"must haves"

Coman · 15th April 2004, 05:06

what do you think are the "must have" programs that everybody should have, what are the programs you install every time you reformat your system? p2p, viewers, burners, rippers, players, codecs, drivers, editors, tools, browsers, converters, ftp-clients, system managements/uilities/diagnostics/optimizers, adware removals, etc.

i'm reinstalling my system and i need ideas, so pull out your lists, i know you have them

if it's not free post it anyway, prices shouldn't matter.

mikeflca · 15th April 2004, 05:15

norton systemworks (its like $40 US but we got it for free because of rebates), adaware is always good (the free one

) and, um.......if you don't want to waste $$ on MS office go openoffice. thats the best i can do for now.

drewbar · 15th April 2004, 05:15

7-Zip
gVIm
X-Setup

ffdshow
CDex
EAC
Media Player Classic
Zoom Player

Azureus
Proxomitron
WinSCP
Filezilla
Firefox
Thunderbird
YahooPOPs!
Trillian
Gaim
GrabIt

Network Stumbler
Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5
Ethereal

msys
Bash for Win32
GCC
Other MinGW stuff
XVI32

All my favorite software happens to be free, good portion of it Open Source too.

deeder7001 · 15th April 2004, 05:23

Winamp and some Instant Messenger progs.

d0rk · 15th April 2004, 05:23

Firefox
Winamp
WinRAR
Norton System Utilities 2k4
Seti@home (havn't had to reinstall since using but will if I have to

)
Spybot
WASTE
PSP7

horse-fly · 15th April 2004, 05:47

some type of operating system, unless the DOS command is all that you want to use

griffinn · 15th April 2004, 05:58

Nothing is a must-have.

mrharhar · 15th April 2004, 06:35

Quote:

Nothing is a must-have.

Food, water?

EfaustuS9 · 15th April 2004, 06:40

Quote:

Originally posted by griffinn
Nothing is a must-have.

besides an interface that is true.

Anyways....

AVG (Free Edition)
Ram Idle
Firebird (java,Flash,ect)
Winamp (skins, Tripex, gUSB)
WMP 7.1
Divx Codec's
Quick Time
Winzip
Trillian
Microsoft Office 2000
Graphical Analysis
Adobe Reader 5
Adobe Photoshop 7
Ad-Aware
HP PrecisionScan mate
MusicMatch 7.5(w rio800 plug-in)
Nero
Clone CD
Limewire
Kazaa Lite K+++
Riva Tuner

Recreational Items
ZSNES
FCE Ultra
Gens
Project 64
Half-life (CS, DoD)

Raz · 15th April 2004, 11:15

My own format straight away install things:

Norton Antivirus
McAffe Firewall
Msn Messenger
Winamp
Black
DivX
WMP 9
psp7
File Lister
Folder Access
Nero
MS Office
Mp3 Tag Tools
Search And Replace
Winzip
Winrar
DC++
Kazaa Light (it's good for movies, don't lynch me (yes believe it or not 'lite' is a shitty intentional mis-spelling))
Soulseek

Jedi Gemstone · 15th April 2004, 11:21

If you download Avg Virus scanner, you can get it for free and it works, just look it up in google. Another that Nomad recomended me was the SpyBot software I don't know the link or anything but just ask him.
And games yeah lots of fun games to play

lostonline · 15th April 2004, 11:59

First things I would put on are:
Winamp
Yahoo Messenger
Norton Antivirus
EAC
Mozilla
..........
Plus a few other bits that I can't remember at the moment

inthegray · 15th April 2004, 12:07

winamp, opera, photoshop, ws_ftp, waste

hgnis · 15th April 2004, 14:43

Windows.

mark · 15th April 2004, 15:18

the K-lite codec pack

Vie · 15th April 2004, 16:22

Base computer:
OS selector

Windows:
ShellON
WinMac (Set as shell)
Winamp
The GIMP
Mozila (Compleatly replacing IE)
A Decent DVD player (Anything but "inter actual" crap)

cyu · 15th April 2004, 21:39

Trillian
Winamp
firefox
Myie2
UT2k3
Shareaza
Aston shell

Bilbo Baggins · 15th April 2004, 22:05

Foobar2K.
mIRC
Trillian
Firefox
Thunderbird
various Codecs
Some more shit that i dont care to remember.

