List of MUST-HAVE software.

[kperrine]

Hey,

I just wanted to check out what GREAT programs everyone is using. I know I have my personal must-install programs, so what are everyone elses?

WinRar

Trillian

Alcohol 120%

Nero

Spybot

iTunes

NetLimiter

mIRC

Those are the ones I use most often.

Anyone else?

[Datalore]

PopTray

Hex Workshop

Creative Recorder

WS_FTP Pro

Beyond Compare 2

Resource Hacker

Tracks Eraser Pro

ABBYY FineReader

Dreamweaver MX 2004

Plus some of the ones you mentioned. I can't really be productive without them.

[ZuluDC]

Acronis TrueImage 7.0

FileZilla

UltraEdit

DreamweaverMX

Thunderbird

Opera

Mozilla Firefox

CloneCD

Nero

Winamp 2.91 lite

MediaPlayerAlternative (for RealPlayer/Quicktime)

K-Lite ++ CodecsPack

WinRAR

VMWare

XP Antisp

TweakUI

F-Prot

Sygate Personal

There are more appz around that i really like and do install but i think this are the most important for me...

[se7engreen]

Kaspersky AV

Sygate Firewall (Personal or Pro)

Google toolbar

WinRAR

Nero Burning Rom

Eraser

EasyCleaner2.0

MBSA

SpywareBlaster

SpywareGuard

SpyBot S&D

All good stuff...

[rcwalker]

direct connect

kazaa lite

real audio to wave converter

various office apps

return to castle wolfenstein

unreal-various versions

system mechanic

isobuster

diskkeeper

furthurnet-legal live music sharing

shn to mp3 converter due to above

ad-aware

[HyDeNCiTy]

Style XP 2

Object Dock

Photoshop

CodeStuff Starter

PopUp XP

Window Washer

Ultra VNC

Winamp

SPybot (ofcourse)

Winrar (ofcourse)

AdminPak.msi (for the office)

WinWhatWHere

[Justice]

For me...

Powertoys for XP:

• TweakUI
  
• CmdHere
  
• Taskswitch
  

AvantBrowser

Google Toolbar

Office2K3:

• Word
  
• Excel
  
• Outlook
  

Alcohol120%

Nero 6.x

Photoshop CS

Acrobat 6.0 Pro

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX

TopStyle Pro

[Tran Thanh Tam]

For me:

River Past Video Cleaner

Dreamwaver MX

Photoshop

Acrobat Pro 6

Nero

Winamp 2x

Herosoft 20001

Window Media 9

WinDVD

CD menu builder

.....

[XtremeMaC]

Programs

• PowerDVD
  
• Alcohol 120%
  
• Nero
  
• Acrobat Reader
  
• PhotoShop
  
• Winamp
  
• Opera
  
• Norton Corp AntiVirus
  
• DVD Shrink
  
• MS Office
  
• Team Speak
  
• Trillian
  
• Shareaza
  
• Notmad Manager
  
• FlashFXP
  

Games

• Battlefield
  • Desert Combat
    
  • Vietnam
    

  [*]Unreal 2004

  [*]Colin Mcrae Rally 4

  [*]Toca Race Driver 2

These are what I install immediaetly when i setup Windows. (either silent or loud )

There are many more that I install when needed...

[premier69]

These excellent applications and tweaks:

ffdshow-20040319

klmcodec101

Azureus

Miranda

Nero 6

Norton Ghost 2003

Xitami

vnc

WinRAR

winamp 2

TClock 2.2.9

sysmetrix

whereisit

Paint shop pro 7

O&0 Defrag

no-ip

Daemon Tools

Adaware & spybot

and of course XPAntiSpy if you run WinXP

I'm sure I've forgotten a few.

[TomoDaK]

trillian

winrar

nero

8rdavcore

cpuidle

opera

wmp10

winamp5

spybot

adaware

mirc

dh-shutdown

driver cleaner 3

diskeeper

bittorrent

alcohol 120%

go supernova (nifty prog for torrent users google it and try it)

[strekship]

Spybot S&D

Ad-Aware Pro 6

Win RAR

Tweak UI

Office 2k3

Nero 5 (latest version)

MS or Connectix VPC

VMware

ISOBuster

ISORecorder powertoy

Watercolor Lite 2.11 Desktop Theme

Mozilla Firefox

Trend Micro PC-Cillin Internet Security 2004

mIRC

Trillian

Smart FTP

Glass 2k (makes windows transparent)

[Laser2100]

Knoppix. It's the only thing you'll need when you break Windows by installing all of that software.

And, it's free!

http://www.knoppix.net/

[Marsden]

Vegas 5 with network rendering...

[thieske]

Pfff.

NERO

Winamp

Winrar

Winace

Winzip

K-lite k++ (no spam, no addware)

Sygate PF

Installshield adminstudio 5.5

Ad aware (need a good substitute)

Google bar (need a good substitute)

MSN

Some games

Enemy Territory

UT2004

Age of Mythology

Game extra's

Etmin

Pathfinder

Teamspeak