UPDATED 02/10/2017! 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: Screenshoter.Mail.Ru
Video editor: Avidemux
More advanced photo editing: GIMP
Vector graphics: Inkscape
SECURITY
Antivirus: Qihoo 360 Total Security
Malware Scanner: MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
Parental control: K9 Web Protection
Firewall: Comodo Firewall
INTERNET
Web browser: Firefox
Email client: Mozilla Thunderbird
Download manager: Free Download Manager
Cloud based note taking: Evernote
VOIP: Skype ili Viber
FTP client: Filezilla
Cloud storage: Cloud.Mail.ru i 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: Sumatra PDF
Advanced Uninstaler: Revo Uninstaler Free
YouTube Downloader: Flash Video Downloader plugin for Firefox
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: mRemoteNG
SFTP and 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
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Changelog
02-10-2017
- New category added – Windows 10 specific softver
- New software added for removal of Windows 10 bloatware given by clean Windows 10 install
- New software added for killing Microsoft spy services given by clean Windows 10 install
- Chat client removed (who else use chat clients on PC)
- Screenshot Captor replaced by a Screenshoter.Mail.Ru who have everything what is needed for screenshot creation and sharing without any excessive possibilities
- Trash named One Drive replaced by a Cloud.Mail.ru
- CCleaner removed because I thing it’s a unnecessary software (I have never use it and computer works great)
- Old and non-updated TrueCrypt is replaced (even it still doesn’t have any problem) with VeraCrypt
- Icecream Screen Recorder is replaced by 10 time better and easier ActivePresenter
05-01-2016
- VLC media player replaced by POT Player. POT Player works much better and faster on Windows than VLC.
15-05-2015
- Added Icecream Screen Recorder
- Foxit Reader who became to big, cluttered with many king of shitty bloatware like a Foxit Cloud is replaced by open source Sumatra PDF program
- Pidgin chat client replaced by own portable version because of better mobility
- File backup to cloud – added Cloud.mail.ru who works great
- Web browser – Chrome who became to heavy for system replaced by Firefox
- VirtualDub replaced by Avidemux
- Added almost perfect KeePass Password Safe for keeping of sensitive data
- Added cloud-based note taking program – Evernote
24-06-2015
- Fast Stone Capture replaced by Screnshot Captor who is little bi complicated by with million additional options
05-08-2015
- Added software for communication with mobile phone – PushBullet and software for remote PC access from phone – Unified Remote. Screamer Radio is removed because it’s not needed – everything is accessible from web browser and bookmark use
24-03-2016
- PuTTY is replaced by excellent and almost perfect mRemoteNG