My new list:
Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista)
Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition
Browser: Firefox
CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows)
Disk Management: CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva
File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire
Firewall: Comodo Free Firewall
FTP: FileZilla
Graphics: Paint.NET
Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch
Media Player/Codecs: Vista Codecs, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows),
Office: OpenOffice or Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
PC Visuals: XPize or Vize
Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker
Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy and Foxit Reader
Web Program: Notepad ++
Only Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative.
