
A little hard to get used to, but well worth it when you do.
ImageMagick - Command line image manipulation. Expresso - Fun with regular expressions!. FileZilla - FTP Client - available on Linux, too! Installer not required. AutoHotKey - Top-notch mouse and keyboard macro utility - automate just about anything. Irfanview - A fast and extremely capable image viewer - supports like a zillion file formats, including video. Notepad++ - The most genius text editor on the planet. FreeRIP 3 - Extract CDs to and convert among Vorbis, MP3, WMA, WAV & Flac for your personal use only.
PrimoPDF - Write PDFs - with security features - for free. includes word processor, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, drawings and more. Open Office - Just like the Microsoft Office suite, but free. 7-Zip File Manager - Pack and/or unpack just about everything - 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS. CD Burner XP Pro 3 - Burn CDs, DVD, ISOs, etc. Great for creating software demonstrations. GREENSHOT SOURCEFORGE MOVIE
CAMStudio - Free Screen recording software - records screen activity from the Windows desktop into standard AVI movie files.The GIMP - Imaging editing - more power than you'd ever need.My favorite FREE (or nearly free) Windows software