Font Management Software for PC

Hi folks, I'm new to the adobe forums so excuse me if this question is redundant.  I was wondering if anyone here knows of something like font suitcase for windows that lets you activate and deactivate fonts but a less expensive/free version   Help is much appreciated!!

If you want a round-up of the many options for Windows, see this blog post I did when I was back at Adobe a couple of years ago. Some of the details of versions are going to be off, but for identifying the cheaper options and getting a few ideas of what they're like, it might be helpful:
http://blogs.adobe.com/typblography/2007/10/win_font_mgmt.html
Of course, now that I'm the product manager for font solutions at Extensis, I'd rather you bought our brand-new Suitcase Fusion 2 for Windows, which is pretty cool. 
Cheers,
T

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