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Firewall: ZAP 4.5 w/ web filtering enabled or Iptables w/Firestarter (linux)

Anti-Virus: EZ Antivirus or F-prot (linux)

Web Browser: Mozilla Firefox (win/linux)

Advanced Windows Tuning: Ton of reg tweaks, TweakUI, xplite... or scripts and bash shell (linux)

E-Mail: OE or Mozilla Thunderbird (linux)

Webdesign: Ultraeditor or Openoffice (linux)

Hard-Drive optimization tools: defrag.exe

Windows error Checking: chkdsk.exe

Linux error Checking: fsck.ext3

Audio player: Winamp 5 w/24-bit Shibatch mpg123 and ASIO out driver or

xmms (linux)

Media player: WMP9 + codec packs or mplayer (linux)

FTP client: FileZilla or gftp (linux)

Usenet: Agent or PAN (linux)

IRC: Mirc or Xchat (linux)

IM: ICPoo with no-ad hak or Licq (linux)

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j4ever

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Adobe:

Photoshop CS

Acrobat Pro 6

Premier Pro 1.5

Anydvd 3.9.2.1

Bitcomet 0.54

Cute FTP Pro 6

DivX Pro 5.2

ESPN Motion 2.0

FlashGet 1.65

Java Runtime

LClock

Limewire Pro 4.0.8

Flash/Shockwave

Office 2003 Pro/OneNote/Frontpage/Visio/Project

Microsoft Money 2005

mIRC 6.16

Nero 6 Ultra Enterprise Edition

Trend Micro PC-Cillin 11.3

Quicktime Pro 6.5

RealPlayer Gold 10.5

System Mechanic 4

Trillian Pro 2.013

UltraISO ME SR 7.2

VMWare Workstation 4.5

WinRAR

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Bishlouk

Bishlouk

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Firewall: Hardware one !

Anti-Virus: McAfee 7.0 Pro

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): Just mine, scripting them.

Download Utilities: none

E-Mail: outlook express is fine (found nothing better for home use in fact)

Webdesign: Dreamweaver

Graphics Development: Ulead Photoimpact XL

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): don't use that stuff

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): don't use that stuff

Antything else that comes to mind:

IrfanView, Turbolaunch, WS-FTP LE

Firewall: Hardware one !

Anti-Virus: McAfee 7.0 Pro

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): Just mine, scripting them.

Download Utilities: none

E-Mail: outlook express is fine (found nothing better for home use in fact)

Webdesign: Dreamweaver

Graphics Development: Ulead Photoimpact XL

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): don't use that stuff

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): don't use that stuff

Antything else that comes to mind:

IrfanView, Turbolaunch, WS-FTP LE

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jbjones

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So. Best apps period (for Windows)

Firewall: (not sure ... use hardware)

Anti-Virus: Avast! AntiVirus

Email: Outlook 2003

FTP: SmartFTP

CD/DVD Utilities: Nero 6 Ultra Edition

Archives: WinZip

General Office Apps: Microsoft Office 2003

Graphics: Photoshop

Drawing: Illustrator

Page Layout: InDesign

PDF Printer: CutePDF Writer (equal to or better than Adobe's method)

Web Design: Dreamweaver MX 2004

Video Editor: Sony Vegas (offline)

DVD Authoring: Sonic Scenarist

(... but I use Sony DVD Architect for Vegas compatibility and price)

3D app: Maxon Cinema 4D R9 / Maya (depending on need)

Not necesarily the best of the best. But the best of the free/cheap category.

General Office Apps: OpenOffice.org

Graphics: GIMP.org

Email: Outlook Express

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skitty

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Firewall: If I had the money, it would definately be a hardware one, no questions asked. But then again, being part of a network does slow down attacks abit. but i use norton internet security 2005

Anti-Virus: norton internet security 2005

Advanced Windows Tuning: just use the registry tweaks on my Ua install

Download Utilities: Firefox

E-Mail: Mozzila Thunderbird

Webdesign: Dreamweaver MX 2004

Graphics Development: Paint Shop Pro 9

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): O&O

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): none, but probably norton

Aware/Spy removers: Giant. best ever!

