Free Windows Software
I do not check these links often - please let me know if any are broken or have moved...All software in the Windows section is for Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP.
- General Sites
- FTP Software
- Servers
- Terminal / Telnet software
- Email / News Readers
- Diagnostics
- Search Software
- Chat Software
- Archivers
- Viewer programs and plugins
- Security and Encryption
- Misc Internet Software
General share/free ware sites
Rocketdownload : Everything from Games, Desktop themes, Web Authoring and Programming tools.Simtel.net: Win 3.x, 95 and DOS - covers lots of types of free stuff
Happy Puppy games and demos
Ziff-Davis Shareware archive
Tucows: mainly internet stuff
Download.com
Screensaver.com - Large collection of free and shareware screensavers
Lycos' big list of screensaver sites
DirectX development kits
WebReference.com Resources and links to do with Web publishing
[Windows Freeware]
FTP Software
LeechFTP (http://lem.stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~debis/leechftp/)Net Vampire (http://www.kulichki.com/~vampire/)
SmartFTP (http://smartftp.hypermart.net/)
WS_FTP LE http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/index.html ) (Win 3.1 version available)
[Windows Freeware]
Servers
Winamp ShoutCast Free for non-commerical use, this program allows you to use the internet to broadcast audio to other Winamp users, from a normal PC.ChatSpace IRC server (http://www.chatspace.com/) Free for non-commercial use
Inetserv Mail Server (http://abyss.tobit.net/inetserv/)
Eudora Internet Mail Server 1.2.1 (http://www.eudora.com/freeware/servers.html)
Xitami Multithreaded Web Server 2.3d (http://www.imatix.com/)
Sambar Web Server (http://www.sambar.com/)
Jweb Server 1.0 (http://www.heat-on.com/jweb/)
[Windows Freeware]
Terminal / Telnet software
Hyper Terminal (http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe.html)An enhanced version of the Windows HyperterminalKevTerm (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/1027) Another Terminal program.
[Windows Freeware]
Email / News Readers
Binary Boy (http://www.binaryboy.com/) Mail reader which decodes MIME Base-64 attachments, reassembles split uuencoded files and includes scheduler, search and filtering features.Eudora Lite (http://eudora.qualcomm.com/) Email/News reader
[Windows Freeware]
Diagnostics
Total Finger (http://www.mrfrosty.co.uk/mrfrosty/tfinger/tfinger.html ) Finger ClientNetLab (http://members.tripod.com/~adanil/NetLab.html) ping, traceroute, WhoIs, Finger and DNS Lookup.
SearchIP (http://www.iaehv.nl/users/hoflandr) Searches LAN/WANs for an IP number or hostname.
[Windows Freeware]
Search Software
Solway's Internet Search (http://www.ozemail.com.au/~kevsol/sware.html) Windows 3.1 version available. Lets you search multiple search engines.WebFerret (http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/) Another search utility
[Windows Freeware]
Chat Software
pIRCh - this is a beta version of IRC software and hence it's free... despite being a beta, it seems to work ok. This link is a direct download from this site.ICQ (http://www.mirabilis.com) Popular instant messager service. Allows you to set up a contact list to see when people are online. Windows 3.1 version available.
IRC GOLD (http://www.erols.com/smerchant/) IRC Software
AOL Instant messenger (http://www.aol.com/aim/home.html) another popular instant contact software which lets you see who's online, and lets you chat with them.
[Windows Freeware]
Archivers
FreeZip (http://www.healey.com.au/~nu-lifetv/freezip/) Create and open ZIP filesWinZip 7.0 (http://www.winzip.com/) Not strictly a free program, but a very popular utility anyway. Windows 3.1 version available.
BKZip (http://bks.simplenet.com ) ZIP archiver with many features.
[Windows Freeware]
Viewer programs and plugins
Adobe Acrobat Reader (http://www.adobe.com/) Allows you to view and print PDF filesApple Quicktime (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/index.html) audio-visual viewer software
Beatnik (http://www.headspace.com) plugin which plays many different audio and music formats without requiring a high-end soundcard.
Shockwave plugin (http://www.macromedia.com/)Shockwave Director and Flash multimedia viewer
RealPlayer (http://www.real.com) Plugin which plays Realaudio/video files as well as other formats
[Windows Freeware]
Security and Encryption
International PGP (http://www.pgpi.com)Encrytion software. This is the weakened "international" version, since we can't get the full strength encryption due to the paranoia of the US government...Security Setup (http://192.116.247.98/english/SecuritySetUp/index.html) Stops people from changing basically any Windows configuration setting that you need to protect.
[Windows Freeware]
Misc Internet Software
Crayon (http://www.purplenet.net/~alice/crayon/index.html)Provides the hexadecimal codes for a chosen colourNetLaunch (http://www.blackcastlesoft.com/) Launches chosen applications upon an internet connection being established.
PFT Internet Timer (http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-22385/it/index.html) Manage your online time by limiting access per day/week/month, and seeing how much it's costing you. Also launches applications upon connection.