All your friends use Skype, but you've found an application much better than Skype. You ask you coworkers why they still use Windows Explorer to go to a specific folder. Nobody wants to listen when you say that the Start Menu is useless or that you spend most of your time using the command-line.If you use a software with little or no awareness and you're proud of that, tell the world about it. Don't forget to mention why you think it's special. It doesn't have to be a Windows software, but it would be nice if it were free.
Some of my underground software:
FreeRAM XP Pro - optimize your RAM
Super - convert multimedia files
Total Commander - Windows Explorer is nothing
WinZip is ubiquitous, WinRAR very good but the best compression AND open source app is 7zip.
ReplyDeleteRuby as a scripting language instead of Perl, etc. Pity it doesn't come on most machines already installed - you then have to convince administrators to install it and support the gems etc.
ReplyDeletexplorer2 is definitely a few steps in front of anything else I have seen when it comes to directory browsing.
ReplyDeleteHi. The best app I use out there is Mobilemeter, a system monitor software. I love it and I've used it for a few years now.
ReplyDeleteI have to recommend the music player Billy. It's simply the best music player - clean, fast, very useful.
ReplyDeleteHere are some of my offbeat free favorites:
ReplyDeletecalc - a C-style arbitrary precision calculator
clamwin - free antivirus for Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and 2003.
irfanview - graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
csved - a csv (comma seperated values) file editor
puTTY - a free telnet/ssh client
filezilla - ftp and sftp client for windows
topgun - a small, fast notepad replacement written entirely in assembler
Google Deskbar is great. The google search box from Google Desktop, without everything else. You can even search without opening your browser. You can find it here.
ReplyDeleteNewsBin Pro:
ReplyDeleteNot free but excellent program to use with your newsgroups.
Winrar:
I prefer this over all others including 7-zip.
Alcohol 120:
Great software to mount cd/dvd images.
Nero 7 Ultra Edition:
Still the best to burn cd/dvd's, create images, etc...
Picasa:
View, baby edit, and mass email pictures (best function I think).
Microsoft Virtual PC:
Now free for all. Great software to run virtual OS's. You can run windows and linux. Test test test, then when it breaks just reload your backup and start over.
hey thanks for that list.. those really are some good free softwares and I was not even aware of them.
ReplyDeleteThanx again!
As a free CD/DVD-ROM emulator, I recommend Daemon Tools. Alcohol 120 is not free.
ReplyDeleteMicrosoft Virtual PC 2004 is now free.
Don't use Super.
ReplyDeleteNot only does it violate the GPL license by including a bunch of Cygwin DLLs without mention of source code, it also installs them into the Windows system32 directory which causes problems and version conflicts if you have Cygwin installed.
- Michael
ObjectDock - an amazing free program. Great if you want to clean up your shortcuts on your desktop. I have used to replace my Windows taskbar. I recommend the plus version for multiple docks.
ReplyDeleteavast antivirus
ReplyDeletehttp://www.avast.com/
is a very very good antivirus for windows...updated every other day
it is also free.
coreforce firewall
http://force.coresecurity.com/
we have tested and tested and we do believe this is the best firewall out there right now...its not for the faint of heart or for the ones that do not read the manual
it is also free
I found Launchy to be very useful. Applications can be opened in a jiffy. It is very effective.
ReplyDeleteGrisoft has a free Anti-virus www.grisoft.com
ReplyDeleteI keep Key Folder on my USB drive, it keeps all of my passwords and it is strongly encrypted. A Must, i dont know why it's not more popular!!! http://www.mag2soft.com/
I'd have to recommend GAIM. It's an IM client (open source) that lets you be on multiple networks at once, including, GTalk, MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Jabber and others. You can also have multiple accounts on each network.
ReplyDeleteIt's doesn't have VoIP yet, but thats apparently comming in the future.
