Software Must Haves

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

Hey guys, im looking for some must haves with regards to software to improve the PC experience that you guys could recommend and why, examples for me -

malwarebytes is a must have but it must be original and fully activated.
HWInfo Portable is a must have.
GetStation/Station is a must have.

Im now looking for something that can keep my pc drivers up-to-date any recommendations? - or any other tools u use day to day that you recommend to make your lives easier with regards to ur pc?

mradovan · Jul 17, 2019

My vote goes to SDI (https://sdi-tool.org/)

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

Keeping drivers up to date is a FAR FAR less important task than some software makers would like you to believe.

Things that change frequently like graphics drivers or peripheral drivers will tell you to update them. And anything else is pretty much set and forget.

K-Lite Mega codec pack I find pretty essential though. Unless you use one of the various players which don't need codec packs as they're just blatantly distributing them as part of their own package against the wishes of the creators of those codecs (like KMPlayer) (VLC however also doesn't need codecs and isn't stepping on anyone's toes).

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

SCHUMI4EVER said:
Keeping drivers up to date is a FAR FAR less important task than some software makers would like you to believe.

Things that change frequently like graphics drivers or peripheral drivers will tell you to update them. And anything else is pretty much set and forget.

K-Lite Mega codec pack I find pretty essential though. Unless you use one of the various players which don't need codec packs as they're just blatantly distributing them as part of their own package against the wishes of the creators of those codecs (like KMPlayer).

Agreed i just fresh installed windows, and my plan is to try keep it "junk" free like when u install something then uninstall it, files remain - i would like to find programs that could solve this issue trying to keep my pc less cluttered and remove redundant stuff

crackOlicious · Jul 17, 2019

I find that the more software you put on the worse for performance....

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Spaffy · Jul 17, 2019

wateva said:
i would to find programs that could solve this issue trying to keep my pc less cluttered and remove redundant stuff

I use CCleaner.

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

wateva said:
Agreed i just fresh installed windows, and my plan is to try keep it "junk" free like when u install something then uninstall it, files remain - i would to find programs that could solve this issue trying to keep my pc less cluttered and remove redundant stuff

CCleaner
Just be careful it's stupid powerful so should pretty much be left on default.

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

crack2483 said:
I find that the more software you put on the worse for performance....

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Agreed, thats the unfortunate side of it, but thats why i would like people to mention what they use every day to improve their PC experience and why they use it as it helps others find software they didn know about and might also be interested in using

Erohann · Jul 17, 2019

After every format I always first pop over to ninite

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

Erohann said:
After every format I always first pop over to ninite

This looks pretty cool i didn know this existed

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

Paint.NET if you wanna edit images.

Qui_Illustrati · Jul 17, 2019

Pi-Hole
Sophos UTM

Nickslayer · Jul 17, 2019

wateva said:
Agreed i just fresh installed windows, and my plan is to try keep it "junk" free like when u install something then uninstall it, files remain - i would like to find programs that could solve this issue trying to keep my pc less cluttered and remove redundant stuff

Try Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once Which is free
Install and Update All Your Free Programs at Once. This is great for reinstalled windows. You choose in a list what programs you want and then ninite (as a small standalone installation executable) downloads the latest version and installs it (Skips bloatware, adware etc).

Some of the software you can choose from include
Chrome
Firefox
Malwarebytes
Avast
OpenOffice
VLC
K-Lite Codecs
Spotify
HandBrake (small program that Convert Videos)
iTunes
GIMP (Photo editor)
Steam
Google Earth
Dropbox
TeamViewer 14
ImgBurn
RealVNC
TeraCopy
Revo Uninstaller
WinDirStat (Directory Statistics)
Discord

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

Process Explorer because sometimes Task Manager is just too barebones.

Process Explorer - Sysinternals

Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more.

docs.microsoft.com

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

This one not to so much for fresh installs but systems that have been accumulating data for a while and the drive is getting a little on the morbidly obese side of full.

WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics

windirstat.net

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

Qui_Illustrati said:
Pi-Hole
Sophos UTM

The Pi-Hole sounds awesome how do u encorporate it with windows though ?

Qui_Illustrati · Jul 17, 2019

wateva said:
The Pi-Hole sounds awesome how do u encorporate it with windows though ?

It's network-wide - so any device that's on the network

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

Qui_Illustrati said:
It's network-wide - so any device that's on the network

Thats so awesome!

Nickslayer · Jul 17, 2019

This is a great thread its about time I update my list.

Ninja Sandwich · Jul 17, 2019

Lightshot print screen - It's not essential, but it is nice to have, replacement for built in Windows screenshot, cool thing is it allows you to directly upload your screenshot and get a link. I find it very helpful. Give it a try ^^,

Lightshot

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

DoringRosie said:
Lightshot print screen - It's not essential, but it is nice to have, replacement for built in Windows screenshot, cool thing is it allows you to directly upload your screenshot and get a link. I find it very helpful. Give it a try ^^,

Lightshot

So many applications like this. The one I was using was Greenshot, and before that Gadwin PrintScreen and before that Wisdomsoft Screenhunter.
Gotta say though none of them feature direct upload.

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

By the way I said Paint.NET earlier but if you really need some real image editing juice then there's GIMP.

GIMP

GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program: The Free and Open Source Image Editor

www.gimp.org

If just wanna crop and resize, maybe do some other minor touching up then I use Paint.NET.
But if I want to do some indepth stuff covering multiple layers, like possibly editing or creating a gif, then I switch over to GIMP.

ahcii · Jul 17, 2019

SCHUMI4EVER said:
So many applications like this. The one I was using was Greenshot, and before that Gadwin PrintScreen and before that Wisdomsoft Screenhunter.
Gotta say though none of them feature direct upload.

Was gonna add Greenshot. Discovered it the other day and it's changed the game. Lightshot any better?

Hydnon · Jul 17, 2019

XYplorer is just so much better than File Explorer.

Hard Disk Sentinel gives me peace of mind.

PowerArchiver to extract almost anything

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

Hydnon said:
PowerArchiver to extract almost anything

I still prefer good old 7zip. Granted there's some stuff it can't handle, like .arc, but 99% of the time it gets the job done.

aminfri · Jul 17, 2019

Potplayer+Lav+Mad+Bluesky

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

Oh and if you frequently copy files around let's not forget good old Teracopy. Absolutely ESSENTIAL in the XP days. Now less so but despite massive improvements by MS it's still so much better to use when copying/moving a large bunch of files.

TeraCopy for Windows - Code Sector

Official site of TeraCopy, a free utility designed to copy files faster and more secure. It can verify copied files to ensure they are identical. It skips bad files during copy, not terminating the entire transfer. Seamless integration with Windows Explorer.

www.codesector.com

SCHUMI4EVER · Jul 17, 2019

aminfri said:
Potplayer+Lav+Mad+Bluesky

Plus and Plus and Plus...Bah.

Why get 3 things separately when you can just get K-Lite Mega which has MPC, LAV and MadVR built, including a bunch of other stuff.

x3llo · Jul 17, 2019

aminfri said:
Potplayer+Lav+Mad+Bluesky

i cant find any of that

aminfri · Jul 17, 2019

Lav Megamix is the same

(Pot/MPC+Lav+Mad)

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