Below is a list of software I use and a short description of what i use it for.
*Adobe Reader 7 (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)
Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 (http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html)
Adobe Creative Suite 2 (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/main.html)
Adobe Framemaker (http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/main.html)
Altova XMLSpy 2006 (http://www.altova.com/products_ide.html)
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/enterprises/tour/default.mspx)
Microsoft Visio 2003 (http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/prodinfo/default.mspx)
Microsoft OneNote 2003 (http://www.microsoft.com/office/onenote/prodinfo/default.mspx)
VMWare Workstation 5 (http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/)
*Mozilla Firefox (http://www.getfirefox.com)
*Eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org)
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/)
*Microsoft AntiSpyware (www.microsoft.com) - Protect from Internet Nasties
McAfee AntiVirus (http://www.mcafee.com/us/) - Protect from Internet Nasties
WinZip (http://www.winzip.com/) - File compression, much better than Microsoft's built in Zip support.
*ObjectDock (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/) - Put the Mac OS X Dock on your Windows XP desktop!
*Konfabulator (http://www.konfabulator.com) - Desktop widgets like Mac OS X
Nero (http://www.nero.com) - DVD / CD burning
*Skype (http://www.skype.com) - Call home for free!!
*MSN Messenger (http://messenger.msn.com) - Text chat with friends
*Quicktime 7 & iTunes (http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html) - Watching movie previews
*Google Desktop Search (http://desktop.google.com.au/en/) - Find stuff
*SymmTime (http://www.ntp-systems.com/symmtime.asp) - See what time it is in the other Adobe offices
Cute FTP (http://www.cuteftp.com/) - Download files
*BareTail (http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/index.php) - Read log files in real time
Adobe Type Manager Deluxe (http://www.adobe.com/products/atm/main.html) - Manage fonts.
*Softerra LDAP Browser (http://www.softerra.com/products/ldapbrowser.php) - Query LDAP directories.
PSI (http://psi-im.org/psi.affinix.com/) - Instant Message client.
*Skype Toolbar for Outlook (http://www.skype.com/products/skypeemailtoolbar/)
*Google Firefox toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/firefox/index.html)
*Plaxo (http://www.plaxo.com/)
*LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/)
* denotes free download
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All information provided is to be used at the reader's discretion, and is subject to change without notice. Whilst a best-effort is made to test examples and techniques provided, the reader is advised to test thoroughly prior to implementation.