What Apps Are A Must On Your PC?

Deacon

You read the title.
What apps are a must you have installed?
For example, mine:

WinRAR
Newsleecher
eMule
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
µTorrent
RapGet
Winamp
Firefox (and certain extensions)
Windows Live Messenger
AnyDVD
CloneDVD2
Serv-U
QuickPar
TweakNow PowerPack 2006
mIRC
LimeWire Pro
Spybot - Search & Destroy
FlashFXP
Corel Paint Shop Pro X
Adobe Reader 7.0
Nero
Microsoft Office
VideoLAN

Yeah I have a few I know. heh.
What are yours?

Deacon · **Posted:** Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:10 pm **Post subject:**

Oops, forgot jane and NOD32. heh.

antropomorphic · **Posted:** Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:12 pm **Post subject:**

litestep
directory opus
firefox
thunderbird
filezilla
trillian
emule
utorrent
mirc
skype
power archiver
nero
cdex
audioconvert
riverpast audio converter
mkvtoolnix
fairuse
dvdshrink
irfanview
media player classic
cccp
open office
sabbu
the gimp
clamwin
o&o defrag
partition magic
registry mechanic
ccleaner
adaware,spybot,etc...
xplite
your uninstaller
vlc (only for the firefox plugin)
daemon tools
gspot
process explorer
tcp view
vobsub
mame,& any other console emulator i can find

I prolly forgot a few,but I use these the most so... :mrgreen:

pure

Well too much to mention all of them but here's a few:

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Macromedia Flash MX Professional
Macromedia Director
3D Max Studio 5
eMule
DVD Decrypter
Audiograbber
VirtuaDub
Gspot
CDisplay
Skype
MultiMon Taskbar
CoverXP
Memtest
DriverVieuw
AntiVir
Hitman Pro
HDDlife Pro
SPSS
Photovista panorama
Panorama maker
Advanced Font viewer
Font Creator
...

Lux Delux · **Posted:** Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:25 pm **Post subject:**

Windows Media Player :lol:

Just kidding :roll:

Here are some essentials..

Internet:
Firefox
Firebird
Emule
SmartFTP
Dreamweaver (kinda gay but nifty)
....

Graphics:
Photoshop
Paint Shop Pro
Paint :lol:

Audio:
Winamp
Easy CD-DA Extractor

Video:
Power DVD, although it annoys me kinda
DVD Decrypter
DVD Shrink
Gknot and all that comes with it
CCCP codec pack
Media Player Classic
Gspot

And who knows what else

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:42 am **Post subject:**

Wow, well you know what i would say about some of those choices but on this instance i'm going to let comments about "DVDshrink" and norton fly :lol:

I wouldn't even install that crap let alone say its a must :lol:

Internet
ed2k linker
eMule
FlashFXP - best, ftp, ever
Mozilla Firefox (w/ Adblock plus, ebay negs!, bugmenot, DownloadThemAll Extensions)
NewsBin
PeerGuardian 2
Trillian
VisualRoute

Audio
Foobar2000

Video
AVI2Clipboard
DRFAnalyzer
DVDDecrypter
DVDRebuilder Pro (w/CCE) - I laugh at your dvdshink, i shit on your dvdshrink :lol:

Gordian Knot
Gspot
Media Player Classic
Nandub
VirtualDubMod
Xvid - Keopi build

Utilities
AVG Virus Scan
Daemon Tools
Kerio Firewall
Nostromo Loadout Manager

Programming
Eclipse
Visual Studio .NET 2003

Office
MikTex
TeXnicCenter

Installed Games
duke3d (OpenGL engine)
FEAR
Half-Life 2
Quake (OpenGL engine)
Rome Total War

Lux Delux · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:52 am **Post subject:**

Hey Spud, is DVDRebuilder Pro also simple and stuff... Has been long since I had to resize a dvd.. anyway always good to find better programs :wink:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:53 am **Post subject:**

to re-encode, if i'm being lazy, you hit "rebuild", or if i'm being exceptionally lazy, i save 10 projects, add them to a batch and hit start, and then it re-encodes 10 dvds. :wacky:

Lux Delux · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:59 am **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 3:20 am **Post subject:**

god... even the logo is shitty with all that white crap round it :lol:

antropomorphic · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:11 am **Post subject:**

@ Spud:all that nifty stuff & then you've got AVG??? :outsider:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:27 am **Post subject:**

I'm generally not stupid enough to get viruses in the first place so i could just get a sticker that says "no viruses found" :lol:

Therefore a draconian ram sucker like norton or mcaffee are shite in comparison.
AVG eats far less RAM and does a better job for the most part than any other alternative i've used thus far. More over, there's no nagging or nannying whilst its sat there doing nothing too :wacky:

btw. I forgot to put it down since i don't even notice, i use Directory Opus instead of explorer.

antropomorphic · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:34 am **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

I'm generally not stupid enough to get viruses in the first place so i could just get a sticker that says "no viruses found" :lol:

