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SecretMethod70 · 04-19-2003, 05:27 AM

This (among the two other variations of it for different major OS's) was one of my favorite threads on TFP 3.

List your favorite suggestions for Windows downloads here and briefly explain why.

To start, I recommend <a href="http://www.jdennis.net/">DeadAIM</a> to add onto the AIM client. You'll get transparency, logging, tabbed windows, plus more.

If you use more than one chat protocol, I recommend <a href="http://gaim.sf.net">Gaim</a> It's open source, the first IM client to have tabbed IM Windows, you'll also get transparency with it, and Trillian uses some of the code from this project.

For word processing I recommend <a href="http://www.abiword.org/">abiword</a>, my personal favorite word processing program.

And, lastly, for browsing I recommend Mozilla or Firefox - both can be found at www.mozilla.org

Motry Latchman · 04-19-2003, 06:01 AM

Everytime I re-install windows (and it's been a lot over the years) I have a list of must-installs. Some of my first ones to get loaded on: TweakIU, WinRAR, PowerDVD, Tmpgenc, DVD2SVCD, Dekart Private Disk Light, Kazaa Light, Limewire, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Panicware Pop-Up Stopper. These days I keep a CD-RW just for this purpose and update it as required. My favorite out of all of the above is Kazaa Light.

sixate · 04-19-2003, 06:15 AM

For picture downloading purposes get EZPics.

I love Zone Alarm. I wouldn't buy it. If you use Kazaa then you know how to get it for free.

sixate · 04-19-2003, 06:16 AM

I almost forgot about Trillian.

darkure · 04-19-2003, 07:01 AM

I would have to recommend Open Office.Org. It has all the functionality of MS Office but without being made by Microsoft. So there is no registration to deal with let alone nasty registration bugs (link goes to story at The Register).

Also I like AVG Anti-virus for my anti-virus needs. It is free for personal use and you don't have to pay for updates or new virus definitions like you now have to do with Norton.

Nad Adam · 04-19-2003, 07:12 AM

For filesharing nothing beats dc++ if you have a lot (+50GB) to share. http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

Mad_Gecko · 04-19-2003, 08:12 AM

If your looking for Firewall Software for free - kerio.com has some (Only for personal use).

Haven't used it yet but have it ready. I'm still a corp. Mofo and stuck with McaFee (yes I paid $$'s, slaps forehead)

rock_bottom · 04-19-2003, 08:16 AM

For general file sharing, <a href="http://www.kazaalite.tk/">Kazaa Lite</a> is the way to go.
For text editting, I say <a href="http://www.textpad.com/">TextPad</a>. It's what I like: tons of useful features for power-users, but uses little memory and is very responsive.
And who could forget the best IRC program ever, <a href="http://www.mirc.co.uk">mIRC</a>.

Zello · 04-19-2003, 08:25 AM

I personally like Emule over Kazaa Lite.

Emule I like better for large files. While Kazaa Lite is great for getting smaller files quick.

For music I like to use MusicMatch, it also has an online radio built in.

sixate · 04-19-2003, 08:28 AM

I use MusicMatch Jukebox to listen to my MP3's and rip them. It's a great program. If you use Kazaa, get it there and search for version 7.2 plus.

Get DIVX.

Don't forget SpyBot.

ccvirginia · 04-19-2003, 08:35 AM

First thing I do after a fresh OS install is install winamp. The old winamp, the new one sucks.

Motry's list looks just like mine.
I hate unneccesary processes running in the background so I'm usually pretty tight when it comes to the amount of software I load on my system.

b1m2x3 · 04-19-2003, 09:41 AM

pop-up stopper professional is THE BEST popup stopper i have ever used. it is so full of features. makes browsing so much easier.

http://www.panicware.com/process_dow...PSPROFESSIONAL

bundy · 04-19-2003, 09:50 AM

mozilla
zone alarm
ad-aware
spybot
kazaa lite

manalone · 04-19-2003, 11:18 AM

Putty Telnet
VIM
Winamp (I like V3)
Irfanview - great pic viewer

and loads more

Johnny Rotten · 04-19-2003, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bundy
mozilla
zone alarm
ad-aware
spybot

Same here, plus:

YahooPOPs
Motherboard Monitor
Proxomitron
TrojanHunter
WinRAR
Trillian

fracturedmind · 04-19-2003, 11:29 AM

Quote:

For filesharing nothing beats dc++ if you have a lot (+50GB) to share. http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/

I second that!

spectre · 04-19-2003, 12:12 PM

JR Splitfile - splits files into smaller sizes and creates a batchfile that you use to recombine those peices into the original

X-Setup - great little tweaking tool.

mIRC - great chat program.

zizdog69 · 04-19-2003, 12:51 PM

I like the X-Setup program <b>spectre</b>. It will definatly take a lot of time to master. I usually use TweakUI.

