Designed to strengthen the security of Windows without additional spending from the budget. Of course, most consumers don't associate Microsoft with antivirus solutions, but it was only a matter of time before the company took another step forward in integrating antivirus capabilities into the Windows operating system.
The program itself is relatively "light" and performs simple antivirus tasks such as a quick system scan, a full scan (which is best run at night) or an optional scan depending on the user's choice. Like most antivirus solutions, MSE updates itself in the background. But you can also perform a manual update by pressing a key.
Other features include a history section where you can view a list of quarantined programs and trusted applications, as well as an options section where you can set up scheduled system scans, manage real-time antivirus protection, or tell MSE to create system restore points daily.
But best of all, this program is free for a licensed Windows installation.
Microsoft Live Essentials
Here is another very useful program from Microsoft: Live Essentials (MLE). In fact, we even have a whole set of applications: Live Call, Live Family Safety, Live Mail, Live Messenger, Live Movie Maker, Live Photo Gallery, Live Sync and Live Writer.
In addition, the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, Office Live Add-In, Bing Toolbar, and Silverlight (Microsoft's answer to Flash) are also considered part of Windows Live Essentials, although they are separate downloads.
The good news is that everything in the MLE kit is free. But, as with Security Essentials, you will need a licensed version of Windows to download and install the package.
Here is a brief description of the utilities: Live Call provides support for VoIP via Messenger and the Telefonica Voype service. The name of the Live Family Safety utility speaks for itself; it blocks dubious content for children and teenagers. Windows Live Mail simply replaces Outlook Express, while also serving as an RSS reader. Live Movie Maker has improved significantly since Windows XP, and Windows Live Writer is a utility for bloggers that can work with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint, Blogger, WordPress and other networks.
Daemon Tools
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Here is another utility that is required for every Windows user: Daemon Tools. Of course, we admit that at first glance, this application appears to promote piracy. After all, the program can mount virtual optical disks from images - a popular mechanism for distributing pirated programs and games.
However, let's not forget that the virtual drive function is very helpful if you decide to transfer your CD or DVD collection to your hard drive, or if for some reason the original discs are not readable in the drive. In this regard, Daemon Tools is an excellent disk backup solution, since you can store images on external HDDs or USB drives for later mounting.
“The virtual disk has much better access speed than the physical disk in the corresponding physical drive, since the read speed of the virtual CD/DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray-ROM is up to 50x faster compared to a conventional drive,” says the developer. As indicated, the Daemon Tools utility can already backup Blu-ray discs, and it can work with images created by other programs and supports a large number of formats.
The Lite version is free to download and use, although it has very limited options compared to the Pro Standard and Pro Advanced versions - the latter has all the available features, including the ability to install up to 32 virtual SCSI drives and four virtual IDE drives.
HandBrake
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HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed multi-threaded video transcoder that converts DVD images to other formats. The utility will be useful if you want to convert your favorite movies into formats more suitable for iPhone, iPod Touch or other players; or you just want to get a convenient MP4 and MKV movie format.
The downside to the free utility is that it can't capture VOB files from encrypted DVDs - you'll have to extract those files to your hard drive first to then convert - hopefully you're backing up the movies you've purchased. Apart from this only drawback, the HandBrake utility can be considered very useful for the conversion process.
Since the release of the initial version, a lot has changed - the latest build removes various settings that were present before: PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Film, Animation and Television. Instead of this set of often confusing settings, you now get one profile with high quality High Profile with automatic filtering and all the benefits of H.264.
"This profile should work for PS3 and Xbox 360, although we make no promises," the developers say. Support for AVI, OGG/OGM and Xvid has disappeared. As the developers point out, the HandBrake utility is aimed at video in H.264 format.
CCleaner
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utility CCleaner can be called the best tool for cleaning Windows, but at the same time it is not best suited for beginners, since the utility works with the OS registry. Still, users should understand what CCleaner does before making changes that could cause serious problems under Windows 7.
Overall, CCleaner is a pretty powerful package with a lot of options, including removing unused and old registry entries, clearing browser history and cache, deleting temporary files, and so on. The program works quickly, and there are no spyware or advertising “bookmarks” in it, so this utility is perfect for experienced Windows 7 users.
GIMP
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GIMP You might call it the poor man's (or perhaps the smart man's) version of Photoshop, but it's a powerful free graphics package. While Microsoft has done a pretty good job updating the native Paint program for Windows 7, it doesn't come close to matching GIMP in terms of available features.
GIMP can manipulate images through toolbars that are very reminiscent of Photoshop. Among them are Airbrush Tool, Select by Color Tool, Sheer Tool and so on. The program even supports multiple layers for rendering different effects. A very useful feature if you need to combine or edit many images in one go.
Want to eliminate the barrel effect of your camera lens? There is a special function for this. Want to adjust the perspective of a photo? And there is a function for this. GIMP even supports a variety of devices by default, including tablets. Best of all, you don't have to spend a lot of money on a powerful image processing package.
7-Zip
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7-Zip is an open source archiver with a high degree of file compression. It can compress/decompress into 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR formats. As for decompression, 7-Zip is compatible with ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z archives.
The utility covers almost all compression formats, but it is still not perfect: 7-Zip decompresses a single ZIP file without any problems, but difficulties may arise when working with multi-volume ZIP archives. However, this is quite tolerable, given the program’s versatility and open source code.
The 7-Zip archiver can be used on any computer, including PCs within organizations. It will be an excellent alternative to applications such as WinZip, which does not support multithreading at all, and WinRAR.
Fences
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Fences is a very nice utility that allows Windows 7 users to organize their desktop and even hide all icons with a simple double click.
