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Top Windows Downloads
This (among the two other variations of it for different major OS's) was one of my favorite threads on TFP 3.
List your favorite suggestions for Windows downloads here and briefly explain why. To start, I recommend <a href="http://www.jdennis.net/">DeadAIM</a> to add onto the AIM client. You'll get transparency, logging, tabbed windows, plus more. If you use more than one chat protocol, I recommend <a href="http://gaim.sf.net">Gaim</a> It's open source, the first IM client to have tabbed IM Windows, you'll also get transparency with it, and Trillian uses some of the code from this project. For word processing I recommend <a href="http://www.abiword.org/">abiword</a>, my personal favorite word processing program. And, lastly, for browsing I recommend Mozilla or Firefox - both can be found at www.mozilla.org |
Everytime I re-install windows (and it's been a lot over the years) I have a list of must-installs. Some of my first ones to get loaded on: TweakIU, WinRAR, PowerDVD, Tmpgenc, DVD2SVCD, Dekart Private Disk Light, Kazaa Light, Limewire, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Panicware Pop-Up Stopper. These days I keep a CD-RW just for this purpose and update it as required. My favorite out of all of the above is Kazaa Light.
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For picture downloading purposes get EZPics.
I love Zone Alarm. I wouldn't buy it. If you use Kazaa then you know how to get it for free. :D |
I almost forgot about Trillian.
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I would have to recommend Open Office.Org. It has all the functionality of MS Office but without being made by Microsoft. So there is no registration to deal with let alone nasty registration bugs (link goes to story at The Register).
Also I like AVG Anti-virus for my anti-virus needs. It is free for personal use and you don't have to pay for updates or new virus definitions like you now have to do with Norton. |
For filesharing nothing beats dc++ if you have a lot (+50GB) to share. http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/
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If your looking for Firewall Software for free - kerio.com has some (Only for personal use).
Haven't used it yet but have it ready. I'm still a corp. Mofo and stuck with McaFee (yes I paid $$'s, slaps forehead) |
For general file sharing, <a href="http://www.kazaalite.tk/">Kazaa Lite</a> is the way to go.
For text editting, I say <a href="http://www.textpad.com/">TextPad</a>. It's what I like: tons of useful features for power-users, but uses little memory and is very responsive. And who could forget the best IRC program ever, <a href="http://www.mirc.co.uk">mIRC</a>. |
I personally like Emule over Kazaa Lite.
Emule I like better for large files. While Kazaa Lite is great for getting smaller files quick. For music I like to use MusicMatch, it also has an online radio built in. |
I use MusicMatch Jukebox to listen to my MP3's and rip them. It's a great program. If you use Kazaa, get it there and search for version 7.2 plus.
Get DIVX. Don't forget SpyBot. |
First thing I do after a fresh OS install is install winamp. The old winamp, the new one sucks.
Motry's list looks just like mine. I hate unneccesary processes running in the background so I'm usually pretty tight when it comes to the amount of software I load on my system. |
pop-up stopper professional is THE BEST popup stopper i have ever used. it is so full of features. makes browsing so much easier.
http://www.panicware.com/process_dow...PSPROFESSIONAL |
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zone alarm ad-aware spybot kazaa lite |
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JR Splitfile - splits files into smaller sizes and creates a batchfile that you use to recombine those peices into the original
X-Setup - great little tweaking tool. mIRC - great chat program. |
I like the X-Setup program <b>spectre</b>. It will definatly take a lot of time to master. I usually use TweakUI.
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After facing the prospect of giving up my Mac, I have just bought a PC. In the last seven days, I have downloaded:
Ad-aware, SpyBot, Mozilla, Trillian, Winamp, ZipCentral (free .zip utility), Kazaa Lite, Audacity (sound editing), TagScanner (ID3 editing), FreeRIP (ripping), DivX, Roxio DirectCD (packet write), and Folding@home. I've managed to avoid spending money on software but I do miss iTunes.:( I will also be investigating some of the programs listed here and squirreling it all away on a CD-RW for a rainy day. Thanks for the info everybody. |
Sixate Thanks for Spybot
Damn, All my tests said I was cleen like Mr. Sheen... Anyone got anything else. ( I am Marvin the Robot - check Hitchhikers Guide...) |
Paranoid and Manic Depressive!!!
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Oh yeah! how could I forget eMule - thanks to those who mentioned it. I'd also like to add <a href="http://www.xchat.org">XChat</a> - my personal favorite IRC program. Version 2.0 has blown me away :D
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Irfanview - Simply the best image viewer ever, I see absolutely no reason why anyone would use anything but irfanview for image viewing and simple stuff like resizing. Opens Everything and fits on a floppy disk.
