{"id":380643,"date":"2017-06-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/droix.co.uk\/blogs\/installing-the-essentials-in-windows-part-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T22:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:09:42","slug":"installing-the-essentials-in-windows-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droix.net\/blogs\/en-ie\/installing-the-essentials-in-windows-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing The Essentials In Windows Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"CCleaner\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CCleaner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chrome\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Firefox\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chrome and\/or Firefox – TO DO STILL?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"CCCP<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CCCP Codec Pack<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"FileZilla\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"FlashFXP\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FlashFXP (or FileZilla). Some people like FlashFXP, but we’ll link to FileZilla first as that FTP client is free, whereas FlashFXP is only free for the initial 30 day evaluation period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"LastPass\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LastPass<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"TeamViewer\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teamviewer\/QuickSupport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"LibreOffice\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

LibreOffice – https:\/\/www.libreoffice.org\/download\/download\/ donations are voluntary, though most appreciated, if you have office installed, custom lo install and check file format associations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"YTD<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

YouTubeDownloader – TO DO STILL – INSTALL VERY CAREFULLY – for offline video watching<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Notepad++\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

notepad++ – TO DO STILL –<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Calibre\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Calibre – TO DO STILL -if wanting to manage eBook collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Tor\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tor Browser – TO DO STILL – especially if portable device, using abroad etc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VPN client (IPVanish, WindScribe etc)- TO DO STILL ??<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Unified<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Unified Remote (more to come in a future post) – TO DO STILL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"InfraRecorder\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

InfraRecorder – to do still – as with 7-Zip, CD and DVD burning features are present in Windows, however if you need to burn data in a way that Windows can’t natively handle, there is a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"GIMP\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

GIMP – to do still<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Google<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Google Earth – to do still<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows Store<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kodi\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kodi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Fresh<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fresh Paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"TuneIn\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

TuneIn Radio (http:\/\/www.radioplayer.co.uk\/ as a website based alternative)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dropbox\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dropbox<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Adobe<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Adobe Photoshop Express<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Netflix\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Netflix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game Controller Tester??<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demand 5 etc (test working) – TO DO STILL –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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