It has been said that the best things in life are free.
It is also true that on the Internet some good things are free too.
Give some of these a try - you will be pleasantly surprised.

If you know of some good stuff we ought to include here - send me an email.

Type Comments Product-Click Link Submitted by Addresses This is the official US Postal Service address server which will give you the correct format and the 9-digit zip code. Very handy Address Server PaPa Addresses If you know most of a mailing address you can enter it here and it will give you the zip code and correct format. Nifty free service. USPS Zip Code Lookup PaPa Adware Remover You will be surprised by how many adware files are being stored on your computer without your knowledge or permission. This great little free application will sniff 'em out and remove them. AdAware PaPa Anti-Spam Easy to set up and very effective. A few restrictions with the free version but worth using. This may be one of those freeware apps that you will want to upgrade. MailWasher Free Version PaPa Anti-Virus A great free anti-virus. Some users claim it is at least as good, maybe better than the “big boys.” In fact I know of an IT guy who says it is the best on the market. Check it out. AVG Anti-Virus Someone in SLO forum - I looked but couldn't find original post - please advise Desktop* Easy to add wallpaper and screen saver, desktop calendar optional. Use you photos or download from Webshots. Also includes a nice sideshow app. Primary use is to upload multiple photos to your Webshots albums. See more information at “Photo Sharing” Webshots Desktop PaPa Directory Printer Ever have an occasion to print part or all of a directory tree? Here is a great little utility. Easy to use but with lots of options. Karen's Directory Printer PaPa Firewall May be the best, and certainly the most popular FREE firewall application available. If you use the Internet you need a good firewall. Zone Alarm Free Edition PaPa Instant Messenger If you and/or your friends use more than one IM client, this program is for you. It enables you to monitor AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN & Yahoo IM's with only one open application. AOL Instant Messenger PaPa Instant Messenger Pretty much a complete IM application. Some people find its options a bit overwhelming. Great if you want all those extras. ICQ Instant Messenger PaPa Instant Messenger Another good IM client. Feature rich and very popular. MSN Messenger PaPa Instant Messenger AOL's IM – AIM one of the most widely used on the Internet Trillian PaPa Instant Messenger MSN Messenger. Get it here. Yahoo Instant Messenger PaPa Miscellaneous Does exactly what it implies. An electronic cork board for your desktop. Check it out. You will likely either love it or hate it. My Corkboard PaPa Miscellaneous I found this to be a handy little application that I use mostly to help ID my photo folders. If you want to be able to visually separate folders in Explorer, this is handy. Can add alternate text which displays when you mouse over a folder. Rainbow Folders PaPa Music Player Nice little music player. Very popular. WinAmp PaPa OE Back Up I tried many ways to back up Outlook Express in a way that is easy to recover. I found a way to do it, but it sure wasn't easy. This is! If you use OE you need this utility. OEbackup PaPa Office Suite I never would have guessed that a free program could be this good. If you don't have MS Office or would like some additional feature that MSO doesn't have, get this. It has a Word Processor, Spread Sheet, Presentation and more. All compatible with MSO. Open Office PaPa Office Suite Add-ons for Open Office - Download for increased functionality Open Office Extras PaPa Office Suite Add-ons for Open Office - Download for increased functionality Open Office Templates PaPa Photo Album This is worth downloading just for the red-eye removal. Lots of other stuff you can do with it. I added the pro version to my increasing collection of Adobe products. Adobe Photo Album PaPa Photo Editor If you don't have a photo editor which can handily resize images, this is for you. It is especially effective for batch resizing multiple images for uploading to a website such as Webshots. PIXresizer PaPa Photo Sharing This little application does double duty. Not only does it facilitate multi-photo uploading to your Webshots albums, it is a great desktop tool.* Webshots Desktop PaPa Photo Sharing Free on line album. Full featured and easy to use. If you want to share photos on the Internet, give this a try. Webshots Personal Album PaPa Photo/Drawing This is another free full-featured photo/drawing program. The free version has a few restrictions such as a maximum image size of 1000 px (it resizes for you) and opens only one image at a time. Worth looking at if you don't have a Photo/Drawing pgm. Full version is $29.95 Pixia PaPa Photo/Drawing This is a free full-featured photo/drawing program. I haven't used this extensively but it is certainly worth downloading and trying. I use Adobe Photoshop but I can see some things I might want to do with this program. Give it a try. Vicman PaPa Pop Up Stopper Hate those Pop-Up windows jumping up in the middle of your Internet surfing? Try it, you'll like it. POP UP Stopper PaPa Screen Capture Screen Capture, great little program, easy to use, lots of options, This may be the only screen capture utility you will need. Gadwin Print Screen PaPa Spyware Cleaners If you've let them in, and you probably have, this utility will find them and, with your permission, wipe them out. Will occasionally give a false positive so read the description of the threats before you tell it to fix the problems. Javacool Spyware Blaster PaPa Spyware Cleaners If you're not concerned about spyware, you should be. Great, easy to use application to help keep your machine free of the intruders. Spybot Search & Destroy PaPa System Cleaner Do free clean-up utilities get any better? This simple to use application helps keep your systems clean. I like the fact that you can choose to protect certain files, like cookies that id you to certain sites you use regularly, so you don't accidentally wipe them out. System Wiper PaPa Zip Program This may be the “Mother of All” zip programs. I tried it but it is much more than I think I need. But it may be perfect for you. Zip Genius PaPa