O.H.Dog
Chieftain
I have something like fifty good free programs installed on my system. Many have already been listed. These are some of the best that have not yet been listed (plus a couple that have been.)
Graphics:
Ultimate Paint Paint program with customizable brushes. Remember Delux Paint?
System Utilities:
SyncBack Freeware File and directory backup and synchronization utility.
Internet Security:
Clamwin Open source virus checker. A compliment to your regular virus checker.
IPCop External Firewall. Turn an old PC into a modern hardware firewall appliance.
Desktop Wiget:
ClockX Nifty desktop analog clock, with transparency and themes.
Miscellaneous:
HashCalc Shows MD5 and other checksum values of a file.
Bulk Rename Utility File rename utility. Either stand alone, or as a context menu enhancement.
Microsoft Calculator Plus Scientific and programmer calculator with unit coversions.
Virtualization applications:
Sandboxie Virtual environment to run or test programs. This works as an overlay on Windows.
VirtualBox Moderate weight virtual machine application.
VMware Server Heavy weight virtual machine application. Run virtual machines locally, or remotely.
Microsoft Virtual PC (already mentioned) Middle weight virtual machine application.
DosBox (already mentioned) Light weight virtual machine. Run old games in a virtual dos environment.
DosBox GUI Front end for DosBox. This simplifies using DosBox.
AppleWin Apple II emulator. Run even older games in a virtual Apple II environment. This requires rom files from a working Apple II.
WinUAE Amiga emulator. This requires rom files from a working Amiga, or purchase of an Amiga Forever program.
Graphics:
Ultimate Paint Paint program with customizable brushes. Remember Delux Paint?
System Utilities:
SyncBack Freeware File and directory backup and synchronization utility.
Internet Security:
Clamwin Open source virus checker. A compliment to your regular virus checker.
IPCop External Firewall. Turn an old PC into a modern hardware firewall appliance.
Desktop Wiget:
ClockX Nifty desktop analog clock, with transparency and themes.
Miscellaneous:
HashCalc Shows MD5 and other checksum values of a file.
Bulk Rename Utility File rename utility. Either stand alone, or as a context menu enhancement.
Microsoft Calculator Plus Scientific and programmer calculator with unit coversions.
Virtualization applications:
Sandboxie Virtual environment to run or test programs. This works as an overlay on Windows.
VirtualBox Moderate weight virtual machine application.
VMware Server Heavy weight virtual machine application. Run virtual machines locally, or remotely.
Microsoft Virtual PC (already mentioned) Middle weight virtual machine application.
DosBox (already mentioned) Light weight virtual machine. Run old games in a virtual dos environment.
DosBox GUI Front end for DosBox. This simplifies using DosBox.
AppleWin Apple II emulator. Run even older games in a virtual Apple II environment. This requires rom files from a working Apple II.
WinUAE Amiga emulator. This requires rom files from a working Amiga, or purchase of an Amiga Forever program.