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Which programs do you use, and why?


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Im just wondering what programs people use for common stuff like browsing, listening to music, chatting etc...I made a list for you to fill out (you can add stuff if you like)

I'll start;

Browser: Opera 7.5 (best functions)

Music Player: Winamp 5.03 (more features than itunes, less resource usage)

Chat: Msn 6.2 w/ msgplus 3 (nice interface, has a lot of features which miranda lacks)

Irc client: Opera 7.5 (I dont use irc much)

Movie player: Media player classic (not bloated, takes little resources, plain and simple)

FTP: SmartFTP (haven't bothered to check out any alternatives)

p2p: kazaalite (ability to disable uploading, easy to use)

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Browser:The one and only: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041101 Firefox/1.0RC2 (bangbang023) & IE(rarely) & K-Meleon 0.8.2+ & OffByOne & AceExplorer

IRC:Don't use any of them much I use "Skype" to communicate p2p telephony.

FTP:Earthlink

Documents:Word

Download Manager:Firefox exclusively. It's the Gecko.

Weather:TV.

System Utilites:XP & Belarc; to numerous to type

Defrag:O&O Pro Defrag

Spyware Removal:Spybot & SpywareBlaster & Ad- Aware SE Personal & HiJack This & Killbox

Graphics:Ulead GIF Animator 5 & ArcSoft PhotoImpression 3.0 & Irfanview

RSS:FeedReader & ActiveRefresh

Text:NotePad

Web-Based Email:FastMailFM & Kaxy & Walla & CANOEMail & Mail.com

Music Player:WMP9 & Ares

Video Player:QuickTime & Irfanview & WMP9

DVD Player:WMP9

Chat:Skype & Trillian & MSN & Ares & jIRCii

Burning:Roxio

P2P:eMule & Ares & Soulseek

Compression:WinZip beta

Anti-Virus/Firewall:Sygate & Panda Platinum & WindowsXP

OS:XP home SP2 SSE & Python

Bittorrent:None

Partition:PowerQuest Partition 8.02

Search:Vivisimo & WiseNut

Email:Outlook Express & Pegasus & Foxmail & Popcorn

Email Stripper:Oscura

Tweak:My own and blackviper & Fred Langa & Charles Kessler

Website-Validator:Earthlink.net

PersonalForums:Invision & PHPbb & PHP Nuke

PC:HPpavillion a305w-b+Intel Celeron Processor 2.7ghz+256mb DDR SDRAM Micron Memory+40gb Ultra DMA hard drive+CD-RW 48x24x48xmax speed+Open drive bay for expansion+17"CRT Monitor+Digital wireless Logitech mouse M-RAA93+Logitech subwoofer X-230 2.1........There's more but I don't have enough time to edit it.

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OS: Windows XP SP2

Internet Browser:

-Firefox

-Internet Explorer

Webbased Email: Hotmail/Gmail

Music/Movie Player: Winamp 5.05

Office: Office XP SP3

Image Editing: Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8/Adobe Photoshop CS

IM Program: MSN Messenger, with Messenger Plus! and various other plugins

P2P: Kazaa K++/WinMX

Compression: WinRAR/Windows Compression

Antivirus: AVG 6 Free Editon

Firewall: Zone Alarm

Spyware stuff: Spybot SD, Adaware 6

Util kits: X-Setup PRO

Burning tool: Nero Enterprise/Alcohol 120%

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