prcview.com (gone as of 2016-02-12, archive)
Command line utility allows automating common task like figuring out if particular process is running or killing a running process on scheduler. Has a GUI version.
I’ve never really used it, but it’s stayed in my toolkit because it’s under a megabyte.
Tested PrcView GUI 5.2.15.1, commandline 3.11.1.1, on 2016-02-12 on Windows 10, updated recently.
(on Wikipedia)
Chocolatey: sysinternals
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/
Various GUI and console utilities to do technical stuff on Windows.
Although I don’t actively use this, I easily consider this suite mandatory.
I may have used this on my Windows 9x days.
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https://defaultprogramseditor.com/
Fix file association settings in Windows, including context menu items, icons, and descriptions. Also: autoplay settings and default programs settings.
I’ve never relied on this, but it’s in my toolkit.
This requires the .NET framework 3.5, and will prompt to download it.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.deepburner.com/
A Windows CD, DVD and ISO utility burning utility, which can also create ISOs.
I’ve been using 1.9.0.228 since the late 2000s and, checking now, and as of 2016-02-12 it hasn’t been updated since then.
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/winxmove/
Allows easy moving and resizing of windows like everyday window managers on Linux, so alt-leftclick-drag from anywhere in a window will move it, and alt-rightclick-drag from anywhere in a window will resize it.
2018-12-27 – Replaced by AltDrag some time ago.
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(on Wikipedia)
Android: https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z-android.html (on Google Play)
https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
A CPU information utility.
Disambiguation: Leatrix Plus
Improving latency on Windows >
https://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13581-LeatrixLatencyFix.html
https://mega.nz/file/oXgQAKKC#AjY7F6kXcEVzYXdOQqQhnMBclmviCOlA1AOFl8QXkYg [ 1 ] was leatrix.com/leatrix-latency-fix
Leatrix Latency Fix will reduce your online gaming latency significantly by increasing the frequency of TCP acknowledgements sent to the game server. For the technically minded, this is a program which will modify TCPAckFrequency.
Abandoned – Officially abandoned
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/
A revision control system.
aka hg, which is Mercury (element)
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.java.com/en/
One of the major programming languages.
Unfortunately, Java sucks, therefore everything made with Java sucks.
There are free and open source implementations of Java, which I have limited experience with.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://virtuawin.sourceforge.io/ (gone as of 2016-02-05)
A virtual desktop program.
Absolutely mandatory.
I used this on Windows XP and Windows 8.1. Windows 10 has reasonable virtual desktop functionality built-in. See using Windows 10 virtual desktops.
