garbanzo
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because i am always interested in finding new software, here is a brief exercise in time-consuming, boredom-reducing nonsense to keep me busy at work. fill it out if you feel like it, maybe we can all find a great new must-have program!
vector/illustration: corel draw photo editing: photoshop painting: twisted brush other graphics: graphics gale 3d: anim8or, cbmodel pro image viewer: faststone maxview, irfan, xnview screen capture: snagit video playback: kmplayer, mplayer calssic dvd playback: powerdvd dvd ripping/encoding: dvd decrypter, dvd shrink, gordian knot video encoding/converting/editing: virtualdub, xilsoft video converter cd/dvd burning: nero, alcohol 120, magic iso, power iso audo playback: itunes, kmplayer cd ripping: itunes audio conversion: besweet browser: firefox communication: easy message, skype, google talk p2p: azureus, emule, limewire ftp: flashfxp shell tweaks/windows tools: jv16 powertools, tuneup utilities, tweak ui spyware: ad-aware, spybot sd, hijack this other: celestia - it's like google earth for the universe. open source. ipod access - like itunes in reverse, for taking music off of an ipod. absolute uninstaller - completely remove software including registry entries. advanced rar repair and diskinternals zip repair - for fixing corrupt archives. abbyy finereader - best ocr package around, even works with pdf files pdf viewer - foxit! and foxit editor and foxit creator. no acrobat on my machine. oh, and the best of the best - filter forge! |
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| Posted: January 31, 2008 5:44 am | ||||
StevieJ
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I use these freebies that work great.....which you can get at Download.com.....
1) CCleaner.....cleans up all the unnecessary crap on your computer.....and does an excellent registry repair without going overboard and deleting needed entries..... 2) Easy Cleaner.....cleans all the junk, deletes duplicated files, and has many other good tools for optimizing your system..... 3) FreeRAM XP Pro.....does a great job of optimizing RAM for better performance..... 4) AusLogics Disk Defrag.....great disk defrag that does it in a fraction of the time taken by your system defragmenter...... Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: January 31, 2008 8:59 am | ||||
Rawn (RawArt)
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Hi Steve
I was looking at programs like CCleaner, because I have so much old junk on this machine that it really would need cleaning, but I am always afraid I would delete teh wrong thing and break everything...got any tips on using this effectivly? Rawn |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 6:38 am | ||||
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StevieJ
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Hey Rawn.....
In the Cleaner.....just check everything in Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, and System.....don't check anything in Advanced (to be on the safe side).....and don't check anything in Applications (can remove other freebie apps that you may want). These settings will give you no problems at all..... The Registry Cleaner is perfectly safe to use......just scan for issues.....create a backup......and then delete all the issues found. I really like this program because it is the only program that I've found that doesn't "overdo" registry cleaning and delete things that you need..... Another good freebie program is "Auslogics Registry Defrag"....which is safe to use.....and does a good job of speeding things up on your system....... Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 11:21 am | ||||
CFandM
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   Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times! |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 2:46 pm | ||||
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StevieJ
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+2
  .....It's a love/hate kinda relationship.....love it when constructions go smoothly.....and hate it when I can't figure something out.....  LOL.....Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 2:55 pm | ||||
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Rawn (RawArt)
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Thanx....I have just installed it and lets see how it goes...If i am not back here for a while...well................ LOL
Rwn |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 4:22 pm | ||||
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StevieJ
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LMAO.....
If something happens....."I no speakie da anglaise"..... LOL....Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 4:43 pm | ||||
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Rawn (RawArt)
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ok...so far still here
Guess thats a good sign 
Thanx |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 6:46 pm | ||||
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StevieJ
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You're welcome..... "Easy Cleaner" is a good one too.....but Don't use its' registry tool.....
Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 9:46 pm | ||||
Carl
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Deep Paint is a nice free paint program I have a bit of fun with and the masks are handy
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| Posted: February 4, 2008 10:44 pm | ||||
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garbanzo
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hey Rawn, most good junk file cleaners give you the option to make a backup of the files it deletes. i know it sounds counterproductive, but you can just keep the backup for a week or two to make sure everything runs ok, or even throw it on a CD to save for a while. that said, i'm no certain CCleaner has that option. I use the cleaner in Tuneup Utilities which is a really handy tool (but not freeware). i also run the reg cleaner in Tuneup all the time, along with Registry Mechanic. never have any problems... |
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| Posted: February 5, 2008 8:45 am | ||||
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StevieJ
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+2 Very good for a freebie!!! Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 5, 2008 12:08 pm | ||||
| voldemort |
sadly I dont use most of that software
My copy of FF is on a virtual install on a thumb drive that I use on a mac and linux box --and FF is preaty much the only windows exclusive app I use nowadays I havnt tried the latest build of wine to run FF but it hasnt worked so far ---would be awesome If it did then I could scrap my windows's installs even if they are Virtual machines lets all whine for a wine port |
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| Posted: February 6, 2008 4:05 pm | ||||
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CFandM
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You could always try to manually install FF on wine...But there seems to be a whole lot of work involved to doing that..Let alone trying to find all the files needed to run FF..
