Necessary programs for Windows. Programs for reading DjVu files. Installing missing drivers

The variety of computer programs is so great that sometimes the user, without thinking, clogs his system unnecessary software, then complaining about low productivity gland. Therefore, we will determine the most necessary programs, dividing them into several groups.

The first category is safety

This includes antiviruses. The most popular is Nod32, full version which is paid. However, even with a minimal set of tools, the computer is guaranteed high level protection and performance.

The second, no less popular, is Avast Antivirus. Easy to use and free update– benefits of antivirus.

The third most popular is Kaspersky. Lengthy search for keys, licenses and more paid versions do not prevent users from protecting their device using this software.

The fourth position was taken by the Microsoft antivirus product Security Essentials - free, simple, and consumes a minimum of system resources.

The top five is closed by AVG AntiVirus Free, which provides reliable PC protection and has a number of additional functions.

The second group is office suites

Not a single client can do without software for working with documents. That's why Microsoft Office– a popular software package for viewing and editing images, text files and tables. OpenOffice is similar, which is popular among workers government agencies, because it is absolutely free.

The third category of programs is disc recording

Let's highlight the top three.

1. Nero - the most complete and feature-rich package for processing and recording multimedia files. It takes up a lot of hard drive space, but records discs with high quality.
2. Burn Aware Free – software for quick recording. Consumes a minimum of resources, has downtime and a clear interface.
3. Infra Recorder is a popular program with a huge range of tools. Clear and convenient. Does not write to some types of discs.

Fourth group – PC diagnostics and cleaning

1. CCleaner – cleans your computer of unnecessary junk and corrects errors in the registry.
2. Auslogics Disk Defrag – powerful tool to improve system performance.

Fifth category – Flash Player

Monopoly leadership belongs to Adobe Flash Player - an integral element of high-quality display of Internet pages. Videos, pictures, graphics - everything works thanks to this program.

Sixth group – reading PDF files

To read books, tables, magazines, you need to have high-quality software. The most famous in this category are Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader, Adobe Acrobat. The first two are free, only the last program requires a paid product registration.

Seventh category – codecs

Without K-Lite Codec Pack it is impossible to listen to music or watch videos. The developers have included the most complete set of tools in this package. Therefore, its installation is mandatory.

Well, what about archivers, which make up the seventh group of necessary programs.

Let's highlight two of the most popular:

1. WinRar – works with all existing types of archives.
2. 7-Zip is an archiver that is in no way inferior to its predecessor, and moreover, it is free.

Summing up, we can conclude that the above programs constitute the required minimum for working with a PC and do not load the processor. All other software is designed to entertain the user and work in certain areas.

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 different links, but I hope that they will all 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.

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”).

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 cleaning device built into it. digital trash and the system optimizer is an original solution from the manufacturers, I should note.

Please note that with proper fine tuning any antivirus can be the best for you. For example, for a long time I used 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.

Descriptions of other free and effective means You can find information about 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 and services, detector and destroyer of viruses, as well as spyware. It is thanks to this magic program(and a couple more tricks) I managed to speed up computer startup in up to 9.2 seconds- this is my personal record for this moment 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 leader in this matter Advanced program SystemCare. 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 One 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. She adds in Windows Explorer tab function (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, today all browsers are like rockets.

Whatever Internet browser you use, do not forget about best ad cutter. 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).

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 by quick scan systems.
» 7.1 MiB - downloaded: 2,895 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: 1,192 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Cloudy antivirus scanner, which uses multiple detection engines and technologies to remove advanced threats. Additional protection compatible with your antivirus, antispyware or firewall. 14-day trial version.
» 6.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,277 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

A single solution for PC security and optimization. One of the best free antiviruses.
» 74.7 MiB - downloaded: 1,478 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: 1,025 times - Updated: 10/09/2018

Antivirus AVZ utility designed to detect and remove SpyWare and AdWare spyware, Trojans and network and email worms
» 9.6 MiB - downloaded: 1,110 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: 333 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Bitdefender antivirus has protected more than 500 million users without missing a single ransomware attack.
» 10.4 MiB - downloaded: 279 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