Of course, it would be a good idea to free the desktop of all unnecessary icons. But if you can't live without icons filling your screen, then Fences comes in handy for grouping icons by function without making them look out of place.
Essentially, Fences creates virtual areas on the desktop - like mini-windows that use a title bar and scroll bars as needed. You just need to drag the desired icon into the appropriate “fence” - it will remain there until you delete the icon manually.
You can customize the “fences” to your liking, change their level of transparency, brightness, shades and saturation. You can add outlines to the fences, and you can also hide scroll bars when they are not needed.
As we mentioned above, an additional feature allows you to clear your desktop of icons and fences with a simple double-click. Double-click on a free area of the desktop again - and the icons and “fences” will return.
VLC Media Player
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VLC Media Player- cross-platform multimedia player and open source server. This free utility can handle all your content playback needs, from DVDs to (S)VCDs, Audio CDs, web streams, TV tuners, corrupted media files, archives and so on.
The nice thing about this utility is that you don’t have to install a separate set of codecs - everything is already present in the player, which supports the popular formats DivX, Xvid, 3ivX, DV and many others.
The main interface is compact and simple, but you can install skins to change the appearance, with options ranging from an iPod Touch clone to an interface reminiscent of the Nintendo Wii. Want to stream video to other devices? VLC can do this too, working as a server for broadcasting unicast or multicast streams over IPv4 or IPv6 protocols on networks with sufficient bandwidth.
Best of all, the program does not contain spyware or advertising bookmarks, and it does not track user actions.
OpenOffice
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Need an alternative to Microsoft Office? Oracle offers a free and open source solution called
Still, I finally decided to write this long-awaited article by many readers. As you understand from its name, we will talk below about the best free computer programs, without which I personally cannot imagine my digital life, which have been installed on all my computers for many years and which have never let me down.
There will be few pictures and a lot of different links, but I hope that all of them will be useful to you, so, as they say, don’t switch...
I want to say right away that absolutely all programs described on the website(there are hundreds of them) I like them and I tested (tested) them all personally - this is the main principle of the site.
Table of contents:
Health when working at a computer
I'm giving away first place for free computer program f.lux, which helps me maintain my vision for many years when working at the monitor during long evenings and nights. I can’t even imagine what would have happened to my eyes without her help. It eliminates the welding effect from the night screen - it automatically adjusts the color temperature of the monitor (not to be confused with brightness).
This indispensable program works wonderfully in all versions of the operating system, up to Windows 10.
There are also excellent alternatives - also free programs SunsetScreen and (the second one is generally a “bomb”).
Read also on the website:
You will find several more and no less useful computer programs for maintaining health when working at a computer in the corresponding section of the site "Health and computer"- I kindly ask you to pay attention to them.
Computer security
Virus security now provides my computer completely free antivirus 360 Total Security, which is equipped with five (!) protection algorithms. In addition, it has an excellent digital garbage cleaner and a system optimizer built into it - an original solution from the manufacturers, I should note.
I would like to draw your attention to the fact that with proper fine-tuning, any antivirus can become the best for you. For example, for a long time I used the services of the paid ESET Nod32 and the free Avast! Free Antivirus - both of them saved me many times from the invasion of malware.
I can’t keep silent about the free anti-virus scanner Dr.Web CureIt, which I used to bring hundreds of my friends’ and acquaintances’ computers back to life.
I advise you not to forget and about a good firewall(firewall) - it also plays a huge role in ensuring the security of your operating system.
You will find descriptions of other free and effective means of protecting your computer from viruses in the “Security” section of the site.
Programs to speed up your computer
There will be several winners in this category...
Let's start by speeding up the computer startup. Here my leader will be AnVir Task Manager - a powerful manager of tasks, processes, startup, services, a detector and destroyer of viruses, as well as spyware. It was thanks to this magical program (and a couple more tricks) that I was able to speed up computer startup in up to 9.2 seconds- this is my personal record at this point in time (with Windows 7).
There is a section on the site in which I came across many useful articles on this topic.
How can a computer speed up without periodically cleaning it from digital garbage (logs, “tails” of once deleted programs, etc.). Here my reliable and trusted assistant is the legendary “cleaner” CCleaner. This is the longest-running program on my computers - I’ve been using it since the very beginning of my computer life.
Besides her there is a whole bunch of great “cleaners”, but CCleaner is my favorite.
After cleaning the system, let's optimize its operation - I consider the Advanced SystemCare program to be the leader in this matter. This is a whole combine that has collected a bunch of useful tweaks and utilities under its roof.
A very convenient and understandable program. It can fully automatically optimize the operation of your computer. There is also a manual mode - you yourself specify what and where to improve in the system.
Described on the site and other great optimizers, for example ToolWiz Care.
I continue to list the best free computer programs that I have been using for many years...
Programs for convenient computer work
There are also a couple of leaders in the nomination...
The most amazing free computer program that has incredibly speeded up and improved my computer work is StrokesPlus. It allows you to control your computer with mouse gestures.
It’s just a magical free program, I’ll tell you - it monstrously optimizes interaction with Windows Explorer. I can't imagine my computer life without it.
There is an alternative to this program - gMote, but I like the first one much more.
I consider Clover to be the second best free program that greatly improves the convenience of working on a computer. It adds tab functionality to Windows Explorer (think browsers). As in the previous case, this greatly increases the speed of folder navigation.
This program works great in Windows 7, but the top ten has a number of questions about it - a similar (but not so simple) utility called QTTabBar helped me out. With its help, I implemented tabs at the bottom of the window and enjoy the convenience.
