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    Which software do you use?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by zaheer12a, Jan 1, 2009.

  1. zaheer12a

    zaheer12a Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't mean everything you have installed on your computer but the most important stuff.

    I use:

    • Firefox
    • Avira Antivir
    • Windows Media Player
    • iTunes
    • Windows Live Messenger
    • uTorrent
    • LimeWire
    • Photoshop CS3
    • Vegas Movie Studio Platinum
    • Audacity
    • Videora iPod Converter
    • CCleaner
    • Smart Defrag
    • Ad-Aware
    • Spybot
    • Mz Vista Force
    • HD Tune
    • Revo Uninstaller
    • Microsoft Office 2007
     
  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    µTorrent
    7-Zip 4.63
    Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX
    Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin
    AIMP2
    AOL Instant Messenger
    Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus
    CCleaner (remove only)
    Conexant HD Audio
    DeadAIM
    Dropbox
    ESU for Microsoft Vista
    Foxit Reader
    Glary Utilities 2.9.0.518
    Google Chrome
    GTK+ Runtime 2.12.12 rev a (remove only)
    HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
    Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator Driver
    Java(TM) 6 Update 11
    Java(TM) 6 Update 7
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 6
    Launchy 2.1.2
    LogonStudio Vista
    Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
    Marvell Miniport Driver
    Microsoft Silverlight
    Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
    Mozilla Firefox (3.0.5)
    MSCU for Microsoft Vista
    MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB936181)
    MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB941833)
    MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430)
    ooVoo
    OpenOffice.org 3.0
    Opera 9.63
    Pidgin
    Rainmeter (remove only)
    Revo Uninstaller 1.75
    RocketDock 1.3.5
    SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition
    Switcher 2.0.0
    The KMPlayer (remove only)
    Touch Pad Driver
    WebcamMax
    Winamp
     
  3. AKAJohnDoe

    AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's

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    All listed HERE
     
  4. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    Google Chrome
    HWMonitor
    ObjectDock
    Roxio Easy Media Creator 9
    Windows Live Messenger
    NIS 2009
    TuneUp Utilities 2009
    RivaTuner
     
  5. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    This is nice..this thread kind of reminds me of this thread posted here not too long ago ;) :)

    What's YOUR top 10 software titles to install!
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=312982

    From the above thread:
    • FF3
    • CCleaner
    • Avira AV
    • Revo Uninstaller
    • WLM
    • Yahoo
    • Rocketdock
    • Foxit Reader
    • Gadwin
    • WMP
    and, SuperANTISPYWARE; Meebo; Office 07 :D

    Cin ;) :)
     
  6. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    FF3 (w/Google Redesigned, DownloadStatusBar, Stylish, and Ubiquity)
    Trillian Astra
    BumpTop Beta
    Winamp
    Songbird
    uTorrent
    Office '07
    Norton Internet Security 2009
    TuneUp Utilities 2009
    Adobe AIR powered - Dorame (Pandora Radio)
     
  7. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Can I see a screenshot of your FF. :)
    I want to see how you made it look.
     
  8. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Sure.

    I strongly encourage everyone to try out Ubiquity. Even though it is in beta, it is amazing in terms of its abilities. The transparent black panel you see with all the wiki entries about BART is part of Ubiquity.

    DownloadStatusBar is at the bottom, where you see the popup about the download stats.

    Finally, the all black theme is called the "Vista theme (all black) with black tabbar" taken from userstyles.org, as a file for the Stylish plugin. Works very nicely for me.

    Also, Google Redesigned, but I would rather not show my email XD.... you can install it to see how it looks ;)
    [​IMG]

    Oh, I forgot to mention, I also use GreaseMonkey, solely to use this script I found to put a tiny count on the favicon of unread messages for my GMail (if you look at the red envelope, called the 'favicon', you'll see a number in the lower right corner. That's the script.)
     
  9. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lifehacker reader ;)
    I don't see the point of favicon though, because when you have some unread messages the tab will say the number of unread in parentheses.
     
  10. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    hehe, yeah I have just recently gotten back into the groove of using Google Reader to keep track of all the news websites. Until recently I have been too busy with school / finals to stay on top of news. XD
     
  11. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    • VLC Mediaplayer 0.9.8a / Media Player Classic 6.4.9.1
    • MSN Live Messenger
    • uTorrent 1.8.1
    • MagicISO
    • Daemon Tools Lite 4.11.2
    • Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5
    • Auslogic Disk Defrag
    • Right Mark CPU Clock Utility 2.35
    • HD Tune Pro 3.10
    • Winrar 3.80
    • ConvertXtoDVD

    That's everything i have (and only need) installed :) Enough to burn any CD/DVD i want, monitor temps, undervolt cpu, defrag, surf, unrar, watch movies, listen to music, download whatever i want and chat with my friends + alot more ;) And it doesn't take much space either. Like maximum 100MB total :D
     
