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Firewall: My good hardware firewall is all I need

AV: Kaspersky

Win Tuning: regedit

Download: GetRight/httrack/the one in firefox

email (uh, does gmail web mail count?)

Web Design: dreamweaver mx 2004 to throw things together quickly (although there's alot of good ones-not talking about frontpage here lol-and some nice utilities) Otherwise, for neat & clean code... even notepad works fine.

Graphics Development: Photoshop CS HANDS DOWN (well, the whole adobe creative suite really) and a whole bunch of other stuff you need (like camera RAW software, plugins, utilities, ...)

hd optimization: Just switched recently from O&O to Raxco PerfectDisk...

windows error checking: nothing, if it works it works, if it's messed bad reinstall it/reghost. These utilities mess your PC more than anything usually.

Anything else? hmm. *WAY* too much to list here hehe

(lots of other categories you didn't touch)

[edit: darn typos]

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Mosselman -

Exactly why was this comment-

Haha I guess its an American thing then to not think further then your nose is long...

-needed?

Because 2 Americans stated that using a download manager was outdated or of no use at all, thought they didnt look past the process of getting something in one go thus forgetting to see that download managers are very usefull still even if you have broadband.

Was just a joke :P .

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Antivirus : McAfee VirusScan 8.0 Enterprise

Firewall : Kerio Personal Firewall

Download : FlashGet

Email : Microsoft Outlook ; IncrediMail ; The Bat

Graphics Development : Photoshop CS ; 3DMAX ; Maya

Hard-Drive optimization tools : Norton Utilities (Norton Speed Disc ; Norton Disc Doctor)

Windows error Checking : definetly Norton Utilities

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Mosselman -

Well the Anti-American ribbings are getting old on this board.

Download managers are useful...tho in general they do lose a lot of their appeal once one has broadband, since most downloads take little to no time to get even if it fails once or twice.

That said tho....I still install GetRight when ever a high demand file comes out, like when a new copy of one of my fav Linux Distro's comes out...with a DM I have no problem aquiring it...where others may have to wait a day or so to get it.

Also most P2P file sharing apps are just over glorified DM's.

Any ways if you could please knock off the ribbings.

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Firewall: Sygate Pro

Anti-Virus: Symantec NAV Corp.V9.0.0.1400

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): WiNner Tweak SE

Download Utilities: FlashFXP - Flashget

E-Mail: Foxmail - Outlook

Webdesign: notepad and dreamweaver

Graphics Development: Photoshop CS - Irfanview

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Defragmenter Pro Plus

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Hiren's bootdisc, whatever i need to fix it

Aware/Spy removers: Spywareblaster - SpywareS&D - MRUBlaster - spysweeper - adaware pro the full bunch really ;)

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Mosselman -

Well the Anti-American ribbings are getting old on this board.

hahahaha I wasnt even being Anti anything.... I just stated that Americans didnt think about the use of download managers concidering it actually were American people who stated that download managers were uselss I was right. I just stated the obvious... Dont flatter yourself by putting yourself in a box.

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Firewall: I use McAfee

Anti-Virus: Symantec NAV Corp

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): System Mechanic

Download Utilities: Firefox mostly, and Opera integrated...

E-Mail: Mozzila Thunderbird

Webdesign: Dreamweaver 2004 MX... and somethings in notepad

Graphics Development: Paint Shop Pro

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): I installed O&O now.. Havent tried it yet, takes too much time for me to defrag (400GB), more time anyway than i can spare without my comp right now..

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Norton Utilities, System Mechanic

Aware/Spy removers: AdAware Pro, S&Destroy, and System mechanic integrated adware killer

FTP: WS FTP Pro

Browser: IE and MyIE2 (predecesor of Maxthon).. I use Firefox whenever I feel like I need to use a better browser than IE... IE is usually more compatible so I tend to use that more..

Benchmarking: 3dMark 03 and 2001 SE pro and Fresh Diagnose.

Bandwith managing: NetLimiter (handy if you are on a network with shared internet connection, so that you dont get put back by other people downloading ;)..

