Standard PDF reader

Remote control solution of choice

C'mon.

I'm sure there are more advanced IDEs for Powershell, but I've really come to like ISE. Plus, it's pre-installed, and has IntelliSense. As my skill in PS gets better, I'm sure I'll find something bigger and better.

So great. I've finally outgrown AutoIt and now I'm playing... with POWER.

Lovely companion for finding obscure keys associated with Windows settings

Lovely companion for any scripting involving WMI

Advanced system info tool offering fast, lightweight scans and detailed hardware overview with real-time temperature monitoring. Portable and ad-free.

A must-have for IT.

Alternative to TreeSize Free for network paths

Super-fast, lightweight way to tell where space is being taken up, especially on computers with many user profiles. Only bug I've noticed is that it reports Last Modified Dates as the current date as it scans each folder (but doesn't actually change them in the filesystem).

The more SSDs we have, the less relevant this is. But until we only have SSDs, it'll be useful.

Extremely useful since you can't really run an elevated instance of Windows Explorer while on another person's profile.

Very useful for checking HDD status. Anime girls are really starting to encroach on the developer's apps though. And their website.

Not the smartest thing to use, but it can come in handy. Especially when I need to uninstall something without logging the current user out, but I'm too lazy to find the string in the registry and run it in a console. Should probably find an... ALTERNATIVE TO it, huh?

Having upwards of seven accounts (two domains, one standard and one elevated on each, plus multiple EHR accounts) along with many special user accounts, I've come to depend on this every day. The cmd and autorun features, as well as the ability to alias entries, makes it even better.

Because I've already signed my life over to Google, and IE is a pain to use. Although it's become resource-hungry as hell lately. It's almost like lightweight, non-bloated browsers can't exist in the current era of web design.

The fastest and best file search program. Period.

My primary backup service.

As primarily a keyboard-over-mouse user, having a fast application launcher/calculator/etc is indispensable alongside Everything (with which it integrates)

A must alongside Powershell ISE for scripting and general text file editing.

Free and lightweight. Until Microsoft builds in support for more than just ZIP and CAB archives, this will be necessary should you come across a RAR archive. Wish they'd work on a nicer GUI though.

For simple image editing needs beyond mspaint

Super-minimal screenshot app that has exactly enough features without going overboard. For that, there's ShareX.

Basically just for the ability to change volume by scrolling over the taskbar.

Between Dropbox, my user profile, and multiple network paths, I eventually need to figure out what changes I've made to scripts and what the recent or best version of something is.

Supports a buttload of algorithms, and doesn't feel like a separate app since it sits in file properties as a tab. It could be a little faster, but it gets the job done.

Honestly this isn't totally necessary, but I always seem to find it installed.

Because we're Windows and Exchange-based.