Sugata

This is the software I am currently using on Windows Vista, or I would be using if only a had it:

means free software.

Basic software

• Microsoft Office 2007
  • Office Standard Student Edition 2007
    Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
  • Office Access 2007
    A simple database application
  • Office OneNote 2007
    For managing all the documents
  • Office Visio 2007
    For creating diagrams
  • MOBackup
    For making *complete* Outlook backups
  • Jeyo Mobile Extender
    To automatically import pocket pc’s SMS into Outlook
  • VisiooWriter
    OpenOffice / StarOffice viewer
• Microsoft Money 2007 Home & Business
  Money manager
• Microsoft Office Live Meeting
  For Microsoft Webcasts
• OziExplorer
  An horrible GIS application
• DebugMode Wink
  Video screen capture
• KeePass password safe
  Password manager

If you are a developer…

• Microsoft Visual Studio 6 + MSDN
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 + MSDN
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005
• BlueJ
  For developing
• Bullseye Color Picker
  Tool usefull when developing
• Hex Workshop
  Low-editing your files
• Process Explorer
  Task manager replacement
• Ethereal + WinPCap
  For sniffing network packets
• Acronis Disk director suite
  Utilities to low-manage your hard disks
• Adobe Web Premium CS3
  For web developing

Audio

• Goldwave
  For audio editing
• Tag & rename
  For tagging mp3s
• Winamp
  To listen to music
• iTunes
  To listen and organize music

Video

• Canopus ProCoder
  To encode videos
• Adobe Premiere CS3 / Canopus Edius Pro (only winxp)
  For making videos
• K-Lite codec pack
  Video codec pack
• VideoLAN
  Video player

Photo

• Adobe PhotoShop Elements
  Photo manager
• AcrSoft Panorama Maker
  Create panoramas from your photos

System

• TrueCrypt
  To encrypt volumes
• TOR + Vidalia
  For Internet privacy
• SeaGate SeaTools for Windows
  To check hard disks
• Nero
  For burning CDs
• VMWare Workstation
  To manage virtual machines
• Daemon Tools + awxDTools
  To mount CD images
• Windows Mobile Device Center
  To synchronize your pocket PC
• Kaspersky Antivirus
  Antivirus
• Notepad++
  Notepad replacement
• WinRAR
  To compress files
• PowerToys (…)
• Acronis True Image Workstation
  Hard disk image, like Norton Ghost but better
• GetDataBack
  Hard disk recover application – the best one
• Unlocker
  Kills handles to files
• WinImage
  .img .iso reader/writer

Internet

• VoipCheap
  For making calls without paying
• Live Messenger + Live Messenger Plus!
  For chatting
• Live Writer
  For blogging
• Google Earth
• NO-IP DUC
  Dynamic DNS manager
• UltraVNC
  Remote desktop
• Smart FTP
  FTP client, free for personal use only
• Mass Downloader
  Download manager
• Mozilla Firefox with these extensions:
  • Flash player
  • Broadband Speed Test and Diagnostics
    Test speed of your broadband connections and provide troubleshooting
  • ColorZilla
    Advanced utilities for colors
  • FFClickOnce
    Let’s you run ClickOnce applications from Firefox
  • FireBug
    Web Development Evolved
  • SeoQuake (experimenting)
    Display the Google PageRank and other things
  • IE Tab
    Let’s you run Internet Explorer inside a Firefox tab
  • Location Navigator
    Let’s you change the address automatically
  • MediaPlayerConnectivity
    Let’s you open media outside Firefox and more quickly
  • Snap Links
    Let’s you open a range of links selecting them with the mouse
  • SpiderZilla
    Website copier
  • StumbleUpon
    Social networking
  • View Source Chart
    Shows you the source of the webpage more formatted
  • Web Developer
    Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools