CIPCUG FREEWARE 16 GB FLASH DRIVE CONTENTS
Latest Revision March 22, 2013
Can sometimes be updated a regular meeting for $1
Rather than having to update the file listing every time a revision comes out with the revision number in the filename, we have replaced the revision numbers with *** in the listings.
With almost all new systems being sold with 64 bit Windows 7 or 8 and the older computers mostly 32 bit, it is important to pay attention to programs that have a version for 32 vs. 64 bit operating systems. If you don't know which you have, click on Start and then right mouse click on Computer (or My Computer depending on version of Windows), then select Properties from the bottom of the menu. In the middle of the windows that pops up, under System, look for System Type where it will either say 32-bit Operating System or 64-bit Operating System. If it doesn't say, it's 32 bit.
| Adobe | |
| AdbeRdr10***_en_US.exe | Adobe Reader 10 Installer |
| AdbeRdr11***_en_US.msi | Adobe Reader 11 Installer |
| Acrobat Reader Patches | Folder for patches. Adobe doesn't put all their patches in the latest download. |
| Adobe Reader Alternative.txt | A text file about a very good alternative to Adobe Reader for those who prefer something besides Adobe software for .pdf viewing. The download file is in the PDF folder. |
| Flash Player READ ME FIRST | Adobe Flash Player Install Instructions (don't ignore, it's tricky) |
| install_flash_player***.exe | Adobe Flash Player Installer |
| Shockwave READ ME FIRST | Adobe Shockwave Install Instructions (don't ignore, it's tricky) |
| Shockwave_Installer_Full***.exe | Shockwave Installer |
| AntiSpyware | |
| SpyHunter-Installer***.exe | SpyHunter |
| RUBotted 2.0 Warning-READ ME FIRST.txt | Read this BEFORE installing RUBotted |
| RUBottedSetup***.exe | RUBotted checks for SpyBots |
| spybotsd***.exe | Spybot, still a usable program |
| spywareblastersetup***.exe | Spyware Blaster |
| Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool V***.exe | Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool |
| MBAM-setup-***.exe | Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a surprisingly effective freeware antimalware tool and it's speedy. The company has gotten aggressive into trying to trick you into installing the paid version, so be careful. |
| AntiVirus | |
| avira_free_antivirus_en ***.exe | Avira Antivir antivirus software |
| avast_free_antivirus_setup.exe | Avast antivirus software |
| avg_free_stb_en_***_free.exe | AVG antivirus software, not as good as it once was |
| Microsoft Security Essentials install 32 bit.exe | Microsoft Security Essentials for those with a 32 bit operating system |
| Microsoft Security Essentials install 64 bit.exe | Microsoft Security Essentials for those with a 64 bit operating system |
| Audio Tools | |
| audacity-win-***.exe | "Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds" |
| CoolPlayer***_Bin.zip | Blazing Fast Audio Player for Win32 Environments |
| Poddox.exe | "The software PoddoX is a fast and user friendly alternative to iTunes, Apple’s iPod software. With PoddoX you can easily copy your music, pictures and videos to your iPod. Poddox also helps you to organize the existing files on the iPod: delete them, copy them back to your computer or to any other storage medium. To this end, Poddox lists the content of your iPod clearly structured in a tree control. You can even copy files or hole folders from the Windows explorer to your iPod. This option is missing in iTunes. Other than iTunes or alternative software for iPod, PoddoX doesn't create or copy files to folders as long as you didn’t choose to do so." |
| MediaCoder-***.exe | "MediaCoder is a free universal media transcoder since 2005. It integrates most popular audio/video codecs and tools in an elegant and transparent manner into an all-in-one transcoding solution. With a flexible and extendable architecture, latest codecs and tools are updated added in constantly. MediaCoder intends to be the Swiss army knife for media transcoding in all time." USES INSTALLER THAT WILL ASK YOU TO OPT IN OR OPT OUT OF OTHER SOFTWARE DURING THE MEDIACODER INSTALLATION. See FAQ’s here: http://www.opencandy.com/faqs/. Use only on 32 bit operating systems (see next) |
| MediaCoder-x64***.exe | "This is the 64 bit version of MediaCoder - use it only if you have a 64 bit operating system" |
| Backup | |
| Carpathia_Backup_***.zip | "Carpathia Backup is a Windows user profile backup tool. It allows easy store, restore and domain/AD migration functions for profiles. Also join and unjoin functions for AD/domains, to support the PC replacement process of companies." |
| WLSetup-****.exe | Windows Live Setup. Create a Windows Live account and receive 7GB of free backup. |
| SkyDriveSetup.exe | SkyDrive Setup. Once you have a Windows Live ID, setup SkyDrive to allow you to use the 7GB of cloud backup. |
| SyncBack_Setup***.zip | "SyncBack is our freeware program that helps you easily backup and synchronize your files to: the same drive; a different drive or medium (CDRW, CompactFlash, etc); an FTP server; a Network; or a Zip archive." |
| winscp *** setup.exe | "WinSCP is a backup client for Windows " |
