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I chose a new computer for a long time, and finally here it is - standing on the table, on the Windows splash screen, and what to do next, what programs need to be installed? Somewhere I saw something, somewhere I heard, in general, porridge in my head! Let this article be a small guide to the TOP of the most necessary programs for a computer, according to the site.

No matter how hard Microsoft tries to ennoble its operating system, a clean OS can only be used in limited conditions - for example, at work, where the installation of additional programs is prohibited or there are no rights.

What to choose, paid or free programs

It just so happens that some free programs are not enough, it turns out somewhere 50 to 50. In no case do I call for the use of cracked versions, but such is our reality that “cracked” programs are used everywhere. In my experience, for almost any task, there is at least one free program that is more than enough. But paid software is usually more convenient and with more features. But they are needed for bulk work or for professional activities.

Antivirus - necessary protection

I have already touched on the topic of antivirus more than once, this is an absolutely necessary program that I download on any computer immediately after installing Windows. Perhaps the antivirus is the program that is better to buy and live in peace. Paid versions save you the headache of looking for updated keys and signature databases. Our most common:

Which one to choose is a personal matter for everyone. 100% protection will not give any, so just choose which one you like best.

Of the free ones are good:

Alternative browser

For the convenience of using the Internet, you will need to install one of them to replace the standard Internet Explorer / Edge. Popular in our area:

All of them are free and very necessary programs. Today, the browser from Yandex is rapidly gaining popularity. This is undoubtedly one of the best browsers, but everyone has their own preferences.

In terms of speed and system resource consumption, I prefer Opera. And who likes flexibility in customization can choose Mozilla FireFox. If you stay on the standard Internet Explorer, then at least update it to the latest version.

Archiver

By default, Microsoft Windows does not know how to work with such a common archive format as “.rar”. Probably in the West everyone only uses zip. I install a wrapper that supports all the necessary archive formats, including ".zip". WinRAR is built into the operating system, allowing you to work with archives from the context menu in Explorer.

As an alternative, I can recommend the 7-Zip program. It also has all the necessary functions, but it does not know how to pack in the “.rar” format. But it can unpack the “.7z” format.

Office software package

Mandatory thing for working with texts and tables: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Although I included this in the mandatory list, it is still not for everyone. But I have yet to see a laptop without Microsoft Office or its free OpenOffice counterpart. Of the lighter office suites, I would recommend WPS Office.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read PDF books. PDF is the most common format for documentation, books, and manuals. It will work without a special program, but the functionality will be limited to the simplest actions. Acrobat Reader is completely free software.

Messenger, internet phone

Programs for free communication around the world via the Internet:

Skype - the most famous, but outdated, there is a detailed
Viber - actively gaining popularity
WhatsApp is one of the most popular in the world

All programs support voice, video and chat. An indispensable thing for communication, in addition to social networks. To do this, headphones and a webcam (for video communication), as well as an installed program on both devices of the interlocutors. Messengers also allow you to call landlines and mobile phones, but this is no longer free.

In order for you to be able to communicate with relatives and friends, you need to find out what programs they themselves use. But usually they install everything at once. I note that in order for Viber and WhatsApp to work on a PC, they must be installed on a smartphone too.

I showed the main programs for the laptop in a minimal variety. For the more advanced, I will recommend another pack of software.

After installing the drivers, first of all I install the file manager. This program provides convenient access to the file system, replacing the standard Windows Explorer. It is much more convenient to copy, move, change files. I advise everyone! With the launch of Total Commander, my work with the computer begins.

Mail client

To check their email, a person usually goes to a website like gmail.com and looks at their inbox. But it is much more convenient to use special programs - mail clients, especially if you have several email boxes.

The program connects to the server and downloads all mail to the computer. You can view it without browser delays, quickly switching between boxes. I recommend either Mozilla Thunderbird. Not bad is the standard Microsoft Outlook (built into Windows XP/7 and Microsoft Office) and the Mail app in Windows 10, but The Bat! I like it more because it's very easy to transfer mail to another computer or to a new operating system without the risk of losing important information.

Convenient video and audio player

I recommend installing separate video and audio players to replace the standard Windows Media Player. No matter how the developers try, they cannot combine both the video and audio player in one program so that everyone likes it. For these purposes, it is better to use separate programs. For playing videos, they have proven themselves well:

Torrent download

Today, something worthwhile can be downloaded for free on the Internet either from file hosting services or using torrents. You will need uTorrent for this.

Password Manager

In order not to remember all the logins and passwords that you will certainly begin to acquire, I recommend using one of the password managers. The program remembers all your passwords and stores them on the server. Subsequently, they can be used from anywhere, on any computer and browser. I recommend using or LastPass .

