For Windows users only, IrfanView is a small, but very capable free image editor. It handles most types of image formats and is capable of batch conversions to automatically edit or manipulate a set of images. There are also many plugins available to expand the feature list.

Defraggler is free product from Piriform, the same company that brought us CCleaner. Piriform has made yet, another excellent product in Defraggler. The program is very small, and defragments both FAT32 and NTFS partitions faster than the Windows Defragmenter.

If you are looking for an effective, lightweight, and FREE anti-virus solution for your home PC, then Avast! is for you. I have extensively used the other free anti virus programs including AVG, Avira, Clam, and my top recommendation is Avast!

VLC Media Player (Video Lan Client) is a multimedia powerhouse that plays audio, video, DVD's, and even streams! VLC is free open source and cross platform, meaning that you can download it for Windows, Mac, and even Linux.

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is a highly effective tool for removing spyware, trojans, and malware from your PC. In the past, our technicians would use a combination of Ad Aware SE, SpyBot, and CounterSpy in order to remove crud from customers machines.