Must Have Software Programs for Windows 10 PC

Windows 10 was released just few months ago and it’s now being used by millions of users from all over the world. If you have just setup your brand new Windows 10 PC, you will most definitely enjoy my list with the must have software programs, beside the bare essentials:

7 Zip

The very first thing you need to setup on your brand new Windows 10 PC is compression software, so that you can easily install everything else you will need. 7 Zip is lightweight, free piece of software, compatible with all major file formats, as well as few dozen you’ve probably never even heard of. It offers great compression ratio, much better than the one available with the default Windows 10 archive viewer.

GOM Media Player

Getting the best multimedia experience from Windows 10 PC can’t really be achieved with the built-in media player. My personal favourite, when it comes to video players, is the GOM Media Player — one of the most popular free video players out there! It supports all major media file formats, as well as pretty much all languages, so you can start watching your favourite movies or TV series from the minute you install it. With the intuitive interface, really advanced codec search feature and let’s not forget the GOM Media Converter, I bet you will not be able to find a file that can’t played using GOM.

Evernote

Once we sit down in front of our computer, we are bombarded with hundreds, even thousands of distractions. This is why, maintaining productivity seems to be quite illusive for most desktop PC users. The program that helped me eliminate this is Evernote — a free, easy-to-use, yet really powerful software for keeping important notes about anything you may ever need, as well as clip entire webpages with the browser extension. Thanks to the power of the cloud, you also have access to all your notes on any device you log into.

Skype

Effective communication is key to good relationships and successful businesses. The most popular, free text & video chat software in the world — Skype, will help you transform your Windows 10 PC into powerful communication tool, which will easily connect you with family, friends, colleagues or business prospects. Since Skype was acquired by Microsoft in 2011, customers of the company now get pretty good bonuses for free on monthly basis! For example, subscribers of Microsoft Office 365 can get up to 60 minutes a month for free phone calls worldwide.

GoToMeeting

As, already mentioned effective communication can be difference between success and failure for businesses, but when it comes to holding important business meetings Skype is simply not good enough — you need more specialized software to maximize the efficiency. This is where GoToMeeting comes to help — packed with everything you may ever need to have the most productive meeting of your life, this software package has become pretty much essential tool for everyone, who does any kind of business online.

ToDoIst

My final piece of software, you must have on your Windows 10 PC is ToDoIst — the most powerful, yet free project management and collaboration tool out there. With the basic features, you will able to quickly organize even the messiest aspects of your everyday life and/or work. Best of all, you will have access to this data on all your devices, so you don’t have any excuses for not keeping up with your task lists!