eleet-2k2 · 15th April 2004, 22:26

Here's what I always install from a fresh format, in no particular order:

CDex
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat (full product)
MS Encarta
Norton System Works and Norton AntiVirus
mIRC
WSFTP
Mozilla
OpenOffice.org
MS Office
PowerDVD
Nero 5.x
Winamp!!!
CDRWin (the real one by goldenhawk.com)
Scanner utilities and related programs
OmniPage Pro OCR software
KazaaLite
Palm Desktop
WinRAR
WASTE
MSN 6.1.x
Meaya Popup ad filter
MS VS 6 Pro or .NET
Bloodshed's Dev-C++

that's about it

beanboy89 · 15th April 2004, 22:28

Mozilla Firefox
Winamp
X-Chat
AIM
Ad-aware
WinZip
ZoneAlarm

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 15th April 2004, 23:27

I think these would be the first to go on a fresh OS install for me (in no particular order)...

Winamp
Media Player Classic
RazorLame
CDex
Exact Audio Copy
Paint Shop Pro & Animation Shop
IconForge
Resource Hacker
AXE
WinZip
WinRAR
Metapad
Sex
Trillian Pro
mIRC
ABC
Spybot - Search & Destroy
SpywareBlaster
TweakUI
X-Setup
Norton AntiVirus
...varius and sundry codecs, browser plugins, etc.

I'm sure there are others that I'd install, but I can't think of anything else off the top of my head.

billyvnilly · 15th April 2004, 23:35

microsoft xp

I think we can all agree on:
Norton firewall
Norton anti virus
winamp
trillian pro
k++
photoshop 7
mIRC

and i like:
myie2
microsoft powertoys

zootm · 15th April 2004, 23:44

CDex or EAC
BSPLayer, MPC or mplayer (the linux one, ported)
if you code, Crimson Editor (Vim can go to hell, and stay there)
AVG antivirus

other stuff too. i guess it's obligatory to say winamp, i won't hate you for using foobar2000 though.

ryan · 16th April 2004, 01:04

MPC
Trillian
mIRC
Winamp\Fb2k
Crimson Editor <-- <3 <3
PuTTy
FlashFXP
Firefox
Thunderbird
AVG

zootm · 16th April 2004, 01:05

oh yeah, firefox and thunderbird. don't know how i forgot those.

squakMix · 16th April 2004, 01:06

Sonique

cyu · 16th April 2004, 02:08

you have just sealed your fate.

Gonzotek · 16th April 2004, 03:23

Winamp
Various Mozilla based programs
Weather Watcher
AIM+AimAdHack
Crimson Editor
IrfanView
Shareaza
Azereus
UltraVNC
SmartFTP
HydraIRC
AbiWord
OpenOffice
PowerDVD

mark · 16th April 2004, 09:58

the shadows experimental bittorent client

morgado · 17th April 2004, 02:55

Basic ...

Winamp
OpenOffice.org
Irfanview
Firefox (and also must have plug-ins)
Thunderbird
DC++
Tibia
mIRC
Spybot
VirtualDub
Filzip
Rainlendar
Norton or AVG antivirus
FreshDownload
ESF (Earth Especial Forces, and DBZ Half Life mod)
Counter Strike

I thinks it's this ...

apollos · 17th April 2004, 19:22

Adobe Acrobat
Ad Muncher
Ad Aware
Adobe Photoshop CD
AMIP
AVG Antivirus
Dreamweaver [if you need it]
FlashFXP
GetBackData
Icon Packager
IsoBuster [if you need it]
KaZaA Lite
Microsoft Office 2003
mIRC
MSN Messenger
Nero
OmniPage Pro
Opera or Firefox
Paint Shop Pro
Panorama Factory [if you're into photography]
Partition Magic
Power DVD
uxtheme.dll
Trillian [for the fools not educated with MSN 6.1]
WASTE
Webcam XP Pro
Winamp 5.03a
Zone Alarm

Azureus
CDex [for conversion of formats, those non conformists that go with OGG for example, meaning I need to convert to mp3 for ipod]
Converter.exe
eMule
PsmPlay [for those who want to make polyphonic ringtones or edit midi]
Quicktime Alternative
K-Lite codec pack
Real Alternative
Semagic
Skype
TweakUI XP
WinMX
Winrar

I think that's about it, hope I haven't missed out much

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 18th April 2004, 04:21

Quote:

...
Trillian [for the fools not educated with MSN 6.1]
...

