Great open source programs

1. ZScreen screen capture program

2. PDFCreator create PDFs from any program that can print

3. KeePass securely stores and manages the login information

4. HandBrake DVD to MPEG-4 converter
use it in conjunction with DVD43

5. Notepad++

6. Peazip compression/zip utility

7. BonkEnc CD ripper, encoder, and audio converter

8. Launchy press Alt + Spacebar, and then type a few letters in the program name and press Enter.

9. Cabos file-shaing

10. GnuCash financial programs

11. RSSOwl RSS reader

12. VirtualDub free video capture and processing utility

13. Eraser Eraser securely shreds your sensitive data by overwriting several times with multiple, carefully-selected patterns

14. Paint.NET

15. InfraRecorder InfraRecorder can burn audio/data discs. It can handle multi-session discs, creation and burning of disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE), and can even save audio/data track information to separate files

16. AutoHotkey automate practically any repetitive task

17. GanttProject GanttProject will help you get everything organized

18. MP3Gain to automatically adjust MP3 files so they all play at the same volume

19. Filezilla file transfer

20. Battle for Wesnoth Battle for Wesnoth is a single/multiplayer turn-based strategy game

21. Alien Arena a deathmatch-type game along the lines of Quake III

22. CCleaner

23. Twhirl - AIR-based Twitter client for any OS

24.RSSBandit - .Net RSS reader


25. Truecrypt

others...Firefox, Thunderbird, GIMP, OpenOffice, and VLC.