The following is a short list of applications I routinely install on my family’s Win7-based computers (two 11″ Acer netbooks and an older Sony laptop).
- Avast. Free antivirus. The period between which I install Avast and when I have to reformat a virus-crippled machine is about 6 months with risky browsing practices. I may experimentally switch to AVG.
- ComicRack. Awesome if you read comics.
- Firefox. I install the following add-ons: noscript and adblock plus.
- Foxit. An alternative to Adobe Reader.
- Google Earth. I uninstall the bundled Chrome browser.
- iTunes. Will probably drop this one eventually, I haven’t found an alternative I like yet.
- LibreOffice. I limit the installation to the word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet components.
- MalwareBytes.
- Photoshop. I still run v6, but may someday switch to a modern version of GIMP.
- Silverlight. Makes Netflix go.
- uTorrent.
- VLC Player.
I also pin the following Windows accessories to the start menu: Paint, Calculator, and Notepad.
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