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Apps you cant live without

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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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Here is my list of softwares

NOTE:THis list is prepared by me and was intended to be a list of best softwares available in respective categories

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

1. Kaspersky Antivirus Personal Pro.

This AV is the best that is there in terms of plain Detection rates. It easily beats other popular AV softwares like NAV and Mcaffe.It efficiently detects not only viruses but also Trojans,Adwares,Spywares and other threats.It’s engine is the best around,and infact many other AV soft use it.It has very good heuristic scanning.Also has a low resource usage.

Other Alternatives:-1. Extendia(Uses double engine-Kaspersky’s and RAV’s.Has a good detection rate ... but not to sure about the resource usage). 2.AVG Free [Freeware]

MALWARE REMOVERS

1. a2

This is a superb software.You can use it for free with some usage limitations(but still it does the job).Not very well knows but removes most of the malwares(spywares,adwares,dialers etc.).But only grudge is updating databases on my dial-up is a problem because of their size.

2. Adware SE Pro

Another good software.I thing I like about is that it removes the malware first from the memory and then cleans it permanently.This is one thing that Spybot lacks.Also it has a monitoring program to give live protection.

Other Alternatives:-Adware Se Personal(Freeware),Spybot Seach and Destroy

FIREWALL

1. Zone Alarm Pro

This firewell leads it’s competitors by some margine and is trusted by most

Other Alternatives:- Zone Alarm (Freeware),Kaspersky Anti-hacker

NET SPEED BOOSTERS

1. Onspeed

It’s patented compression technology compresses the data and thus increaseyoursurfing speed. All the data is transmitted through their servers and after being compressed they are sent to you.

2. Active Speed

Don’t know what it does but it works.It ran a series of 5 tests and restarted the computer after every test. But after those tests I did get a significant boost on my dial-up.What I noticed was regular data transmission,which was responsible for the speed boost.

Other Alternatives:- Artera Turbo,Propel Accelerator

BROWSERS

1. Opera

This is my favourite browsers.It has a lot of very cool features.I like the feature to resume browsing from where u left last time.It is defnitiely fast.Has a good download manager.It can receive RSS feeds.It also can serve as an IRC client. Has a good e-mail client also.

2. Firefox (Freeware)

An open source alternative(toIE) which is ganning immense popularity.Is very fast and secure.But lacks a lot of features that Opera has.

POP-UP/AD BLOCKER

1. Proxomitron(Freeware)

This is a really gr8 software by Late Scott R. Lemon.I am only listing a few of the things it can do.

Stop windows that pop-up, pop-under, or pop-over . Stop those un-closable endless banner chains. Stop pop-up JavaScript message boxes. Remove web-branding and other scripts tacked on by "free" web providers. Convert most ads and banner pictures into simple text links. Freeze all animated gifs. Make blinking text appear as bold instead. Remove slow web counters.Stop web pages from "auto-refreshing" .Prevent pages from changing fonts. Get rid of or replace web page background images .Protect against getting "trapped" inside someone else's frames! Make all frames resizable .Close top or bottom frame banner windows .Protect against getting "trapped" inside someone else's frames! Make background MIDI songs play only when you choose. Remove status bar scroll-texts.Remove "dynamic" HTML from pages .Disguise your browser's identity and version from JavaScripts .Remove style sheets .Un-hide URLs when the mouse is over a link .Disable frames or tables altogether .Change or delete cookies .Change your browser's user-agent and other identifying fields.Hide where you've been previously from inquisitive web servers .

2. Naviscope

This is another very good software which does a lot more than just blocking ads and pop-ups.The pre-caching feature is usefull (especially IE users).

DOWNLOAD MANAGERS

1. Flashget

My favourite.A very poplular one. Compatible with most downloads.

Other Alternatives:-Net Transport (Freeware),Mass Downloader

WEB PAGE MAKER(without using html)

1. Web Page maker

This is the simplest one.

Other Alternatives: - MS Frontpage

AUDIO PLAYER

1.iTunes(freeware)

The best player I have seen.It is from Apple.It's interface is the best and makes everything available within a click.It can also be used to buy music and suncronise with iPOD.

2. Winamp(Freeware)

I don’t think it needs any description

Other Alternatives:-Queintessential Player(Freeware),Windows Media Player 10(Freeware),Foobar

VIDEO PLAYER

1. Zoom Player

[both freeware and commercial versions are available]This soft supports a whole lot of formats by itself. It has can handle DVD’s with ease.

2. Windows Media Player(Freeware)

Special Mention:-IRFAN VIEW:-This freeware is the best multimedia viewer available and allows you to have a fast preview of pictures,audio and videos.Supports lots of formats.Also allows basic pict editing,batch conversion into diff formats and also provides easy picture resizing.

DEFRAGMENTING SOFTWARE

1. Perfect Disk

This is the best defragmenting software.It can optimize any file-including locked and system files,MFT,page file etc. This is because of it’s boot time defragmentation feature.It is pretty fast.And it’ssmart placement is good.

2. O&O Defrag Proffesional

My previous favourite.Has four defragmentation modes.It allows you to work while defragmentation is going on in the background.It has an feature that allows it to use the resource that is only left over (and not demand resource).This makes sure that u can work smoothly.But it can not optimize the locked files and system files.

Other Alternatives:-Diskeeper

SYSTEM TWEAKER/OPTIMISER

1. Tweak Xp-Pro 4

This is the best tweaking tool I have seen.Has loads of tweaks to optimize and change the feel of your system.

2. Tune up Utilities

This software allows you to tweak your system to optimise the system as well as boost your net,and change the look of your system with the Winstyler.Has a pretty effective registry cleaner and compressor(defragmenter).Also contains shredder and tempfiles cleaner.

REGISTRY CLEANER

1. Reg supreme Pro

This soft works at a blazing speed and is effective in detecting errors in the registry.However using it in Deep Scanning mode may create problems.

2. Tune-Up Utilities Reg cleaner

This is not available separately.

Other Alternatives:- Sys Mech 5 Reg Cleaner(not available separately)

REGISTRY COMPRESSOR

1. Rose City Registry Optimiser

2. Tune-up Utilities reg defrag.

3. Advanced System Optimiser

SYSTEM BOOSTER

1. Hare

This is the only soft among the ones that I hae tried (I haven’t tried a lot of them) realy works.It changes your kernel to 88bit.

Datz all :D

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Acdsee

Winamp

Firefox

Vnc

Trillian - Miranda

Sygate Personal Firewall

Daemon Tools

Nero - Cd Burner Xp

Nero Mega codec pack

Paint Shop Pro - Photoshop CS

Vmware

FlashFXP

Winrar

Azureeus \ Bitcomet

....i dont get the point of making this 3d though. :blink:

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