bbLean- Shell Replacement

Dark Files- Security

Directory Lister- Information of files in a directory

DirMonitor- monitor changes in directories

DScaler- software to watch tv

EssentialPIM Pro- Contacts manager

Everest- pc information

Filemon

FlashGet- download manager

GetRight-download manager

Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004-

Miranda IM- messenger

Nero- burn cd

OpenExpert- "open with" selected programs

Paragon Mount Everything Professional- NTFS read and writer

PDF Reader- Alternative to Adobe PDF reader

Process Explorer- task proccess

Program Protector- password to exe files

Regmon- monitor changes in registry in real time

TrayIt!- minimize any program to tray place

VideoLAN- Very good player

Aston- Shell Replacement

Babylon- translate

Barca Pro- Very good email program

eMule-P2P

EvilLyrics- download song lyrics

eXescope

FullRemover- total uninstall

IM2- messenger

Irfan View- image viewer

Media Player Classic- video player

Mozilla Firefox- browser

Opera- browser

ps2rate- mouse smooth

RadLight- video player

RegCleaner- Registry cleaner

Resource Hacker

Resource Workshop

Shareaza-P2P

SIM- messenger

Skype- voIP

TaskInfo

Acronis True Image- Image partitions

WinRAR

xplorer2- File manager

Java2SE RE 5.0- Sun java

Acronis Disk Director

Hey, nice list. I just discovered a few new useful apps from it.

Here's mine:

bbLean 1.16 - Shell Replacement

Nod32 - Antivirus

Spybot S&D - spyware remover

AdAware SE - spyware remover

xplorer2 - File Manager

Everest - Sys Info

GAIM - Multi-protocol IM

Opera 8.01 - Browser (default)

Mozilla Firefox - Browser

Mozilla Thunderbird - Email

Foobar2000 0.8.3 - Audio Player

Codestuff Starter - Task Manager

Process Explorer - Task Manager

eMule - P2P

ABC - BitTorrent

Adobe Photoshop 7 - Image Editor

Irfanview - Image Viewer

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack - Codecs

WinRAR - Archive Program

Resource Hacker

eXeScope

Flashget - Download Manager

Registry Mechanic - Registry Cleaner

OpenOffice.org - Office suite

Adobe Audition - Audio Editing

The Proxomitron (+ updated filters by Gryphen) - Local Proxy/Ad Blocker

FlashFXP - FTP

Media Player Classic - Media Player (default)

BSPlayer - Media Player

Foxit PDF Reader -

Nero 6 Ultra Edition - CD Burning

Exact Audio Copy - CD Ripping

Kerio Personal Firewall

X-Setup Pro - Windows Tweaking

MetaPad - Notepad Replacement

Atlantis Nova - Wordpad Replacement

TMPGEnc - Video Encoding

Agent Ransack - File Search

AVG Free Edition - Anti-virus

Outpost Firewall - Firewall

HostTool - HOSTS file maintenance (my HOSTS is 3 MB)

eDexter - Provides blank images to satisfy localhost requests

Free Download Manager - Download manager

Spybot S&D, CCleaner - Anti-spy

Daemon Tools - ISO/etc. mounter

CDBurnXP - CD burner

VIDE-CDD, SHSUCDX - DOS CD support

XMSDSK - RAM disk

NANSI - ANSI support

QUICKEYS - Speeds up typematic rate

LW86, LW286 - Pop-up assembly language documentation for DOS

Winamp 5.08, RealPlayer - Media player

HighlyExpermental, HighlyAdvanced, NotSoFatso - Music format plug-ins

SynthFont - MIDI player

InfranView - Image viewer

1st Impression - Cycles boot logos

Webshots Desktop - Cycles desktop backgrounds & screensaver

Firefox, Opera 8.0b3 - Web browser

Network Lights - Makes keyboard blink on network transfers

BLE - Boot log examiner

Startup.cpl - Control startup programs

Emule MorphXT - P2P

Ranish Partition Manager 2.44 - Disk partitioner

Savepart - Disk partition imager

DriveRescue - Data recovery

Eraser - File deleter

Dimension 4 - Time synchronizer

7-zip, TUGZip, IZarc - (De)compression programs

FreshUI - Tweaking

Hi gsjunker,

What is the best audio player?

Winamp or Foobar2000

Why do you prefer Foobar2000?

Hey lleoliveira,

I prefer Foobar by a mile because it's so extendible and customizeable, not to mention blazing fast. WinAmp 2.91 was great but version 3, and later 5, are slow as molasses and full of features I don't need or want.

Worth a try.

Hi,

Recently i downloaded a program called DirMonitor: http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/~eschoofs/

(DirMonitor will enable you to automatically monitor files, folders, registry keys, services and processes.)

But i'm having problems with this program.

