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11-01-2006, 07:34 PM
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Devils Cabana Boy
Location: Central Coast CA
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AVG free edition, free antivirus
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
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11-01-2006, 07:36 PM
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Adequate
Location: In my angry-dome.
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It's a Macintosh? (yes, being a smartass)
There have been several "best freeware" threads in the past. Rather than starting over, perhaps you could guide the responses by mentioning your favorite applications?
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195 |
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11-01-2006, 07:48 PM
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More Than You Expect
Location: Queens
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CCleaner (Short for Crap Cleaner)
Registry Mechanic RegScrub XP Spybot AVG Anti-Virus DVD Shrink (This will definetly come in handy if you copy/rip dvds) µTorrent (Great torrent client) Winamp OpenOffice.Org (In case you're running an OP system that didn't come bundled with an office suite - it's compatible with all the major suites out there, it's useful, open source and it's free) Gaim (Great all-in-one messenger) If you're running XP then you should definitely take a look into all of the registry editing programs I've listed - XP's registry is to fragile that it only takes a few bad entries to lessen system performance. I usually keep a few on each computer I have so that if one program misses something there's another in like to catch it. You should be able to find most if not all of these programs through Download.com and if that fails then just google search the name.
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11-02-2006, 12:05 AM
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Go Cardinals
Location: St. Louis/Cincinnati
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Be careful with CCleaner. While it can clear up significant HDD space, it can also delete important backup files, uninstall files, and other seemingly useless files that later will be needed. It is a good program, but you have to know what you are doing.
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11-02-2006, 12:11 AM
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Lover - Protector - Teacher
Location: Seattle, WA
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When I lost my laptop hard drive, I ordered for a replacement and made a list of the "important" things I lost:
Some might be applicable, some might.. but it's a perfect list for me. Maya 7.0 (lots of 3d graphics) Macromedia MX Suite (Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver) Office 2003 Suite (including OneNote, take notes on my laptop) Visual Studio 2005 (lots of .NET programming) Emulators (SNES, Genesis, PS1, N64, NES, Atari - I like old games occasionally) FM7 (VST instrument creation) Cubase (Sound sequencing) Max/MSP (same) Norton Ghost (So I wouldn't have to re-download these AGAIN) ZBrush (3D design) Drivers (from CD) XP SP2 and Critical Updates (from CD) Firefox Adaware Spybot SSH Trillian Backed-up Bookmarks BitLord Limewire Pro That was my list. Maybe you'll pick up a few names. Google gives you great information. 
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11-02-2006, 12:29 AM
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Adequate
Location: In my angry-dome.
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Top Windows Downloads
The 46 Best Ever Freeware Utilities My guide to being Warez-free What's your favorite text editor? ...
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