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- HoeKey* - Make use of that Windows key and many other key combos. Here are my keys combinations.
- PureText* (Strips away formating when you paste using Winkey-V) As there is no install,
- Copy to the directory of your choice
- Start the program and it will appear as a PT icon on your system tray
- Right click the icon and choose options
- Check the box to "Automatically run PureText each time...."
- Araxis Merge 64-bit - Best diff tool I have ever found. (disable Ribbon Interface, check do not show splash window, add folder filter to ignore .svn folders and make the default encoding UTF-8 No BOM). DetalWalker looks promising and cheaper.
- WinRar 64-bit - better than winzip (does all the same stuff with zip files) plus allows you to create self-extracting splittable files and has a superior compression format called rar.
- Erase - with a right-click you can securely delete or move confidential file
- Disable running of scheduled tasks
- VMWare Workstation - allows you to virtualize operating systems. If you do not know what this means you are missing out.
- I map the host apps and vmdata folder and then generate c:\apps\ and c:\vmdata\ symbolic link using mklink /D
- Metapad* - almost as tiny and fast as notepad but with unlimited undo's and a couple of other nice features. However, I do find I use notepad++ more often now.
- Snagit - screen capture utility. Most used feature, autoscroll, which scrolls to capture all contents of a window.
- FastStone - similar to Snagit but portable.
- Quick SFV 64-bit - use md5 or sfv files to ensure integrity during transport of files
- Synergy - Control multiple computers from one keyboard and mouse over your network.
Secure Your Data
- AntiVirus I use different ones on different computers. As a power user I disable the on the fly scanning to conserve cpu and memory.
- Avira Personal Edition - has highest detection rate but has pop-up advertisement. Though it can be disabled, I actually recommend buying a license.
- Avast Home Edition - Recommended by Dickson. Very good but I don't like having to renew my keys every once in a while.
- AVG - Free version does not check for malware.
- Telnet - you actually have to go into Windows 7 and install this manually.
- Any Password - centralize your passwords. Now I am looking at an open source alternative called KeePass which I can hopefully hook up to an application server and make online. Even more ideal, I can perhaps hook up KeePass with a java web app with 2-Factor authentication.
- KeePass* - a central place to keep your important data with one master password or master key file.
- Second Copy - I have been using this forever to backup my data. My favourite feature, it can keep versions of you backups, like the last 3 versions of the file.
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