| winscp portable edition ***.zip | "WinSCP Portable Edition is a client for Windows packaged with an OTBSoft Launcher as a portable app, so you can take it with you on a USB drive, iPod, etc and use it on any computer." |
| Browser | |
| AMDeadlink setup ***.exe | AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and delete it permanently. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks. A very handy tool if you have a rather large collection of bookmarks in most major browsers. |
| ChromeSetup.exe | Google Chrome Browser |
| Firefox Setup ***.exe | Firefox Browser |
| IE8-WindowsXP-WindowsServer2003-x64-ENU.exe | Internet Explorer 8 for 64 bit versions of Windows XP or Server 2003 (almost no one will use this version) |
| IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe | Internet Explorer 8 for Windows XP (for almost all XP users) |
| IE9-Windows7-x64-enu.exe | Internet Explorer 9 for 64 bit Windows 7 |
| IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe | Internet Explorer 9 for 32 bit Windows 7 |
| IE9-WindowsVista-x64-enu.exe | Internet Explorer 9 for 64 bit Vista. Vista came with IE8 installed by default, so you may want to upgrade to IE9 for enhanced security and newer browsing features for today’s Web pages. |
| IE9-WindowsVista-x86-enu.exe | Internet Explorer 9 for 32 bit Vista. Vista came with IE8 installed by default, so you may want to upgrade to IE9 for enhanced security and newer browsing features for today’s Web pages. |
| Opera_***_int_Setup.exe | Opera Browser |
| Desktop | |
| GoogleDesktopSetup.exe | Google Desktop |
| PowerDeskStandard6013_US.exe | PowerDesk File Management |
| DVD Tools | |
| Ashampoo_Burning_studio***.exe | Ashampoo will work with almost any CD/DVD, and will perform as well as Nero or similar. |
| dvdshrink32setup.exe | "DVDShrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc." |
| HandBrake-***-i686-Win_GUI.exe | "HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows." This is the 32 bit version |
| HandBrake-***-x86_64-Win_GUI.exe | "HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows." This is the 64 bit version |
| SetupDVDDecrypter_***.exe | "DVD Decrypter is a software application that can create backup disc images of the DVD-Video structure of DVDs. It can be used to image any DVD, but controversially it is especially useful for decrypting copy-protected movies. The program can also burn images to disc." |
| EudoraOSE-***.en-US.win32.installer.exe | Eudora E-mail Program |
| Thunderbird Setup ***.exe | Thunderbird E-Mail Program |
| Wlsetup-web.exe | Windows Live Suite -- inclides way more than just Windows Live Mail. If you just want the mail program uncheck everything from the install except Mail. |
| Financial | |
| eclipsetrader-***.win32.win32.x86.zip | "Eclipse Trader is an application focused on building an online stock trading system, featuring shares pricing watch, intraday and history charts with technical analysis indicators, level II/market depth view, news watching, and integrated trading." |
| eclipsetrader-Nightly Build ***-win32.win32.x86.zip | Newer update to the version above. Considered a beta version, so tread lightly if you decide to use it. |
| mas_v***.zip | "MAS provides facilities for stock charting and futures charting, including price, volume, and a wide range of technical analysis indicators. MAS also allows automated processing of market data — applying technical analysis indicators with user-selected criteria to market data to automatically generate trading signals — and can be used as the main component of a sophisticated trading system." |
| FTP | |
| FileZilla_***_win32-setup.exe | FileZilla FTP Client |
| FileZilla_Server-***.exe | FileZilla full ftp server install |
| Genealogy | |
| ancestris-windows_***.exe | Java genealogy program fully gedcom compliant |
| GrampsAIO32-3***.exe | Gramps is a fully gedcom compliant program with a PortableApp version. |
| GrampsAIO64-3***.exe | The 64-bit version. |
| Hardware-Software Inventory | |
| BelArc advisor.exe | "The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. " |
| OCSNG-Windows-Server-Setup ***.exe | Server install for OCSNG: Clients report their hardware and software to the server |
| OCSNG-Windows-Agent-***.zip | Client install for OCSNG: Clients need to report to a server install |
| PSI***Setup.exe | Secunia Software monitoring of software versions with automatic update. |
| Siw-setup.exe | SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner. |
| Imaging Software | |
| gimp-***-setup.exe | "GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring" |
| gPhotoShow***.exe | gPhotoShow is a quick and easy to use slideshow screen saver. |
| iview***_setup.exe | "IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer and editor for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista" |
| irfanview_plugins_***_setup.exe | Plugins for Irfanview |
| picasa***-setup.exe | "Google tool to manage, edit, create and share your photos. It will sort, find duplicates and allow uploading for public viewing." |
| Media | |
| Miro-***.exe | Miro will turn your computer into an Internet TV. Watch free Internet channels and play video files |
| MPC-HC.***.x64.exe | Media Player Classic Home Cinema program. Turn your computer into a home theater. For 32 bit systems |
