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| + | *[http://virtuawin.sourceforge.net/ VirtuaWin] - Allows you to use multiple virtual desktops | ||
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Revision as of 19:18, 29 January 2014
Contents
- 1 Video Players
- 2 Audio Players
- 3 PDF Readers
- 4 Image Viewer
- 5 Image Editor
- 6 Video Encoder
- 7 Audio Editor
- 8 Office Suite
- 9 Text Editor
- 10 Hex Editor
- 11 Archiving
- 12 Encryption
- 13 Disk Burning
- 14 Virtual CD/DVD Drive
- 15 Anti-Virus/Malware
- 16 Firewall
- 17 Defragmenter
- 18 Cleaner
- 19 File Recovery
- 20 Computer Specs
- 21 Virtual Machine
- 22 Virtual Desktop Manager
Video Players
- MPC-HC - open-source; with the madVR renderer for GPU rendering and more features (download here)
- PotPlayer - open-source, supports madVR and H.265 playback. A fork of KMPlayer. (Download here)
Audio Players
- foobar2000 - freeware; lightweight and customizable
- MusicBee - freeware; customizable and powerful
- MediaMonkey - freemium; powerful media player with a great database
PDF Readers
- SumatraPDF - free and open source document reader
Image Viewer
Image Editor
- GIMP - A popular Photoshop alternative - as good as it tries to be; known to be buggy
- Paint.NET - Started as a MS Paint alternative, now integrates plenty of features such as layers and effects
Video Encoder
H.264&Others
- HandBrake - Very basic
- MeGUI - Supports Hi10P encoding
- StaxRip - Supports fairly advanced audio encoding, batch processing
H.265
- x265 - Pre-alpha x265 builds
Audio Editor
Office Suite
Text Editor
Hex Editor
Archiving
Encryption
Disk Burning
- ImgBurn
- BurnAware - free and non-free version
- CDBurnerXP - free, download the version without botnet (OpenCandy) here
Virtual CD/DVD Drive
Anti-Virus/Malware
- Mircosoft Security Essentials
- MalwareBytes
- Nod32 (non-free)
- Avast - free version available
Firewall
- Windows Default
- Your Router's Firewall
- Tinywall - interesting wrapper for the Windows firewall
- Comodo Firewall
- ZoneAlarm
Defragmenter
Cleaner
- CCleaner - Clears the bloat left by the apps, from cookies to uninstalleed apps remains
- CCEnhancer - CCleaner additions
- Revo Uninstaller
File Recovery
Computer Specs
Virtual Machine
- VMWare (non-free)
- VirtualBox
Virtual Desktop Manager
- VirtuaWin - Allows you to use multiple virtual desktops