I tried a couple of times with no success... 
Running it on Dreamlinux.. Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times! |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 11:37 am | ||||
Kraellin
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i HIGHLY recommend this one, WinPatrol! http://www.winpatrol.com/ . this one has saved me MANY hassles! it does a number of things, including the new keylogger detect, but it mainly detects when an install of another program or trojan or worm, etc., tries to put something into your startup routines. this one is a must have!
the only downside is that it detects ALL programs that try to put things in your startups and sometimes that's a small hassle. sometimes you do want to allow things into your startups, so having a window or multiple windows pop up while you're installing a new printer software or something like that can be a tiny hassle, but well worth saving your butt when something nasty tries to take over your machine! also, there is a free version. here are the differences between the free ver and the plus/pro version: http://www.winpatrol.com/whyplus.html?index If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 12:19 pm | ||||
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StevieJ
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Thanx Craig, that's a good one.....puts everything under one roof.....and can exit to aviod those hassles.....
 Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 2:38 pm | ||||
DownTheShore
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Audio conversion: dBpoweramp Music Converter
Audio ripping: Audiograbber Audio editor: Audacity CD/DVD Burner: Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 PDF Reader: Foxit Reader Neat Toys: Virtual Piano Media Player: Winamp, MPC Useful Bits & Pieces: Bookmark Wizard, MozBackup, WinTidy Documents: OpenOffice, Font Frenzy, FontPicker, CF Font Pro Security: SpywareBlaster, NOD32, PC Tools Firewall Plus, SuperAntiSpyware, Comodo BOClean, WinPatrol IE add-on: IE7Pro Graphics & Editing: GIMP, Photoscape, ArtRage 2, ArtWeaver, Deep Paint, Light Artist, Photofiltre Studio, Pixia, Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006 |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 4:53 pm | ||||
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Kraellin
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downtheshore, got a link for that virtual piano? i tried looking it up and got more than 10,000 hits on google.
If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 5:47 pm | ||||
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CFandM
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This virtual piano is pretty cool..
http://www.pablosoftwaresolutions.com...piano.html
No relation to me.. Stupid things happen to computers for stupid reasons at stupid times! |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 5:57 pm | ||||
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Kraellin
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cool. thanks, CF. looks like some other good stuff on that site.
If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: February 9, 2008 6:48 pm | ||||
Miavir
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Also, for making interesting Graphics, Knotsbag is very useful
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/hypatiasoft/In ancient Egypt, Cats used to be revered as Gods.
Cats have never forgotten this. And rightly so. |
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| Posted: February 11, 2008 12:05 pm | ||||
| jffe |
----That page tried to run something, I got a security warning pop-up. No idea what it was, just a heads up. 
jffe Filter Forger |
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| Posted: February 11, 2008 12:41 pm | ||||
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Kraellin
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i got the same popup.
If wishes were horses... there'd be a whole lot of horse crap to clean up!
Craig |
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| Posted: February 11, 2008 1:39 pm | ||||
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Carl
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| Posted: February 11, 2008 10:49 pm | ||||
| jffe |
----Now Carl, we kinda warned ya man. Maybe an FF team person ought to erase that link, it sounds like low level malware. Maybe that site is legit, but it's got something going on there right now that isn't good apparently. 
jffe Filter Forger |
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| Posted: February 12, 2008 12:06 am | ||||
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Carl
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I know I'm thick most of the time LOL but unfortunatly I did it before the warnings and came back to the thread to warn/querie about it not knowing what the hell it was or if it was bad |
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| Posted: February 12, 2008 1:17 am | ||||
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Miavir
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Oh, well, you see, thats why I browse with Java and javascript turned off, I regard them as security bugs In the case, I hadn't even noticed. Suffice it to say, you can see those pages without Java active.In ancient Egypt, Cats used to be revered as Gods.
Cats have never forgotten this. And rightly so. |
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| Posted: February 12, 2008 4:03 am | ||||
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Miavir
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As far as I can tell, its the gadget right near the bottom that lets you distort a picture with a parametric surface generated by an equation. Miavir In ancient Egypt, Cats used to be revered as Gods.
Cats have never forgotten this. And rightly so. |
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| Posted: February 12, 2008 5:07 am | ||||
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DownTheShore
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I thought that I had bookmarked the site, but I didn't. Luckily I managed to find it again. It's a tiny little program, and you just use your keyboard to play the sounds - a time waster, but it has 128 instruments/sounds and some adjustments.
Tiny Virtual Piano |
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| Posted: February 15, 2008 2:59 am | ||||
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