Free or Inexpensive Stuff for the Digerati
(see also my Security main page)

• Don't forget to spy all three of Doug Toomb's Windows IT Pro articles describing free tools for IT pros that fit on USB drives...

  • Instant Doc #50122 (July 2006)

    • FileZilla

    • OpenSSH

    • WinDump

    • NGrep

    • Ethereal (now WireShark)

    • BareTail

    • NeWT

    • WinFingerPrint
       

  • Instant Doc #96628 (August 2007) (Also, see the Sidebar, Screencasting with Wink [CamStudio is mentioned in the next article])

    • WinDirStat

    • SIW (System Information for Windows)

    • OCS InventoryNG

    • PRTG Traffic Grapher

    • Security Tools

      • TrueCrypt

      • LocatePC

      • SyncBack
         

  • Instant Doc #97968 (February 2008)

    • TestDisk

    • GParted LiveCD

    • JkDefrag

    • PageDefrag

    • DriveImageXML

    • CDBurnerXP

    • Comodo Firewall Pro

    • Camstudio

The following is a list of categories of items in my Goodies folder, and the items which fall under each category:

• Courses
  • VBScript Course
  • Windows Media Services
• Databases
  • BerkleyDB (now owned by Oracle)
  • DBAMgr2 (for MSDE)
  • EnterpriseDB
  • Lumigent Log Explorer
  • MySQL (Open Source, SQL-based RDBMS)
  • PostgreSQL (Open Source, SQL-based RDBMS)
  • SQL Prompt 2.0 from RedGate (adds "Intellisense" behavior within Query Analyzer or Management Studio)
• Development
  • Make an AutoRun CD
  • Masai MSI Editor
  • Web Development
    • DynamicDrive Scripts
      • Flying Planes Script
      • HVMenu
• Diversions, Entertainment, & Multimedia
  • Apple iTunes
  • DVDShrink
  • FlightGear (open source flight simulator)
  • MusicMatch
  • OS Customization & Pimping
    • AlienWare Themes
    • Window Blinds 4.5
  • Shockwave stand-alone installer
  • UnReal Tournament demo
  • Webshots

                This list of free software posted at SBVC.us details,
                among other apps, multimedia apps such as:

• Handbrake
• DVD Decrypter

• Applications
  • Acrobat
  • Conversion Calculator
  • e-Sword Bible s'ware & Bibles
  • GIMP (open source graphics editor, like Adobe Photoshop)
  • Liberum.org
  • Macromedia Flash Player
  • Macromedia Shockwave Player
  • Molips (open-source drawing program)
  • OpenOffice (open-source, Microsoft Office-compatible productivity suite)
  • GNU PSPP, a statistical analysis tool on the order of SPSS or SAS.
• Internet Tools
  • 1st Page HTML Editor (a free FrontPage-like web creation and management tool)
  • AdvIP Scanner
  • CuteFTP
  • e107 (open-source website Content-Management (CMS) solution)
  • FireFox browser
  • FTP Navigator
  • GetIP (one of my students, Scott Masker, wrote this in Delphi)
  • IPCalc
  • Juice Podcast Receiver
  • LogMeIn.com client installer
  • NeoTrace
  • nVU website creation and management tool
  • OmniPing IP scanner
  • PacketMon from Analogx.com
  • Skype telephony client
  • Smart FTP
  • SW-Subnet Calc
  • VisualRoute54a demo
  • WS_FTP
  • Zone Alarm free version
• Microsoft brand stuff
  • AD Stuff
    • ADAM
  • CMAK
  • Dot Net Framework 1.1
  • Exchange, Messaging and Outlook
• Networking
  • Angry IP Scanner from AngryZiber You can also export the information gathered! Idea...with the exported MAC addresses you can use NETSH to create reserved IP addresses in a scope.
  • Look@LAN (IP Scanner and much more [free])
  • Royal TS  (Hosts connection objects to multiple TS/RDP destinations)
  • Several tools from Analogx.com:
    • HyperTrace 
    • PacketMon 
    • PortBlocker 
    • PortMapper 
    • Proxy
       
• Printing
  • CutePDF Writer (free PDF compatible writer, excellent quality)
• Reading
• Scripts & Automation
• Security Tools
• Utilities & Miscellaneous
  • AIDA32 (a system information (hardware inventorying) tool from Tama Miklos [free]. An unbelievable tool for discovering motherboard models and way more.
    
     
  • G4U, an open source disk imaging utility.
  • Path Copy, from Ninotech, copies filename & path to clipboard. A Windows shell extension.
     
• Virtualization Resources (non-Microsoft)
   
• Belarc Advisor ("The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hotfixes and product keys, and displays the results in your browser")
   
• Convert (A units conversion calculator...incredible!)
  
   
  

• dBPowerAMP (Music Converter (fomerly Shuffler Music Converter). Converts various music formats. They also have a player app.)

• DVDShrink (a free DVD ripper (many cool things about it)
   
• e-Sword (free electronic Bibles, many versions and languages, even for the PocketPC)
   
• Ethereal (Open Source packet analyzer/sniffer...FREE!)
   
• LeechFTP
   
• Liberum.org (FREE, web-based Help Desk solution, hooks to Access or MS-SQL Server database)
   
• LogMeIn.com (a free, web-based remote control solution through a web browser, comparable to GoToMyPC). This means no firewall configuration other than outbound HTTPS! Might also want to check out webex.com. 
  
   
   
• NeoTracePro   (A very cool GUI TraceRoute program <This may have become unavailable! Try www.neoworx.com>)

    

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• OSTicket; an Open Source Trouble Ticket/HelpDesk solution based on MySQL and PHP.
   
• PowerLeap CPU Control Panel (Identifies your motherboard's chip set, processor socket or slot type).
  
  
• SiSoft SANDRA (free!)
  

   

• Skype, free Internet telephony!
   
• SugarCRM, a commerical open-source CRM solution based on Apache, MySQL and PHP.
   
• Award winning tools from Sysinternals, such as...
  • BGInfo (displays many facts about your system over your wallpaper...nifty!)
  • TCPView
    
    
• Download Trillian, a universal IM client, handling ICQ, AOL, Yahoo, and MSN!!!  
  

   

• RealVNC remote control software Totally free remote control viewing utility.

               Also, don't forget to locate a download for VNCCon, if you connect to multiple hosts using VNC.

• Visual Route

• ZipFree   Totally free ZipFree/5StarZip from www.zipfree.com (ZIP-like program (free, but not as robust as WinZIP))