| MPC-HC.***.x86.exe | Media Player Classic Home Cinema program. Turn your computer into a home theater. Fpr 64 bit systems |
| vlc-***-win32.exe | VLC Media player version 2.0.4. Very highly regarded by many. |
| winamp***_full_emusic-7plus_en-us.exe | Good multi-format media player also Win7 compatible with a long list of features, including maintaining playlists! |
| Messenger | |
| pidgin-2.5.2.exe | "Pidgin is a GTK+ instant messaging application for Windows and Unix. It supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE and more" |
| SkypeSetupFull.exe | Turn your computer into a video telephone. |
| Microsoft Power Tools for XP | |
| PowerToys are additional programs that developers work on after a product has been released. They are unofficial Microsoft tools that program developers created for projects they were working on | |
| ClearType Tuner.exe | |
| CmdHerePowertoySetup.exe | |
| DeskmanPowertoySetup.exe | |
| HTMLSlideShowSetup.exe | |
| ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe | |
| List of Power Toys.rtf | This file is the list and description of all the power toys. Start here. |
| MagnifierPowertoySetup.exe | |
| PowerCalcPowertoySetup.exe | |
| RAWViewerSetup.exe | |
| SlideshowPowertoySetup.exe | |
| SyncToy.msi | |
| TaskswitchPowertoySetup.exe | |
| TimershotPowertoySetup.exe | |
| TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe | |
| WinColorSetup.exe | |
| MS converters | |
| FileFormatConverters.exe | Allows users of Office 2003 or earlier to read files created by Office 2007 and 2010 |
| MS Works Conv README FIRST.txt | Please read this file FIRST before using/installing the Microsoft Works Converter program listed below. |
| Works converter_en-US.msi | Allows you to open Works files in Word |
| Works9Conv_KB***_en-US.msp | A security patch you MIGHT need when running/installing the MS Works Converter. See the README file above for more info. |
| PowerPointViewer.exe | PowerPoint Viewer. The Viewer is free, the editor is expensive. |
| MS Word Viewer_en-us.exe | View, but not edit Word docs |
| OpenOffice | |
| Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_***_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe | Latest Open Office version. Open Office is a fabulous, free alternative to Microsoft Office. It can read/write Word/Excel/Powerpoint, etc. files |
| LibO_***_Win_x86_install_multi.msi | Libre Office installer. Libre Office is the newer kid on the block of open source office suite software to compete against Microsoft’s Office suites. |
| LibO_***_Win_x86_helppack_en-US.msi | Libre Office help files |
| Other | |
| clipbrd.exe | Microsoft’s clipboard viewer built into Windows XP. Can also be used in Vista and Windows 7. These two newer OSes DO NOT HAVE a clipboard viewer built into them that’s user friendly. Enables you to view and, if needed, delete the clipboard contents. Just copy this file into the Windows/System32 folder of Vista or Windows 7 and you’re all set. |
| dban-***_i586.iso | DBAN is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. |
| DOSBox***-win32-installer.exe | DOSBox allows other operating systems to run DOS programs (mainly games). This version will allow you to play old DOS games on a Vista machine |
| FontViewer.zip | Font Viewer is a simple utility written in Java which shows how text will appear when loading fonts |
| GoogleEarthSetup.exe | Just the Google Earth program. |
| PSISetup ***.exe | Free software monitor from Secunia that help you keep your installed programs updated. VERY thorough, does the legwork so you don’t really have to. |
| sendtotoys***.exe | Allows you to add and remove items from your SendTo list |
| stellarium***win32.exe | A stunning planetarium, showing the sky at night you can't see around here. Has a PortableApp. |
| ultradefrag-***.bin.amd64.exe | UltraDefrag is a powerful Open Source Defragmentation tool for the Windows Platform. It can defragment any system files including registry hives and paging file. Also one of the main goals of UltraDefrag is doing the job as fast and reliable as possible. This is the 64 bit version. |
| ultradefrag-***.bin.i386.exe | UltraDefrag is a powerful Open Source Defragmentation tool for the Windows Platform. It can defragment any system files including registry hives and paging file. Also one of the main goals of UltraDefrag is doing the job as fast and reliable as possible. This is the 32 bit version. |
| UltraVNC_***_Setup_W32.exe | UltraVNC is a remote desktop connector, allowing a user to log into his work computer from home. VNC is the root technology for commercial services like GoToMyPc. |
| UltraVnc_***_x86.msi | This is the .msi version for those who have difficulty installing the .exe version |
| FoxitReader***_enu_Setup.exe | A very good alternative to Adobe Reader for those who prefer something besides Adobe software for .pdf viewing. |
| ImagePrinter_***.zip | "ImagePrinter can print any document which can be printed in your Windows system to the one or many BMP, PNG , JPG, TIFF or PDF files." |
| PDFCreator-***_setup.exe | PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in any Windows application. |
