What software are you using.

[ostavime]

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

[juhn2x]

[*]Operating System: Windows XP / SP2

[*]Office Application Software: Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise

[*]Browser: Internet Explorer 7 & Firefox 2.0.0.1 Final

[*]E-mail client: N/A

[*]Instant Messenger: Yahoo! Messenger & Live Messenger 8

[*]Media/Video Player: Windows Media Player 11, RealPlayer 10, DivX Player & Quicktime Player 7 Pro

[*]Burning Software: Nero 7

[*]Torrent Client: utorrent

[*]P2P: Limewire

[*]Antivirus Software: AVG Free Edition ^^

[*]Archiver: Winzip 10 & WinRAR 3.61

[*]Codecs/packs: DivX

[*]Grahics Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS2, CorelDRAW X3, & Macromedia Fireworks 8

[*]Animation Editor: Macromedia Flash Professional 8

[*]Web Editor: Macromedia Dreamweaver 8

[*]EngineeringRelated: Autodesk AutoCAD 2007, & MathCAD 13.1 Enterprise

[*]Publishing Software: Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 & Adobe InDesign CS2

[*]Desktop Capture: Adobe Captivate 2.0

[xerolide]

Operation system - Microsoft windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office 2003 Professional

Browser - Opera

E-mail client - Thunderbird

Instant messenger - Live Messenger

Music player / editor - Foobar 2000

Video player / editor - VLC

Picture viewer / editor - Windows Picture Viewer/Photoshop CS2

Burning software - Nero 6

Torrent client - U Torrent

P2P - Limewire Pro

Antivirus software - NOD32

Firewall - Sygate Personal Firewall Pro

Spyware tools - Ad Aware and Spybot Search And Destroy

Archiver - 7 Zip

[BigDaddy]

Operating system = Windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software = Microsoft Office 2007

Browser = Maxthon 1.5.9

E-mail client = N/A

Instant messenger = Windows Live Messenger v8.1 Beta

Music player / editor = WMP 11 / Winamp

Video player / editor = WMP 11 / Nero ShowTime

Picture viewer / editor = ACDSee 8.1 Pro / Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Burning software = Nero 7

Virtual CD software = DAEMON TOOLS 4

Torrent client = N/A

P2P = eMule 0.47c

Antivirus software = NOD32

Firewall = N/A

Spyware tools = N/A

Archiver = WinRAR

[Island Dog]

[*]Operation system - WindowsXp

[*]Office application software - Office 2003

[*]Browser - IE7 and FF

[*]E-mail client - Outlook 2003

[*]Instant messenger - MSN

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes

[*]Video player / editor - WMP

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Photoshop CS2

[*]Burning software - Nero 6

[*]Virtual CD software - n/a

[*]Download accelerator - n/a

[*]Torrent client - absolutely not

[*]P2P - absolutely not

[*]Antivirus software - Trend Micro

[*]Firewall - Trend Micro

[*]Spyware tools - Ad-Aware

[*]Archiver - IZArc

[*]Codecs/packs - n/a

[*]Rippers - iTunes

[*]FTP uploader - Filezilla

[*]System optimisers - n/a

[*]RSS reader - DesktopX Widgets

[way2quik]

[*]Operation system - XP

[*]Office application software - MS OFFICE

[*]Browser - IE7 , FF2

[*]E-mail client - MS Outlook

[*]Instant messenger - MSN, Miranda

[*]Music player / editor - Itunes, WMP, Winamp, Foobar

[*]Video player / editor - VLC, MPC, WMP

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Windows Image Editor, Adobe PS

[*]Burning software - Nero

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - NA

[*]Torrent client - utorrent, bc

[*]P2P - limewire

[*]Antivirus software - Avast

[*]Firewall - kerio

[*]Spyware tools - adaware, spybot, windows defender

[*]Archiver - winrar

[*]Codecs/packs - xvid

[*]Rippers - easy cd extractor, convertxtodvd

[*]FTP uploader - wsftp95le

[*]System optimisers - none

[*]RSS reader - none

[Azcobain]

Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Office application software - Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 SP2

