In this article - about the best in my opinion and completely free useful programs that can be useful to each user. Below, I consciously indicate not all possible good programs for each of the goals, but only selected for yourself (or ideally suitable for beginner). The choice of other users can also differ, and keep some options for one task on the computer, I consider it superfluous (except for some professional cases). All the described programs will (should, in any case) work in Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7.
Separate lists of best paid and free software for various tasks on the site.
First, separate selection of articles with Windows programs for various purposes, and then in the article - my personal choice and recommendation for the most typical tasks.- The best means of removing malicious programs
- Best Free Antivirus
- The best free software for setting up and optimizing Windows 10
- Free programs for remote computer management (remote desktop)
- Programs for SSD discs
- Best PDF editors
- Live desktop wallpaper windows 10
- Windows Automatic Fixing Windows Error
- The best free data recovery software
- Programs for creating a loading flash drive
- Windows 10 programs on SSD or other hard drive
- Best Antivirus for Windows 10
- Flat repair programs
- Free programs to check the hard disk for errors
- The best browser for Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7
- Programs for cleaning a computer from unnecessary files
- Best archivers for Windows
- Best Free Graphic Editors
- Programs for watching online TV
- Top free video edits
- Programs for recording video from the game from games and desktop Windows
- Free video converters in Russian
- Programs to put a password to the Windows folder
- Free Android emulators for Windows (launch Android games and applications on the computer).
- Programs for searching and deleting duplicate files
- Programs for software removal (uninstallasts)
- Programs to find out the characteristics of the computer
- Best PDF Reading Programs
- Free programs for changing voice in Skype, games, messenger
- Free programs for creating a RAM disk in Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7
- The best password storage programs (password managers)
- Programs for recording disks
Libre Office - Working with documents, creating tables and presentations
Some users even consider Microsoft Office is a free office package, and are surprised when they do not find it on a newly purchased computer or laptop.
Word To work with documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint to create presentations - for all this you need to pay and there are no these programs in Windows (and some, again, think otherwise).
The best fully free office package of programs in Russian is LibreOffice (earlier here it was possible to attribute and OpenOffice, but no longer - the development of the package, one can say, ended).
Software is fully free (you can use it including for commercial purposes, for example, in an organization) and has all the functions that you may need from office applications - work with text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, etc., including it is possible to open and save Microsoft Office documents.
For more information about Libre Office and other free office packages in a separate review: Best Free Office for Windows. By the way, in the same topic you may be interested in the article The best programs for creating presentations.
Media VLC Media Player Player - View Video, Audio, Internet Channels
Previously, as the best media player, I pointed out Media Player Classic, however, today my recommendation is a free VLC Media Player player, available not only for Windows, but also for other platforms that supports almost all common types of media content (has built-in codecs).
With the help of it, you can easily and conveniently play video, audio, including DLNA and from the Internet, including online TV view.
At the same time, the player features are not limited to playback of video or audio: With it, you can make a video conversion, a screen entry and not only. More information about this and where to download VLC - VLC Media Player - more than just a media player.
Davinci Resolve - Professional video editor available in fully free version
If you need a free video editor, it is functional than Davinci Resolve in its free version you are unlikely to find anything. Yes, this is not the easiest software, but there is no Russian interface language. However, if you master it on accessible video lessons and using other training materials, you can do literally anything. There are limitations in the free version, but it is very likely that no home user with them will simply encounter (for example, it is doubtful that you plan to export video 8k).
About Davinci Resolve and other free video edits, including simpler and in Russian, as well as links to download them from official sites in the review best free video recorders. It can also be useful: the best video editors for Android.
Video Converter Handbrake
It takes completely free (without any suggestions to purchase anything additionally), the Russian-speaking, very functional video converter with support for all imaginable formats with the possibility of their fine tuning and mass conversion video - Handbrake will be my recommendation.
Detailed review and on the use of basic functions in the HandBrake article - the best free video converter.
OBS Studio to record video from the screen
Do you need to record video from the desktop for lesson or, it is possible to record or broadcast the gameplay - try starting with OBS Studio. Functionally, convenient (after you figure it out), it works fine.
Detailed overview and where to download: Record video from the screen in Obs Studio.
WinsetupFromusB and RUFUS to create a loading flash drive (or multiz-load)
The free WinsetUpFromusB program is enough to create USB drives with installing any topical version of Windows and for Linux distributions. You need to record the image of the anti-virus LiveCD on the USB flash drive - this can also be done in WinsetupFromusB and, if necessary, the drive will be multi-loaded. Read more: Download WinsetupFromusB and instructions for use
The second free program that can be recommended to create bootable flash drives to install Windows 10, 8 and Windows 7 on systems with UEFI / GPT and BIOS / MBR - RUFUS. It can also be useful: the best programs for creating a loading flash drive.
Computer cleaning programs from unnecessary files and other trash
Once as the main recommendation for these purposes for most users was CCleaner, but this time passed and today it is definitely to say which programs for these purposes will be better I can't. But I tried to celebrate their pros and cons in the articles:- Best Free Computer Cleaning Software
- The best free defaults (programs for removing programs)
XnView MP for viewing, sorting and easy editing photos
Earlier in this section, Google Picasa was specified as a better program to view the photo, however, the company stopped developing this software. Now, for the same purposes, I can recommend an XnView MP that supports more than 500 photo formats and other images, simple cataloging and editing photos.
In more detail about the XnView MP, as well as about other analogues in a separate review, the best free programs for viewing a photo.
Graphic editor Paint.Net.
Each second Russian-language user, of course, Master Photoshop. True, and more often it installs it on his computer, in order to once trim the photo. Whether it is necessary if the graphic editor is required only to rotate the photo, place the text, combine a couple of photos (not for work, and just like this)? Do you do in Photoshop at least something from the listed or is it just installed?