You can download it from http://gaim.sourceforge.net
-VLC Media Player
ReplyDelete-Miranda IM
-Azureus
I would have to say mediacoder over SUPER. It is found at http://mediacoder.sf.net
ReplyDeleteFreshdownload for a download manager found at http://freshdevices.com
Netmeter for bandwidth monitoring found at http://readerror.gmxhome.de/
SDP (Streaming Download Project) for capturing streaming audio/video found at http://sdp.ppona.com/
And on the linux side
Krusader for a file manager found at http://krusader.sourceforge.net/
gkrellm for a system monitor (but I use it just for bandwidth) found at http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html
Mplayer plays pretty much any audio/video and it is available for windows found at http://mplayerhq.hu
I think that is a decent enough list.
opensourcewindows has a list of some of the best open source software for windows such as gaim, filezilla, turbocash, etc
ReplyDeleteNOD32 is by far the best overall antivirus software. I have tried/tested Avast, AVG, Symantec, Sophos, Panda, Trend Micro and McAfee. NOD32 simply uses less resources, is non intrusive and still provides you with the same protection (viruses, worms, adware, spyware and phishing) oh yea and it really works. Unfortunetly they do not have a free version; however, I do encourage all to try since you will end up feeling like I do.
ReplyDeletewww.eset.com
I just came across this wonderful program that lets you capture screenshots. It is very flexible and runs easy on memory.
ReplyDeleteurl: http://www.faststone.org/
1) MPUI - MPlayer frontend - http://mpui.sourceforge.net/
ReplyDelete2) XnView - image viewer - http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html
3) Ant Renamer - http://www.antp.be/software/renamer
4) XMPlay - audio player - http://www.un4seen.com/xmplay.html
5) Foxit Reader - PDF viewer - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
6) AutoRuns - better than MSConfig - http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/autoruns.html
7) ExplorerXP - file manager - http://www.explorerxp.com/
8) nLite + XPize - customize XP setup - http://www.nliteos.com/
9) DM2 - GUI tweak - http://dm2.sourceforge.net/
10) µTorrent - BitTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/
11) KeePass - password manager - http://keepass.sourceforge.net/
12) DeepBurner Free - CD burning - http://www.deepburner.com/
1) BeamFile - send large files - http://www.beamfile.com/
ReplyDelete2) AbiWord - word-processor - http://www.abisource.com/
3) Unlocker - no more sharing vialations - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
4) Foobar - light music player - http://www.foobar2000.org/
5) TheDude - network monitor - http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php
6) RyanVM - slistream hotfixes in Windows setup - http://ryanvm.net/msfn
7) WinSnap - beautiful screenshots - http://www.ntwind.com/software/winsnap.html
Tweak UI...can't remember the site...
ReplyDeleteDemen
NIST Internet Time Service.
ReplyDeleteThe official tool for setting your computer's time to the atomic clock operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Did I mention it's only a quarter megabyte?
http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm
Here are some of the tools i found very useful
ReplyDeleteiPhox - lets you use the Internet to place traditional telephone calls
EvilLyrics - Automatically searches and displays lyrics to current song in Winamp, Windows Media Player, Foobar, iTunes, Real Player, MusicMatch or QCD, JetAudio, XMPlay, Meedio, Yahoo! Music Engine, AlbumPlayer and more
ACE Mega CoDecS Pack 6.03 - plenty of usefull CoDecS (CoderS/DeCoderS), Media Player FilterS, Media Players and other Utilities
Well SUPER sounds super, but the download link is no-where visible on the site!
ReplyDeleteInstalled FreshDownload, Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Live Desktop Mail broke.
ReplyDeleteUninstalled FreshDownload and both work.
Besides, the FreshDevices freeware require e-mail for registration
For those who like to use keyboard more than mouse, try FAR manager from rarlabs
ReplyDeleteTuneUp utilities is a comprehensive set of tools which i found very useful for sys maint.
Notepad++ is a very gud editor and competes with EditPlus2
NOD32 BEST antivirus in market.
ReplyDeleteAvast! antivirus is excellent, low resources, thorough!
ReplyDeleteFastStone image viewer is also excellent and is loaded with features.
Picasa2 from google is very good and has some useful features.
WinRar is by far my favorite compression software!
uTorrent is a very light weight torrent client.
Linux - openSUSE 10.2
ReplyDeleteBeryl on Linux... it literally blows windows Vista away
Avast Antivirus - as someone mentioned above
Open Office - 99% like MS office, all for free, why pay for MS office??
I was looking for a free, small and plain CD player.
