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There's a lot of free software out there. Much of it is junk.  Some of it is pretty good.  And a few are intelligently crafted and incredibly useful.

The majority of the programs here listed are outstanding jewels.  Others perform simple tasks but do it very effectively.

Go!zilla  In a class by itself. Get it first.  You'll need this excellent download helper for the rest of the goodies.

Functions  Easy to use program to study functions of one variable.

Irfanview  Versatile, powerful, superb, very fast image viewer.  Handles many file formats and has a wealth of useful features. Get it!.
PrintKey  Extremely useful tool for printing or saving any portion of whatever is displayed on the screen.
PowerArchiver  Easy to use, full-featured Zip program.
Zipfree2000!  Another utility for compressing and decompressing files.

BullsEye2  Fabulous agent  for searching the web using the best engines.
Copernic2000  Another marvelous tool for searching the web.
The Ferrets  Unbelievably useful suite of tools for looking up information on the Web: WebFerret, PhoneFerret, EmailFerret, FileFerret, InfoFerret, IRCFerret, NewsFerret.

Calc98  Scientific, engineering and financial calculator for your desktop.
CocoCalculator Impressive scientific calculator. Supports financial and statistical calculations. Try it!
Graphcalc  Excellent graphing calculator.
MIRACL Calc   Want something with a tad more precision? This one handles up to 10,000 places!
Versaverter  Extremely versatile unit conversion utility.
Convert  Another excellent unit converter.

Graph paper printer Prints a wide variety of graph paper. Very useful.
Lens  Magnifyng glass for your desktop.

WorldTime  Superb feature-packed utility to keep track of time around the world.
12month  Simple but quite useful 12-month screen calendar which displays instantly any time you need it.
Photocopier  Combine your scanner and printer into a hassle-free photocopier.
CallCenter  Answering machine and fax for your PC.
WakeUp!  Alarm clock for your desktop.
SiteSnagger   Extraordinary tool downloads entire websites to your hard drive for offline viewing.   Don't tell me I didn't tell you.

ReadPlease2000  Have web pages, e-mail or any text read aloud to you.  Yes, I said READ ALOUD.
WantedJobs2K  Great tool for quickly searching job postings on the Internet. See, I help you get a job too...
Napster  Amazing MP3 application. If you’re into MP3, this is it.
Netsonic  Accelerate your surfing.
Dimension4  Synchronizes your computer's clock to your choice of Internet-based chronometers.

StockTick  Provides real-time information for an unlimited number of investments and portfolios.
Splitter  Splits files too big for diskettes and recombines. Simple and efficient.
The Bible  King James Version. Glorious download.
La Biblia   Reina Valera Version.  En Espa�ol, amigo.
Adobe Acrobat Reader  A must-have.  Reads and prints PDF files, which is a widespread format.

Multimedia - Audio and video email are becoming increasingly popular so here's a separate bunch:

RealPlayer  What, you don't have it yet?  You're kidding!
Windows Media Player  What, you don't have it either?  You're double kidding!
RealProducer  Converts audio and video files - or live feeds - into RealAudio and RealVideo for the Internet.
Windows Media On-Demand Producer  Easily creates streaming media for the Windows Media Player.

VidEdit   Capture and edit videos. Venerable, superb utility retired by Microsoft but hard to beat for simple tasks.
ABC VideoRoll  Superb video editor. You won't believe it's free.
CoolEdit96 Excellent audio editor.
Soundtrack Producer   Replace a movie's existing audio or add sound to a silent movie. Quite useful.

MusicMatch Jukebox  High quality jukebox records, organizes and plays digital music.
Winamp  Very nice hi-fi music player.  Handles most audio formats.
RealJukebox  Amazing jukebox by the Real people.
RealSlideShow   Simple to use tool to create your own dynamic slide shows with narration and/or music.