Must Have Softwares For Windows 7

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  • .NET Version Detector displays installed .NET versions. (From MSDN)
  • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) provides directory services for directory-enabled application.
  • AdblockIE – inspired by Firefox’s Adblock & Noscript. AdblockIE blocks offsite JavaScript and filters images, Flash, and frames. (From TechNet)
  • Autoruns shows what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings. (From TechNet)
  • BitLocker To Go Reader provides users read-only access to BitLocker-protected FAT-formatted drives on non-Windows 7 computers.
  • Bluetooth Radar “finds” Bluetooth devices for quick file tranfers.
  • Change Login Screen PowerToy Click on “Change Logon Screen”, select (and verify) your new Login Screen image. (From TechNet)
  • CoreInfo – 64-bit command-line utility showing the mapping between logical processors and the physical processor, NUMA node, and socket on which they reside, as well as the cache’s assigned to each logical processor.
  • Desktop Time Tracker keeps track of time spent on your projects from the system tray.
  • Desktops organizes applications up to 4 virtual desktops
  • Diff-IE Add-on for Internet Explorer is a prototype that highlights the changes to a page since the last time you visited it and enables you to view and compare previously cached versions of the page.
  • Disk2vhd creates a consistent point-in-time volume snapshot followed by an export of the selected volumes into one or more VHDs that you can add to a new or existing Hyper-V or Virtual PC virtual machine. 
  • DNSExchanger allows quick switching of DNS Settings.
  • Document.Viewer for FlowDocument, Rich & Plan Text Formats
  • Elevation PowerToy for managing User Account Control (UAC)
  • Enhanced Event Log Viewer makes browsing Log Files easier & faster.
  • Explore as Administrator PowerToy overcomes the limitations of Windows Explorer inability to throw up a UAC prompt when creating a folder within or copying a file into a protected folder such a Program Files or Windows.
  • Fishbowl for Facebook personalizes how you read your newsfeed, update status, comment, like, browse and upload photos.
  • GmailNotifier full Windows 7 integration, notifing when you receive email from Google Gmail.
  • Geosense provides accurate & reasonably ubiquitous positioning information without requiring or the assistance of GPS hardware, enabling more practical location-based applications and scenarios on Windows 7. (From TechNet)
  • Hidden Capture Screen and Store Running hidden captures screen at regular interval and store them on hard disk or ftp site.It sends log by email to check if it is running properly.
  • HTML5 Extension for Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-in is an add-on that enables Firefox users to play H.264-encoded videos on HTML5 pages by using the built-in capabilities found in Windows 7. This Extension adds to the functionality of the extremely popular earlier Windows Media Player Plug-in for Firefox to enable web pages that use the emerging HTML5 standard.
  • Hyper-V VM State to Memory Dump Converter (vm2dmp) converts saved virtual Machines to memory dump files for Debugging.

  • InkSeine search files directly from ink without transcribing queries to a search box or a separate search application. With InkSeine, you circle a handwritten phrase within your notes to create a query.
  • Insomnia (with source code) keeps your computer from temporarily going to sleep. (From MSDN)
  • IPsecPing  command-line IPsec endpoint testing / debugging tool.
  • ISO Recorder PowerToy makes images of CD / DVD to create ISO images.
  • Joulemeter estimates power consumption.
  • LogParser parses many types of textual content, it’s a mature tool with well upgraded functionality.
  • LUA Buglight identifies admin-permissions issues “LUA bugs” (Least-privilege User Account)
  • MSI Explorer to view, analyze, export and make small content changes to MSI Setup applications without requiring Visual Studio to rebuild the entire Setup Project.
  • NetMon 3.4 utility to capture and observe network traffic patterns and problems. (Support: TechNet & KB294818) 

  NetMon Experts 

  • NmDecrypt creates a new trace with decrypted frames added inline.
  • Office Parsers analyzes the Microsoft Office (proprietary) Network Protocol.
  • Simple Search searchs within frames and comments for raw ASCII like strings using a direct case-insensitive search or regular expressions.
  • Top Users shows you the heavy talkers in a trace.

  NetWiz (Network Monitor Wizard) 

  assists in using NMCAP wizard – step by step GUI leverages the powerful command line interface of NetMon in order to capture traffic.
  

