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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6430 days Last view: 6430 days |
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Useful Software for Microsoft WindowsThis list aims to provide you with links to Useful Software for Microsoft Windows. It also aims to provide links to useful Windows related websites. Web Browsers Internet Explorer -- Windows' default browser. Comes bundled with Windows. Mozilla lololol -- Cross-Platform goodness. Opera -- More Cross-Platform goodness Mail Clients Outlook exp Microsoft Outlook -- Microsoft's more robust mail client. Supports Exchange Server. Mozilla Thunderbird -- Cross-Platform goodness. Instant Messaging, VOIP, Chat and IRC GAIM -- free, opensource multi protocol IM. Trillian -- multi-protocol IM. Free and Pro versions. Skype -- VoIP software Xchat -- IRC client SilvereX -- Shareware-free XChat build Miranda IM -- Tiny multi-protocol IM XFire -- allows you to IM while gaming, amongst other features. Google Talk -- IM using the Jabber protocol, with voice chat. RSS Readers Please let us know if you know any good RSS Aggregators / Readers!! Peer to Peer Azureus -- Powerful, Java based BitTorrent client BitTorrent -- Official (and original) BitTorrent client. LimeWire -- Free Gnutella client. Cross-platform FTP Clients FileZilla -- open-source FTP CuteFTP -- easy to use FTP client WS_FTP -- FTP Client Video and Audio Windows Media Player -- bundled with Windows. QuickTime -- Apple's Media Player. iTunes -- Music and media for OS X and Windows. May support the iTunes Music Store if it's available in your country. Part of the iLife suite of products. VLC -- Media Player which supports most audio and video, DVD's, VCD's and streaming WinAmp -- Versatile, skinnable media player for Windows Extract Audio Copy -- A freeware CD ripper that exports to WAV, instead of MP3 or Ogg Vorbis like most other rippers. CDex -- rip CDs using the LAME codec. Audacity -- great for recording and editing sounds Photo Editing / Graphics Adobe Photoshop -- Adobe's powerful, professional digital imaging software. Painter IX -- Powerful Natural-Media software (emulates real painting and drawing materials) the GIMP -- funny name, powerful open-source image editing. Paint.net -- because Photoshop's not free. "Advanced" version of Paint. Office / Productivity Software Microsoft Office -- Microsoft's Office Suite. OpenOffice.org -- open-source alternative to Office. Mozilla Sunbird -- Calendaring, based on the Mozilla framework Text / HTML / etc Editors TextPad -- powerful shareware text editor Metapad --Unlike the other "notepad clones" this is probably one of the very few that can actually claim that title Antivirus / Anti-spyware Solutions AVG Free Edition -- Free Antivirus for your PC Avast Antivirus -- More Free Antivirus for your PC McAfee -- not-so-free Antivirus Norton AntiVirus -- also not-so-free AV. ZoneAlarm Basic -- free, software firewalling for your PC. AdAware -- Spyware Detection and Removal Spybot Search and Destroy -- Spyware Detection and Removal Windows Defender -- AKA Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta, AKA Giant AntiSpyware Hijack This! -- Great for finding out what your computer is up to Developer Tools WAMP -- Simple installation of Apache, MySQL, and PHP on Windows. Dev-PHP -- A PHP IDE Utilities (ie, Zip Tools, VNC.. etc.. etc) Diskeeper -- an alternative to Windows' built in defrag 7-Zip -- Free Zip utility. Excellent compression with native 7z format. WinRAR -- opens and creates RAR files, also supports Zip, etc. NirSoft -- handy free windows utilities HyperNova Software -- more handy free windows utilities and ROM hack tools Parallel Port Joystick (Driver) -- A freeware driver to recognise console controlers via your parallel (aka "printer") port, such as NES or SNES controllers. I'm guessing you'll need to do the hard work of messing with the wires yourself Memtest86 -- Extensive memory testing Portable Application Suite -- Take your stuff with you on a thumb drive! Fun Stuff Google Earth -- See the world! Microsoft/Windows Related Websites Microsoft -- Microsoft's Web Site Windows Update -- cause sometimes you should update Windows. Paul Thurrot's SuperSite for Windows -- Lots of Windows Info M-Dollar -- ArsTechica's Microsoft Blog Slashdot: Microsoft -- Slashdot's Microsoft articles... (edited by Tarale on 11-28-05 11:56 PM) (edited by Tarale on 11-28-05 11:59 PM) |
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MisterJones Tooky Since: 12-08-05 From: Mexico Last post: 6520 days Last view: 6456 days |
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Hi, I'd like to add a few to the list:
FeedReader (rss feed reader, duh) http://www.feedreader.com/ KCEasy (multiple protocol p2p) http://kceasy.com/ Real Alternative + QuickTime Alternative (codecs for Media Player classic) http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm Crimson Editor (awesome text editor) http://www.crimsoneditor.com/ Code::Blocks (T3H C++ open source IDE) http://www.codeblocks.org/ Delete this at will if it was out of place |
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Shadic The Adventure of Link Perfect Member Since: 11-18-05 From: Olympia, Washington Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6433 days |
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And I would like to add Irfanview as an image viewer.. It's freeware, and has basic editing utilities. It runs great, and has great compatibility.