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I've seen almost all the Essentials. And most of the "Wants". Here goes:
Flashget - Download Manager/Accelerator - Most efficient and powerful download helper I've used. Reuses connections and speeds downloads - http://www.flashget.com Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird - THE BEST - http://www.mozilla.org |
This is the last thing i download and run when my box is all set the way i want it. MBSA
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Lots of good programs here.
To add a few that aren't yet listed: CacheMan - Memory management program that I use once, save, and never again. NBGCleanR - Registry cleaner that works and doesn't mess up your PC. You will be amazed at all the "junk" left behind and deleted by this. ATM - Shows % of processor being used, and what programs are using it. WinHTTrack Website Copier - Download entire websites for offline viewing. Very nice. TrayPlay - Simple, but effective CD player for Windows. No frills, low resource. Advanced MP3 Home Studio - Program I use to rip CDs to MP3 form. EditPad Lite - Notepad, enhanced and with tabbed windows. Nice for text and HTML creation. And lastly... ESPN BottomLine - Great for sports fans that want news and updated scores without having to view a website. A sports ticker that sits above your taskbar and shows scores and news categorized by sport. |
Thanks Grondar on the heads up for that bottom line by espn. I like POW on analogx.com for blocking pop ups. I like winamp (old version), and newsbinpro.
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WinAMP is about all on my "need-to-install list".
OH! Another thing is I *need* some things from <a href="http://www.shadowness.com">Shadowness</a> |
adaware
kazaalite piolet i can generally find any stuff on there that i cant find on kazaa avg , excellent anti virus software and its free |
Ps Tray Factory, great because sometimes I kill explorer and this guy will restore all those funky tray icons. It's annoying when they aren't there! Does other stuff too.
Watchcat, this is just the best. Does ALOT of neat stuff. Grabit, favorite news binary grabber. WinMX, Favourite mp3 grabber. |
FilZIP
It's like Winzip but supports nearly every compression format, and it doesn't do that popup rgister crap. Trillian Pro Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver. Putty for SSH. Mozilla for surfin TFP. |
If you want to download lots of anime and other files get:
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PuTTY - Gets me into my other computers
And ps and kill - From cygwin or something similar - Nothing gives me more pleasure than hitting kill -9 and watching all the shit just fall off the fan |
http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ - TortoiseCVS makes the PITA cvs workable under windows explorer nicely, combined with putty+ssh is real good.
http://www.jpsoft.com - 4NT best CMD replacement bar none :) http://www.scootersoftware.com/dl.html - Beyond Compare 2 for file comparision http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/ Pro Motion the best DPAINT replacement on the PC, great for doing game and low res art tonnes better than photoshop http://www.sourceoffsite.com Makes sourcesafe work over the internet properly. http://www.numega.com boundschecker and softice nuff said http://www.sysinternals.com for lots of good tools and yes flashget and DC rocks, honourable mentions debabilizer pro, filezilla for ftp(or leechftp) |
One for the newsgroup hounds.
Download and decode all in one. Xnews Took me a while to get the hang of it but its great at getting the binaries. Combine it with SmartPar and your done. |
irfanview
dc++ cacheman x-setup smartFTP ISO recorder PowerToy (for XP) belarc advisor exact audio copy (best ripper out there) + lame AVG antivirus red flag -- small taskbar icon that reminds me when the wife is OTR VNC |
The "What To Download" Thread
I recently formatted my drive and reinstalled Windows. Before I did this, though, I made a list of software that I wanted to make sure I got after the erasure.
What kind of things do you guys make sure you reobtain after a clean install? Important -- Star Downloader DivX DrTag GIMP KaZaA Lite Diamond Mine Snood WinMX WinZip ZoneAlarm HL Client and Server 1.8.5 Winamp Not as important -- BitTorrent Celestia Ethereal Ettercap GLTron BZFlag PFE WinPCap XNap |
It is always useful to get the latest drivers for your devices in windows BEFORE you reinstall. It just makes it easier to (try) and find the stuff instead of scratching your head trying to figure out what drivers you are missing. Once that is out of the way, with the apps that you have listed, I would recommend getting adaware and/or spybot.
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Let's see...