My favorite browser
I can clearly feel how tense many readers are and are already flexing their fingers. to start the holivar on this topic in the comments to the article. Therefore, I emphasize - PERSONALLY MY FAVORITE BROWSER is Mozilla Firefox.
I’ve been using Google Chrome for a couple of years, I really liked a version of Opera called Vivaldi..., but Fire Fox personally suits me best for its flexibility, functionality and the presence of add-ons for all occasions. In terms of speed, all browsers today are like rockets.
Whatever Internet browser you use, don’t forget about . It will save your nerve cells, speed up surfing the web and protect you from clicking on fake links.
Program for automatic driver installation
It is no secret that the fast and high-quality operation of all computer components depends on the availability of up-to-date drivers in the system.
The most convenient, simple, safe and high-quality free computer program that will automatically scan your system at lightning speed, find the best driver versions suitable for your long-suffering computer and update them is Snappy Driver Installer (SDI).
Unique Anti-tick
The list of the best free computer programs is completed by a unique and inimitable utility called Unchecky. This is a real killer of various cunning and subtle checkmarks for installing additional “useful” software that unscrupulous program manufacturers implement into their installers.
There are simply no analogues to this computer program. Its beauty is in its simplicity, automatic background work and focus on our market. Just imagine - she herself finds and removes most (not absolutely all) nasty jackdaws when installing programs on a computer!
Many program authors are simply furious with it - they are constantly improving their installers and trying to outwit Unchecky, but it also fights them, updating itself frequently. This is the eternal struggle between good and evil.
That's all for today. Of course, these are not all the best free programs for your computer. I haven't mentioned audio players yet, video players,
Each operating system has its own advantages and disadvantages, weighing them, you have to make a choice in favor of one system or another. There are many programs for each OS and many more are being developed. Although Windows 7 can be said to be morally outdated, since after its release Windows 8 had already appeared on sale and Windows 10 is being prepared for its imminent release.
With the release of new versions of operating systems, improved versions of old useful programs appear or completely new software is developed - this has happened since the advent of Windows 7. To work comfortably in the operating system, you need various applications and programs, the so-called software for Windows 7 For example, programs for downloading files from the Internet, for cleaning the system, antiviruses, browsers, media players and other useful programs will be useful.
Tweak-7
Tweak-7 is a system cleaning program. The utility works with various system settings, the registry and the startup list. Also, using the program you can configure Internet connections, browser and mail.
Without manually configuring the system, you can trust the program and perform the automatic setup function of Windows 7. Tweak-7 generally optimizes operation and speeds up system performance. Additionally, several useful tools are integrated into the tweaker, for example, a defragmenter and a hard drive cleaner.
Start Menu X
Start Menu X was previously known as Start Menu 7, but the name changed with the release of Windows 8. The program is designed to optimize Windows systems, in particular Windows 7. The utility is specially developed as a convenient replacement for the standard Start menu in Windows.
Start Menu X lets you create, edit, and move menu items, which opens up many possibilities, such as creating a list of frequently used folders so you can open them quickly. The utility differs from similar ones in its unique flexibility in configuration, which allows you to create a menu to your liking.
Windows 7 Manager
Windows 7 Manager is another program for optimizing Windows 7. The program's functionality includes the ability to configure Internet connections, clean up the hard drive and work with the registry, as well as a large number of functions, tools and settings for various system parameters.
Using Windows 7 Manager, you can increase the speed of booting or shutting down your computer and improve the performance of your computer as a whole. The utility also provides detailed information about the system and hardware of the computer.
Download Master
Download Master is a very convenient and beautiful download manager. The program quite effectively solves the tasks assigned to it - download speed, continuation of interrupted downloads and management of downloaded files.
Download Master integrates tightly with browsers, allowing it to replace standard download tools with itself. The program has a scheduled download function, can download files from ftp servers and supports the installation of plugins to expand its functionality.
STDU Viewer
The free STDU Viewer program is a simple and convenient tool for viewing electronic documents, text files and images. The program allows you to work simultaneously with several documents that open in separate tabs.
The functionality of STDU Viewer has added the ability to adjust the brightness and contrast of a document, search for documents, convert electronic documents into graphic formats, and many others.
7-Zip
7-Zip is a free archiver that differs from others in its high compression ratio. The program has a wide range of capabilities, high speed of archiving files, the ability to create self-extracting archives and the ability to protect archives with a password and encryption.
The archiver is integrated into Windows Explorer, which adds convenience to working with the program. 7-Zip supports popular archive formats and at the same time works with its own format.
Windows 7 Codec Pack
Windows 7 Codec Pack is a set of necessary codecs for correct playback of multimedia files. The set consists of the most popular codecs, utilities, filters, plugins and other tools.
Necessary programs for windows 10 - 7, XP. In this article I will tell you about the most necessary programs for Windows. As you probably remember, Windows is not yet ready for use after installation. In principle, not only Windows 7, but also any 8 8.1 xp is not yet ready for work immediately after installation. Even after installing drivers and security settings, there are practically no useful and necessary programs on board your computer. Windows comes with only a few programs that are useful to the user.
These are several toys, the simplest text editor “Notepad”, an advanced text editor “WordPad”, a calculator, an Internet browser (IE-Internet Explorer), a media player, “Paint” - a program for processing simple graphics, programs for PC and OS maintenance. That’s actually all that our favorite OS is rich in. With Windows 10 things are a little better. Microsoft has moved much further. And it included Skype and a student office kit. By the way, the installed IE and media player are also not ready to work. IE is partially unprepared because it can only view text pages and pictures. But the media player is not ready at all, since it needs codecs to play music and videos. Therefore, it is time to install the necessary programs for Windows. The programs that we will consider in this article, I believe, should be installed on almost every computer running Windows 7 - 10. So let's begin.
