BearWare listings are some of the best freeware and open source programs available. The rating system is simple: if the program is listed, it has won the Official BearWare Top Freeware Award in category. The most outstanding programs are marked with 
. Programs that may not work well in Vista are tagged with (xp)
This site was last updated July 24, 2008.
Mouse-over the program name produces a description of the program. To fix the long mouse-over title bug in FireFox use their addon here FF Long Title Fix
New listings will be featured on the RSS feed and on this home page. They will be cleared from the homepage monthly but will remain on the RSS feed.
The All In One page is a pure listing of all categories, programs and descriptions on a single page.
Setting Up and Installing XP if you have no installation disks, but only Recovery Disks.
Setting Up and Installing XP and what to install afterwards.
How to format your hard drive and install Windows XP from scratch.
Partition and Image Your Hard Drive with the System Rescue CD
NewsProxy Archive pages. This archive is a collaborative effort from some participants in the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup for the purpose of archiving methods to filter unwanted posts from Usenet newsgroups using NewsProxy. I host it here at the request of some ACF participants.
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