Anti-Spyware: Ad-Aware SE Personal, SpywareBlaster, Spybot
Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition
Browser: Firefox
Disk Management: CCleaner, Disk Cleanup (Included in Windows), Disk Defragmenter (Included in Windows)
DVD: AnyDVD, Daemon Tools, Nero 6 Reloaded, Power DVD, UltraISO
File-Sharing: uTorrent
Firewall: Comodo Pro
Graphics: Paint.NET
Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch
Media Player: Windows Media Player 11 (audio and streaming videos), Media Player Classic (downloaded videos - included in K-Lite Mega Codec Pack)
Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
PC Visuals: LClock, XPize
Tech Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis, Unlocker,
Utilities: Everest Ultimate Edition 2006, Foxit PDF Reader, K-Lite Mega Codec Pack, PowerArchiver 2007, TuneUp Utilities 2007, Tweak UI, UPHClean
Only the following cost money from the list above; AnyDVD, Nero 6 Reloaded, Power DVD, UltraISO, Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise, Everest Ultimate Edition 2006, PowerArchiver 2007, TuneUp Utilities 2007
your selection of software looks a bit random to me.
for example, why recommend windows live messenger? why not recommend Gaim or Miranda? both open source and capable of all protocols out there.
why not recommend VLC player instead of those windows media players?
why recommend MS office? what about openoffice? it’s free!
why AdAware and SpywareBlaster if you already have a firewall, virusshield and Firefox?
missing from your list would be something like Thunderbird for example, peer guardian 2, and The Gimp etc
just my 2 cents
You have to have some kind of peer-2-peer network if you got a pc.
What do you guys use to download torrents with?
Im dont know how to d/l torrents but I think you can you use: Utorrent
My new list:
Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista)
Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition
Browser: Firefox
CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows)
Disk Management: CCleaner, Defraggler and Recuva
File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire
Firewall: Comodo Free Firewall
FTP: FileZilla
Graphics: Paint.NET
Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch
Media Player/Codecs: Vista Codecs, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows),
Office: OpenOffice or Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
PC Visuals: XPize or Vize
Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker
Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy and Foxit Reader
Web Program: Notepad ++
Only Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative.
As far as Movie players go, I don’t use anything other than VLC. You can adjust aspect ratio and everything, plus it will play absolutely everything.
And I’ll never use Windows Live Messenger again. Sebastian elightened me when he showed me Pidgin. Pidgin kicks Windows Live’s arse.
Heres what I use
Bsplayer or Divx - Plays all the movies I have
Firefox - Fast and No popups, doesn’t touch microsoft shit
Zonealarm - Free Firewall, haven’t had any spyware since
Winamp - Mp3 player, loads quick, just make sure to block internet access
Registry Mechanic - Fixes slow computers
Hijackthis - Get rid of all the services you don’t want running, be careful though
Startup Inspector - Tells you what the progams running are, use before Hijackthis
Trillian - Talk to anyone on msn, yahoo or google IM
Treesize - Shows what folders are using the most disc space
Azureus - Torrent downloader, works, thats all I care about
Ad-Aware - For getting rid of spyware on other peoples computers
Easy Cleaner - Deletes unnessassary files, clears recent files
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What do you guys use to download torrents with?
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Bitlord
an absouloute must for me is Photoshop, and VLC player
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As far as Movie players go, I don’t use anything other than VLC. You can adjust aspect ratio and everything, plus it will play absolutely everything.
And I’ll never use Windows Live Messenger again. Sebastian elightened me when he showed me Pidgin. Pidgin kicks Windows Live’s arse.
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Switching to VLS soon.
Pidgin doesn’t have the YIM contacts when imported through MSN (I have to create a whole new YIM account otherwise), and webcam isn’t as great.
My friend convinced me to open an ICQ account. Boy, this thing sucks and these messenger sounds are so annnoying.
Newer list:
Anti-Spyware: Spybot - Search and Destroy, SpywareBlaster and Windows Defender (Included in Windows Vista)
Anti-Virus: Avast Home Edition
Browser: Firefox
CD/DVD Burning: AVStoDVD, InfraRecorder and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows)
Disk Management: CCleaner
DVD Ripping: DVD Decryptor and DVD Shrink
File-Sharing: BitTorrent and Frostwire
Firewall: Comodo Firewall
FTP: FileZilla
Graphics: Paint.NET
Instant Messenger: Windows Live Messenger with A-Patch
Media Players/Codecs: QT Lite, VLC Media Player and Windows Media Player 11 (Included in Windows)
Office: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise or OpenOffice
PC Visuals: XPize or Vize
Technical Tools: Dial-a-fix, HijackThis and Unlocker
Utilities: 7Zip, Dizzy, Foxit Reader and TuneUp Utilities 2008
Web Program: Notepad ++
Only TuneUp Utilities 2008 and Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise costs money from the list above though you can use the brilliant OpenOffice as an alternative for MS Office.
or switch to Ubuntu and have all the software in the world at your fingertips (minus the latest games and CAD or whatever software)