1:For security:Kaspersky Internet security
There are a lot of quality free Antivirus software out there, but this has been one area where I am not willing to take risk by opting for a free alternative. I’ve had bad experience using some of the free alternatives and even some of the paid ones such as Norton gave me a lot of trouble.
Kaspersky takes the least amount of memory and CPU and also does the best job when finding/detecting viruses. No wonder its rated in the top in almost all the Antivirus reviews.
Kaspersky Internet security has a lot of options which enables the user to use it efficiently and Internet security also includes the features of kaspersky antivirus.
2:Web browser:Mozilla FireFox (Too obvious)
Well its a much talked about issue and i prefer FireFox because of many many reasons like security,crash handling,freeware,tonnes of very productive plugins etc.Downloading link for FireFox is also provided on the top of Google custom search box in this page.
3:Compression:Winrar
This is a shareware application, but I do have a registered copy of WinRar and its way better than WinZip. Especially while handling the CAB or the JAR files I find WinRar very useful. 7Zip is a free alternative if you don’t want to shell out money for WinRar.
4:Download manager :Internet download manager:
When it comes to download managers, you again have a lot of options like orbit,free DM etc.. I have tried most of them and have finally settled on Internet Download Manager. It has the nice user interface and does not run any Ads.
5:Feed manager :Feed demon:
I hate web based RSS readers, they are slow and UI is sluggish compared to the desktop based readers. Of the desktop based readers, I love Feed Demon for its simple yet powerful user interface and the synchronization feature.What more, its free and a must have if you don’t like Google Reader.For web based applications i prefer Google reader.
6:Media player:Vlc
This is mostly because i hate the inbuilt Windows Media Player.I end up seeing the “codec” error almost every time I play a video.
This is when VLC Media Player comes to my rescue.It’s a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, etc) as well as DVDs, VCD’s, and various streaming (RTSP) protocols.List of VLC media player keyboard short cuts.
7:IM client :Gtalk:
Google Talk is the only IM client that I use.Yes I’m done with Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.Google Talk is light on memory and has almost all the features I need from a IM client; presence, auto save chat history, sharing files etc. And I love the way it delivers IM even though I have logged in from more than one location.
8:Cleaner :CCleaner:
This application might not be required as soon as you re-install the OS, but does come in handy over the period of time. The default “Disk cleanup” feature in Windows does almost nothing compared to CCleaner And yes it does the cleanup work pretty fast too.It also cleans the registry and fixes the errors very fast.
9:Text editor:TextPad:
TextPad saves you the pain of installing an editor for every other file format.Want to open a CSS file, PHP file, HTML file, a properties file or even a file with no extension, TextPad comes in handy.You can also try equally weighted applications for this like Notepad++ and PSPad which are also nice.
10:Torrent client :µTorrent:
If you download a lot of stuff from torrent a lightweight Bit Torrent client is a must.Even though I don’t download much data from Torrent sites, I have used µTorrent a couple of times.The install size is pretty small and even the memory usage is pretty low compared to the other BitTorrent clients.
11:PDF reader:PDF xchange viewer:
There are so many freeware are available for viewing PDF files but i prefer PDF xchange viewer.This small utility is very quick to respond,allows you to edit,mark,copy etc content.You can put stiky notes and it also remembers the last page when the files was closed.I use its portable version which is just a exe file and you just associate it with pdf files.No need to install and all that.
12:FTP client:Filezilla:
There are a lot of quality FTP clients for windows and I have settled on FileZilla for its simplicity. You have a site manager feature, if you do connect to a lot of different FTP servers and transferring of files between the server and client is damn easy (Even drag and drop onto the server is supported).
13:SFTP and SCP client:WinSCP:
WinSCP is a free SFTP and SCP client for Windows. Unlike FTP clients, there aren’t many quality clients out there supporting SCP on Windows. When I edit any of the files on my server I always do it via WinSCP. Editing a file on the server opens the same on a SCP editor and a save on the file automatically puts back the file on the server.
WinSCP also has come in handy for me to transfer files between my iPhone and the PC.The good thing about WinSCP is that it does come with a standalone version which can be copied and run from your USB drive.
14:Blog editor:Windows live writer:
Almost every blog writer has fell in love with this Microsoft product.Live Writer simplifies the task of writing and publishing posts.
15:File copy application:Tera copy:
Oh ! This is a awesome tool for windows user for copying files or transferring data in system.It replaces the default windows file copy system and copies the files very very fast and without over burdening the CPU.Its a very small application and it uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times and asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives.It even allows you to pause and resume the file transfer.
This is my list what about yours?If you feel that your list is different then let me know by writing comments and if you like the post then feel free to stumble or digg it.
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