Sid’s recommended software list 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007 4:03Posted in category General software
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This is the software I am currently using on Windows Vista, or I would be using if only a had it:
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
- Office Standard Student Edition 2007
- 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
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