Someone in the UK who will shortly be coming to join us in Papua New Guinea asked me what software and tech kit he should bring with him. I came up with a fairly comprehensive list and then thought that it would also serve as a guide for people going to other parts of the world where Internet communication (and perhaps physical communication too) can be slow or unreliable. Take this as a set of suggestions that can be modified for particular contexts and do not be daunted by the length of it.
Starting with hand tools a selection is nice but at a minimum you should have a cross head screw driver for opening cases. Microsoft products are likely to be in common use and bootleg disks may also be in common circulation but you cannot rely on finding what you want when you need it. I would suggest you should have an MS Windows 7 disk, a copy of MS Office 2007 or above (with service packs) and MS Windows 7 and 8 repair disks.
Hirens Boot Disk, a great selection of MS Windows utilities and repair tools (www.hirensbootcd.org/) Linux boot disks (64 and 32 bit versions) are great for saving data from irrepairable MS Windows systems, Linux Mint is my current distribution of choice. You might even convince someone to replace their virus prone copy of MS Windows. (https://www.linuxmint.com/)
MS Windows computer viruses are likely to be a big problem, so I would have:
AVG Free anti-virus (both 32 and 64 bit versions) and the latest definitions files
AVG Removal Tool, vital if your installation attempt screws up part way through (www.free.avg.com/)
Avast anti-virus and the latest definitions, sometimes Avast can install when AVG fails to (www.avast.com/)
Sophos virus removal tool ttps://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/...tools/virus-removal-tool.aspx)
One small extra piece of software to add is Classic Shell that adds a traditional start button to MS Windows 8 (www.classicshell.net/). The final thing to look at is portable applications, that is sofware that will run on an MS Windows computer without the need to install it. There is a lot of portable software available (there are collections at www.portableapps.com/), I cannot advise you on what you think you will need but there are photo editors, office suites, desktop publishing tools and utilities to choose from. However, I cannot resist suggesting one of my favourites, Greenshot, a screen capture tool that is really useful if you are producing manuals or training material.
I hope this is useful to someone.