ReplyDeleteI tried a couple of freeware apps but they only worked with the first CD drive in your system.
And then, I found HACP.
Don't expect equalizer, filters or a nice wave dancing with the music. It's just a CD player and works really fine; with any CD player (even virtuals, like Daemon Tools).
One more detail, you can set it to "Tiny mode" wich turns the program main window into a really small rectangle which you can drag wherever you want on your screen. Combined with "always on top" mode, it's all I could ask for.
You can get it at: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hneel/software.htm
Attributemagic Pro
ReplyDeleteVery powerful utility to change the photo exif dates. every exif field can be manually changed. It can rename files according to file or exif dates. I use it also for creating exif data for cameraphone images.
Synergy - Kinda like a software KVM Switch but ten time more powerful - http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/
ReplyDeleteI garanty it will give you geek a hard on.
Well, most I was going to post were mentioned previously.
ReplyDeleteI would like to add that:
* Total Commander
* Avast antivirus
and many others also mentioned, are above all, very stable and give me very little headaches.
I would like to add:
a new acquisition from Spain (well Catalonia):
WinRSS
After installing it all, I had an M$ avatar parrot that came flying over my desktop and started talking all the news of my RSS feeds. This, allows me to keep on doing other important :) tasks while I am listening at all the news and doing a 'subcontious filtering' of what deserves further attention. It also has an option to go to an html page built with all my selected RSS news (atom, XML and all) where I can read the complete news and go to the original page to take other actions...
It is nice, and one of the very few applications well done using the infamous Microsoft's avatars (like clipo, einstein, etc).
Besides, installing completely an avatar would allow you to use it for other jobs.
It's all free.
Sorry,
ReplyDeleteI forgot to mention a guy that has being developing a very useful password manager that is multiplatform and freeware!
PASSWORDMANAGER (though not a very original name)
it is one of the most complete encripted systems to keep all your passwords by only remembering one...
As it works as a .jar file in JAVA you only need a JRE (included in the download) to have it working in any operating system.
It is a bit slow to start (JAVA). But it also accepts commands from any command line. It is also as much skinnable as a JAVA application could be. It could also be used as a bookmarks encripted file. It has a password generator. And allows recording tags for every password as if you where using Del.icio.us. Besides, it has a very comfortable comments windows that authomatically records date and time of your password creation. The files can be exported/imported in XML, HTML, CSV or plain text.
He hasn't being well promoted in the same proportion as he desserved for the quality of his program.
You should give it a try!
Mp3/Tag Studio - if you're cool enough to be the kind of person whose mp3 library simply MUST be tagged with all the correct Artist/Album/Track No./Genre/Release Year data, this is the most useful tool around!
ReplyDelete*Full support for ID3v1.0, ID3v1.1 and ID3v2 tags
*Auto tag from filename
*Auto rename from tag
*Mass set tags
*Mass clean tags
*Mass convert between tags
*Repair mp3 headers (very useful for VBR files that confuse your media player)
*Advanced customizable filtering capabilities to only perform operations on files that meet certain custom set criteria
*Includes powerful generic utility for case fixing and string replacement in any tag field or filename, plugged into all the applicable tools
*Highly customizable shell extension (Windows explorer right click menu) with powerful operations on files and directories
*and a helluva lot more!!
Admittedly it's got a bit of a complex GUI but well worth the effort!
My only real criticism is it doesn't support insertion of Album Art into mp3 headers. I use Musicmatch to do that then Mp3/Tag Studio to clean up the mess ze Jukebox makes of my lovely tags :)
VLC Media Player! The program that will play absolutely any video! has not failed me once till this day! its brilliant!
ReplyDeletei suggest tagscanner for your audio files
ReplyDeletehttp://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm
and instead of windows search and find :
Ava Find
http://www.think-less-do-more.com/avafind
its not free but may be you want to check it..
here is a great list: http://digg.com/software/Top_25_Essential_Microsoft_Windows_XP_Substitutes
ReplyDeleteFar Manager - console TC for hackers with macros and plugins sugar. Forget about your mouse.
ReplyDeleteImgBurn - Greatest DVD burner.
WinSCP - SSH client for Windows.
