Best softwares u have ever used ????

[coolendra]

Guys i just wanted to know that wat r the best softwares (different catagories ).............. whch should be good to install in a new hard-disk ??????


catagories like :

Essentials
Internet
DVD & audio ripping/burning.....
Multimedia
System....

etc......

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[Vishal Gupta]

Essentials:

Microsoft Office
Acrobat Reader

Internet:

Firefox/Opera
Yahoo! Messenger
Flashget

DVD/CD Burning:

Nero

Multimedia:

K-Lite Mega codec pack

System:

Avast! or AVG
Lavasoft Adaware SE
Spybot S&D
Zone Alarm Firewall
Tuneup Utilities
WinRAR
X-teq Setup

[anandk]

avast or avg av
adaware & ewido anti-spyware
zonealarm firewall
tune-up utilities or system mechanic
maxthon or opera or firefox browser
winrar
to name a few...

[casanova]

foxit reader
opera
yahoo
nero
Winamp
winrar
tune up utilities
zone alarm security suite

[\/endett/\]

best sw
>>firefox
>>trillian pro
>>dev c++
>>borland c++ builder 6
>>soft ice
>>dreamweaver
>>kav 6
>>azureus
>>everest 2.8
>>stardock suite
>>power archiver 2006 and winUHA

best OS
>>win xp
>>gentoo 2006

[rakeshishere]

ESSENTIALS:
Mozilla Firefox
Foxit Reader
Winrar
Spybot search and destroy
Wordweb
Privacy cleaner Pro

INTERNET:
Google Earth
Cyberhawk
Google Talk
Yahoo Msngr

Multimedia:
I-tunes
K-lite Mega Codec Pack
Windows media Player
Winamp

System:
Nod32
Internet Download Manager
Nero 6.0.6

My Favourites:
Badcopy
Recover my files
Chemdraw
Adobe Photoshop CS2

[Choto Cheeta]

Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Kaspersky AntiVirus Acrobat Reader PDF 995 Internet Explorer FireFox DAP Windows Media Player WinRAR Adobe Photo Shop NotePad++ Yahoo Messenger Clone CD (for virtual drive) Nero (Burner) NEro MEdia Player PowerDVD And let me remmember ;)

[techmax]

Microsoft Windows(looking at the brighter side of life)
Vmware for os emulation
avast antivirus
alchohol 120% media emulation
Limewire file sharing
Nero 7 cd writing
Winamp media player(audio)
vlc media player
Windows media player 11
winrar compression utility
Firefox
Barahapad free hindi text editor
foxit reader
globe 7
and many many more....

[blueshift]

Essentials:
Notepad

Internet:
Opera/Maxthon
Limewire
LeechGet2004

DVD/CD Burning:
Nero

Multimedia:
Photoshop
Winamp

System:
Microsoft Defragmentar/Cleanup

[gaurav21r]

Ohhh very Much surely, K-Lite Mga Codec Pack...its a boon from heaven !!!!!!

[gary4gar]

hey guys all of u forgot Autopatcher its a only way to keep the windows updated for a dial up user or user without net along with some very good tweaks.

[shaunak]

ESSENTIALS:
Opera
Winzip
Spybot search and destroy
Avast! home
Nero 6.0.6

INTERNET:
Google Earth
Google Talk

Multimedia:
video lan media player
Windows media Player
Virtual dub
autoGK

Misc:
*Adobe Photoshop [free: Irfan veiw]
k3d
google sketchup
boardland 5.x
netbeans

note:All software except photoshop are free.:p

[Gaurav]

Essentials:
winRAR
ActiveKEYS 2.02
winamp v5.xx (have to keep it up to date)
acdSee
hjSplit
uHARC
VLC Player
WhereIsIt?

Internet:
opera
Firefox
Flashget

DVD/CD Burning:
Nero Reloaded

Multimedia:
jetaudio
DivX Bundle

System:
AVG
Outpost firewall
Tuneup Utilities

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

nobody mentioned Windows!

