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What software are you using.


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That maybe will give ideas to people.

I'll start fitrs.

Those are the main categories.

[*]Operation system

[*]Office application software

[*]Browser

[*]E-mail client

[*]Instant messenger

[*]Music player / editor

[*]Video player / editor

[*]Picture viewer / editor

[*]Burning software

[*]Virtual CD software

[*]Download accelerator

[*]Torrent client

[*]P2P

[*]Antivirus software

[*]Firewall

[*]Spyware tools

[*]Archiver

[*]Codecs/packs

[*]Rippers

[*]FTP uploader

[*]System optimisers

[*]RSS reader

That's mine.

Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 SP2

Browser - Maxthon / Internet Explorer 6 SP2 / Firefox

E-mail client - Outlook Express

Instant messenger - MSN Messenger 7.5 / ICQ Lite 5.04 / Skype 2.0 / mIRC

Music player / editor - WinAmp 5 / Windows Media Player 10

Video player / editor - VideoLan / mv2 player / Media Player Classic / Windows Media Player 10

Picture viewer / editor - ACDSee 8

Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6 / CloneCD 5.2.6.1

Virtual CD software - DAEMON TOOLS 3.47(4.00)

Download accelerator - Flashget/Download manager

Torrent client - BitComet/

P2P - Limewire

Antivirus software - Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro

Firewall - Windows XP SP2

Spyware tools - SpyBot Search&Destroy

Archiver - WinRar/WinZip

Codecs/packs - K-Lite Mega Codec Pack

Rippers - UltraISO / Alcohol 120% / Easy CD-DA Extractor

FTP uploader - Cute FTP 7

System optimisers - Registry Mechanic / WinXP Manager / Tweak UI Powertoy / Startup Control Panel

RSS Reader - Abilon

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Operating system - Windows XP Pro SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office 2003

Browser - Internet Explorer 6

E-mail client - Outlook Express

Instant messenger - MSN Messenger/QQ

Music player / editor - Winamp/WMP9

Music editor - ----

Video player - WMP9

Video editor - ---

Picture viewer / editor - ACDSee 7

Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6.3

Torrent client - BitComet

P2P - ---

Antivirus software - AVG

Firewall - Windows SP2 Firewall

Spyware tools - SpyBot Search&Destroy/Ad-Aware

Archiver - WinRAR

Rippers - ---

System optimisers - Tweak UI Powertoy/TuneUp Utilities

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[*]Operation system

WinXP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software

Office 2003

[*]Browser

Firefox

[*]E-mail client

Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger

MSN, Yahoo, Gaim, Skype

[*]Music player / editor

Winamp

[*]Video player / editor

Media Player Classic / Sony Vegas

[*]Picture viewer / editor

ACDSee 32

[*]Burning software

Nero

[*]Virtual CD software

Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator

---

[*]Torrent client

ABC

[*]P2P

eMule / Ares

[*]Antivirus software

Avast

[*]Firewall

MS Firewall / Router

[*]Spyware tools

Ad-Aware

[*]Archiver

PowerArchiver

[*]Codecs/packs

XP Codec Pack

[*]Rippers

DVDripper / GordianKnot / VirtualDub

[*]FTP uploader

Mozilla plugin

[*]System optimisers

---

[*]RSS reader

Firefox + Pod Plus + iPod

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[*]Operation system - Windows XP Home SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2003 SP??

[*]Browser - Firefox, IE

[*]E-mail client - Web Browser (Gmail)

[*]Instant messenger AIM, MSN, MIRC

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp, and Sony Soundforge

[*]Video player / editor - Dr.Divx

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Microsoft Office Picture Viewer

[*]Burning software - Roxio 8

[*]Virtual CD software - Alcohol

[*]Download accelerator - FlashGet

[*]Torrent client - Bitcomet

[*]P2P - limewire

[*]Antivirus software - Never Installed

[*]Firewall - Never Installed

[*]Spyware tools - Microsoft, Lavasoft, Webroot

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - Nimo Codec, Divx,

[*]Rippers - Dvd Decrypter

[*]FTP uploader - Smart FTP

[*]System optimisers - Tune Up 06

[*]RSS reader - Firefox

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[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office XP

[*]Browser - Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client - Gmail

[*]Instant messenger - Trillian 3

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp 5

[*]Video player / editor - VLC Player

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6

[*]Virtual CD software - None

[*]Torrent client - FireANT

[*]P2P - Bearshare

[*]Antivirus software - NAV 06

[*]Firewall - ZA 6

[*]Spyware tools - AdAware SE

[*]Archiver - WinRar / WinZIP

[*]FTP uploader - none

[*]Text Editor - Textpad

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[*]Operation system - Windows XP Pro SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2003 (but only for Excel & Word)

[*]Browser - Firefox

[*]E-mail client - Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger - Trillian Pro 3.1

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp

[*]Video player / editor - WMP10

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Photoshop for detailed stuff, Paint.NET for quick'n'dirty.

