Productivity tools suite

This post would be periodically updated and contain list of best tools for personal use. (Updated: 23/12/2009) Blogging w.bloggar - free blog editor; integrates with most of blogging platforms. Windows Live Writer – same… slim UI. Productivity Office: Copernic Search Desktop - Index and search your e-mails (in non-commercial version indexes mails only). Interface is outlook-oriented and it's easier to use then Google Desktop. Google Calendar Sync - automatically synchronize Outlook and Google Calendar. Health: Workrave - assist healthy work organization by reminding to make exercises and mini-breaks Aire Freshener - Nature sounds player - good for relaxation (see why). Security Antivirus: Avira Antivir - Free Edition - great for home use Firewalls: PC Tools Firewall Plus - easy to use personal firewall - the only one which is free for personal use and works with Windows 2003 Agnitum Outpost Free Edition - great for home use File system: Eraser - secure data removal tool. True Crypt - open-source virtual encrypted disk Security Scanners: Secunia PSI - check whether any installed software requires upgrades. Download and install update patches automatically. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer - check missing security updates and detect some security breaches. May scan range of PC's in a network. Passwords Management: KeePass - Manage all your password in encrypted container. Freeware; support search, groups, expiration control, language packs. Sound, Music, Video, Images MP3: MP3 Split - Open-source & freeware application to split MP3 & OGG files by size, duration etc (without decoding). I using it really heavily to split audiobooks into chunks of 15-20 minutes and listen them while driving to work. It has command line and UI version (GTK). If you use it to split audiobook - select "auto-adjust mode" in Preferences to automatically split around silence zones. Video: Media Player Classic - looks like old-style Windows Media Player but provides major features and supports many video formats. VLC Media Player - open-source media player, support virtually every format... XP Codec Pack - codecs for majority of video formats. Image editors & viewers: Paint.NET - opensource image editor. FastStone Image Viewer - free image browser, converter and editor. System Sniffers: Ethereal - comprehensive network sniffer - Windows + #nux. Free. Web Sniffers: Fiddler - free web (HTTP/HTTPS) sniffer & debugger. HttpWatch - web sniffer & debugger with programmatic (C#, Javascript & Ruby) automation interface. Free in basic edition. TracePlus & Web Detective - bundle of regular & web sniffer - no free edition. System Tools Download Managers: Free Download Manager - free, GNU license Flashget - Free, built-in ads Miscellaneous: Process Tamer - monitor and dynamically adjust CPU usage of running processes. Shadow Copy - Copy files (including locked files!) or entire drives. Unlocker - check which process locks your file and unlock it. VirtuaWin - virtual desktop manager. Windows Installer CleanUp Utility - Uninstall any component installed on your system. Usefull to resolve installation problems. WinUpdatesList - list all windows updates on the system and provide extensive information on each (install date, install user, list of files) + show uninstall command for the update (properties window).