Sunday, August 17, 2014

Windows 7 Desktop - Important Software

Assalamu'alaikum,

I would like share my list of useful software which I feel "can't leave without it" for my windows 7 laptop.

Every time I got a new laptop I need to install these software to ensure that I can work smoothly as I normally do. And when I borrowing somebodies machine, I will miss most of them very much.

They are really helpful in day to day activities on the laptop and best of all, they are all free!'

Here they are:

--------- Desktop Tools
  • CLCL - Clipboard multi copy and paste (http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html)
  • Autohot key - Powerful automation and scripting for windows gui (http://www.autohotkey.com/)
  • Magic Disc - Mount ISOs as Virtual Drives and access the content normally (http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm)
  • 7zip - Compress / uncompress, zip, gz, tar, rar etc (http://www.7-zip.org/)
  • Strokeplus - Mouse gesture command, why you are too lazy to reach keyboard to press enter or to type certain keys (http://www.strokesplus.com/)
--------- File / Disk Management
  • Backup Script / robocopy - Utilzing windows robocopy internal program to copy only updated files to external hard drive. 
  • WinDirStat - Display disk mapping based on file / folder size (https://windirstat.info/)
--------- Graphics

  • GIMP- Open source image edition with lots of features, something like photoshop (http://www.gimp.org/)
  • InkScape - Open source vector graphic editing (http://www.inkscape.org/en/)
  • Picasa - Manage my photos and for minor corrections (http://picasa.google.com/)
  • Blender - 3D drawing and animation creator (http://www.blender.org/)

---------- Multi Media

  • Camstudio - screen movement capturing as movie (http://camstudio.org/)
  • VLC - VideoLan Media player with lots of features (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html)

-------- Audio Processing

  • mp3cutter - Cut MP3 file (http://www.asoftwareplus.com/mp3-cutter.html)
  • kid3 - Update the meta information for MP3 files (http://kid3.sourceforge.net/)
  • Audacity - Powerful audio mixer (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
--------- Note taking /  Editor

  • Evernote - Note taking, multi platform cloud sync (https://evernote.com/)
  • Google Keep - Quicklist multi platfrom with cloud sync (https://keep.google.com/)
  • Xmind - Mind mapping program (http://www.xmind.net/)
  • GloboNote - Very good 'post-it-notes' for desktop only. If sync to cloud not a required feature, this is the best choice. (http://globonote.info/)


--------- Others

  • Skype - Commnunication, text chatting, Voip, Video (http://www.skype.com/en/)
  • Virtual box - To run Virtual Machines on the laptop (https://www.virtualbox.org/)

-------- Drivers

  • Printer / Scanner Drivers - Home printers, office printers
  • Bamboo Dock - My drawing tab
Let me know what are your favorite software tools, I may wan't to add them into my list too. :)
May God help us to perform our tasks at our best and merit them as goodness.

Thank you.

::ahmadzuhairi
2014-0817 (201433 Sun) 22:29:42 MYT-8