AnalogX
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows: All
“All downloads are for all versions of Windows, unless otherwise specified. If you have a general question related to any of the programs on here, or would like some additional info related to them, then check out the downloads FAQ.”
Anchor Link Assistive Software
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows
“On these pages you will find links to various free software applications. All are developed by the owner of this site. Please feel free to download and use any of these applications. If you find anything useful, please let me know through the link below.”
Anchor Link bartdart
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Freeware for you.”
Anchor Link BAxBEx Software
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Find out what’s happening at BAxBEx Software. Here you’ll learn everything about new products or updates of current products.
“BAxBEx Software was founded in 1998. BAxBEx Software is a privately held software development company located in Dorsten, a city close to Cologne, Germany. One of our priorities at BAxBEx Software is to listen to our customers! If you have any questions or ideas for a feature you would like to see for one of our products, do not hesitate to contact us. We personally guarantee that our products are free of spyware and adware!”
Anchor Link Best Portable Apps
License: Free Online Last Reviewed: 2012-03-02
“On this page, you will find the best 50+ portable apps to bring with you on the go. We’ve taken the effort to categorize the extensions and picked only those we believe to be the best ones and which will most likely be useful to you.”
Anchor Link BlueFive Software
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“All software available here is freeware. There is no registration required, and no crippled features. These applications were written and compiled for 32-bit systems. There is no registration required, there are no ads, no nag-screens, no spyware and no crippled features. They were all designed and built to suit Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, and Vista (unless noted otherwise). Win95/98 users please check the support page.”
Anchor Link Camtech 2000
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Here you’ll find plenty of freeware programs like Toolbar Wallpaper, Outlook Express Stationery, IcoFolder, OEM Logo Changer and various screen savers. There’s also a few shareware programs like the award winning Spyware Inoculator, XP Icons, Musical Album, DunStats, MemCheck Pro, Digital Pen, Web Views, DunSpeed, CT Logo Changer, Clear Desktop, CT Attrib, Toolbar Wallpaper Pro and even a Slot Machine. Help yourself to whatever you like and thanks for stopping by!
“We have a simple philosophy – If there isn’t a price tag on it…it’s freeware.”
Anchor Link DBF Tools
License: Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Here you will find useful and powerful database utilities.”
Anchor Link DS Freeware for MS Windows
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Good Things Come in Small Packages.”
[Very small, efficient, freeware utilities written by Dariusz Stanislawek; Ed.]
Anchor Link DVDFab Products
Shareware and Freeware Last Reviewed: 2011-05-15
This page contains a complete list of DVDFab products, including: brief descriptions, latest version number, prices, and file sizes. Free products are also included in the list. Ed.
Anchor Link Easy Desk Software
Information and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows: All
“Easy Desk Software is dedicated to developing Windows Registry and file system utilities. You will find all the information and tools you need to fix almost any problem that you may have encountered within the Windows Registry or file system. We realize that no one creates true Windows Registry repair tools except us, so we make sure that our software really does work.”
Anchor Link ElmuSoft
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“The following software is either written by me or modified by me. All that you find here, is of the highest quality! No Spyware — No Adware!”
Anchor Link Emsa Systems
License: Mostly Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Welcome to our new software download center! Feel free to browse the site and download our software utilities and system tools. Here we have both software utilities and system tools that we built in-house, as well as other useful information and software downloads from different sources, which can be found across multiple sections. Our software utilities listed on this site are mostly freeware and they are not limited in any way — all of them are non-expiring software available for immediate download. To choose a product for download, please go to our software downloads section from the left menu.
“Most of our programs do require a one-time activation, but this is easy to do and you only need to do it once. To activate a program, please visit our software downloads page from the left menu. The activation section is available at the top of the page, in red text.”
Anchor Link Freebyte
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“On this page you will find freeware programs created by Freebyte. Some programs also have a shareware version offering extra features. In the section ‘related pages’ you will find a large listing of free software created by others.”
Anchor Link Freeware Home
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Welcome to the best FREEWARE Collection on the Web! Do not forget to check our ‘KIDS Department’.”
Anchor Link Freeware on GRC.COM
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Our Growing Collection of High-Quality, Super-Small and Super-Fast, Freely Downloadable Programs and Resources.”
Anchor Link FreewareAsylum
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Here at FreewareAsylum though we don’t claim to be the end to end all in any respect, we do have a rather nice set of Links that cover an extensive directory of great resources that are straightforward and as always, the Links section has no ads. Also if you know of a great and useful resource/site, please feel free to pass it along.”
Anchor Link Giveaway of the Day
License: Free Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Every day we offer licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise, for free! Yes, we are giving away software, and you can download it from our site, right now and right here and our goal is to give away every good piece of software, sooner or later. The idea behind this initiative is that many sites and publishers offer trial downloads; but only we offer giveaway downloads. What does that mean?
