New Comp New Software?

ok i jus bought my self a new desktop and am starting from scratch few quick questions and any replies would be greatly appreciated :D
1- antivirus- from pinned topic ive gathered that nod32 is prob best to get am i right? also which firewall shud i get and how do i set it up so as i can still download stuff through bittorrent kazaa etc.. is the windows xp firewall no good??
2-i got nero rom and easy cd creator with comp but im sure i read in topic somewhere not to use these two together is this true? if so is nero the better?
3- i also got norton internet security and norton gost with it r these any good to me??

cheers in advance im loving this forum ur all such a big help :D

anti-virus -- NOD32, AVG are good (norton sucks)
cd burning -- Nero is good (cd creator sucks)
internet security sucks
ghost is good
I don't use firewalls, I use Router and NAT (basically hardware that does the same job with no hassle), but I hear Kerio is good.
No matter what you do, always keep the XP firewall up.
It's not a full firewall. It more like blocks incoming attacks from crap like the blaster worm. Firewalls allow you to download still, but you have to configure them. for a router, you just have to forward ports. :D

I'm too tired to go into a full explaination. :lol:
Good Night. :P

-- Xero Grid --

add these essentials to mate

winrar

adware &spybot

deskeeper

codecs k-ite one http://filesharingtalk.com/download_db.php

you could probably do with regcleaner etc too if you like want to keep everything clean n tidy :)

And turn of services ,uninstall components you wont use to get back resources wasting.Theres a black viper site,i think its called will help you do that stuff.

http://www.blackviper.com/ Good info all over his site
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm Nice guide for tweaking
http://www.powerarchiver.com/ Work with almost any archive.
http://www.xpantispy.org/ Get rid of some built-in crud
http://webroot.com/wb/index.php Window Washer and SpySweeper
http://www.openoffice.org/ An alternative to Microsoft Office
http://trillian.cc/index.php Trillian Multi-IM client
http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla and Firefox Browsers
http://www.myie2.com/ MyIE2 browser
http://www.myie2.smsnet.pl/ MyIE2 Plug-ins
http://www.adobe.com/ Anything Adobe is great for art or multimedia
http://www.grisoft.com AVG anti-virus
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm RegSeeker for registry cleaning

For the software you need to pay for, you cna find them on P2P programs like BitTorrent.

BT Clients (just a couple)
http://pingpong-abc.sourceforge.net/index.html ABC
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ Azureus (supports plug-ins.
http://www.suprnova.org/ BT site. Great for software.

This is good for starters. :lol:

-- Xero Grid --

I would go to windows update as well get ALL your critical updates . I would becarefull with Driver updates from there tho. Speaking of updates probaby best to upgrade drivers from your hardware vender's site . They change so fast . Fixes bug's and such B)



RE burning software I would try both with Roxio's XP update they work fine together.
You DECIDE I ran both ,but I like nero.

AdMuncher
Mozilla Firefox or Opera
WinRAR
Trillian
Adobe Creative Suite
Macromedia Studio MX
Microsft Office
Ahead Nero or Alcohol 120%
Symantec Norton AntiVirus or NOD32
Sygate Personal Firewall or ZoneAlarm
Webroot SpySweeper or Ad-Aware or Spyboy S&D
Windows Updates
K-Lite Codec Pack
mIRC
BitTorrent
Winamp or VideoLAN
Daemon Tools
A good registry cleaner

And don't forget to download all the software above, and keep adding and adding till it says "free space -1.99 GB" :P
You only need :
Antivirus: Nod32/Antivir (NOT the FREE Version), avg sux ballz like hell (not imo, but according to many antivirus tests that antivirus comparason shits did).
Firewall/Router: Sygate for sure. ZA sux balls (makes internet connection slower)
Kazaa Lite/Shareaza :P
Ms Office or equvalent crap.
Winamp or equvalent player.
RealP/Qtime P alternatives.
Regseeker for reg cleaning.
Everything above is imo, so I might b wrong (not totally), but these are
the most essencial programs that a person with a functioning organ called "brain" SHOULD have, especially when connecting the wire/cable to the WWW.

LOL23 If using XP I point all my buds to this site

http://www.tweakxp.com/




PS Get an Avatar bud! :lol:

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Originally posted by peat moss@14 February 2004 - 09:17
LOL23 If using XP  I point all my  buds to this site

http://www.tweakxp.com/




PS Get an Avatar  bud!  :lol:

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<_< Right. SafeXP and regseeker have more tweaks than this site, because they never update the tweaks anymore. I Check frequently and I saw that they never updated their tweaks since summer. It is a great site anyway.

