Ravings of a delusional mind ...delusions of a raving mind

While I am using Linux distros for my desktop for some time now (more than 3 years), I still have one or two Windows machines around. The burden of keeping these machines up to date is significally augmented by the addition of all the "chores" I (don't want but have to) do for friends wanting "a good antivirus", "a fresh install" or "a good and free video converter". So the need arises to keep a tab on the windows world of freeware and shareware utilities.