BurnAware

BurnAware Free is a free CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc burning software. It is ideal for users with basic disc burning needs as backup, creating data, audio, MP3 music, DVD-Video discs and burning disc images. Free, easy to set up, it enables you to save your files to disc quickly and provides clean, flexible interface to help you complete your burning tasks much faster.

Its 100% Free. You can Create Audio CDs and MP3 CD/DVD/Blu-ray Discs also Supports all current hardware interfaces (IDE/SCSI/USB/1394/SATA) having Auto-verification of written files, Supports Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista (32 and 64 Bit), and no drivers required.

Substitute : Free CD/DVD Burner

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JetAudio

JetAudio a free Media player which plays almost even type of file, its a media player (Audio as well as Video), it also have features like CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats, you can also record sound from other sources and even can edit tags of your media files. It also have lot of sound effects inbuild in it, also having skinnable user interface.

Substitute : Winamp Player

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Winrar

WinRAR is Windows version of RAR Archiver. RAR files can usually compress content by 8 percent to 15 percent more than ZIP files can. WinRAR's main features include strong general and multimedia compression, the ability to process non-RAR archive formats, Unicode is supported in archive filenames, allowing non-English filenames to be handled painlessly. You can manipulate the parameters of many archives at once and view a volume sequence as a single archive. WinRAR can convert other archive formats to RAR and search for specified text and files in archives.

Substitute : Winzip
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MyLockBox

My Lockbox™ is a security software enabling you to password protect any folder on your computer. The protected folder (lockbox) is hidden from any user and application of your system, including Administrator and System itself. It is impossible to access the lockbox not only from the local computer, but also from the net. In addition, skinned user interface lets you choose from different skins to select the most comfortable look and feel of the software.

Substitute : FolderLockXP
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CachemanXP

CachemanXP is a Windows tuneup utility designed to improve the speed and stability of your computer by optimizing several caches, recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings. Oneclick-Optimization makes it suitable for novice and intermediate users yet it is also powerful and versatile enough for computer experts. Backups of settings ensure that all user modifications can be reversed with a single click. CachemanXP requires Windows 2000/2003 or XP/XP64 to run, uses minimal resources and virtually no CPU time. It does offer a Memory Optimizer as a part of its package

Substitute : Free Ram XP Pro
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AvastAntiVirus

The First Thing everyone requires is AntiVirus. Avast! Home Edition is free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. This is one of the Best AntiVirus Software present in Market, The Two Positive Points about this software are that its FREE TO USE (Home Users Only) & It Consumes so LESS MEMORY. To use the Home Edition, you should register it, however, after initial installation you have 60 days to trial the product.

Substitute : AVGFree Edition
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IrfanView

IrfanView is trying to create new and/or interesting features in its own way, unlike some other graphic viewers, whose whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView. It has multi language support, also thumbnail/preview option, Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD), Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters, Fast directory view (moving through directory), Batch conversion (with image processing), File search option, Multimedia player, Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.) and much much more.

Substitute : ACDSee
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FileZilla

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. Its easy to use, supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), also supports resume and transfer of large files, also have drag & drop support with configurable Speed limits and network configuration wizard FTP-Proxy support, most of the users store their files online now a days thats why its a must application as office utility in present.

Substitute : EFTP
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OpenOffice

OpenOffice.org is one the office software which can be used on the place of MSOffice, it has all the features that are included in MSoffice, the best part in OpenOffice is that its free, however there is PRO version too for which you need to pay but all office applications and addons which are required for a normal user are bundled in its Free version.

Substitute : MSoffice XP
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EssentialPIM

EssentialPIM can securely schedule your day, manage your contacts, keep track of your To Do plans and organize your notes, all within a mouse click or two. All data can be password-protected and the database file is encrypted with multiple encryption algorithms, with the advanced industry standard AES (Rijndael), 128-bit key, and Blowfish 448-bit key. System tray icon with a hotkey for starting and configuring the software. Advanced users and system administrators get great flexibility in managing databases.

Substitute : Active Desktop Calendar
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FoxitPDFReader

Free PDF document viewer and printer, fast launch speed and rich feature set. Most of the Files these days are in PDF format so that others cannot modify it.Foxit PDF reader is the one such kind of software with which you can read PDF files and alongwith that it also supports some Audio and Video Files too. Foxit PDF reader is also available for Mobile Phones

Substitute : Adobe Reader
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Burn4Free

Burn4Free CD and DVD is a burning solution that's compatible with more than 3,000 DVD and CD burners. Burn data and audio from different file types (WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, WavPack, and CDA). Burn and save ISO files, open and save your project to disk, verify content, print compilations, copy DVDs, and import your audio compilation from M3U and ASX playlists. The drives supported include dual-layer DVD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM (SCSI, IDE, EIDE, and USB 1.0 and 2.0).

