5 Star Shareware.com - highly rated as the UK's premier website for shareware  and freeware downloads.

1001 Free Fonts - download cool true type free fonts for PC and MAC.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer 2000 - a Windows clean-up system maintenance utility that will clean the Registry, clear up useless junk from the hard drive and remove duplicate DLL (dynamic linked library) files.

AVG AntiVirus - free downloads and free updates of this highly regarded revolutionary virus detection technology.

ByKeyword.com - download freeware and shareware by keyword.

CNET - free downloads, advice, reviews and lots more.

Copernic 2001 Basic - this program scans lots of Internet search engines at once, like WebFerret, and arranges the results in order of relevance.

CutePDF Printer - quick and easy creation of compact PDF documents from ANY Windows application, and it's free.

Download.com - a lucky bag of freeware, shareware tools and games to download.

File Planet - something for everyone from this massive range of programs.

Free Downloads Centre - a massive collection of free software downloads in most categories including utilities, tools, games and desktop stuff.

Freeloader.com - download great games for free.

Freeware by WebGrid - freeware is copyrighted, fully functional software that you can download, use, and legally share with colleagues and friends. Unlike shareware, freeware carries no registration fee.

FreewareFiles.com - a nicely-organized, information-packed site, offers lots of free software for Windows 95/98 and NT, as well as Windows 3.1. There's also a good selection of net tools, utilities, programming files, Windows libraries and drivers, as well as free online Java games.

Freeware Home - extensive collection of free software and Internet services.

Fresh Devices - a software company committed to bringing you great utilities at no cost.

Intelli-Dial-Up - this tiny powerful program claims to optimise Windows to get faster modem connection and download times.

IT Pro Downloads - download shareware, freeware and demos.

Jans Freeware Collection - categories include communications, database, Delphi, editors, flash, games, graphics, internet, Java, programming and utilities.

Jolly Joice - free educational programs for you and your children to use at home or at school.

PC Advisor Downloads - thousands of files for download from PC Advisor magazine. Games, system and business utilities, screensavers and much more.

PC Pro Downloads - has sections for the Internet, music, and business software, as well as utilities, desktop and graphics.

PC World.com - software downloads and more.

Pricelessware - the best of the best Windows freeware. Works along with the newsgroup alt.comp.freeware.

ProgramFiles.com - over 15,000 programs available to download.

ReadPlease 2000 - cope with information overload by letting ReadPlease manage your documents by reading them out to you with its text-to-speech feature.

Rocket Downloads - lots of Windows software, much of it free.

Sandra - SiSoft's System Analyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant (Sandra) performs PC checkups and diagnostics, and tells you everything you could possibly want to know about how your computer is setup and running.

Simtel.net - worldwide distribution network for shareware, freeware and public domain software.

Softpile.com - software downloads in the following categories - business, desktop, development, education, games, Internet, multimedia and utilities.

Still Listener's Corner - here you may find all you need at one place: utilities, audio/video, compressors, news-programs, all kind of editors, graphics, players, encoders, hd-utilities, proxies, safety, security, etc....

Sysinternals Freeware - provides you with advanced utilities, technical information, and source code related to Windows 9x, Windows Me, and Windows NT/2000 internals that you won't find anywhere else. Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell alone write and update everything here.

Talisman - a Windows desktop modifier that changes the desktop contents and appearance.

The UK Mirror Service - links to over 1 million items!

TopQualityFreeware.com - masses of software, some if it good, all of it free.

UK Downloads - free PC utilities including freeware, shareware, trial software, anti-virus, audio, video, business, educational, emulators, games, graphics, internet, language translation, miscellaneous, programming, top 100, Windows and more.

Utility Geek - software that works, plus help with computer problems.

Webattack.com - huge selection of free programs to solve any computing problem.

WebFerret - the easiest way to locate the information that you want on the Internet. It queries large Web Search Engines to find quickly and efficiently whatever it is that you are looking for on the web. WebFerret will query all configured search engines simultaneously, while discarding any duplicate results. Results that are returned (often within a second or two) can be acted upon immediately.

Webgrid.co.uk - free programs, "no shareware, no trial versions, no demos, no time-outs".

WinZip - brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other compression formats. The optional wizard interface makes zipping and unzipping easier than ever.

Word Search Factory - students love word searches. With Word Search Factory you can add a little word search fun and motivation to their regular lessons in any subject area. It's designed to help you quickly and easily create professional looking word search puzzles to provide your students with the extra vocabulary and spelling practice they need in a format that they find very enjoyable. Free.

X-Setup - a 'tweaking' utility for Windows systems (95, 98, ME, 2000 and NT) that exposes over 750 hidden options within your Windows system, all of which can be altered through X-Setup's simple interface.

ZDNet Downloads - the Web's most authoritative freeware, shareware, and software collection.