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Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 289/732 EXP: 1565384 Next: 12162 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4225 days Last view: 3484 days |
By Tarale on Archive 3
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 Firefox -- Cross-Platform goodness. Opera -- More Cross-Platform goodness Mail Clients Outlook Express -- Windows' default mail client. Comes with Windows and IE. Microsoft Outlook -- Microsoft's more robust mail client. Supports Exchange Server. Mozilla Thunderbird -- Cross-Platform goodness. Instant Messaging, VOIP, Chat and IRC Pidgin -- 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. mIRC Josh Dick's Irssi 0.8.11 Standalone for Windows 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 uTorrent FTP Clients FileZilla -- open-source FTP CuteFTP -- easy to use FTP client WS_FTP -- FTP Client Core FTP Lite SmartFTP 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 BS Player FooBar2000 Codecs Combined Community Codec Pack QuickTime Alternative Real Alternative 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. Irfanview Grafx2 GraphicsGale Cosmigo ProMotion 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 UltraEdit-32 -- The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers! Notepad++ EditPlus Notepad 2 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 JCreator 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! SysInternals Process Explorer 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... If you have a program you would like to see added to the list, post it and I will add it. |
Koitenshin -∞ |
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Happy Hour! Level: 81 Posts: 1065/1556 EXP: 4838517 Next: 154332 Since: 03-25-07 Last post: 2648 days Last view: 2646 days |
Chalk up UltraEdit on that list.
It should go under Text / HTML / etc Editors UltraEdit-32: The ideal text, HTML and HEX editor, and an advanced PHP, Perl, Java and JavaScript editor for programmers! ____________________ What FF7: Advent Children Character Are You? |
Luigi-San |
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Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 292/732 EXP: 1565384 Next: 12162 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4225 days Last view: 3484 days |
Done. |
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Morton Koopa Feel the pain of those inferior beings...as you burn in hell! Level: 98 Posts: 505/2410 EXP: 9351838 Next: 302515 Since: 02-19-07 From: Sweden Last post: 4487 days Last view: 4468 days |
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Katelyn |
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beh Level: 86 Posts: 1589/1816 EXP: 6116326 Next: 25781 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6118 days Last view: 6118 days |
Notepad++ - I use this for text/HTML editing |
Luigi-San |
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Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 294/732 EXP: 1565384 Next: 12162 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4225 days Last view: 3484 days |
Both are now on the list. |
Black Lord |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 35 Posts: 68/220 EXP: 257924 Next: 22012 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5393 days Last view: 5393 days |
GAIM is now Pidgin...
http://www.pidgin.im ____________________ |
Tarale |
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Spiny Level: 53 Posts: 418/578 EXP: 1098427 Next: 58692 Since: 02-19-07 From: Adelaide, South Australia Last post: 6059 days Last view: 6048 days |
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NightKev |
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Cape Luigi Level: 131 Posts: 808/4792 EXP: 26171739 Next: 252881 Since: 03-15-07 Last post: 3706 days Last view: 3618 days |
Core FTP Lite (Shareware and Pay-to-Use versions available).
Smart FTP (don't have link atm, will get one tomorrow). Also, Programming languages editor EditPlus2 (no link, same reason as above). ____________________ |
setz |
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Spike fuck~ Level: 58 Posts: 348/722 EXP: 1533498 Next: 44048 Since: 02-19-07 From: Pittsburgh, PA Last post: 5262 days Last view: 2550 days |
Graphics:
irfanview - Not a pixel-based editor, but it can do effects and saving features which I love. grafx2 - oldstyle pixel editor GraphicsGale - Can't say I ever liked it, but alot of people do. Cosmigo ProMotion - Can't say I ever didn't like it, and so do alot of other people, just wish I could afford it. chat: how did mIRC not get listed? o.O p2p: uTorrent - <3 FTP: smartFtp - Simple, works. Developer Tools: JCreator - The java IDE I use. ____________________ |
Luigi-San |
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Melon Bug Level: 58 Posts: 295/732 EXP: 1565384 Next: 12162 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 4225 days Last view: 3484 days |
List updated. |
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Micro-Goomba Level: 12 Posts: 2/19 EXP: 6497 Next: 1424 Since: 05-24-07 Last post: 5272 days Last view: 5259 days |
Zoom Player and Media Player Classic - both significantly less frustrating when downloaded with the Combined Community Codec Pack |
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Boo Level: 68 Posts: 536/1036 EXP: 2635719 Next: 93081 Since: 02-19-07 From: It is a mystery. Last post: 5694 days Last view: 5694 days |
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Mole Level: 43 Posts: 220/366 EXP: 553489 Next: 11557 Since: 02-19-07 From: Last post: 6097 days Last view: 6096 days |
You can't forget Notepad 2
Also Jcreator is a developer tool not a text editor. ____________________ |
HydraPheetz |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 60/216 EXP: 250937 Next: 2714 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6059 days Last view: 6040 days |
Foobar2000 hasn't even been mentioned yet? ____________________ |
Tyty |
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Vire Jizz Danmaku Level: 77 Posts: 131/1381 EXP: 4036972 Next: 154157 Since: 04-20-07 From: Canada Last post: 4419 days Last view: 3691 days |
I'm a Photoshop guy, but it seems that you forgot to mention paint shop pro. It's useful too ____________________ |
HydraPheetz |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 116/216 EXP: 250937 Next: 2714 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6059 days Last view: 6040 days |
Tail for Win32 is a nice clone of the unix tail utility. Wrapped up inside a very nice UI.____________________ |
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Shyguy Level: 24 Posts: 28/95 EXP: 72848 Next: 5277 Since: 04-19-07 Last post: 4994 days Last view: 2877 days |
VU Player -- program that reads CD-Text
Cygwin -- UNIX emulation layer for windows. Great for people who want a UNIX dev environment on Windows. |
MiniCompute |
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Bubble Level: 66 Posts: 26/981 EXP: 2416044 Next: 45807 Since: 04-25-07 Last post: 462 days Last view: 670 days |
Microangelo 6 (Icon editing program) useful when making software applications or to -really modify your favorite software icons
skin studio 5.0 basic or professional (good for making your windows skins or WMP skins) (basic is limited a little but you still can tweak alot of skins) windows blinds 4.5 -5.1 ( great for showing off your skins or others skin) and no its not a resource hog or waster. NOD32 antivirus (just as good as norton and catches 99% of trojans and viruses that may come flying your way). also is not a resource hog and very quiet. ACE FTP 3 free or pro (www.visicom.com) |
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... Level: 73 Posts: 1001/1220 EXP: 3359291 Next: 126577 Since: 03-25-07 From: no Last post: 6063 days Last view: 6047 days |
A variety of programs here. The only one I've used so far is Directory Compare and it is frickin' nice. Interface is a bit rough, but it works very well. As the name implies, it compares directories, to let you quickly see which copy of a file is newer and which files are missing. I suggest disabling "Automatically update main list" in the options if you plan to use it on very large directories though, or it'll rescan every time you copy a file, which can take bloody ages. You can even select multiple source/target directories and then exclude certain subdirectories. |
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