Carol’s Vault
Best Freeware, Open Source Software
Windows Vista compatible Freeware
Audio and Video and Image
- FastStone Capture (freeware version) – Screenshot capture
- FastStone Image Viewer
- Picasa
- ImgConverter
- Firm Tools Shell Extension Converter
- Image ReSizer
- The GIMP
- Blender 2.44
- Paint.NET
- Corel Snipefire 1.2 – Image organizer, editor and viewer
- Acala Video MP3 Ripper
- Mega Sound Recorder – Sound recording
- EXPStudio Audio Editor Free – Audio editor
- Audacity
- GOM Player
- OrangeCD Player
- Ashampoo Clip Finder
- FinalBurner – Burning tool
- ImgBurn Burning tool
- Azureus Vuze -torrent client and video player NEW
- VeohTV – watch and record internet videos NEW
- DVDFlick - Convert videos to DVD
- Dvd Decrypter 3.5
- Dvd Shrink 3.2
Computer Security
- AVG Anti-Spyware
- Spyware Blaster
- Lavasoft Ad-aware
- Spybot Search and Destroy
- AVG Anti-Virus
- Avast Home Edition
- Active Virus Shiels
- Avira Antivir personal edition
- ClamWin
- Jetico Personal Firewall – (now Vista comp.)
- PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition
- PC Tools Firewall Plus
- Comodo Firewall
- Comodo Antivirus
- Androsa FileProtector – file and folder protector -NEW
Computer Maintenance Tools
- Advanced Windows Care Personal – System Maintenance
- Auslogics Disk Defrag
- Auslogics Registry Defrag
- Iobit SmartDefrag
- Defraggler – file and folder defrag. – NEW
- BackUp Maker Standard Edition
- DriveMax – Backup your computer’s drivers
- nCleaner – Disk Cleaner
- Wise Disk Cleaner – Disk cleaner
- Starter - Startup manager
- RegToy – Tweaking program
- Vispa – Tweak your Windows Vista
- TweakVI Basic -Tweaking program
- SoftPerfect File Recovery
- Vista Shutdown Timer
- FileMenu Tools – Contex menu enhancement
- FreeCommander 2006.06 b – Explorer replacement
- 7-Z
Education
- Lingoes Translator -Free word and text translator
- Vocabula – Improve your vocabulary skills
Desktop, Office, HTML, Editors and News
- Adobe Digital Editions – Read and manage your eBooks
- Fresh Feed Reader – Ajax rss reader running on Adobe AIR.
- Crsspy – RSS Reader
- YeahReader – RSS Reader
- GreatNews Rss Reader
- FeedDemon RSS Reader – NEW
- JustHTML – Html editor
- OpenOffice.org
- Post2Blog – Blogging software
- Sticky Notes
- iQ-Notes – Sticky notes
- EverNote
- Notepad++
- Mozilla Sunbird Calendar
- EssentialPIM Free 1.95 – Organizer
- doPDF – PDF converter
- ObjectDock – task manager and a program launcher
- Thunderbird 2 – Email client
- GMail Notifier
- GMail Drive Shell Extension
- FolderGuide – right click menu
Network, FTP and P2P
- FTPDrive
- FTP Commander
- Filezilla
- Net Tools – Network monitoring software
- WinWSD WebSite Downloader
- Mozilla Firefox
- Avant Browser
- Maxthon
IM and Telephony
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October 29, 2009 - 6:51 PM
Wow it is really good and useful list of Freeware for Windows Vista. Everything is put in one place so it is very comfortable for all people I think. The other good point is that people have the ability to choose a freeware from various alternatives. Thanks a lot for sharing it! I will be waiting for other great posts from you!
Sincerely,
Brad Doterson from telecom software development
October 29, 2009 - 11:51 AM
Wow it is really good and useful list of Freeware for Windows Vista. Everything is put in one place so it is very comfortable for all people I think. The other good point is that people have the ability to choose a freeware from various alternatives. Thanks a lot for sharing it! I will be waiting for other great posts from you!
Sincerely,
Brad Doterson from telecom software development
May 24, 2009 - 7:16 PM
Thank you for your suggestion, Lesley.
I have never tried Winpatrol but i think i will give it a try.
November 6, 2008 - 5:25 PM
wow this is really a very good and BIG list…
December 2, 2007 - 1:11 PM
Hi Rob and apologies for the late answer.
I think you are missing some codecs.
You might want to install K Lite Codec Pack. That will fix your problem.
November 29, 2007 - 2:37 AM
Vista came installed with my new laptop and have tried to live with it. Your page helps , thanks. My concern is that I can’t get any video to play on any player just the sound. Do you have any solutions or have you heard of similar.
