Pwnage Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 The only one i really use is The Ms Defrag util, dosent that do the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Not well enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnage Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Is it better to have you disk auto defragged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLion Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Pwnage, it dont matter, defragging is defragging, I wont say its better, I dont think its suited for a desktop enviornment unless you have boxes running all the time. I have two that are one basically ALL the time so it works ok for them, Im not always on them and I dont have to worry about them. That is what I like about that. But on my main box, LOL NOOO, I dont want defrag popping on just because.....even late at night when im not on there, my downloads hit that box... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stihia Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Browser: Firefox 1.5.0.1Email: Outlook Express 6Video player: BSPlayerAudio player: Winamp 5.2IM (including IRC): Trillian 3.1VoIP: Skype 2.0Archiving: WinRARCD Writer: Nero 6Antivirus: BitDefender 9 Professional PlusFirewall: Zone Alarm freeAntispyware: Ad-Aware SE Personal build 1.06r1 and Spybot Search & Destroy 1.4Office Software: Microsoft Office 2000RAM maintenance: freeRAM XP ProVideo Converters: Xilisoft RM Converter, tmpgenc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrero Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 so, here are my favourites:Browser: Firefox 1.5.0.1 (FlashGot, Fasterfox, Tab Mix Plus, ChatZilla, ForecastFox, Free Downloadmanager plugins)Email: Thunderbird 1.5Video player: VLC 0.8.5 Test1Audio player: foobar2000 0.9 RCIM (including IRC): ChatZilla, miranda 0.4VoIP: Skype 2.0Archiving: WinRAR 3.51CD Writer: Nero 6.6.0.18Antivirus: AVG 7.1 ProFirewall: Zone Alarm Pro 6.1Office Software: Microsoft Office 2000 SP3plus PerfectDisk 7 Defrag (Smart Placement is great), IrfanView, FoxitReader pdf, Virtual Dub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osm0sis Posted March 15, 2006 Report Share Posted March 15, 2006 Browser: IE6Email: several webmail accts via my providersIM: WLM 8 Beta 365, pimped out with A-Patch, and colors set to black.Video player: WMP 6.4 w/ ffdshowDVD player: InterVideo WinDVD 4 ProAudio player: Winamp 5.21 ProArchiving: WinRAR 3.51 CorporateCD Ripping: Exact Audio CopyCD Authoring: Nero 6.6 UltraCD Image Mounting: DAEMON Tools 4.0CD Image Burning: Alcohol 120%Antivirus: AVG 7.1 FreeAntispyware: AdAware 1.06SE Personal, Spybot S&D 1.4Office Software: MS Office 2000 Pro SP3Text Editing: NotepadImage Editing: Adobe Photoshop 7.0Audio Editing/Tracking: Sonic Foundry Soundforge 6.0, Sonic Foundry Vegas Video 3.0.. and of course µTorrent 1.5i'd like to add that Sonic Foundry was so good before they sold their souls to Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jult Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 BSplayer has adware in it now. Pity, but I went for VLC.Also, my recommended software list is here: http://jult.net/warezReally shitty that many of those free ones suddenly charge money.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 BSplayer was never really a good player, so good riddance to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 MPC FTW! Death to fully-skinned applications! xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaevictus Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I am a big fan of some of the opensource win32 apps that are being developed at the moment.Instead of winrar - i use 7-zip , deals with rars zips etc and a feature I like is that it tells you how fast it is extracting stuff which is kinda neat instead of nero - CD burner XP Pro - open source again and in my opinion better than nero (I dont use most of neros features all i do is burn ISOs and make data DVDs which CCDBXP pro does extremelyNotepad++, opensource replacement to notepad.jEdit - one of the best text editors in my opinion with syntax highlighting etc, really smartvideolan (vlc) for watching films, god I love this app. im using avast for AV, since i got my first virus the other day (i stupidly used IE on www.serials.ws and accidentily allowed activex control to run - FUCK that website and any website that uses spyware companies for ad revenues) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha-Toxic Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 My fav programs(Windows / Linux)Browser: Opera / OperaDL manager: Free Download Manager / KGetIM: miranda, skype / Kopete, skype, KonversationOffice OO.o / OO.oAudio player: Quintessential Player / amaroKVideo player Crystal Player, MP Classic / KaffeineCD Burning: Nero / K3BCD ripping: CDex / don't remember the name defrag: Diskeeper / no need for such Archiving: 7-zip / doesn't matterprograming: eclipse, vis studio 2003 / eclipse, KDevelopantivirus: I don't like any / I don't need any :) daemon-tools, alcohol 120% / no need for suchTorrent: guess / KTorrentfor windows: you should try KillCopy, a killer app that integrates in the shell and allows you to copy/move files with support for pause/resume, speed limit... and it even copies faster than windows itself... it's even skinnable!