ESET Antivirus Smart Security Business Edition 10.1 (for 32 bit)
» 126.1 MiB - downloaded: 3,662 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Antivirus ESET Smart Security Business Edition 10.1 (for 64 bit)
» 131.6 MiB - downloaded: 2,957 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Kaspersky Anti-Virus - free version
» 2.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,275 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

The archiver is free. For Windows (64 bit)
» 1.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,794 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

The archiver is free. For Windows (32 bit)
» 1.1 MiB - downloaded: 5,023 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Winrar. 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: 854 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: 1,150 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Download Master - free manager downloads
» 7.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,219 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: 811 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

FTP client FileZilla (for 32 bit)
» 7.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,097 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

FTP client FileZilla (for 64 bit)
» 7.6 MiB - downloaded: 731 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: 1,719 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Java
» 68.5 MiB - downloaded: 2,717 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Skype - communication without restrictions. Call, text, share any files - and all this is free
» 55.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,783 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: 269 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Postal Thunderbird program
» 38.9 MiB - downloaded: 1,149 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

uTorrent torrent client. Archive password: free-pc
» 4.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,505 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Viber for Windows lets you message and call others for free Viber users to any device in any network and country! Viber syncs your contacts, messages and call history with your mobile phone.
» 87.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,474 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: 835 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: 900 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Aimp is one of the best free Audio players.
» 10.2 MiB - downloaded: 1,859 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

ComboPlayer- free program to watch 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: 1,668 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

FileOptimizer is a small utility designed for additional compression of graphic files using special algorithm
» 77.3 MiB - downloaded: 414 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 a video player Media Player Classic
» 52.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,873 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: 947 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC) (for 64 bit) - multimedia player built on the basis media player Player Classic 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: 1,312 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: 1,014 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

PicPick - full-featured screen capture, intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, slate and much more
» 14.8 MiB - downloaded: 756 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Radiotochka is a stylish and convenient program for listening and recording radio on your computer
» 13.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,697 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: 1,015 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 formats files
» 19.4 MiB - downloaded: 1,343 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: 529 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: 693 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Adobe Reader is a program for reading and printing documents in PDF format
» 115.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,520 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

LibreOffice is free Microsoft alternative Office. The program includes text editor Writer, Calc Spreadsheet, Impress Presentation Wizard, Vector graphics editor Draw, Math formula editor and Base database management module. For Windows (64 bit).
» 261.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,045 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: 813 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: 699 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: 1,096 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: 1,733 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Ashampoo Burning Studio Free 1.14.5 - free version of a multifunctional program for working with CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs
» 31.3 MiB - downloaded: 1,380 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: 733 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: 1,364 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

DriverHub is a free program for installing drivers. Has a driver rollback feature.
» 976.6 KiB - downloaded: 335 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

DAEMON Tools Lite- small in size but powerful in capabilities, popular CD/DVD drive emulator
» 773.2 KiB - downloaded: 1,129 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: 1,352 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

XPTweaker. Tweaker for Windows XP
» 802.5 KiB - downloaded: 1,957 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

AOMEI Backupper Standard. Great program for creating backup copy or system recovery, Works also 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: 1,138 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. Multifunctional program free for home and commercial use.
» 10.5 MiB - downloaded: 1,067 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Aomei PE Builder helps you create a bootable environment for FREE Windows based PE 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 operating Windows system damaged and cannot be used.
» 146.8 MiB - downloaded: 1,120 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Defraggler is a free defragmenter from Piriform Ltd., known for its CCleaner and Recuva programs. Can work with both a whole disk and separate folders and files
» 6.1 MiB - downloaded: 1,045 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Puran File Recovery- 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: 733 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Recuva is a free utility for recovering lost (due to software failure) or deleted data
» 5.3 MiB - downloaded: 987 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: 913 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Victoria - designed for performance assessment, testing and minor repairs of hard drives
» 533.3 KiB - downloaded: 1,365 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: 3,916 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

CCleaner deletes unused files, frees up space on hard drives, allowing Windows to run faster
» 15.2 MiB - downloaded: 1,524 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: 1,625 times - Updated: 07/06/2018

Cobian Backup is a free program that allows you to schedule the backup of individual files or directories, moving them to a specific directory in other folders/drives on the same computer or on remote server online

Required programs for windows 10 - 7

Hello Readers of my blog! In this article I will tell you about the most necessary programs for Windows 10 - 7. 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 on board your computer, there are practically no useful and necessary programs. 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), 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 unready 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 spend less disk space to store 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 decrypt the passwords set by this archiver.

