal Tool) (McAfee Removal Tool)
Switch_Off
Textpad
The_World_Browser
Trillian
TweakNow_RegCleaner
Ultimate_Boot_CD
uTorrent
VLC_Media_Player
wallpaper_images
WinDirStat
WinRAR (64-bit)
WirelessMon   
XML_Marker
Yahoo_Desktop_Search (1.852) (expansion pack)
Yahoo_Messenger
ZoneAlarm