What Software Is Your Must Have

**Money Fist** · 12-26-2003, 01:01 AM

im talkin about
when u first install an OS on ya system wot programs
do u have to install first off (no drivers here ok)
mine are

ZoneAlarm 4.x.x.x
WinRAR
WinACE (if rar is haven a prob with a file ACE normally works)
system mechanic 4
codecs
IrfanView (the greatest image handler)
peerguardian (update bad IPs right away)
MyIE2 (thanx to lamseys site i found this wicked Internet browser)
AVG anti virus (im getting rid of this one. unstable)
SoundForge (best audio editor)

that is my default i must have progs

i wanna know if u guys have a prog i havent alredy tested to
replace one of my existing progs on my list

**sparsely** · 12-26-2003, 01:10 AM

nav
winrar
alcohol
emule

then I just leave it alone for a while.

*edit* oh! EAC+lame

**Money Fist** · 12-26-2003, 01:22 AM

i had problems with lame
i will never touch it again

**SP1** · 12-26-2003, 01:32 AM

norton av [corp of course

]
zap [need it to keep them nasty ppl out]
spyware blaster
adaware
codecs
winrar/zip, 7zip [jus used this recently, is very cool]
alcohol/nero/daemon tools
winamp [most sexiest player, as im sure every1 knows]
stylexp/icon packager [to make my desktop look all prrdy]
games [like fifa, cs n wot not]

then all my other nik naks like the p2p proggies, diskeeper, photoshop, dreamweaver, ms office, goldwave n watever else i need.

pretty long list and im also planning to reformat seeing as me pc if full o junk n im too lazy to clear it up

**sparsely** · 12-26-2003, 01:48 AM

problems with the lame encoder?
never heard of that.

**SP1** · 12-26-2003, 01:53 AM

but lame is the best out there - yah yah

**sparsely** · 12-26-2003, 01:54 AM

precisely.

**gildan2020** · 12-26-2003, 08:45 PM

-norton antivirus
-alcohol 120% (like it very much compared with others that i've used)
-zone alarm (the world out there is too dangerous

)
-bittorrent, overnet, mirc, kazaa lite (well, there's no such thing as overdosed,is there?

)
-powerarchiver (i like to use .cab, greater compression than others...well almost all

)
-winamp (hardcore fan since the day i've mp3s :music1

-irfanview (i agree with u, fiber)
-k-lite codec pack (kinda complete to me)
-windows media 9 series (still waiting/looking for a replacement for this

)

as usual i've office, acrobat, some cool games and etc

gildan2020

**Skillian** · 12-26-2003, 09:08 PM

Most have been said but:

ZoomPlayer for watching movies and VideoLAN for incomplete files and .bins.

Photoshop for images

mp3DirectCut for splitting and merging mp3s without the hassle of something like Soundforge

GSpot for identifying codecs and properties of movies

VirtualDub for editing movies

Nero for burning