RoboForm is the first thing I install because it stores all my access to internet services and applications on my computer. I also have an add-on to the Mozilla Firefox browser on my smartphone, with the help of which I always have up-to-date logins and passwords on my phone.

CCleaner System Cleaner

I'm sure a useful thing for any system running Windows 7/8/10 is the CCleaner program. Designed for periodic, about once a month, cleaning the operating system and programs from accumulated debris. Basically, these are various temporary folders, files, caches, which not only clog free disk space, but also often worsen computer performance. Especially useful for improving the performance of browsers that start to slow down over time.

Optional settings

Useful only if you have special system requirements.

A set of codecs for video and audio

By default, Windows can only play the most basic video and audio file formats. To support other formats, you will need one of the codec packs, such as the K-Lite Codec Pack or Win7Codecs . This installation is optional because any modern multimedia player already has all common codecs built in, or it immediately offers to download them.

Disc burning software

DVD drives are less commonly used than they used to be, but are still found in almost every computer. I use the program to burn discs. From the free one, I can recommend JetBee FREE or ImgBurn.

Outdated, somewhere else popular ICQ

A popular client for communication using the ICQ protocol (“ICQ” in the folk language). Previously, every computer used to be the de facto standard for instant messaging over the Internet, such as free SMS, only in a larger volume. You can often see it in contacts on various service sites and online stores.

I use social networks, Telegram and ICQ at the same time. Thus, you can keep a constant connection with people. Instead of the cumbersome ICQ program, I recommend installing a convenient QIP client. The program is in Russian, has a simple and intuitive interface.

Bonus - Punto Switcher

This is the minimum of programs that are needed for a computer and I myself use them. Literally opened my start menu and chose the most basic. I do not recommend using various Windows builds, such as "Zver", although some of the necessary software is already built into them. But it is because of them that inexplicable problems with the computer then pop up.

I bang criticism from myself and in relation to the topikstarter and in relation to the enemy)

1. Firewood - no comments here, they are needed. True, for starters (if possible), we update Windows through a Windows update (as for Windows 7 and everything above), a good half of the firewood gets up, or even that's it. What do you need to put firewood from the off site on and the latest is on the video card (otherwise you don’t mess up normally) and on the sound system (if it’s not built-in and you’re a dope sounder)))) There are, of course, cases that none of the methods given the author is not suitable for some crap (such as a USB 3.0 controller on a monoblock mother, and there is no pancake disk in the box, and firewood is on the current offsite on Win10 x64, and on a monoblock, at least get out of the ass 7 x86 should be, but without firewood 2 usb ports do not work, DRPs does not help and you have to look for the controller chip and slip a different driver in general, but the main thing is everything works) But this is an exception.

2. Browser, here as someone likes (someone and ikplorer 5.0 surf and it's normal). I won’t say anything against Edg, but browser extensions like AdBlock and BrowSec are more fun with them.

3. Antivirus. A separate issue, of course. A regular user should not live without it. I completely agree that the built-in defender in Win8-10 is generally a clear thing, it catches everything and with a bang, dr web, kaspersky, nod32 missed it, but the defender caught everything. Avira, Avast, Comodo and the like (free versions, not paid for testing) trash is still the same, they missed viruses, and quite serious ones, after this I don’t install and don’t recommend them to anyone. In general, Windows 7 also (with the latest updates) has a built-in defender, but I can’t say anything about its operation, so if you have Windows 7, XP, you need to install something like dr web, kaspersky, nod32.

4. Archiver. The built-in archiver... hmm... to be honest, I rarely see zip, but rar is more common, especially in a corporate environment. WinRar is paid, this is its main disadvantage, 7Zip is required to be installed, it simply reads a lot of archive formats, it is cool to use as a console archiver for backup, easy and most importantly free.

5. Codecs yes, definitely yes at home. Provided that you download movies somewhere and watch them on your computer. In the population, this type of viewing is becoming a thing of the past. No one has been downloading movies and series for a long time - they watch online, watch online on smart TV, watch online on a tablet, and so on and so forth. Codecs were relevant at the dawn of the development of peer-to-peer networks, when providers created their own local networks in cities / districts of the city and all hung in flylinkDC ++, downloaded pyrobytes of films for themselves (which, by the way, they never watched), films were in archaic formats. Well, you can stick a kanesh on a home computer, so just in case, definitely not on an office computer. No codecs.

