For Microsoft Windows, how can I get freeware and shareware?
The following FTP and web sites provide shareware and freeware of interest to Windows users:
- CNET's software library will help you search the major shareware archives for program descriptions that match the words you supply. A successful search will return a list of links to all known mirror sites that archive the program. The library database can access 250,000 shareware files in dozens of archives, containing software for Unix, Macintosh, Windows, DOS, OS/2, and Amiga, as well as various game software. Visit: http://download.cnet.com/windows/
- Tucows is a large software site that tests and reviews software at: http://www.tucows.com/
- The Microsoft software library contains over 1,900 files including various drivers, appnotes, sample code, patches, large documents, and other information. You can find it at: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/
- Simtel maintains a software archive at: http://www.simtel.net/welcome.php
- Search WebCrawler at: http://www.webcrawler.com/info.wbcrwl/
- Search Yahoo at: http://dir.yahoo.com/computers_and_internet/software/
- The Garbo archive contains a large number of shareware files at: http://garbo.uwasa.fi/
- WinSite contains one of the largest available selections of Windows 3.x, 95, and NT software at: http://www.winsite.com/
- WinFiles.com provides 32-bit shareware, drivers, tips, and information for Windows 95, 98, and NT at: http://www.winfiles.com/
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Last modified on July 08, 2009.
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