So I thought I would put together a list of the stuff I use. Mostly as sort of a memo to myself, but if anyone finds this useful, so much the better.
| Name | Description |
| Audacity | Sound file editing |
| Paint.NET | Image editing |
| HashCheck | Checksum verification/creation |
| MyDefrag | Defragmentation |
| VirtualDub | Video edition |
| Foxit Reader | PDF Reader/PDF Ifilter |
| 7-Zip | File archiver |
| Putty | Telnet/SSH client |
| FileZilla | FTP client |
| Simp | Instant messaging encryption |
| VLC | Media player |
| Wireshark | Network protocol analyzer |
| Notepad++ | Text editor |
| Bullzip | PDF Printer |
| CDBurnerXP | CD/DVD Burning Application |
| Folder2ISO | ISO file creation |
| Exact Audio Copy (EAC) | CD Ripping |
| Nmap | Network mapping |
| MailSend | SMTP command line sender |
| VHD Resizer | Resizes VHD files |
| VMDK to VHD Converter | Convert VMware VMDK disk files to VHD |
| Angry IP Scanner | IP address scanner |
| WinSCP | SFTP, FTP and SCP client |
| Fiddler | HTTP Debugging proxy |
| Stellarium | Planetarium |
| TFTPD32 | TFTP client and DHCP, TFTP, DNS, SNTP and Syslog server |
| RawWrite | Disk image writer |
| WinTail | Tail application for Windows |
| Cygwin | Linux environment for Windows |
| Free Download Manager | Like the name says… |
| uTorrent | Tiny BitTorrent client |
| MediaCoder | Transcode files for portable devices |
| Frhed | Free Hex Editor |
| OpenSSL | Open Source toolkit for SSL/TLS and cryptography |
| MediaInfo | Supplies technical and tag information about a video or audio file |
| Cuttermaran | Cut program for MPEG1 or MPEG2 video streams |
| iCopy | Turn you scanner and printer into a free photocopier |
| Synergy | Keyboard, mouse and clipboard sharing across computers on a LAN |
| Unetbootin | Cross-platform for creating bootable flash drives with various Linux distributions on them. |
| VirtualBox | Cross-platform hosted-hypervisor virtualization software from Oracle. |
| Xbox Media Center (XBMC) | The world’s best Media Center for HTPCs. |
| Pandora Recovery | Recover deleted files |
| HWiNFO | Hardware inventory |