1. screenhunter - for screen shots
ReplyDelete2. notebook hardware control - Amazing utility for controlling the hardware of your laptop, cpu speed, battrery usage..etc great for extending battery life.
3. CCleaner - very small and robust for cleaning your computer junk
4. converter - for all scientific units converter
5. Syncback - for sync-ing your files and backup
6. VNCreal for controlling other comps on your network..[ make sure you add in the XP addon for added security]
7.Md5summer - for checking integrity of files after copying them from CD or other folders..works recursively inside folders or on individual files.
8.Ch - http://www.softintegration.com/ a nice combo of C, C++, Matlab compiler and graphics utilities .. and free
thats it for now :)
NOTEPAD
ReplyDeleteGENS Sega genesis Emulator
CAMTASIA STUDIO
PARTIMAGE
NAOMI http://www.naomifilter.org/ internet porn filter
SEBRAN
GCOMPRIS
TUXPAINT
HONESTECH TVR 2.5
SMARTFTP
ITUNES
FIREFOX
GOOGLE DESKTOP
GMAIL
GOOGLE!!!!!!
I endorse Avast, Google Toolbar, Google Desktop Search and WinRAR...
ReplyDeleteSoftware Architects should look up StarUML at www.staruml.com
Subbu
SIW - Everything you want to know about your computer
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gtopala.com
Metapad - replacement for Notepad (one of best features is undo/redo)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.liquidninja.com/metapad/
Mihov Image Resizer - it takes digital photos and resizes/converts them in batch mode, the best feature is that you can put it on memorystick and use it in cybercafes
http://www.imageresizer.com/
I will only ask you to google these terms, that's probably easier than listing links.
ReplyDelete1. Explorer Breadcrumbs: Vista's breadcrumb navigation for XP, free, you won't ever go back to the plain old Address Bar.
2. VisualTaskTips or VisualToolTips, both free, the former is more like Vista's LiveTaskbarPreview, while the other is more customizable
3. EvolutionMediaCenter, free, very very beta, but trust me, not even Vista's Media Center is this cool.
4.Madotate, free, grab the English version, makes your windows 3D very customizable, try Okatu TopDesk, non-free, for more Flip3D like effect.
5.Drempels, free, not like DreamScene coz its still image transitions not video, but still beautiful
6.Yod'm, free, crave the Xgl spinning cube, want it for windows? get this
7.MonoCalendar,free iCal clone for Windows, and I mean clone.
8.Valil.Chess.WinFX, free 3D & 2D, hardware accelerated chess with voice control.
9.VSE (Vista Start Menu Emulator), free, that's what it does very well.
10.James Bond in 007 Nightfire (PC/Mac), not sold anymore, get by unscrupulous means if necessary. Brilliantly fun multiplayer, great mods/maps, good community. I know this isn't really "software" but play it. seriously.
u should check this website http://myprogs.net
ReplyDeleterecently found Apollo
"Sound quality is not skinnable"
immediatly replace Winamp
http://koti.welho.com/hylinen/apollo/
One little treasure I love is MWSnap 3 - Freeware. absolute reasure tat takes screen captures by dragging a cross hair and selecting. super fast and light
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nliteos.com
ReplyDeletenLite, nlite, nlite, in use with RyanVM Update Pack, and XPize can create a lightweight, secure Windows XP build that can be an excellent base for creating you OS.
Benifits:
Performance
Security
Stability
Appearance [XPize]
Cons:
No Time to get coffee when booting your PC... :P
http://www.nliteos.com
WINACE is also very good zip software
ReplyDeleteAlso esnips.com its free and 5 GB space to upload data! WoW
Vim...for vi like goodness on Windows.
ReplyDeletei love free softwares like firefox browser, webaroo offline website viewer, AVG antivirus free edtion, utorrent, lingoes translator. I think they do pretty well, even compared with their commercial counterparts. Most of them are on my PC since the day I discovered them on the internet a year ago. Hope more people support these guys!
ReplyDeleteDVDDecrypter
ReplyDeletethe ideal tool for copying DVD's and burning images, you can find it here:
http://mrbass.org/dvdrip/
XINE - Movie player (linux)
ReplyDeleteBluefish - Programming editor (linux)
Editplus 2 - Programming editor (Win)
sftp - embedded app on most linux distros
And of course WINE if you cant find the same thing on linux and it has to be windows.
