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Windows 8.1 FAQ |
| Name of Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| 7-Zip | Free Archive tool for 7z, zip, tar archives |
| Application deployment kit | Microsoft's assessment and deployment kit |
| Astra32 | System information Tool |
| AusLogics Disk Defragmenter | Disk defragmentation tool |
| Avast! | Antivirus software |
| AVG Free | Antivirus software |
| Bootcamp | Bootcamp drivers and information |
| CamStudio | Free video recording tool |
| CCleaner | Internet, temp files, registry cleaner |
| CDburnerXP | Free CD or DVD Burner software |
| Classic Shell | Classic menu and explorer tool |
| CPU Z | CPU Information tool |
| DivX | Multimedia player |
| DosBox | DOS Emulator |
| Dependancy Walker | Lists dependancies for programs e.g. DLLs, ActiveX etc |
| Driver Easy | Driver management |
| Editpad Lite | Text Editor tool with tab, search |
| EasyBCD | Easy Bootloader editor for Window 8 (better than bcdedit) |
| Google Chrome | Chrome web browser |
| GPU-Z | Graphics card information tool |
| Hijack This | Virus and malware information tool |
| ImgBurn | Create ISO files of disks or burn ISOs back to disk. |
| Irfan View | Picture and photo viewer. (Alt. to Photo Gallery) |
| IsoBuster | Recover CD/DVD disks and ISO files. |
| Java | Java Runtime |
| Kodi | Media and Home Theatre app |
| LibreOffice | Free Office applications |
| Malware Bytes Anti-Malware | Good anti-malware tool |
| Microsoft Expression Encoder | Media Encoder tool |
| Microsoft Expression Web Professional | Web development tool |
| Notepad++ | Notepad replacement |
| Netbeans | Java IDE |
| One Drive | Microsoft One Drive support |
| OpenGL Extensions Viewer | View OpenGL drives |
| Open Live Writer | Blog writing tool (open source replacement for Live Writer) |
| OpenOffice | Free Office applications |
| OpenSSL | Useful SSL certificate tools |
| Recuva | Recover deleted files and folders |
| SDL | Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) |
| Silverlight | Silverlight plug-in page |
| Skype | Instant chat program (Alt. to Messenger) |
| Stardock Menu | Start menu |
| Start Menu 7 | Start menu |
| Thunderbird | E-mail Program (Alt to Live Mail) |
| Tweak-8 | Tweak Windows 8 settings (incl removing those shortcut arrows!) |
| VirtualBox | Virtual Machine Emulator |
| Vista Start Menu | Start menu |
| Vistart Menu | Start menu |
| Visual Studio | Visual Studio development tools |
| VLC Player | Media player |
| Windows Disc Image download | Windows 8.1 media download |
| Windows SDK | Software development kit |
| WinHelp | Open old HLP files |