Trillian > *

EfaustuS9 · 18th April 2004, 06:10

MSN 6.1 for the tools who adopt all that old billy forces upon them.

ryan · 18th April 2004, 06:57

ABC is the best BT client

Also

Forgot irfanview, and open office.

idynkydnk · 19th April 2004, 05:48

Quote:

Originally posted by Apollos

Trillian [for the fools not educated with MSN 6.1]

What's that mean?

mark · 19th April 2004, 06:58

it means the regualar msn client is better than trillian now. or wait... I'm confused

idynkydnk · 19th April 2004, 15:41

Please educate me. Why is MSN better?

Vie · 19th April 2004, 17:25

Its easyer to remove?

EfaustuS9 · 19th April 2004, 17:46

If you have XP, its a pain to remove. Just like all competing microsoft products that they wish to force upon an unsuspecting public, simply include in the next OS release. For Example; Netscape was the defacto browser before IE became integrated in Win98. Real, Winamp, Quicktime were the big time media players before WMP was integrated into SE, ME, XP. MSNM used to be in a distant 3rd compared to YIM and AIM before its desktop integration into XP, now it has a commanding lead over YIM and is gaining on AIM. Then again if you get the DOJ compelled service pack addition which allows you to remove such items manualy then MSNM is not so hard to remove, but you have to go get the patch.

mark · 19th April 2004, 19:43

actually its EU compelled. DOJ are pushovers

15th April 2004, 05:06	#1
Coman Punk (Forum King) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 4.5th dimension . . Posts: infinitely few Posts: 2,799	"must haves" what do you think are the "must have" programs that everybody should have, what are the programs you install every time you reformat your system? p2p, viewers, burners, rippers, players, codecs, drivers, editors, tools, browsers, converters, ftp-clients, system managements/uilities/diagnostics/optimizers, adware removals, etc. i'm reinstalling my system and i need ideas, so pull out your lists, i know you have them if it's not free post it anyway, prices shouldn't matter. "Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?"

15th April 2004, 05:15	#3
drewbar Sawg 2.0 Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 5,916	7-Zip gVIm X-Setup ffdshow CDex EAC Media Player Classic Zoom Player Azureus Proxomitron WinSCP Filezilla Firefox Thunderbird YahooPOPs! Trillian Gaim GrabIt Network Stumbler Kerio Personal Firewall 2.1.5 Ethereal msys Bash for Win32 GCC Other MinGW stuff XVI32 All my favorite software happens to be free, good portion of it Open Source too. Count with us! Jan 1st, 12AM (PST, GMT -8) 2010 - 282,246

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deeder7001 Jesus Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 5,560	Winamp and some Instant Messenger progs. There is no sig.

15th April 2004, 05:23	#5
d0rk I contribute nothing. (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Virgacalementoflagantionio Posts: 3,030	Firefox Winamp WinRAR Norton System Utilities 2k4 Seti@home (havn't had to reinstall since using but will if I have to ) Spybot WASTE PSP7 I came for the hatred. I stayed for the ballbag.

15th April 2004, 05:58	#7
griffinn Court Jester (Forum King) Join Date: May 2000 Location: Your local toystore Posts: 3,501	Nothing is a must-have. The smiley slot machine! \| Quotable Blog

15th April 2004, 05:15	#2
mikeflca Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: san diego, california. Posts: 623	norton systemworks (its like $40 US but we got it for free because of rebates), adaware is always good (the free one ) and, um.......if you don't want to waste $$ on MS office go openoffice. thats the best i can do for now.