6. PDF, somehow I used it with the distant version 4.0, in general it suited me with the interface and functionality, but in the latest versions it has become very heavy, it breaks all the time, it starts its services and positions itself in security reports as an information collector on a par with google, apple, etc., so I'm starting to abandon it. A good alternative to FoxitReader is lightweight and convenient. Regarding djvu “and a lot of different formats”, I haven’t seen djvu for a long time (at the university there were only books on mathematical analysis and linear algebra in this format), if someone is directly interested in heaps of books scanned in poor quality, then you can djvu viewer without installing throw it off, but “the masses of other formats” seem to not even come to mind what it could be and to whom it could be useful.

7. Office applications for any (well, when installing, we select Word and Excel, the rest is of course not needed at home), to a corporate computer plus PowerPoint and Outlook, by the way, you can also use the mailer at home, a convenient thing. And there are so many documents on the net in doc and xls format, so without an office, people often take work home, finish a sign there, some document, well, someone even a presentation. If you do everything according to feng shui (feng shui in the field of copyright), then put an open office - it will fit home with a head.

8. Disk images. Here UltraIso (by the way, paid, if anything) is needed by admins, enikeys and others like them, and usually at work or for work purposes, it’s very good for her system images are collected (the necessary wim archive is thrown into the original msdn image), boot disks are written (and in vain the critic shouts that disks like mammoth shit are already and we are all suckers here, a hot topic at enterprises, and in some places even necessary - where computers are categorized, who knows, he will understand), bootable flash drives, etc. An ordinary user does not need UltraIso, especially since it needs to be additionally quacked. “Win10-8 works with images out of the box - you are all suckers” the question is broader than it might seem, at the moment 7% is the market share of Windows XP, 50% is the market share of Windows 7 (MacOS - 9%, *nix - 2%) , draw conclusions about what kind of work out of the box with images))) Almost all games come in iso images, so at home DTLite will not be superfluous for me, I don’t need it at work.

9.Skype is a rather individual thing, if you communicate with relatives from another city, then yes (well, or at work you arrange something like a conference between branches). And now everyone is sitting on a telegram and wats "up, there are even video calls and mobile phones (:-D even in the mail agent it is) and cellular communications have become quite cheap.

10.Torrent. Well, at home, yes, everyone seems to use this thing, of course not at work. some other rocking chairs are incomprehensible - nafig are not needed, there are quite enough built-in browsers. All the same, we don’t download IE 4.0 via the dial-up channel (just don’t disconnect, just don’t disconnect!!! aaaaa!!! if anyone remembers Masyanya))))

12. Flash player. Well, if you are fond of watching "vidyashek" all sorts of shitty in the internet, then you can bet, definitely not at work.

13. Player. Well, if you install K-lite codecs, then an MPC player (media player classic) is installed with them, a great thing, IMHO you don’t need an extra hat on your computer, and the player built into Windows is also normal.

14. Well, burning discs ... again, Nero (I have nothing against an excellent program in its class) - it is paid (copyrights, feng shui and all that). Just burn a disc or a disc with music - Windows (starting with 7) and the built-in player do everything perfectly with this. If you really want something special, then there is a free analogue of BurnAwareFree theme. There is also a freemake video converter - it burns discs, dvd can make menus and navigation.

15. Punto Switcher - well, it tastes. I always put myself, though only at work, at home she didn’t fucking give up. If only someone prints a lot of something (well, that is, works at home). Generally a handy thing.

16. Remote access. Again, teamviewer and ammy admin are paid. If you want to work even harder helping everyone. This is if you have some outsourced office, then yes, these programs are needed (oh God, copyright infringement and feng shui). And at the enterprise there is RDP. In general, there are houses (if there is a white ip, of course), but I do not recommend allowing it at home.

Additional software and programs are an integral part of absolutely any computer. Immediately after installing a new operating system or after purchasing a new device, users tend to install dozens of useful applications that perform their functions. Most often installed: browsers, useful drivers, antiviruses, and many others. But for beginners, a reasonable question immediately arises - how to safely and quickly install the necessary software? How not to pick up viruses and not spoil the normal operation of the device? We will try to answer these and many other questions now.

So, we have an absolutely clean desktop, there is only the "Basket" and a regular browser. How can we install the necessary drivers and programs? First you need to go online. If this is not easy to do, then you may not have the necessary drivers and you will have to install them from a disk or drive. But that is another story.

So that no one will definitely have any questions, let's walk through the installation step by step using the popular browser Mozilla as an example.

