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5000 FREE SOFTWARE downloads for Windows XP from microsoft

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cybermanas Original post #1
Oct 21, 2005 at 10:15 AM
Try out this link :

*www.windowsmarketplace.com/content.aspx?ctid=119

This is the official Microsoft site which says :
"The best things in life are free. You’ll find more than 5,000 downloads from over 2,000 companies in our Free Downloads Center."
It has different categories such as Music ,Free Games,Utlities and so on.
V
Oct 21, 2005 at 10:27 AM
I knew it before but anyways thanks
Vishal Gupta
Oct 21, 2005 at 1:34 PM
Its a good link...
thnx for sharing :D
champ_rock
Oct 21, 2005 at 4:39 PM
nice one... but download.com is better
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deadman #5
Oct 21, 2005 at 4:43 PM
Microsoft is a fool

And this is another FOOLISHNESS

they even gave FIREFOX...
and in sumday they'll give opera(maybe)

deadman is here
champ_rock
Oct 21, 2005 at 4:51 PM
check the rating.. ie6 and firefox...........
C
Oct 21, 2005 at 10:45 PM
Hey, great list, been a long time since I had to use pirated software, that's how quickly freeware is growing.
anandk
anandk #8
Oct 22, 2005 at 8:31 AM
thanx 4 d link. didn know.
A
Oct 22, 2005 at 5:23 PM
maybe theyll dole out win 98 copies nxt.but most links connect to cnet so it may actually be a tie up between the two.
A
Oct 23, 2005 at 2:12 AM
cybermanas said:
Try out this link :

This is the official Microsoft site which says :
"The best things in life are free. You’ll find more than 5,000 downloads from over 2,000 companies in our Free Downloads Center."

LOL! :lol: Is Microsoft insinuating that Windows (any), which is not free, is not one of the 'best' things?!
They should at least give Win98 for free, as it is not even supported any longer. Not that I will use it though.....
Kniwor
Kniwor #11
Oct 23, 2005 at 2:20 AM
i doubt there will be anything useful or "extra"


BTW "best things in life are free"

Windows in not free

M$ knows windows is not the best....
Maverick340
Oct 23, 2005 at 4:04 PM
Kniwor said:
i doubt there will be anything useful or "extra"
BTW "best things in life are free"
Windows in not free
M$ knows windows is not the best....

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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deadman #13
Oct 23, 2005 at 4:16 PM
amanwannalearn said:
Kniwor said:
i doubt there will be anything useful or "extra"
BTW "best things in life are free"
Windows in not free
M$ knows windows is not the best....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

wats the use of such spamming

don't be so greedy for ur post counts :wink: :wink:

deadman is here
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icehot #14
Oct 23, 2005 at 6:01 PM
The weblink provided looks similar to microsoft website. Can anyone clarify if it is the real microsoft website or a fake---Bcos I dont expect opera to be there in any case
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cybermanas #15
Oct 23, 2005 at 6:32 PM
@champ_rock
The files are linked to download.com.That is you are redirected to Download.com if you want to download a file.
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cybermanas #16
Oct 23, 2005 at 6:34 PM
AlphaOmega said:
cybermanas said:
Try out this link :

This is the official Microsoft site which says :
"The best things in life are free. You’ll find more than 5,000 downloads from over 2,000 companies in our Free Downloads Center."

LOL! :lol: Is Microsoft insinuating that Windows (any), which is not free, is not one of the 'best' things?!
They should at least give Win98 for free, as it is not even supported any longer. Not that I will use it though.....


May be Microsoft is trying to tell that Linux is the best considering that it is Open Source and can be used without giving any license fees.
S
Oct 23, 2005 at 6:39 PM
Great site did not know about it till now...

Thanks M8..

Regards...
Maverick340
Oct 23, 2005 at 10:21 PM
deadman said:
amanwannalearn said:
Kniwor said:
i doubt there will be anything useful or "extra"
BTW "best things in life are free"
Windows in not free
M$ knows windows is not the best....

:lol: :lol: :lol:

wats the use of such spamming

don't be so greedy for ur post counts :wink: :wink:

deadman is here

That was just a way to say.."VERY FUNNY"
Stop treating evrything as sapm!! :(
A
Oct 24, 2005 at 6:57 PM
thanks dude
Choto Cheeta
Oct 24, 2005 at 10:00 PM
I found that Anti-virus is very usefull... offcourse not mentioning the Games section...

another thing is... NONE of the downloads r from MS... most of then r hosted in cnet download.com server... :!: :!:
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cybermanas #21
Oct 26, 2005 at 10:15 PM
You are right saurav_cheeta.
ammusk
ammusk #22
Nov 1, 2005 at 2:49 PM
thz dude this is grt
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asdf1223 #23
Nov 6, 2005 at 1:11 PM
ms is prolly doing this coz cnet(download's parent company)isnt on good terms with google(digit digital leisure article).
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