OpenOffice - Well the name says it..
Hoekey lets you configure shortcuts to launch programs, or anything you could do via the command line. Even lets you mimic actions in programs though this gets very geeky. Very useful and tiny footprint.
ReplyDeleteMy Open Source Transition Pack
ReplyDeletefirefox
thunderbird
open office
skype
cdex
audacity for podcast creation
the juice
NVU web design
GIMP
inkscape
scribus desktop publishing
Litestep
ReplyDeleteSharpe-shell
xoblite
are great windows shell replacements
Google Deskbar is great. The google search box from Google Desktop, without everything else
ReplyDeleteA few that haven't been mentioned yet, unless I missed them:
ReplyDeleteCH, interpreted programming language that runs on most OS's, can be used as shell if desired; ChScite, a text editor with syntax highlighting that can also be used as an IDE for CH
Blender for moviemaking
Gimp for graphics editing
Media Player Classic to play everything video or audio, versatile and with great options to control rendering. K-lite Codec Pack to go with it.
Python
Virtual Clone Drive to mount ISO images as disks
fix8 for cute video avatar stuff
FolderShare to synchronize files between multiple computers
I used all sorts of stupid software to edit my avi videos until I stumbled into vdub. reccomending it whole-heartedly. simply a brilliant piece of software with all of opensource goodness
ReplyDeleteNothing beats VLC player. Plays everything. When downloading torrents,it will play partially downloaded ones
ReplyDeleteI can't remember the last time I used windows media player
There's however a 3d party upgrade pack for the media player that can modify it in some sort of vlc player with Real Media playing capabilities.
Where did all my disk space go?
ReplyDeleteSpace Monger is a great graphic disk usage display tool. V1.4 is free, although unsupported. I use it on XP and W2k3 machines. There is a supported commercial version as well.
www.sixty-five.cc
fSekrit is a small application for keeping encrypted notes. Use it to keep all personal information on a USB Flash Drive. Only 60kb:-
ReplyDeletehttp://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Other/fSekrit/
QClip is a clipboard extender for Windows, similar to that found in the Microsoft Office suite, with the exception that it can copy and paste data to and from any other program. Only 60kb :-
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~acurti1/cadae/
try virtualbox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) for virtualization..... better than MS virtual PC ..it supports Linux OSes too.
ReplyDeleteTor (http://tor.eff.org):
ReplyDeleteGets around China's firewall if you happen to be in China. Hides your browsing activity from your LAN, since it encrypts everything. Just make sure your DNS requests are not leaked.
Worldlingo.com:
Very good automated translator for Chinese<->English.
Yahoo Pipes:
Great for figuring out how to actually *use* RSS feeds.
Google Checkout:
Better than Paypal if you have an online store. Cheaper and offers better analysis tools. Of course offer Paypal as a secondary option in case your customers really want to use it.
To rename photos in chronological order with exif date:
ReplyDeleteNamexif
Hi. Here some the best free favorites app i used :
ReplyDeletefilezilla - ftpclient for windows
Opera - browser
Spy-Bot - anti spyware
SuperCopier replaces windows explorer file copy and adds many features,Transfer resuming,Copy speed control,Copy speed computation ,Better copy progress display, Copy list editable while copyin , Error log, Copy list saving/loading,...
ReplyDeleteComodo has some very useful privacy tools. Like a firewall; spam-filter; anti-malware and site verification. I have to concur that Clamwin is a very useful app, Irfanview rocks and Fire ftp is built into the browser.
ReplyDeleteAll this and I said that computers were for the younger generation before I bought my first one at age 50 :o)
I have used Directory Opus for years. It isn't free but it costs very little - I don't remember now but I think it's around $30. I never use Explorer now, either in Vista or XP - they just seem so lame after Opus.
ReplyDeleteMY kids love the dual pane facility. I use the built in ftp client. It is also great as an image viewer with some basic built in image file-conversions and viewers.
There isn't much it can't do!
R
Nobody has mentioned WAMP yet, one click install WAMP stack for development. Installs, Apache, MySQL,PHP, PHPMyAdmin and loads of other useful dev tools.