The most necessary programs for windows 10 - 7
Archivers
1. The very first thing we must install is ARCHIVERS. On the Internet, all programs are compressed or packaged with some kind of archiver. This allows you to waste less disk space for storing information on servers and transmit packets faster over the Internet. Each PC must have at least one archiver, and preferably two. First WinRar- it works very quickly and supports the ability to unzip a large number of different popular archives. And the most important thing is its own, very specific, highly protected Rar format. No one has yet been able to crack the passwords set by this archiver.
If you downloaded the ZverDVD disk image, then WinRar is already present there with the registration key.
Second archiver 7-zip. Perhaps this archiver is even more necessary than the first one. You will need it to unpack archives of the new, quickly gaining popularity, 7z format. The archiver is very fast and provides a high compression ratio. Most of the archives on the Internet that you will have to download are in zip, rar and 7z format.
If you are working with a website and need to create archives in GZIP format, then the 7-zip archiver will provide compression 2-10% better than any other archiver.
These two archivers will help you solve almost any problem of archiving/unarchiving software packages received from the Internet.
Codecs
2. The second most important thing would probably be the installation of codecs for playing audio and video files of a variety of formats, without which not a single audio/video player will work. Of all the great variety of different collections, perhaps the best, most stable and generally recognized is K-Lite Codec Pack. According to the developers, their brainchild supports about 400 audio/video formats. In addition, this package is absolutely free and contains a small but very high-quality player. Therefore, it would be a sin not to use it. I highly recommend it. After installing this codec pack, all your audio/video players will play almost all media file formats.
To download the package, you need to click on “Mirror 1” or 2 in the “Download” section.
Adobe Flash Player
3. The next important step is installation Adobe Flash Player. This program is necessary for playing media files in browsers (Internet explorers) such as IE, Mozilla Firefox, Opera. It is already built-in in Google Chrome and Yandex browser.
Browsers
4. It will be important to install a whole set of browsers. I recommend installing all the popular ones, these are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Yandex. Why so many? Can I get by with IE (Internet Explorer from Microsoft)? No, you can't do it! Any of the suggested browsers are much better than IE. Firstly, they are increasingly faster, more stable, and make it easy to manage add-ons. Why is it necessary to install everything? The point is that they are all different and have different useful features that IE does not have. Secondly, in the event of an unexpected failure of one browser, you always have another at hand.
Google Chrome integrated with Google translator. When loading foreign pages, it can automatically translate them into Russian. Translation is often sufficient to understand the content of the pages. Google Chrome can download many files at the same time.
Mozilla Firefox It’s simply not replaceable for those who create and debug websites. It has a huge number of different useful add-ons that other browsers do not have.
Opera one of the fastest browsers in the world. This is especially noticeable on slow Internet channels, when it uses multi-threaded downloading of pages and files, and additional compression of information on its server using special algorithms.
Yandex Browser development from Yandex. Very similar to Google Chrome and compatible with its add-ons. Has some limitations. The latest versions of this browser are very fast. Overall a good browser.
File download managers
5. Fast, convenient and reliable downloading of files of any size from the Internet will be provided by the download manager Download Master. The program is free, Russian, and practically in no way inferior to paid foreign analogues. Provides multi-channel, fast downloading, and can resume downloading files after a connection break or power outage.
SaveFrom.net application for all popular browsers. Allows you to download videos from more than 20 Internet resources. Very useful application.
Google Chrome has created many obstacles for this application to work. Now SaveFrom.net installs awkwardly on Google Chrome. But it works great from the Internet. Enjoy it for your health. No problems were found on other browsers.
If you only need YouTube to upload videos, then there is a program for this UmmyVideoDownloader. Which is specially designed for downloading videos from YouTube or RuTube. Very comfortable and high quality item. But if you suddenly don’t like it, I offer another very fast Internet service GetVideo. Which also provides a program for Windows. If you are unable to download a video from YouTube, look for details in
Programs for audio/video communication
Skype6. To communicate on the Internet you need at least a program Skype. There are a lot of programs for text, audio, video communication, but most people use Skype and it has features that other programs do not have. So we definitely need to install Skype. Surely you will need it.
Text editors and processors
7. We replace the poorly functional and inconvenient text editor from the Windows package with a more functional one AkelPad or even more advanced Notepad++(HIGHLY RECOMMEND). Notepad++ allows you to work with a large number of documents at the same time. It remembers the situation when turned off and restores it automatically the next time it is turned on. Allows you to follow links directly from the edited text. It is simply irreplaceable for programmers, as it recognizes code from more than 20 programming languages and helps check it for errors. Detects errors in words and highlights them. Having such an editor on every PC is simply necessary.
8. To create documents of different formats and automated tables, you will need an advanced text and spreadsheet processor like Win Word And Win Excel from the Microsoft Office package. MS OFFICE contains many more useful programs. For example, an email client, a presentation manager, a slide show... On the Internet you can find advanced packages with many additions. Its only drawback is the huge price.
LibreOffice free, full-fledged replacement for the Microsoft Office package.
File managers
9. A file manager will provide you with convenience in working with files Total Commander. It has great functionality. The menu of the vehicle itself, the menu of necessary or frequently used programs, two independent windows. Each window can open an unlimited number of tabs, has its own FTP manager, archiver, file viewer, media player.... In general, EVERYTHING is at your fingertips! An extremely convenient and useful program. I highly recommend it to everyone!
