FREE Great Programs for Windows 7

[Brink]

Thank you Tony and Noyb. CDBurnerXP and Audacity added.

 

[ikilledkenny]

Hey Brink, I didn't see uTorrent on the list? Does it qualify? If it does, can you add it? Thanks!

 

[Brink]

uTorrent and BitTorrent added.

 

[ikilledkenny]

Cool, thanks!

 

[NoN]

Thanks for the list...I use and used on Xp most of these, some on win7 but didn't knew some there, were that great compatibility

Put some ICE in your glass:

http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/ice.html
Made to work with Windows Live Photo Gallery...or stand alone

Compose, edit yourself web sites or pages (KompoZer):
http://kompozer.sourceforge.net/

 

[tony roma]

No problem Brink!Glad that I can help.

I've been using KMPlayer for 1 year now, and it's the BEST video and audio player you can find!!! You don't have to install any codec 'couse KMPlayer got it all!and it's FREE!
(and this time I've search you're thread and didn't found it )


KMPlayer is an excellent video and audio player which can play a large amount of formats such as VCD, DVD, AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, and QuickTime among others. It handles subtitles and allows you to capture screenshots.
You can set audio and video effects, slow down or increase playback speed, select parts of a video as favorites, and many more. KMPlayer is completely customizable thanks to a wide selection of skins and color schemes, and the configuration options are extensive. KMPlayer is a flexible, free and practical media player.

KMPlayer - Download


and what about Skype? It's working great on win7! I found that it's mentioned on page 6 but didn't get on the "big list"...

http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/

 

[Bumpus]

GFI Backup - FREE

GFI Backup Free
Free backup software for Windows - GFI Backup Home Edition

Tested on Win7 - 7127.



A sample test that was succesful;

• I chose to have it backup specific folders
• I let GFI figure out where my .pst, favs, etc exist
• it even backs up some customizations by ripping it outa the registry

GFI completely rewrote Titan Backup and, I think, has a hit on their hands. Very thorough feature set.


(someday I'll throw a sig in here...)

 

[MilesAhead]

GigaGet

I'm using GigaGet download manager with Minefield and Flashgot. Works great in W7 7077 and Vista64 SP1. btw-if you update Minefield to the nightly builds make sure GigaGet is running otherwise you may have to uninstall flashgot and reinstall to get it back. That's the only "quirk" I've seen with it.

 

[noyb]

I don't know if you want to add this one .. But it's one of my favorites ...
And I just tried it in W7.

For those Reverse Polish Notation "RPN" calculator users ...
HP 41cx Emulator : Hewlett-Packard Calculator : Educalc.net

 

[tw33k]

my phone explorer is a great tool. syncs phone to pc and outlook. can save sms as well.
also, webroot window washer cleans all the garbage from your hdd. custom options are great for retaining files you wanna keep.

 

[Brink]

Sorry Tw33k, but Webroot is a trial version.

 

[tw33k]

wow...you're right. used to be free

 

[JColt]

nice list!​

 

[aln688]

Don't forget to add InfraRecorder to that list of free software, it's 64-bit and very much like Nero in look and functionality. http://infrarecorder.org/

 

[swarfega]

Thanks for that aln688, wasnt aware of that program.

 

[Brink]

Thank you aln688. Added.

 

[rabihfiras]

Thank You For Sharing.

 

[wguimb]

I didn't see VLC Media player. A new version 0.9.9 is now available on the author's website. There is also a beta version 1.0.0 RC1 you can try.

VideoLAN - Open Source multimedia and streaming solutions for every OS!
About VLC media player

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.

 

[Brink]

Thank you Wally. It has been added.

 

[aln688]

Two more for you, and they come in native 64-bit versions as well.

Halite, a torrent client: SourceForge.net: Halite
Eraser, a secure file eraser tool: SourceForge.net: Eraser

Both work fine in Windows 7, build 7100 and 7127.