No More Piracy

Raaza · 11-08-2006, 09:43 AM

Atlast I've decided not to use any more pirated softwares, instead use free softwares,

I need the best and easy to use free softwares for the categories mentioned below such as:

1, Office suite
2, Antivirus and spyware
3, Download manager
4, Burning software
5, mail client like ms outlook
6, cd/dvd cataloguer
7, music and video organiser or cataloguer
8, editing softwares ie, video audio and image
9, converters of audio, video and image
10, file and folder protection
11, ............................ the list is not complete

also u can post here ur favourite free softwares

And last I'd like to know the price of WIN XP Professional

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No more keygens, cracks, patches, serials

thanking you

Sykora · 11-08-2006, 09:46 AM

1) Openoffice.org
2) AVG or Avast!
3) I don't know -- I don't use them. I use Opera's inbuilt manager.
4) No idea, again I use cdrecord and mkisofs on Linux
5) Thunderbird
6) Sorry again.
7) Amarok, but available only for linux. iTunes also works
8) Image editing - GIMP, Audio editing - Audacity

That's all I know, I'm more an Open Source kind of person.

tuxfan · 11-08-2006, 11:00 AM

3. Free Download Manager

8. Audacity, Virtualdub, GIMP

Have a look at http://www.theopencd.org/ and http://directory.fsf.org/

Ultimate Z Fighter · 11-08-2006, 11:06 AM

Go for Linux. Everything is free xD

Raaza · 11-08-2006, 11:13 AM

which app. for video to audio?

anandk · 11-08-2006, 12:07 PM

way to go raaza, congrats ! u may find these useful :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best..._utilities.htm
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/

Sykora · 11-08-2006, 12:11 PM

Ah, this is the one I was looking for :
http://121space.com/index.php?showtopic=886

Raaza · 11-08-2006, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anandk

way to go raaza, congrats ! u may find these useful :
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best..._utilities.htm
http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-freeware-utilities/

Nice collections.

thnx

mehulved · 11-08-2006, 12:19 PM

9) Media Coder.
Besides some great links have been mentioned before so you should have already checked those.

Raaza · 11-08-2006, 12:21 PM

hi,
no one repiled here the price of genuine WIN XP Professional,

How much rupees shuld I pay for this?

sakumar79 · 11-08-2006, 12:36 PM

WinXP Pro OEM comes to around 6k I think...

1, Office suite - OpenOffice.org
2, Antivirus and spyware - Avast+Adaware+Spybot SnD
3, Download manager - Star Downloader
4, Burning software - CD Burner XP Pro, DeepBurner, the software bundled with the drive
5, mail client like ms outlook - Eudora (sponsored mode and lite mode), Mozilla Thunderbird
6, cd/dvd cataloguer - no clue... but check out Digit CDs/DVDs... I think there were a few over the past year or so...
7, music and video organiser or cataloguer - see 6
8, editing softwares ie, video audio and image - Photofiltre and Gimp for images, Virtual Dub for videos, not sure for audios
9, converters of audio, video and image - dont remember now...
10, file and folder protection - NTFS partitioning itself gives good protection

Other software:
1. Crimson Editor and Edit Pad Lite are good Notepad replacements
2. Kerio Personal Firewall and Zonealarm are good Firewalls
3. Tune XP and X-teq Xsetup are good tweaking software
4. CCleaner is a good system maintenance tool
5. ZipGenius is a free compression software
6. Opera and Firefox are great browsers. If you prefer IE, go for Maxthon or Slimbrowser
7. K-Lite codec pack is very important for audios/videos.
8. Java RunTime, DirectX 9.0c, .NET Framework, etc should prob. get installed with your SP2+AutoPatcher group

Arun

Sykora · 11-08-2006, 12:51 PM

ZoneAlarm isn't freeware.

Raaza · 11-08-2006, 12:53 PM

10, file and folder protection - NTFS partitioning itself gives good protection

All of my partitions are NTFS

How Do I protect my files and folders ?

Pls give me clue.

mehulved · 11-08-2006, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sykora

ZoneAlarm isn't freeware.

Zone Alarm has a free firewall too besides the paid one. It is pretty good if you have no clue on how to configure firewalls.

Sykora · 11-08-2006, 02:03 PM

I guess I didn't notice. I just paid up.

it_waaznt_me · 12-08-2006, 07:17 PM

Welcome to the freeware world Raaza .. First have a look at this extensive list by Swatkat ..
Some of my freeware recommendation :
7Zip
IrfanView
Free Download Manager
Spyware Blaster
Maxthon
Foobar
Notepad++
VlcPlayer
Foxit Reader
NeoTheme
Jetico firewall

I use all of these software and thats why I am recommending those ..

rajesh · 12-08-2006, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raaza

hi,
no one repiled here the price of genuine WIN XP Professional,

How much rupees shuld I pay for this?

Depends. complete version is about 10 k i think. only a upgrade is a bit cheaper.

sakumar79 · 12-08-2006, 09:49 PM

@Raaza, if your file system is NTFS, you can use Windows' Security and Sharing settings to protect your files. Security affects how you want others who use the computer to be able to access your files or not. Sharing affects this for those who want to access files over a local area network (in an office, etc). Right-click on a folder and select Properties. Go to Security tab and create rules for allowing/disallowing people from accessing your files. Only those with administrative privilidges will be able to overrule security settings of other users...

Note: Deny overrides Allow commands, so dont be applying a Deny to Everyone - it will override an Allow to you... instead, list out other users and deny them permission...

Arun

Garbage · 13-08-2006, 12:00 AM

why u don't use Trial Versions of Paid softwares?

I use them for trial period & then again re-install them. lol

sakumar79 · 13-08-2006, 07:06 AM

@shirish_nagar: Doing that is equivalent to piracy. The trial versions are to be run for 30-days only (typically). The license agreement that you agree in the installation process indicates that if you wish to use the product for more than 30 days, you have to purchase the software. Therefore, you are breaking the license agreement by using it for more than 30 days without paying them. That means you are pirating the software.

Arun

QwertyManiac · 13-08-2006, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shirish_nagar

why u don't use Trial Versions of Paid softwares?

I use them for trial period & then again re-install them. lol

Some have more limitations that just the time frame, like Data Recovery trials for example.

Raaza · 13-08-2006, 10:28 AM

hi guys,
many thnx for the help and keep replying.

I badly need a free "video to audio converter" like "imtoo video audio converter"

Any Idea?

mehulved · 13-08-2006, 10:35 AM

Try MediaCoder. Get it from http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

Raaza · 13-08-2006, 11:03 AM

hi guys,

I had replaced "internet download manager 5.03" with the following D/Ms

1. Free Download manager
2. Flashget
3. Leechget

But with above 3 free D/Ms having problems when try to integrate into Opera.

Those were not as easy and userfriendly as IDM.

The Integration attempt was in failure even after some tries,

Hence I had to reinstall IDM trial version for 30 days.

I should reinstall windows again to reinstall IDM after its trial period if not so IDM will not work, needless to say that no one likes this procedure again and again.

so I admit that the problem might be with me that not having experience of free d/ms integration into opera.

Hence If anyone give me any clue on how to integrate those free d/ms into opera or firefox successfully, I'll be very thankful to you people.

thanking you