It also has a great mobile app. Enjoy it before bloat or business decisions make us sad. Might as well get it now. Free and lightweight and it'll never bug you to pay for it. In the. Spotify - Optional If you're a subscriber, might as well grab the desktop app now. Audacity - Optional If you do any sort of audio recording or editing, Audacity is a great, free, powerful tool.
Net - Sooner or later you'll probably need these. Might as well load them up now, or you'll end up groaning when some program asks for one. ShareX - A powerful screen capture, recording, and sharing tool, ShareX can do all kinds of things.
You can auto-capture a region of your screen and upload the images to the cloud automatically, set up convenient hotkeys, even use a color picker on any window on your PC. Windirstat gives you a nice visual breakdown of how all your storage is allocated, making it easy to locate some big chunky files you might want to toss in the recyle bin.
TeamViewer - A very handy tool for accessing your PC remotely. A free, easy-to-use remote desktop program. Also a good way to help parents troubleshoot their computers, if you can walk them through installing it.
Ninite makes for a great start, but it doesn't include everything I consider essential for a new PC. Here's a few more programs you should grab. But stick with f.
MSI Afterburner An awesome free combo package for making games run better. Some games deliver frames at an uneven pace, making performance choppy. With RTSS you can dial in the smoothness. OBS Studio Interested in doing any streaming, or just recording your desktop or games on occasion? OBS is the free, open source software of choice. Among many other options you can choose how it encodes video and at what quality level and framerate, so you won't overtax your PC while gaming.
Just pick your apps and go. Always Up-to-date You don't have to watch for updates. Our bots do that. Here's what's new: Edge updated to Wednesday at am Thunderbird updated to Wednesday at am more news. Trusted by Millions We install and update about a million apps each day for our home users and Ninite Pro subscribers. You'll need to upgrade your Windows version to continue using Ninite. NET 4. NET Desktop Runtime x64 5.
NET Desktop Runtime 5. If you have bigger storage requirements, we'd look at all the best alternatives and the different pricing tiers before making the decision. Odds are you already rely in one or more than one of these four. Luckily competition for cloud backup has been fierce for a few years and prices have come down a little. Finally, for full backups, there are better suited alternatives than the above.
First of all, you get specialized backup software, file versioning, and often unlimited storage so you can offload terabytes of data and remain at ease. Windows user: WhatsApp and Hangouts for video. WhatsApp to reach everyone. For work: Slack or Microsoft Teams. For gaming: Discord or TeamSpeak. Information is power but having the right information at the right time is even more important. The most ubiquitous personal messaging platforms are WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger , though only the former offers native desktop applications.
For video calls Skype remains one of the more popular options but honestly, we kind of hate it these days, it's a convoluted mess. Google Hangouts can be used free for voice and video calls, several people can join on a single meeting and because it's web-based it works across all platforms.
In fact, if you're running Chrome there's nothing you need to do to join a meeting. It's not perfect but it works. A second good alternative is Viber , offering similar voice and video capabilities, with an added spin on security. It's always fun to stay in touch with family and friends, but if you need to collaborate in a workgroup then Slack is the most popular platform for that purpose. The free plan works well for small groups, and there are paid options per seat if you have bigger storage and history requirements, as well as more security control.
Alternatives include Cisco Spark and Microsoft Teams, the latter is a likely candidate if you're already paying for an Office subscription. And if you're interested in having all your different communication services in one place you can try Franz. For gaming communication, you can go old school with TeamSpeak or modern with Discord. Steam is also offering a more robust in-game chat solution this year. If you know what you're doing, both Windows and macOS come with decent security out of the box.
Common sense should be enough for power users, while the average user may want to add another layer of protection that won't turn into a burden for your system. Malwarebytes is the first tool you should consider. A veteran specializing in preventing malware and rootkits attacks, it's great and free for personal use. There's also VirusTotal. For gaming we have to recommend Steam first and foremost. Valve's killer gaming platform does an awesome job at being a one-stop shop for most PC gaming.
It's a great hub and gaming communication platform, also known for its sales. Do note however that certain franchises are absent from Steam, namely games from the likes of EA, Ubi, and Blizzard. Also, Fortnite , Minecraft and League of Legends.
Unless you're invested in Apple's ecosystem, music streaming is synonymous with Spotify , so you can download that here. YouTube is another great place to discover music, not just the latest releases but finding old live performances of your favorite artists.
For watching your favorite movies there's VLC Player. If you just want to press play and go, VLC has that going for it. But it's also a powerful player with support for subtitle synchronisation, video filters, and equalization, should you need that. Also, to be fair, Windows 10's built in player works well and supports a variety of formats, too.
Last time we checked, it saved battery when playing movies on a laptop, so we certainly wouldn't discard it. If you are using your PC to act as a hub for streaming content around the house, check out Plex.
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