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, rapidly 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. Highly recommend. After installing this codec pack, all your audio/video players will play almost all media file formats.

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 fact is that they are all different and have different useful features, which IE doesn't 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. Has a huge number of different useful additions, which other browsers do not have.

Opera one of the most fast browser 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.

There is a great add-on for all these browsers Neuron Search Tools- this extension provides the ability to simultaneously search for information on the Internet via Google and Yandex, and jointly conveniently display search results. Searching with this application becomes much more efficient. I highly recommend it for use.

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 poorly on Google Chrome, but 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. UmmyVideoDownloader is specially designed for downloading videos from YouTube. Very comfortable and high quality item.

Programs for audio/video communication

6. To communicate on the Internet you need at least 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 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 big amount documents at the same time. It remembers the situation when you turn it off and restores it automatically the next time you turn it 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 mail client, presentation manager, slide show... On the Internet you can find advanced packages with many additions.

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. In each window you can open unlimited amount 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!

Programs for viewing PDF files

10. Foxit Phantom required for reading documents in PDF format. The program is 10 times smaller similar to Adobe Acrobat is much faster and also allows you to edit PDF documents. I recommend. 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 trying to uninstall, you often encounter messages like “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 important programs

Programs for capturing images and videos from the screen

15. FastStone Capture - 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 OCR software. The 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 Winamp, which has quite rare codecs in its package 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. Any user will be able to satisfy all their needs.

Windows Cleaners/Accelerators/Optimizers

19. CCleaner 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. Similar and more powerful programs great variety: Carambis Cleaner, AVG TuneUp, Wise Care 365, Advanced System Care, 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

Required programs for windows 10 - 7 - Power Data Recovery

20. Power Data Recovery is a simple but powerful tool for recovering deleted data. Allows you to restore:

1. deleted files and folders;
2. files from lost/deleted/damaged partition;
3. data from a hard to read CD/DVD;
4. 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 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 editor

21. Adobe PhotoShop - an unsurpassed raster graphics editor. Just necessary tool for creating, editing pictures and adjusting photos. Required programs for windows 10 - 7 - CorelDraw

22. CorelDraw- the best processor vector graphics. 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 format images ISO discs. Allows you to create and edit simple and bootable disk images. Uses third party programs for burning discs such as Burning Rum.

Programs for mounting disk images on a virtual drive

Required programs for windows 10 - 7 - Daemon Tools

25. Daemon Tools Lite allows you to mount a CD/DVD disk image on virtual drive, which makes it possible to see how the image will work on a real drive. The program has a fairly 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. 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

Required programs for windows 10 - 7 - The Bet

26. Mail clients possible critical 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:

The Bet- a great assistant for those who conduct active Emai correspondence. Allows you to download mail from huge amount boxes and put it into folders. Has a filter designer and much more.

Ms Outlook included in the package Microsoft programs Office. 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 enough complex application designed for experienced users who are not afraid to configure everything manually.

Zimbra Desktop- free email client with open source code. 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 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

Required programs for windows 10 - 7 - DjVu

27. 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

Required programs for windows 10 -7 - Audacity

28. There are also quite a lot of such programs, but perhaps the best one would be small but powerful Audacity. The program works with a mixer built into a personal computer system, as well as external sources sound. It is intended for recording sound files unlimited size.

Allows already recorded files:

1. clean from interference: hissing, static noise, hum;
2. change volume;
3. cut into pieces and assemble as you please;
4. and also compress.

The program is used to record and process digital files. As well as digitization of obsolete sound media: records and cassettes. Besides own format AUP supports a number of popular extensions. In addition to professional functionality, it is also free.

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" disk have only a 64-bit version. And accordingly, they will not work on 32-bit operating systems.

A standard Windows installation includes a set of some programs, but, to put it mildly, for normal operation user their functionality is insufficient. In this regard, it is necessary to replace them with more advanced ones. If desired, you can supplement the software with the missing software. It will significantly expand or improve the functionality of a personal computer.