Macheath · 04-19-2003, 01:01 PM

After facing the prospect of giving up my Mac, I have just bought a PC. In the last seven days, I have downloaded:

Ad-aware, SpyBot, Mozilla, Trillian, Winamp, ZipCentral (free .zip utility), Kazaa Lite, Audacity (sound editing), TagScanner (ID3 editing), FreeRIP (ripping), DivX, Roxio DirectCD (packet write), and Folding@home.

I've managed to avoid spending money on software but I do miss iTunes.

I will also be investigating some of the programs listed here and squirreling it all away on a CD-RW for a rainy day.

Thanks for the info everybody.

Mad_Gecko · 04-19-2003, 02:33 PM

Sixate Thanks for Spybot

Damn, All my tests said I was cleen like Mr. Sheen...

Anyone got anything else. ( I am Marvin the Robot - check Hitchhikers Guide...)

Mad_Gecko · 04-19-2003, 02:35 PM

Paranoid and Manic Depressive!!!

SecretMethod70 · 04-19-2003, 02:39 PM

Oh yeah! how could I forget eMule - thanks to those who mentioned it. I'd also like to add <a href="http://www.xchat.org">XChat</a> - my personal favorite IRC program. Version 2.0 has blown me away

sngx1275 · 04-19-2003, 03:12 PM

Irfanview - Simply the best image viewer ever, I see absolutely no reason why anyone would use anything but irfanview for image viewing and simple stuff like resizing. Opens Everything and fits on a floppy disk.

meanSpleen · 04-19-2003, 03:38 PM

I've seen almost all the Essentials. And most of the "Wants". Here goes:

Flashget - Download Manager/Accelerator - Most efficient and powerful download helper I've used. Reuses connections and speeds downloads - http://www.flashget.com

Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird - THE BEST - http://www.mozilla.org

ToiletDuck · 04-19-2003, 03:43 PM

This is the last thing i download and run when my box is all set the way i want it. MBSA

Grondar · 04-19-2003, 10:03 PM

Lots of good programs here.

To add a few that aren't yet listed:

CacheMan - Memory management program that I use once, save, and never again.

NBGCleanR - Registry cleaner that works and doesn't mess up your PC. You will be amazed at all the "junk" left behind and deleted by this.

ATM - Shows % of processor being used, and what programs are using it.

WinHTTrack Website Copier - Download entire websites for offline viewing. Very nice.

TrayPlay - Simple, but effective CD player for Windows. No frills, low resource.

Advanced MP3 Home Studio - Program I use to rip CDs to MP3 form.

EditPad Lite - Notepad, enhanced and with tabbed windows. Nice for text and HTML creation.

And lastly...

ESPN BottomLine - Great for sports fans that want news and updated scores without having to view a website. A sports ticker that sits above your taskbar and shows scores and news categorized by sport.

cub4life78 · 04-20-2003, 12:24 AM

Thanks Grondar on the heads up for that bottom line by espn. I like POW on analogx.com for blocking pop ups. I like winamp (old version), and newsbinpro.

a_divine_martyr · 04-20-2003, 12:59 AM

WinAMP is about all on my "need-to-install list".

OH! Another thing is I *need* some things from <a href="http://www.shadowness.com">Shadowness</a>

phaulb · 04-20-2003, 06:28 AM

adaware
kazaalite
piolet i can generally find any stuff on there that i cant find on kazaa
avg , excellent anti virus software and its free

jets · 04-20-2003, 07:41 AM

Ps Tray Factory, great because sometimes I kill explorer and this guy will restore all those funky tray icons. It's annoying when they aren't there! Does other stuff too.

Watchcat, this is just the best. Does ALOT of neat stuff.

Grabit, favorite news binary grabber.

WinMX, Favourite mp3 grabber.

04-19-2003, 05:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Learning Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	Top Windows Downloads This (among the two other variations of it for different major OS's) was one of my favorite threads on TFP 3. List your favorite suggestions for Windows downloads here and briefly explain why. To start, I recommend <a href="http://www.jdennis.net/">DeadAIM</a> to add onto the AIM client. You'll get transparency, logging, tabbed windows, plus more. If you use more than one chat protocol, I recommend <a href="http://gaim.sf.net">Gaim</a> It's open source, the first IM client to have tabbed IM Windows, you'll also get transparency with it, and Trillian uses some of the code from this project. For word processing I recommend <a href="http://www.abiword.org/">abiword</a>, my personal favorite word processing program. And, lastly, for browsing I recommend Mozilla or Firefox - both can be found at www.mozilla.org __________________ Watch as the internet implodes!: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/found-n...-implodes.html Last edited by SecretMethod70; 02-27-2004 at 01:48 PM.

