====== Windows installation guide with must-have programs ======
Programs that belong on every windows PC i install.

A good starting point for easily finding and installing great applications is http://ninite.com/

===== Tools =====
  * Archiving: Winrar (7ZIP)
  * Remote control: RealVNC (TightVNC)
  * Desktop Layout: Icon Keeper
  * Multipage printing: Fineprint
  * Windows tweaking: tweakui
  * Drive imaging: Clonezilla (Acronis trueimage)
  * CD/DVD Burning: [[http://www.imgburn.com|imgburn]] (Nero)
  * CD Emulator: 
  * Multimonitor: [[http://dexpot.de/intro_de.html|dexpot]]
  * File manager: Total Commander (idoswin_free)
  * Directory size: [[http://windirstat.info/|windirstat]]
  * Cleanup: [[http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download|ccleaner]]
  * Taskbar clock: tclockex
  * Fan control: [[http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php|Speedfan]]
  * Ninite app pack installer: http://ninite.com/makeuseof
  * Launchy: http://www.launchy.net/

===== Security =====
  * Antivirus: Antivir (McAfee Enterprise)
  * Software updateing: [[http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/|Secunia PSI]]
  * [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx|Process monitor]]
  * [[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx|Autostarts]]: 
  * Drive encryption: Truecrypt

===== Applications =====
  * PDF creation: Adobe acrobat (FreePDF)
  * PDF viewer/editor: PDF-xchange-viewer
  * Image processing: Adobe photoshop (Gimp)
  * Office: OpenOffice (Microsoft Office 2003)

===== Internet =====
  * Browser: Firefox (Opera)
    * Download manager: downthemall
  * Mail client: Thunderbird
  * FTP: Filezilla
  * IP telephony: Skype
  * SSH: Putty

===== Multimedia =====
  * Image viewer: irfanview+xnview
  * Video playback: [[http://www.videolan.org/vlc/|vlc]] + media player classic
  * Video cutting: VideoRedo
  * Stream downloader: streamdown

===== Science =====
  * Universal editor: gvim
  * Binary file editor/decoder: 010 editor
  * Unix tools: cygwin
  * Math software: Maple (Mathematica)
  * Statistics: SPSS (R + Rcmdr)
  * TeX Editor: Gvim (MikTex)
  * Tex software: miktex





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