Recession is hard … less hard for some … harder for others; but tough nevertheless ! Here is a list of select freeware programs for Windows, which you could use to replace some shareware programs.

Anti Virus : Avast, AVG, Avira AntiVir, Microsoft Security Essentials

Anti Spyware : Spybot, a-squared anti-malware, AdAware

Firewall : Comodo, ZoneAlarm, Online Armor, Outpost, PCTools Firewall

Windows Tweaker: Ultimate Windows Tweaker – Tweak UI for Windows 7 & Vista

Disk & Registry Cleaner : CCleaner

Disk Defragmenter : UltimateDefrag, Auslogics Disk Defrag, Power Defragmenter

Registry Defragmenter : Registry Defrag

CD / DVD Burning Software : DeepBurner Free, CDBurnerXP

Office 2007 Replacement : OpenOffice. While OpenOffice may not be as slick or smooth as Microsoft Office 2007, its freeware.

Free Back Up Software : DiscWizard, DriveImage, Titan Backup , EASEUS Todo Backup

Free Archiver : 7-Zip, IZArc, ALZip.

Free Photoshop Alternative : Artweaver

Partition Magic Replacement : EASEUS Partition Manager

Video Editor : SuperDVD Free Video Editor

Image Editor : Paint.COM – a new freeware image editor.

Hope you like this list of free software.

Freeware Games:
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Themes & Wallpapers :
Royal Blue Theme For Windows Vista
Collection of 14 Best Windows Vista Themes of All Times.
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