Ones with * were added on 11/21/2011

Great place for free software.

filehippo.com
majorgeeks.com
ninite.com
osalt.com

List of Software I install on every computer I build

Chrome - Light weight browser made by google
VLC - Light weight video player that normally doesn't need codec added
K-Lite Codecs - This contains most Codecs for the different types of videos and integrates with Windows Media Player
Flash (IE) & Flash (nonIE)
Java
Silverlight
Picasa - Photo Manager made by Google.
LibreOffice - Free office program. (Changed from Open Office since this is created by the original creators of Open Office)
Adobe Reader
Avast - Free Antivirus Software (Kaspersky for a great paid AV software)
ImgBurn - CD/DVD Burning Software.
7-ZIP - Free compression software.


List of Software I use on a regular basis
Thunderbird - Free alternative to Live Mail or Outlook Express
WinAmp - Alternative to WMP and it really whips the llama's ass
CutePDF - Free program to create PDF documents.
Malwarebytes - Scanner to remove viruses after I disable the viruses
Super Antispyware - Similar to Malwarebytes but the have a portable version.
KeePass - Place to store passwords.
TeamViewer - Program for Remote Support.
CCleaner - PC Crap Cleaner
Glary - Another PC Cleaner
Defraggler - File and Disk Defragmenter
TrueCrypt - Disk Encryption Tool. (I use this to encrypt my USB Flash Drives)
Revo - Uninstaller Program. (When you uninstall a program it leaves behind a lot of junk, this program will clean it all up)
FileZilla - Free FTP Client
NotePad++ - Alternative to NotePad, Great for HTML and other Programming editing.
Recuva - Undelete Files
Dropbox - Great Online Back-up
*Mozy - Another Great Online Back-Up
*Evernote - Keep notes online.
*Everything - Great Search Program (Because Microsoft Search sucks now)
*PC Decrapifier - Get rid of that Pre-Installed Crap that came with your PC
*Rootkit Revealer - Root Kit Detection Utility
*TDSS Killer - Removes root kits belonging to the family Rootkit.Win32.TDSS aka Tidserv TDSServ and Alureon
*CloneDisk - Program to clone Hard Drives
*Bulk Rename Utility - Rename Multiple files, change timestamps and rename using EXIF data.
*ATF Cleaner - Another Great Cleaning Program
*Clone Spy - Duplicate file cleanup tool
*Duplicate File Finder - Scans and identify duplicate files, it compares them on Byte for byte comparison.
*Print Flush - Clean the Print Spool and restart Print Spool
*SpaceSniffer - Find lost space on your disks
*Smart Driver Backup - Easy backup of your Windows device drivers
*SumatraPDF - a free, open source, lightweight, PDF reader
*EditBINI - Edit boot.ini on NTFS Partition
*FileDisk Mount Tool - To Mount ISO/BIN/IMG/IMA/MDF/NRG images on Windows.
*Filemon - Monitors and displays file system activity on a system in real-time
*Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) - Completely formats a Hard Drive
*Angry IP Scanner - Scan IP addresses in range as well as their ports
*Complete Internet Repair - Repair internet problems
*CurrPorts - Displays the list of all open TCP and UDP ports on your computer
*Don't Sleep - Temporarilly suspend power management and prevent Sutdown, Standby, Hibernate, and Restart.
*Pocket Killbox - Delete hard to delete files
*BlueScreenView - Scans minidump files for BSOD crash info.
*Speccy - System information
*Magic Jelly Bean - Find the product Keys for your Microsoft Products.
*OLK Finder - Find the Outlook Temp Folder
*7 Quick Fix - A small, freeware and portable tool designed to quickly fix common errors that may occur under Windows 7 and is able to re-enable certain parts of the system after a virus attack.
*SARDU - Download - Multiboot USB pendrive and CD or DVD Builder - Merge several ISOs into a single ISO
*LAN Speed Test
*License Crawler Searches Registry for all product Keys.

Tools for your USB Flash Drive

Build Ultimate USB Drive Toolbox - Great Article, a little dated but most of it still applies.
Maximum PC | PC Prescriptions: 21 Free Apps to Keep Your PC Healthy - Page 3
Maximum PC | Tiny, Free and Kick-Ass: 20 More Awesome Apps Under 2 MB - Page 1
Portable Apps - Set of software that can be stored on your USB Flash Drive (described in the article above)
pendrive apps - Very similar to portable apps.
100 Portable Apps for your USB Stick (for Mac and Win) - Great site for other Portable Software.
Unknown Devices
Windows Sysinternals Suite
CPU Z and other programs by cpuid - System Info
AutoRuns - Find everything that starts up when your computer starts up
Battery Benchmark
Process Explorer - Task Manager on Crack
Beep Code Viewer

Sites to Visit
Great Forums and learning videos
Maximum PC - Great PC Mag to keep up to date.
Network__4-List_of_default_Router_Admin_Passwords_and_IP_addr esses.pdf
openwith.org - Open any file extension
Look Up Error Microsoft Message
Start your own repair business
Repair Videos
BYOIT Tools
podnutz - Learn to repair Laptops.
live cd list
*Laptop Repairing, Upgrading and Modding Guides
*Diagnose Video Cards
*: : Welcome to RestoreDisks.com : :
*Find DLL Files
*Info on System Processes
*Common Mail Settings
*Default Router Admin Passwords
*eXtreme Power Supply Calculator Lite v2.5

Drivers

driverpacks.net
Device Doctor
Double Driver - For backing up your drivers
Driver Sweeper - "Driver Sweeper keeps your PC stable and fast with advanced driver removal that ensures the maximal performance of your PC."
:: 3DP Chip :: 3DP Software (3DP Chip / Net / Bench)

LiveCDs

Hiren - Great CD with a lot of options - download Download Hiren?s BootCD 15.0 | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform
UBCD4Win - This is build it yourself disk which is great because you can build one for XP, 2 for Vista and 2 for Win7 (1 for 32-bit and 1 for 64-bit) and you get to pick what programs to add.
ERDCommandar/MSDaRT - Name changed when Microsoft bought them. This program you have to be a member of Microsoft's TechNet to be able to get it. But it has the best Startup Repair tool.
Ultimate Boot CD - Download the UBCD
System Rescue CD
Bootzilla for Windows


Antivirus Boot Disks and Antivirus Removal Tools

Antivirus Boot Disks and Antivirus Removal Tools

Remote Access

TeamViewer - Free Remote Access and Remote Desktop Sharing over the Internet
www.logmein.com
ScreenConnect - Self-Hosted Remote Support and Remote Access Software


I will add more to this post when I have more time.

This is great!!! Thanks for doing that.

Cheers, think your going to have to do a thread on filezilla now

Updated. Will update more later

Originally Posted by popeye67

Cheers, think your going to have to do a thread on filezilla now

Using - FileZilla Wiki

Probably find more information on here than I can give. I set mine up to be able to download and upload stuff for my website. That is about all I use it for.

thanks man nice list

Updated on 8/16/2011

See the ones marked with *

Just wanted to thank you for keeping this list going. Nice work.

How can i get erd commander?

What's your personal opinion on the Dr. Web Live CD?