ReplyDeletewhat about Seamonkey its
ReplyDeletefirefox and thunderbird all rolled into one.
so you only have one to backup.
-
and I really love the html editor.
and the contacts list
but I still use Gmail 97% of time.
I2P and Tor.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog. Thanks for keeping it on...
ReplyDeleteTotal Commander.... No doubt, The Best file manager ever for the Windows Environment(with a good set of extensions could be used for a lot of things more)
EditPad PRO.... Notepad and Coding Editor Replacement... Great one whit support for Regular expressions
This two are unmissable.
Notepad ++
ReplyDelete-
Nice source code editor, which support a lot of programming laguages.
NetBeans - Very powerfull Java
editor (Supports other languages too)
Thunderbird
-
Simply the best mail client. Forget about OE and OE Express.
Firefox - Take back the web
;-)
IrfanView - Very sweet app for
renaming, resizeing and converting many images at a time.
RkLauncher - OS X look a
like taskbar for Windows.
SpyBot - Good
spyware remover.
ImgBurn - Best app to burn / make
disc images.
VoIP Buster - Free calls from
computer to regual phones.
Joost -
Free online TV.
Zattoo - Free online TV.
SSH Secure Shell - SSH and SSH file transfer client.
I recommend Launchy for winXP, same as quick launch field in Vista, you just have to type in the first letters of an app to launch any program in your computer! VERY useful if your start menu is overfilled... ^^
ReplyDeleteI had written a blog on the best open source alternatives at http://vkvraju.blogspot.com. An another post also covers the portable applications.
ReplyDeletesome very good ones that have not yet been mentioned:
ReplyDeleteCCCP - codec pack that pretty much plays anything video related
foobar - minimalist media player that plays pretty much any audio format
Rainlendar - nice minimalist calendar / scheduler
PDFcreator - installs virtual printer that makes PDFs
all free:
ReplyDeleteMp3 Player: Songbird from Mozilla
http://getsongbird.com/
Media Player: KMPlayer
http://www.kmplayer.com/forums/index.php
Text Editor: Notepad++
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
IDE: Eclipse
http://www.eclipse.org/
CD/DVD Burner: InfraRecorder
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
Download Manager: Orbit
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
Chat: Pidgin
http://pidgin.im/
Encryption Software: TrueCrypt
http://www.truecrypt.org/
songbird mp3 player is great. I hate itunes! Thanks Rose
ReplyDeletemy office we having network smartfilter how can i use google talk in that pc
ReplyDeletePOPPEER:Check mutliple email accounts
ReplyDeletehttp://www.poppeeper.com/
FREE FREE FREE!!
logmein.com has changed my life (for the better)
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are CCleaner, RegCure and partition Magic.
ReplyDeleteFirefox, greatest tools for every body, I'm writing this comment on FF now:)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bugmenot.com Bypass registering personal details on a web site gain entrance with the help of this handy site
ReplyDeleteI use:
ReplyDelete- Textpad: Enhanced version of notepad
- CCleaner
- All Free Google products - Analytics, Keyword finder, Google Base etc.
- Free Download Manager - for lengthy downloads
i quite like Google Docs and have abandoned office in its favour
ReplyDeleteHere's a cool list of free software:
ReplyDeletehttp://home.comcast.net/~SupportCD/XPFreeware.html
Thanks to all for sharing their favorites. Here is my collection.
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/3vbtwl
Nice write-up and comments!
ReplyDeleteLots of good ideas to look into.
Thanks.
BTW, what does the girl and the train have anything to do with underground software!
A Comment on RAM Enhancing S/w from Experience:
===============================================
They do NOT work. Because Enhancing RAM is a Myth.
I tried MemoKit. My PC still crashed.
Well-tested ways to Increase PC Performance:
================================================
1. Buy more RAM.
2. Increase Paging File size, or let System Manage Virtual Memory. More often, this size is too small for modern surfing and use.
