Cruis.In Posted October 23, 2005 Report Posted October 23, 2005 just like the list of space games in the gaming forum I thought we could keep a list of programs we use. Which had I really been paying attention I would have known of and used over the years and saved alot of aggravation. So far I've been recommended and used. Registry Mechanic 5.0 Disk Keeper 9.0 Perfect Disk O&O Defrag ccleaner tune up utilities 2006 Only thing I'm checking for now is a good reliable anti virus.
Guest $iLk Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 To fight spyware: HiJackThis Adaware CCleaner Imaging: JPegger irfanview Other: OpenOffice 2.0 Audacity (freeware sound editing) Kerio Personal Firewall I'd also look at registry editing to add in new shell context extensions. I've got a right click > upload to image shack set up right now.
Matchoo Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 I don't know if there is a similar thing out there, but I wrote one I use occasionally that goes through my drives and tells me using a tree view exactly how much space is being used by each directory. I wrote it because I would want to install something but my 40 gig drive (80 gig now, almost full) was full and I didn't know what was using it all. After running the program I would discover that a game I hadn't played in months and had forgotten about was taking up 1-2 gig.
Guest $iLk Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 Sequoia View gives a graphical representation like you're talking about.
quantum Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 Add -Microsoft Antispyware -SpywareBlaster -EasyCleaner -ToolBarcop -Taskmaster -EULAlyzer These are all neat programs.
Guest $iLk Posted October 24, 2005 Report Posted October 24, 2005 There are Mac Dock simulators out there also that are fun to play with. Y's Dock was discontinued but replaced with another one. It causes minor problems when gaming unless you turn it off though.
Cruis.In Posted October 26, 2005 Author Report Posted October 26, 2005 Just wanted to say that tune up utilities 2006 found like 250 errors in my drive, after scans with Ccleaner, registry mechanic and others... its very good in my opinion. also downloaded avast free home edition for viruses.
Captain McMahon Posted November 9, 2005 Report Posted November 9, 2005 If I have a firewall like Zone Alarm should I get Kerio Personal Firewall, too? I have the free version of both.
John Prezioso Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Zone Alarm is very good. Excellent if you consider it's price. (The free version is quite good). AVG by Grisoft is a great anti-virus imho, and it has a surprisingly robust free version as well. http://www.grisoft.com/doc/289/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Raziel Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Ulead DVD factory is one of the best media proggies I have ever found. Its amazing and simple to use.
John Prezioso Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 Spybot: Search and Destroy is the best free spyware blocker/killer I've found. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html
Raziel Posted November 10, 2005 Report Posted November 10, 2005 I've found that its better to run Ad-Aware inb tandem with Spyboy. One never seem to find anything that the other finds. o.o
Captain McMahon Posted January 14, 2006 Report Posted January 14, 2006 I agree with raziel Adware and Spybot seem to complement each other very well. Also as a bit of an announcement, I'm letting ya'll know Thursday night when I used the Registry Mechanic recommended above on my Win Me. It messed up after it restarted or maybe before, but anyway what resulted was after I login (or used Safe Mode) my comp would show nothing but the ordinary HP background I usually have and then just the mouse. The mouse moves and I can Ctl-Alt-Del, but no programs appear. I took it to a place on campus when I can get it fixed. I was able to save all the files I needed. Like Classroom stuff, BC RP files, all of My Documents, and a few other stuff. It came to a total of 1.40 something gig of memory I saved. The rest got formatted. I won't get my comp back until Tuesday, I"m gonna crack I know I don't blame anyone it was my choice, but since I was on Me I wanted to let others know. Also to those that harrassed me (friendly, of course ) about having Win Me, stop cause they are upgrading me to Win XP Pro & I got a free USB stick with 512MB. I'm HAPPY! But I'll always miss the good ol' days....maybe when I'm drunk
Cruis.In Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Posted January 14, 2006 I just have to say, tune up utilities 2006 is BOSS, it does everything, and it finds everything, for a non specific program, it finds more errors in the registry than registry mechanic. Try it , you won't be disappointed.
Captain McMahon Posted January 14, 2006 Report Posted January 14, 2006 I have and am tempted to buy. The good news is now I can redo the trial version for another 33 days since my comp got formatted
Emmett.hendrick Posted January 15, 2006 Report Posted January 15, 2006 Utilities I use: Avast Anti virus - pretty good free anti virus. Microsoft Anti spyware - works well. Other than that I have a hardware firewall and I rarely/if ever get problems with my PC.
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