First for .NET Development on windows:
- NUnit – http://www.nunit.org
- NCover
- NCoverExplorer – http://www.kiwidude.com/dotnet/DownloadPage.html
- NDoc SandCastle – http://www.codeplex.com/SHFB
- ILMerge
- Boo
- SharpDevelop – http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/
- CastleProject
If I have to use Visual Studio, then I cannot live without:
- CodeRush – words cannot do it justice
- Refactor!Pro – words cannot do it justice
- GhostDoc – inline xml comments the way they should be – http://www.roland-weigelt.de/ghostdoc/
General Windows Utils:
- Cygwin
- PuttyCyg – http://web.gccaz.edu/~medgar/puttycyg/
- Notepad2
I use e-texteditor nowI just use gvim now
- Putty
- UltraVNC
- FireFox
- Thurderbird
SlickRun (MagicWords)- Pidgin (GAIM)
- WinMerge
TortoiseSVN- WireShark(Ethereal)
Windows Resource Kit (cdburn.exe is the best iso burner for windows)Windows Support Tools are a must have for extra cmdline apps- 7zip
- pdfcreator
- gvim
- Scanner - much like kde’s filelight
Firefox Extensions:
- TabMix Plus
- Web Developer
- Greasemonkey
- SessionSaver(if not on FF2.0)
- Mozilla Archive Format
- Reveal
- del.icio.us
- Dom Inspector
- IE Tab
- JavaScript Debugger
- Total Validator
- Performancing (best blog posting tool that I have found) I use LiveWritter now.
- FireBug
- FlashBlock
- Resizable Form Fields
- Adblock
Thurderbird Extension:
PlaxoNostalgyProvider for Google CalendarLightning