15th April 2004, 05:47	#6
horse-fly Account Closed Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,360	some type of operating system, unless the DOS command is all that you want to use

15th April 2004, 11:15	#10
Raz Forum King Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,470	My own format straight away install things: Norton Antivirus McAffe Firewall Msn Messenger Winamp Black DivX WMP 9 psp7 File Lister Folder Access Nero MS Office Mp3 Tag Tools Search And Replace Winzip Winrar DC++ Kazaa Light (it's good for movies, don't lynch me (yes believe it or not 'lite' is a shitty intentional mis-spelling)) Soulseek

15th April 2004, 11:21	#11
Jedi Gemstone Major Dudette Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wales Posts: 1,526	If you download Avg Virus scanner, you can get it for free and it works, just look it up in google. Another that Nomad recomended me was the SpyBot software I don't know the link or anything but just ask him. And games yeah lots of fun games to play My Website Deviantartness Yay This signature was brought to you by the colour Red and the number 14 I'm A Purple Ghetto, So Follow Me To Sanity!! Runs Off I Have No Idea Where I'm Going......

15th April 2004, 11:59	#12
lostonline Where am I? (Major Dude) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 680	First things I would put on are: Winamp Yahoo Messenger Norton Antivirus EAC Mozilla .......... Plus a few other bits that I can't remember at the moment Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try. -- Homer Simpson

15th April 2004, 12:07	#13
inthegray Major Dude Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 704	winamp, opera, photoshop, ws_ftp, waste eric is awesome

15th April 2004, 14:43	#14
hgnis Hobbit Humper Forum King Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: banned camp Posts: 4,127	Windows. I am so important I feel the need to let it be known like a liberal discovering the internets for the first time. Uh hur hur hur. I also wash myself with a rag on a stick. Reality bites <3

15th April 2004, 15:18	#15
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	the K-lite codec pack

15th April 2004, 16:22	#16
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	Base computer: OS selector Windows: ShellON WinMac (Set as shell) Winamp The GIMP Mozila (Compleatly replacing IE) A Decent DVD player (Anything but "inter actual" crap) Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

15th April 2004, 21:39	#17
cyu Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 1,617	Trillian Winamp firefox Myie2 UT2k3 Shareaza Aston shell

15th April 2004, 22:05	#18
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	Foobar2K. mIRC Trillian Firefox Thunderbird various Codecs Some more shit that i dont care to remember.

15th April 2004, 22:26	#19
eleet-2k2 Forum King Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Mobil Ave. Posts: 5,381	Here's what I always install from a fresh format, in no particular order: CDex Adobe Photoshop Adobe Acrobat (full product) MS Encarta Norton System Works and Norton AntiVirus mIRC WSFTP Mozilla OpenOffice.org MS Office PowerDVD Nero 5.x Winamp!!! CDRWin (the real one by goldenhawk.com) Scanner utilities and related programs OmniPage Pro OCR software KazaaLite Palm Desktop WinRAR WASTE MSN 6.1.x Meaya Popup ad filter MS VS 6 Pro or .NET Bloodshed's Dev-C++ that's about it "Welcome to the Island of people who know too much."..."Did you really think balloons would stop him?!" See what I'm listening too.

15th April 2004, 22:28	#20
beanboy89 (Major Dude) isn't very custom Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 2,004	Mozilla Firefox Winamp X-Chat AIM Ad-aware WinZip ZoneAlarm Site \| Help us count

15th April 2004, 23:27	#21
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	I think these would be the first to go on a fresh OS install for me (in no particular order)... Winamp Media Player Classic RazorLame CDex Exact Audio Copy Paint Shop Pro & Animation Shop IconForge Resource Hacker AXE WinZip WinRAR Metapad Sex Trillian Pro mIRC ABC Spybot - Search & Destroy SpywareBlaster TweakUI X-Setup Norton AntiVirus ...varius and sundry codecs, browser plugins, etc. I'm sure there are others that I'd install, but I can't think of anything else off the top of my head.

