Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)

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Post by pkrumins » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:13 PM UTC

Must-Have Windows Programs (or Windows Programs that I use)
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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:28 PM UTC

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Post by altano » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:43 PM UTC

I'll spare everyone the Outlook/OneNote and just list the possibly unusual:

  - VistaSwitcher (alt-tab replacement)
  - FeedDemon (most RSS is actually on iPhone with MobileRSS)
  - LastPass (Firefox plugin)
  - HandBrake (and complimentary Bulk Rename Utility)
  - Paint.Net (free image editor)
  - Windows Live Photo Gallery
  - Live Mesh
  - JungleDisk (backup to S3)

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Post by grannyg00se » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:45 PM UTC

Can anyone comment on the value of truecrypt encryption? If I set a 15 character password with random numbers/letters, how long would it take to decrypt the drive at minimum?

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Post by padmanabhan01 » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:51 PM UTC

must-haves for whom?

I can't think of any identifiable group of users for whom this list can be the list of must-haves..

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Post by joe_bleau » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:51 PM UTC

I've got a little windows utility called "open". If I'm in a dos box and want to open a windows explorer instance in the current directory, I just type "open .". It globs too, so if I'd like to view all the pdf files in the current directory, I can "open *.pdf". I use it all the time.

NTP has been ported to windows, and I run it on all my machines.

rsync, of course.

NSIS for building install programs. Maybe there's something better out there--I haven't looked in a while.

I'm still on the fence about dropbox...maybe.

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Post by solutionyogi » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 6:53 PM UTC

My list is rather small:

Beyond Compare - I have yet to find a comparison tool which is as versatile as Beyond Compare.

ClipX - It will change your life! :)

Vim - Can't live without it.

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Post by scorciapino » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 7:04 PM UTC

The only program one needs in Windows is putty, so to be able to connect to a REAL computer.

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Post by Goronmon » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 7:08 PM UTC

PrtScr - for screenshots is something I recently discovered. It's a neat little app.

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Post by sp332 » Fri, Feb 12, 2010, 7:11 PM UTC

FTP is dead and unsecure.

Is SFTP bad? I have problems with WinSCP using SCP all the time I don't have with the same app using SFTP.

Example, if you're wondering: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/scp-...