Browser: Firefox

P2P: musicstation and mIRC

Media Players: Real One

Chatting and stuff: MSN

CD-Burning: Nero 6.6.0.3

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Firewall: Router w- NAT... and Common Sense!!

Anti-Virus: NAV2005

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): RegEdit

Download Utilities: For IE: Download Accelerator, FF: Havent looked, just use the Advanced Download Tweak extension...

E-Mail: MS Outlook 2003

Webdesign: Notepad

Graphics Development: Photoshop CS

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Diskkeeper

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Used to use Norton Utils but didnt really notice much advantage once I replaced its SpeedDisk with Diskeeper

Anything else that comes to mind:

My other must haves...

CD Burning: Nero

CD Ripping: Exact Audio Copy w- Lame MP3 Encoder

MP3 Tag Editor/Creator: Tag & Rename

HTPC Software (Home Theater PC): Meedio

Password Managment: AccountLogon

FTP Client: CuteFTP Pro

Instant Messenger: Trillian Pro

NewsGroup Grabber: GrabIt

P2P: eMule Plus and SoulSeek

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Confused Amused

Confused Amused

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I'm shuddering at how many people recommended Frontpage for web design. You use that to massacre web sites, not design them. Probably the worst web design program I've ever seen!

Firewall: McAfee Personal Firewall 2005

Anti-Virus: McAfee VirusScan 2005

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): Regedits?

Download Utilities: I'm an American and I don't need one of these stinkin' things. :P

E-Mail: Outlook 2003

Webdesign: Dreamweaver MX 2004

Graphics Development: Adobe Photoshop CS

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Diskeeper

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Never really liked any of them...

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Favorite Applications:

Media Player (video): Media Player Classic 6.4.8.2

Media Player (audio): Windows Media Player 9

Codecs: Cool Codecs 2.2

P2P: DC++

Office: OpenOffice.org 1.9.65 Beta (impressive thus far)

Instant Messaging: AIM 5.5.3752, MSN Messenger 7 Beta

Spyware: Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1*, Spybot 1.4 Beta 2, Ad-aware SE 1.05 Personal

Antivirus: SAV 9.0 Corporate Edition

Desktop Search: Google Desktop Search

CD Burning: IBM RecordNow! 7.22

Graphics: Adobe Photoshop CS

Compression: 7-Zip 4.13 Beta

Notepad Replacement: Notepad2

Email: Outlook Express 6

Those to watch out for:

Graphics: Paint .NET v2.0 - created by students at Washington State, requires .NET Framework 1.1, is worth replacing mspaint

Spyware: Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta1 - impressed me with features of HiJackThis, realtime protection like Spybot, and automatic updating and scan scheduling; however, the first time i silently installed, it didn't run properly

Media Player (audio): iTunes 4.7 - this application has free mp3 decoding, burns faster than WMP (any version)

Quick Question: Does Thunderbird support Hotmail? If not, then i'm sticking with outlook express 6, because outlook 2003 can be very sluggish.

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Yzöwl

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Firewall: Hardware, but if not Sygate Personal Firewall - (free)

Anti-Virus: AntiVir - (free)

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): (registry editing tools) - (free)

Download Utilities: Built in or Extension for Firefox Browser - (free)

E-Mail: WebMail - (free with any browser) or Thunderbird - (free)

Webdesign: Amaya (free) and Crimson Editor - (free)

Graphics Development: Pixia - (free)

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Built-In - (free) and ERUNT /NTREGOPT - (free)

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): Built-In - (free),  RegCleaner - (last available freeware version)

Antything else that comes to mind: OpenOffice org - (free)

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Spyder2k

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Firewall: Outpost Pro (/Checkpoint on a diff box if you wanna get real professional)

Anti-Virus: Kaspersky AntiVirus

Download Utilities: Flashget

E-Mail: I'm cool with Microsoft Outlook (Especially when you've got your own exchange server :D )

Graphics Development: Photoshop

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): Diskeeper

Antything else that comes to mind: Can't do without; Firefox, Trillian, Alcohol 120%, VMWare, Winamp, Nero, MetaProducts Offline Explorer Enterprise, mIRC, Dr. DiVX, DVD Decrypter, Hex Workshop, Visual Basic 6, StrokeIT, UltraISO and WinRAR.

