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06-04-2002, 05:52 PM
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Sibak
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
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TOP 10 - MUST HAVE software
There's some software and shareware/freeware that I install EVERYTIME I reformat or upgrade. Must have software that either improves efficiency, enhances productivity, and adds to or protects the life of the Computer.
I thought I'd share mine and ask you for yours JUST IN CASE I am missing some really important stuff out there. (No OS or Office Suites) 1. GoBack 2. Clipomatic (http://www.mlin.net/) 3. Pop-Up Killer (http://www.panicware.com/popupstopper.html) 4. WinKey (http://www.copernic.com/winkey/) 5. Norton System Works - AntiVirus 6. ZoneAlarm 7. Ad Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) 8. BabyType (http://www.raize.com/CProducts/BabyType/Demo.htm) I have a two-year-old  9. Mouse Trap (http://www.hotwww.com/ryan/mousetrap.html) I have a two-year-old 10. Webshots (http://www.webshots.com/homepage.html) Wife likes scenery.
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06-04-2002, 06:16 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Brooklyn Park,Minn.
Posts: 1,864
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1. Start up Manager
2. broadband wizard 3. internet clean up 4. zone alarm 5. weather 1 6. nortons 7. ad aware 8. 3dmark 9. sure thing cd labler 10. musicmatch no real order, didnt think i was going to come up with 10,boy what alot of crap on my puter. wolfie |
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06-04-2002, 06:46 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Joplin MO
Posts: 37,773
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1. Norton Antivirus
2. The Cleaner 3. Zone Alarm 4. Diskeeper 5. Ad-Aware 6. Winzip 7. Datakeeper 8. Backup Exec 9. Nero 10. Acrobat Reader |
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06-04-2002, 07:10 PM
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Member (9 bit)
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 259
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Here is my list:
1. Zone Alarm Pro 2. NAV 3. Quicken 4. Drive Image/Go Back 5. Win Task Pro 6. The Cleaner 7. Easy CD Creator 8. WinZip 9. MusicMatch 10. TCLOCK PM |
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06-04-2002, 07:22 PM
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Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Conrad, Montana USA
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1) Office 2000/XP
2) Windows 98 (I'm sentimental..or maybe just mental) 3) NAV 4) Kazza Lite 5) EZ CD Creator (mostly for Direct CD) 6) Clone CD 7) SETI@Home 8) MSN Messenger 9) Half-Life (and the multiplayer game TFC) 10) Ad-Aware |
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06-04-2002, 07:24 PM
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Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Roanoke,VA
Posts: 1,311
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1 - 10 Games!
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06-04-2002, 07:29 PM
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HOT ROD
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: On the Edge
Posts: 4,565
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Opera
Mozilla Zone Alarm PC-Cillin The Cleaner Virtual Drive Nero WinAmp WinMX Power DVD
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06-04-2002, 08:17 PM
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Don't tread on me
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Florida
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Nero
CloneCD StartupCPL Photoshop Antivirus Firewall Coolplayer TrueLaunchBar MoHAA WinRAR
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06-04-2002, 08:30 PM
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Remember
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: MO
Posts: 1,478
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1) NAV
2) Zone alarm 3) TFAK 4) WinZip 5) Acrobat reader 6) Irfanview (formerly ACDSee, thanks glc & nightfishing) 7) Corel Office 8) Winamp 9) Diskeeper 10) Tetris |
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06-04-2002, 09:26 PM
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Sibak
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Posts: 1,080
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I keep seeing
THE CLEANER. What exactly is this for; doesn't NAV accomplish this purpose? Thanks for you responses, |
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06-04-2002, 09:26 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: East of Lake Michigan -- West of Lake Huron -- South of Lake Superior and North of civilization.
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Considering the multiple incarnations of Klez:
1) NAV 2002 2) NAV 2002 3) NAV 2002 4) NAV 2002 5) NAV 2002 6) NAV 2002 7) NAV 2002 8) NAV 2002 9) Trojan scanner of your choice (Tiny Trojan Trap, Trojan Remover or The Cleaner) 10) Firewall of your choice Just today my wife recieved 2, my Mom recieved 2 and I recieved 4. All stopped dead by Norton AV 2002. -Craig Last edited by audiyoda; 06-04-2002 at 09:29 PM. |
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06-04-2002, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Arlington, TN
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06-04-2002, 09:48 PM
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Member (5 bit)
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 29
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1) Winzip
2) TClock 3) WeatherBug 4) Webshots 5) Webwasher 6) Ram Idle 7) Coffee Free HTML 8) Cool Edit 2000 9) Did I mention Winzip?? 10) DTMF Tone Generator |
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06-04-2002, 09:54 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Skingrad
Posts: 8,781
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1) Tweak UI
2) Panda Antivirus 3) Winzip 4) Winamp 5) Acrobat Reader 6) QT 7) AdAware 8 to 10) Games
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06-04-2002, 09:57 PM
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The Preacher Man
Premium Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Dallas
Posts: 4,828
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1) Zone Alarm
2) AdAware 3) Easy Cleaner 4) Spider 5) IrfanView 6) JRE (Java Runtime Env) 7) AdSubtract 8) Anti Virus 9) Start Page Guard 10) Norton Utilities
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06-04-2002, 10:14 PM
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Retired
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Modesto,Calif
Posts: 4,048
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In no particular order:
1. Adsubtract 2. Winzip 3. Winamp 4. Easycleaner 5. Adaware 6. Eudora 7. jv16 Power tools (Regcleaner) 8. Xteq-Setup 9. Cookie Viewer 10.PhotoSuite 4 and on.......... Carl |
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06-04-2002, 10:28 PM
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The Wheeler Dealer
Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Paradise
Posts: 2,796
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Macintosh Plus: Processor:Motorola 68000 - 8 Mhz Operating System: Mac OS 4.1 RAM: 1mb expandable to 4mb Hard Drive: 20mb External SCSI CD/DVD: N/A Floppy Drive: 800kb (double side) USB: Huh? Video: B&W 512x384 Total Cost: $2,600 |
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06-05-2002, 01:42 AM
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10th Level Vice President
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Knoxville, TN
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1 - Winzip: having 56k internet, nothing would happen without winzip
2 - Clone CD 3 - Unreal Tournament 4 - Rogue Spear 5 - Paint Shop Pro 6 - Bryce 4 7 - Adobe Photoshop 8 - Drive Fitness Test 9 - Acrobat reader 10 - adterminator Last edited by Werewolfdaddy; 06-05-2002 at 01:46 AM. |
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06-05-2002, 02:16 AM
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Forum Administrator
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Joplin MO
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Trojans can and do slip by all antivirus packages. The Cleaner has 2 active monitors - one that monitors for known Trojan activity, and another that warns of anything trying to write to any of the registry Run keys.
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06-05-2002, 02:16 AM
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just a tech
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: central valley CA
Posts: 1,409
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Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage)
Adobe Photoshop Norton Utilities/Ghost Aladdin Dropstuff/Expander GoZilla (ver 3.5 with no gator) Transmac Acrobat Reader Serials2000 Ws_ftp Net2Phone w/IAM (the free ver.) |
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06-05-2002, 04:24 AM
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Sibak
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Posts: 1,080
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Looks like I should have added
WinAmp WinZip QuickTime Player 3dMark2001 SE to the list. Considering The Cleaner now!! |
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