The end is near (of 2007 that is) so its time for those lists again.
Today I post my top 10 of the best freeware,crippleware,adware and opensource software I have used in 2007.
To start off with this list I must first define a definition of freeware, freeware in my eyes is software that you can use freely.
In that light also crippleware is included in my list. And so if opensource.

This year has been quite a year for freeware. Just take a look at the amounts of money spiceworks and for example crossloop gathered through investors. see the pressreleases here for the spiceworks pressrelease and here for the crossloop press release. It seems that the industry is picking up those marbles out there.

1. SpiceWorks Desktop
2. Logmein Free Edition
3. Comodo Personal Firewall Pro
4. Nessus Security Scanner
5. Prtg Traffic Grapher

1. Spiceworks Desktop

This is for me a really handy application, it saves me time everyday I use it.
It keeps tracks of all events in my environment, new software installs it show me if the Antivirus applications are up to date.

2. Logmein Free Edition

If you follow my blog you know I use this program quite a lot.
It enables me to connect to remote location very easily and without any hassle.

After the former article On how to deploy Logmein in your organisation, I found Logmein Scout.

Logmein Scout enables you to scan your network for computers but with a twist it will also detect what remote administration tools there are installed on them.
It detects most commonly used tools like: UltraVNC, PcAnywhere, Radmin and a bunch other ones. And the best part is it is FREE.

After logmein scout scans the network you will be able to select a computer and remotely install Logmein on it. This is exaclty what I was looking for.
(it assumes your are the domain admin off course)

Logmein also provides in an ADM file to control logmein through grouppolicies.
You can for example disallow access to the Logmein Administration tool.

you can download logmein scout from here