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Old 03-14-2007, 10:26 PM

Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Pretty much a requirement for users of Menewsha. :)

Ad-Aware: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition
Get rid of that nasty spyware on your computer!!

Trend Micro: Housecall
"Ease your mind and scan your PC for viruses and spyware."

Winamp Media Player: http://www.winamp.com
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It really is a great media player. (in my opinion)
AVG Anti-Virus: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
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AVG free antivirus is really good. When I caught a virus over 2 years ago my cousin fixed my computer and he installed AVG free. It hasn't let me down since ^^
If you can think of anything else to add, please post. ^^

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Old 03-15-2007, 02:40 AM

www.winamp.com

It really is a great media player. (in my opinion)

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Old 03-16-2007, 12:28 PM

Avast. It's a free anti-virus that do a good job like any other payable one.

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Old 03-17-2007, 12:53 PM

media player 11

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Old 03-17-2007, 05:04 PM

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www.winamp.com

It really is a great media player. (in my opinion)
It is my default and has been for awhile. I don't like the design of WMP and Winamp is quick, plus lets you stream live music and all that stuff near instantly. :]

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Old 03-17-2007, 05:36 PM

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Quote:
Originally Posted by ThE PaTTerN QueeN
www.winamp.com

It really is a great media player. (in my opinion)
It is my default and has been for awhile. I don't like the design of WMP and Winamp is quick, plus lets you stream live music and all that stuff near instantly. :]
If you say it's that good, I might give it a go :)
WMP is giving me grief at the moment :x

EDIT: ooh I got a suggestion:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
AVG free antivirus is really good. When I caught a virus over 2 years ago my cousin fixed my computer and he installed AVG free. It hasn't let me down since ^^

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Old 03-18-2007, 01:30 AM

  • Irfanview. great free art program. can't draw with it, but it's very useful for cropping and changing the format without loading a huge program. :mrgreen:

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Old 03-18-2007, 04:55 AM

Please provide links if you want me to add things. ^^ (and if you can write a short description too, please... XD;;;)

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Old 03-22-2007, 06:40 PM

Quote:
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Please provide links if you want me to add things. ^^ (and if you can write a short description too, please... XD;;;)
IrfanView can be found here, and is a wonderful program. It takes no time to load, and allows you to easily browse all images in a folder. It can also resize, crop, and save images in a number of different file types, along with other functions that I'm too tired to remember (the site has more info). It is free.

Avast Anti-Virus is also free for home use, although the professional edition you do have to buy (you won't need to though). The program updates its self frequently so as to keep on top of new viruses, and the only 'catch' is that you have to re-register the product once a year. This is also free.

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Old 03-29-2007, 05:34 AM

Spybot Search & Destroy
Gets rid of spyware/adware. :3

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Old 04-04-2007, 08:43 AM

VLC media player... I use it for all my vids... it's awesome, and has yet to fail me in any way/shape/form.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

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Old 04-06-2007, 07:19 AM

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Spybot Search & Destroy
Gets rid of spyware/adware. :3
I love you. owo

I lost that program when I formatted my computer and couldn't find it again. x3;

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Old 04-13-2007, 02:25 AM

I back AVG and Spy-bot, both great programs which I run on my pc and laptop.

Heres another that may help some.

Belarc Advisor-Link
" The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, CIS (Center for Internet Security) benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. "

Quote taken directly from the site describing the Advisor.

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Old 04-19-2007, 12:19 AM

I use all of those except AVG. They're great. This is a good sticky. I use ad-aware and spybot a lot.

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Old 04-19-2007, 07:57 PM

Hmm here are some you should include.

spybot S & D
http://www.spybot.info/

Comodo firewall
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

avast anti-virus
http://www.avast.com/

&

CC cleaner (crap cleaner)
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

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Old 05-13-2007, 02:42 PM

Try to download PrintKey2000. It's a one-step screenshot saver.

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Old 05-20-2007, 08:57 AM

Sorry guys, I know I need to update this. ; 3;

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Old 06-02-2007, 07:34 AM

i would downplay firefox.
Opera is much faster, and is 100% bugfree, unlike firefox which has 5

opera:http://secunia.com/product/10615
FF:http://secunia.com/product/12434

you have been warned

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Old 06-04-2007, 07:51 PM

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Open Office! Open Office is an Office Suite similar to Window's Office. I love it so much! My computer had Microsoft word processor on it, not Word, word processor. It sucked! Then I found Open Office. It has an awesome word processor as well as other office programs like a presentation program (think power point and slideshows), and spreadsheet and database programs. If you don't have Microsoft Office but want programs like that, you need Open Office and you will not be disappointed. I love my Writer and would be lost without it. <3

Open Office - http://www.openoffice.org/

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Old 06-05-2007, 12:56 AM

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VLC media player... I use it for all my vids... it's awesome, and has yet to fail me in any way/shape/form.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Seconded! VLC is a GREAT cross platform media player, especially when it comes to videos. It plays DVDs and DVD files flawlessly, with a great right-click context menu with shortcuts for all the commands you could possibly want during playback. Great program!

