Do do have a new or relatively new Windows PC? Are you looking to get it ready for use and wondering what other software pieces you might download and install? Here are 9 suggestions.
- LibreOffice
- Google Chrome
- Google Drive
- An antivirus software
- VLC Media Player
- 7-Zip
- ClipClip
- CCleaner
- Adobe Reader
Additional Software
Here are some optional programs you might install.
- Zoom
- Notepad++
- CPU-Z
Developer Software
If you are a developer, there a lot more tools and programs you could install.
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio Community
- SQL Server Developer and Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
- SQLite
- PostgreSQL
- FileZilla
Learn with YouTube
Here’s a video by Leila Gharani called FREE Windows Apps You Should be Using (who thought these are ACTUALLY FREE?!). It’s about 8 minutes long and is dated May 25, 2021. The 5 apps are Drawboard PDF, QRTTabBar, CrystalDiskInfo, FreeFileSynch, and VLC Media Player. Here’s another video by Leila called 5 Mind-Blowing FREE Windows Apps (you probably didn’t know existed). The apps are: O&O ShutUp10, ShareX, PrivadoVPN, HandBrake, and streamWriter.
With Adobe Reader, I like the pages to scroll smoothly through a document instead of having the screen jump when it hits the bottom of the page. Go to the top left corner and click the Edit button > Preferences > Accessibility > Always use Page Layout Style > Single Page Continuous. You may need to re-load the document if you have one open.