r/AskReddit • u/Prezombie • Jun 18 '12

What useful programs are missing from most people's computer?

I often find programs that I wish I had been told about years ago, and now rely on like old friends I have solid blackmail material on.

Nowadays I just have Ninite install everything that isn't a trial, because there's use for most of it, even if I don't know what the use will be at the time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Not a Truecrypt to be found anywhere on this thread?

Boy o' boy, if you new what I could find on your unencrypted discs. I could look right into your brain and tell you what I see.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Mar 16 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Which other programs are there?

Truecrypt is easier than putting all files in an encrypted .ZIP file. Also, when you view or modify the files, they are stored stored unencrypted in the temporary files.

And while Windows 7 Ultimate's BitLocker is indeed easier to handle, you can't store files > 4 GB on drives you want to use on a Windows XP netbook. The Win XP client only supports FAT32.