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http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/ (http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/)
Each day they are giving a new freebie away,if you like games then go to here http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ (http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/) these are great give aways have a look cheers  ;)Mike.

Re the freedownloadcentre, and others of the ilk, please be careful because often a free download does not always mean free.  The software could be a trial, or if you try to uninstall it leaves a little bit of software in your system that notifies others.  There is a very small new program called RogueRemover (free version) which will kill these pesky registry inhabitants.  You should be able to download it from cnet.com or zdnet.com. Or better still just stick the program name in your search engine and go.

What I have noticed over the many years of access to the net is that the amount of real free stuff is not as abundant as it once was.  Opensource software has nothing attached, and is free to use, some ask foe a donation, but I figure they are richer than me so what the hell.

www.sourceforge.net/  is a place where a lot of this stuff is available.

Hope this helps :)

Good point holidayman, the reason i have posted the ones i have is i carry them on my websites, and as my kids love the games i can assure members these are free with no catch, it's being done as a promo for the website.

Try shoppping on line for 'freebies'
www.freebielist.com

Plenty of free samples for the 'good lady' as well

Hello everyone,

A good clean site is www.computeractive.co.uk they issue a mag every 2 weeks and I can understand 25% of what they say its cheap and good and no I don't work for them.
Joking apart if you go to the free stuff there is loads to download,if not already downloaded pick all the anti spyware/adware/key logging software you can, each does its own thing and they tend to pick up the odd bugs etc that the other software programs may not ,Ad- Adware SE/Spybot Search and Destroy are very good and absolutely free with no funnies attached. Have a browse around the site they recommed allsorts and yes some stuff is for trial periods but I havent had many problems,make sure you remove the programmes in your control panel remove hardware usually does the trick.Window XP users have a good mooch around for updates.
Hope this helps some one thanks

It's the uninstalling part that's the problem, virtually all software will leave stuff in the registry, some sits there harmlessly and some doesn't, especially freeware distributed through some sites.  The may want you to agree to 'Gator' or some searching tool, some will even change your homepage.

The old addidge that there is no such thing as a free lunch is very true of the internet, and companies out there want information about what sites you visit etc and some companies pay a lot for this.  Also dispite publishing their privicy rules a lot of companies will sell email addresses to third party companies and then the spam arrives.

I personally use Zone Labs as my firewall, not the microsoft one in XP.  Virus protection is provided by 'Avast free edition', this one is great because if anything iffie is downloaded to your email client you get an audible alarm and the interface is easy to use.

I would also recommend a registry cleaner, I have mentioned one previously and there are a lot about as these will keep the PC running smoothly and stop it looking for internal threads and stuff that just isn't there anymore.

Has anyone down loaded the new avators for the yahoo yet?
They are really good an adds a bit a laughter to the chat!! ;D