Apps you cant live without

[Arkiri]

I apologise if this has been done before.

I am just about to reinstall system and would just like to know what software you all install on a fresh install that you would not be without.

To make it easier if you list system apps first. :D

I am really intrested in your thoughts on this i have my faves but curious about the rest of you.

Thanks in advance

[golazo]

msn messenger

[ootput]

• Proxomitron (Y)
  
• Putty
  
• Project 64
  

• Foobar 2000
  
• Firefox
  
• Filezilla
  

• Miranda-im
  
• Mplayer
  
• MusicBrainz
  

• Winmx
  
• Winrar
  
• Winscp3
  

Edited November 17, 2004 by sentio

[Vice]

(Google these if you want them this is what I install on fresh)

Antivirus Sysmantec Corp Edition 9.0 - Not Free (There are other free antivirus though) (I install this first because I dont want to stick my computer online to get windows updates till it has some sort of protection)

All Windows XP Updates + SP1 + SP2 - Free (Got to be safe!)

All Drivers - Free of course you should get these with your stuff on CD.

iTuner - Free (For my music and to stream music through my network to other computers and to my Airport Express)

VLC Media Player - Free (So I can play all types of video from Xvid to Mpeg)

MSN Messenger - Free

MsgPlus! - Free (Adds some great things to MSN Messenger)

Bittorent Client - Free (I use Shadows Expirmental I think they changed its name though)

VNC Server Client - Free (So I can control my Windows computer from my iBook Wirelessly)

Firefox - Free (Because its my browser of choice)

Adblock - Free (It stops flash ads and normal image ads in Firefox very useful)

Macromedia Flash player + FlashMX 2004 (to create flash) - Player: Free Creator: Not Free

Spybot - Free (To get rid of possible Spyware)

Adaware - Free (Also to get rid of Future Spyware can NEVER be to careful!)

Fraps - Free (Game FPS Monitor / Recorder)

Nero - Not Free (For burning DVD's CD's and so on)

WinRAR - Trial is free full is not. (To unrar / unzip files)

And then all my games.

[trigger_my_passion]

xplorer2

Opera

AppRocket

flashget

winrar

Alcohol 120%

[mshaw04]

I can live without apps, just as long as I have my heart, brain, lungs, oxygen, water, etc.

[Apollo]

just winamp :)

[Chris Allen Veteran]

Firefox

Winamp/iTunes

Konfabulator

DC++/Soulseek

Photoshop

Macromedia Studio MX 2004

Illustrator

[Hypoxiaicon]

KLR

WMP10

ZAP

Symantec Corp. 9

Bit Tornado 0.0.3.8

MSN Messenger / Yahoo Messenger

Ad-Aware + Spybot

WinRAR

SpeedFan

Photoshop CS

QuickTime

Nero

[Otis]

xplorer2

trackerV3

winrar

editpad lite

crimson editor

winamp

firefox

thunderbird

avant

irfanview

curr ports

curr proc

adaware

spybot

[Hurmoth]

iTunes

Mozilla Firefox

Symantec Corp. 9

PerfectDisk

Nero

Alcohol 120%

7-Zip File Manager

Microsoft Outlook

Novell GroupWise

NSIS

FileZilla

Internet Explorer (only for updating Windows though)

Steam :punk:

This list could go one forever... these are only the major ones that I use on a daily basis!

[Koto]

Firefox

BitTornado

Nero

Trillian

mIRC

[r4esh]

Steam w/ HL2

[Syntax_Error]

Microsoft Office XP

Windows Media Player 10

Macromedia Studio MX 2004

Mcafee VirusScan

MSN Messenger

Easy CD Creator

WinZip

FileZilla

Ad-Aware

Shareaza

Adobe Reader

Firefox

IE 5 and 5.5 (testing)

SSH Client

RealPlayer 10

Quicktime

WinRAR

Plus games :rofl:

[cork1958]

Not going into a long speel here, but the first 2 I will never be without and will go on computer immediately after any install are my Kaspersky AV and firewall. You don't necessarily have to have Kaspersky, just my choice, but to do ANYTHING without those 2 type apps is just plain crazy. Anything else isn't even relevant and is your own choice.

Of course, then you need the updates and spyware programs afterwards.

[gringo]

Mines are..

- Opera

- Foxmail

- Miranda IM

- Winamp 2.91

[RaccoonSalsa]

Firefox

Alcohol 120

Azureus

MSN Messenger

WinRAR

iTunes

VLC Media Player

Norton Internet Security

[robsleezy]

Nero 6.6.0.1 Ultra Edition (Bought it)

Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.1 (Bought It)

Windows Media Player 10 Series

MSN Explorer 9.1 (Gotta Love it)

MSN Messenger 7.0.425

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Adobe Creative Suite (Bought it)

Limewire

MSI Live Update (Bios and Video Bios)

Symantec Norton Antivirus 2005 (3-user License)

Nokia Development Software

Motorola Development Software

[trigger_my_passion]

xplorer2

trackerV3

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How do you find trackerV3 compared to xplorer2?

[TmasterT]

Nod32/Kaspersky/AVG one of those

Nero

Firefox+Extentions

Trillian Pro

MemTurbo

Powerstrip

Bandwidthmonitor Pro

Speedfan

Perfectdisk7

Adaware+Spybot

mIRC Power Pack

Tuneup

TuneXP

bittorrent client

[Bold_Fortune]

Very first thing: a good backup program like Drive Image 2002 (which is what I use) or Ghost which is very popular, too.

It takes me just too long to install and set things up to be without one.

[Kriz]

MSN

Winamp

Firefox

Nero

[edmonton]

I am beginning to love ObjectDock Plus's tab dock feature as a shortcut manager.

[ZZOOzzoo]

iTunes (I can live without it, but my iPod can't)

ActiveSync (I can live without it, but my PDA can't)

Dr. DivX - I can't believe how much free drive space this DivX format made.

And of course, Maxthon!

[acoustikrage]

firefox.

[cyoung1616]

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