For many of us, experienced and novice users, the moment of acquiring a brand new PC is, above all, a pleasant event. If a person is familiar with Windows OS, then his first actions will be aimed at "software improvement" of the operating system. The standard distribution of any Microsoft product will quickly get bored with its "limitedness" to a beginner. And if for the first category of users it is quite clear what “necessary programs for Windows 7” means (namely, this review article is devoted to this OS), then the second group of people may feel a sense of confusion and discomfort characteristic of a little-knowing person. To free you, dear reader, from the damaging effects of uncertainty, to give you useful food for thought and to guide along the path of rational choice, let us turn to a list of recommended software. Which in the end will correspond to the optimal software configuration of your new PC.
Antivirus software
Before you begin installing the necessary programs for Windows 7, take care of digital security. Since it is no secret that any computing device, whether it is a stationary PC or laptop, needs protection from malicious software. At the same time, there are many such anti-virus software and various utilities that counteract the moment of “digital infection”. All of them, however, like all software as a whole, are divided into two main groups: freely distributed and paid utility programs.
- Avast Free Antivirus is a simple and at the same time quite effective anti-virus product to use. This free tool to protect your PC will allow you to significantly increase the level of security when working with various data and during Internet sessions.
- AVG AntiVirus Free is also a free software, the built-in modules of which quite efficiently detect various viruses and neutralize adverse code.
If you need more serious protection, then in the context of this section “Essential programs for Windows 7” it is worth mentioning two popular antivirus products: Kaspersky Internet Security and Eset Smart Security. However, despite the fact that the mentioned software is paid, the user can always use the test version to understand how appropriate it is to use such software.
To view multimedia material at the highest level ...
The list of "Required Programs for Windows 7" includes various audio and video players. Indeed, quite often a novice user faces a peculiar problem: a movie downloaded from the network has an “incomprehensible” format for the built-in Windows Media Viewer. Everything is quite simply resolved if you install a special package of codecs K-Lite Codec Pack, as well as install the appropriate multimedia software.
- AIMP is an incredibly convenient program through which the user can listen to audio files and even view video content in Windows 7.
- Programs for working with sound - MP3DIRECTCUT, Free Audio Converter and AVS Audio Recorder - will significantly expand your computer's ability to process music and record your own voice.
- Install the free VLC Media Player and you can not only watch your favorite movies, clips and other kind of multimedia material in various formats, but also receive video content online using the Ace Stream Media media platform.
Archivers and comfortable data unpacking
Unfortunately, the Windows 7 operating environment does not have a built-in tool for fully working with * rar – archives. Therefore, the user is forced to independently equip his PC with a convenient "packaging" tool. Without such a program for a computer, Windows 7 is helpless when it comes to the need to compress a file to a “small size” state.
Office programs and their free alternative
There is no more convenient tool for working with text and tables than Microsoft Office. However, for many reasons, some users do not need to purchase, in general, an expensive product of the company of the same name. To work with text, you can use the functional and at the same time free office suite Open Office.
Perhaps for some of you, dear reader, the miniature Notepad ++ will be enough. By the way, without Adobe Acrobat Reader, you cannot work with files that have a PDF extension.
"Creativity" PC: programs for creating
Windows 7, as well as any other operating system of the Microsoft family, does not have sufficiently serious integrated software for editing and processing any kind of photographic material. Therefore, the integrated graphical Windows-tools can hardly be called thorough in this regard, and therefore requires the installation of special software that would meet the user's needs. By installing a free Gimp editor on your PC, you can achieve almost identical results, as if you were using the popular but expensive Adobe Photoshop.
Instead of a logical debriefing
Well, you have familiarized yourself with the main list of necessary software. Nevertheless, I would like to mention some useful programs for Windows 7, among which special attention should be paid to the quite effective CCleaner optimizer.
- Convenient and at the same time free software will help you keep your OS “digitally clean”.
- The easy-to-use program contains a number of incredibly effective applications, using which you can perform the correct uninstall process, as well as manage your startup list with comfort, thereby increasing the performance level of your PC.
- With just a few clicks, the user can fix errors in the registry, free up "littered" disk space and completely destroy sensitive data that is undesirable for detection.
Download the Punto Switcher utility to your PC - and work in any text editor will be much more pleasant and more productive. The mentioned application automatically changes the language layout of the keyboard, relying on the intelligent algorithm of the program. Therefore, you will no longer have to retype words and whole sentences, which for well-known reasons (as a result of human inherent forgetfulness) are displayed on the screen in the form of incomprehensible characters.
That's all, be careful and selective in the process of choosing and installing the software you need!