Firewall : Agnitum Outpost Free version Anti-Virus : AVG Antivirus Free Advanced Windows Tweaking : REGEDIT.EXE Download Utilities : FlashGet, HTTrack E-mail : Foxmail, Thunderbird Webdesign : Notepad, Arachnophilia, old Homesite version Graphics Development : Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8 Hard Drive Optimisation : N/A Windows Error Checking : None (For hardware checking/HDD tasks etc. I use what everyone else uses. Hiren's Boot CD 6.0) Anything else that comes to mind: Total Commander (of course) ... oh, and domain management tools, which no one has bothered writing silent installs for. Hyena (www.systemtools.com) and Dameware NT Utilities (www.dameware.com) and at the top of my list B)