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Browser: Firefox 1.5, Opera 8.5 when IE required for a site Email: Thunderbird 1.5RC Downloads: Free Download Manager IM & VoIP: GoogleTalk P2P: µTorrent, Shareaza (for everything else) Firewall: ZoneAlarm Pro 6 + Zyxel router Media Player: Media Player Classic, BlazeDVD 4.0 (for Video Desktop mode) Audio: WMP 9, Audacity, Exact Audio Copy, MP3Tag, Vegas Video 5 Video: Vegas Video 5, VirtualDubMod, DVDLab Pro, iuVCR, Scenalyzer Live, TMPGEnc for MPG1, MainConcept MPEG Encoder for MPG2, ReStream, DebugMode FrameServer and a few more Graphic: ArcSoft PhotoStudio, IrfanView, Faststome Image Viewer, ForceVision Office: AbiWord 2.4.1 or OpenOffice Editting: PSPad (text, source, hex) Encryption: PGP 8 PDF: Acrobat Reader 7.0, Foxit PDF Reader, Paperless Printer Virus: AVG Free SpyWare: SpyBot S & D, MS AntiSpy File Manager/FTP: Directory Opus 8.1.0.2 CD/DVD: Micro CD/DVD Writer (~1MB no setup), ImgBurn, BlindWrite 5.x, CopyToDVD, DVD43, Daemon Tools 4, DiskCheck, A-Ray Scanner, (basically anything but Nero) Network: OpenVPN, cFosSpeed, UltraVNC General: WinRAR, PerfectDisk 7, Acronis True Image and others Some really useful tools: Autofix (autoplay problems), TaskbarRepairToolPlus!, NetScan (see pcs on a LAN and shares avail), HoverIP, Process Explorer, FileMon, putty, Startup CPL, EndItAll, VisualCD (cataloging CD/DVD/HD), Serious Samurize, UBCD4Win, BartPE