  12. Cin'

    Cin' Anathema

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    Nice, Ahl..you keep your software on your notebook, fairly simple! :D


    Cin ;) :)
     
  13. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    • Office/Open Office/Abiword
    • Spyware Blaster/SAS/Spyware Terminator/Malewarebytes/ThreatFire/A Squared Free
    • Free Avira, AVG, Avast or free trials from Kaspersky, Nod32, ect.
    • 7 Zip
    • Cpu-z
    • Google Earth
    • Picasa
    • CC Cleaner
    • Easus Partition Manager
    • Revo uninstaller
    • Notebook Battery Info
    • Foxit Reader
    • Mpeg Streamclip
    • Firefox
    • Chrome
    • Paintshop Pro XI
     
  14. streather

    streather Notebook Evangelist

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    in no order what so ever

    Opera,
    Windows live mail and messenger
    Eset NOD32
    Comodo firewall
    XChat
    Foobar 2000
    Skype
    Notepad++
    soulseek
    uTorrent
    steam (i use it to handle all my games :p)
    i8kfangui
    tune up utilities 2008
     
  15. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    Nah, he probably just listed much used software. ;p
    I doubt that's all the software he has on his machine XD
     
  16. FoxTrot1337

    FoxTrot1337 Notebook Deity

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    Opera
    Tillian
    Sony Vegas
    Office '07
    Limewire (It's not what you think! :p )
    Utorrent
    Folding@home (Something everyone should do :) )
    Windows Media Player
    7-zip
    Alcohol 120%
    Fraps
    JCreator
    Nero
    HW Monitor
    Realplayer
    Dexpot
    Too Many Games to List :D
     
  17. cloud_nine

    cloud_nine Notebook Evangelist

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    Media player - Windows Media Player 11 (with CCCP and CoreAVC)
    Security - Kapersky Internet Security 2009
    Productivity - MSOffice 2007, Photoshop CS3, PDF Annotator
    Browser - Firefox 3, Google Chrome (backup)
    Instant Messenger - Trillian Pro, Skype
    Recording - Adobe Audition, Guitar Pro 5
    Burning/DVD Authoring- Nero 8, Daemon Tools Pro
    Media Converter - Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate
    Torrent - uTorrent

    Miscellaneous programs
    Vocaloid2
    Winrar
    Manga Meeya
    ATLAS v14
    CCleaner
    ObjectDock Plus
    Winflog
    SwitchOff
     
  18. acaurora

    acaurora Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Just as a recommendation to you guys out there... I use InfraRecorder and it is an awesome (free) lightweight burning program that does pretty much everything I want... and I'm sure it can fit everybody else's needs as well. Can burn an ISO straight to disc, too.
     
  19. chipmoney

    chipmoney Notebook Evangelist

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    • FF3
    • VLC
    • CCleaner
    • Mirosoft Office 2007
    • iTunes
    • Pidgin
    • Steam
    • Picasa
    • Avira
    • dBpoweramp
     
  20. livesoft

    livesoft BUSTED

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    Browser: Internet Explorer 8 RC1
    Security: ESET Smart Security
    IM: Windows Live Messenger + MsgPlusLive
    Productivity: Office 2007 + MS Math, Acrobat 9, Antidote RX
    Burning: Nero Lite 9
    Media: Windows Media Player 11 (+ Vista Codec Pack), VLC for widescreen playing
    Benchmark/System: 3dMark Vantage, HD Tune, RivaTuner, WinRAR, JKDefrag (no install required), HWMonitor (no install required)
    Other: Nokia PC Suite, Live Mesh...

    Trying to stick to the essentials :)
     
  21. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Mozilla Firefox
    XChat
    Pidgin
    Banshee
    Evolution
    GIMP
    OpenOffice.org
    That's about it....
     
  22. EnterKnight

    EnterKnight Notebook Evangelist

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    IE 8 Beta 2
    Office 2003 & 2007
    Rocketdock
    Rainmeter
    Audacity
    CCleaner
    Avira or AVG
    Windows Media Player (with DFX)

    List may change without prior notice. =P
     
  23. indup

    indup Notebook Consultant

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    i love these lists gives a noob like me ideas as to what i can/should be doing to/with my system.
     
  24. taruian

    taruian Notebook Consultant

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    * MS Office Pro Plus 2007
    * Microsoft Student with Encarta Premium 2008
    * Norton Anti-virus 2009 Gaming Edition
    * Windows Live Messenger 2009
    * Adobe Reader 9
    * O & O Defrag
    * C Cleaner
    * Acronis Disk Director suite
    * Revo uninstaller
    * FF
    * Xilisoft Ultimate DVD Ripper & Video Convertor
    * PROMT Translator
    * Ultra ISO
    * Team Viewer
    * WinRAR
    * Klite Mega CodecPack
    * VLC
    * Windows Media Player 11
    * mIRC
    * uTorrent
    * Nero 8