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 ====== Windows installation guide with must-have programs ======
-====== Tools ======
+Programs that belong on every windows PC i install.
-====== Applications ======
-====== Internet ======
+A good starting point for easily finding and installing great applications is http://ninite.com/
-====== Multimedia ======
-====== Science ======
+===== Tools =====
+  * 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: [[http://www.imgburn.com|imgburn]] (Nero)
+  * CD Emulator:
+  * Multimonitor: [[http://dexpot.de/intro_de.html|dexpot]]
+  * File manager: Total Commander (idoswin_free)
+  * Directory size: [[http://windirstat.info/|windirstat]]
+  * Cleanup: [[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download|ccleaner]]
+  * Taskbar clock: tclockex
+  * Fan control: [[http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php|Speedfan]]
+  * Ninite app pack installer: http://ninite.com/makeuseof
+  * Launchy: http://www.launchy.net/
+===== Security =====
+  * Antivirus: Antivir (McAfee Enterprise)
+  * Software updateing: [[http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/|Secunia PSI]]
+  * [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx|Process monitor]]
+  * [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx|Autostarts]]:
+  * Drive encryption: Truecrypt
+===== Applications =====
+  * PDF creation: Adobe acrobat (FreePDF)
+  * PDF viewer/editor: PDF-xchange-viewer
+  * Image processing: Adobe photoshop (Gimp)
+  * Office: OpenOffice (Microsoft Office 2003)
+===== Internet =====
+  * Browser: Firefox (Opera)
+    * Download manager: downthemall
+  * Mail client: Thunderbird
+  * FTP: Filezilla
+  * IP telephony: Skype
+  * SSH: Putty
+===== Multimedia =====
+  * Image viewer: irfanview+xnview
+  * Video playback: [[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/|vlc]] + media player classic
+  * Video cutting: VideoRedo
+  * Stream downloader: streamdown
+===== Science =====
+  * 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