Free Software to Load on New Wintel PCs to have a PC Personal Computer
Zero Hour
Microsoft Media Creation Tools
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d
Create Installation Media for Windows 7-11 24/7 (even from a 7-Eleven!).
1st First
Chrome
https://www.google.com/chrome/
The most widely used Web Browser.
Open-Shell
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
Customizable Classic Windows Start Menus.
Audio & Video
Audacity
https://www.audacityteam.org/
Multi-Track Audio Editor and Recorder.
DaVinchi Resolve
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/
Hollywood’s best video, effects, color, and audio editor.
VLC Media Player
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html
Video player that opens most file formats.
File & Disk
7-Zip
https://www.7-zip.org/
Multi-Threaded File Archiver that opens most file formats.
Bulk File Changer
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/bulk_file_changer.html
File Attribute and Date Changer with parameters.
Bulk Rename Utility
https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/
Rename Files and Folders with options.
CloneSpy
http://www.clonespy.com/
Find and Delete Duplicate Files.
Disk Genius
https://www.diskgenius.com/
Advanced Disk and Partition Tools.
DOSBox
https://www.dosbox.com/
Emulator for MS-DOS compatible environment.
Hash Check Shell Extension
http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/
Calculate and Verify Hashes and Checksums in Explorer.
Link Shell Extension
https://schinagl.priv.at/nt/hardlinkshellext/hardlinkshellext.html
Creates Hardlinks, Junctions, and Symbolic Links.
Macrium Reflect
https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree
Easy to use Disk and Partition Backup.
Oracle VM VirtualBox
https://www.virtualbox.org/
Create and Run Virtual Computers.
Portable Apps
https://portableapps.com/apps
Create USB Drive with Portable Versions of Apps.
Recuva
https://www.ccleaner.com/recuva
Recover Deleted Files quickly and easily.
Remove Empty Directories
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rem-empty-dir/
Find, Display, and Remove Empty Directories.
TeraCopy
https://www.codesector.com/teracopy
Advanced File Copying with Verify and Recovery.
VeraCrypt
https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html
Partition and Disk Encryption. (Like BitLocker)
WinDirStat
https://windirstat.net/
Graphical Representation of Files and Directories.
Graphics & Text
Adobe Acrobat Reader
https://get.adobe.com/reader/
PDF Reader from the creator of PDF.
GIMP
https://gimp.org/
Graphics Editor.
Inkscape
https://inkscape.org/
Vector Graphics Editor.
IrfanView
https://www.irfanview.com/
Simple but powerful Graphical Viewer and Editor.
Notepad++
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
Tabbed Notepad replacement that knows Code.
Network & Web
Advanced IP Scanner
https://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/
Advanced IP Network Scanner.
Advanced Port Scanner
https://www.advanced-port-scanner.com/
Advanced TCP & UDP Port Scanner.
FileZilla
https://filezilla-project.org/
FTP Client and Server.
PuTTY
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
SSH, Telnet, and Serial Client.
UltraVNC
https://www.uvnc.com/index.php
Remote Computer Control Client and Server.
Wireshark
https://www.wireshark.org/
Packet and Protocol Capture and Analyze.