According to my estimates (and I use Photoshop since 1999), most users are not needed, many do not use them at all, but they want him to, and for several years they are planning to learn how to work in this program. In addition, establishing unlicensed versions you are not only tormented, but also risks.
Need easy to explore and high-quality photo editor? Paint.Net will be an excellent choice (of course someone will say that Gimp will be better, but it's hardly easier). As long as you do not solve the processing of photos really professionally, more functions than it is in free Paint.NET you will not need. You may also be interested in the ability to edit photos and pictures online, without installing programs on your computer: Best Photoshop online.
R-undelete and DMDE for data recovery
Among the best free software for data recovery, you can select two: R-undelete and DMDE. Although there are other excellent tools for these purposes that you can read the best data recovery programs.
R-undelete is ideal for a novice user to recover deleted files from hard disk, flash drives, memory cards, or other drive. In detail about using the program and where to download it in the instructions for recovering data in the free R-undelete program.
DMDE, having a slightly more complex interface, can be very effective if data recovery is required after formatting, changes in the structure of the disk partitions or damage to the file system on the disk. About this in the instructions how to recover data after formatting in DMDE.
Separately, the PhotoRec program - despite the name, the utility can restore not only the photo, but also the majority of popular file types from a variety of drives, and not only NTFS and FAT32 file systems, but also EXT3 / EXT4 and other Linux file systems are supported, which May be useful.
ADWCleaner to remove malware, adware and malware
The problem of malicious programs that are not viruses (and therefore they do not see antiviruses), but cause unwanted behavior, for example, pop-up advertising in the browser, the appearance of windows with unknown sites when opening a browser has recently been very relevant.
In order to get rid of such malicious software, the AdwCleaner utilities are ideal (and it works without installation) and MalwareBytes Antimalware. As an additional measure, you can try Roguekiller. On these and other programs to combat malicious software
Diskgenius to work with drives, Windows transfer to another HDD or SSD, converting table partitions and other tasks
In the previous version of this article for the specified tasks, I recommended using Aomei Partition Assistant Standard - the program was convenient, in Russian, and almost all important features were free. Unfortunately, now in the free version available very little, and therefore I change the recommendation for Diskgenius.
Among opportunities:
- GPT disk conversion in MBR and from MBR in GPT without data loss
- Windows transfer to SSD or another hard drive
- Working program from the boot flash drive
- Removing, separation, merge, change disk partitions
- Data recovery and remote sections
The program is not in Russian, but all basic actions are performed very simply, and I tried them in detail to describe in the Diskgenius article - work with partitions, transferring Windows, restore data and other features of the program.
ONENOTE for notes and records
When it comes to programs for notes, diaries, storage of textual and graphic information, to say which program will be better unambiguously: it largely depends on the habits and needs of a particular user. But if you do not know where to start, I recommend Microsoft OneNote:
- Free (including synchronization), available for all common platforms: You can work with record books in Windows, Mac OS on Android and iPhone. For devices with pen - support for handwriting and drawings.
- Any user will be relatively easy to deal with the program.
- Convenient organization of sections of record books, pages in them, the ability to create tags for searching, simple full-text search.
- Password notes protection (it is possible to unlock the fingerprint or face ID).
You can download ONENOTE from official application stores for all platforms (including the UWP version from Windows Store for Windows 10), and the desktop version for Windows (serves for Windows 7) - from https://www.onenote.com/download
Microsoft To Do case for lists
Also, as in the previous case, a master of doing business, a GTD professional and a person who defeating the procrastination will call other tools that helped him in this. But if you need a completely free solution to start considering your business with synchronization on all devices - try starting with Microsoft to do.
You can download the program from official stores Windows Store, Google Play Market, Apple App Store, and if you wish, working with your tasks can be completely online from any browser: https://to-do.live.com/tasks/
7-Zip - Archiver
If you need a convenient and free archiver who knows how to work with all the common types of archives - 7-Zip - your choice.
The 7-ZIP archiver works quickly, conveniently embedded in the system, easily unpacks Zip and Rar archives, and if necessary, pack something to will do it with one of the maximum compression ratios among these category programs. See the best archivers for Windows.
Browsers and antiviruses
Write about the best browsers and antiviruses is always difficult: in addition to some objective characteristics, where almost all products that you have a hearing, in general, are good. But a considerable role is played by subjective experience: sometimes positive, sometimes negative. Therefore, therefore, antiviruses would note only one material that can be useful and is a meta-analysis of tests of antiviruses of independent laboratories: the best free antiviruses.In part of the browsers, you can separately mark the Microsoft Edge browser appeared in Windows. But there are other excellent browsers, in detail about which I wrote in a review the best browser for Windows.
WINAERO TWEAKER - If you needed to configure Windows 10
Twigters (setup programs of various functions) For Windows 10 there is simply a huge amount: they are characterized by functionality, safety, ease of use and other characteristics.
I do not recommend similar utilities for novice users, but if I really want to reduce the probability of theoretically possible negative consequences, I would recommend to use Winaero Tweaker, but when it is used to pre-create a Windows recovery point 10. Details about twigher functions: Configuring Windows 10 In Winaero Tweaker.
I did not write about some other programs, the special benefits of which for most of my readers will not be, since their use is required only for a comparative narrow circle of tasks. Therefore, there is no notePad ++, Visual Studio Code or Sublime Text, Filezilla or TeamViewer and other things that are very necessary for me. Also did not and write about obvious things, such as Skype. Also add that downloading anywhere free programs, it is worth checking them on virustotal.com, they may contain anything that is not entirely desirable on your computer.