How to install AVG Free Anti-Virus without LinkScanner

Installing AVG 8.0 Free Edition without the LinkScanner component can be accomplished using the following parameter with the install executable:

/REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch

Example of a complete command line:
c:\avg_free_stf_*.exe /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSurf /REMOVE_FEATURE fea_AVG_SafeSearch
(Of course, the location of the installer may be different than the above example.)

This can be run even after AVG 8.0 Free Edition has been installed. However, the virus definitions may need to be updated again after completing this.

Source:
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.faq.num-1241

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP

A helpful set of free utilities called Microsoft PowerToys <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx>. Today, the "Image Resizer" from this collection elimanted the need to install a full blown image editor to perform quick resizing of images before attaching them to an e-mail.