Scottie's freeware:
http://peteringata.googlepages.com/scottiesfreestuff
CB-J 's selection
CCCleaner
Clean up your PC of junk http://www.ccleaner.com/ Windows XP and Vista including 64 bit
VLC
VLC Media Player - Play many types of media file and lots of clever stuff http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Windows XP / Vista 32 bit and 64 bit/ MacOs and Linux
MWSnap
Capture and save areas of screen http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html Windows XP and Vista (32 bit)
FoxitReader
Fast reader of PDF files http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php Windows and Linux
DVD Shrink
Compress and Back up DVDs http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html Windows
DVD Fab Decrypter
Decrypt encrypted DVDs http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm Windows
Portable Apps
Run applications off a memory stickNo data goes on the host computer http://portableapps.com/ Windows
Avidemux
Video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encodingImports many file types (including VOB). Ideal for YouTube clips http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ Windows, MAC and Linux
MAJOR FREEWARE YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HAVE
Open Office
Complete Office suite http://www.openoffice.org/ Microsoft Windows (98 - Vista), GNU/Linux ("Linux"), Sun Solaris, Mac OS X (under X11), and FreeBSD.Multilingual
Firefox
Internet Browser http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Windows, Mac OS X, LinuxMultilingual
Thunderbird
E-mail Client http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/Windows, Mac OS X, LinuxMultilingual
Picasa
Photo managerhttp://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/thunderbird/Windows Multilingual
Irfan View
Media Viewer http://www.irfanview.com/Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/VistaMultilingual
AVG Anti Virus Free Edition
Anti Virus http://free.grisoft.com/Windows, Linux
AVG Anti-Spyware Free Edition
Anti Spyware http://free.grisoft.com/doc/20/us/frt/0Windows
Ad-Aware Free
Anti Spyware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Spybot Search and Destroy
Anti Spyware http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.htmlWindowsMultilingual