Therefore a draconian ram sucker like norton or mcaffee are shite in comparison.
AVG eats far less RAM and does a better job for the most part than any other alternative i've used thus far.

same here,I use Clamwin :wink:

spudthedestroyer wrote:

btw. I forgot to put it down since i don't even notice, i use Directory Opus instead of explorer.

ahh so sthat's what I forgot to put in my list,I use it too (combined with litestep) cpu only uses 3% then.good choice I must say :mrgreen:

Phantasm · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:39 am **Post subject:**

Internet

Mozilla FireFox (and extensions)
ZoneAlarm
eMUle
SoulSeek
FlashGet

Audio
MusicCube
Easy CD-DA Extractor

Video
VLC
Windows Media Player (installed with XP)

Graphic
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Corel Draw

Office
Open Office
Microsoft Office (sometimes, but it's annoying)

Utilities
Total COmmander
Nero Burning Rom... :roll:

games
No games.... only emulated UMK3 and KOF98 (for MAME)

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:50 am **Post subject:**

Mine are - thin on the ground ATM, due to a recent reformat

Internet
cbb emule link transfer
eMule (obviously)
FlashFXP
Mozilla Firefox (w/ Adblock plus, ebay negs!, bugmenot, DownloadThemAll Extensions)
Grabit
VisualRoute
Bulletproof FTP server
Argosoft Mail server (currently, gonna check out some others soon)
Mirc

Audio
Itunes (yeah, yeah I have an iPod)

Video
BSPlayer Pro
DVDDecrypter
Gordian Knot
Gspot
Media Player Classic
Nandub
VirtualDubMod
Xvid - Keopi build

CD burning

Nero
Imgburn
CloneCD
alcohol 120%

Utilities
NOD32
Daemon Tools
Kerio Firewall
Microsoft Office

Programming

Visual Studio .NET 2003 with pocket PC SDK

Installed Games
Half-Life 2
World of Warcraft
Mame + all roms
various other emulators and complete rom sets

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:58 am **Post subject:**

Quote:

ZoneAlarm
eMUle

Just a word of warning, unles somethings drastically changed, that's a very "dangerous" combination. ZoneAlarm and p2p do not mix as far as resource usage goes
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=zoneal ... 8&oe=utf-8

edit:

Quote:

cbb emule link transfer

how does that compare to ED2K-Linker?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:05 pm **Post subject:**

Dunno, never used ed2k linker LOL

It's almost completely transparent though - I never see nor hear from it, even if emule isn't running.

If emule isnt' running, it just passes the links over next time it is

cybersatan · **Posted:** Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:59 pm **Post subject:**

ofcourse i have all progs i list here original....

I use 2 pcs, one i use as a serer and i download all my stuff there, the other one is my "normal", i dont download anything there, only game-updates...I do use it as a rippingmachineand such though because its a lot faster...

Server:

- Winrar
- acdsee
- 7zip.32
- emule
- Bittorrent 4.4.1
- Daemon Tools
- Alcohol 120%
- DC++
- Du Meter
- Dvd Decryptor
- Dvd shrink
- Exact Audio Copy
- Flash FXP (indeed the best ftp EVER!)
- Gspot
- Microsoft Office XP (can't do without for work...)
- MSN 7.0
- Nero 6 Ultra Edition
- NOD32 antivirus
- Panic ware pop up stopper pro
- Power dvd
- vlc player
- winvnv 3.3.3

Normal pc:

- ACDSee 9
- Alcohol 120%
- Auto Gordian Knot 1.95
- Cool Edit Pro
- Daemon tools
- Dvd Decryptor
- Dvd Shrink
- everest Ultimate Edition
- Flash FXP
- Grab it
- Microsoft Office XP
- Mirc
- MSN 7.0
- Nero 7
- NOD32 Antivirus
- ODC
- Paint Shopt Pro 9
- panic ware pop up stopper pro
- Powerdvd
- Snatchit!
- Teamspeak
- Teamspeak Server
- vlc player
- vobsub
- Wiwnrar
- winamp

Games:

- Flat Out
- Tactical Ops Crossfire
- Trackmania Nations
- Unreal Tournament 2004

and of course everything is running behind a router with firewall ;-)

grtz cyber

ps: anyone here plays To-Crossfire? Would be hellacool :mrgreen:

trinidadpr87 · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:51 am **Post subject:**

uTorrent
DVD Shrink
VLC Player
winrar
ImgBurn

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:25 am **Post subject:**

Well i might as well post this for DVD Shrink users, have a look here:
http://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic. ... +rebuilder

You'll see it more as technology gets better that the job it does re-encoding just isn't up to scratch (okay the screenshots aren't great on either, but it does this to all movies, whereas dvdrebuilder doesn't block nearly as much, and you've got custom matrixes and avs scripting if you know how to do that)

Quote:

DVD Shrink

DVD Rebuilder - basic settings, 2 pass

DVDrebuilder pro can be found via an emule search, and you can find versions with CCE packaged too, worth a test at least.

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