My Computer Broke

[Proper Bo]

Well folks, I finally got round to putting XP on my computer after getting so sick of ME *shudders* crashing every two minutes and finally breaking completely on Saturday (fortunately I'd backed up all 6gig of music). So, now i have a nice, clean, freshly formatted hard disc and this was the first programme I installed.(obviously)
I was wondering though, what other programmes are essential for me to get first? Anyone got any suggestions?

[vivitron 15]

havin just gone through the same thing myself (reinstall)

go for:

P magic
Norton AV/Firewall
Soulseek
winamp
WinZip
WinRAR
office
Paint Shop Pro
TMPEGENC/VDub

as a start....i made a long list before i formatted....my god, its long :(

[PcH]

Get the following:

Firewall
AntiVirus
Kazaa Lite (Duh!)

[Proper Bo]

Originally posted by PcH@26 May 2003 - 22:19
Get the following:

Firewall
AntiVirus
Kazaa Lite (Duh!)

which firewall and antivirus? and i already got k-lite, it was the first thing i put on! :D

[vivitron 15]

Id reccomend Norton AV and Firewall, they are good and link together well :)

[Proper Bo]

and *shhhhh* where can i get them from? ;) *shhhhh*

[clocker]

Make sure you keep your power supply up to snuff...
http://www.eastern.edu/welcome/tour/waterwheel-ice.jpg

[Proper Bo]

you just love finding random pictures don't you?

[clocker]

Random?

[imported_stg1123]

Make sure you keep your power supply up to snuff...
http://www.eastern.edu/welcome/tour/waterwheel-ice.jpg


Note: the spinning water wheel = Power Supply

[Proper Bo]

Yu think?!

[imported_stg1123]

Actually I think this post should have been moved to the Software world immediately but not to worry

[vivitron 15]

yeah, i give it one night to go off topic completely....best leave it ;)

[Manny Calavera]

These are my essentials

Regcleaner (freeware) + easycleaner (freeware) for cleaning the registry (also use tweak-xp registry cleaner if on xp) run them all for best results, but they don do it all so use regedit as well if you are brave

zonealarm (freeware) firewall
antivir (freeware) anti virus
ad aware (freeware) removing spyware
Xp antispy (freeware) stop microsoft taking over world
tvtool 6.5 tv out for nvidia cards

ZDELETE windows bleaching program like windows washer but better in my humble opinion it has a bin on the desktop, very useful

scrub-xp (freeware) button on taskbar to reset desktop and clear url history temp internet files etc like a panic button

if you are not purchasing the progs then i would suggest freeware because of the updates essential for antivirus and firewalls

File: ZDelete.zip
Length: 994008 Bytes,970KB
UUHash: =K/J0aBNPAaNJxZreoQQTbvihEtg=

File: RegCleaner.exe
Length: 553687 Bytes,540KB
UUHash: =NhiT/pSiAVietYnyp4OfEKfwHBQ=


File: EClea1_7.exe
Length: 1472713 Bytes,1438KB
UUHash: =+2//rg4yE198aLsHV9boJ4gjgSU=


ive tried everything to quicklink but it don work for me

[Somebody1234]

Get Norton Internet Security 2003. It is an antivirus and a firewall combined into one product.


and *shhhhh* where can i get them from?  *shhhhh*
If you don't know about the Verified Hashes section of Softwareworld... I would suggest you look around this discussion board and see all the areas.