[\/endett/\]

nobody mentioned Windows!

some did ;)

[rjvcoder]

INTERNET:
Google Earth
Google Talk

Multimedia:
video lan media player
Windows media Player
Virtual dub
autoGK

Misc:
Adobe Photoshop7
google sketchup
boardland 5.x

[rakeshishere]

@rjvcoder

Is it borland or boardland 5x :))

[PrinceHeart]

Ahem..

in a Newly formatted HDD with WINXP Pro, I would install these programs 1stly

Essentials/System:
All Drivers which are not auto-detected by the OS
Tuneup Utilities
PerfectDisc 7
MS Office
WinRAR


Internet
Yahoo Messenger
MSN Messenger
mIRC
DAP
Flash
Java
Limewire


DVD & audio ripping/burning...../Multimedia:
Winamp with lyric and list editor
Klite Mega Codec Pack
Nero 6.6
PowerDVD 7

after all this .. a nice and sweet disk defragmentation.

[Plague]

i want to add to everything mentioned above in Multimedia-
Presentation to video converter :))

[coolendra]

Hey... add AutoGK in my list...

great software for quality DVD ripping

[rakeshishere]

wonder how people use s/w which are shareware :))

[Pathik]

Powerquest Partition Magic 8.0

[Ajatshatru]

Zone alarm

[coolendra]

Hey how bout... Snagit... gr8 software.

[Venom]

amaroK

[Third Eye]

Adobe Photoshop CS 2

[satyamy]

Essentials
Windows XP with service Pack 2
Norton System Works 2005 or 2006
Microsoft Office
Acrobat Reader

Internet
Yahoo Messenger
GetRight - (Download Manager)

DVD & audio ripping/burning.....
Nero Express
VLC Player

Multimedia
VLC Player

System
WinZip or Winrar

[Pathik]

Opera 9b2
IE 7
FIREFOX 2b1

[coolendra]

amaroK
'
Hey Venom can u plz tell me for what amaroK is used... is it a software or something else... ????

[Vishal Gupta]

amarok is a music player for linux.

http://amarok.kde.org/

[paul_007]

windows XP pro

google talk

firefox

winamp

winrar

NERO

[coolendra]

AutoGK is a very good DVD ripping software.....

wat say...

[Third Eye]

Power ISO 3.2
Alcohol 120 % 1.95

Very helpful software for create virtual images of CD/DVD and also for burning.

[satyamy]

OS- Windows XP Professional,
Media Player - Window Media Player or Winamp,
Office Use - Microsoft Office,
Internet - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Messenger - Yahoo & Rediff Bol (Rediff bol is easy & convinient for voice chat)
Download Manager - Getright
CD Writing - Nero 6,
Photo Editing - Adobe Photoshop,
Simple Designing - Corel Draw,
Simple Animation - Macromedia Flash,
Web Designing - Macromedia Dreamweaver & Fireworks, Both are useful
Compression - WinRAR
Hindi Software - Akruti Engine
Astrology - Astro Office or Kundli

&

Google Earth is a Disaster in internet

[rakeshishere]

Most of them have said winrar,winamp,firefox but how can people use adobe photoshop,Getright,Perfect disk and so many which all are shareware....Did they buy these s/w :))

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Well Visual Studio 2005 And Dreamweaver 8

[Pathik]

Most of them have said winrar,winamp,firefox but how can people use adobe photoshop,Getright,Perfect disk and so many which all are shareware....Did they buy these s/w :))
yup of course..... do u doubt.... :))

[rakeshishere]

Here is one more who loves using DREAMWEAVER and VISUAL STUDIO..Can i know from when u have been using them as u bought it locally in some provision stores

[satyamy]

Here is one more who loves using DREAMWEAVER and VISUAL STUDIO..Can i know from when u have been using them as u bought it locally in some provision stores

when u are not capable of not buying it then dont think other also can't
where i hav learnt Computers that institute has buyed all the original software from adobe, macromedia & the company where i work too has done the same thing & not the only single user but for more than 20 users licensed pack & our comp. also use original Window OS

[rakeshishere]

when u are not capable of not buying it then dont think other also can't
where i hav learnt Computers that institute has buyed all the original software from adobe, macromedia & the company where i work too has done the same thing & not the only single user but for more than 20 users licensed pack & our comp. also use original Window OS

Institution,companies :I can understand that they have enough amount of money to buy but single individuals like us who struggle to buy a comp in the initial stages ,how to manage..:confused:

[satyamy]

Institution,companies :I can understand that they have enough amount of money to buy but single individuals like us who struggle to buy a comp in the initial stages ,how to manage..:confused:
ya i can understand
cool man if you dont want to go for Original or pirated one & still want to use the software then go for 15-30 days trial version
One of my friend who is IT professional able to buy original but has comp. in his home he use Norton System Works 2005, Norton has some utility in it which records all file while installing the software, he install the trial version & after the expiry of software he uninstall he software with norton & again install the trial copy & belive the he again get 30 days trial software installed in PC
for windows i exactly dont know but he use trial version & Windows give more than 3 months of trial period so for him it is a habit to format the PC in 3 months

