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Apps you cant live without

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Arkiri

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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

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(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.

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Couldn't have said it better :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:

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all-in-one im chat client (open source) - miranda: http://miranda-im.org/

the best browser (open source) - mozilla firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

console (open source) - console: http://sourceforge.net/projects/console

widget/stats (freeware) - samurize: http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/

dock (freeware) - y'z dock: no linky!

music player (freeware) - winamp: http://winamp.com/

video players (freeware) - kool-playa: http://kool-playa.de/ media player classic (open source):

uxtheme hack (freeware) - vortex patch: http://67.21.149.118:8080/repository/Patches/Uxtheme/

the ultimate hacking app (freeware) - resource hacker: http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

the ultimate replacement app (freeware) - replacer: http://www3.telus.net/_/replacer/

icon changer (freeware) - iconphile: http://www.virtualplastic.net/scrow/iphile.html

temp. monitors (freeware) - motherboard monitor: http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ speedfan: http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php

firewall (freeware) - kerio personal firewall 2.1.5: http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

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gadean

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Here is the (short) list of programs I cannot live without:

Norton Antivirus

Ad-Aware Pro

Visual Studio

Winamp 5.x

Du Meter (I freaking love this program!!)

WinRar

EMule

Nero

Trillian

FFDShow (for playing movies. Includes support for DivX, XVid, AC3, etc)

Omega Drivers

PowerDVD

Firewall (sort of in the middle of trying out different ones. Not quite sure which I like best.)

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Slimy

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office 03

wmp10 - codecs

winrar - nero - ultra iso - deamon tools

tuneup04 - x-setup pro - ccleaner - jv16 power tools - registry first aid

spyware blaster - adaware se personal

dictionaries + encyclopedias

bitcomet + eMule + ares lite

acronis true image/norton ghost 9

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Jambooo

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I don't use many apps but here goes:

Windows Messenger

Programmers Notepad

VB6

Ava Find

Apache

CCleaner

Filezilla

Oh and not forgetting the handiest tray app I ever did see... though I made it so I guess it doesn't really count.

Also Miranda IM since reading this thread.

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