“Basically, every day we nominate one software title that will be a Giveaway title of that day. The software will be available for download for 24 hours (or more, if agreed by software publisher) and that software will be absolutely free. That means—not a trial, not a limited version—but a registered and legal version of the software will be free for our visitors*.
“We will pay the software publisher for the Giveaway license, and our visitors will receive the necessary registration information after downloading and installing the software and then executing a special verification program that is part of the download; thus agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, thereby protecting software publishers’ interests and making our initiative beneficial for both clients and publishing companies.
” * Under specific Terms and Conditions, which limit the software usage to non-commercial only, and may also limit software updates and technical support.”
Anchor Link Karen’s Power Tools
License: Freeware – Donations welcome Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Welcome to Karen Kenworthy’s web site. Karen is the author of the popular Power Tools, free programs that make life with Windows a lot easier. Karen also writes a free email newsletter. In it she discusses her new programs, answers reader questions, and explains technical details in a way that anyone can understand.”
Anchor Link Last Freeware Version
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Descriptions and links to the last freeware versions of many useful utilities.
Anchor Link Michal Mutl
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“» Components » Database Tools » Delphi Tools » Network Tools
» Registry/INI Tools » System Tools » Miscellaneous”
Anchor Link Microsoft Download Center
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Welcome to the Microsoft.com Download Center, where you’ll find a vast array of files available to download over the Internet. Begin your visit by scanning the three helpful lists at the top of the Download Center home page: This Week’s Top Downloads; Featured Downloads; and New Downloads.
“Also see our Try Before You Buy section. Test-drive a wide range of Microsoft products in the Trial Software Center.”
Anchor Link My Favorite Gadgets
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2011-05-06
Windows: Vista, 2008, 7
“Hi, my name is Igor ‘Igogo’ Bushin and I created this page so people can have access to good gadgets that I have tried myself and that they can trust. I hope you like some of them and find them as useful and interesting as I do. Email me anytime with feedback or suggestions for other good gadgets you know about. Thanks and enjoy!
“You can run some of my gadgets so marked on Windows XP (You must find Sidebar for XP for do this).
Anchor Link Nattyware
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, 7
“At Nattyware we design small and simple products to spice up otherwise boring routines. Our goal is to bring pleasure and convenience to everyday work. We hope you will enjoy using our products as much as we enjoyed creating them. For now, we offer you the following software.
√ Pixie is a utility made especially for webmasters and designers. It is a color picker with few extra goodies.
√ Qwertick adds a sound feedback to your keyboard, a touch of an old typewriter that stimulates creativity.
√ Fontster is a font viewer. Despite hundreds of similar utilities, it is probably the easiest tool to browse and preview installed fonts with comfort and flexibility.
√ Feel the Wheel is a tool that Microsoft apparently overlooked while making Windows. By using Feewhee you can easily resize windows and control their transparency with a mouse wheel.
√ and more.”
Anchor Link NirSoft Utilities
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer. You can also find here some interesting Visual Basic code snippets, Visual C++ code samples, and freeware ActiveX Components.”
Anchor Link Nsauditor
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Free Network Tools — Free Network Monitoring Tools and Utilities”
Anchor Link Old Software
Various prices Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“We feature a huge selection of discount priced new and old software, computer games and educational programs. We invite you to browse our affordable selection for dos, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows 98 users. We still have a huge selection of Commodore 64 software and c64 games and hardware. We still have Commodore 128 and Amiga games, programs and accessories as well. We also have Apple 2 software and Macintosh software. We still support CDTV, CD32, Vic-20, and Atari and some other platforms. We sell many different cables, printer ribbons and other accessories and supplies for old and new computers. We can also special order many other computer software and hardware products at substantial savings for you. All of our products are authentic originals! We also have a computer history section which may interest you.”
Anchor Link Old-Versions.net
License: Free Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Updating a program is usually a good thing, but in some cases its not. That is what we’re here for! There have been several instances where a new release of a program is not always the better choice, due to several factors.
“First, your computer may not be able to handle the new program. Another issue may be spyware. This is a very large deciding factor in program version choice, because many people are beginning to catch on to these detrimental business practices. Whatever the reason is for wanting an old version, we’re here to help!”
Anchor Link OldApps
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows
“The Idea behind our site, OldApps.com is to provide most of the current and old versions software online for free. We will try to keep our database up-to-date with old versions so you will get the most out of our site. Moreover we check all the software for you so you will never end up with any malware, trojan, and/or virus.
“While most web sites provide downloads of current versions, OldApps.com does somewhat different by providing older versions of useful programs.”