[Zerg]

Internet:
Opera
Mozilla Firefox
Copernic Agent
Flashget

Multimedia:
Media Player Classic

System:
Kaspersky antivirus
IZarc archiver

[sakumar79]

ya i can understand
cool man if you dont want to go for Original or pirated one & still want to use the software then go for 15-30 days trial version
One of my friend who is IT professional able to buy original but has comp. in his home he use Norton System Works 2005, Norton has some utility in it which records all file while installing the software, he install the trial version & after the expiry of software he uninstall he software with norton & again install the trial copy & belive the he again get 30 days trial software installed in PC
for windows i exactly dont know but he use trial version & Windows give more than 3 months of trial period so for him it is a habit to format the PC in 3 months

Technically, that is also not legal... Trial version is supposed to be for testing the software. After testing the software for the said period (usually 30 days), the license says that to continue to use the software you should purchase it. By uninstalling the trial software clean and reinstalling it for reuse, you will be violating the software license agreement...

If you dont want to go for the high-cost software, try out the free software... In most cases (except for professional use), you will find free software that do as well or almost as well as the more popular paid software...

Lets assume that you paid for Windows...

For Office Suite, you have OpenOffice.org.
For antivirus solutions, you have Avast/AVT,etc (but these are free for home use only and not for office use).
For firewall, you have Kerio, Zone Alarm Personal editions.
For system maintenance you have many small utils such as TuneXP, Xteq X-Setup, jv16 older version(current versions are shareware, you can download the last free version from a few websites), xpAntispy, CCleaner, etc.
For compression, there is Zip Genius.
For spyware checking, there is Adaware and Spybot SnD
For backup, you can use Windows backup tool, Polder backup and many more free tools.
For Notepad enhancements, there are many including Edit Pad Lite, Crimson Editor, etc...
For music and videos, WinAmp, QCD Player, DivX, K-Lite pack, etc.
For photo editing, GIMP, Photofiltre
For browsing, Opera, Mozilla, Avant Browser, SLim Browser
For POP mail checking, Eudora (available in Lite Ad-free and full Ad-ware versions), etc

Arun

[aditya.shevade]

Same as those of Mr. Vishal Gupta

[mediator]

Winamp
VLC player
CloneCD
MS Office 2000
Firefox
zonealarm
Sonique Cd creator
Fedora any version!
Dreamweaver.
MS PAINT!!
list is endless.

[kumarmohit]

Windows XP Home
OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 (2.x is a RAM eater and I do not need Base)
7Zip
VLC Media Player
Real Player
7-Zip
Daemon tools
ISO Recorder Powertoy
Java Runtime Environment For Open Office.org
Orbitron
PDF Creator
The File Splitter 1.31
Atlantis Nova Lite
Budgie
Foxit Reader
Microsoft Office Viewers/Text Maker Viewer
Spread 32 (Super light Spreadsheet)
XnView
AVG or Avast

This is is if its not on Net in the online case add firefox and Adaware SE too

[knight17]

Essentials
Acrobat Reader
Windows Mediaplayer
Internet
Opera
BBCode Studio.
Callisto
Flock
Windows Live Meddenger
Yahoo! Messenger
Reddiff Bol
Avant Browser
Bit Torrent
DAP 8 Premium
Ad Muncher
Incredimail XE Premium
System
Kaspersky 6.0
Zonealarm Pro
O&O Defrag Pro
O&O Clever Cache
Advanced System Optimizer
Lavasoft Adaware SE
Spybot S&D
WinRAR
eBook Pass Cracker
MSN Desktop search

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Here is one more who loves using DREAMWEAVER and VISUAL STUDIO..Can i know from when u have been using them as u bought it locally in some provision stores

well i didn't say that i use them , i said that i have used them .

i tried out trial version of dreamweaver and use visual studio express edition , and both look very good .

i use notepad++ instead of dreamweaver .

[Sykora]

Ratpoison
Opera
Vim
Konsole
mpc/ncmpc
irssi

That's about it.

[coolendra]

does any1 hav ne idea wat orbitron nd konsole do ??

[Pathik]

KONSOLE is like dos