Hello all
Just wondering what little programmes you just can't do without it could be a spyware cleaner, anti - virus etc you get the idea,
I will start it off
CCleaner helpfull for cleaning out all the cr*p ;D
Windows. ;)
But seriously, I think everyone's top answer should be decent security software, of whatever brand you choose, followed by:
Firefox / Thunderbird or the Sea Monkey suite (or Netscape 9 - basically, anything but IE!)
My top 5, apart from the above, are:
Mail Washer
WS FTP Pro
Adobe (Reader / Elements)
Paint Shop Pro
Office 2003 (or Open Office on Laptop)
Quote from: cammara on Nov 07, 2007, 21:24:19
Hello all
Hi, welcome to the forum, have a karma. :)
QuoteJust wondering what little programmes you just can't do without it could be a spyware cleaner, anti - virus etc you get the idea,
OK, so leaving aside major apps:
Socket watch* from RoboMagic - synchronises PC clock with NTP server at user-designated intervals
NOD32 - best AV I've ever used
DigiGuide - great TV listings app
ThumbsPlus - image cataloguer, manipulator and informational program
FontNav from Bitstream - font manager, essential to me
Raxco PerfectDisk - disk defragmenter
Edit: That swear filter can catch you out in the most unexpected ways. :)
Quote from: Rik on Nov 07, 2007, 23:33:25
Hi, welcome to the forum, have a karma. :)
I thought the same, but cammara has been a member since Mar 2007. ;)
But we'd missed the welcome karma. :)
Quote from: Rik on Nov 07, 2007, 23:47:11
But we'd missed the welcome karma. :)
Indeed, I have added another one. ;)
I'm intrigued to know what the swear filter found in that, Rik. (http://pc-pals.com/pics/smileys/dunno.gif)
My fave little programme has to be Asmallerimage, which as it's title suggests is a very simple to use photo size reducer. ;D
Quote from: Si6776 on Nov 07, 2007, 23:53:34
I'm intrigued to know what the swear filter found in that, Rik. (http://pc-pals.com/pics/smileys/dunno.gif)
Well, the original had the last letter of socket, T, in juxtaposition to the first three letters of watch...
Quote from: Inactive on Nov 07, 2007, 23:56:27
My fave little programme has to be Asmallerimage, which as it's title suggests is a very simple to use photo size reducer. ;D
I just zoom out to a wider angle... :out:
Quote from: Rik on Nov 08, 2007, 00:02:01
I just zoom out to a wider angle... :out:
:buttkick: :evilb: :evilb:
Quote from: Rik on Nov 08, 2007, 00:01:28
Well, the original had the last letter of socket, T, in juxtaposition to the first three letters of watch...
**** would do it! ;D
This is true. :)
Quote from: Si6776 on Nov 08, 2007, 00:08:31
**** would do it! ;D
(http://www.clipart.co.uk/clipart/mazeguy/animated/rotfl.gif)
I'd say:
NOD32
Perfectdisk/diskeeper
Winamp
Utorrent
Live messenger
Firefox
Office 2007 (tis nice)
Winrar
Nero something or other
Hitmanpro (http://www.hitmanpro.nl)
Daemon tools
And games of course
You have an assasin on your computer, Sam?? :o
Mine are:
Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Firworks
Apache-PHP-MySql
Office xp
AVG
Spywareblaster
Freehand
CC
Acrobat5 Pro (Can't afford a new one)
QuarkExpress
Nero7 Essentials ('got it with my DVD r/w)
MS Powertoys
Oh and IE7, really like it.
Oh, I forgot about Nero, Yes, I would have to add that to my list.
www.ccleaner.com also
Hitmanpro is an assassin of spyware :laugh:
errrrm also steam - good games on there
Lots of good stuff already mentioned, to which I would add IRFANVIEW
a freeware picture viewer - displays just about anything - some editing capability -
oh, and did I mention, it's FREE.
Regards - wiltshirejohn.
I certainly agree about Irfanview although I think that it's more than just a picture viewer with some editing capability.................
Many supported file formats
Multi language support
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Toolbar skins option
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
Multipage TIF editing
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
IPTC editing
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
Capturing
Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
Lossless JPG rotation
Many hotkeys
Many command line options
Many PlugIns
and more
Another thumbs up for Irfanview. :thup:
Quote from: Si6776 on Nov 08, 2007, 00:08:31
**** would do it!
But seriously - is **** a swear filter word?
Whoever drafted it certainly doesn't come from Heckmondwyke!
(This thread was staying far too much on track, just thought I'd b*gg*r it up a bit). ;D
Give me two minutes and it can be, :)
Thanks for all the karma guys :laugh:
Its good to see we all value similar things
Always thought NOD32 was good and heard great things about it, just waiting till my current anti V expires then I'll give it the NOD ;D
Another one that I use all the time is http://www.iespell.com/
"ieSpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell checks text input boxes on a webpage. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of web-based text entry (e.g. web mails, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your web application already includes spell checking functionality, you might still want to install this utility because it is definitely much faster than a server-side solution. Plus you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications, instead of maintaining separate ones on each application."