  TCP Analyzer (x64 version) 

  analyzes network traces of TCP connections providing various performance statistics and visualizations for the captured TCP connection.

  
  

  • OffVis displays OLESS-based binary files in two ways: a hex view of the raw file contents on the left side – and the tree of objects built up from parsing those raw file contents on the right side. (From TechNet)
  • Patch Registration Cleanup Tool – Repairs Windows Installer errors caused due to incorrect patch registration may be corrected using this tool.
  • Power Plan Assistant smart power plan management application. (FromLive)
  • PowerGUI a graphical user interface & script editor for PowerShell.  (FromMSDN)
  • PowerShell Pack 10 modules to supercharge your PowerShell scripting: manage RSS feeds, schedule operating system tasks and more.
  • pptPlex zoom in & out of slide sections and move directly between slides that are not sequential in your PowerPoint presentation (updated for multi-touch devices). 
  • ProcDump command-line utility whose primary purpose is monitoring an application for CPU spikes and generating crash dumps during a spike that an administrator or developer can use to determine the cause of the spike.
  • Process Monitor advanced monitoring tool that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity.
  • PsLoglist command-line event log display utility that accepts wildcard matching for event sources.
  • RAMMap Advanced Physical Memory Usage Analysis Utility.
  • Remote Desktop Connection Manager manages multiple remote desktop connections. It is useful for managing server labs where you need regular access to each machine such as automated checkin systems and data centers.
  • Remote Server Administration Tools enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2003 / 2008, from a remote computer. 
  • SlickRun gives you instant access to any program or website. (From MSDN)
  • Start Button Changer (From: Live)
  • SyncToy synchronizes files and folders between locations or computers.
  • Synergy easily share a single mouse & keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. (From MSDN)
  • System State Analyzer compares two snapshots of a computer.
  • Taskbar Meters three apps live on the Windows 7′s task bar: CPU Utilization, Memory, & Disk IO (along with quick access to Task Manager & Resource Monitor)
  • Terminals Tabbed Remote Desktop Client
  • Time Zone Change Gadget easily swaps time zones when travelling.
  • TweetCraft in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft allowing you to send/receive Tweets in-game, upload in-game screenshots & AutoTweet achievements.
  • Ultimate Windows Tweaker utility for tweaking & optimizing Windows 7 “promises” to make your system faster, more stable, and secure. (FromTechNet)
  • UnFreeZeMouSeW7 disable / enable standby mode on Windows 7 devices.
  • VHD Tool – create & modify VHD properties & size.
  • Virtual Machine Servicing Tool provides automated tools and guidance to update offline virtual machines, templates, and virtual hard disks efficiently and without exposing them to security risks.
  • Virtual PC allows running many applications on a virtual Windows environment (Install Notes)
  • Virtual Router turns a computer into a Wifi Hotspot using Wireless Hosted Network (Virtual Wifi)
  • WhoCrashed shows the drivers which have been crashing your computer (From Windows Live)
  • Windows 7 Command Reference describes the use of the command-line tools used to perform various tasks related to Windows 7.
  • Windows Access Panel minimizes the trouble in accessing the buried settings & “hidden” system utilities. (From: TechNet)
  • Windows Double Explorer manages two or more Windows Explorers.
  • Windows Image to Virtual Hard Disk Converter (WIM2VHD) command-line tool to create sysprepped VHD images from any Windows 7 installation source. VHDs created by WIM2VHD will boot directly, ready for your first-use customizations. (From MSDN)
  • Windows Installer CleanUp Utility removes a program’s configuration information if experiencing installation (Setup) problems. (Support:Compatibility)
  • Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant installs the Windows Live ID online provider to link a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account.
  • Windows Mobile Device Center (x64-bit version) syncs content between mobile phone and computer.
  • Windows NT Backup Restore Utility restores backups made from Windows XP & Windows Server 2003 computers.
  • WinHlp32.exe required to display 32-bit Help files with the “.hlp” filename extension.
  • Windows Speech Recognition Profile Tool – backup & restore their speech profiles
  • Windows XP Mode – run Windows XP applications directly from Virutal PC. (Notes, Required Patch!)
  • XP-More helps manage Virtual Machines duplication without editing raw XML.
  • xperfui places a gui on the command line tools – tools – trace session – boot trace allows you to get the trace file that you can display with the final utility.