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Console2

SlickRun

MicroTorrent

OpenOffice

TortoiseSVN

Firefox addins:  Firebug, Web Developer

Fiddler

Paint.NET

Here's a few off the top of my head:

* TestDriven.NET

* The holy trinity (NAnt, NUnit, NCover) although I'm favoring MbUnit lately

* Subversion (I personally like having a local repository)

* CC.NET (even for one man builds, I just like having it running and it comes in handy with demos and presentations on CI)

* TortoiseSVN

* Ankh or that other VS addin for hooking up to Subversion repositories from inside VS

* Team Explorer (if you need to hook up to TFS)

I have a bunch others and been meaning to post an entry on setting up a new developer machine (6 months in I had to re-image my existing 9400 but I'm getting a new M90 with 4GB in about a week)

Windows XP SP2 or Vista?

If Vista, x32 or x64?

I've recently started using Launchy, and I love it.

sourceforge.net/.../sevenzip

7z > winRAR

:)

Recently dropped Free Download Manager in favor of the DownThemAll Firefox addon. Much faster and works correctly with SourceForge (FDM doesn't).

I think the correct URL for WinRar is: http://win-rar.com/

Powershell

www.microsoft.com/.../default.mspx

- RoboForm(www.roboform.com) is the password manager and web form filler that completely automates password entering and form filling.

- Firefox Addin

 a) Session Manager

 b) Seo for Firefox (tools.seobook.com/.../seo-for-firefox.html)

You misplaced the LiveWriter add-ons under Live Messenger

I second the 7-Zip recommendation, much better program.

I use TClockEx instead of MemInfo.  It lets you show the memory load without having to hover, and you can customize the date and time too.  (And like MemInfo, it's free.)

No local SQL server? I find it invaluable for offline hacking in the coffee shop.

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Nice set of tools..

Although i would rather use Quicktime Alternative

Since Resharper doesn't do C++, Visual Assist X (http://www.wholetomato.com)

How can you live without Beyond Compare? Espessially if you are using SVN.

Honerable mentions I also have others have mentioned a few of these:

Console2 (don't forget to set up Console Here on your right click menu in explorer)

Testdriven.Net (!)

NAnt - however do you build without it? Also great to automate other tasks.

Consolas Font - much better than the default courier stuff.

IEDev Toolbar - great stuff for Web devs. Although if you are using FixFox Firebug seems to be all this and more.

Fiddler2 - WOW! Awesome tool... now with videos on line that actually show you how to use it's goodness.

Reflector - don't write .Net code without it.

DbGhost - I can't work without it anymore. Awesome change management for databases.

Lookout - I still prefer it to search email in outlook to Google Desktop!!! Wish MS didn't orphan it.

Plaxo.com - excellent tool to sync Contacts/Calendars between PC's, etc.

BOb

ClipMate (most useful clipboard extender ever the end)

Trillian and Skype to stay in touch

For file archiving, I use <a href='http://www.izarc.com'>IZArc</a> - it supports 50 different file formats, including RAR and ISO.

<a href='audacity.sourceforge.net'>Audacity</a> for audio file manipulation (CoolEdit Pro isn't freeware, unfortunately).

Linux.

cygwin for linux junkies like me

Thanks for using my program, Direct Folders, glad that you like it. Good list, I've a few additions:

FSImageViewer

Light Alloy - video player

Firefox addons:

ScrapBook

All-in-One Sidebar

ImgLikeOpera

Flashblock

putty

google earth

truecrypt

I love FastStone for image manipulation.

The Gimp ?

