1. Apps you might need to install on your windows PC - HaroldSP/Harold GitHub Wiki
Windows installation process && apps from the start
- How to reinstall without boot flash here. RIP Eugeniy Yurtaev
- From a USB boot flash: the video instruction is here. You might also need a flasher like rufus if you use your own Windows images. You will also need at least an 8 GB USB flash drive. To access the boot menu on a Xiaomi laptop, you would typically use the F12 key. If there's an option when booting from USB - choose the UEFI version. No key -> Win 10 home
- Geforce experience to update video driver
- Chrome. Add to the startup folder (Windows + R, type shell:startup. Ctrl+С Ctrl+V the Chrome shortcut)
- ARMOURY CRATE if you have Asus products like Aura and other stuff
- Samsung SSD Magician if you have Samsung memory
- CRYSTALDISKINFO && CRYSTALDISKMARK
- Windows Update Blocker if you are tired of the system periodically prompting you to update on Win 11
- Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS for Windows / Windows Subsystem for Linux / Oracle VM virtual box
- AOMEI Partition Assistant for disk management / Acronis Disk Director 12.5 / or AOMEI Partition Assistant Technician Edition 9.0.0 (try other links)
- Ccleaner frees up space, clears your online tracks, and helps you manage your machine so it runs faster / revouninstaller
- EasyRE for recovery / EasyBCD
- win32diskimager program is designed to write a raw disk image to a removable device or backup a removable device to a raw image file
- An article describing how to enable limitless internet broadcasting from the phone
Benchmarks
Working with Git && VS code
- VS code. Do not forget to add to the context menu and path. This is why you shouldn't use the VS code from the MS store
- Git bash. Use VS code as GIT's default editor. Override master branch name. Choose it as a terminal in VS code
- GitHub Desktop / Ungit is my personal choice. You can check the video about it
CAD
- Solidworks 2022 / Onshape
- UltiMaker Cura
- SketchUp Viewer / SketchUp Free
Leisure && Comfort
- Spotify / Yandex Music
- Hator rockfall-evo-tkl keyboad if you have a gamer keyboard. FOR KEYBOARDS UNTIL 08.2022 in my case
- Logitec hub for a mouse. ALT + RIGHT & ALT + LEFT commands on the side mouse buttons to navigate in Chrome
- Steam / Battle.net
- Yandex Music / Spotify
- Audacity for music editing
- Calibre for e-books
- μTorrent / qBittorrent
- VLC media player
Office
- Punto Switcher is a program that automatically switches keyboard layouts. Enable an auto-start in Windows settings.
- 7-zip file archiver
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Professional Plus / Standard + Visio + Project (try other links)
- Remotes like Anydesk / Teamviewer / Zoom / or the one that works with Raspberry Realvnc
- Notepad++
- WhatsApp / Telegram / Discord
- Virtualrouterplus converts your PC into a Wi-Fi router and allows you to create a home network / Advanced IP Scanner
- Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
- Nitro Pro or try other links
- FineReader PDF (ABBYY Comparator v13.0 for e.g.) or try other links
- Yandex disk / google disk / dropbox
- Obsproject free and open source software for video recording and live streaming
- Change the default apps in Windows (like web browser, maps, etc.)
Quads (drones)
- Betaflight / iNav
- Log explorers betaflight black box log viewer / online UAVLogViewer / Google Earth Pro
- Mission Planner
SPICE simulation and circuit design software
Embedded devices
- VS code plugin PlatformIO or go through the full installation guide / Arduino IDE and all the essential drivers and modules for your exact device
- Raspberrypi imager /balenaEtcher
- PuTTY
Crypto
Windows 10 settings for a better experience
- Turn on showing hidden files and file extensions
- How to delete built-in win apps if get annoyed
- Inevert the sensor panel && set four-finger gestures for vol up / down, prev / net track
- Check the scale of your display and set it to 100%. Toggle the HDR on.
- Telegram settings: "Settings"->"Notifications and Sounds"->"Chat Events"->"Archived and Muted Chats"->Disable the switch next to "Show counter for archived chats" Open Telegram -> Click on the hamburger menu -> Select "Settings" -> Navigate to "Advanced" -> In the "System Integration" section, turn on "Launch Telegram when system starts". Do the same for WhatsApp and Discord
- MS Office: turn off cloud saving, turn on autosave locally every minute
- Delete Onedrive via standard delete procedure