Software I use on a regular basis(mostly freeware):
-Firefox 1.5 + HTML Validator/Search Status/Web Developer -- Probably the best browser for web development and good for general use also. They keep changing the UI in the other versions so I'm staying with 1.5.
-Proxomitron -- Web filter which can block ads, etc. Will work on any browser that can use a proxy.
-Winamp -- My music player of choice due to its small size(seriously, why would I want a media player that takes up the entire screen?) and vertical design. Probably has the best format/output support of any media player.
-ATI Tray Tools & Omega Driver -- Alternative driver for many ATI cards.
-FileZilla Client -- My favorite FTP client.
-DosBox -- DOS emulator for playing old DOS games.
-Paint Shop Pro 9 -- Cheapish image editor with lots of functionality.
-Dev-Cpp & MinGW -- C++ IDE and compiler. I use Dev-Cpp for other things too because I like the interface. Remember to download a new copy of MinGW since Dev-Cpp is kind of a dead project.
-Media Player Classic -- My video player of choice. Like Winamp it's simple and easy to use. Has problems with file association though.
System admin tools(freeware):
-Process Explorer -- 10x better than Windows's crappy task manager.
-Regmon & Filemon -- Monitor registry/file access.
-Startup Tool -- Removes extra startup entries.
-TweakUI -- Basically changes around parts of the Windows UI.
-SelfImage -- Backs up hard disks or partitions and can restore them.
-Resource Hacker -- Changes the images/text used in Windows GUI applications.
-7Zip -- My favorite archiver.
-XVI32 -- My hex editor of choice.
Also, it's not really software but I load all of my startup programs from a batch file with a 200-500ms delay between programs to make startup quick(a few seconds in total). I use a custom program to actually make the delay... |