Installing the Mozila Browser

Once on the Internet, enter the name of the application you want to download and go to the official website of this developer, because usually only there you can find the newest and safest software without viruses.
Click on "Download" and select your operating system and its bit depth. The system bit depth can be found in the properties of the computer.
The file will download. The download speed directly depends on two factors - the speed of your Internet connection and the weight of the file. Wait for the download to finish and open the file.
Most likely, the system will warn you about the possible danger of the file, because it was obtained from the Internet. But do not be very scared, if you actually downloaded from the developers' site, then the program does not pose a danger. Click Yes. And we continue.
The installation has started. We will go to the installation window. We need to select the language we need, in our case - Russian.
We are asked to choose a place on the drive where the program itself will lie. Usually they are installed on drive D, and another partition is assigned to the system, but this is not important.
License agreement. It should be noted as a separate item. Most are afraid of it, because you are asked to agree with something. You shouldn't be afraid of him. This is some kind of contract between the copyright holder, that is, the developer, and you. Of course, you need to read it, because it may contain important information regarding the distribution and use of this software, including for commercial purposes. Please read it carefully and check the appropriate box.
Usually the installation starts, a bar will appear that will gradually fill in green as the installation progresses. You may also see progress percentages, which makes the process even more simple, understandable and convenient.
Next, a window will appear in which you will be notified that the entire installation has been completed. You can start a new program after closing the window, but it is recommended that you restart your device before doing so.

step by step

Thus, the following stages of system installation can be distinguished:

Downloading the installation file (has the .exe extension).
Running a file and allowing it to make changes to the hard drive.
Select the language of the installer.
The license agreement, which you need to read, understand the important aspects and accept.
Choice of installation location. There will be a folder with the application and all its data.
Installation process. Its duration will depend on the power of your computer and the program being installed and its system requirements.

Important! During the installation process, you may be prompted to install additional software that you may not need. Be sure to pay attention to the add-ons that software developers offer you to install. Sometimes it can even be search engines you don't use. To control this process, always choose the full installation.

How to find the setup file

What to do if you have downloaded the installation file of the program, but cannot find it. You need to go to the "Downloads" folder. To do this:

How to install something from disk

It is not necessary to download from a site on the Internet, some still use drives or disks. The installation algorithm will be slightly different.

What definitely not to do

There is also a small list of actions that are clearly not worth doing if you are concerned about the safety and normal operation of the device.

What applications are installed on my PC

It is imperative to get rid of unnecessary data and its parts, but how and where to look for them?

This can be done in two ways - using the tools of the system itself or using third-party software.

Method 1. Through the control panel, in the "Uninstall or change a program" list

Method 2. Through CCleaner

This handy app will also show you a list and make it quick and easy to delete everything you don't need.

Using revo to uninstall

We already know that the data left over from the program clogs the system over time and makes it slower. To avoid this, you need to qualitatively remove the program. For these purposes, the Revo application was written.

To get started, you need to download it. Developer site: https://www.revouninstaller.com/index.html
We allow you to make changes to the hard drive.
Select the appropriate language for the program.
Set the location where the program will be placed. Better to leave it as is.

We get into the application itself, which meets us with a simple and understandable interface.
Select the application you want to remove, right-click on it and select the "Delete" line.
The usual uninstaller will appear and a window in which you will be prompted to scan the computer for the remaining files of the name of the remote program.
Revo will find all the files and offer to delete them.

Paid Apps

Novice users are often faced with the fact that they cannot simply and free of charge get millions of programs and games, you have to pay for them. Please note that software can be divided into at least 3 types:

Video - How to install the program on a computer

The developers of the Windows operating system take into account the errors of previous versions and make the appropriate changes and adjustments in the updates. The same thing happens with the functionality of the system - the functions of the most popular third-party applications become part of the operating system after some time. This means that such programs no longer need to be installed on a home computer in most cases, but many users continue to do so by inertia, duplicating the capabilities of the system itself and wasting their PC resources. Below is a list of 8 types of programs that I no longer install on my computer because these features are available in the operating system itself.

1. Program for burning (cutting) discs

Since the days of Windows XP (and maybe even earlier), the system has a built-in disc burning function. Another thing is that in XP it was such an inadequate thing that users chose something from third-party developers. Fortunately, that was a long time ago.

In modern Windows 7-10 operating systems, such functionality already copes with its tasks quite adequately, so there is no longer any particular need to install programs for burning discs for domestic purposes. Moreover, CD / DVD discs themselves are becoming a thing of the past and new computers are less and less equipped with devices for reading and writing them (especially laptops).

2. Defragmenter

All in the same Windows XP, the built-in defragmenter was, so to speak, “nothing”. It worked extremely long and heavily loaded the system. In Windows 7-10, the built-in option does the job just fine.