Browser - Internet Explorer 7

E-mail client - Windows Live Mail Desktop

Instant messenger - Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta

Music player / editor - Winamp 5.32

Video player / editor - Media Player Classic / Windows Media Player 11

Picture viewer / editor - Windows Picture and Fax Viewer / Adobe Photoshop CS2

Burning software - Nero Burning ROM

Virtual CD software - N/A

Download accelerator - N/A

Torrent client - ?Torrent

P2P - Soulseek

Antivirus software - NOD 32

Firewall - Zone Alarm Pro

Spyware tools - N/A

Archiver - WinZip / 7-Zip

Codecs/packs - N/A

Rippers - DVD Shrink

FTP uploader - N/A

System optimisers - N/A

RSS Reader - N/A

[ncoday]

[*]Operation system: Win XP Home SP2

[*]Office application software: Office Pro 2003

[*]Browser: Firefox 2.0.1

[*]E-mail client: Outlook 2003

[*]Instant messenger: none

[*]Music player / editor: iTunes

[*]Video player / editor: Windows Media 11

[*]Picture viewer / editor: Macromedia Fireworks MX/Adobe Photoshop 6

[*]Burning software: Nero 6.6

[*]Antivirus software: PcCillin 2006

[*]Firewall:PcCillin 2006

[*]Spyware tools: Spybot

[*]Archiver: WinRAR 3.62

[*]FTP uploader: WsFTP Ppro 7.5

[APH-Alex]

[*]Operation system - Windows Xp Home

[*]Office application software - Office 2000

[*]Browser - IE7 and FF

[*]E-mail client - Hotmail

[*]Instant messenger - Windows Live Messenger

[*]Music player / editor - iTunes

[*]Video player / editor - WMP / Macromedia Flash Pro. 8

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Photoshop CS2

[*]Burning software - Nero 6

[*]Virtual CD software - n/a

[*]Download accelerator - n/a

[*]Torrent client - BitComet

[*]P2P - MP3 Rocker

[*]Antivirus software - BitDefender

[*]Firewall - BitDefender

[*]Spyware tools - Ad-Aware Personal

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - DivX

[*]Rippers - iTunes

[*]FTP uploader - n/a

[*]System optimisers - n/a

[*]RSS reader - n/a

[blush]

• Operation system - Windows XP Home
  
• Office application software - Microsoft Office 2003
  
• Browser - Mozilla Firefox
  
• Instant messenger - AOL 5.9x series
  
• Music player / editor - Winamp
  
• Video player / editor - VLC
  
• Picture viewer / editor - Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8
  
• Burning software - HP RecordNow
  
• Torrent client - BitComet
  
• Antivirus software - avast! Home Edition
  
• Firewall - Windows Firewall
  
• Spyware tools - Spybot Search & Destroy
  
• Archiver - 7-Zip
  
• Rippers - DVD Decrypter (video) & iTunes (audio)
  
• FTP uploader - FileZilla
  
• System optimisers - CCleaner (if considered)
  

[Copernic Reporter]

  APH-Alex said:

[*]P2P - MP3 Rocker

Do you mean MP3 Rocket ? It's a FrostWire rip off and the official site of MP3 Rocket is just a scam site, a ClickBank affiliate.

[Guest Jeremy of Many]

Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 nLited

Office application software - Microsoft Office

Browser - Opera

E-mail client - Gmail imported into Opera Mail Client via POP3

Instant messenger - WLM and Skype

Music player / editor - WinAmp 5

Video player / editor - MPc and FFDShow

Picture viewer / editor - IrfanView

Burning software - Nero 7 Lite Micro

Virtual CD software - DAEMON TOOLS 3.47

Download accelerator - Pointless IMHO, find a good server and use at least a cable connection

Torrent client - uTorrent

P2P - None, just torrents.

Antivirus software - None, I don't need it. But Kaspersky, NOD32 and Avast are awesome.

Firewall - I use a router and my own computer sense.

Spyware tools - None, I don't need them.

Archiver - 7-Zip

Codecs/packs - None.

