Software

Windows environment

August 18, 2014

This is my current baseline setup for Windows 7. It does not include the drivers and the stuff I need in specific circumstances.

Enhancement

  • Archivator 7z over zip

  • Codecs K-Lite Codec Pack over built-in

  • Video Player Media Player Classic (from K-Lite Codec Pack) over Media Player

  • Audio Player AIMP over Media Player

  • Image Viewer FastStone Image Viewer over built-in

  • Screenshot capture Greenshot over PrtSc key.

  • Optical disk burning ImgBurn over built-in

  • Web Browser Firefox over Internet Explorer

  • Text files editing Notepad++ over Notepad

  • Images editing Paint.NET over Paint

  • Copying files Tera Copy over built-in

  • Viewing running processes Process Explorer from Sysinternals Suite

New features

  • Virtual Disk Drive Daemon Tools

  • Anti-virus Microsoft Security Essentials (separate install)

  • Voice and chat Skype

  • Downloading through Torrent networks uTorrent

  • Reading .djvu files WinDjView

  • Reading .pdf files Foxit PDF Reader

  • Support for .swf files Adobe Shockwave Player

  • City map and companies database 2GIS

  • Cloud storage Dropbox Яндекс.Диск

  • Games library Steam

Creation tools

  • 2D Graphics, Video and Audio editing Adobe Creative Suite 6

  • Support for .cdr format (and more convenient Bezier curves) Corel X6

  • Support for .doc, .ppt and .xls formats MS Office 2010

Tools

  • Autorun checking Autoruns from Sysinternals Suite

  • Current disk and registry activity checking Procmon from Sysinternals Suite

  • OS overrides checking HijackThis

  • One-off antivirus and OS overrides checking AVZ

  • Removing locks from files Unlocker

  • To see what takes too much disk space WinDirStat

  • Check system specs PC Wizard

  • Uninstall programs together with their leftover files and registry entries Revo Uninstaller