Moderators rridgely Posted January 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2009 Ok guys, some of us have been hanging out here for years and if you've been anything like me than you've probably installed/removed hundereds of programs by now. So now I'm curious after all this time have you found your select "set" of programs that you've decided on or do you still switch them out weekly/daily/whatever. I have definitely settled on my select programs that I've been using day in/out for the last year or more. I actually very rarely try new stuff anymore(shocking, I know). So if you've settled on your programs then what are they? Here is basically my pc in a nutshell: Browser: Firefox with adblock plus and firegestures. Office Suite: MS Office 07 Audio Player:WMP 11 Archive Program: 7zip Chat/IM: Pidgin PDF Reader:Foxit Pictures: Picasa(Still cant emphasize enough how awesome this program is) Cleaning/Tweaking: CCleaner, desktop maestro, autoruns Security: I have avast on my laptop currently and hijackthis Burning/Converting Music/ect: Ashampoo free, Foobar(lame mp3 encoding), dvd fab, shrinkto5 Thats pretty much it, out of all the stuff that I've used over the years this is pretty much all I use on a daily basis. When I reformat my computers these are the only programs I bother installing anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpty Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 PDF - Foxit. Firefox 3 with Noscript and Adblockplus. Scripts are allowed globally when I go hunting malware but then again I'm always hunting sandboxed so no probs. Office 2003 - Word, Excel and Power Point are all I need. Pics - Default viewer. Burning - Burnaware free version. Audio - WMP or Spider Player Cleaning - a reboot out of Returnil mode and/or deleting the contents of the sandbox cleans everything that needs cleaning, but I do run CCleaner every now and then, who doesn't? Security - Sandboxie, Returnil and Ghost Images. Same setups on all my XP Pro/Vista Ultimate installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2009 Seem to have ended up with Foxit reader MS Word etc. Ashampoo Burning Studio Picasa Opera WMPlayer Sandboxie FD-ISR CCleaner Avira Shrink and Decrypter These apps are now ones that I always have installed and use. Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 9, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2009 I really haven't changed much. Everything I've listed is freeware or open source with the only exception being MS Office 2003. I could list more, but this is more than enough: Office Suite: MS Office 2003 (I just can't use a PC without Word or Publisher) Audio Player: Foobar2000 Video Player: XP Codec Pack w/Media Player Classic, MPlayer Portable, VLC Media Player Portable DVD Video Ripper: DVD Shrink (also good for getting rid of commercials in recordings from a home DVD recorder) CD Rippers: Exact Audio Copy, CDex Audio Editor: Audacity Portable Audio File Taggers: Mp3tag, Foobar2000 Data Disc Burning: ImgBurn Audio CD Burning: Burrrn CD EXTRA Burning ("Audio+Data"): Burnatonce Lossy Video Encoder: Koepi's Xvid Audio File Information: Mr Questionman Video File Information: MediaInfo (get the 7z without installer package as it doesn't include the third-party add-on crap) Lossy Audio: LAME Lossless Audio: FLAC MP3 Encoding Frontend for LAME EXE: ALL2LAME FLAC Encoding Frontend: FLAC Frontend ReplayGain for MP3s: MP3Gain Security: Avast Antivirus Home Edition, Common Sense, MVPS.org HOSTS File, SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition, Spybot-S&D, SpywareBlaster, xp-AntiSpy, Windows Firewall + Hardware Firewall Image and Icon Creation/Editing: IcoFX, Paint.NET Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox File Archiver: 7-Zip Install/Setup Creation: Inno Setup PDF Reader: Foxit Reader PDF Creation: Tomahawk PDF+ Freeware Version Spell Checker: tinySpell Install Watcher: Total Uninstall (Last Freeware Version) System Tweaker: TweakNow WinSecret Pro Unpacker: Universal Extractor SFV File Verification: QuickSFV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeCee Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Here's the programs I mainly use: Opera, Thunderbird, IrfanView, BitComet (0.70), CCleaner, TeraCopy, BSPlayer (1.38) and UltimateZip. And when ever I need; for burning: Nero and ImgBurn. Avast, Sygate and Ad Muncher are running all the time in the background. I also use SpywareBlaster. For audio/music I use Winamp, but I don't use it that often nowadays. Also sometimes use Nokia PC Suite to transfer stuff from my phone to PC or vice versa. Path Copy TeraCopy Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoKenny Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 What I use: Browser: IE7 with IE7Pro and McAfee SiteAdvisor Plus email: OE-Quotefix addition to OE with OE Spell Audio Player: WMP 11 and my Creative