If you downloaded the ZverDVD disk image, then Total Commander is already there with the registration key.
Programs for viewing PDF files
10. Foxit Phantom required for reading documents in PDF format. The program is 10 times smaller than its analogue Adobe Acrobat, is much faster and also allows you to edit PDF documents. I recommend it. The program itself is paid, but it can be found for free on the Zver-DVD disk image. If you don’t need editing functions and don’t want to upload a huge image, then you can use the free analogue Foxit Reader or PDF Reader. There are a lot of programs in this class, but I think this will be enough.
Programs for removing locked files
11. Unlocker will help you unlock and delete locked files and folders that cannot be deleted in other ways. A couple more programs of this class that support the Russian language: LockHunter, IObit Unlocker. If when you try to uninstall you often receive messages “Uninstallation is impossible”, “Access denied”, “Used by another application”, “You do not have enough rights” and the like, then these programs will definitely help you.
Programs for downloading files from torrent servers
12. UTorrent- a reliable, fast manager for downloading files from torrent servers. A very convenient and reliable program for downloading music, movies, disk images.... Second program MediaGet Quite new, but has approximately the same functionality. Both programs are free.
Image Viewers
13. FastStone Image Viewer- an excellent, free, small, fast, lightweight program for viewing images, has the ability to edit the image file, add labels to the picture, optimizes the image code... Highly recommend!
Quickly search files on your computer
14. Everything is designed to search for files on your computer. Incredibly fast. Displays search results when you press each letter, like hints when searching on the Internet. Highlights the found combination of letters in the names of files and folders. Displays file paths. Very fast and convenient program. Free.
The necessary programs for Windows described above, in my opinion, are the most important and necessary, and are capable of meeting the needs of a wide variety of users. I believe that these programs, or at least similar ones, should be present on every computer.
Less necessary programs for windows
Programs for capturing images and videos from the screen
15. - takes screenshots from the monitor screen and captures video. Can record system sound or from a microphone. The program is very small and fast. Has a lot of useful little things. There are quite a lot of programs capable of efficiently performing the operation of capturing video from a monitor screen: Bandicam, HyperCam, ScreenCamera, Techsmith Snagit, UVScreen Camera, VirtualDub. They all have fairly similar functionality.
Programs in this class are all paid. Some of them have demo versions - shareware, severely stripped down with poor functionality, sometimes with inscriptions on the screen that make it difficult to watch the video.
The most important leader in this field is considered to be a highly professional Camtasia Studio. It allows you not only to capture images from the screen, but also to edit the captured videos using various effects.
Text recognition programs
16. If you have a scanner or already scanned documents or images with text, then to convert them into text format you will need a text recognition program. Best of its kind ABBYY FineReader.
Automatic Keyboard Switches
17. For those who write a lot of texts using the Latin and Cyrillic alphabet, this will be an excellent assistant Punto Switcher, which automatically switches the keyboard layout based on the words you type and corrects persistent errors. The program is absolutely free, developed by programmers from the Yandex laboratory.
Audio and video players
18. Music and video lovers will need a player that comes with quite rare codecs and is capable of playing recordings from video recorders and surveillance cameras, and also allows you to turn on several copies of the program at the same time, create playlists, adjust the sound timbre and much more.. .. Free.
There are a great variety of players: Daum PotPlayer, AIMP, BSPlayer, GOM Media Player, KMPlayer, iTunes, ComboPlayer, Ace Stream Media, VLC Media Player, 1by1, Media Player Classic Home Cinema, Light Alloy, TV Player Classic, QuickTime Alternative. They have a wide variety of functionality. Some players can play audio and video directly from the Internet. Any user will be able to satisfy all their needs.
Windows Cleaners/Accelerators/Optimizers
19. useful for quickly and easily cleaning the system from temporary files, unnecessary registry entries, etc... The program does not have the greatest functionality, but it does the minimum required perfectly. Free. There are a great many similar and more powerful programs: Carambis Cleaner, AVG TuneUp, Wise Care 365, Advanced SystemCare, Glary Utilities, Auslogics BoostSpeed, Kerish Doctor, Advanced System Optimizer, System Mechanic, MAGIX PC Check & Tuning. They all have similar, but still different functionality.
If you are very concerned about the cleanliness and reliability of your Windows, then of course any one package will not be enough for you. So, as always, there are functions in other packages that you don’t have. Even just registry cleaners, everyone checks different parts of the registry and sometimes they find something like this... In general, there is a lot to choose from.
To clean the registry, along with other programs, I recommend using trashreg. This is a very small and specific program. Clears the registry of abandoned keys that many demo programs leave on the system. After such cleaning, you can install demo versions again and use their capabilities.
Recovering deleted files
20. is a simple but powerful tool for recovering deleted data. Allows you to restore:
- deleted files and folders;
- files from a lost/deleted/damaged partition, for example after deleting or formatting a partition;
- data from a hard-to-read CD/DVD/flash drive;
- digital media data.
I would say the program is very important, but since not everyone needs it, that’s why it’s in the second section. Here are a couple more high-quality, free representatives of similar programs: Recuva, Pandora Recovery. It must be said that there are products with higher functionality, but they are paid: Hetman Partition Recovery, R-Studio, Wondershare Data Recovery.
Graphic editors
21. Adobe PhotoShop- an unsurpassed raster graphics editor. Simply a necessary tool for creating, changing pictures and adjusting photos. 
22. - the best vector graphics processor. Almost irreplaceable in this area. The program is not super necessary, but is necessary for creating scalable vector images.
