New Comp New Software?

[lol23]

ok i jus bought my self a new desktop and am starting from scratch few quick questions and any replies would be greatly appreciated
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

[Xero Grid]

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.

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

-- Xero Grid --

[ck-uk]

add these essentials to mate

winrar

adware &spybot

deskeeper

codecs k-ite one https://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.

[Xero Grid]

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.

-- Xero Grid --

[peat moss]

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.

[j4y3m]

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

[supersonic]

And don't forget to download all the software above, and keep adding and adding till it says "free space -1.99 GB"
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
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.

[peat moss]

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

http://www.tweakxp.com/




PS Get an Avatar bud!

[supersonic]

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! 

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.

[peat moss]

Originally posted by supersonic+13 February 2004 - 19:52--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (supersonic &#064; 13 February 2004 - 19:52)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peat moss@14 February 2004 - 09:17
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;

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