04-19-2003, 06:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
Motry Latchman Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: to the right of the Coral Sea	Everytime I re-install windows (and it's been a lot over the years) I have a list of must-installs. Some of my first ones to get loaded on: TweakIU, WinRAR, PowerDVD, Tmpgenc, DVD2SVCD, Dekart Private Disk Light, Kazaa Light, Limewire, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Panicware Pop-Up Stopper. These days I keep a CD-RW just for this purpose and update it as required. My favorite out of all of the above is Kazaa Light. __________________ I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it. Groucho Marx

04-19-2003, 07:01 AM	#5 (permalink)
darkure Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Dodging the ice pick	I would have to recommend Open Office.Org. It has all the functionality of MS Office but without being made by Microsoft. So there is no registration to deal with let alone nasty registration bugs (link goes to story at The Register). Also I like AVG Anti-virus for my anti-virus needs. It is free for personal use and you don't have to pay for updates or new virus definitions like you now have to do with Norton. Last edited by darkure; 04-19-2003 at 08:21 AM.

04-19-2003, 07:12 AM	#6 (permalink)
Nad Adam Psycho Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sweden	For filesharing nothing beats dc++ if you have a lot (+50GB) to share. http://dcplusplus.sourceforge.net/ __________________ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. - Psalms 137:9

04-19-2003, 08:12 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mad_Gecko Pro Libertate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: City Gecko	If your looking for Firewall Software for free - kerio.com has some (Only for personal use). Haven't used it yet but have it ready. I'm still a corp. Mofo and stuck with McaFee (yes I paid $$'s, slaps forehead) __________________ [color=bright blue]W[/color]e Stick To Glass "If three of us travel together, I shall find two teachers." Confucious Last edited by Mad_Gecko; 04-23-2003 at 11:56 AM.

04-19-2003, 06:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
sixate .::. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere in Ohio	For picture downloading purposes get EZPics. I love Zone Alarm. I wouldn't buy it. If you use Kazaa then you know how to get it for free.

04-19-2003, 06:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
sixate .::. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere in Ohio	I almost forgot about Trillian.

04-19-2003, 08:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
rock_bottom Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indiana	For general file sharing, <a href="http://www.kazaalite.tk/">Kazaa Lite</a> is the way to go. For text editting, I say <a href="http://www.textpad.com/">TextPad</a>. It's what I like: tons of useful features for power-users, but uses little memory and is very responsive. And who could forget the best IRC program ever, <a href="http://www.mirc.co.uk">mIRC</a>. Last edited by rock_bottom; 04-19-2003 at 08:18 AM.

04-19-2003, 08:25 AM	#9 (permalink)
Zello Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Vincennes, IN	I personally like Emule over Kazaa Lite. Emule I like better for large files. While Kazaa Lite is great for getting smaller files quick. For music I like to use MusicMatch, it also has an online radio built in.

04-19-2003, 08:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
sixate .::. Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere in Ohio	I use MusicMatch Jukebox to listen to my MP3's and rip them. It's a great program. If you use Kazaa, get it there and search for version 7.2 plus. Get DIVX. Don't forget SpyBot. __________________ Drug free Atheist for life

04-19-2003, 08:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
ccvirginia Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003	First thing I do after a fresh OS install is install winamp. The old winamp, the new one sucks. Motry's list looks just like mine. I hate unneccesary processes running in the background so I'm usually pretty tight when it comes to the amount of software I load on my system.

04-19-2003, 09:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
b1m2x3 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003	pop-up stopper professional is THE BEST popup stopper i have ever used. it is so full of features. makes browsing so much easier. http://www.panicware.com/process_dow...PSPROFESSIONAL

04-19-2003, 09:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
bundy . Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Tokyo	mozilla zone alarm ad-aware spybot kazaa lite __________________ Ohayo!!!

04-19-2003, 11:18 AM	#14 (permalink)
manalone Once upon a time... Join Date: Apr 2003	Putty Telnet VIM Winamp (I like V3) Irfanview - great pic viewer and loads more __________________ -- Man Alone ======= Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

04-19-2003, 12:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
spectre Headbanger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	JR Splitfile - splits files into smaller sizes and creates a batchfile that you use to recombine those peices into the original X-Setup - great little tweaking tool. mIRC - great chat program. __________________ "Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand." ~ Metallica

04-19-2003, 12:51 PM	#18 (permalink)
zizdog69 Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Arizona	I like the X-Setup program <b>spectre</b>. It will definatly take a lot of time to master. I usually use TweakUI. __________________ "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space

04-19-2003, 01:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
Macheath Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	After facing the prospect of giving up my Mac, I have just bought a PC. In the last seven days, I have downloaded: Ad-aware, SpyBot, Mozilla, Trillian, Winamp, ZipCentral (free .zip utility), Kazaa Lite, Audacity (sound editing), TagScanner (ID3 editing), FreeRIP (ripping), DivX, Roxio DirectCD (packet write), and Folding@home. I've managed to avoid spending money on software but I do miss iTunes. I will also be investigating some of the programs listed here and squirreling it all away on a CD-RW for a rainy day. Thanks for the info everybody.