Programs for creating animation
23. Easi Gif Animator will be needed when creating animated pictures or videos. It has the entire arsenal of functions necessary for this. Free.
Programs for working with disk images
24. Ultra ISO will be needed by those who create images of CD/DVD discs. Works with standard ISO disk image format. Allows you to create and edit simple and bootable disk images. Uses third-party programs to burn discs, such as Burning Rum.
Programs for mounting disk images on a virtual drive
25. Daemon Tools Lite allows you to mount a CD/DVD disk image onto a virtual drive, which makes it possible to see how the image will work on a real drive. The program has quite a wide functionality: Emulation of IDE drives, Emulation of DT and SCSI drives, Mounting disk images, Creating images of physical disks, Converting and editing images, Burning disks with images, data and music. Allows you to simulate a large number of different disk copy protections. Allows you to run disc games not from DVD, but from a hard drive, which makes them work much faster. A very useful utility for gamers and those who do not write images to disks, but keep them on the computer. Free.
Postal managers or clients
26. Email clients are perhaps the most important applications in modern human computer life. Most users have several accounts in different email services. To ensure convenient management of all mail flows, mail clients have been created. I will list a dozen well-known, and perhaps the best, of the mass of email clients that are available:
An excellent assistant for those who maintain active Emai correspondence. Allows you to download mail from a huge number of mailboxes and organize it into folders. Has a filter designer and much more.
Ms Outlook included in the Microsoft Office software package. The program is very sophisticated. I would say even too much. But maybe this will all be useful to someone.
Mailbird The program is lightweight, undemanding of resources, easy to use and visually attractive.
eM Client- this email client has all the necessary basic functions.
Inky has a trial version that works for free for 14 days. It has quite extensive capabilities.
Claws Mail A rather complex application is intended for experienced users who are not afraid to configure everything manually.
Zimbra Desktop- free open source email client. Zimbra is a cross-platform solution for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
TouchMail- a convenient email client for owners of tablets or convertible laptops.
Thunderbird from Mozilla is a unique application. The built-in extension system allows you to increase the functionality of the client using numerous tools created by the Thunderbird community.
Programs for reading DjVu files
DjVu27. DjVu- This is one of the formats of scanned documents. It is usually used for storing and distributing books, manuscripts, and magazines in which there are many images, diagrams, drawings, and formulas. And also for storing scans of historical documents, when an accurate representation of the shade and texture of the paper is required, the most reliable display of all defects, page folds, manual marks and corrections, fingerprints, ink blots, etc.
You can view such files using the following programs: WinDjView, ICE Book Reader Professional, Evince Document Viewer, DjvuReader.
Programs for recording and processing sound
28. There are also quite a lot of such programs, but perhaps the best one will be small but powerful. The program works with a mixer built into a personal computer system, as well as external sound sources. It is designed to record audio files of unlimited size.
Allows already recorded files:
- clean from interference: hissing, static noise, hum;
- change volume;
- cut into pieces and assemble as you please;
- and also compress.
The program is used to record and process digital files. As well as digitization of obsolete sound media: records and cassettes. In addition to its own AUP format, it supports a number of popular extensions. In addition to professional functionality, it is also free.
Almost all the necessary programs for Windows 7 - 10 that we reviewed in this article are mentioned in the article "". There is one note, however. Programs present on the ZverDVD disk - earlier versions can be installed on an OS of any bit depth. Many programs located on the "Zver 2016.3 Windows 8.1 Pro x64" or "Zver 2018.5 Windows 10 Enterprise x64" disks have only a 64-bit version. And accordingly, they will not work on 32-bit operating systems.
Answers to frequently asked questions
What apps are must-haves on Windows 10?
The question is fundamentally wrong. The set of programs that you are going to use does not depend in any way on the version of Windows. Windows is just an operating system. The task of which is to ensure the operation of the computer. How you use it depends only on you. You probably have some goals, objectives, desires after all.
If we compare by analogy, then a computer is a universal machine tool. Windows is the drive, if you want the main shaft. Programs are equipment, tools, for example cutters. Which tool, how and when the master will use depends only on the master. And the master is YOU.
As a rule, the master chooses a tool depending on the need at the moment. The tool that is used every day is always kept at hand. Because he is the most important. And the one that is rarely used is kept aside, but at the ready. This is less important.
It's the same with programs. Based on the general modern specifics of using computers, I have compiled two lists. The most important programs that are used by almost everyone and almost every day. And less important programs that are used by many users, but somewhat less frequently.
Which programs you choose depends only on you, and not on Windows. I have provided lists to help you do this.
Necessary programs for windows 7?
They may be the same as for Windows 10. Moreover, most modern programs work quite well on Windows 7. Therefore, there are no differences. As I wrote above, your choice should not come from the OS version, but from your need.
Do this. Carefully read the first part of the article “The most necessary programs for Windows”. Think about what programs you need. If everything suits you, then install everything. If you don't need something, you don't have to install it. Your computer. Do whatever you want with it.
If you are missing some programs, then read the second part, “Less necessary programs.” The list is also quite large and there is a lot to choose from. If you have a very specific task, then ask questions in the search. If you can’t choose the program yourself, write in the comments. Let's try to find it together.
Hello! Here I will post the most useful programs for the Windows 7, 8, 10 computer, which I use myself, and which you can download for free to your computer without any SMS, displaying ads, entering captcha, etc. via direct link!
Often, to find the right program, especially if you are a beginner, it takes a lot of time to search for this program on the Internet. Now there are a lot of so-called “file dumpers” on the Internet, from which I do not recommend you download various programs. Not only will you, before downloading any program from these sites, watch a lot of advertising and waste your time, but you will also download, along with the program you need, “wrong” and unnecessary programs, or even some kind of Trojan or virus.
