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CCleaner. Stands
for CrapCleaner and does what it promises. Cleans out the
crap that your don't need.
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File Scavenger. If
your hard drive has died and if you need the data, try this.
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WinDirStat.
Graphical display of all your files.
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File Shredder.
Shred your data.
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Diskeeper /
Perfect Disk. Both very
good disk defragmenters.
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ZoneAlarm.
Possibly the best software firewall out there.
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A-Squared.
Trojan scanner.
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AVG Free Edition.
Free anti-virus.
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Blacklight.
Get rid of those nasty rootkits.
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HijackThis. When
A-Squared and Blacklight can't get rid of the nasties.
Beats a reinstall.
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Windows Defender.
Microsoft's anti-spyware app.
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Belarc
Advisor. Free utility to scan your system of
components/hardware. Also will do a security scan.
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Speed Fan.
Control the fan speeds in your system.
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Unlocker.
Ever have a file you couldn't delete because "it was in use"?
Try this.
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Drive Key Boot Utility.
Have an old USB thumb drive? Use this on it and throw away
your floppy drive.
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ExplorerXP.
ExplorerXP does everything Windows Explorer does, plus a whole
lot more!
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TrueCrypt.
Encrypt personal data.
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Notebook
Hardware Control. Useful for us notebook users;
control your fans!
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nLite. Useful
XP-installation app.
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BartPE. The
ultimate boot-disk!
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SpamPal. Get rid
of spam.
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UDPixel. Check for
dead/stuck pixels on your LCD.
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SyncBackSE.
Backup to a network or FTP site.
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Clipboard Recorder.
Saves the last 99 items you've copied to the clipboard.
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Windows Desktop Search.
Fast file searching tool.