Essential Software List Dec, 2011

Archivers: For handling .rar and .zip and other archive formats

• WinRAR or 7-Zip 

Multimedia Codecs: For support for multiple media formats

• K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

DVD-CD Tools: For burning optical dics and virtual disk mounting purposes

• CDBurnerXP
• Daemon Tools Lite

File Copying Alternatives: Replacements for Windows default copy handler

• Teracopy

 Web Browsers: Replacements for default, Microsoft Internet Explorer

• Google Chrome (32 or 64 bit); or
• Firefox (32 or 64 bit); or
• Waterfox (64bit only)

Download Managers: For accelerated downloads

• Orbit Download Manager or Flashget

Media Players: Replacements for Windows Media Player.

• VLC (for video playback)
• FooBar 2000 (for audio playback)

PC Optimization and Maintenance: Keeps your PC running fast!

• TuneUp Utilities
• CCleaner

PC Security: Your PC ain't gonna do much if its riddled with viruses and spyware.

• Microsoft Security Essesntials

PDF Readers:

• Foxit PDF Reader

Productivity:

• OpenOrg Office

Torrent Clients:

• uTorrent

 

Download - FileHippo.com

 

Thanks for reading!