Best free software for Windows | Recommendation from System Administrator 2019
UPDATED 16/06/2019! The list of free Windows programs I recommend to everyone is actually some kind of an internal reminder: Which free software you can install on a newly installed Windows? It happens sometimes, that I just miss some program and I miss my phone (I have a list of default programs on my phone as a reminder, because I’m a hardbreak-geek-digitizer 🙂 so it’s good to have something like this on the blog, and it will help someone who is not informed about what to use – and to be good software.
On the list are only programs that I’ve worked with for a long time and it’s proven rom my side – they are excellent, both to mine and on users computers where I installed them so that they are in fact the best free programs for me and which I recommend to everyone – it’s nor some official list…it’s list exclusively based by mine and later other users experience.
MULTIMEDIA
Video Player: POT Player
Audio Player: AIMP Player
Picture Viewer: Fast Stone Image Viewer
Screen capture tool: PicPick
Video editor: Avidemux
More advanced photo editing: GIMP
Vector graphics: Inkscape
SECURITY
Antivirus: Qihoo 360 Total Security
Malware Scanner: MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Firewall: Comodo Firewall
INTERNET
Web browser: Firefox
Email client: Mozilla Thunderbird
Download manager: Free Download Manager
Cloud based note taking: Evernote
VOIP: Zoom, Skype and Viber
Cloud storage: Yandex.Disk
BitTorent client: qBittorrent
SYSTEM TOOLS
Registry Cleaner: Wise Registry Cleaner Portable
Data encryption and security: VeraCrypt
File recovery: Recuva
DVD emulator: Virtual Clone Drive
Process monitoring: Process Explorer
Partition management: EASEUS Partition Master (Home Edition)
System imaging: CloneZilla (and TuxBoot for installation on USB flash)
OTHER TOOLS
File Achiever: 7-zip
Password and confidential data keeping: KeePass Password Safe
CD/DVD Burner: CDBurner XP
Office software: LibreOffice
PDF reader: Foxit Reader
Advanced Uninstaler: Revo Uninstaler Free
Disk usage statistics: WinDirStat
Screen recording: ActivePresenter
Startup and scheduled process monitoring for Windows: Autoruns
Mass photo editing: Fast Stone Image Resizer
PDF creator: PDF Creator
Telnet/SSH client: WinSSHTerm
(S)FTP client: WinSCP
VPN client: OpenVPN client
Text editor: Notepad++
Remote desktop: TightVNC
All-In-One Web server: WAMP
Virtual machines: VirtualBox
Optionally: Java, Flash Player
Phone-on-PC monitoring: Pushbullet
Controling of PC from phone: Unified Remote
Windows 10 specific software
Windows 10 bloatware remover: 10AppsManager
Windows 10 spyware remover: O&O ShutUp10
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This list is live list and I’ll change from time-to-time when I find some better programs that are not on this list. As I said, the list is quite useful for a clean installation of an operating system where in one place you have everything you need and enough to download