You must download programs only from the official websites of these programs!
But it is not always possible to quickly find a link to download the program even on the official website of the program. After all, developers of programs, especially free ones, also have to earn money somehow and also show their advertising or impose other paid software.
Therefore, I decided to place the most necessary and interesting programs, in my opinion, on this page so that you can download for free without the above-mentioned problems, in one click!
Basically, all the programs presented are free or shareware.
If any program interests you, and you want me to talk about it in more detail on the pages of this blog, then write about it in the comments, maybe I will review this program.
I will try to update all programs in this section once every 3 months. So stay tuned for updates to these programs.
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AdwCleaner is an easy-to-use OS security utility that will allow you to get rid of adware on your computer in seconds with a quick system scan.
» 7.1 MiB - downloaded: 3,060 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
The HitmanPro antivirus scanner works in conjunction with the main antivirus. The utility is capable of conducting a deep analysis of the system and identifying threats that other antiviruses could not detect. Uses cloud base SophosLabs, Kaspersky and Bitdefender.
» 10.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,342 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Cloud-based antivirus scanner that uses multiple engines and detection technologies to remove complex threats. Additional protection compatible with your antivirus, antispyware or firewall. 14-day trial version.
» 6.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,359 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
A single solution for PC security and optimization. One of the best free antiviruses.
» 74.7 MiB - downloaded: 1,577 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Intuitive and low-resource free antivirus with all the necessary functions to reliably protect your computer, home network and data.
» 7.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,084 times - Updated: 10/09/2018
AVZ anti-virus utility is designed to detect and remove SpyWare and AdWare spyware, Trojans and network and email worms
» 9.6 MiB - downloaded: 1,219 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition is a free antivirus. Real-time protection, active virus control, cloud, proactive technologies. Interface in English.
» 9.5 MiB - downloaded: 428 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Bitdefender antivirus has protected more than 500 million users without missing a single ransomware attack.
» 10.4 MiB - downloaded: 392 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Antivirus ESET Smart Security Business Edition 10.1 (for 32 bit)
» 126.1 MiB - downloaded: 3,819 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Antivirus ESET Smart Security Business Edition 10.1 (for 64 bit)
» 131.6 MiB - downloaded: 3,021 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Kaspersky Anti-Virus - free version
» 2.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,355 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
The archiver is free. For Windows (64 bit)
» 1.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,907 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
The archiver is free. For Windows (32 bit)
» 1.1 MiB - downloaded: 5,440 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Winrar. A powerful utility for creating and managing archives, containing a whole range of additional useful functions. For Windows (32 bit). Trial. 40 days.
» 3.0 MiB - downloaded: 931 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Winrar. A powerful utility for creating and managing archives, containing a whole range of additional useful functions. For Windows (64 bit). Trial. 40 days.
» 3.2 MiB - downloaded: 1,261 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Download Master is a free download manager.
» 7.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,349 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Evernote is a web service and program for creating and storing notes. The note can be a piece of formatted text, an entire web page, a photograph, an audio file, or a handwritten note. Notes may also contain attachments of other file types. Notes can be sorted into notebooks, labeled, edited, and exported.
» 130.0 MiB - downloaded: 859 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
FTP client FileZilla (for 32 bit)
» 7.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,148 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
FTP client FileZilla (for 64 bit)
» 7.6 MiB - downloaded: 792 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Isendsms is a program for sending free SMS and MMS to mobile phones of cellular operators in Russia and the CIS countries.
» 2.0 MiB - downloaded: 1,808 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Java
» 68.5 MiB - downloaded: 7,183 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Skype - communication without restrictions. Call, text, share any files - and all this is free
» 55.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,858 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Telegram is a cross-platform messenger that allows you to exchange messages and media files of many formats. Messages on Telegram are securely encrypted and can self-destruct.
» 22.0 MiB - downloaded: 410 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Thunderbird mail program
» 38.9 MiB - downloaded: 1,200 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
uTorrent torrent client. Archive password: free-pc
» 4.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,648 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Viber for Windows allows you to send messages and call other Viber users for free on any device in any network and country! Viber syncs your contacts, messages and call history with your mobile phone.
» 87.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,524 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform application for smartphones that allows you to exchange messages without paying the same as SMS. (for windows 8 and higher) (32 bit)
» 124.5 MiB - downloaded: 888 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross-platform application for smartphones that allows you to exchange messages without paying the same as SMS. (for windows 8 and higher) (64 bit)
» 131.8 MiB - downloaded: 943 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Aimp is one of the best free Audio players.
» 10.2 MiB - downloaded: 1,961 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
ComboPlayer is a free program for watching TV online. Supports watching Torrent videos without waiting for downloads, listening to Internet radio, and also plays any audio and video file on your computer.
» unknown - downloaded: 1,807 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
FileOptimizer is a small utility designed for additional compression of graphic files using a special algorithm
» 77.3 MiB - downloaded: 457 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
K-Lite_Codec_Pack - a universal set of codecs for viewing and processing audio and video files. The package includes the Media Player Classic video player
» 52.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,984 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Mp3DirectCut is a small MP3 file editor that allows you to cut or copy parts of files without decompression
» 287.6 KiB - downloaded: 1,004 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) (for 64 bit) is a multimedia player built on the basis of the Media Player Classic player and has one of the best integrated sets of media codecs. Thanks to this, MPC HC can play many video and audio file formats without installing third-party tools.