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I tried switching to 7-zip, but its compression speed was too slow for the little benefit in ratio that it provided over WinRAR. Its GUI and shell integration annoys me a little... It just can't compare with WinRAR's, but it's getting there (WinRAR can detect which .exe file can be unpacked, while 7-zip doesn't bother trying to detect, and shows the Extract thing it for any file you right-click).CDBurnerXP... doesn't it need the .NET Framework now? Kinda annoying, but I don't know. Its GUI looks alright, but some things can be improved, like the random bolding of certain interface elements.Notepad++ is based on Scintilla, which I'm annoyed by, since it has some quirks...jEdit... Java... bleh xDVLC didn't work well on some videos I played before, so I stopped using it.Most of these applications have real potential, though, so I've been watching them for a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 This post was originally addressed to jult, but his posts got deleted... now it seems like a double-post, but whatever, it wasn't originally xP--------------------In the end, just because you think it's fine to do something doesn't necessarily mean you should be allowed to do it. The rules say no double or multi posting, so how about following it? Double or multi posting means posting consecutively, and not necessarily posting the same thing as it you seem to think. Once again, you may have better hardware (database servers in this case), but have you not realized that these forums are constantly under huge stress? Meaning the database has to be kept as optimized as possible, and multi posting doesn't help the matter at all, no matter how much or how little it affects the database size.Edit: I never said there was anything wrong with installing .NET... And I'm not sure how installing .NET would save anyone memory use and/or CPU load. In fact, .NET applications generally take more resources than native Win32 applications =T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1c3d0g Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 jult: and now you've quadruple-posted. Someone's going to be very mad...that's all I'm gonna say... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Seems like he's doing that to try to prove his "point," which, if that's really the case, isn't getting doing much other than annoy people, more so than the adding and deleting from posts that he's complaining about. Chalk another tally up for reasons not to multi post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Banned for being an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenkaz Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Operating System: Windows XP(used to have 2000, but switched after the computer broke down, i kinda regret that now, 2000 seemed to much better.)Browser: Firefox(IE when i have to...)Dl Manager: Firefoxes ownOffice: Microsoft 2003PFD Reader: FoxitImage Viewer: Windows own(any reccomendations?)Video: VLC(Is there anything this thing can't show?)Music: WinampCompression: IZarc(Used to use 7-zip, but this thing can open .bin, .iso and alot of other archives that 7-zip can't)Antivirus: AvastAnti Spyware: Ad-awareTorrent Manager: Bitcomet!...(Just kidding, uT of course ^^)P2P: Limewire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 @Firon: Heh can't say I didn't see that coming already... though I have a feeling he might come back on another IP (on another username he probably already signed up under). I'm not going to name it, but I'll leave it at that, since I'm not too sure if my hunch is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 I can just ban him again. Takes me less effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badsecurityforum Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 FUP (Frequently Used Programs)Packer: 7-Zip , basic but sufficient, only lacks ACE-supportAV: NOD32 , got 1-year-licence, for free AV get avast!Browser: Firefox , i don't understand why others still use IE. When will they learn?Download Manager: Free Download Manager , for DLing big files from FirefoxOffice: OpenOffice , great free software, no need for MSOEmail: TheBat , for advanced emailing there is no better software, fast and small enough to keep residentSpamfilter: POPfile , Spambayes is also ok, but lacks the "magnets" i neededEarth browsing: Google EarthFeeds: Klipfolio , nice and never found a good OO-alternative. Feedreader uses IE, *yuck*Image Editing: Photoshop , tried GIMP but that doesn't even come near.System tools from Sysinternals: Autoruns, Contig (68KB, file defragmentation), Process Explorer (running all the time)Check and Rescue CD/DVDs: CDCheckImage Mounting: Daemon ToolsText Editor: Notepad++ (jedit if i need RegExp)Alarm Clock/Reminder: Kana Reminder , very usefulFirewall: Windows + Router, dumped ZonealarmAudio Player: Winamp 2.95, never wanted v3 or v5Video Player: Zoom Player, Sasami2K before but development has stopped.IM: MirandaFilesharing: uTorrent, eMuleWeb page update cheking: WebMon , very usefulSystem Monitoring: SpeedFanCD/DVD Burning: Nero ExpressGPS Tracking, MTB-Tools: Fugawi, MagicMapsNewsreader: 40tude DialogFTP: FilezillaAntiSpyware: AdAware, SpybotS&D, HijackThisCD/DVD catalogue: Kat-CeDeIRC: mIRCOther useful programs, that are used now and then:Treesize: analyze your HD spaceNetStumbler: WLAN searchCRCCheck: CRC and MD5 sumCheckIdenticalFiles: find duplicate filesPingPlotter, if you have connection problemsEAC: CD audio rippingRazorLame + Lame: audio encodingGoldWave: audio editingRevelation: get passwords from *****RegEx Coach: learn and evaluate regular expressionsTWPassGen: password