| PDF2Mail-***.exe | "PDF2Mail is a PDF-Writer Windows printer that creates PDF files from your current print job, opens up a new eMail (in Outlook, Outlook Express or Thunderbird) and attaches the PDF to this eMail." |
| PDF2WordConverter.exe | Converts most any PDF into a Word format document, saving the cost of needing the full blown Acrobat program to edit the PDF. |
| Setup_BullzipPDFPrinter_***.zip | A FREE PDF Printer that allows you to print to a PDF document from any Microsoft Windows application. |
| Portable Apps | |
| "PortableApps.com Suite™ is a complete collection of portable applications that will install and run from a flash drive: including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, audio player, sudoku game, password manager, PDF reader, minesweeper clone, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go." (for more information) | |
| PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_***.exe | Basic Portable Apps platform installer. You then go to www.PortableApps.com to view and download the software of your choosing. Once you’ve installed it, the platform has a built-in updater to keep track of the latest releases for your chosen software to help you stay up to date and worry less about patching on a regular basis. Over 230 apps covering a very wide spectrum of categories from browsers to office apps to games and quite a good number of utilities. All free. |
| Security | |
| EMET Setup v***.msi | EMET is a free Microsoft utility that helps prevent vulnerabilities in software from being successfully exploited for code execution. |
| EraserSetup***x32.exe | Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. |
| KeePass-***-Setup.exe | "KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way." |
| RogueScannerGUISetup_***.exe | RogueScanner is a network security tool for automatically discovering rogue wireless access points by scanning a wired network. |
| SandboxieInstall.exe | Sandboxie runs your programs in an isolated space which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer. |
| TrueCrypt Setup ***.exe | "Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux Main Features: * Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. * Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive. * Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication). * Encryption is automatic, real-time (on-the-fly) and transparent. * Provides two levels of plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: " |
| Wireshark-win32-***.exe | 32-bit version of Wireshark, a network packet analyzer. A network packet analyzer will try to capture network packets and tries to display that packet data as detailed as possible. |
| Wireshark-win64-***.exe | 64-bit version of Wireshark. |
| Text Editor | |
| NoteTab_Light_Setup.exe | "NoteTab is a leading-edge text and HTML editor. This is the free, Light version of the Notepad replacement that Toby used to hold SIG's on" |
| npp.***.Installer.exe | Notepad++ is a generic source code editor and Notepad replacement |
| Troubleshooting Tools | |
| Autoruns.exe | Autoruns is a Microsoft tech tool, that will let you look at everything running on your computer and allow you to turn off services, features and programs at startup. Be very careful. You can turn off Windows completely if you're not careful. Definitely not for casual use. |
| Autoruns.chm | Help file for Autoruns. Be certain to read before messing with Autoruns. If you don't understand what it says, don't run Autoruns. |
| nlsi.exe | NetStat Live will display your network info: Total incoming and outgoing traffic and how much CPU your networking is consuming. This is a handy way to see if something is using your network without your permission. |
| pmoni.exe | PacketMon is a network packet monitor. It will display every piece of data going into or out of your network -- not just on your computer. It's geeky, but will really help if your network is slowing down for no apparent reason. |
| ProcMon.exe | Process Monitor is a Microsoft tool that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. Allows you to find out what programs are causing processes to run. Geeky, but extremely useful, diagnostic tool. |
| Video Processing - Capture | |
| VirtualDub-***.zip | VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit Windows platforms |
| Web Editor | |
| amaya-WinXP-***.exe | Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. Supports Windows XP, Vista and Win 7 environments. |
| BlueGriffon | BlueGriffon is a new WYSIWYG content editor for the World Wide Web. Powered by Gecko, the rendering engine of Firefox, it's a modern and robust solution to edit Web pages in conformance to the latest Web Standards. |
| kompozer-***-win32.zip | KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. |
| Zip | |
| 7z***.exe | "Zip program that can open ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z formats, while writing 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR" |
If you have a favorite freeware program that isn't listed, please let us know. There's comment link at the bottom of every page on the web, or you can just let Michael, Helen or Toby know.
None of the freeware programs are nagware or time-out after a while. These are all fully-functioning programs. If you find one that contains nagware or other nuisances, please let us know.