This utility will help you to stabilize Windows XP when the registry gets into a mess. You will be surprised at how much quicker and reliable you machine becomes.

Create PDF file from any source. It sets up as a printer on your system and writes the "printed" output to a PDF file. This allows you to easily email all sorts of information from any package to friends and prospects.

Magic Mail Monitor

If you run multiple mail boxes and suffer from spam this is for you. It will allow you to open multiple boxes at once and view the headers and select and delete the spam without having to download the message first. Deletions ar lightning fast!

IrfanView

A superior free picture viewer that will truly astonish you. It has plugins for just about any type of picture file. Play Videos, edit pictures, resize, crop pictures. Change picture type, remove red eye. Yes it's really free open source and a damn good one at that!

Skype taking the world by storm! This facility is free to use Voice over IP. Just get a headset and you can talk to friends all over the world. You can also chat on the keyboard where conditions are not that great.

Pegusus Mail

This package has always been a favourite. Good for managing lists and addresses. Here is the download page.

TuCows

A place to find really interesting and unusual stuff.