Tools
Posted by Shaun McDonnell on December 9, 2008
I am in the process of re-installing my operating system here at work and so I decided to post a list of all the different tools I always install on every computer that I use. Here it is:
- Actual Window Manager
- TechSmith Snag-It v9.1
- Internet Explorer 7 Pro
- Google Toolbar
- Roboform Professional (thanks Mike)
- Slysoft Virtual CloneDrive
- UltraMon 3.0.3
- Live Mesh
- Sync OneNote NoteBooks
- Sync RoboForm Data
- Sync Chat Logs
- Sync eBooks
- Sync Pictures
- Visual Studio Team Foundation PowerToys October 2008
- Windows PowerShell 1.0
- VMWare Workstation v6.5 with Visual Studio Integrated Debugger
- Windows Sidebar Gadgets
- Jeff Coleman’s Laws
- Weather
- CPU Status
- Stocks v3.3
- Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1
- Smart FTP Professional x64
That’s it for now, I will post more if I can remember them.
-Shaun
Michael Bray said
Good list… Here’s a few on mine:
- 7-zip – Archive File Manager
- CDBurnerXP – CD/DVD Burner
- CodeRush Xpress – FREE trimmed-down version of CodeRush
- Expresso – Regular Express Builder/Tester
- Fiddler – HTTP logger
- Overdisk – Disk Usage Analyzer
- Paint.NET – Image Editor
- PDFCreator – PDF Printer
- PSPad – Text Editor
- Snippet Designer – VS add-in that simplifies building snippets
- UltraVNC – Remote Desktop Control
- Versioning Controlled Build – VS Plugin to manage versioning
- WinMerge – File Compare / Merge
- XMLPad – XML Viewer / Editor
- XNews – Usenet reader (yes, it still lives – I use it mainly for Microsoft public newsgroups)
- Xobni – Outlook email manager
Also, you use SnagIt for screen capture; I use <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=faststone+image+capture+5.3&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a”FastStone Image Capture v5.3 – it’s an old version, but it’s freeware and has pretty good features. It doesn’t do video, but then you can always use CamStudio for that.