Fully Loaded Legal Windows Based Applications at No Cost

Many of my friends once in a while ask me to format and reinstall their windows system. While reinstalling system is not a big deal, getting all other necessary programs is, so I decided to write this post covering software tools everyone must have for healthy and trouble free usage(including antivirus, spyware removal, firewall, system maintenance tools, office software, media players and other). Based on the number of downloads and user reviews I have compiled list of the best software tools available which are 100% free to use. The cool thing about this is that most of these tools are the best available in their particular domain, meaning that you can actually have fully loaded legal system at no cost.

Name	Description	Review / Download
Security
Antivir Personal Edition 6	Antivirus Program	link (allmost 1 mil downloads withiin 5 month)
AVG Antivirus Free Edition 7	Antivirus Program	link (over 11 mil downloads within 3 weeks)
ZoneAlarm 6	Firewall (protect your computer from hackers and prevent some programs connecting to the internet without your consent)	link (over 40 mil downloads)
Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4	Spyware Removal Tool	link (over 80 mil download)
Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.06	Spyware Removal Tool	link (over 220 mil downloads)
Maintenance
SyncBack 3.2	Files Backup Tool	link (over 50.000 downloads within 4 month)
CCleaner	System Optimization Tool / Registry Cleaner	link (allmost 1.8 mil downloads in 2 weeks)
RAM Booster 2	RAM Recovery Tool(speedup your computer by recovering RAM)	link (3.2 mil downloads in 11 month)
Free RAM XP Pro	RAM Recovery Tool	link (4.4 mil downloads in 7 month)
Office/Documents
OpenOffice 2.0.4	Microsoft Office Alternative	link (over 500 .000 downloads in 4 month)
Adobe Reader 7.0.8	View and Print Adobe PDF files	link (over 30 mil downloads in 4 month)
Media (Play any Movies)
VLC Media Player	These 2 players in combination with codec pack below will play almost any video file you may have. I am a big movie buff and it always worked for me	link (approx 3.5 mil downloads in 6 month)
DivX Player 6.2.2		link (over 50 mil downloads in 5 month)
Advanced DVD Player	DVD player	link (more then 400.000 downloads in 3 weeks)
Avant DVD Player	DVD player	link (more then 400.000 downloads in 3 weeks)
Klite Codec Pack	No more hunting for codecs.	link (one of the best codec packs available)
Browsers & Internet Related
Mozilla Firefox 2.0	All belowed web browser	link (more then 2mill downloads in 2 weeks)
Internet Explorer 7	New version of Microsoft’s IE browser. Much better then previous releases. (IE7 vs. Firefox 2 by CNET)	link (more then 8 mil downloads within 3 weeks)
Flash Player 9	Needed for viewing flash animations on the websites	link (more then 8.5 mil downloads in 4 month)
QuickTime 7.1.3	Most popular player used for viewing videos integrated into websites (ex; video blogs, trailers)	link (more then 16 mil downloads in 2 month)
Other
WinRAR	RAR archiver	link (more then 40 mil downloads in 2 month)

Top 10 list of Top 10 Firefox add-on/extension lists

Hope this is of some help? I made good use of it though..

Download.com: Best extensions for Firefox 2
Webware.com's brothers at Download.com have a good general list, as covered in this post.

About.com: Top 10 Firefox Extensions
A collection of some of the most popular and useful general Firefox extensions.

Irfan Habib: My Top 10 Firefox Extensions
A thoughtful list for serious Firefox users. See also the comments to this post, which point to other good extensions.

Read/Write Web: Top 10 Firefox Web 2.0 Add-ons
The focus is on effective browsing, bookmarks, and RSS. A good line-up if you explore the Web a lot and want to keep track of things you find.

The Simple Dollar: 10 Firefox Plugs That Save You Money
Love the premise, even if it's stretched a bit thin in this list. This ia a unconventional list of extensions that, one way or another, can impact your pocketbook.

CyberNet: 10 Great Firefox Extensions for Tabbed Browsing
You can push Firefox's breakout feature, tabbed browsing, to the limits if you use the extensions in this list. CyberNet also has a Top 10 list of privacy and security extensions.

Quick Online Tips: Top 10 Extensions to Manage Firefox Extensions
If you need this list, your Firefox setup has gotten way out of hand.

The Moleskin: Firefox Extensions For Web Development
If you're writing your own extensions, see this list.

Mozilla: 10 Most popular Firefox Add-ons
Maybe it's cheating to include this list, but if you want to know how everybody else is tweaking out their browser, don't neglect to go to the source.

Lifehacker: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks
Neither a list of extensions nor numbering 10, this is a tutorial, with excellent examples, on tweaking Firefox's many internal settings. A lot of the things you can do with these tweaks preclude the need for extensions, so it's worth checking out.

HOTEL KERALA-FONIA

Inspired by - Hotel California by The Eagles

On the road to Trivandrum
Coconut oil in my hair
Warm smell of avial
Rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance
I saw a bright pink tube-light
My tummy rumbled, I felt weak and thin
I had to stop for a bite

There he stood in the doorway
Flicked his mundu in style
And I was thinking to myself
I don't like the look of his sinister smile

Then he lit up a petromax
Muttering "No power today"
More Mallus down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace,
Plenty of bugs at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Any time of year
Any time of year (background)
It's infested here

His finger's stuck up his nostril
He's got a big, thick mustache
He makes an ugly, ugly noise
But that's just his laugh

Buxom girls clad in pavada
Eating banana chips
Some roll their eyes, and
Some roll their hips

I said to the manager
My room's full of mice
He said,
Don't worry, saar,I sending you
meen karri, brandy and ice

And still those voices were crying from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them pray
Save us from the Hotel Kerala-fonia
Such a lousy place,
Such a lousy place (background)
Such a sad disgrace
Trying to live at the Hotel Kerala-fonia
It is no surprise
It is no surprise (background)
That it swarms with flies

The blind man was pouring
Stale sambar on rice
And he said
We are all just actors here
In Silk Smitha-disguise

And in the dining chamber
We gathered for the feast
We stab it with our steely knives
But we just can't cut that beef

Last thing I remember
I was writhing on the floor
That cockroach in my appam-stew was the culprit,
I am sure

Relax, said the watchman
This enema will make you well
And his friends laughed as they held me down
God's Own Country? Oh, Hell!

---- The Yeagles