I have recently installed Windows 7 on mine development laptop and I really like it. It’s so much better than Vista. After a clean install of Windows 7, I install the following applications I always use.
Standard application and tools
Opera
My main web browser, although Chrome almost made me change. Biggest issue with Chrome is not saving the zoom level I set it to. Try watching websites on 1920×1200 on 100%.
Live Writer
Fantastic tool for writing and posting blog posts.
Live Messenger
Instant messaging application for private use. All my friends use it and I can also use it my Xbox360.
Skype
Instant messaging application for work. Skype just works, even behind a proxy, and is not targeted towards teenagers only.
Blu
A beautiful Twitter desktop client, written in WFP.
Windows 7 codec pack (from Shark007)
A simple playback pack for Windows with the goal of supporting the majority of video formats in use today.
Office Professional 2010 (Commercial)
Contains all the office tools I need, except Visio. Also installed the Office Proofing Tools Kit 2010 for Dutch spelling.
Office Visio 2010 (Commercial)
The program to build diagrams and plans. Lately however I’m using PowerPoint more and more for this. It just looks better in PowerPoint.
LinkedIn Outlook Toolbar
Syncs my LinkedIn contacts with my Outlook contacts, including the pictures. Outlook syncs with my mobile, so now I can see who calls me ;o). Also the creation of contacts from a signature is a great feature.
Acrobat Reader
The reader for PDF files. Large in size for only a reader, but it’s the original and I don’t have troubles with it.
Microsoft Security Essentials
Lightweight, non invasive, reliable anti virus software.
7-Zip
Superior compression program. Also supports zip, iso, gz and all other popular formats. Used WinRAR before, but 7-Zip just compresses better.
Virtual CloneDrive
Allows mounting of ISO and other formats that contain copies of DVDs and CDs. I burn maybe once a year a CD or DVD, so don’t need advanced tools for this: Windows 7 will do fine.
Paint.NET
Great graphics manipulation tool that is easy to use, and powerful.
Notepad2
Great replacement for notepad. Notepad++ is also great, but I don’t need the tabs.
uTorrent
Lightweight, spyware free bit torrent application.
Grabit
A simple newsreader that automatically repairs and extracts downloaded binaries.
Visual Subst
Visual tool for setting up drive mappings to folders.
SpaceSniffer
Fantastic utility that graphically shows hard disk usage. Not just a pie chart, but a true graphical representation of your hard disk.
Fences
Fences is a one-of-a-kind program, allowing you to draw labeled shaded areas on your desktop, which become movable & resizable containers for your desktop icons. These groups can help bring organization and consistency to your computer’s desktop, solving the “constant mess” problem that has plagued the desktop since its inception.
Process Explorer
Task manager on steroids. It’s belongs to the Sysinternals Suite, which has more great tools.
CCleaner
I think one of the best programs to clean your machine. From folders, registry to start-up programs. Is in beta for Windows 7, but so far no problems wit it.
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Defragmentation of your hard drive visually.
DropBox
For folder syncing and sharing. Very easy to share a file and someone a link to it. Used Live Mesh Beta before, but it does more than I need. It’s still a interesting product to keep an eye on.
FileZilla
FTP program. Supports SFTP and parallel downloading of files.
SharedView
Connect with up to 15 people in different locations and get your point across by showing them what’s on your screen. Share, review, and update documents with multiple people in real time. A Windows Live ID (Passport, Hotmail, or MSN) is required to start sessions, but not to join sessions.
Cisco VPN Client
The VPN client most of my customers use.
Calibre
I have a Sony Reader Touch Edition, but the e-book management software that’s delivered with it is crap. Calibre is a free e-book management software, that’s not perfect, but a lot better than the default software of the Sony Reader.
Microsoft IntelliPoint
I got a Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000, that works even better with IntelliPoint software of Microsoft.
NMap
A utility for network exploration or security auditing.
Zune software
Don’t have a Zune, but the Zune software is a simple media player and great pod catcher. Only thing bad, is that sometimes the CPU spikes to 100%.
Remote Desktop Connection Manager
Great application for managing multiple remote desktop connections.
Developer application and tools
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate (Commercial)
Mine main application when coding.
Visual Studio 2008 Team Edition (Commercial)
I still need Visual Studio 2008 for Business Intelligence development. I don’t install Team Database Edition and SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2
Database development with source control, database compare, generating change scripts? Use this Visual Studio edition!
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer
Tools for connection to Team Foundation Server.
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1
SP1 for Visual Studio 2008. Team Explorer must be installed first!
Stylecop
Analyzes C# source code to enforce the coding guidelines used by Microsoft.
CodeRush with Refactor! Pro (commercial)
A Visual Studio plug-in that lets you program faster.
GhostDoc
Automatically generates XML documentation comments for methods and properties based on their type, parameters, name, and other contextual information. Great tool!
BIDS Helper
A Visual Studio add-in with features that extend and enhance the functionality of the SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 BI Development Studio (BIDS).
SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer Edition (Commercial)
Complete install. After installing, run Windows Update to get SP1.
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
Little brother of SQL Server 2008, which is great developing applications, that don’t need the power and size of it’s big brother. Also starts automatic when debugging applications, which speeds up the development process.
Expression Studio 4 Ultimate (Commercial)
Professional design toolkit from Microsoft, that contains Expression Blend 4, Expression Web 4, Expression Design 4 and Expression Encoder 4. These are my tools for plain HTMLCSS editing and application sketching.
AnkSVN
Subversion Source Control Provider for Visual Studio. The software allows you to perform the most common Subversion operations directly from inside the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.
Tortoise SVN
The best standalone Subversion client there is. It is implemented as a Windows shell extension, which makes it integrate seamlessly into the Windows explorer.
SharePoint Designer 2007
Almost the same as Expression Web, but this version can connect with SharePoint websites and can build SharePoint workflows.
SharePoint Designer 2010
Same as SharePoint 2007, but for connecting to SharePoint 2010.
IIS7 (Commercial)
By default always try to get sites running in Visual Studio’s built-in ASP.NET Development Server (also known as Cassini), before using IIS. But sometimes you really need IIS for local testing. Windows 7 comes with IIS7, which is great. Don’t forget to install it with IIS6 compatible for applications and tools that depend on the IIS6 API. When IIS Express is released, use this!
Enterprise Architect 7.5 (Commercial)
A comprehensive UML analysis and design tool, covering software development from requirements gathering, through to the analysis stages, design models, testing and maintenance.
MDX Studio
MDX Studio is tool which helps users of Microsoft Analysis Services to analyze complex MDX expressions, monitor performance characteristics of MDX queries and get insight into how MDX interacts with other UDM features such as attribute relationships. MDX Studio provides unique visualization representation of MDX expression and allows the user to interact with different stages of MDX execution.
OLAP HeartBeat
Activity monitor for Analysis Services server.
Chrome and Firefox
IE8 is already installed with Windows 7 and Opera is my default browser, so to get a complete set of the most used browser today, I installed these two for testing purposes.
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