Moreover, in Windows 8 and higher, the defragmenter has become part of a set of measures for system maintenance, which is carried out automatically when the computer is idle. That is, in the latest versions of Windows, defragmentation is automatic. But in Windows 7 it needs to be configured.

3. Program for opening ISO images

Once upon a time, opening an ISO file required installing a special program on the computer. Modern Windows can work with them itself. Just open the ISO file and you will have a new disk in the list of Explorer devices that you can fully work with. It's so simple. Another thing is when you need to create these images yourself - here you may need a third-party program. Since I do not create images, I finally stopped installing programs to work with them.

4. Archiver

Even in Windows XP, it became possible to open ZIP archives in the system itself. In modern systems, you can already create archives using Explorer, simply by sending files / folders to a “compressed folder”. This is the ZIP archive. Therefore, it makes no sense to install a separate archiver for this (and even more so to buy it for money).

But if you often work with non-standard archive formats (like , rar and others) or you need some rare functions that are not available in a regular tool, then an archiver will still be needed. I keep 7-Zip in my portable applications folder just in case, but the last time I used it was a long time ago (I don’t even remember when it was).

5. Antivirus and firewall (firewall)

Windows 8-10 already has a built-in antivirus and firewall. Windows 7 also has a great firewall and an antivirus can be downloaded from the Microsoft website (similar to the one installed in Windows 8-10). For advanced users, this combination will be more than enough if they do not use pirated software and do not visit incomprehensible sites with “pulsating warts”.

If you are not sure, then it is still better to play it safe and install on your computer some third-party antivirus with additional modules that will allow you to bypass dangerous places on the network.

Modern operating systems have a very convenient and simple tool for viewing images. So if you do not need to edit photos while viewing, but just need to view them, then installing such a program from a third-party developer does not make much sense.

8. File manager

Already in Windows 7, I finally abandoned the use of third-party file managers, because the regular Explorer has become very attractive and convenient for these purposes. Although many users still use programs like Total Commander or .

By the way, I still have FAR, but I use it not for the usual file operations, but as a tool for working with the Windows command line. Everything else I do in Explorer.

And what programs have disappeared from the arsenal of your computer in recent years?

Many users, out of inexperience, their naivety, install all sorts of utilities for Windows 10 on the computer, without wondering if he needs them. Relying on the fact that someday they will come in handy. This is fraught with the fact that sooner or later the computer will start to slow down, even freeze, because in most cases, as experience has shown, many of the programs have the same nature of work. As for example, there were cases when several antiviruses were installed on the machine at once. The system began to really get confused with which one to start working with. It is desirable that one application be installed for 1 operation. In rare cases, two or even three can be used.

Below I will describe the most necessary programs for a computer Windows 10 which you will need for normal operation.

7. And to check the health of the hard drive, you can put - SSD Life Free. If you need to perform various operations with partitions - Macrorit Disk Partition Expert

10. To clean the computer from temporary files and other debris, as well as remove software, I suggest Ccleaner.

18. DAEMON Tools

21. Automatic update of already installed applications on the computer. This is necessary to fix their vulnerability, add new features and much more.

But I'm not done yet!

Ninite - automatically installs the necessary programs for a Windows 10 computer

After reinstalling the system, everyone is faced with the fact that they have to re-find, download and install programs on the computer. The process is not difficult, but it takes a lot of time to find the necessary utilities. Of course, as an option, you can always make a flash drive with the necessary software and use it if necessary. And what if this was not at hand? Or there are several computers on which you need to install the software? You can lose precious time. In addition, applications are constantly updated and you have to update the "reserves".

A very useful resource will come to the rescue, which contains almost everything you need for the above purpose. This site has helped me more than once, and today I want to introduce you to it and recommend it.

Let's follow the link. The port page with provided programs will open. Do not be afraid of the English-language interface. Everything is intuitive.

Select the necessary checkbox and press the big green button " Get Installer". An immediate download will follow. Upon completion, go to the folder where the software was downloaded (in Windows 7, 8, 8.1 - this is the Downloads folder)

For example, I marked 2 products - Glary and so my file looks like this.

By clicking on which, the software will be installed automatically.

Upon completion of the procedure, you can immediately start working with the installed software.

In conclusion, I want to say that when working with this resource, you will not have advertising garbage installed in the form of Toolbars, Chinese antiviruses and other garbage.

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Special thanks for Punto Switcher ;)

Punto Switcher is a great program if you want to steal someone's logins and passwords.

MusicSort Platinum forgot

JAVA might work too.

Java, maybe.

You are wrong. Just provided here programs that will be needed to work with a computer. Further, they are already installed depending on the needs of the user.