Media Sauce on XP Home PDF Reader: Foxit Pictures: Built in pic viewer and Facebook Cleaning/Tweaking: CCleaner, Dial-a-Fix, Event Log Explorer, JavaRa, PureRa, RegSeeker and TweakNow WinSecret Security: avast anti virus, HijackThis, hpHosts and MVPS HOSTS files, Malwarebytes MBAM, SpywareBlaster, Windows Defender and WinPatrol PLUS Misc: Belarc Advisor, System Explorer, ClicKey, CurrPorts and SpeedFan "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Well the list of programs I wouldn't be without, have used for ages, and don't see swapping for anything else: Browser: Firefox with following permanently installed extensions: AdblockPlus (Easy List/Easy Element/Easy Privacy subscription) + Element Hiding Helper, CookieSafe Lite CustomizeGoogle DownThemAll Download Manager Tweak Duplicate Tab FEBE McAfee SiteAdvisor QuickJava Redirect Remover Session Manager TryAgain Audio/video Player: KMPlayer (occasionally WMP11) Chat: Miranda IM Pictures: Gimp, Irfanview, TinyResMeter (for quick screenshots) Cleaning: CCleaner, Reg Mechanic 5, RegSeeker, Total Uninstall, Revo Uninstall, Eraser 5.7 Tweaking/optimising: JKDefrag, NTRegopt, Process Lasso Security: AVG 7.5 (till updates stop then Antivir), SpywareBlaster, Spybot, Sygate, Eulalyzer CD Burning: Ashampoo Burning Studio Misc: Returnil, Foxit, AM-Deadlink, Unlocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoffeep Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Browsing : Firefox 3.0.5 Portable with a small handful of addons. ( Adblock Plus, NoScript, Feed Sidebar, GooglePreview, McAffee SiteAdvisor {just the firefox plugin, deleted the global installation}, Menu Editor, Stylish, Tempomail, URL Fixer, Thumbnail Expander) Audio/Video Player : VLC Player Chat : aMSN Portable ( for MSN ), XChat Portable ( for IRC ), and Pidgin Portable ( for the rest ) Cleaning : CleanUp!, CCleaner Defrag : Defraggler Security : SUPERAnti-Spyware, SpywareBlaster, MBAM, ClamWin Portable CD/DVD : ImgBurn, IsoBuster, DVD Decrypter Misc : Foxit, Notepad++, MUSHClient, MinGW, Cygwin Fantasy is the celebration of what we no longer are: individuals certain of our meaningfulness in a meaningful world. The wish-fulfillment that distinguishes fantasy from other genres is not to be the all-conquering hero, but to live in a meaningful world. The fact that such worlds are enchanted worlds, worlds steeped in magic, simply demonstrates the severity of our contemporary crisis.Scott R. Bakker, Why Fantasy and Why Now? RPG Codex - Putting the 'Role' back in RPG. The Age of Decadence - A game everyone should look forward to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunerz Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Well, the softwares I haven't used for years are Google Earth, Cheat Engine and .sol Editor. These are my frequently used programs Browser: Firefox 3.0.5 and Firefox Portable 3.2a1pre with a hint of add-ons IM Software: Yahoo! Messenger Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2003+Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system with only Word, Excel, and Powerpoint installed Media: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack+QTLite with MPC-HomeCinema from xvidvideo.ru, and The KMPlayer Archiver: PowerArchiver 2009 Graphics Editing Program: Adobe Photoshop CS4 PDF Reader: Adobe Reader 9 Lite and Foxit PDF Reader Burning Software: Nero 6 Transcoder: MediaCoder and Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate Maintenance/Diagnostic Programs: SIW, RunScanner, CCleaner, Defraggler, and JKDefrag Downloader: Orbit Downloader Server: XAMPP Security: KAV 2009 (Desktop) & avast! AV (Laptop), XP's Firewall, SpywareBlaster, and Common Sense Games: MU Online, Crazy Kart, and Warcraft III RoC & TFT Miscellaneous: Notepad++, ResHacker, StyleBuilder, and Snagit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q231 Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Here's mine Browser: Firefox 3.0.5 IM Software: Yahoo! Messenger Office Suite: MS OFFICE 2007 Media: Windows Media Player 11, GOM player Archiver: Winrar 3.80 Audio Editor: Audacity PDF Reader: Adobe Reader 9 Maintenance Programs: CCleaner, Auslogics Disk Defrag & RegDefrag, TuneUp Utilities 2009(yeah i purchased one lol ) Downloader: DAP Premium, LimeWire PRO Security: ZoneAlarm Security Suite 2009, HiJack This, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware(free version) Others: SharePod, iDump, Unlocker, TweakUI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Age Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Browser: IE7+IE7Pro, Firefox, Google Chrome Anti-Virus: Aira AntiVir Personal Anti-Spyware: Malwarebyte', SUPERAnti-Spyware, Spybot Cleaners: CCleaner, Defraggler Photo Editor: Paint.Net Torrent: uTorrent DVD Rip: DVD Decrypter+DVD43 Firewall: Router, Windows Firewall Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit Edition | COOLER MASTER