Useful Software

[The Artist]

I have a lot of software on my pc but everything has its uses.
I am just making a list of stuff I have which I find useful which others may not know about.




Google Chrome - best browser. Simple yet customisable.

General

Ccleaner - cleans out unused files from your pc, makes it quicker if you haven't done it in a while.

CS fire monitor - system stats tool. I just have the CPU usage in the system tray which is quite useful to see when your pc is doing something it shouldn't.

(for XP) Tweak UI, little program that lets you change settings deep in the heart of XP.

Gmail notifier - fairly obvious what that does

Auto power on shut down - i can set it to turn my pc on at night or turn it off at certain times

Auto hot key - press a button and it will run a sequence of actions whether it be a pre recorded macro or opening files or clicking a button.

Speedfan - controls fan speed inside your pc

maxmem - little icon on your system tray, click it and it clears your ram as much as it can without affecting anything you are doing. Stops you needing to reboot when you feel your computer is getting slow.

Reg seeker - best registry cleaner out there

Unlocker - If windows won't let you move/copy/delete something, just run unlocker on it and all restrictions will be removed. Very useful.

Media

Daemon tools - best image mounting software

ac3 filter - sound program for adjusting sound levels.

mptrim - very useful program for trimming mp3's down. Highly recommended.

ffdshow codec pack - contains most codecs you will need.
vlc media player - combined with ffdshow you shouldn't need any other codecs ever.

OJOsoft total video converter - can convert any video type to any other type pretty much. All major types supported. Even avi-mp3 if you just want sound.

DVD shrink - rips dvd's
Slysoft Anydvd - removes copy protection
VSO Convertxtodvd - does exactly that, converts almost any type of video to DVD and burns it. Can even put menus on the disc!

Nirsoft video cache view - lets you view any videos you watched in your browser e.g. YouTube videos and you can just copy them to an easier place to access on your pc.

Protection

AVG
Malwarebytes
Superantispyware (best one imo)

Your Freedom - local proxy service. Allows me access to blocked websites if I am blocked.

MW snap 3 - screen shot program, you can pick where on the screen you want to snap. Quite useful.

cam studio - full screen capture software, very easy to use, just click where to record e.g. whole screen or partial then record. Saves as avi or swf files.

Desktop

Rainmeter - desktop widget software, quite good but can be heavy on ram and cpu
Rocketdock - completely customisable short cut bar (like you see on the bottom of mac screens) So useful!





I have loads more but they are things most people know

winamp
nero
meta trader 4 (forex trading platform)
msn
spotify
audacity
macromedia suite
office 2k3
quicktime
filezilla
foxit reader (pdf reader)
ultra iso
winrar
tor
firefox


add more to this thread if you know any decent programs people may find useful.

[el_oso]

would have to say trillian astra. much like msn but connects to all instant messaging and e-mail services including facebook and twitter. so much more useful than crappy msn or live! whatever its called now.

would also have to recommend 7zip over winrar as it is free and the if you ever do compressing 7zip can compress using the .7z algorithm which usually has better compression than .rar files. +64bit version is fully supported and multi platformed.
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[map]

FWIW I find the software at PortableApps quite handy.

Nice to fit onto a USB memory stick and have available when travelling or visiting friends.

Other software I've found useful, also usb memory stick runable, is SyncExp. File backup/sync, from PortableFreeware.

Mind you, I'm wary as some of the software gets flagged as virus/malware/etc. by various AV software. I think most of them are false positives but with some I don't take the risk (e.g. PeaZip is flagged, 7zip isn't, guess which I use).

HTH
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