- Cygwin (bash, and other *nix goodies that have been ported to Win32) - EndItAll (process killing program) - Free Surfer MKII Pop-Up Killer - I News (weather app) - Intellisync for Yahoo! - jv16 Power Tools (registry cleaner, etc) - Motherboard Monitor 5 - MP3 Tag Tools - MRUblaster (most-recently used list cleaner) - Spywareblaster (prevents spyware from being installed) - Spybot Search and Destroy - TightVNC (VNC with built-in compression) - Trillian - WinSCP2 (SCP, ssh file transfer) - Yahoo! Messenger I run Firehand Ember for image viewing. I've been a licensed user of it for several years and haven't found a program I've liked more than it. After I have it all installed, I boot up Knoppix and image the Windows partition using Partition Image. |
Just re-installed (XP Pro Corp) last weekend...
The progs i've got installed so far are probably what i would consider 'essential'. Highlighted things i'm surprised no one's mentioned yet. AccessDiver ACDSee Ad Muncher Adobe -Photoshop -Acrobat (full) -Album -ATM Deluxe DAMN NFO Viewer DivX etc (3.11, 5.x, AC3, XviD) Daemon Tools DiskKeeper Workstation ExamDiff Pro FlashFXP <- So good that I paid for this one ;) GetRight HyperSnap-DX K++ Messenger Plus! (freeware MSN Messenger util, logging etc) mIRC Office XP (Word, Outlook, Excel) QuickSFV Tag&Rename TextPipe Pro UltraEdit WhereIsIt WinRAR WinZip :D |
Man - You guys are the GREATEST. I had so much trouble with stupid Kazaa that I finally had to de-install. I had glanced at some stuff about Kazaalite, but I thought that was just the same thing.
The fact that so many of you recomended it, I figured I would give it a look. Thanks so much! This was a great find. This makes me so stoked on the TFP. I think I am going to give back the only way I know how: post some smut on the titty board for all to enjoy! |
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I loved looking through the post your desktop post, because it gives me cool ideas about what I can do to better organize my desktop. I also learn about programs I have never tried or even heard of. I had never trial Trillian before and now I have etc. What programs do you LOVE? If you had one computer to take with you every day... what programs would you install? I use Outlook for my email Trillian (used to use Gaim) for IM Mozilla 1.4 for browsing Can't choose between winamp or ultraplayer... what are your suggestions? Trying to find new P2P program, but now using Kazaa and iMesh. Windows blinds and icon packager are sweet! |
i use opera7 for main browser and email. trillian. for ftp i use a program called bitbeamer which i like a lot
one thing i'd like to find is a very small audio program that will record .wav off any of the audio busses i've got on the computer. sometimes nero wave editor works for me, but sometimes not. i can use sonar, but i'd rather have the option of using a smaller program.. i don't think i can directly record what's going through windows wave mapper in sonar. i've been routing it back into the soundcard inputs. (recording audio from a video file playback, web audio streams, etc.) |
Cygwin...
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lets all not forget about
<a href="http://www.flashfxp.com/">Flash FXP</a> - it offers the easiest and fastest way to transfer any file using FTP |
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The only differences are good ones. You know all that spyware and adware that's packaged up with Kazaa? Well it's completely stripped out of Kazaalite. Not to mention that with the K++ version you can set it to continuously search over and over which helps you get a LOT more sources and you can also set your user score to a permanent 1000. |
Macheath - I read somewhere tha Apple will be introducing some verison if iTunes for the PC some time this year. Don't worry!
As for my own installs: current video drivers current audio drivers xNews news reader CoolEdit (audio editor) Photoshop Office Wow: to the people who listed the apps and what they do: THANKS! Looks like I will be hittin Google to try some of these out! |
Good post this. I've had to re-install everything after a virus knocked my computer out. Thanks for the AVG anti-virus link.
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SmartFTP is the best FTP client, IMHO
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A lot of new programs for me to try on this list....
I'm somewhat of a newbie, so maybe someone mentioned a better program, but SiSoft Sandra from www.sisoftware.demon.co.uk is a pretty great way to get detailed information about your system. |
Your essential programs?
What programs would you rather not live without? Here's mine...
Alcohol 120% - Perfect for burning\creating CD images, I also enjoy the virtual drives. eDonkey - Great for downloading full albums or programs. K++ - Excellent for movies or individual songs. Trillian - I love my friends. Ad-Aware - Keep my system free of spyware. MyIE2 - Cause plain ol' Internet Explorer sucks. Winamp - Must play MP3s. Does it's job well as long as it's less than 3.0. |
I use just about everything AnalogX has on his site:
http://www.analogx.com/ |
I can not live without 'the proxomitron' pop up ad killer, right click enabler, banner blocker, and it can force browser controls on windows that open without them.
