Desktop
Selection of free desktop applications for Microsoft Windows.
LibreOffice
Free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, composed of Writer (equivalent to Word), Calc (equivalent to Excel), Impress (equivalent to PowerPoint). This suite can read and edit files created with Microsoft Office. It has a PDF export feature.
Sumatra PDF
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html
Light PDF reader. It is an alternative to Acrobat Reader.
PDF Creator
http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator
Creates a virtual printer to convert a document to PDF via printing.
Grisbi
Personal accounting software.
GCstar
http://wiki.gcstar.org/en/install_windows
Collections management software (books, CDs, DVDs, etc). Has a feature to import information from specialized websites. Manages loans.