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--- blog:windows_installation_guide_with_must-have_programs [2010-07-14 18:09] – brb
+++ blog:windows_installation_guide_with_must-have_programs [2012-11-03 19:56] (current) – [Tools] brb
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 ====== Windows installation guide with must-have programs ======
-====== Tools ======
+Programs that belong on every windows PC i install.
+A good starting point for easily finding and installing great applications is http://ninite.com/
+===== Tools =====
   * Archiving: Winrar (7ZIP)
   * Remote control: RealVNC (TightVNC)
-  * Drive encryption: Truecrypt
   * Desktop Layout: Icon Keeper
   * Multipage printing: Fineprint
   * Windows tweaking: tweakui
   * Drive imaging: Clonezilla (Acronis trueimage)
-  * CD/DVD Burning: imgburn (Nero)
+  * CD/DVD Burning: [[http://www.imgburn.com|imgburn]] (Nero)
   * CD Emulator:
-  * Antivirus: Antivir
+  * Multimonitor: [[http://dexpot.de/intro_de.html|dexpot]]
-  * Multimonitor: dexpot
-  * Drive usage: windirstat
   * 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/
-====== Applications ======
+===== 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
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   * Office: OpenOffice (Microsoft Office 2003)
-====== Internet ======
+===== Internet =====
   * Browser: Firefox (Opera)
     * Download manager: downthemall
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   * SSH: Putty
-====== Multimedia ======
+===== Multimedia =====
-  *
+  * Image viewer: irfanview+xnview
-====== Science ======
+  * 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