List of useful tools(Must have tools/Application)


 Snoop WPF (allows you to spy/browse the visual tree and change properties of a WPF UI)
http://bit.ly/HgOHYc

7zip ( Zipping utility that supports number of different compression and extraction format 7zip,.tar,.zip,.rar,.bz etc:.)
http://bit.ly/HQG6RC

Free download manager(Accelerate downloading of files by using sliced download and support built-in bit-torrent protocol which can be enabled/disabled, once it is disables we cannot download using .torrent files)
http://bit.ly/HgQ0ql

Winmerge Compare and merge plain text files or directories . read more here http://winmerge.org/

Libere office, replacement for MS Office http://www.libreoffice.org/download/

Unstopcopy (Copies files from a source , can be useful if you would like to read corrupted files from your old VCD/CD/DVD) http://bit.ly/HgRgti

Sysinternals Suit (Complete set of tools required to master windows) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062

Free English dictionary , select the word and press CTRL+ALT+W will make this application appear with the meaning and example of the word  (http://wordweb.info/free/)

Fences : Arrange the desk top and make the desktop look cleaner (http://www.stardock.com/products/fences/)

Foxit reader: fast pdf reader compared to adobe reader ttp://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

Free management ui for sql server database with auto-complete option http://www.snapfiles.com/get/emsmssqllite.html
http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/mssql/manager/download/5/769
and list of free DB tools offered @ http://bit.ly/HrjXFy

Best and free antivirus (Avira free) http://bit.ly/I2o6Sp

PDF Creator, ever want to save your documents, web page etc as  PDF document ? Try PDF Creator http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ or cutepdf   http://www.cutepdf.com/


Run multiple OS's in virtual machine, try VMWare Player/Virtual Box/MS Virtual PC



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