It’s unavoidable, as I am using my computer, the more I use it, the more stuffs gets installed to it, and continuing from the list of applications I installed last month, there are few more applications that found it’s way to my computer in the last month or so. Some are essential that I missed out, some are not-so-essential, and here they are in order of installation date.
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 – free
I installed, trialled, and uninstalled lots of software, but I want my current Windows Vista to be as clean as possible, meaning no crapware is allowed to get installed into my Windows. The more software I get installed and uninstalled on my machine, the more unstable my Windows is, not to mention it’ll get slower by the weeks and months, so I installed free Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, and installed a copy of Windows XP inside. Whenever I feel like trying out new software, or simply comparing few applications to see which one is better to be installed on my Windows, I’ll just use this Virtual PC to try out. Only good stuffs gets into my Windows Vista install
- .Sony USB Driver – free
I need to connect a Sony miniDV handycam to my Windows Vista for video capture. My family got tons of miniDV cassettes (50 is my last count), and as my family self-declared IT guy, as my home project, I need to convert all these cassettes into DVDs that my dad, my mom, or my grandma can play on their DVD player. - .
.WinAVI Video Capture 2.0 – free FULL version for limited time
This usually $29.95 software is currently free (go get it while it’s still free!!), used to capture video played from my Sony handycam into an MPEG-2 movie. After all these videos have been captured, I can simply use built-in Windows DVD Maker (only available in Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate) to convert all those MPEG files into DVDs that can be played in normal DVD players. - .
Acronis TrueImage Home – $49.99
The best backup and imaging software. In-line with my current plan of having routine backup of my computer, I have to find a great software to do the job, and Acronis TrueImage does just that. I have been using Acronis TrueImage since version 8, and now it’s at version 10, it’s certified for Windows Vista.
I have been looking at the built-in Backup and Restore Center in Windows Vista, it only can do backup of whole drive. I can’t select which folders that I want to backup. - .
avast! Antivirus v4 Home Edition – free
There are two free antivirus that community seems to recommend to be used in Windows Vista, AVG Anti-Virus Free v7.5 or avast! Antivirus v4 Home Edition which is free for home use. I chose the latter because it seems like more people recommend avast to AVG. Also, according to Antivirus review, avast caught more virus compared to AVG. - .
Raxco PerfectDisk for Home – $39.99
After usage of computer, harddrive gets fragmented, and as a result, computer gets slower. Windows all-along has built-in disk defragmenter that does a basic job, but PerfectDisk does a much better job in improving the performance of your hard drive. Here’s the comparison between PerfectDisk and Windows Defragmenter. - .
Switcher – free
Mac OS X has Expose. Switcher brings this feature to Windows Vista. Press F9, and all open windows are scaled small enough such that ALL windows fits in your screen, make it easier to find a window you want in the stack of opened windows.
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