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Freeware is software that can be downloaded off of the Internet for free.
One can actually completely replace every single software on one's computer replacing it with freeware.

Let's see some of the essentials.

UTILITIES

1) DriverMax - Backup all the drivers currently on a computer, so incase of an error during updating one call rollback to a previous driver setting.

2) DriveImageXML - Useful for backing up every single file and folder in your hard disk.
3) Launchy - An application launcher using the keyboard only.
4) AVG Antivirus - Considered the best and most popular free anti-virus available.
5) Spybot Search and Destroy - Perfect spyware remover, immunizes as well.
6) Advanced Windows Care Personal V2 - Fixes registry errors and in brief boosts performance.
7) CCleaner - CrapCleaner, clears your computer out of junk you do not need.
8) Comodo Firewall - The best freeware firewall available. A must have for extreme internet surfers.
9) Revo Uninstaller - Clears the registry of programs once you uninstalled them.
10) TweakUI - Tweaks your User Interface to make your computer speed up.
11) Firefox - The well known browser, safe and secure while being fast. Customize it to your own style.

PRODUCTIVITY
1) OpenOffice - A package that simulates Microsoft Office. Only think you dont need to dish out the money.
2) Notepad ++ - An alternative to Notepad in the sense that it has much more functions.
3) JZip - One of the best compressors availabe for free.
4)Fastone Capture - A powerful image capturing software. Note : Version 5.3 is free
5) Foxit PDF Reader - Reads PDFs files faster and more easily than Adobe Acrobat
6) Hamachi - Create a virtual LAN network using hamachi for transferring files.

ENTERTAINMENT
1) VLC Media Player - A media player that supports a variety of formats. Stick to one media player now.
2) Pidgin - An IM client supporting AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, XMPP, ICQ, IRC, SILC, SIP/SIMPLE, Novell GroupWise, Lotus Sametime, Bonjour, Zephyr, MySpaceIM, Gadu-Gadu, and QQ.
3) FlashGet - Download streaming media to your desktop.
4) Vista Transformation Pack - Transform your XP to look like Vista with some of Vista's functionality.

These are just some of the useful freeware applications. There are several more existing in the internet.

You could check out some at SourceForge.

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