I also like textpad. but then I bought a license for it. Oh I also recently bought a license for macro-express. I use it for all those tedious events in mmorgs. like making brinks and flax in ATITD and mining in EVE: the second generation. Oh yes and then there is cygwin. when you have to run windows but you love unix. |
wow. you guys seemed to cover everything. wat's great is i came out with extra stuffs i gotta download=P too bad i got 56k. wait till i get back to college.
is mozilla better than opera? only problem with opera is its inability to handle java. and for future prog posting, can u give a description for noobs like meh. cause otherwise for some posts, u gota download inorder to find out wat it does. 56k sucks. but thanks all for the info |
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Thanks for all the links, thoughts and ideas.
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if there's no macs on your net, it's not necessary, but what lets me keep all my mp3s on one computer is
http://one2ohmygod.sourceforge.net |
My latest download that I really like is E-prompter. This little program sits in your system tray and checks almost every email account that you have. It alerts you whenever you have new mail, and it can check hotmail and yahoo accounts. I have a few email addresses after several years of being online, and this makes it much easier to keep track of some of the accounts. The only problem that I have with it is that it doesn't support excite.com yet.
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Definately Mozilla. The more I use it the more I've grown to like it.
Slowview for viewing pictures and movies. I like this one much. Very convenient. http://www.slowview.at/?page=screens mIRC can't live without this one. I don't like Trillian, tried a few others, and mIRC is my favorite. |
Firebird, the new, less copy-right-infringing name for Phoenix, which will eventually replace Mozilla I think, is definitely worth the effort of downloading and configuring it. If I had to use IE again, I would seriously consider just giving up the internet.
Trillian is pretty, but unless you want to try to get the illegal version or pay for it, you might be better off with GAIM or what I use, Miranda IM, which is also GPL, but only runs under windows. I used to use Winamp quite a bit, but then Winamp 3 came out, and it sucked bad. Winamp 2 is still decent, but I've found that foobar2000 is by far the best audio player I have ever used. It has components galore and only appears to be getting better. |
Almost forgot, jEdit is a good java programming editor (has highlighting and stuff). And of course it is cross-platform, being coded in java.
For all the people recommending popup blockers, there is really no need, Firebird does it all, and more. (Thanks to SecretMethod70 for his very nice post covering Firebird/Mozilla) |
To all you people who love Winamp, you must seriously try foobar2000.
Although there are some who swear by Exact Audio Copy, I personally like the power, features, and configurability of CDex. Also, CDex is released under the GPL. As someone else mentioned, FileZilla is a nice <acronym title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</acronym> client especially for the fact that it is free and GPL. Much thanks to everyone who made suggestions, I learned of a few programs I had never heard of and was reminded of a few I forgot. |
soulseek is an awesome mp3 download program.
it's not as fast or as widespread as kazaa (you don't download a file from multiple users) but it is easier for downloading whole albums at once (right click, download folder) usually, most of the people who use this know what they're doing with mp3s, as oppose to aol kiddies on kazaa who rename files and leave incorrect tags http://www.slsk.org/ |
Everytime I install again these are always on the top of the install lists:
Trillian Pro Diskeeper Winamp 3 Norton System Works 2002 Kazaalite Adaware Pro ZoneAlarm Pro Style XP Spybot Office Pro and it's SP1 and SP2 Plus! XP Winace Photoshop 7 Reason 2.5 Acid Pro Popup Stopper Quicktime Pro Xvid Starrynight Backyard CuteFTP 3DMark03 3DMark2001 PCMark2002 Windows Media 9 And of course the various games. |
i think i`ve seen everything but google thats the very first thing that goes on mine you need it after win98 install
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Most of the stuff I use has been mentioned already except for ZipAlot, everytime I join a site that has all the pic's in zipfiles... such as Sandiesfantasies, I'm stuck with dozens of zipfiles that have to be opened one at a time...... then each opened file has to be reopened to cut and paste the pic's in a single folder, with ZipAlot you just put all of the zipfiles in a folder... click source, find the folder, click it..... then yes, yes once again to create a image folder. Zip Zip.... ZipAlot opens all of the zipfiles and puts the pic's in the image folder :) Talk about save time! 100 zipfiles with a few thousand pic's are opened in seconds :D
http://www.ractive.ch/gpl/zipalot.html |
Huh? Install Google?
