HAVE YOU HEARD OF NINITE INSTALLER YET?

Are you upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8
or buying a new PC? In both cases, you face the same tedious chore:
reinstalling all your apps.

That
means digging out a bunch of CDs and/or downloading programs from various
sites, then installing them one at a time. I don't know about you, but I can
think of better ways to spend several hours.

Ninite is a web app that lets you quickly download groups of
software. Useful for quickly setting up computers, this automatically downloads
programs in the right language without any toolbars or additional files.

The Ninite interface is just one page, with categorized popular applications. To install a
package you simply select those programs you need, click 'get installer' and
then the download starts. The selection of applications is good, from browsers
and messengers, to security and file sharing software. It's not comprehensive,
but has what most people will need to get started on a fresh PC.

Ninite creates a custom software installer with all the freeware
and open-source apps you want. Just choose from the dozens of available
programs--everything from AVG Free Anti-Virus and Dropbox to OpenOffice and
uTorrent--and the service builds an installer that will download and load them
all.

Once
you start the installer, you can sit back and relax: Ninite automates the
entire process, meaning you don't have to sit around clicking Next a
bunch of times.

Even
better, Ninite automatically chooses the proper version of each program--32- or
64-bit--and eliminates any toolbars that might try to sneak in during
installation.

I
love this thing. I've used it several times on new PCs, and it saves time like
you wouldn't believe. Bookmark it!