04-19-2003, 02:33 PM	#20 (permalink)
Mad_Gecko Pro Libertate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: City Gecko	Sixate Thanks for Spybot Damn, All my tests said I was cleen like Mr. Sheen... Anyone got anything else. ( I am Marvin the Robot - check Hitchhikers Guide...) __________________ [color=bright blue]W[/color]e Stick To Glass "If three of us travel together, I shall find two teachers." Confucious

04-19-2003, 02:35 PM	#21 (permalink)
Mad_Gecko Pro Libertate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: City Gecko	Paranoid and Manic Depressive!!! __________________ [color=bright blue]W[/color]e Stick To Glass "If three of us travel together, I shall find two teachers." Confucious

04-19-2003, 02:39 PM	#22 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Learning Administrator Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	Oh yeah! how could I forget eMule - thanks to those who mentioned it. I'd also like to add <a href="http://www.xchat.org">XChat</a> - my personal favorite IRC program. Version 2.0 has blown me away __________________ Watch as the internet implodes!: http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/found-n...-implodes.html

04-19-2003, 03:12 PM	#23 (permalink)
sngx1275 Loser Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central Missouri	Irfanview - Simply the best image viewer ever, I see absolutely no reason why anyone would use anything but irfanview for image viewing and simple stuff like resizing. Opens Everything and fits on a floppy disk.

04-19-2003, 03:38 PM	#24 (permalink)
meanSpleen Squid hat! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A Few Miles Away From Halx	I've seen almost all the Essentials. And most of the "Wants". Here goes: Flashget - Download Manager/Accelerator - Most efficient and powerful download helper I've used. Reuses connections and speeds downloads - http://www.flashget.com Mozilla/Phoenix/Firebird - THE BEST - http://www.mozilla.org __________________ Like TFP? Donate To Keep It Alive!!

04-19-2003, 03:43 PM	#25 (permalink)
ToiletDuck Insane Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: In beautiful (YOUR AREA)	This is the last thing i download and run when my box is all set the way i want it. MBSA

04-19-2003, 10:03 PM	#26 (permalink)
Grondar Junkie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pa, USA	Lots of good programs here. To add a few that aren't yet listed: CacheMan - Memory management program that I use once, save, and never again. NBGCleanR - Registry cleaner that works and doesn't mess up your PC. You will be amazed at all the "junk" left behind and deleted by this. ATM - Shows % of processor being used, and what programs are using it. WinHTTrack Website Copier - Download entire websites for offline viewing. Very nice. TrayPlay - Simple, but effective CD player for Windows. No frills, low resource. Advanced MP3 Home Studio - Program I use to rip CDs to MP3 form. EditPad Lite - Notepad, enhanced and with tabbed windows. Nice for text and HTML creation. And lastly... ESPN BottomLine - Great for sports fans that want news and updated scores without having to view a website. A sports ticker that sits above your taskbar and shows scores and news categorized by sport. __________________ "Yes, I rather like this God fellow. He's very theatrical, you know, a pestilence here, a plague there. Omnipotence. Gotta get me some of that." -Stewie

04-20-2003, 12:24 AM	#27 (permalink)
cub4life78 Insane Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Kansas	Thanks Grondar on the heads up for that bottom line by espn. I like POW on analogx.com for blocking pop ups. I like winamp (old version), and newsbinpro.

04-20-2003, 12:59 AM	#28 (permalink)
a_divine_martyr Insane Join Date: Apr 2003	WinAMP is about all on my "need-to-install list". OH! Another thing is I need some things from <a href="http://www.shadowness.com">Shadowness</a> __________________ Censorship and thought control can only exist in secrecy and darkness...

04-20-2003, 06:28 AM	#29 (permalink)
phaulb Rookie Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: glasgow scotland	adaware kazaalite piolet i can generally find any stuff on there that i cant find on kazaa avg , excellent anti virus software and its free __________________ always have a plan b

04-20-2003, 07:41 AM	#30 (permalink)
jets Insane Join Date: Apr 2003	Ps Tray Factory, great because sometimes I kill explorer and this guy will restore all those funky tray icons. It's annoying when they aren't there! Does other stuff too. Watchcat, this is just the best. Does ALOT of neat stuff. Grabit, favorite news binary grabber. WinMX, Favourite mp3 grabber. __________________ Hey. Wasn't Me.