I also second For-Chan Cookie's support of the Open Office suite, although unfortunately I've experienced some compatibility issues with it in the past. It's not perfect, but it's got a really powerful word processing program which I have not had problems with.

I would actually not recommend using its version of "Excel" or "Powerpoint" for important presentations. I've actually had a problem with my grade because the OpenOffice version of Excel was not compatible with Microsoft Excel, and some important elements of my project were actually removed when I saved it in a "compatible" format. Whoops.

Still, the suite should be downloaded JUST for the word processor, even if you don't ever use the other programs. I have both the Microsoft 2003 suite and the OpenOffice suite and I much prefer OpenOffice's word processor.

As for other programs! I would strongly recommend the GIMP(I only skimmed the thread but I have not seen it mentioned). It is a VERY powerful image editing program, and completely free! It is also cross platform. Unfortunately it can be difficult for some people to learn, but if you need a powerful image editing program for free, I would recommend the GIMP.

http://www.gimp.org/

I don't believe anyone has mentioned Google Desktop before, either, which is a bit surprising. Although I don't use it often(what can I say, I'm well organized!), Google Desktop has saved my arse MORE than a few times when I really needed to find a file quickly on my computer. It has also let me know when I USED to have a file but I had deleted it like a complete moron. Very useful program, but it does need to constantly run so it can be updated so it's not for old or slow computers.

http://desktop.google.com/

The other Google offering I find very useful is Picasa. It is great for managing images quickly and easily. My favorite use for it is to import my photos - it lets me preview them, it doesn't take a horribly long time to start up and the import process is quick and easy(I can even edit my photos a bit, like to rotate them so they're right side up).

http://picasa.google.com/

The only other great, free program I can think of is Trillian. It lets you connect to all the major Instant Messenging networks. That means, you can be online via AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, IRC, AND ICQ all in one program! It has great managing tools for managing your accounts. One of MY favorite parts is that, if I'm going to be away from my computer, I can select one away message and it will put ALL the clients on "away" with that message. Very simple and easy! I have to admit though, I have the "Pro" version of this software. It also does not do a few things I wish it would - things like Voice Chat are spotty at best, and webcam viewing doesn't even work.

They haven't released a new version in quite a long time, but they are on alpha stage for their next version, which is hugely different from their previous one.

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

Okay, that's it. There was a blog I had bookmarked once that had programs people had voted most useful, but unfortunately I can't find it in my bookmarks or via Google.

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#21
Old 06-10-2007, 04:16 PM

DO NOT touch an anti-spyware program named Spycrush. I accidentally downloaded it to my computer, and it's really annoying, throwing popups everywhere, and telling me my computer's infested, and stuff. By the way, does anyone know how to get rid of Spycrush?

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#22
Old 06-13-2007, 12:14 PM

I use firefox ad-aware and avg too. they're great programs, and free too. PLUS firefox is SO much better than IE. believe me. IE just copied the tabbed browsing feature by mozilla... the losers XD

i dont really use other stuff besides anti virus and anti spy XD

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Old 06-21-2007, 12:35 AM

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The only other great, free program I can think of is Trillian. It lets you connect to all the major Instant Messenging networks. That means, you can be online via AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, IRC, AND ICQ all in one program! It has great managing tools for managing your accounts. One of MY favorite parts is that, if I'm going to be away from my computer, I can select one away message and it will put ALL the clients on "away" with that message. Very simple and easy! I have to admit though, I have the "Pro" version of this software. It also does not do a few things I wish it would - things like Voice Chat are spotty at best, and webcam viewing doesn't even work.

They haven't released a new version in quite a long time, but they are on alpha stage for their next version, which is hugely different from their previous one.

http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/

I agree~!

I use Trillian, too. It's got my AIM, MSN, and Yahoo all conveniently rolled up into one messenger! :3 There are a few cons to it, but it's sooo convenient! x3

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Old 07-05-2007, 09:01 PM

  • That Trillian program sounds awesome! I'm using a Mac though, but I managed to find a program like it called Fire, for Macs. It's great! :D

    I also recommend Gimp, I've been seriously into photography for almost three years now and for the best part of those years, I've used the Gimp. And I think it's even better than the Photoshop Elements I had before. :]

    And VLC player is the greatest player ever, too.


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Old 07-08-2007, 11:48 PM

http://www.rarlab.com
Compressing files and stuff...

mIRC A place to chat but I use it to get manga (japanese comic) scanslations. >.>;

 


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