SpamHilator filter

Mozy Romote Backup ( 2 G free to back up files on the web)

AVG antivirus

Volume Touch fast and inobstrusive sound volume

Firefox Addons: ReminderFox, ScrapBook, FoxClocks, McAffe SiteAdvisor;PishTank Site Checker, Stumble, Adblock, CoolIris Previews,Web Developer

Minesweeper :P hehehehehe

AVG Free

Zone Alarm Free

trillian

firefox addon-unplug

adaware

spybot sd

avg

itunes

any video converter

Cannot believe you chose Office 2007 when there is OpenOffice from OpenOffice.org

Free open source, but will export in M$ Office formats for those who are stuck to that paradigm

<i>I use TClockEx instead of MemInfo.</i>

I've never used one of those memory usage things, but if you like to customize your clock in the systray, you might try AlfaClock. I started with TClockEx, which has that memory usage thing if I recall right, but AlfaClock synchronizes your system clock, announces the time if you want, and has an alarm. Seems to be perfectly stable, too.

www.alfasoftweb.com/alfaclock

A Linux distro containing replacements for most of your list.

get rid of windows all together and start using linux its fast easy free and comes with almost every thing you'll ever need.

I echo the usefulness of Launchy; Apple got it right when they pioneered this (or if they didn't, whoever did).

Another valuable utility is Path to Clipboard, which adds options to copy path(s) of the selected item(s) to the shell menu.  I couldn't find a download location other than my own site for this, which is too bad, since it is a very nice tool!  luke.breuer.com/.../path2clp.zip

Taskbar Shuffle - it very easily lets you drag and  drop taskbar items around. (I can't function unless VS 2005 is the first item in my task bar). Its totally free of spyware and associated junk.

www.freewebs.com/.../taskbarshuffle.htm

I don't have vista yet, but they guy's website says that it works on vista.

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On any computer that I work more than 10 minutes I install Total Commander

> Am I missing something?

Sony SoundForge

    instead of CoolEdit Pro

Orbit Download Manager

    instead of Free Download Manager (just

    works better and also downloads Flash

    Video, Windows Media & Real Audio

    streams).

FlashGet

    add-in for FireFox

IE7Pro

    Add-in for Internet Explorer

Nero Burning ROM

    Need to burn things once in a while

Adobe Photoshop

    To keep the family photo's sharp and

    contrasty

UltraMon

    Add's a few very handy things to Windows

    if you're using more than one screen.

How about a great freeware backup utility?

 www.educ.umu.se/.../cobianbackup.htm

and how abot a compression Utility

http://www.7-zip.org/

Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel (www.majorgeeks.com/download4402.html) lets you mount a CD or DVD image (ISO file). Wouldn't live without this (unsupported Microsoft) product.

If Win XP on a laptop, I'd say Kerio Personal Firewall V4 (the last one from Kerio), and:

- process monitor (www.sysinternals.com)

- allSnap if you have nice high resolutions (www.cs.toronto.edu/.../allsnap)

- UltraIso (www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso) great if you work with VM's a lot

- and indeed TrueCrypt (deserves to be mentioned twice) www.truecrypt.org

I haven't tried Notepad2, but I use Notepad++ all the time.  It has sytax highlighting for a ton of languages, code collapsing (at least in XML), macros, regex searching, and the list goes on.  highly recommended, from 1 geeky jew to another :)

* Process Explorer (and now Process Monitor)

* Pserv.cpl - a better services and devices control applet

* Psinfo, Psexec

* Autoruns

* WinRar or 7Zip

* Daemon tools or Virtual Clone drive

* FireFox (for those times when MSDN loads better with that than with IE and for FireBug) and Opera (for fast browsing when everything else fails)

* IE7Pro

* Orbit downloader

* Media player classic (works better, faster and lighter on resources than anything else EACH AND EVERY TIME. On the rare occasions it does not, I try KMPlayer)

* ImgBurn

* Virtual PC or Server/Vmware server

* UltraMon or MultiMon

* Textpad or Notepad++

* Windows defender/AVG or AntiVir

* Launchy

* If you want a real resource or anything else monitor, and are willing to spend some time tweaking it, nothing beats Samurize

* Used to love Quintessential Player, but have switched back to WinAmp

* Killcopy can be nice to have

* Under Vista it becomes a bit unneeded, but under XP you must have Zsoft Uninstaller

* Fiddler 2

* PINs

* SmartFTP

* HFS has become a recent favorite

* BOINC :)

ClassMaster 2.0

I use magiciso to burn iso .  It works great for me.

www.magiciso.com/.../miso-burnwin.htm

I have a huge list of software that I like to install on a new box.  Check it out.

blogs.chyld.net/code

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