Regards
Rob from Mississauga,Ontario Canada
November 14, 2007 - 6:58 AM
If you download the “Mega Sound Recorder” onto your Vista machine you will receive a virus – some spyware and a broken sound system. Thnx – John
November 11, 2007 - 6:44 PM
Stephen, can you please point out the shareware on this list?
November 11, 2007 - 1:06 PM
Can I please put a plea in for removing shareware from this freeware list.
It is not free, you have to pay for it.
Easy enough to determine the difference the website has $ ammount on it!
August 17, 2007 - 10:33 AM
Oh! I am sorry Tony. I thought i should make your name look more Italian.:P
Thanks again, Tony.
People seem to appreciate the effort and that’s a nice payback.
I can say the same thing about you.
BTW, you are giving me a good traffic.
Hope my Vault returns the favor.
August 17, 2007 - 6:09 AM
It’s Tony Carol
The time you spend gathering all this information for everyone is remarkable. Keep up the good work girl
August 16, 2007 - 10:08 AM
Look up for updates on your web site, Toni?
I got your feed. That will keep me up to date.
August 16, 2007 - 5:46 AM
Anytime girl
Look out for next months update
August 15, 2007 - 8:50 PM
Thanks Toni!
Haven’t heard from you in a while.
Your web site looks lovely as always.
I didn’t try yet that software, but i am having a look at it right now.
Thanks for the tip.
August 15, 2007 - 2:48 PM
Well done Carol.
I like the new look. I redesigned my site as well
I didn’t see treecopy in the list. I’m adding this on my next update
Might come in handy for you, it does for me
June 24, 2007 - 10:59 AM
Thank you for your suggestion, Lesley.
I have never tried Winpatrol but i think i will give it a try.
June 23, 2007 - 7:55 PM
Winpatrol is compatible and works alongside any firewall.
June 4, 2007 - 11:49 PM
I promise i will work on this one as soon as possible.
June 4, 2007 - 8:49 PM
Hi
giv sum more links for Vista compatible downloads
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May 10, 2007 - 5:05 PM
Thank you, Jim. I made an error and it’s corrected now.
May 10, 2007 - 12:09 PM
Acala Video MP3 Ripper is NOT freeware!
April 27, 2007 - 8:18 AM
Mark, it’s possible that you had a false alarm from Vista Firewall.
PCTools isn’t from yesterday on the market and i don’t see a reason why they would release a virus…
Anyway, there are lots of other paid security software that you can use.
BullGuard has a security suite specially released for Vista.
April 26, 2007 - 8:14 PM
Hi Carol
I’ve decided to stick with Vista’s Firewall and with that and My Hardware Firewall Router My Computer is Invisible on the Net.
It appears that Vista’s Firewall is pretty good.
I have another that I paid for and I’ll install it too if in works in conjunction with Vista’s that way I’ll have three Firewalls with anti-spyware too.
Take it easy
Have a Fun Day
Mark
April 26, 2007 - 7:45 PM
Dear Carol
Get this one.
I installed PCTools Firewal plus but it had a virus according to Avast Anti Virus called Win32:VB-FP but since it has a Restore Point I was able set things right almost there is still something asking me to go into Administrative Mode to install a license or something but I’ll get that figured and fix that too. Anyway I’m sure it’s not Your fault as April 26 is supposed to be Bad Virus Day and I’m going to do a fresh install now that I know how things go and when New Java is updated to run in Vista and have a clean better organized Java Media Platform. By the by I sent the Win32: VB-FP to Avast for Analysis. I asked them to let me know if it is a real threat.
Take it Easy
Carol
Have a Nice One
April 26, 2007 - 6:19 PM
Dear Carol,
That is a good list and will download and review each one of them.
Keep updating the list.
April 26, 2007 - 9:52 AM
Hi Mark,
A friend of mine made a review on Shivaranjan.com – Pc Tools Firewall Plus – and apparently he likes.
I haven’t tried it myself because i am still on XP, but please visit the link above.
There’s a nice description about it, and lots of screenshots.
If you do install it, please let me know your opinion about it.
For the rest, i am still looking for Vista freeware. It can take a little while to update the rest of the list….
April 26, 2007 - 3:00 AM
Dear Carol
Thank You Geek Girl.
I have been waiting for some good Vista stuff.
I have OutPost Pro but it’s not doing Vista yet.
Avast is Pretty Good Stuff I have the paid version.
Do You think Carol Nice Geek Girl that PC Tools
Firewall is Pretty Good ?
I’m too interested in Program and Media Editors
that are Good if You have some experience there.
Write or publish if You have time and the inclination,
and let me know please, thanks.
Thank You Very Much
Very Sincerely
CatBurglerV8