Ninite - Easy PC Setup

[Apex]

This site called Ninite is a must visit after you have re-installed your computer or just bought a new one and you are wondering on what software you should install on it. Ninite.com is made by Patrick Swieskowski and Sascha Kuzins and it offers various useful software AIO installer. It lets you choose what programs you want to install, then you download your package and let the installer do the rest.

All this will be done silently so you can do whatever you wish during the installation of your chosen software. Ninite includes the option to choose from the following software:

Web Browsers

• Google Chrome
  Fast Browser by Google 8.0.552.237
  
• Mozilla Firefox
  Extensible Browser 3.6.13
  
• Opera
  Alternative Browser 11.00
  
• Safari
  Alternative Browser by Apple 5.0.3
  

Messaging

• Skype
  Internet Telephone 5.1.0.104
  
• Messenger
  Windows Live IM Client 2009 14.0.8117
  
• Pidgin
  Multi-IM Client 2.7.9
  
• Digsby
  Multi-IM Client 86.29291
  
• Google Talk
  Google Talk IM Client 1.0.0.104
  
• Thunderbird
  Email Reader by Mozilla 3.1.7
  
• AIM
  AOL Instant Messenger 7.5.8.2
  
• Yahoo IM Client
  Yahoo! IM Client 10.0.0.1270
  

Media

• iTunes
  Music/Media Manager 10.1.1.4
  
• Songbird
  Music Manager 1.8.0.1800
  
• Hulu
  Internet TV
  
• VLC Media Player
  Great Video Player 1.1.5
  
• KMPlayer
  Video Player 3.0.0.1439
  
• AIMP
  Music Player 2.61.583
  
• foobar2000
  Music Player 1.1.2
  
• Winamp
  Music Player 5.6.0.3091
  
• Audacity
  Audio Editor 1.2.6
  
• K-Lite Codecs
  Video decoders plus Media Player Classic 6.7.0
  
• GOM
  Video Player 2.1.28.5039
  
• Spotify
  Online Music Service 0.4.9.295
  
• MediaMonkey
  Music Organizer 3.2.4.1304
  
• Quicktime
  Video Player 7.6.9
  

Imaging

• Paint.NET
  Image Editor 3.5.6 (requires .NET 3.5 SP1)
  
• Picasa
  Photo Manager by Google 3.8.117.29
  
• GIMP
  Open Source Image Editor 2.6.11
  
• IrfanView
  Image Viewer 4.28
  
• XnView
  Image Viewer 1.97.8
  
• Inkscape
  Vector Graphics Editor 0.48
  
• FastStone
  FastStone Image Viewer 4.3
  

Documents

• Microsoft Office
  Microsoft Office 2007 Standard (Trial Version)
  
• OpenOffice
  Free Office Suite 3.2.1 (JRE recommended)
  
• Adobe Reader
  Adobe PDF Reader 10
  
• SumatraPDF
  Lightweight PDF Reader 1.2
  
• Foxit Reader
  Alternative PDF Reader 4.3.1.0118
  
• CutePDF
  Print Documents as PDF Files 2.8
  

Security

• Microsoft Essentials
  Great Antivirus by Microsoft 2.0.0657.0
  
• Avast
  Avast Free Antivirus 5.1.889
  
• AVG
  AVG Free Antivirus 2011 10.0.1191
  
• Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
  Malware Remover 1.50.1
  
• Ad-Aware
  Free Adware Remover 9.0
  
• Spybot Search&Destroy
  Spyware Remover 1.6.2
  
• SUPERAntiSpyware
  SUPERAntiSpyware Free 4.48.1000
  

Runtimes

• Adobe Flash Player
  Flash Player for other browsers 10.1.102.64
  
• Flash Player (IE)
  Flash Player for Internet Explorer 10.1.102.64
  
• Java
  Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 update 23
  
• .NET Framework
  Microsoft .NET 3.5 Service Pack 1
  
• Silverlight
  Microsoft Silverlight 4.0.51204.0
  
• Adobe Air
  Adobe Air 2.5.1.17730
  

File Sharing

• uTorrent
  Great BitTorrent Client 2.2.0.23703
  
• eMule
  File Sharing Client 0.50a
  

Other

• Dropbox
  Great Online Backup/File Sync 1.0.10
  
• Evernote
  Online Notes 4.2.1.3679
  
• Google Earth
  Online Atlas by Google 6.0.1.2032
  
• Steam
  App Store for Games
  
• KeePass
  Password Manager 1.18
  
• Everything
  Local File Search Engine 1.2.1.371
  
• Mozy
  MozyHome Online Backup 2.4.3.0
  

Utilities

• TeamViewer
  Remote Access Tool 6.0.10124.0
  
• ImgBurn
  Disc Burner 2.5.5.0
  
• CCleaner
  PC Crap Remover 3.2.1343
  
• Auslogics Defragger
  Great Disk Defrag 3.1.10.165
  
• Defraggler
  File and Disk Defragmenter 2.1.239
  
• RealVNC
  Free Remote PC Access 4.1.3
  
• TeraCopy
  Better File Copy 2.12
  
• CDBurnerXP
  Disc Burner 4.3.8.2474 (requires .NET)
  
• Recuva
  Undeletes Files 1.39.509
  
• TrueCrypt
  Disk Encryption Tool 7.0a
  
• Revo
  App Uninstaller/Reverse Ninite 1.91
  
• Launchy
  Hotkey Launcher 2.5
  

Compression

• 7-Zip
  Great Compression App 9.20
  
• WinRAR
  Another Compression Tool 3.93
  

Developer Tools

• Python
  Great Programming Language 2.7.1
  
• FileZilla
  FTP Client 3.3.5.1
  
• Notepad++
  Programmer's Editor 5.8.6
  
• JDK
  Java Development Kit 6 update 23
  
• WinSCP
  SCP Client 4.2.9
  
• PuTTY
  SSH client 0.60
  
• Eclipse
  IDE for Java 3.6.1 Helios (requires Java)
  

http://www.ninite.com

I totally recommend visiting this site always after getting new computer or re-installing your O/S! Post a simple thanks if this helped you!

~J4mmy

[Mao]

Great, and I mean, GREAT share! This should be stickied.

[Annuit Coeptis]

Wow, this is great. I do odd jobs for people with computers and this will make things a lot easier when people ask me to setup their new computers. I'm glad I know about this now. Thanks!

[Apex]

Good to see it helped you out guys!

~J4mmy

[Deltron]

A great resource for those with a new PC. Loads of choices with quality programs.

Thanks for the share!

[MoonWalker]

Great share. Really amazing.
I'll definitely use this when I format my PC next time.
Thanks.

[Apex]

Glad to hear that it is useful for everyone. Thanks for the positive feedback!

[Gaijin]

Yeah it's an awesome site...
btw... You what else is awesome, the Search Function and Possibly Related threads....
http://www.supportforums.net/showthread.php?tid=2539

[Diabolic]

I used this after I re installed my netbook like 2-3 weeks ago .