As a newbie here (the forums, that is), and just getting caught up on some of the interesting older posts, mind if I add a few of my own favorites that I don't remember seeing listed?
AIDA-32 -- SysInfo with a vengeance. It even correctly pinned down my P&P monitor to mfr., model, and date of manufacture. Freeware
Cookie Pal -- not great with IE6, because of glitches in the latter, but works like a charm with earlier IE's AND other browsers. Inexpensive shareware.
Quick-Convert -- Another one bit the dust, I guess. No longer available as of May 2004, except maybe from third-party sources.
(Follow-up shortly afterward) DogPile search turned up lots of free-software sites offering this, but nothing but dead links so far. So I guess it
is gone.
TClockEx -- nifty display-formatting utility for the toolbar clock. Freeware. (Note- this address is current, he moved Dec. 2003)
WebTime -- one more of several handy atomic-clock synchronizers. Freeware.
And totally unrelated to the computer,
WindChill Calculator -- if you're sufficiently masochistic, this'll calculate windchill from temp. and wind speed, or humidex from temp. and humidity (Canadian definitions in both cases). Freeware
JV-16 Power Tools - forget the older freeware version(s). As of Jan. 2004 that "appears to be a very old version" and refuses to run.
Best to all,
Mike