15th April 2004, 23:35	#22
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,379	microsoft xp I think we can all agree on: Norton firewall Norton anti virus winamp trillian pro k++ photoshop 7 mIRC and i like: myie2 microsoft powertoys

15th April 2004, 23:44	#23
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	CDex or EAC BSPLayer, MPC or mplayer (the linux one, ported) if you code, Crimson Editor (Vim can go to hell, and stay there) AVG antivirus other stuff too. i guess it's obligatory to say winamp, i won't hate you for using foobar2000 though.

16th April 2004, 01:04	#24
ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Missouri via Tennessee Posts: 8,813	MPC Trillian mIRC Winamp\Fb2k Crimson Editor <-- <3 <3 PuTTy FlashFXP Firefox Thunderbird AVG

16th April 2004, 01:05	#25
zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	oh yeah, firefox and thunderbird. don't know how i forgot those.

16th April 2004, 01:06	#26
squakMix wwwyzzerdd (Forum King) Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,458	Sonique Check out my music

16th April 2004, 02:08	#27
cyu Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: in front of my pc Posts: 1,617	you have just sealed your fate.

16th April 2004, 03:23	#28
Gonzotek Gunslinger Join Date: May 2000 Location: Terminus Posts: 4,693	Winamp Various Mozilla based programs Weather Watcher AIM+AimAdHack Crimson Editor IrfanView Shareaza Azereus UltraVNC SmartFTP HydraIRC AbiWord OpenOffice PowerDVD I was away for a while. But I'm feeling much better now.

16th April 2004, 09:58	#29
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	the shadows experimental bittorent client

17th April 2004, 02:55	#30
morgado Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: away from my baby Posts: 1,097	Basic ... Winamp OpenOffice.org Irfanview Firefox (and also must have plug-ins) Thunderbird DC++ Tibia mIRC Spybot VirtualDub Filzip Rainlendar Norton or AVG antivirus FreshDownload ESF (Earth Especial Forces, and DBZ Half Life mod) Counter Strike I thinks it's this ... I Love You Ana Luiza MSN

17th April 2004, 19:22	#31
apollos Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canterbury & Plymouth Posts: 4,176	Adobe Acrobat Ad Muncher Ad Aware Adobe Photoshop CD AMIP AVG Antivirus Dreamweaver [if you need it] FlashFXP GetBackData Icon Packager IsoBuster [if you need it] KaZaA Lite Microsoft Office 2003 mIRC MSN Messenger Nero OmniPage Pro Opera or Firefox Paint Shop Pro Panorama Factory [if you're into photography] Partition Magic Power DVD uxtheme.dll Trillian [for the fools not educated with MSN 6.1] WASTE Webcam XP Pro Winamp 5.03a Zone Alarm Azureus CDex [for conversion of formats, those non conformists that go with OGG for example, meaning I need to convert to mp3 for ipod] Converter.exe eMule PsmPlay [for those who want to make polyphonic ringtones or edit midi] Quicktime Alternative K-Lite codec pack Real Alternative Semagic Skype TweakUI XP WinMX Winrar I think that's about it, hope I haven't missed out much

18th April 2004, 06:10	#33
EfaustuS9 Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,895	MSN 6.1 for the tools who adopt all that old billy forces upon them.

18th April 2004, 06:57	#34
ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Missouri via Tennessee Posts: 8,813	ABC is the best BT client Also Forgot irfanview, and open office.

19th April 2004, 06:58	#36
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	it means the regualar msn client is better than trillian now. or wait... I'm confused

19th April 2004, 15:41	#37
idynkydnk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 428	Please educate me. Why is MSN better?

19th April 2004, 17:25	#38
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	Its easyer to remove? Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

19th April 2004, 17:46	#39
EfaustuS9 Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,895	If you have XP, its a pain to remove. Just like all competing microsoft products that they wish to force upon an unsuspecting public, simply include in the next OS release. For Example; Netscape was the defacto browser before IE became integrated in Win98. Real, Winamp, Quicktime were the big time media players before WMP was integrated into SE, ME, XP. MSNM used to be in a distant 3rd compared to YIM and AIM before its desktop integration into XP, now it has a commanding lead over YIM and is gaining on AIM. Then again if you get the DOJ compelled service pack addition which allows you to remove such items manualy then MSNM is not so hard to remove, but you have to go get the patch.