everything light needed....

[ssk_the_gr8]

guys
i have an old p-II 266 mhz pc with 128 mb ram & windows me
could u'll plz suggest me extremely light free software...
i use it mainly as a jukebox
winamp & all other software take a really long time to open up
i need an audio player which has a media library & instant search feature
i only have mp3's so it does not need to support many formats
is media monkey light enough or suggest any other
also
a video player
word processor(is abi word light enough)
and all other essential softwares

thanx for any help ! :D

[Vishal Gupta]

Media Player : Winamp older versions
Video Player : Media Player Classic or VLC player
Word processor : yes, Abi Word is quite good
Anti-virus : AVG
Anti-spyware : Spybot S&D and Lavasoft Ad-aware SE
Firewall : Zone Alarm

[sakumar79]

You have installed Windows ME on that computer? Would it not have been better to go for Win 98 SE? IMHO, doing that would by itself improve the speed of performance...

PS: Vishal, in this months digit, saw that "Beat the Caption" winner for last time was named Vishal Gupta - that you? If so, congrats....

Arun

[Lucky_star]

Try freeware: Billy (http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy)
Its a very very lightweight media player. It itself is less than 1 MB and while running it uses less than 3 MB Ram. It uses system decoders for playing media files.

[*GandaBerunda*]

don't go 4 zonealarm. although it is a very good firewall (i am using zonelarm), it consumes a lot of memory (30-60 mbs).

[koolbluez]

Audio Player : FooBar (http://www.foobar2000.org/)... lighter & supports most (suppose u get a new audio format tomorrow...)
Video Player : Media Player Classic (better install K-Lite Codec Pack (http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm) which includes Media Player Classic & installs most necessary codecs) or GOM Player (http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html) or even the KMPlayer (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/KMPlayer.shtml)... all play most of the formats
Office work: Abi Word (http://www.abisource.com/) as Word replacement.. GNumeric (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/) as Excel replacement.. OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org/) for MS Office replacement... but I was never able to stray away from MS Office :D
Anti-virus : AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1)/Avast (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html) (AVG's lighter I suppose)
Anti-spyware : Ad-aware SE Personal (http://www.lavasoft.de/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php), Spybot S&D (http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html) (not needed though... if u don't install any crap)
Firewall : COMODO (http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/)
Image Editor : Photofiltre (http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm) (I always found Paint.net & Gimp system-heavy)

To top it.... all r free....

Comparison of media players (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_media_players)

[ssk_the_gr8]

right now testing billy & foobar 2000 & older versions of winamp
i will also test the other programs & tell u'll soon
if u'll have any other suggestions then plz...suggest
thanx

[ssk_the_gr8]

hey i have an amd athlon 64 3500+ dude...
thats my sisters jukebox :D

foobar does not have a search function...does winamp 2.95 or 3 have this

[koolbluez]

:evil: gave ur sis a sissy computer & njoin a good one... kya hoga insaniyath ka.......

[ssk_the_gr8]

hey she needs only music & word processin...i need to play my games :D

hey the search function .....

[koolbluez]

if its 4 ur sis.. i'ld suggest go for MS Word itself.. easier to comprehend... & more compatible formats.. most of her friends too can use the files. I got some printing layout probs with OpenOffice & AbiWord...

[ssk_the_gr8]

hey older winamps foobar etc none have the media library function& search function i need that as i have nearly 5 gb of mp3's :D

Try freeware: Billy (http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy)
Its a very very lightweight media player. It itself is less than 1 MB and while running it uses less than 3 MB Ram. It uses system decoders for playing media files.


hey thnx man gr8 software .
where did u find it.....amazingly light it also has a search function but..... it does not read id 3 tags......so could u plz suggest one which reads id 3 tags

ps:why is there no thanx or rep button ..:D gr8 software really light thank u

[Lucky_star]

^^^Thanx,
Nope, billy doesn't read ID3 tags. the author wants to keep the player as light as possible. I will search for one which has tag support too. Install Klite codec pack and with it, it can play any audio format.
Check the shortcuts of billy for faster operation...:)

[ssk_the_gr8]

there's a small problem with billy...its not being devloped anymore :(
try this program dekibulle.free.fr

[Goten]

I had one of the same configs n still own it(Bought it in 1997)

Winamp 2.91 Lite
Media Player Classic 6 With Codecs What U Use.
Abi Word Is Good.
AVG Antivirus.

Wat else do u need....Give us more details.

P.S - Shift to Win98 SE as soon as possible.

[ssk_the_gr8]

all the essentials like
fire wall,antispyware ,bit torrent(it is utorrent most probably),download manager,
etc.im,archiver etc

[casanova]

For sound use Billy but remember it wont give that good sound quality and VLC for video which is light but rich in format compatibility

[ssk_the_gr8]

For sound use Billy but remember it wont give that good sound quality and VLC for video which is light but rich in format compatibility

hey its sound quality is good enough

& guyz could u'll plz suggest a disk defragger which works on windows me.
i tried contig,jk defrag both do not wor...so plz ..