Freeware, Shareware & Web sites:
Download.com	The first place to go for free or inexpensive software.  If you can think of it they have it!
Freedownloadscenter.com	Good freeware, mostly shareware tools.
Major Geeks	Good site for hardcore PC apps & info
Productivity
Microsoft Templates	Best site for templates on the web.
IrfanView	Good graphics software for manipulating photos/images. Freeware application
OFFICE 2003, SP3	Service Pack 3 for MS Office 2003
OpenOffice.org	Don't want to pay for MS Office?  Here is a FREE version that has the ADDED benefit of being able to create PDF documents from your MS Office files.
On-Line conference/Screen sharing	Use Spreed to share out your desktop pc. Free for up to 3 users at a time.
PC tools
SysInfo & Startup List	This is helpful to figure out if a program that runs at startup SHOULD be there.  To find out what's in your start up, go to Start > Run > type 'msconfig' and press enter.  Then view the startup folder and look up in the list to see if it should be there.
Bart's PE Bootable CD	Good tool that let's you boot any PC with this CD that you create. Great for troubleshooting a PC that will not start or is infected.
Registry Cleaner	Excellent Freeware to clean your registry. Should save some time on startup of PC and apps. After running this, run the following app to defrag.
Registry Defrag	Works very well. Run after the above. Best to take a stopwatch and time how long it takes your PC to start up and then time starting Outlook. After running the cleaner above, take the time, then after running this, take the time. You should see much better numbers
CCLeaner	Cleans up PC of all temp files including IE, downloads, HotFix downloads, etc
Undelete Plus	Undelete Plus is a quick and effective way to retrieve accidentally deleted files, files removed from the Recycle Bin.
PC De-Crapifier	IDEAL for a new PC.  Removes trial version software & other junk from new PC's
Ram Booster	- increase the speed of your PC by maximizing the use of your RAM (Random Access Memory).
Belarc Advisor	Cool utility that runs complete analysis of your PC.  Shows all hardware and software installed.
PC wizard	Utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware.
GoodSync	Online backup solution for your data. Does both back up or Sync for your data files.
Keyfinder	Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install windows from your registry.
Hard drive Tools
Want to erase ALL data from your hard drive?	Good list of erase utilities
DriveImage XML	Creates backup image of entire PC hard drive.  Will create an image of PC, including all of hd, that can be restored.  Will not backup individual files, just all of hd.  Also can only restore to a hd of same or greater capacity.
DriveLook	Forensic disk investigation tool for looking at suspicious content on a PC.
Virus/Spyware/Malware
Avast	Good anti-virus application that offers free Home user edition
Anti-Vir	Excellent virus protection system that is FREE. Have been using for a few years now, only hitch is it displays an ad most of the time. But you click close and the ad goes away.
Virus removal tool	Free removal tool from Avast. Does not work on all virus’s, but many.
Free online virus scanner	Great way to find out if you have any viruses or spyware on your machine without having to uninstall your current antivirus software or install a new one.
	Dare to try it yourself? If so, follow these instructions.
Prevx1	Excellent spyware/malware removal tool. First 30 days are free.
Ad-Aware	Excellent FREE spyware utility.
McAfee AVERT Stinger	Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses.
Damage Cleanup Engine	Another spyware/malware removal tool. This one is from Trend Micro
Comprehensive removal tool	For serious spyware/malware removal
Self-service instructions	Want to try removing a virus on your own? Here are some tools and instructions to give it a shot. DOS | Another good one | Instructions
Web Development
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/tables.html	Some good tips on manipulatng tables
http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html	Great site for geneating good color combinations
http://www.alistapart.com/	Good tips on CSS and Web 2.0 dev tricks
FamFamFam	Some good (and free) Icons
http://www.iconaholic.com/	Good site for icons
Miscellaneous
QNext	IM client that can access all IM's
Annoying Phone calls?	Did you get a call with no message left and 'unavailable' in the caller ID?  Try these sites to figure out who it was: http://800notes.com http://whocalled.us https://www.donotcall.gov
Windows Tips:
Go to: Start > Run > Or Windows key + R	winver - check windows version msinfo32 - check hardware/software items on pc command.com - windows updated version of  DOS notepad - brings up notepad