Centurion 590 with 4 120mm Blue LED FANS 1 Regular 120MM FAN and a Custom Window Side Panel | AMD Athlon II x4 2.6GHZ Stock| XIGMATEK HDT-S963 92mm | ASRock A780GXE/128 | G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) @800MHZ | CF 2 XFX 4850 1GB @GPU940/MEM1005 | 320GB/OS 160GB/Storage HDDs | LG CD/DVD SATA | Rosewill 600W 2 12v Rail@44 | Ccleaner, Defraggler | Malwarebytes', SUPERAnti-Spyware | Avira AntiVir Personal | Google Chrome v3/4, IE8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 OS: XP Pro SP3 / Vista HP 32bit depending on the hardware A/V: AVG 8 http://www.avg.com Spyware: Spybot, Malwarebytes http://www.safer-networking.org/ and http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Browser: Opera http://www.opera.com Media player : WMP and VLC http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Codec pack: FFDShow + MPC http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow Disk defrag: Diskeeper 2009 Pro http://www.diskeeper.com Disk utilities: HDTune http://www.hdtune.com Virtual Clone Drive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html DVD Decrypter (google!) Transcoder: Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/ System utilities: CCleaner Process Explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb896653.aspx Windirstat: http://windirstat.info/ 7zip http://www.7-zip.org/ Burner: CDburnerXP http://cdburnerxp.se/ Office: MS Office Foxit PDF reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php Nitro PDF maker http://www.nitropdf.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 OS : XP SP3 (I think I'll upgrade to Seven when it'll be out - in a final release) Browser : Firefox (with ABP, Stylish, Personal Menu..) Image editor : Paint.NET (with lots of plugins - I have like 60 DLLs in my Effects folder) Text editor : Office 2003 (I only use Word...) Utilities : Defraggler, PageDefrag, CCleaner, Recuva Chat : WLM 2009 with Messenger Live Discovery and Messenger Plus! Live Programming : Visual Studio 2008 Archiver : WinRAR Anti-spyware, virus, malware, ... : Avast! Media player : WMP Games : Chuzzle Deluxe and Rocket Mania Deluxe (both by PopCap Games), Spore and SimCity (both by Maxis (EA) )..and Lego Digital designer if you can call this a "game" Other : Bricopack Vista Inspirat 2, HHD Free Hex Editor (...wait, what is this and why is it on my computer ??), Tweak UI, Bootvis. I think this is all... Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingorgg Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Browser: Google Chrome IM Software: Windows live messenger 2009 beta 2 Office Suite: MS OFFICE 2007 Media: Itunes Archiver: Winrar 3.80 Maintenance Programs: CCleaner, Auslogics Disk Defrag and Registry Clean Expert Downloader: uTorrent Security: MalwareBytes Anti-Malware(paid version), Threatfire, Avast, Spybot Search and destroy, PC Tools Firewall Plus, Spywareblaster Other: Notepad++ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredLeon Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 OS: Windows XP SP2 Browser: Firefox with AdBlockPlus-FEBE-JavaQuickStarter-British English Dictionary, K-Meleon Firewall: Lavasoft Personal FW Security: BitDefender AV 2008, SUPERAntiSpy Pro, CounterSpy Media player: WMP 11, GOM, XnView Archiver: WinRar 3.8, 7Zip Rip/Burn: Ashampoo Studio 6, SonicRecordNow Office: MS Office 2007, Sage PDF: Adobe Reader 9 Screen Print: Gadwin PrintScreen Rename: THE Rename Clean up: CCleaner, EasyCleaner, FreeWindowSweeper, EvidenceBlaster Defrag: Defraggler, AusLogics-DiscDefrag Back-up: AcronisTrueImagePersonal(free), Erunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted January 31, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 31, 2009 Opera: Firefox: CCleaner: DeFraggler: Recuva: Ashampoo Burning Studio: DVDFab HD Decrypter: DVD Shrink32: Faststone Capture: MP3Gain: Mp3Tag: MPUI: (MPlayer) Photofiltre Studio: Unlocker: Process Explorer: Karens Replicator: What's Running: WinRAR: AutoHotkey: AvantiGUI: AviSynth: BonkEnc Audio Encoder: Burn: CleanMem: DivX: Erunt: Foobar2000: Format Factory: Revo Uninstaller: Foxit Reader: HDTune: HostsMan: Macrium Reflect: Q-Dir: Registry Mechanic: Returnil: Sandboxie: AVImux_GUI: Avast: Windows Firewall (XP): Spybot: MBAM: Panda AntiRootkit: Spyware Blaster: Rogue Remover: Prevx CSI: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capman Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Browser: Firefox Anti-Virus: Avast (I do fluctuate between Avast and AVG) Anti-Malware: MBAM, SAS, Spybot and SpywareBlaster PDF reader: Foxit Image editing: Irfanview and Photoscape Burning software: Trying new things here (mainly stuff that Andavari suggests) Office: MS Office Audio: WMP Cleaning: CCleaner, JavaRa and PureRa Website creation: Kompozer FTP: FileZilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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