In two articles of this blog we saw two important things: - How to create a customized Windows installation CD so that the procedure starts and ends without asking questions and completes everything.
- Which indispensable programs to install after a new installation of Windows on a computer or which software to put on a new PC.
A reader friend asked a question about a comment asking if there was a way to make a packaged package of software to be able to install all these basic programs in one shot and without having to put them one by one, one at a time instead.
The following is a really interesting program that allows you to enclose your favorite applications in a single file installer which, if started, allows you to install all the programs inside it, all together .
Calculating that, in IT work, most of the time is lost in making installations, a program of this type is really loved to avoid wasting time in terribly boring operations.
Ninite is a simple to use service that creates an installation package with many popular programs inside, all free, freeware or opensource . Just choose the applications you want to install, download the Volery installer, start it, go for a coffee and go back with your PC ready and the operating programs. The nice thing and that I like most is that Volery automatically answers, by default, the various typical questions of the installation procedures such as when asking for the location on disk, acceptance of the license, shared or personal use of the program and so on. But the really good thing is that it answers "NO" to any typical attempt of freeware programs to install, in addition to themselves, even their sponsor which may be the search bar Ask, Yahoo, Google or, worse, something else useless and intrusive.
To use Ninite you have to go to the site and choose which programs to include in the self-installing package. Among the programs there are well-known names and almost all of them are covered in these pages (so in case you can do a search and surely find information on each name presented). For example you can insert: 7Zip, Firefox, Chrome, Adobe Reader, Evernote, Emule, Songbird, Dropbox, Openoffice, UTorrent, Notepad ++, Flash Player, Putty, WinSCP, Avast, Winamp, Skype, Foxit Reader, Gimp, VNC, IrfanView and WinRar, Picasa, Java and many others.
After making your choice by putting the cross to what you want to install, you can click on the Get Installer button at the bottom of the list. After downloading Ninite installation files, you can launch it and go for a beer. When you return to the PC you will see the warning that the installation is finished and that the programs are ready to be used and will all be found in the Start menu and on the Desktop. Paths and settings are automatically chosen without crapware (those notorious sponsor programs).
Ninite is available to everyone for free .
A similar and alternative program to Ninite is WindowsRemix, which allows you to choose the programs to install and then download them in a single package that will install them all together.
A program similar to Ninite is TGUP with automatic download and installation of programs on Windows.
The discussion continues with other software to manage the programs installed on the PC and for automatic updates.