» 13.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,385 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) (for 32 bit) is a multimedia player built on the basis of the Media Player Classic player and has one of the best integrated sets of media codecs. Thanks to this, MPC HC can play many video and audio file formats without installing third-party tools.
» 12.7 MiB - downloaded: 1,104 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
PicPick - Full featured screen capture, intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, slate and more
» 14.8 MiB - downloaded: 815 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Radiotochka is a stylish and convenient program for listening and recording radio on your computer
» 13.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,805 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
A program for editing compressed video while maintaining quality. Editor for MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, MOV, AVCHD, WEBM, FLV, MP3, WMA files. The intuitive interface allows you to edit video files with just a few clicks of the mouse. Trial version.
» 51.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,079 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
XnView is a cross-platform free image viewer that supports viewing over 400 and saving (converting) up to 50 different graphics and multimedia file formats
» 19.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,420 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
XviD4PSP is a program for convenient and high-quality video and audio conversion. Does not depend on codecs installed in the system. No installation required. For Windows (32 bit)
» 19.2 MiB - downloaded: 585 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
XviD4PSP is a program for convenient and high-quality video and audio conversion. Does not depend on codecs installed in the system. No installation required. For Windows (64 bit)
» 22.5 MiB - downloaded: 778 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Adobe Reader - a program for reading and printing documents in PDF format
» 115.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,642 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. The program includes the Writer text editor, the Calc spreadsheet processor, the Impress presentation wizard, the Draw vector graphics editor, the Math formula editor and the Base database management module. For Windows (64 bit).
» 261.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,148 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
LibreOffice is a free alternative to Microsoft Office. The program includes the Writer text editor, the Calc spreadsheet processor, the Impress presentation wizard, the Draw vector graphics editor, the Math formula editor and the Base database management module. For Windows (32 bit).
» 240.5 MiB - downloaded: 904 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Notepad++ is a free text editor with syntax highlighting for most programming and markup languages. Supports opening more than 100 formats. For Windows (32 bit).
» 4.1 MiB - downloaded: 746 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Notepad++ is a free text editor with syntax highlighting for most programming and markup languages. Supports opening more than 100 formats. For Windows (64 bit).
» 4.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,145 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
STDU Viewer is a small-sized viewer for PDF, DjVu, Comic Book Archive (CBR or CBZ), FB2, ePub, XPS, TCR, multi-page TIFF, TXT, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, PSD, PCX, PalmDoc, EMF, WMF , BMP, DCX, MOBI, AZW for Microsoft Windows, free for non-commercial use.
» 2.5 MiB - downloaded: 2,378 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Ashampoo Burning Studio Free 1.14.5 - free version of a multifunctional program for working with CD, DVD and Blu-Ray discs
» 31.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,438 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
CDBurnerXP is a free program for burning CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-Ray discs. Archive password: free-pc
» 5.9 MiB - downloaded: 798 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Classic Shell - a utility that allows you to enable the classic design of the Start menu in Windows 8, 10
» 6.9 MiB - downloaded: 1,455 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
DriverHub is a free program for installing drivers. Has a driver rollback feature.
» 976.6 KiB - downloaded: 507 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
DAEMON Tools Lite - small in size but powerful in capabilities, popular CD/DVD drive emulator
» 773.2 KiB - downloaded: 1,213 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
ToolWiz Time Freeze is a useful free program that will allow you to “freeze” the operating system and return it to its original state after installing malware, unwanted adware, etc. Old version (works without rebooting the system)
» 2.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,524 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
XPTweaker. Tweaker for Windows XP
» 802.5 KiB - downloaded: 2,137 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
AOMEI Backupper Standard. An excellent program for creating a backup or restoring a system. It also works with disks and partitions. The program works with Microsoft VSS technology, which will allow you to create a backup copy without interrupting your work on your computer.
» 89.7 MiB - downloaded: 1,217 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard. An effective program for simple and reliable management of disk partitions on your computer without data loss. The multifunctional program is free for home and commercial use.
» 10.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,154 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Aomei PE Builder helps you create a Windows PE based boot environment for FREE without installing the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which contains a set of tools and allows you to boot your computer for maintenance and quick recovery when the Windows operating system is damaged and cannot be used.
» 146.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,186 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Defraggler is a free defragmenter from Piriform Ltd., known for its CCleaner and Recuva programs. Can work both with the whole disk and with individual folders and files
» 6.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,125 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Puran File Recovery is a unique free program for recovering deleted or damaged files on a hard drive, flash drive, memory card, mobile phone, CD/DVD and other storage media, regardless of the file system. Portable version.
» 1.4 MiB - downloaded: 790 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Recuva is a free utility for recovering lost (due to software failure) or deleted data
» 5.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,173 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Scanner - a program for analyzing the contents of hard drives, CD/DVDs, floppy disks and other media
» 213.8 KiB - downloaded: 968 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Victoria - designed for performance assessment, testing and minor repairs of hard drives
» 533.3 KiB - downloaded: 1,466 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Auslogics BoostSpeed is a powerful and free tool for cleaning, fixing and speeding up your computer. Archive password: free-pc
» 20.2 MiB - downloaded: 4,213 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
CCleaner removes unused files, frees up hard drive space, allowing Windows to run faster
» 15.2 MiB - downloaded: 1,611 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
PrivaZer is a powerful and free tool for cleaning your computer from accumulated garbage and destroying any remains of visited websites and other activity on your computer
» 7.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,733 times - Updated: 07/06/2018
Cobian Backup is a free program that allows you to schedule the backup of individual files or directories, transferring them to a specific directory in other folders/drives on the same computer or on a remote server on the network