http://www.irfanview.com/ |
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DarkPhoenix Red Goomba Since: 12-27-05 Last post: 6435 days Last view: 6435 days |
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IrfanView is amazing.
Another decent media player worth noting is BSPlayer, though I use VLC, myself |
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neotransotaku Sledge Brother Liberated from school...until MLK day Since: 11-17-05 From: In Hearst Field Annex... Last post: 6433 days Last view: 6430 days |
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A nice site that gives useful descriptions of Blue Screen of Death and how to deal with it:
Troubleshooting Windows Stop Messages |
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leileilol Since: 05-15-06 From: PRC Last post: 6471 days Last view: 6430 days |
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For burning, there's CDBurnerXP Pro 3 which is actually good no-crap freeware, but unfortunately backed by a suspiciously stupid spyware-esque name.
and like I mentioned in the other thread, HDD Health can help you be more cautious about hard drive death, by monitoring S.M.A.R.T values. |
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Simon Belmont Except I'm totally fucking hyped about Dracula X: Chronicles. Since: 11-18-05 From: Pittsburgh Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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BIG list here (edited by setz on 06-09-06 01:05 AM) |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6431 days |
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Browsers
Netscape - A simple browser Avant Browser - Said to expand services provided by IE FTP LeechFTP - A popular freeware FTP Client |
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Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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jEdit - a text/HTML/Almost Anything editor, made with Java (platform independent) that uses plugins and has complete documentation on making your own plugins as well. Very nice, and is still being worked on. Includes syntax highlighting and all that, too.
Did I mention it's free? |
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Zer0wned Koopa Since: 12-09-05 From: Torrance, ca Last post: 6588 days Last view: 6588 days |
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Altova DiffDog, a program I came across for comparing changes in source code (useful for forgetful people like myself). it's text and line-break based, so it should work with anything from ASM to visual basic to bash scripting, so long as the code is fairly structured. |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6431 days |
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Limewire was the one that busted my other pc. That damn thing filled my pc with viruses. | |||
Xkeeper Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is. Since: 11-17-05 From: Henderson, Nevada Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by the_man Sure it was LimeWire itself and not your own fault? |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6431 days |
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Well as i said in my"help before my pc blows up"thread,it was my cousing who downloaded it an installed it.So is her fault,and mine for letting her use it. | |||
Sukasa Birdo Not quite as active as before. Xkeeper supporter Xk > ||bass I IP Banned myself! Twice! Since: 11-17-05 From: Somewhere over there Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6430 days |
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I've also had lots of viruses try to come in through Limewire... I can back up the_man's claim. | |||
cory21391 Red Cheep-cheep Since: 04-21-06 From: North Carolina Last post: 6489 days Last view: 6489 days |
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Does anyone know of any FREE programs that rip/burn cds; create/burn cd images of PC games and PS1 games? (I had a trial of Alcohol 120% but it ran out; It was AWESOME but I have no money) Better yet; does anyone know a way I can get around the trial expiration of Alcohol 120? | |||
HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6431 days Last view: 6431 days |
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Originally posted by cory21391 Not on this board. |
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MisterJones Tooky Since: 12-08-05 From: Mexico Last post: 6520 days Last view: 6456 days |
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Originally posted by cory21391 Burn-at-once perhaps. |
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Luigi-San Ptooie ZOMG Wii is teh pwn Since: 11-18-05 From: The Mushroom Kingdom a.k.a Buffalo, NY Wii: Yes Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6432 days |
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Userbar Generator
No, really, it is a program. |
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BooUrns Buster Beetle Since: 05-07-06 From: The CS Last post: 6432 days Last view: 6432 days |
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RealAudio Wave Recorder
http://www.geocities.com/rawavrecorder A small (<50 kb) utility that can record streaming Real Audio files from the Web and record them on your hard disk as WAV files. If you're like me and can't get the Winamp real media plugin working at the same time as the diskwriter plugin, it can be very useful. |
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