Windows installation guide with must-have programs

Programs that belong on every windows PC i install.

A good starting point for easily finding and installing great applications is http://ninite.com/

• Archiving: Winrar (7ZIP)
• Remote control: RealVNC (TightVNC)
• Desktop Layout: Icon Keeper
• Multipage printing: Fineprint
• Windows tweaking: tweakui
• Drive imaging: Clonezilla (Acronis trueimage)
• CD/DVD Burning: imgburn (Nero)
• CD Emulator:
• Multimonitor: dexpot
• File manager: Total Commander (idoswin_free)
• Directory size: windirstat
• Cleanup: ccleaner
• Taskbar clock: tclockex
• Fan control: Speedfan
• Ninite app pack installer: http://ninite.com/makeuseof
• Launchy: http://www.launchy.net/

• Antivirus: Antivir (McAfee Enterprise)
• Software updateing: Secunia PSI
• Process monitor
• Autostarts:
• Drive encryption: Truecrypt

• PDF creation: Adobe acrobat (FreePDF)
• PDF viewer/editor: PDF-xchange-viewer
• Image processing: Adobe photoshop (Gimp)
• Office: OpenOffice (Microsoft Office 2003)

• Browser: Firefox (Opera)
  • Download manager: downthemall
• Mail client: Thunderbird
• FTP: Filezilla
• IP telephony: Skype
• SSH: Putty

• Image viewer: irfanview+xnview
• Video playback: vlc + media player classic
• Video cutting: VideoRedo
• Stream downloader: streamdown

• Universal editor: gvim
• Binary file editor/decoder: 010 editor
• Unix tools: cygwin
• Math software: Maple (Mathematica)
• Statistics: SPSS (R + Rcmdr)
• TeX Editor: Gvim (MikTex)
• Tex software: miktex

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