Just got a new comp, what would you all suggest on putting on it

1/5/2006 1:07:10 AM

winace
zonealarm
adaware
spybot
dvdshrink
daemon tools
dvix
nero burning rom
good firmware not from the original company(hacked firmware for dvd burner)
winrar(for rare instances winace dont work)
bitlord
the anti virus the school gives away
open office
limewire
aim
firefox
ccleaner
adobe acrobat reader

1/5/2006 1:19:17 AM

mr willis took my answer

1/5/2006 1:20:09 AM

Windows

1/5/2006 1:34:28 AM

Blue LEDs.

1/5/2006 1:35:03 AM

Well done Mr. Willis.

1/5/2006 1:37:08 AM

maxthon is MUCH greater than firefox after some tweaking and never crashes...(you can give it all the same controls as Firefox as well CTRL+T and that stuff)

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=63598 is a great resource that jimb0 showed me...look around there too

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 4:27 AM. Reason : /]

1/5/2006 4:27:20 AM

Quote :

"nero burning rom spybot daemon tools dvix winrar the anti virus the school gives away aim firefox adobe acrobat reader"

definatly

1/5/2006 7:08:27 AM

vlc media player
aim
firefox
ncsu remote connection apps ( http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/remoteaccess )
nero
winamp
kill winamp
powerdvd
media player classic
vnc
dvddecrypter
dvdshrink
dvd rebuilder pro
daemon tools
anydvd
an alarm clock app (i use aquarius soft pc alarm clock pro)
cd audio ripper (i use EAC)
tag&rename
isobuster
google apps
spyware/antivirus
openoffice
winrar
acronis trueimage
acronis privacy expert


[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 9:05 AM. Reason : more]

1/5/2006 8:59:09 AM

a monitor

1/5/2006 9:49:32 AM

Paint.NET http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

1/5/2006 10:55:25 AM

^^ best answer yet

[Edited on January 5, 2006 at 10:55 AM. Reason : too slow]

1/5/2006 10:55:36 AM

Windows Updates
Drivers
Winrar
AntiVirus
Divx
AC3 Directshow filter
Daemon tools
Nero
aim 4.8 or 5.0
antispyware tools if you're a noob.
JDK/JRE
azureus
powerdvd
xnews

1/5/2006 11:36:11 AM

ffdshow
ac3 filter
winamp
windows updates
opera/firefox
aim 4.8/5.0
acrobat reader
sav9
burnatonce
winrar (winace is garbage)
ccleaner
daemon tools/anti-blaxx
winscp
putty
filezilla
cdex
powerdvd 5 or 6
JDK 5.0 w/o netbeans
tweak xp
cleartype tuner
powertoy calculator
a ton of reg edits*

*not software

1/5/2006 12:39:14 PM

my basics:
http://windowsupdate.syprus.com

1/7/2006 10:21:40 PM

lots of porn

1/7/2006 10:44:27 PM

how about not putting all that fucking garbage on your clean new PC.

You SHOULD get :

-winrar (its far better than winace or winzip)
-microsoft antispyware (far better than adaware or spybot)
-Symantec Antivirus (use the schools if you can)
-Nero Burning ROM
-firefox/thunderbird
-acrobat
-divx and quicktime

other than that, put on things you will use.

1/7/2006 11:48:51 PM

Firefox is starting to suck.

Go with Maxthon

1/7/2006 11:49:18 PM

Noen, I think people are posting things they DO actually use

1/7/2006 11:56:32 PM

Linux

1/8/2006 12:42:23 AM

Zoom player plus all the filters and codecs

1/8/2006 12:51:20 AM

^

first go to the Gordian Knot download page and install the codec pack

then install Zoom Player

if you install the codecs through zoom player you have to do them 1 at a time

1/8/2006 1:05:58 AM

ya know.. windows media player and powerdvd are about the best video players you're gonna find on windows, I don't see the point in installing 989479872394873 different ones for the one type of file they make do a little better with than wmp.

1/8/2006 11:35:25 AM

internetz

1/8/2006 11:55:31 AM

^^windows media player requires codecs to play files too

1/8/2006 1:31:58 PM