[*]Burning software - Nero is my hero

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - Reget Deluxe w/ Flashgot for FF

[*]Torrent client - Azureus

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - Kaspersky

[*]Firewall - NETGEAR router and Agnitum Outpost

[*]Spyware tools - Microsoft Antispyware, Acronis Privacy Expert

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - Xvid, Divx Play and WinDVD

[*]Rippers - none

[*]FTP uploader - Tango FTP Dropbox

[*]System optimisers - TuneUp Utilities, Cacheman 5.50, Tweak-XP Pro, and WinXP Manager

[*]RSS reader - I prefer to hunt for my own news.

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[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office XP

[*]Browser - Opera 9 Preview

[*]E-mail client - Gmail/ Windows Live Mail

[*]Instant messenger - MSN Messenge

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes

[*]Video player / editor - Divx Player

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom

[*]Virtual CD software - None

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - Ares

[*]Antivirus software - NAV 06

[*]Firewall - None

[*]Spyware tools - AdAware SE

[*]Archiver - WinRar / WinZIP

[*]FTP uploader - none

[*]Text Editor - Notepad

[*]Download accelerator - DAP Beta

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - Xvid, Divx Play

[*]Rippers - NONE

[*]System optimisers - WinXP Manager

[*]RSS reader - NONE

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[*]Operation system - MacOSX 10.4.4

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office 2004

[*]Browser - Safari, Mozilla Firefox 1.5

[*]E-mail client - Apple Mail

[*]Instant messenger - Microsoft Messenger

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes 6

[*]Video player / editor - Quicktime, VLC

[*]Picture viewer / editor - iPhoto 06

[*]Burning software - Roxio Toast 7

[*]Virtual CD software - none

[*]Download accelerator - none

[*]Torrent client - BitTorrent

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - ClamAV

[*]Firewall - Built in

[*]Spyware tools - none

[*]Archiver - UnrarX

[*]Codecs/packs - Divx 6, XviD

[*]Rippers - none

[*]FTP uploader - Transmit

[*]System optimisers - none

[*]RSS reader - Safari, Firefox 1.5

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Operation system - Windows XP with SP2

Office application software - OpenOffice.org 2.0

Browser - Firefox

E-mail client - GMail

Instant messenger - GAIM

Music player / editor - iTunes

Video player / editor - VLC, WMP

Picture viewer / editor - Windows Picture Viewer

Burning software - DeepBurner

Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

Download accelerator - none

Torrent client - uTorrent

P2P - none

Antivirus software - NOD32

Firewall - Zonealarm

Spyware tools - Microsoft AntiSpyware

Archiver - WinRAR

Codecs/packs - none

Rippers - none

FTP uploader - FireFTP

System optimisers - CCleaner, TuneUp Utiliites 2006, TuneXP, PerfectDisk 7

RSS Reader - Sage

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[*]Operation system - XP

[*]Office application software - OpenOffice

[*]Browser - FIrefox

[*]E-mail client - Gmail

[*]Instant messenger - Miranda

[*]Music player / editor - MusikCube

[*]Video player / editor - Windows Media Player

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Paintshop Pro 9

[*]Burning software - Nero 6

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - Bitcomet

[*]P2P - Lusernet

[*]Antivirus software - Symantec

[*]Firewall - Zonealarm

[*]Spyware tools - Adaware

[*]Archiver - Winrar

[*]Codecs/packs - A few

[*]Rippers - Dvd Shrink

[*]FTP uploader - SmartFTP

[*]System optimisers - Tuneup Utils 2004

[*]RSS reader - None

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I?m always looking for new software to try, maybe there is a better and possibly free alternative. I think a good way to discover software is to see what other people are using. Please make a post and outline which software you use, add additional comments to explain your choice if you wish. Thanks.

Compression: 7-Zip & WinRAR

Video Players: Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player & VLC

Video Codecs: XP Codec Pack 1.3.0, QuickTime Alternative & Real Alternative

Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop CS2 & InfranView (For mass resizing)

Mount/Burning: Daemon Tools, Nero 6 (I hate 7)

Music Player: Winamp 5 with Classic Skins

Music Tools: Mp3 Tag Tools & MP3Gain

Downloads: eMule, uTorrent, Cabos & FileZilla

Text Editing: Microsoft Office 2003 & Notepad

Browser: Firefox 1.5 with Adblock

Communication: MSN 7.5 (with a-patch) & mIRC

Others: CCleaner, Icon Sushi, Tweak UI

Spyware: Spybot-S&D

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Compression: 7-Zip

Video: Windows Media Player

Audio: Winamp (5)

Image: Microsoft Office Picture Manager, Paint Shop Pro X

Coding: Notepad, Microsoft Office Frontpage 2003

Browser: Firefox 1.5

Email: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Communication: Trillian, Windows Live Messenger

Utility: O&O Defrag, System Mechanic 6, PartitionMagic

Anti-Spyware: Ad-Aware, Spybot S&D, Windows AntiSpyware

Office Suite: MS Office 2003

.. There you go. I use pretty bog standard things. >.>

I use them because I ust know they work, and do the job. basically.

