some of my favorites are

Clipboard recorder - by lw-works

FileAlyzer/Foldalyzer - PepiMK Software

Almost all of the "Microsoft Powertoys" for xp.

DVD Shrink 3.2 -

Cryptainer LE - Cypherix

WinRAR 3.42

CCleaner

PC Inspector File Recovery - Convar

AVG Free antivirus (FUCK Norton antivirus)

K-lite codec pack (with Media Player Classic)

Snood

*Cough!*Photoshop 6.0 >.< *Cough!*

some of the best things IMO are actually probably already on an XP pro system
the best file search utility that i personally have used is the
"Windows file signature verification utility"

NTBackup

Windows Movie Maker (with service pack 2 leastways, the one that DOESN"T lock up every time) i guess they ironed some of the kinks out of it but it really *can be* a VERY powerfull media editing and composition tool. I think a large number of software packs nowadays rely solely on people's underestimation of its abilities

and after some hamfisted rooting around in my installation disk ive come to think that If you can find a version of xp with Microsoft's supplimental tools ( i have no idea if it comes with every copy or whatever) there are some extremely powerful disk and file editing utils in it that someone with more knowhow than me might find interesting

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p.s i need more toys

11/9/2005 4:11:44 PM

I still like CDEX for ripping CD's

11/9/2005 4:21:53 PM

search you fucking idiot

11/9/2005 4:30:21 PM

no

11/9/2005 5:07:35 PM

After a fresh install of windows

The first piece of software I install after drivers is WinRAR.

I really need to go buy a copy. Its a great piece of software.

11/9/2005 5:11:41 PM

did they get the timing perfect for the "register me!" window that pops up after you click on an archive after the trial has expired or what

11/9/2005 5:32:54 PM

yea its like.

ok its open

lemme pick a fi..PLEASE REGISTER THX!

11/9/2005 5:38:35 PM

k3b
gaim
irssi
screen
openssh
xmms
firefox

a few of the free tools i use every day

11/9/2005 10:10:54 PM

Java
PuTTY
Eclipse
xmms
mplayer

(insert a billion packages that install useful command line utilities)

[Edited on November 9, 2005 at 11:18 PM. Reason : are you sure they don't just trigger that please register me stuff on first click]

11/9/2005 11:16:56 PM

AlwaysOnTop Maker
Vitrite
IconRestore

11/9/2005 11:29:35 PM

tcpview

11/9/2005 11:30:35 PM

VLC (Video Lan Player). Plays almost any video/audio file and DVDs and is free.
GAIM-Multiprotocol IM client. Supports tabbed messaging
iTunes (for Windows)-So much better then Windows Media
Amarok (for FreeBSD)-So much better than iTunes and Windows Media
Opera-Kicks Firefox/IEs ass
Azureus-BitTorrent Client
OpenOffice.org 2.0

11/9/2005 11:44:06 PM

Quote :

"iTunes (for Windows)-So much better then Windows Media"

not even close

11/10/2005 1:58:37 AM

windows media player has never even been my 2nd fav media player

11/10/2005 2:14:06 AM

hehe, i still use winamp and it suits me fine

11/10/2005 2:17:07 AM

yea winamp is not bad. for music playback and storing and organizing ive never found anything that has touched itunes for me

11/10/2005 2:19:59 AM

http://www.sysinternals.com

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11/10/2005 2:21:06 AM

I wouldn't use "favorite" and "Windows media player" in the same sentence, without the phrase "to wipe my ass with"

11/10/2005 3:03:41 AM

Quote :

"yea winamp is not bad. for music playback and storing and organizing ive never found anything that has touched itunes for me "

11/10/2005 3:19:36 AM

I'll try to avoid previously mentioned programs:

Ethereal
mKw Audio Compression Toolkit
Visio Viewer
Acrobat
Ultra VNC
Winzip - still like it. You can dismiss the shareware thing right away.
irfanview- though I haven't tried much else

11/10/2005 5:32:25 AM

Mozilla Thunderbird
DVD Decrypter
Driver Cleaner Pro
Konfabulator
Lavasoft's Adaware
Spybot Search and Destroy
MS Antispyware
Picasa 2
Tweak UI - Windows Powertoy
Trillian

after eliminating those previously mentioned

11/11/2005 12:27:47 PM

paint.net
xbconnect
picasa

for a few

11/11/2005 12:46:56 PM

OpenOffice.org 2.0
Firefox
AVG Antivirus
Trillian 3
Gaim
DVD Shrink
Winrar

11/11/2005 12:58:33 PM

I'll add a 2nd for Paint.NET
everything from Sysinternals

AnalogX Netstat Live

11/11/2005 1:45:24 PM

Noone has said Foobar yet


http://www.foobar2000.org/

Quote :

"Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include ReplayGain support, low memory footprint and native support for several popular audio formats. "

and


LiteStep

http://www.litestep.net/

Quote :

"LiteStep was originally written years ago by lonerunnr as a AfterStep interface port for windows. It has since grown into the most powerfull shell still in active development. "

11/11/2005 2:26:03 PM

XWin32
Hiren's BootCD <--(saved my ass a couple of times)
Knoppix/Whoppix <--(saved my ass dozens of times)
Metapad (finally a notepad that can display unix text files right)

11/11/2005 2:30:57 PM

editplus
absoluteftp
4t tray minimizer (minimize puts apps in systray rather than taskbar)

11/11/2005 4:58:11 PM