Easy app installing

[andrewducker]

I know a few of you are upgrading to Windows 7 soon.  Which means (unless you're dumb enough to upgrade a Windows box) installing a whole bunch of applications from scratch.

If you want to make your life easier then I heartily recommend Ninite - which allows you to select a bunch of free utilities (like firefox, 7-zip, Flash, VLC, Picasa and dozens more) and then installs them all in one go.  Makes getting your machine up to scratch a heck of a lot easier.

Comments

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

Meh, I'm lazy... I'll be doing an "in place" upgrade when my Win7 disc arrives. My excuse, er, reasoning is that my Vista installation was only two months ago and I haven't done a lot of new software installation or patching since, and I've kept the registry tuned and the system maintained fairly carefully; there isn't a lot that'd be cleaned off by a fresh installation. That, and that my desktop has so much brute horsepower behind it, makes the hassle of wiping and restoring much less tempting.

-- Steve'll keep the utility in mind, though, if the upgrade doesn't take.