Antiviruses

Installing a fresh antivirus is necessary in mandatory as it protects your computer from unwanted software and hacker attacks. It is not recommended to install several antiviruses, as this can lead to conflicts between them and will significantly slow down your computer.

Perhaps an antivirus is the only thing that is better to buy and be calm about the safety of your data. The most common antiviruses in Russia: DrWeb, Kaspersky Antivirus and NOD32.

Good free ones include AVG, Avast and Comodo Antivirus. Having installed a free antivirus, you must periodically scan your entire computer with the free DrWeb CureIt!

Avast is a popular free antivirus designed for mass use on personal computers. Users using avast! Free Antivirus, completely protected from viruses and spyware in real time. Besides this, the antivirus also has several other useful tools to ensure computer security.

Nod 32

Perfectly provides stable and timely protection of your personal computer. The advanced detection methods used by the antivirus even protect against potential future threats.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus

A good solution to the problem of protecting your computer from malware and spyware - Kaspersky Anti-Virus. It guarantees the most reliable protection against the main types of viruses, and performs excellently both in detecting known viruses, and new ones.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus provides a high level of information protection when minimal impact on the speed of the computer.

DirectX

DirectX is a set of multimedia interfaces and libraries designed to implement three-dimensional graphics, video and audio.

DirectX is included with Windows. Moreover, every game or multimedia application requires DirectX, and, as a rule, the newest version, and therefore it is better to immediately update its version to the current one.

Adobe Flash Player

Irreplaceable free application for traveling on the Internet, since watching online videos on such popular sites as YouTube, VKontakte and many others that use Flash animation technology will be impossible without latest version Adobe Flash Player.

What program is needed to watch videos on a computer?

Windows offers Windows Media Player installed as standard. The player interface leaves much to be desired; to watch movies properly, you need to install a bunch of video codecs.

In this regard, replacing the standard Windows Media Player is quite obvious. No matter how hard the developers try, they cannot optimally combine both the video and audio player. For these purposes, it is better to use separate programs.

Player KMPlayer

The best choice is KMPlayer because it contains all the major codecs. After installation KMPlayer is even built-in Windows player can play all formats. This player It has an excellent customizable interface and adequate speed.

Photo: watching the cartoon in KMPlayer

Browsers

For better navigation on the Internet, it is advisable to install one of the alternative browsers.

Free ones are especially popular in Russia:

• Opera;
• Mozilla FireFox;
• Google Chrome.

Opera

Opera is compact, has decent loading speeds, is versatile, has a wide range of settings and has excellent functionality. Thanks to these advantages, Opera can provide the most efficient computer experience.

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is considered one of the most advanced WEB browsers. He has many undeniable advantages and from the very beginning makes a very pleasant impression.

A simple and concise interface helps you learn Mozilla Firefox in a short period of time. Guaranteed security, extensibility and flexibility are the main qualities that make the browser so popular.

Photo: official Mozilla page Firefox

Google Chrome

The main advantage of this browser is its simple and friendly interface. Another important feature is the highest speed and reliability of operation. Thanks to this, it loads pages and downloads files quite quickly.

Messengers

Messengers are programs for instant messaging over the Internet in real time. Text, sound, video and images can be transmitted. Such applications are suitable for teleconference communication.

Skype

One of the most popular applications for free communication over the Internet around the world. It can work in the following modes: voice, video and chat.

For its operation, you need a microphone, headphones (or speakers) and a web camera (for video communication). To establish a connection, the Skype program must be installed on both workstations of the communicating people.

The paid version allows you to make calls to telephone numbers.

ICQ

A client that is popular among users for communicating via ICQ protocol. It was created as an application for sharing text messages, but new ICQ version provides opportunities for a variety of information exchanges.

I CQ is becoming more and more like Skype in its capabilities. In addition to the possibility of audio and video communication, it allows you to search for new interlocutors, reminds you of birthdays, supports sending congratulations, and also allows you to send SMS for free

Archivers

Archiver is an application that is designed to add and extract files from an archive. Data archiving is necessary to reduce the size of data, which is useful for transporting and storing information.