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Ok heres my list of must installs
XP pro Office 2000(haven't got XP yet) Nero K++ Photoshop 7 Paint Shop Pro 8 Norton System Works 2003(includes anit-virus) All drivers Power DVD Ad-aware and Spybot(I found you need both) Si-Sanfra 2003 pro And this is for all you zone alarm users - bin it and get black ice defender - zone alarm(which I used to have) does not even come close. |
Those are all great programs posted here. For those of you who have a DVD collection, the greatest way to keep track of them that I have ever seen is little program called:
DVDProfiler It keeps track of your whole collection and updates it. It pulls all the information on each DVD from the internet after you enter it in by barcode number. A great way to find new Easter Eggs and other goodies. It will make charts and graphs using the data as well. Other features allow you to keep track of who you loaned a movie to. And it is FREE. |
I like winkey.
http://download.com.com/3000-2344-91...ml?tag=lst-0-1 It lets you create keyboard shortcuts for pretty much everything...you can open folders, run executables...whatever. I'm a keyboard guy, not too fond of the mouse, so this has been a lifesaver for me :) MPEDrummer |
I've been using Spybot for what seems like ages but recently added spywareblaster to my list of must haves.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html Stops spyware from ever being installed. Trillian all the way. Fuck I hate ICQ. bloated memory hog. Pop-up stopper. Winamp 2.91 ACDSEE 5.01 powerpack Flashget 1.40 CloneCD CDMate Roger Wilco WinRar HWDoctor Sisoft Sandra |
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The first place I hit after I get network connectivity back up is the <a href="http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/en/index.html">GNU II site</a> (or I pull out the CD they've released and start installing.
I usually install a LOT from there. Filezilla Dia (UML and ERD diagramming tool) NetHack CDex Then I move on to EditPlus, Trillian, MSN Messenger (why not use Trillian for that too? My wife is used the MSN messenger and can't figure out Trillian) and a few other games. |
While doing some periodic maintenance on a friend's Windows ME system (blech), I stumbled upon a task manager app called Another Task Manager (ATM) that lets you view each process like in Windows XP/2000, with memory usage, file location, etc. Even better, unlike all the other programs of its kind that I found, this one actually includes CPU usage for each process, whereas the other 9x "process viewers" don't.
I also recommend Window Washer over at webroot.com. I've cleaned out multiple gigabytes of crap on some systems, with the touch of a button. It's astonishing. |
Visual Studio .Net Enterprise Architect edition 2003
The only way to work in C# :-) Not mentioned so far. And LaTeX... THE ONLY quality document typesetting solution besides writing in postscript ;-) |
Great lists everyone!
OK well the only thing that I can think of contributing to this is for all the people out there that rip CDs onto their computers and then compress them to mp3. Go to THIS SITE This method will give you the highest quality mp3s on the planet! Human ears will not be able to tell the difference. There is a nicer guide to doing this on the kazaa lite forum but it is temp. down. |
one of my favorites would have to be black widow because it allows you to take web browsing to a whole new level
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RegClean v4.1a
This utility cleans your Registry of unnecessary entries that were created when you installed or uninstalled programs on your computer. Motherboard Monitor v5.3 An overheated computer is an unhappy computer. This handy program reads temperature and fan RPM data collected by your system's BIOS, displays it in the Windows system tray, and alerts you when there's trouble. ECleaner v2.02 Do you forward your favorite e-mail jokes to all your friends? Your wit will be better appreciated if it doesn't arrive with ">>>>>" at the beginning of every line. This nifty little program removes them from e-mail messages, making them look cleaner and preventing choppy word wraps. Now if only it made the jokes funny.:D |
Firebird's great... I can use it on all of my machines... makes IE look like Netscape 1.0
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Ah, one that I've used for awhile and never put in here:
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I'm making this same post on both the Windows and Linux threads because it can pertain to both. Also, it's actually an extension to a program rather than a program itself, but it's SO excellent that I just have to share it with people and these two threads seemed like the most appropriate places.
Anyways, it's called AdBlock and it's an extension to Mozilla and/or Firebird. It can be downloaded from http://adblock.mozdev.org Basically, it makes it REALLY easy to block banner ads and other advertising images from websites as you browse them and it just recently had functionality added to block flash advertisements in pages too :D If you use Mozilla or Firebird, I HIGHLY suggest you check this out! |
www.pricelessware.org
Lots of awesome freeware. I go there almost any time I need a new Windows app. Great site. Ill have to vote for WinBar. Its a pretty good piece of monitoring software. I have had some games not like to run while it is running, but other than that, its great. I also vote for RegCleaner and Firebird. A great way to clean your registry and the best browser out there. |
eMule seems ok, but all the servers appear to be from Europe.