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LOL23 If using XP&nbsp; I point all my&nbsp; buds to this site

http://www.tweakxp.com/




PS Get an Avatar&nbsp; bud&#33;&nbsp; :lol:

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<_< Right. SafeXP and regseeker have more tweaks than this site, because they never update the tweaks anymore. I Check frequently and I saw that they never updated their tweaks since summer. It is a great site anyway. [/b][/quote]
Oh only 34 000 000 people have viewed this site lol. Sonic you know I never noticed funny eh. Oh well. You have me curious now I&#39;ll have to check your sites. TY

The site is good, but it just not updated that&#39;s all. www.Techconnect.ws new everything.

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Originally posted by supersonic@13 February 2004 - 20:09
The site is good, but it just not updated that&#39;s all. www.Techconnect.ws new everything.

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Sonic I see what you mean no winxp tweaks I could see.But I bookmarked it looks interesting i&#39;ll post link if you don&#39;t mind. thanks
http://www.techconnect.ws/

:)

Get:
NOD32 or AVG
Sygate or ZoneAlarm
BitTorrent / SoulSeek
OpenOffice
Winamp
VideoLAN
Firebird
and what everyone else has said. :)

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Originally posted by supersonic@13 February 2004 - 22:47
And don&#39;t forget to download all the software above, and keep adding and adding till it says "free space -1.99 GB"&nbsp; :P

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http://www.scorpioncity.com/images/c...store_size.png

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Originally posted by lol23@13 February 2004 - 04:45
ok i jus bought my self a new desktop and am starting from scratch few quick questions and any replies would be greatly appreciated :D
1- antivirus- from pinned topic ive gathered that nod32 is prob best to get am i right? also which firewall shud i get and how do i set it up so as i can still download stuff through bittorrent kazaa etc.. is the windows xp firewall no good??
2-i got nero rom and easy cd creator with comp but im sure i read in topic somewhere not to use these two together is this true? if so is nero the better?
3- i also got norton internet security and norton gost with it r these any good to me??

cheers in advance im loving this forum ur all such a big help :D

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For a lightweight small av, I recommend Norton Corporate Antivirus Client v8.1.1

The 8 version now works great with xp and it has realtime protection enabled by default.

A Norton av server is not required and the client can be installed on a standalone machine. You wont even know its there it uses hardly any resources.

And for a firewall I recommend a physical device...............a router. They are getting so cheap nowadays there is no excuse not to have one. It saves cpu power and the hassle of configuring a software firewall. Just set it and forget it. when you need ports open just go to the web-based admin console and tell it which ones you want open. Nearly all routers have a web based configuration page...........even the cheap ones.

Router&#33;&#33; Easiest way to go.

can&#39;t say I agree with Shn for an anti-virus though. Norton let me down looong ago. :lol: :lol:

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Its suprising the difference between Norton Corporate and Norton home av like Norton pro. i stop using the Norton pro av and other Norton crap long ago.

But its something about Corporate. I think corporate versions are lighter and better because companies and institutions use it. Symantec probably knows they cant bloat it like their other av because companies would not want it then. I got hip to corporate long ago when I seen my uni had it on all their computers. And some of the public boxes at my uni only have like 64 megs of ram so I figured if corp can run on 64 megs of ram then it cant go wrong with anything else. So I found a corp version and have been using it ever since. :smilie4:

You have a point as always, Shn. ;)

Still can&#39;t see myself using Symantec&#39;s software. :lol:

Oh well. My current proggies get the job done. To each, their own. Cheers. :D

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okey doke thanx to every1 for that :D :D :D
ok so far ive got nero 6, nod32 although it says its old version so have to update that&#33; i got my office suite i got videolan, iuse bittorrent n soulseek n sometimes emule for downloads (n very rarely kazaa lite). i got ad aware, windvd came wid comp?? i am buying a router fairly soon so i can network laptop n desktop anyway. i also got tempgenc n winrar. am i missing owt here then of major importance??
also i have clone dvd but i tried to copy a dvd i borrowed and it came up with error about it being copyrighted and wouldnt read it. is there any way around this in clone dvd or if not wot other software could i use??
thanx a lot for help ur all stars&#33;&#33;

I dunno, but I think u will need some adobe shit like A acrobat. Dont download it fi you dont use it anyway.