What is your essential software for Windows 10?

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Here is my list:

Veracrypt
Notepad++
VMWare Workstation Pro 14
KVIrc
Spotify
VLC
Handbrake
MakeMKV
PowerDVD Ultra 17
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Discord
Steam
GOG
Origin
uPlay
Battle.net Client
Collectorz Movie Database
Microsoft Office 2016 (from Office 365)
 
mrbazmondo said:
Putty
Chrome
Winrar
VLC
mspaint :p
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You can ditch Putty and just use Windows Subsystem for Linux and use the official OpenSSH client if you want to get rid of an extra piece of software. It also has the advantage of coming with all of the other really useful Linux tools that Windows lacks.
 
I've tried setting up ssh for windows. So many hoops to jump through, and I still can't get it to log into a remote windows pc using a certificate instead of manually entering the password every time.
Most of my work is done remotely on a 56 core server so I have to remote access. My local pc just isn't powerful enough.
 
mrbazmondo said:
I've tried setting up ssh for windows. So many hoops to jump through, and I still can't get it to log into a remote windows pc using a certificate instead of manually entering the password every time.
Most of my work is done remotely on a 56 core server so I have to remote access. My local pc just isn't powerful enough.
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Setting up SSH on Windows should be pretty easy. Make a key pair. Login to remote server with password. Upload public key using scp and put it in authorized_keys and then disable password login and it should work.
 
I like threads like these, curious to see what people have installed. :)

Affinity Photo/Designer (Pretty much converted to Affinity instead of Adobe)
Clip Studio Paint (For my Wacom)
GOG
Handbrake
Make MKV
Malwarebytes
Microsoft Office 2016
MPC-HC x64 (Mad-VR plugin) a OCUK thread which convinced me to switch from VLC is explained in better detail.
Music Bee (just installed the Windows App Store version and its very good).
Malwarebytes
Netflix
Spotify
Steam
Twitch - I enjoy retro gaming/banter and GOG streamers are great to watch, casual players (not competitive) which is similar to my own gaming habits.
 
Ninco! said:
I like threads like these, curious to see what people have installed. :)

Affinity Photo/Designer (Pretty much converted to Affinity instead of Adobe)
Clip Studio Paint (For my Wacom)
GOG
Handbrake
Make MKV
Malwarebytes
Microsoft Office 2016
MPC-HC x64 (Mad-VR plugin) a OCUK thread which convinced me to switch from VLC is explained in better detail.
Music Bee (just installed the Windows App Store version and its very good).
Malwarebytes
Netflix
Spotify
Steam
Twitch - I enjoy retro gaming/banter and GOG streamers are great to watch, casual players (not competitive) which is similar to my own gaming habits.
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You must really like Malwarebytes to have installed it twice.

dholdi said:
Why do people need 4 web browsers ?
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Web developing - you need to test sites work on as many browsers as possible. They all have quirks you have to work around, although less than they used to when internet explorer was more popular.
 
These are pretty much I install if I'm going to format my PC. Except for the games ofcourse.
Firefox/Chrome
Steam
Discord
Microsoft Office
Sony Vegas
Audacity
Lightroom/Photoshop
VLC
f.lux
TuxGuitar
 
Not much on my system:
DVB Viewer Pro
VideoRedoTVSuite
Media Player Classic
Handbrake
Virtual DJ 8
Audacity
LAV Filters

That's pretty much it apart from some utilities like HWInfo64, Samsung Magician, CrystalDiskInfo
 
As other have said, apart from games the following are installed if I do a rebuild.

Alcohol 120%
Acronis 2016
Adobe CC 2018 (photoshop, lightroom, acrobat, premiere and after effects)
Chrome
Firefox
Steam
Microsoft Office and Visio Pro 2016
Media Player Classic
MKVToolNix
Handbrake
Winrar
Samsung Magician
Sublime
Snagit
OBS Studio
Visual Studio Pro 2015
VMware Workstation 12 Pro
 
Besides gaming related all i have is the following, windows is now mostly just a gaming platform.

Office
Slack
Discord
Spotify
Quassel IRC
VLC
Sublime Text
Dropbox
Firefox/Chrome (trending more towards FF where possible)
winrar
tor
qbittorent
The gaming clients
PureVPN

Linux tools the list is endless, but before i went to linux for anything other than gaming id usually have:
Cmdr
Git
Jetbrains toolbox and related products
VS Code
Visual Studio
WSL
Docker

Probably a load more i'm forgetting.
 
Firefox (with HTTPS Everywhere, LastPass, uBlock Origin, Google Analytics Opt-out)
μTorrent
Winrar
VPN
Tor
VLC
Steam
Photoshop
MusicBee
MSI Afterburner
CCleaner

 
Most of the above to be honest plus:

scanspeeder - I'm currently scanning in thousands of my parents old photos with this I can do 4+ at a time, its crops them etc.
Voicemeeter + VBCable - Great for splitting audio channels etc
Openhardwaremonitor - for use with GOVerlay
Goverlay - for use with my external USB screen to display PC stats
photomove - saves me an insane amount of time organising photos, can simply get it to move them into folders based on year/month/day etc cost a couple of quid and just better than scripting due to the interface.
 
qBitTorrent
Chrome
Winrar
Photoshop
Discord
Steam
MSI Afterburner
ImgBurn
Alcohol 120%
OBS Studio
AmaRecTV
Defraggler
Audacity
Evolve
AudioSwitch
Lightshot
 
Microsoft Office,
Firefox,
Chrome,
Dropbox,
Onedrive,
Discord,
Teamspeak,
Steam,
Origin,
Uplay,
Battle.net,
Winauth,
AI Suite,
Hikvision IVMS-4200,
Roadhawk HD2,
Replay Media catcher,
qBittorent,
Cheat Engine 6,
Infinity,
Flawless Widescreen,
Asus ROG Armoury,
VLC Player,
Notepad++,
Twitch,
Powerchute Personal edition,
X-Mouse button contro,
Spotify.
 
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