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Google Toolbar Winzip AIM Bittorrent is good BT++ is bettar WCPUID Winrar divx ad-aware |
Figured I would bring this back from the dead.
My programs are: DeadAIM - no ads/"lite" version of AIM Driver Updates 3DMark03 - benchmark 3DMark2001 - benchmark PCMark04 - benchmark PokerStars - online poker Ad-Aware - spyware remover Spybot - spyware remover Spyware Blaster - spyware preventer Bearshare FREE - downloads Mozilla Firefox - awesome browser Norton Anti-virus - Anti-Virus Office2003 - Powerpoint, Word, Access, Excel Divx - multimedia encoding SpeedFan - monitor CPU temps WMP10 - music/video |
Most of my faves have been mentioned already but there are a couple i'd like to add:
Wingrep - Good windows version of grep with a well thought out GUI XnView - I downloaded this one yesterday because my friend wanted a freeware image file cropper + converter and didnt have much space on her computer. It works quite nicely and has lots of techy image conversion options and supports a lot of formats including GIF and JPEG Of course, i'm using Firefox at the moment so i have to mention that its my preferred browser. Some people need to give it some patience where the memory footprint and other "issues" are concerned, because lets face it, it hasnt even reached version 1.0 yet and it rocks. Plus, being a web dev guy, i like the fact that it implements more CSS standards than IE |
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Firefox Atomic Clock Sync Kazaa Lite Codec Pack Windows Washer Nero MIRC /w Invision 2.0 scripts Winrar Norton Corp ZoneAlarm Pro Emule Photoshop/Acrobat CloneCD ABIT motherboard manager Open Office/Office 2003 SnagIT (Great program for saving desktop/screen things as jpegs) Spybot Adaware AudioGrabber + LAME I usually also have MSDN Resource Kit on here, but I don't use 95% of it. |
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3dMark2001 3dMark2003 AdAware SE AC3Filter Alcohol120 Azureus CPU-Z Divx Direct X 9.0C FFDshow FireFox Matroska Pack Motherboard Monitor Media Player Classic (replaces Real One) Java (from Sun not MS JVM) Nero Nimo Codecs PC Mark 04 Real Alternative (also used to replace Real One) Smart FTP Spybot Spyware Blaster TCPOptimizer (changes some Windows default internet settings to "optimize" bandwith usage) TightVNC TMPEG (avi to mpeg converter) VirtualDub Vobsub Winamp 5 Winzip 9 WinRAR Xvid That's my list |
The second I got my Windows installed, I installed Firefox, so I could download Azureus, so I could, well, you know.
Nero 6, Ad-Aware SE -- even though I never get spyware from, Kerio Personal Firewall Plus a Google of others you guys all ready mentioned. |
I can't believe more people haven't referred to Proxomitron [www.proxomitron.info].
This has simply got to be the best single utility available. Mr Mephisto |
Heres me:
Winrar mIRC Winamp 5 Office (the newest available) Adobe photoshop Acrobat illustrator Gaim Desktop Sidebar Maxthon (browser) Irfanview alcohol*120% I try to keep pretty light on my apps, I hate processes running SiN and the others with Deamon tools... Try alcohol*120% for your virtual CD-ROM drive. It creates images reads images and will mount the virual CD-ROM drive and load images. I love it and have never ever run into a single problem with it. Very highly recommended. |
GIMP is great, and a ton cheaper than any other image manipulation software I've found...
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If anyone hasn't heard of Spybot Search & Destroy it eliminates any need for a pop-up blocker, I run it about once a week and never recieve any pop-ups.
Mirc burst! torrent client Free Download Manager Kazaa++ AVG Anti Virus RegScrubXP WinAce WinZip Divx RealOne Johnny Castaway Screen Saver Auto-IT |
I try to keep my computer as minimal as possible.
After reformating, and installing all my drivers. I install AIM ( + AIM Ad Hack, Removes Ads for 5.9 ) WinAmp WinRAR gTray gogo Adbuster ( popup blocker ) Panda Anti-Virus ( sometimes ) and Spybot. |
Opera
Ad-aware Kazza K++ Shareaza Damn NFO viewer WS_FTP Pro Nero WinRar Office 2003 Uxtheme patch iTunes Real and Quicktime alternative |
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