Anchor Link Oldies But Goodies
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“With the creation of this site I hope to build an archive of freeware that has either gone to shareware status in newer versions, has turned into bloatware, is no longer available for download, or is just hard to find. The freeware must also be judged to be useful. I am starting the collection off with several programs I use and I hope you will contribute some of your oldie fav’s or hard to find by uploading here.”
Anchor Link OldVersion
License: Free – Donations appreciated Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Because Newer Is Not Always Better
“Sometimes upgrading to a newer version can be a good thing. Other times, the story is different. Maybe your computer is not compatible with the new version or maybe you feel like the new version is bloated and all the good options were replaced. Regardless of your situation, sometimes you just want to go back to the old version, but you no longer have the installation file and you can no longer download it anywhere. For those times, there is OldVersion.com, an archive of old versions of various programs.”
Anchor Link Open Source for Windows
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“As we all know, there’s a lot of commercial, closed source software out there. For students, businesses and families, this is highly uninteresting. Fortunately, many alternatives exist for most of the non-free, closed source stuff out there. One of them is the Linux Operating System.
“Unfortunately, I’ve noticed that a lot of people are afraid to install a Free Operating System like Linux. That’s why I started looking for Open Source Software under Windows. This document tries to provide you some alternative programs for that environment. Feel free to download, install, copy and use them: it’s completely legal to do so!”
Anchor Link PCMag’s Utility Library
See subscription rate below Last Reviewed: 2011-03-12
“Subscribe to PCMag’s Utility Library at the special annual discount to receive 140+ Smart, Useful Applications for Windows.
“Annual Rate: $19.99 for one year | Single Download: $7.99 for a one file pass”
Anchor Link Ray Marron – Delphi
License: Information and Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Delphi is my everyday language. Here you’ll find interesting code examples, concept tests and handy utilities. The programs on this page were created in either Delphi 5 Enterprise or Delphi Studio 2006. For the most part, they should be compatible with any Delphi version (5+) but I’ll note any exceptions. Any required 3rd-party libraries or components will be noted.
“All of the projects include source code. Since only some of them are of any use to a non-programmer (and some are of no use to anyone!) I have separated them into two groups – those with executables and those without.”
Anchor Link Robin Keir’s Software
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“I write software for a living but in my (increasingly depleted) spare time I enjoy taking programs apart and finding out how they work, writing small utilities for various purposes and improving on other people’s work by attempting to write smaller and faster code. This is in contrast to bloatware – the gigantic, unreliable offerings so common in commercial and shareware software these days. Here are several utilities that I thought I might share with the world. Most of them are finished or in a state of almost completeness due to lack of time (or laziness). As with all software there is often room for improvement and additional functionality so be sure to check back here for updates.
“All of the utilities here are 32-bit Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP based programs written in straight Win32 API using Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0/7.0 and released as freeware.”
Anchor Link Softpedia
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Softpedia is a library of over 350,000 free and free-to-try software programs for Windows and Unix/Linux,games and drivers. We review and categorize these products in order to allow the visitor/user to find the exact product they and their system needs. We strive to deliver only the best products to the visitor/user together with self-made evaluation and review notes. We add more than 100 items on our sites every day. All our services are FREE of charge for the visitors/users. There is a membership system, but it does not require a payed subscription, although it offers a series of advantages for the registered user.”
Anchor Link Software Design
License: Freeware and Shareware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“All of the MS Windows software at this web site is designed and written by Gregory Braun. My software design philosophy is to create small, fast-loading Windows programs and utilities that do one specific thing very well. Simple, clean running, intuitive interfaces are a hallmark of my designs. The software you see listed below is thoroughly tested and used on a daily basis. Many of my programs have been reviewed in the major computer magazines and have won the highest awards.
“All of my software will run on Windows Vista, 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition ME and Windows 98 as well as Windows 95/NT systems. Discount Pricing Plans are now available!”
Anchor Link TeraByte Unlimited
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“This page contains software titles which are provided as freeware by TeraByte Unlimited.”
Anchor Link Ur I.T. Mate Group
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
“Welcome to the Freeware Library. This library contains 100% true freeware, hosted on our own servers (unless explicitly asked otherwise by the author, in which case, we will always have a copy standing by incase their link breaks). At Ur I.T. Mate Group we define freeware as software that:
♦ Does not contain adverts
♦ Does not require payment (in ANY form)
♦ Does not require fee’s for documentation or support
♦ Does not contain spyware or other malware (optional or otherwise)
♦ Does not restrict distribution
♦ Does not have time, or function limits
♦ Does not require registration (in ANY form)
♦ Does not force you to visit the authors website”
Anchor Link Windows Sysinternals
Information and Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-12-10
Windows
“The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you’re an IT Pro or a developer, you’ll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. If you have a question about a tool or how to use it, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.”