Corporate toolkit

corporate-toolkit

This is a useful list of programs to use on corporate laptops running windows. They shoul make the experience a bit more bearable.

Process Explorer: have a better understanding on what the hell is running on your machine
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer

Autoruns: when you have to disable stuff from the system startup
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns

Chocolatey: better way to install software
https://chocolatey.org

Powershell community extensions: better powershell experience
https://github.com/Pscx/Pscx

WSL: actual linux-on-windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

MobaXterm: more linux-y cygwin/WSL experience
https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net

LyncLogger: log Lync / Skype for business chats (use v1.1 since audio recording is broken)
https://github.com/Zougi/LyncLogger/releases/tag/v1.1

Greenshot: better screenshot tool
https://getgreenshot.org

px: use corporate proxy with less hassle
https://github.com/genotrance/px
(most python software will read proxy info from "http_proxy" and "https_proxy" environment variables)

Vivaldi: cleaner browsing experience, most likely not restricted by group policy
https://vivaldi.com

KeePass: so you don't have your passwords in a text file (or god forbid, a Word document)
https://keepass.info (get version 2)

Ditto: clipboard manager (surprisingly useful!)
https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io
pro tip: https://superuser.com/questions/482305/prevent-ditto-from-copying-in-keepass

Draw.io: diagrams without the need for Visio
https://www.draw.io
desktop client: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases