Free software for windows

Note to self: here is a list of useful windows programs that can be downloaded for free:

• PDFCreator installs a virtual printer that creates PDF documents from any application that supports printing
• VLC - a media player that plays/converts all non-DRM and non-RealMedia formats. Also includes an excellent video streaming server
• OpenOffice - complete replaces Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
• Chrome - an extremely fast web browser from Google that is well integrated with their online offerings
• utorrent - lightweight but highly configurable bit-torrent client
• TrueCrypt - encrypted file containers
• Putty - quick ssh access from Windows
• Xming - X-server for windows. Unfortunately, I sometimes find it buggy on Windows 7 with Putty:-(
• Winscp - SFTP client
• VirtualBox - my favorite virtualization solution
• Notepad++ - programming editor with syntax highlighting and tabs
• Windows PowerShell - replaces "cmd" on windows
• unxutils - port of common GNU linux utilities to windows (ls, grep, find, etc)
• FastStone Image Viewer - image viewer with basic batch processing capabilities
• Paint.Net - replaces Photoshop for most purposes
• FormatFactory - convert between video formats
• 7-Zip - archiver/unarchiver that includes support for 7zip and rar
• CCleaner - simple junk cleaner