| The best File Manager (FTP client) W9x/2k/XP Total Commander | ||
| The best HEX editor - UltraEdit(Windows 9x/2k/NT/XP) | ||
| The best Dir/File comparison (synchronization) - Beyond Compare | ||
| The best Image Capture tool with time delay -SnagIt | ||
| The best Test Plan template/layout-IEEE Std.829-98 | ||
| The best Image viewer and adjustment tool -IRfanView | ||
| The best well known parser AWK interpreter-GNU AWK 3 | ||
| The best free spy control software -Ad-Aware 6.181 or Spybot S&D v1.2 | ||
| The smallest GUI OS using just 1 floppy: -Menuet OS | ||
| The best terminal emulator-Tera Term Pro | ||
| The best of WWW Search Engine Integrator-COPERNIC2001 | ||
| The best broken WEB links detector-WEB LINK VALIDATOR | ||
| ComponentSoftware Revision Control System-CS-RCS | ||
| The best practice of Principles, Policies, and Standards-IRMC approved documents | ||
| Script Languages : PERL5; Python; TCL/TK | ||
| Good Uninstall validator and Windows Apps Inventory -MyUninstaller | ||
| Another subset of the NirSoft small freeware utilities (MyUninstaller, AdapterWatch,...) | ||
| Good central for SE-QA standards by Gregory Bowen - SE Standards | ||
| Good central for ANSI compilers |