Open Office (productivity) http://download.openoffice.org/

Avg (antivirus) http://free.avg.com/download?prd=afe

Spybot (antispyware) http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html

aSquared Free (antispyware) http://download4.emsisoft.com/a2FreeSetup.exe

CCleaner (optimizer) http://download.piriform.com/ccsetup213.exe

Easy Cleaner (optimizer) http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/files/EClea2_0.exe

Adobe Reader (pdf reader) http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Auslogics Disk Defrag (optimizer) http://www.auslogics.com/en/downloads/disk-defrag/disk-defrag-setup.exe

TypeFaster (typing tutor) http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=99968&package_id=107383&release_id=325958

Gimp (image editor) http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gimp-win/gimp-2.6.1-i686-setup.exe

Firefox (browser) http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Google Earth (map) http://earth.google.com/

K-Lite Codec Pack (video and audio codec) http://www.free-codecs.com/download_soft.php?d=4807&s=95

VLC Player (media player) http://www.videolan.org/mirror-geo.php?file=vlc/0.9.4/win32/vlc-0.9.4-win32.exe

Audacity (audio editor) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/latest/audacity-win/audacity-win-1.2.6.exe