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Brat-2

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Internet

Miranda (Internet Messenger)

Download Master aka Internet Download Accelerator (BTW - I am on the fast cable)

IE

Google Toolbar

FifeFox

MozBackup (backing up/restoring FireFox Bookmarks...)

eDonkey

CD-DVD

DVD Decrypter

DVD Shrink

Nero

Media

K-Lite Codec Pack

WMP 10

QuickTime Alternative

Real Alternative

Tag Scanner

Winamp

Evil Lyrics

Crystal Player

Graphics

Xn-View

Web Development

HomeSite 4.5

DreamWeaver

Swish

Visual Studio .NET

Security

SMC Barricade (switch+firewall)

NAV 2001/2002/2003/2004/2005... Thinking about switching to Trend Micro PC-cillin

Tools

Daemon Tools

O&O Defrag-Pro (Thinking about switching to Diskeeper)

WinRar

jv16 Power Tools - registry/system cleaner

Office 2003 (Word/Excel/Outlook) As soon as Mozilla going to release Sunbird I will switch to it + Thunderbird

MS Money

VM Ware

X-Setup -mother of all Windows tweakers

Stamina - typing tutor

ABBYY Lingvo - translator

ICE Book Reader - well... Book reader...

Video

Pinnacle Studio

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Firewall: Windows XP SP2 Firewall

Anti-Virus: AVG Free Edition 7.0

Advanced Windows Tuning (software like tweakXP): N/A

Download Utilities: Net Transport 1.93, FlashGet 1.65

E-Mail: Office Outlook 2003

Graphics Development: Adobe Photoshop CS

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): DEFRAG

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): CHKDSK

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epic

epic

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Firewall: Sygate Professional/Pix Firewall

Anti-Virus: McAfee Enterprise 8i

Advanced Windows Tuning: Registry Workshop/Resource Hacker/Xsetup/my fingers

Download Utilities: Getright/nettransport

E-Mail: Outlook/Webmail

Webdesign: MacromediaMX/PhotoshopCS/TextPad4

Graphics Development: PhotoshopCS/IllustratorCS/scanner/camera

Hard-Drive optimization: Diskkeeper 9 Pro

Windows error Checking: Registry Workshop

Hard-drive recovery: O&O DiskRecovery/R-Studio NTFS

Imaging Tools: PowerQuest Drive Image 2002

Messenging: Trillianpro3

Notepad: TextPad4 (replaced system notepad)

CD-Burning: Nero 6.6

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hello guys! here's my list:

Firewall: OUTPOST FIREWALL PRO

Anti-Virus: KASPERSKY ANTIVIRUS

Download Utilities: FLASHGET (http) & SMARFTP (ftp)

E-Mail: OUTLOOK EXPRESS & MAILWASHER PRO (email check)

Webdesign: MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER

Graphics Development: CORELDRAW

Hard-Drive optimization tools (defraggers for example): DISKEEPER PRO

Windows error Checking (Like Norton Utilities): CRAP CLEANER

CD-Burning: NERO BURNING ROM

Imaging Tool: POWERQUEST DRIVE IMAGE

Wiper: EAST TEC ERASER

Windows Shutdown at... : AMP WINOFF

Slipstreamer: NLITE

MP3 Editor: COOL EDIT PRO

Windows Benchmark: EVEREST

are you satisfied? :w00t::w00t:

bye bye! :hello:

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