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Compression: Rar, zip, unzip, tar

Video: Xine

Audio: MPD (Front End: Pygmy)

Image: gthumb

Coding: vim, gvim, gedit, bluefish

Browser: Firefox 1.5

Email: Firefox (Gmail)

Communication: Gaim

Utility: Cron

Anti-Spyware: None

Office Suite: Openoffice Abiword

Music Tools: Easy Tag

CD Burning: K3B

Video Codecs: w32codecs

Downloads: Azureus, Limewire

That's mainy what I use. Use about every program once a week or more.

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Does O&O Defrag work better then regular defrag from windows?

Oooh yes. The interface is more like the old Windows 9x style defrag, with all the little coloured boxes and stuff.

Theres a few different kinds of defrag. Theres a regular, fast defrag, and then theres the really in depth defrag, which reorganises the file structure and stuff like that too.

But you wont really notice much difference unless you've got an insanley fragmented drive. It's nice. Especially if you want everything organised as that.

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Compression: PowerArchiver (7-zip)

Video: Media Player Classic

Audio: WinAmp

Image: Photoshop Elements

Browser: Firefox

FTP Client: Filezilla

Anti-Spyware: Spybot, Adware

Firewall: Kerio Personal Firewall

CD burning: Nero Burning ROM 6

Download Manager: FreshDownload

Maintenance: CCleaner, PerfectDisk

Office Suite: OpenOffice

Odds and Ends: Virtual PC 2004, Celestia, Palm Reader,

WinImage, TransMac, XN Resource Editor, Ad Muncher

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Compression: Tugzip

Video Players: Windows Media Player and Power DVD

Video Codecs: QuickTime Alternative & Real Alternative

Image Editing: Paint :p

Mount/Burning: NTI (NewTech Infosystems) CD Maker. Really good alternative. Expensive though.

Music Player: Winamp 5 with Cd Cover plugin

Music Tools: Windows Media Player for the ripping onto the pc

Downloads: uTorrent

Text Editing: Openoffice and Notepad for some html

Browser: IE7 Public Beta 2 (fits in the Vista theme, and is very good)

Communication: Miranda IM (only aim though)

Others: CCleaner, WindowBlinds 5, Tweak UI

Spyware: Spybot-S&D and Lavasoft Ad Aware.

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Compression: WinRar

Video: Media Player Classic, PowerDVD

Audio: WinAmp 5

Browser: Firefox

Anti-Spyware: Spybot, Spywareblaster

Firewall/Virus: Zonealarm, NOD32

Burning: Nero Burning Rom 7, Quicktime Pro, CloneDVD, CloneCD, AnyDVD :whistle:

Codecs: K-Lite MegaPack

Download Manager: Firefox, Limewire, utorrent

Maintenance: CCleaner, Diskeeper, Registry first Aid, FreeRamXP

Office Suite: Microsoft Office

Random: Samurize, Rainlendar, Deadaim

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Compression: 7-Zip

Video Players: Media Player Classic

Video Codecs: Koepi's Xvid

Image Editing: Irfanview

Mount/Burning: Daemon Tools, Nero 6 (OEM)

Downloads: FileZilla, Mozilla Firefox, Azureus

Text Editing: Microsoft Office 2003

Browser: Firefox 1.5

Communication: Gaim (AIM)

Others: CCleaner, Tweak UI

Spyware: Spybot-S&D, Ad-aware

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Compression: 7-Zip & WinRAR

Video Players: Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player

Video Codecs: Mega Codec Pack

Image Editing: Paint.Net

Mount/Burning: Nero 6, Alcohol 120%

Music Player: Billy

Downloads: uTorrent, Cabos

Text Editing: Microsoft Office 2003 & Notepad

Browser: Avant Browser

Communication: MSN 7.5 (with Mess.be patch)

Others: CCleaner, Tweak UI, Tuneup Utilities 2006

Spyware: Spybot-S&D, Ad-Aware SE, SpywareBlocker

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Compression: WinRAR

Video: iTunes & WMP

Audio: iTunes

Image: Photoshop CS2 & Paint.Net

Browser: Firefox

Email: Thunderbird

Communication: Windows Live Messenger

Anti-Spyware: Microsoft Anti-Spyware

Office Suite: None (yet)

CD Burning: Nero7

Downloads: Grabit, FlashFXP, Azureus

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Compression: WinRAR

Video Players: Media Player Classic, Windows Media Player & VLC

Video Codecs: K-Lite Codec Pack 1.3.0, QuickTime Alternative & Real Alternative

Image Editing: Adobe Photoshop CS2, Picasa2

Mount/Burning: Alcohol 120%, Nero 6 (I hate 7)

Music Player: iTunes (QT7 Blows on Windows)

Music Tools: MP3Gain

Downloads: uTorrent

Text Editing: Microsoft Office 2003 & Notepad

Browser: Firefox 1.5

Communication: MSN 7.5 (with mess.be patch) & mIRC

Others: Fl Studio (love making music)

Spyware: I feel safe enough with Firefox, but AdAware should I notice a pesky app in memory

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