Have you just purchased a Windows desktop or laptop PC and you want to know which software you need to install first ? This article is here to help!
There are currently several million pieces of software available for Windows. Difficult to navigate and know which software to install .
Let me guide you and give you the software to install on a new PC or after formatting .
Tip
Install all your programs at once using the package manager Chocolatey . For example :
choco install firefox vlc libreoffice 7zip sumatrapdfYou can also use Ninite which – although less complete than Chocolatey – allows you to install several software at the same time .
| Category | Free | Paying |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-virus | Avast Antivirus ⭐ Avira Free Antivirus | Kaspersky Anti-Virus (€ 29.99) |
| Firewall | ZoneAlarm Firewall Comodo Firewall | – |
| Security suite (antivirus + firewall) | – | Bitdefender Internet Security (34,99 €) ⭐ McAfee Internet Security (39,97 €) Kaspersky Internet Security (49,99 €) |
| Video player | VLC ⭐ MPC-HC | – |
| Audio player | MusicBee ⭐ foobar2000 AIMP | Spotify (€ 9.99 / month) Deezer (€ 9.99 / month) |
| Web browser | Mozilla Firefox ⭐ Chromium | – |
| Image viewer | IrfanView ⭐ XnView | – |
| Office suite | LibreOffice ⭐ | Microsoft Office 365 Personal (7 € / month) or family (10 € / month) ⭐ |
| Engraving | cdrtfe ⭐ ImgBurn ⭐ CDBurnerXP | – |
| Instant messaging + audio / video calls | Signal ⭐ Telegram | – |
| Notepad | Standard Notes ⭐ Joplin Turtl | – |
| PDF reader | Sumatra PDF Foxit Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader DC | – |
| Image editing and retouching | Paint.NET ⭐ GIMP Crete | Adobe Photoshop CC (€ 23.99 / month) ⭐ |
| Backup | Clonezilla ⭐ SyncBack Free ⭐ Redo Backup and Recovery EaseUS ToDo BackUp | Acronis True Image (49,99 €) |
| Password manager | Bitwarden ⭐ KeePass LastPass | – |
| BitTorrent client | qBittorrent ⭐ Deluge Transmission | – |
| Online storage | Seafile ⭐ Nextcloud ⭐ | Microsoft OneDrive (1TB with Office 365: € 7 / month) Dropbox Plus (1TB: € 9.99 / month) Google Drive (1TB: € 9.99 / month) |
| Archiving and compressing files | 7-Zip ⭐ PeaZip | – |
| Cleaning utility | BleachBit ⭐ CCleaner | – |
| Bootable USB flash drive creation utility | Rufus ⭐ UNetbootin | – |
| Partition management utility | EaseUS Partition Master Free ⭐ GParted | – |
| Disk Monitoring and Diagnostic Utility | CrystalDiskInfo | HD Sentinel Professional (33,60 €) ⭐ |
| Screen capture tool | Greenshot ⭐ ShareX ⭐ | – |
| Data recovery | Recuva ⭐ Test Disk | Ontrack EasyRecovery Home (89 €) EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard Pro (66,69 €) |
| And also… | Eye protection: f.lux ⭐ Uninstaller: BCUninstaller ⭐ Malware removal : Malwarebytes ⭐ System info: Speccy Hardware monitoring: Open Hardware Monitor CD / DVD / BD emulator : WinCDEmu Remote maintenance : TeamViewer Media player: Kodi Locked files / folders unblocker: LockHunter |
These basic software will allow you to use your new computer serenely! ????
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