Rippers - DVD Shrink, UltraISO, EAC

FTP uploader - FileZilla

System optimisers - CCleaner, my own knowledge of Windows, jv16 PowerTools

RSS Reader - None

[aotian]

  Stealth-X said:

[*]Operation system - Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

[*]Office application software - Office2003 sp2

[*]Browser - Internet Explorer 6 / maxthon

[*]E-mail client - outlook

[*]Instant messenger - QQ/message live8.1

[*]Music player / editor - qianqianjingting

[*]Video player / editor - windows media player10

[*]Burning software - Nero Burning Rom 6

[*]Virtual CD software - Alcohol 120%

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - vagaa

[*]Antivirus software - nod32

[*]Firewall - outpost

[*]Spyware tools - ant-spy

[*]Archiver - WinRar

[*]FTP uploader - FlashFXP

[darklordsatan]

[*]Operation system - Windows XP SP2 - Slackware 10.x

[*]Office application software - OpenOffice

[*]Browser - Firefox

[*]E-mail client - Thunderbird

[*]Instant messenger - Microsoft Messenger - Miranda IM - GAIM

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp - Amarok / Audacity

[*]Video player / editor - VLC / VirtualDUB

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Irfanview - Mapivi

[*]Burning software - Nero or CDBurnerXP Pro / k3b

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - Flashget - wget :D

[*]Torrent client - I dont use torrents

[*]P2P - I dont use P2P

[*]Antivirus software - AVG Antivirus 7.x Free Edition but looking forward to get NOD32

[*]Firewall - Comodo

[*]Spyware tools - SpyBot S&D

[*]Archiver - 7-Zip

[*]Codecs/packs - Quicktime Alternative

[*]Rippers - EAC (Exact Audio Copy)

[*]FTP uploader - Filezilla

[*]System optimisers - None

[*]RSS reader - GreatNews

[MasterC]

[*]Operating system- Mac OS X 10.4.9

[*]Office application software- AbiWord

[*]Browser- Safari

[*]E-mail client- Mail

[*]Instant messenger- Adium

[*]Music player / editor- iTunes/Audacity

[*]Video player / editor- VLC/iMovie

[*]Picture viewer / editor- Preview/Photoshop CS3

[*]Burning software- OS X's built in one

[*]Torrent client- Azureus

[*]P2P- Limewire/Poisoned

[*]Archiver- OS X's built in one

[*]Codecs/packs- Perian

[*]Rippers- Mac The Ripper

[*]FTP uploader- Transmit

[*]System optimisers- MacJanitor

[*]RSS reader- Vienna

[Michael Lacey]

[*]Operation system - Arch Linux 0.8 Voodoo

[*]Office application software - OpenOffice

[*]Browser - Konqueror

[*]E-mail client - Gmail via web interface

[*]Instant messenger - Kopete

[*]Music player / editor - Amarok

[*]Video player / editor - VLC Media Player

[*]Picture viewer / editor - GIMP

[*]Burning software - k3b

[*]Virtual CD software - "mount" command

[*]Download accelerator - none

[*]Torrent client - Ktorrent

[*]P2P - don't use p2p

[*]Antivirus software - not needed

[*]Firewall - router

[*]Spyware tools - not needed

[*]Archiver - ark

[*]Codecs/packs - vlc's built in codecs

[*]Rippers - acidrip

[*]FTP uploader - don't use

[*]System optimisers - don't use

[*]RSS reader - don't use

[IncidentFlux]

[*]Operating system

Windows XP SP2

[*]Office application software

Microsoft Office 2003 SP2

[*]Browser

Opera

[*]E-mail client

None

[*]Instant messenger

Yahoo! Messenger / Windows Live Messenger / Skype

[*]Music player / editor

Winamp

[*]Video player / editor

Winamp / VLC

[*]Picture viewer / editor

Windows Picture & Fax Viewer / Paint.NET

[*]Burning software

NTI CD & DVD-Maker 7

[*]Virtual CD software

NERO Image Drive

[*]Download accelerator

Free Download Manager / Orbit

[*]Torrent client

Azureus

[*]P2P

Soulseek / LimeWire / Ares

[*]Antivirus software

F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security

[*]Firewall

F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security

[*]Spyware tools

F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security

[*]Archiver

7-Zip

[*]Codecs/packs

DivX / Quicktime Alternative

[*]Rippers

EAC

[*]FTP uploader

None

[*]System optimisers

CCleaner

[*]RSS reader

Opera / Winamp

[migo]

[*]Operation system - Windows XP Tablet Edition 2005 (SP2)

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Word 2003, OpenOffice 2.3, Zoho Office

