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shiznit
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Apps, suggestions?

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Alright so I did a complete format and all the updates and drivers. Now I'm wondering what apps I should install.

Browser - Firefox with adblock
Music - Winamp 5
Video - WMP/Media Player Classic
Word Processing - Word 2003
Graphics - Infranview/Photoshop
Chat - mIRC
IM - MSN with apatch
Zip - 7-Zip
Bittorrent - BitComet
FTP - FileZilla
Spyware - Ad-Aware SE Personal/Spybot

Are there any better choices am I missing anything? Also which codec packs should I get, I've always used 3ivx but I get some expiry crap after 30 days from one of the audio codecs, also Real Player/Quicktime Alternative. Any more suggestions before I ruin my computer?
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hate
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Post by hate »

breathe
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dmmh
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Post by dmmh »

install what u need, done
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Post by axbaby »

i see you have bittorrent so you probably need

winrar
vlc
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Post by mik0rs »

AVG Antivirus?
K-Lite coded pack for WMP (that I knew nothing of until yesterday :-/ ) ?

Maybe Textpad? Dunno if you'd need that for anything...
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Post by booker »

q3
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Dave
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Post by Dave »

shutdown.exe
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Canis
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Post by Canis »

whatever apps you think you'll need for whatever you use your computer for. How should we know this?
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Post by shiznit »

jee wiz
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Post by bitWISE »

riddla wrote:
Dave wrote:shutdown.exe
dunno if you were joking, but this is a great addition if you want to reboot with a batch file/system task on a regular interval. I use it on servers and my home machine to reboot once every 14 days.
You can also use it to remotely reboot any machine on your network.
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Post by dmmh »

AutoCAD
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Post by Cooldown »

Get K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. Don't forget Antivirus software, there are tons of choices, I personally use AVG Free Edition. Also you may need a Text Editor, like TextPad.

- All-Seeing Eye
- CCleaner
- Microsoft BootVis
- Nero
- TweakUI
- Driver Cleaner Pro
- 7-Zip
- Diskeeper
- Daemon Tools
- DAMN nfo reader
- Adobe Reader
- EndItAll 2
- Gaim

Firefox Extensions
- Tabbrowser Preferences
- undoclosetab
- adblock FilterSet.G updater
- Tab X
- Gmail notifier
- ForecastFox
- DownloadStatusBar
- ShowFailedURL
- ChromEdit
- Allow Right-Click
- All-in-one Gestures


You might want to check out http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html , pretty good guide in tweaking WinXp for performance.
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Dante
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Post by Dante »

dBpowerAMP - cd ripping
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shiznit
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Post by shiznit »

Cooldown wrote:Get K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. Don't forget Antivirus software, there are tons of choices, I personally use AVG Free Edition. Also you may need a Text Editor, like TextPad.

- All-Seeing Eye
- CCleaner
- Microsoft BootVis
- Nero
- TweakUI
- Driver Cleaner Pro
- 7-Zip
- Diskeeper
- Daemon Tools
- DAMN nfo reader
- Adobe Reader
- EndItAll 2
- Gaim

Firefox Extensions
- Tabbrowser Preferences
- undoclosetab
- adblock FilterSet.G updater
- Tab X
- Gmail notifier
- ForecastFox
- DownloadStatusBar
- ShowFailedURL
- ChromEdit
- Allow Right-Click
- All-in-one Gestures


You might want to check out http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html , pretty good guide in tweaking WinXp for performance.
Thanks
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[FTF]Pyro
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Re: Apps, suggestions?

Post by [FTF]Pyro »

deepburner

DvD-shrink

DVD-Decrypter

Limewire

Azureues

go to doom9.org and get yourself some decent codec packs.

DIVx6

CoolEdit Pro

Adobe Photoshop/reader

MSN 7.5

Virtual CD 7

Tight VNC if you are on a network

WinAVI

IsoBuster
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Post by Giraffe }{unter »

You may want to drop adaware it's not verry good anymore :( Sad to say too it kicked ass in the past.

Spybot is still great as well as MS antispyware.

Try GAIM as your slim IM ONLY instant messenger client.
Try XM Play instead of winamp for a slim feature packed MP3 player
Real Player Alternative
QuickTime Alternative
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Post by Zyte »

vIRC.
ventrilo
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Post by eepberries »

Use Winamp instead of WMA for playing video files.
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shiznit
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Post by shiznit »

eepberries wrote:Use Winamp instead of WMA for playing video files.
Why winamp? I think it sucks for video, the controls are bad.

I tried Defiler pack but couldn't play my video files and got some dll error. :( So I went with 3vix again.
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Post by Foo »

Yeah I don't rate Winamp for video playback. It's OK but I think winamp should be dedicated to audio, let someone else spend time on the video.

VLC is 'okay'. Media player classic is great.
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[FTF]Pyro
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Post by [FTF]Pyro »

Foo wrote:Yeah I don't rate Winamp for video playback. It's OK
The one area where Winamp Excels is Internet based music videos off of their servers. Pretty much anything you want at any time, kinda like a good version of a video jukebox.
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Freakaloin
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Re: Apps, suggestions?

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shiznit wrote:Alright so I did a complete format and all the updates and drivers. Now I'm wondering what apps I should install.

Browser - Firefox with adblock
Music - Winamp 5
Video - WMP/Media Player Classic
Word Processing - Word 2003
Graphics - Infranview/Photoshop
Chat - mIRC
IM - MSN with apatch
Zip - 7-Zip
Bittorrent - BitComet
FTP - FileZilla
Spyware - Ad-Aware SE Personal/Spybot

Are there any better choices am I missing anything?

LOL...JESIS WHAT A NO0B...
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