7-Zip

7-Zip is a wonderful free archiver. One of the main advantages of 7-Zip is the presence of a convenient file manager.

It is possible to embed the archiver into Windows Explorer and self-extract 7z archives. Among other things, the application has an excellent level of compression and supports many file types.

WinRar

It is a powerful archiver. Applications downloaded from the Internet are usually archived, and using WinRar you can extract files from the vast majority of archives.

The program is based on a highly efficient data compression algorithm that provides the highest compression ratio.

This application has the ability to restore damaged files.

Burning discs

DVDs are used much less frequently than just a few years ago, however, the need to burn discs still arises from time to time.

For this purpose, they usually use an application with great functionality, Nero Burning ROM. Among the free software, we can recommend Infra Recorder.

Nero

Nero is a disc burning program that offers an almost unrivaled range of options and makes burning discs as comfortable as possible.

As software for burning discs, it is one of the best. Nero Burning ROM is characterized by excellent quality and high speed records.

The trial version works for 15 days, after which it is offered to be purchased.

Infra Recorder

InfraRecorder is not inferior to paid analogues. The program provides recording of information on most types of disks, supports the ability to create and burn disk images, copy disks, and simulate recording. The program works with dual-layer DVD discs.

Reading PDF and DJVU files

A significant amount of information on the Internet is stored in pdf or djvu formats. The Windows operating system does not contain built-in viewers, so to read files of these formats you must install the necessary applications.

A small, fast and feature-rich PDF viewer that allows you to open, view and print any PDF file. Unlike other free alternatives, it allows you to create PDF files and participate in collaborative reviewing.

Adobe Reader

Adobe (Acrobat) Reader is a software package designed for complex work with PDF files.

The application provides basic functions for working with PDF files and supports all the features of implementing the latest versions of PDF (working with three-dimensional images in a document).

Photo: reading a book in Adobe PDF Reader

STDU Viewer

Software for viewing DjVu and PDF files, which allows you to download the contents of a document to instantly jump to the desired sections, and create personal bookmarks in documents.

Photo: screenshot STDU programs Viewer

WinDjView

WinDjView is a fast, small and powerful tool that can be installed on your computer to read books in DjVu format. It features a modern bookmark interface and advanced printing functions.

Programs for downloading files

A download manager is a computer application that downloads files from the Internet. Its main tasks: protection against download errors by checking the integrity of the file, speeding up its download time.

Download Master

Download Master is a high-quality application for downloading files with the ability to integrate into all the most popular Internet browsers Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and others.

In this case, the standard download modules in these browsers are replaced.

uTorrent

Used to save information from torrents. It is distinguished by its compact size and simplicity, with decent functionality. It has almost all detailed statistics, autostart, RSS support, download scheduler and much more.

The disadvantages include the lack of a full-fledged torrent search engine and a preview player.

Photo: downloading files via uTorrent

Office suite Office packages are a set of programs for working with documents on a PC.

Microsoft Office

Having an office suite today is almost mandatory for any user. The most popular and easy-to-use office suite, including programs for working with various types

documents. The entire product line has simplified navigation. This package is paid, there is a trial period limited to 60 days.

Free, feature-rich office suite. Ideal for home use. Consists of software for editing tables, texts, creating presentations and working with databases.

Codec set

A newly installed Windows can play only the most basic video and audio file formats. To play other formats, you need to install one of the codec sets.

K-Lite Codec Pack

A universal set of codecs and decoders for playing any multimedia files in a wide variety of audio and video formats.

The package contains both 32- and 64-bit codecs, so it can be used equally well in different versions Windows.

The list of supported formats is impressive:

Utilities

Utilities are computer applications for solving auxiliary tasks that expand the standard capabilities of the operating system and simplify the process of changing certain parameters. Most of necessary utilities can be found freely available on the Internet.

CCleaner

A useful free utility for cleaning the operating system from garbage. During its operation, the application searches for and deletes temporary and unused files.

The advantages of the utility include simplicity, accurate, error-free work with the registry. It is possible to roll back to an earlier version of the registry.

Defraggler

A free application for defragmenting your hard drive, which increases its speed and service life. Unlike analogues, this application allows you to defragment not only the entire hard drive, but also specific files.