3. Keep 20% of Hard Drive Space as Free Space.
4. Delete all files in C:/Windows/Prefetch.
5. Set PrefetchEnable Parameter to 2 (Loads Boot files only at Boot).
6. Download CCleaner (http://www.Piriform.com free) and clean your drive unemotionally.
7. Error Check your Disk.
8. Download DeFragula (http://www.Piriform.com free) - This will allow you to DeFragment your Hard Drive, as well as individual Files and Folders!!
My favorites are Kaspersky, Regcure and CCleaner.
ReplyDeleteNot necessarily the BEST softwares I can name.... but the ones that Stand out, for various reasons.
ReplyDeleteVideo player: VLC Media Player.... It's clean, no stupid big buttons, pretty much every codec you need built right in!
MP3 Tagging/Player: Mediamonkey!!! My God! Select an album folder, 2 clicks of a mouse, and all the MP3s are tagged with Track, Artist, Album, Album Art, Lyrics...everything! My FAVOURITE program in this list.
ASCII Art: DAMN NFO Viewer - Displays those ASCII Art Files the way they should be... does absolutely nothing else, just that - Very small program.
App Launcher: Launchy... I'm not a fan of Launchers, but it's just so perfect for it!
My favorites is AVG Pro
ReplyDelete1. Launchy
ReplyDelete2. Texter and AutoHotKey
3. Evernote
4. jEdit
Here are my undergound favorites;
ReplyDeletewww.Evonsoft.com Advanced spyware remover I have used the free edition for at least 7 years now.
www.incredimail.com I paid for the extra premium version but the free version does fine also.
www.openoffice.org Works great.
many more to come
Here are some more;
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/ Eraser is a secure data removal tool, which allows you to remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it with carefully selected patterns. watch out this one can wipe out a hard drive with no chance of recovery. USE CAREFULLY!!!
QuickBFC is great for converting batch files to exe programs
ReplyDeleteHe hasn't being well promoted in the same proportion as he desserved for the quality of his program.
ReplyDeleteYou should give it a try.
Yahoo Pipes:
ReplyDeleteGreat for figuring out how to actually *use* RSS feeds.
Nice lists - keep it up. You can find a huge variety of good stuff at Gizmo's freeware --
ReplyDeletehttp://www.techsupportalert.com
I've used Ram software. IT isn't much effective by the way
ReplyDeleteI would like to vote for:
ReplyDeleteTotal Commander (already said, Windows Explorer is nothing)
EditPad (already mentioned, the old, totally-free version or the Lite version)
XnView (already mentioned)
Kalkulator (not free, but the mother of the calculators: http://wrotniak.net/works/kalkulator/index.html)
Panorama! The fastest, bestest database out there for single user/multiuser projects. Runs on OS X and a kind of crippled version is available for PCs.
ReplyDeletewww.provue.com
Thanks for the really great list.
ReplyDeleteI already have some of them.
Thanks for this post and i was searching for a good anti virus with trozanehorse remover.Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHey the best software that i use and recommend to all webmaster's and CSS developers is Instant Eye Dropper. JUSt click and release and the hex code of color is copied to clip board, no more referring to color charts. =)
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Simplifymedia - great program to share your iTunes with 30 friends. There is also aniphone app that will let you access it anwhere!
ReplyDeleteDigsby - a great app that brings all your communications and solil networks together. Stay connected to gtalk and fb chat without being logged into the site.
CCleaner - great for fixing registration removing temp data and uninstaller all in one.
i like all the software especially putty Linux based tool designed in Windows
ReplyDeleteFor simple batch editing needs I use image resizer/converter from Faststone. Just google "faststone image resizer." It's an amazing piece of software.
ReplyDeleteQuickBFC is great for converting batch files to exe programs prada.
ReplyDeleteNo23 recorder - it's for free and it's the best MP3 recorder I know
ReplyDeleteThere is a tiny software called EVERYTHING.. It really changed everything for me.. It is a local search engine for your comp. Assign a shortcut key (mine ALT+F), type the letters, everything related comes immediately while you typing.
ReplyDeleteYou can use it not only to find everything but you can also use it to open them.. I mean I never click on a shortcut anymore. I always use this to open any kind of thing. For example I type "one xe" to find "onenote.exe" and open it.
It is free. Find it below
http://www.voidtools.com/
VLC audio/video is excellent. They make Win and Linux versions. It is so much lighter and user friendly than the mains streamers!