Anyone knows a program like Dirmonitor? with the same functions.

check the Ultimate Freeware Machine thread

Speaking of Spybot S&D, version 1.4 has now been officially released. I've been beta testing the beta & RC releases of Spybot 1.4 for several weeks and commented on them at their forums. This new version is a major improvement over the previous one [v1.3].

Download Spybot S&D 1.4 final here:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Also newly released is Ad-Aware SE version 1.06:

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

I'll second erpdude's recommends on the updates, they're worth the time dlding[for dialup users like me], much improved & seem to have less drain on resouces too. May I also suggest for Firefox users the Deer Park 1.1alpha1, I have had for 3 days w/no probs yet, its a fast somebitch, I can tell you that, even on dialup Can be had at Beta News:

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozil...ws/1032985422/1

Enjoy!

...and well, to anyone interested, here's my open source software list @ ReactOS wiki (contributors & testers needed too...).

Hey lleoliveira,

I prefer Foobar by a mile because it's so extendible and customizeable, not to mention blazing fast. WinAmp 2.91 was great but version 3, and later 5, are slow as molasses and full of features I don't need or want.

Worth a try.

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Winamp 3 & Winamp 5 slow??? yeah right? are u using a slow computer, gsjunker?

I have Winamp 5.09 on my P3 766 mhz machine and my bro's P3 1.2 Ghz machine and it loaded fast & ran ok. I downloaded the lite version (uh yeah, Winamp comes in different editions so if you want to use the version of Winamp without the unnecessary features, get the Lite version of Winamp 5 instead of downloading the basic or full edition of Winamp 5). The latest release of Winamp fixes recent security flaws found in previous releases.

The creator of Spybot has written some articles & reviews on certain types of programs.

Go here to see a list of download managers:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/article...d-managers.html

the one I use is Download Express from Metaproducts; freeware

Go here to see a list of file sharing apps:

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/article...aring-apps.html

ones I recommend are WinMX & Shareaza; both are free

Winamp 3 & Winamp 5 slow??? yeah right?  are u using a slow computer, gsjunker?

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it's more likely gsjunker must have installed the full edition of winamp 5, which might take a little longer to load than the lite edition of winamp 5. i even installed winamp 5.09 lite on my neighbor's win98 pc (pentium 75mhz with 64 megs of ram), and it loaded for about 3 seconds. the lite edition of winamp 5.09 mostly has the basic winamp player and nothing else.

azagahl, Opera 8.0b3 is no longer available as it reached the final release in late April. Go to the Opera web site and download the final version of Opera 8.0.

My Computer - Enterprise

xplorer2 lite 1.3 and WinRAR 3.50 beta

Process Explorer 9.11, Autoruns 7.01 and Contig 1.52 (all from Sysinternals)

PSPad 4.3.2

Adobe Reader 7.0.1 and PDFCreator 0.8.1 RC

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and Java2SE RE 5.0.3

GetRight 5.2d

FileZilla and BitTorrent 4.0.2

Trillian Basic 3.1

Nero Burning Rom 6.6

IsoBuster 1.8

DVD Identifer 4.0

DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0 and DVD Shrink 3.2

Media Player Classic 6.4.8.4 (DivX 5.21, QuickTime 6.52, Real Alternative 1.40 and XviD 1.0.3)

foobar2000 0.8.3 and PhotoFiltre 6.1.2

XnView 1.80 RC and IrfanView 3.97

SpeedFan 4.24 and ATITool 0.24

Xteq X-Setup Pro 6.6 and Driver Cleaner Pro 1.2

RegCleaner 4.3

Everest 2.0.327beta and SiSoft Sandra Std 2004 SP2b

Avast Antivirus Home Edition 4.6

Spybot 1.4 and Ad-aware SE 1.06

HijackThis 1.99.1

hmmm theres too much to list....

Edited June 13, 200521 yr by ckit

azagahl, Opera 8.0b3 is no longer available

Are you sure? I dug it up on some ftp site a while ago even after 8.0 was released.

I saved a copy of 8.0b3 because unlike 8.0 final, it works with the c't Magazine promotional registration.

BTW, I like Winamp more than Foobar. Foobar won't even play MIDI files. I also need certain Winamp plugins to listen to some strange music formats like gsf, usf, nsfe, etc.. There are no foobar alternatives AFAIK for these formats.

For MIDI files the shareware SynthFont is still the best. It does accurate sound font synthesis on your CPU. My old SoundBlaster Live! hardware is also great but isn't capable of handling more than about 50 MB of soundfonts. (Some freely available soundfont files are > 200 MB.)

Lately, with Winamp full they've been releasing a different free music tracks every few versions... Does anyone know what they all are called, or where you can get them all?

Edited June 13, 200521 yr by azagahl

Contig 1.52

Does this work on 9x ? I have never tried it as it is labeled as NT, 2000, XP only by its makers Sysinternals.