[*]Browser - Maxthon 2 and Maxthon Classic

[*]E-mail client - Windows Live Mail

[*]Instant messenger - Miranda

[*]Music player / editor - The KMPlayer

[*]Video player / editor - The KMPlayer, MPUI+Mplayer, SUPER

[*]Picture viewer / editor - MSPaint

[*]Burning software - none

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - wget.exe + VisualWget

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - Avast! Home 4.7

[*]Firewall - Windows Firewall + GhostWall

[*]Spyware tools - none

[*]Archiver - 7zip

[*]Codecs/packs - none

[*]Rippers - streamripper.exe

[*]FTP uploader - CoreFTP

[*]System optimisers - none

[*]RSS reader - none

[*]PDF Viewer - Sumatra PDF

[Dave Diller]

[*]Operation system

Windows XP Media Edition (all that Media Edition includes is a load of extra crap that I don't use)

[*]Office application software

MS Office SP2

[*]Browser

Mozilla Firefox (also have IE but I don't use it)

[*]E-mail client

Outlook (don't use it yet)

[*]Instant messenger

AIM, Windows Live

[*]Music player / editor

iTunes/Audacity respectively

[*]Video player / editor

WMP 10

[*]Picture viewer / editor

none :(

[*]Burning software

actually I haven't got anything installed since I formatted before I came to England, and didn't bring blank discs

[*]Virtual CD software

Daemon tools

[*]Download accelerator

None

[*]Torrent client

ABC Torrent (can't use it, stupid firewall in the building!)

[*]P2P

Limewire (can't use it, stupid firewall in the building!)

[*]Antivirus software

Norton, idk what edition off hand

[*]Firewall

none

[*]Spyware tools

Spybot S&D

[*]Archiver

none

[*]Codecs/packs

K-Lite Mega codec pack

[*]Rippers

None

[*]FTP uploader

SmartFTP

[*]System optimisers

none

[*]RSS reader

none

[oceanseleven]

[*]Operation system - Windows Vista Enterprise

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate

[*]Browser - IE7

[*]E-mail client - Outlook 2007

[*]Instant messenger - Windows Live Messenger 8.5

[*]Music player / editor - Winamp Pro 5.5

[*]Video player / editor - Winamp Pro 5.5

[*]Burning software - ImgBurn 2.3.2.0

[*]Virtual CD software - None

[*]Torrent client - BitTorrent

[*]P2P - None

[*]Antivirus software - CA Etrust

[*]Firewall - ISA

[*]Spyware tools - Windows Defender

[*]Archiver - WinRar / WinZip

[*]FTP uploader - none

[*]Text Editor - Microsoft OneNote 2007

[James123]

[*]Operation system - Windows XP SP2

[*]Office application software - Office 2007

[*]Browser - Opera

[*]E-mail client - N/A (Gmail Web)

[*]Instant messenger - MSN Messenger

[*]Music player / editor - Windows Media Player

[*]Video player / editor - Media Player Classic

[*]Picture viewer / editor - Photoshop CS2

[*]Burning software - Nero 6 + Alcohol 120%

[*]Virtual CD software - Alcohol 120%

[*]Download accelerator - Flashget

[*]Torrent client - N/A

[*]P2P - N/A

[*]Antivirus software - N/A

[*]Firewall - N/A (Hardware)

[*]Spyware tools - SpyBot + AdAware

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - CCCP, Quicktime Alternative, Real Alternative

[*]Rippers - BonkEnc

[*]FTP uploader - Filezilla, CuteFTP or FlashFXP

[*]System optimisers - N/A

[*]RSS reader - N/A

[markwolfe Veteran]

• Operation system - Fedora Linux
  
• Office application software - OpenOffice.org
  
• Browser - Firefox, mostly. Occasionaly Epiphany
  
• E-mail client - Thunderbird
  
• Instant messenger - Gaim
  
• Music player / editor - mplayer
  
• Video player / editor - mplayer
  
• Picture viewer / editor - feh for viewing & setting wallpaper, Gimp for editing
  
• Burning software - k3b, it really is awesome!
  
