Useful Windows Utilities
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:36 pm
I'm sure everybody has a whole list of stuff that they use and wondered how come other people don't know about it. I'll start...
* Flameshot -- probably the easiest screencap software available in Windows, complete with text overlay, arrows, and more. And it works in anything, not just in the browser. And you invoke it by hitting PrtScn key (yes, it's still on your keyboard)
* MS Powertoys (everyone's heard of this, right?)
* NetLimiter -- prevents one app (or one PC) from using up too much bandwidth on the network, useful when your pipe's restricted and/or behaves weird when pushed to its limits, single home user version is free
* Mouse Without Borders -- when I had a laptop and a desktop side by side, I wondered if there's a way to make them act seamlessly together, and just use one set of keyboard/mouse. That's this utility, and it's a free project from Microsoft Garage (one of their "fun" projects, which also includes TinyBASIC)
* IrfanView -- still the defacto universal image viewer for me, even has a Thumbnail maker.
* WizTree -- need to see what's taking up all your HD space? I used to prefer WinDirStat, but WizTree is MUCH faster.
* Process Lasso -- a better task manager than task manager, it also "restricts" run-away processes from taking up too much CPU time, among other things. Personal version is a bit of nagware, but only once when booting up.
* Flameshot -- probably the easiest screencap software available in Windows, complete with text overlay, arrows, and more. And it works in anything, not just in the browser. And you invoke it by hitting PrtScn key (yes, it's still on your keyboard)
* MS Powertoys (everyone's heard of this, right?)
* NetLimiter -- prevents one app (or one PC) from using up too much bandwidth on the network, useful when your pipe's restricted and/or behaves weird when pushed to its limits, single home user version is free
* Mouse Without Borders -- when I had a laptop and a desktop side by side, I wondered if there's a way to make them act seamlessly together, and just use one set of keyboard/mouse. That's this utility, and it's a free project from Microsoft Garage (one of their "fun" projects, which also includes TinyBASIC)
* IrfanView -- still the defacto universal image viewer for me, even has a Thumbnail maker.
* WizTree -- need to see what's taking up all your HD space? I used to prefer WinDirStat, but WizTree is MUCH faster.
* Process Lasso -- a better task manager than task manager, it also "restricts" run-away processes from taking up too much CPU time, among other things. Personal version is a bit of nagware, but only once when booting up.