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Abyss Web Server
CCleaner
Sandboxie
GOM Player
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/registry-defrag/download
Odysseus - http analyzer ,http proxy tool
RegCleaner
Cheers from setrst.blogspot.com
Here are a few of my favs:
ReplyDeleteScreen capture: Snagit http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp\
Smart Organizer: Leadertask http://leadertask.com/
Photo Management: ACDSee 2009 http://www.acdsee.com/
To-Do List: Smart To Do List http://www.smarttodolist.com
Uninstaller: Revo Uninstaller http://www.revouninstaller.com/
PDF apps:
Recover PDF Passwords
http://www.eltima.com/products/pdf-password-recovery/
Nitro PDF (Acrobat alternative) http://www.nitropdf.com/index.asp
Post-it Notes: PowerNotes http://www.pw-soft.com/notes-organizer/index.html?prog=PN
If you're a software junkie (like I am) you might want to get on the http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ email list.
They giveaway a FREE licensed software app everyday.
Awesome torrent sites...
http://thepiratebay.org/
http://www.mininova.org/
http://www.demonoid.com/index.html
Demonoid is down for maintenance...you should still bookmark them. You won't regret it.
Sadly, both mininova and demonoid are down. Mininova forever, and demonoid indefinitely. if you find a replacement for them, I would love to hear about it. So far all the other torrent sites I have checked have been loaded with fake files, bad ads and suspicious code.
ReplyDeleteVery good Mininova and Demonoid alternative is: http://www.kickasstorrents.com/
ReplyDeleteVery nice, clean interface.
As for awesome apps,
Imagine: The best image and animation viewer I have ever used.
Incredibly lightweight and the hotkey versatility is virtually limitless: http://www.nyam.pe.kr/
Billy: My favorite MP3 player. As lightweight as you can get yet very functional with hotkey support and gapless playback: http://www.sheepfriends.com/?page=billy
Find and Run Robot (FARR): http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/index.html
Much better than Launchy. (And much more stable too.)
Spotify: Excellent free music app. Interface and controls are superb. Free version works much like internet radio with ads except 100x better. Unfortunately it requires an account that is currently invite only and available only in select European countries. I was lucky enough to sign on using a proxy before open registrations were closed. When Spotify is open for registration again, sign on with a UK proxy. You won't regret it: http://www.spotify.com/
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7Zip 4.65
AbiWord 2.6.8
Google Chrome 2.0.172.33
Cheers from komputerinside.blogspot.com
Windows 2009 Starter Kits
FormatFactory. Spectacular program! Can't open core audio files though.
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ffmpeg - better than most pre-made video converting apps and way more customisable too...
ReplyDeleteGoogle Quick Search Box - I use this instead of my start menu. usually I can start an app with only about ctrl+space, three characters and ENTER.
You're very right about Total Commander!
ReplyDeleteAlso very usefull;
UltraEdit = text/source editor with lots of format-highlighting.
ThumbsPlus = the best to manage images, batch-editing, make thumbnails on any file format!
TeamViewer = Take over any PC anywhere, network, behind firewalls, no matter what! As installer, but also works online.
sorry for no links, but shouldn't be hard to find, except maybe lock&rest:
ReplyDeletedeskpins: small free app to keep any window on top
DC++ 'retro' direct connect file sharing, chat, etc (if you try it, come see my hub: drrobertscureall@mypets.com)
citrus alarm: choose mp3 to wake up to, trial, may work beyond with annoying reminder, used to be free
Gimp - free adobe photoshop-like app
spacemonger-trial but can keep using, visually see what is taking up all your memory
photogenics by idruna - 30 day trial, very high price, hasn't been updated for years, but awesome effects, i have to reinstall the trial everytime i install or reinstall an operating system, try the tutorials, mobile version too, i actually paid for that one ;)
Ram optimization wasnt easy but this tool is doing great.
ReplyDeleteYou can use it not only to find everything but you can also use it to open them.. I mean I never click on a shortcut anymore. I always use this to open any kind of thing. For example I type "one xe" to find "onenote.exe" and open it.
ReplyDeleteLove FreeRAM, probably one the best I've found lately. Thanks for pointing me in that direction!
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