• Virtual CD software - I don't need this, but it is trivial to mount an iso image in Linux
  
• Download accelerator - not needed/used
  
• Torrent client - Azeurus
  
• P2P - gtk-gnutella
  
• Antivirus software - not running, but I have clamav installed, just in case
  
• Firewall - built-in iptables
  
• Spyware tools - not needed
  
• Archiver - I usually just back up to another drive
  
• Codecs/packs - whenever I ran into something, I just made sure I installed the codecs
  
• Rippers - grip
  
• FTP uploader - uploader? Ummm, I wrote a simple ftp script that works through bash
  
• System optimisers - none, but I do use fluxbox instead of KDE/Gnome
  
• RSS reader - not used
  

[migo]

  Quote

[*]Torrent client

ABC Torrent (can't use it, stupid firewall in the building!)

Have you considered the uTorrent web interface? I suppose you'd need to host it somewhere but that might let you get around it.

[AmpCoder]

[*]Operation system

Mac OS X 10.5.1

[*]Office application software

Google Docs

[*]Browser

Mozilla Firefox 3.0b1

[*]E-mail client

Gmail

[*]Instant messenger

Adium

[*]Music player / editor

iTunes

[*]Video player / editor

QuickTime

[*]Picture viewer / editor

iPhoto

[*]Burning software

None

[*]Virtual CD software

None

[*]Download accelerator

None

[*]Torrent client

Transmission

[*]P2P

None

[*]Antivirus software

None

[*]Firewall

None

[*]Spyware tools

None

[*]Archiver

StuffIt Expander

[*]Codecs/packs

Perian

[*]Rippers

Handbrake

[*]FTP uploader

Transmit

[*]System optimizers

None

[*]RSS reader

Google Reader

[kl33per]

Mine makes me look like a Microsoft shill, but that's really not true. It's just these particular categories are filled mostly with MS apps on my system. I'll probably get chewed out for this, but it seems that starting with Vista, a lost of MS apps are quite impressive. I don't hate using Vista like the rest of the world claims to do (quite the opposite), I love Office 2007, Internet Explorer 7 is a massive improvement (although I love Firefox and may switch back when ver.3 arrives, Windows Media Player 11 is fantastic at displaying, playing and searching my library (and useless as a tag editor), and the Windows Live apps are (mostly) brilliant. By comparison, when I was on XP, I used Office 2003, foobar2000 for all music, and Picaso for images. I go where the good, easy to use software is. Anyway, here's my list.

Operation system: Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit)

Office application software: Microsoft Office 2007 Professional

Browser: Internet Explorer 7

E-mail client: Microsoft Outlook 2007 / Windows Live Hotmail

Instant messenger: Windows Live Messeger 8.5

Music player / editor: Windows Media Player 11 / Zune / foobar2000

Video player / editor: Windows Media Player 11

Picture viewer / editor: Windows Live Photo Gallery / Adobe Photoshop CS3

Burning software: Nero 7 Burning Rom

Virtual CD software: Daemon Tools

Download accelerator: N/A

Torrent client: ?Torrent>

P2P:N/A>

Antivirus software:AVG Free Edition>

Firewall:Windows Vista Firewall / Smoothwall (Hardware)>

Spyware tools:Windows Defender>

Archiver:7-Zip>

Codecs/packs:Combined Community Codec Pack>

Rippers:DVDFab HD Decrypter (for DVD) / foobar2000 (for Audio CD's)>

FTP uploader:FileZilla>

System optimisers:N/A (system optimisers usually do more harm then good)>

RSS reader: http://www.live.com/

[CrashG]

[*]Operation system - Windows XP Pro (SP2)

[*]Office application software - Microsoft Office 2007

[*]Browser - IE 7

[*]E-mail client - Outlook 2007, Hotmail (through Outlook Connector)

[*]Instant messenger - None

[*]Music player / editor - WinAmp / none

[*]Video player / editor - WMP 11 / none

[*]Picture viewer / editor - MS Picture and Fax Viewer / Photoshop CS2

[*]Burning software - Nero 6.6.0.16, Ashampoo Burning Studio 7

[*]Virtual CD software - Daemon Tools

[*]Download accelerator - None

[*]Torrent client - uTorrent

[*]P2P - none

[*]Antivirus software - Symantec AntiVirus Corp.

[*]Firewall - Hardware (Router)

[*]Spyware tools - Spyware Terminator

[*]Archiver - WinRAR

[*]Codecs/packs - K-Lite

[*]Rippers - DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter, EAC

[*]FTP uploader - FTP Voyager

[*]System optimisers - Ccleaner

[*]RSS reader - none

[*]PDF Viewer - Acrobat Reader