generatorAnd there are more, but they are not used right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashwin100 Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 OS: Windows XP SP2 (only a matter of time before I switch...)Browser: Opera 9 Tech Preview 2Email: GmailIM: Windows Live Messenger BETA 2, MSN Messenger 7.5 (with Messenger Plus!)Video player: VLC Media Player, QuickTimeAudio player: Windows Media Player 10, Winamp (looking for alternatives)Codec Package: Matroska PackCD Mastering: Nero 7 UltraImage Burning: Nero 7 UltraDrive Mounting: Daemon Tools (if neccessary)Antivirus: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise v8.0iAntispyware: Spyware Doctor, Spyware Blaster (Spybot S&D for extra immunisation, Lavasoft Ad-aware Personal installed)Firewall: Windows Firewall (not turned on)Bandwidth Monitor: Speedtouch (default software with ADSL modem)Archiving: WinRARImage Editing: Macromedia Fireworks 8, Paint (for quick jobs), Adobe Photoshop CS2Office Software: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, Evrsoft FirstPage 2006 (web-editing)Additional Software: Macromedia Studio 8Disk Maintenance: Windows Default, TuneUp Utilities 2006Download Manager: Opera 9 DefaultP2P: LiweWire PRO, Morpheus Ultra, BitTorrentBitTorrent Client: uTorrent 1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwnage Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Music - WinampWebbrowser - Firefox with these extensionsEnabled Extensions: (29)Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.2 - Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.GAdblock Plus 0.6.1.2 - Ads were yesterday!BetterSearch 1.9 - Enhances Google, A9, MSN, Yahoo, Answers.com, AllTheWeb, del.icio.us, Dogpile and Simpy.com by adding previews (thumbnails) and Amazon product info (images, prices) as well as new special links to the search results.BugMeNot 1.3 - Bypass web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.Cache Status 0.6.2 - Easy cache status & management from statusCustomizeGoogle 0.44 - Enhance Google search results and remove ads and spam.Dictionary Tooltip 0.9 - Press ctrl+shift+D (or) double-click after selecting a word to see its meaning.Fasterfox 1.0.3 - Performance and network tweaks for Firefox.FirefoxView 0.31.2 - View pages and links loaded into IE in FirefoxFlashblock 1.5.1 - Replaces Flash objects with a button you can click to view them.Gmail Manager 0.4.3.4 - Gmail accounts management and new mail notifications.Google Suggest 1.0.0.2005110710 - Suggests Search Terms as you typegooglebar 0.9.15.08 - The Googlebar for FirefoxGreasemonkey 0.6.4 - A User Script Manager for FirefoxIE Tab 1.0.8 - Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox.IE View 1.2.7 - Open pages in IE via Firefox menusImage Zoom 0.2.3 - Adds zoom functionality for imagesJSView 0.9.8 - View the source code of external javascripts.LinkPreview 2.1 - Shows a hint with thumbnail preview for target link when mouse pointer hovers.ListZilla 0.7 - Outputs an alphabetical list of extensions to a text, vB code, or HTML file.Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) 3.01 - Fully skinned based on Noia icon set.OperaView 0.4.1 - Open pages in Opera from Firefox, Mozilla, Flock and Netscape 8 context menus.PDF Download 0.6 - Allows to choose what you want to do with a PDF file: dl it, view it with an external viewer or view it as HTML!SearchPluginHacks 0.1.3 - Allows uninstalling search plugins - just right click on a search plugin and choose 'Delete'Stealther 0.9 - Surf the web without leaving a trace in Firefox.Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5 - Tab browsing with an added boost.Update Notifier 0.1.2 - Notifies you when updates are availabe for your extensions and themes.Viamatic foXpose 0.3 - Click on the icon in the status bar to view all the browser windows with a single click.Web Developer 1.0.2 - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metatron Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Banned for being an idiot.You mean you couldn't handle him telling the truth?I mean really, what did he say that annoyed you? That BSplayer was the best player around? I agree with that, furthermore, you probably haven't even tried it, so YOU are the idiot here, not him.Ban me too, I'm a good friend of Julius. Everybody banning him is an idiot. Most moderators are idiots. They suffer from delusions of grandeur. That's why usenet is so good, it has no Big Daddy I Rule Everything nagging to users about 'double posting' or some strange child-like invention you have on your webforums. YOU are the idiot, and you damn well know it too.Come to think of it, I take back what I said about uTorrent. It sucks after all. On one of my XP machines it keeps telling me it is free software, duh, like I don't know that by now. Once is enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 He continuously broke the forum rules (don't double post), even after he was kindly told not to several times, among other things. Double posting is against on the rules on every forum, because it creates unnecessary spam. It's not that hard to concatenate your posts, and if you find that concept too hard to grasp, perhaps you shouldn't be on the internet.I'm not even gonna bother banning you, just hit X and don't come back. I couldn't care less what you think.ps: bsplayer had nothing to do with it, and yes I have used it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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