Substitute : Nero Audio Burn
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Morpheus

Morpheus Music offers P2P Streaming media feature for video and audio with new Firewall enhancements, Sleek and intuitive new user interface and design. Search and Library Browser – makes sifting and locating files quicker and easier by giving users the ability to intuitively search by keyword, file type, format, size, genre, artist, title or other metadata. It also has Podcast Support – allows you to subscribe to and manage podcasts. Narrow Search – get immediate narrowing of search results by keywords. Multi-user support for wXP – recognizes more than one user for personalization of settings.

Substitute : Ares Mp3
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DBPowerAmp

Dbpoweramp is an audio codec which support mp3, mp4, m4a (AAC, iTunes & iPod), Windows Media Audio (wma), Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, using dBpoweramp ensures maximum compatibility, Preservation of ID Tags and Album Artwork, correct mapping of ID Tags between tag types (where possible), Easy folder & drive selection with Batch Converter, also have DSP effect support (ReplayGain, Volume Normalize, including DirectX and VST effects).

Substitute : Nero Music Converter
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KLiteCodec

K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of VFW/ACM codecs, DirectShow filters and tools. Codecs and DirectShow filters are needed for encoding and decoding (playing) audio and video formats. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your audio and movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play all the popular audio and video formats and even several less common formats. The installation is fully customizable, meaning that you are able to only install those components that you really want, It is a very complete package, containing everything you need to play your movies.

Substitute : VLC Media Player
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WindowsMediaPlayer

Media Player 11 are a deeply integrated music library for both online and offline content, a new and improved interface, the ability to connect to additional hardware easily, and integrated, easy-to-use tools, Many of the improvements are due to the redesigned interface, which includes helpful shortcuts on the menus and menu bars, simplified trees and an improved and advanced media library

Substitute : Media Player Classic
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YahooMessenger

Yahoo Messenger 9, the latest release of chat client from yahoo, it has lot of new skins and emotions with some quality Audibles too. Its a is a wonderful upgrade for users who regular share web videos and photos with other IM friends. Another useful feature - if you are going Offline, you can configure Yahoo! Messenger 9 to forward all the Offline IM message to a your mobile number as SMS text messages. In short its the best chat client since long time.

Substitute : MSN Messenger
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AvantBrowser

Avant Browser's user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, it can save users' bookmarks, RSS Feeds, configurations or web passwords etc, in Avant Online Storage. With Avant Browser you can save the bandwidth by blocking the download of these flash files with just one easy click. Avant Browser also provides options to block downloads of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components. It also has a built-in RSS/ATOM Reader, which allows you to read RSS/ATOM feeds just like browsing web pages. Browse multiple web pages simultaneously. All opened pages can be easily stopped, refreshed, closed or arranged with one click. Avant Browser comes with all Internet Explorer functions, including Cookies, ActiveX Controls, Java Script, Real player and Macromedia Flash. IE bookmarks are automatically imported into Avant Browser.

Substitute : Mozilla Firefox
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FrostWire

FrostWire is a free Gnutella client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL. FrostWire is a useful file sharing utility that gives you the possibility to transfer files from and to your computer. Its completely free & open-source, having Built-in community, Maximum speed network also having BitTorrent support.

Substitute : Limewire
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MozillaFirefox

Mozilla has released its new version of Firefox Browser i.e 3.0, it consumes less memory comparison to its earlier version. Like other web browsers Firefox provide virus, popup and spyware protection in a simple, easy to use tabbed interface. This Browser lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable and also have a large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser.

Substitute : Internet Explorer 8
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ComodoFirewall

Comodo Firewall Pro offers the highest levels of perimeter security against inbound and outbound threats, Protection against hackers, malware and identity thieves, New Stealth Mode that makes your PC invisible to hackers and port scans, Authenticates the integrity of every program before allowing it to load into your computer's memory, The firewall also contains pre-set policies and wizards that help simplify the rule setting process.

Substitute : Zone Alarm Pro
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BitComet

BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download management software, which is powerful, fast, very easy-to-use, and completely FREE. It contains many advanced features for BitTorrent download and extends its leading BitTorrent technology to HTTP/FTP to accelerate downloading up to 5 - 10 times faster, or more.

Substitute : UTorrent
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