Must Have Free Windows Apps

The following list of free applications are my must-have Windows Apps. 

Notepad replacement

NoteTab Lite (www.notetab.com)

Full featured text editor.

Paint replacement

Paint.Net (www.getpaint.net)

Simply the best free alternative to Photoshop.

Web Browsers

1st Choice

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

Fast browser and huge variety of plug-ins available (hint: ad-block)

2nd Choice

Google Chrome (www.google.com/chrome)

Very fast browser & simple interface

Image Viewer / Organizer

Picasa 3 (picasa.google.com)

Easy photo management and basic tune-up correction.

FTP Client

FileZilla (filezilla-project.org)

Easy to use, just works.

Programming IDE

Microsoft Visual Studio Express Editions (www.microsoft.com/express) 

Perfect for the hobbiest programmer. Vast community support.

There are plenty of others but I use the above almost daily.