Remote computing: Remote Admin

Diagnose: PC Alert 4 for CPU and System temperature, Speedfan for HDD temp, Norton utilites for system specs...

CD-Image Software: Daemon Tools ofcourse

P2P: DC++ and Kazaalite mostly, whenever I can spare the upload I use bittorent aswell...

Multimedia center: Media Portal (free and very good for controlling with a remote control) (which I do ;))

Remote Control (the hardware type): Girder

Media Players:

Winamp for music and Windows Media Player classic (for .mov files and real

media) and Windows Media Player (newest version) for all other movie types... I use BS player when I have subs which arent in sync with the image...

Chatting and stuff: Skype (voice chat) and MSN

Let me think what more...

CD-Burning: Nero ofcourse, and sometimes alcohol...

Other system stuff: CPU idle

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  • 2 weeks later...

Here's my list

CD Burning: Padus DiscJuggler, Alcohol 120%

Graphics Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS2

Media Player: Windows Media Player 10

Video Player: Media Player Classic

Browser: Firefox

Anti-Virus: SAV Corp 10

Download Manager: Free Download Manager

Website Development: Nvu

Defrag: O&O Defrag 8

File Sharing: BearShare, SoulSeek, BitSpirit (Bittorrent), eMule

IRC Chat: HydraIRC

Archiver: WinRAR

Registry Cleaner: Registry Mechanic

Registry Editor: RegCool

Media Tagger: Tag&Rename

Privacy: East-Tec 2005 Professional

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What do you think is the best application for each of the following purposes? (Money Is not an option (only the best of the best not quality/price comparisons) )

Firewall:

Anti-Virus:

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP):

Download Utilities:

E-Mail:

Webdesign:

Graphics Development:

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example):

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities):

Antything else that comes to mind:

Firewall: router

Anti-Virus: nod32 2.0009 admin edition

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): not sure

Download Utilities: none, unless u mean p2p (bittornado, klite, mirc, etc)

E-Mail: gmail, incredimail, etc

Webdesign: dreamweaver

Graphics Development: maya 6.0, animation studio

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): diskeeper, perfect disk

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): registry mechanic

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Firewall: I use a Linux Machine with Firestarter, controls IPTABLES Firewall rules

Anti-Virus: Trend Pc-Cillin

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): don't waste your money

Download Utilities: the one that comes with Mozilla Firefox

E-Mail: Mozilla Thunderbird

Webdesign:Have only used Dreamwearver but is way expensive

Graphics Development: If you are serious about it only Photoshop will do but very costly.

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example):WIndows defragger, wouldn't waste my money.

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities):Again wouldn't waste my money

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old thread... so let's go quick

Firewall: Outpost Pro 2.11

Anti-Virus: BitDefender 7.2

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): Xtech X-Setup Pro 6.6

Download Utilities: Getright 5.1 or Firefox download manager, for p2p ABC and edonkey 0.52

E-Mail: none, a browser for html code, hotmail and gmail :P

Webdesign: notepad ;)

Graphics Development: Photoshop CS (8) of course

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): this is tricky, Windows default or VoptXP for defrag

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Scandisk (looking others...)

Antything else that comes to mind: a lot, ACDSee classic, **** info viewer, BSPlayer, Gordian Knot, virtual dub mod, mother board monitor, sandra2004, stardock apps, nero 6...

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Firewall: ZoneAlarm Pro 5 (security suite)

Anti-Virus: ZoneAlarm Pro 5 (security suite)

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): TuneUP Utilities 2004, WinXP manager

Download Utilities: Newsleecher (newsgroups), Limewire PRO (p2p)

E-Mail: Outlook

Webdesign:na

Graphics Development: Adobe Photoshop Elements 2

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): O&O Defrag, Swipe Pro

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): TuneUp Ultilities 2004

Antything else that comes to mind:

Virtual PC: VMware workstation 4.5

Spyware: Ad Aware SE Pro

Burning: Nero Burning ROM 6

DVD player: Cyberlink PowerDVD PRO

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