Favorite Utilities Programs

[Commando]

Hands down the best performace booster I have found besides just defraging is RegSeeker. It's a real small registry cleaner. I heard about it a while ago on TechTV and have been using it ever since with no problems. They keep updating it also. It is absolutely wicked.

Run it (it automatically backs up all the changes also), and restart you computer and watch it start in about half the time and run a ton faster.

Basic directions are run the registry clean option, select all that it finds, and delete it. I know it sounds scary but it does back everything up. I've never had any problems with it.

Other stuff I use:

• AV: Norton
• Spyware: Spybot and Ad Aware both
• Firewall: Zone Alarm

[simon275]

Norton Antivirus
Reg Scrub
PC Wizard 2006
Real VNC

Edit: Forget

Winrar
DVD Decrypter
Cute FTP

[Vertigo]

Security:
AVG Antivirus
AdAware SE Personal
Spyware Blaster
Spybot Search & Destroy

I also keep HackThis! and RogueScanFix on a thumb drive (just incase)

Creative Stuff:
Frapps
Sony Vegas
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX


Misc:
CCleaner
Filezilla
UltimateZip
iTunes (For music and managing my iPod)
VLC Media Player (Videos)
Talisman Desktop
Gaim
XFire
Ventrillo
Nero
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird

[jaxspades]

• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
• Firefox 2.0
• Zonelabs
• AVG Shield
• Object Desktop
• Creative Labs sent a few cool tools with my Creative Zen Vision:M like a Video and an Audio Converter

[Zephik]

iTunes (For music and managing my iPod)

I want that program to DIE. I got a "iPood" for christmas. The second I plugged it into my computer, it says I have to update it. So I update the iPod. Then I get an error message and I have to restore my iPod. That was the most ridiculous thing ever. I had to restore it three times before it even worked again.

Also I wanted to get Pirates of the Carribean so I could watch it for the first time. $15 USD! lol I could get it at the store for $11.99! Oh well, I'm still going to buy it anyways. I'll make a copy of it on a DVD in case I ever have to "update" again and lose all my info.

I got a portable DVD player with my iPod too! Can't wait to hook that up to the big screen and watch some movies! :p </brag>

Few more programs I like.

StyleXP
Trillian
DivX
StartEd
OptimumPC

-SnowFire

[vermillion_part2]

Mozilla Firefox
PSP Video9 for (playstation portable)
AVG Anti-virus
Zone Alarm
Window Washer
DVDx
Spybot S&D
Open Office 2.0
Speedfan

sorry they aren't organized just did a quick list

[Omnipotentclown]

Against The Bad
Zonealarm Pro
Avast! Home
AdAware SE
CCleaner
RegCleaner
Pestpatrol
Spyware Blaster

Multimedia
Foobar2000
PowerDVD
Photoshop 7
Google Skethup
DVD Decrypter

Everything Else
Opera
Thunderbird
Gaim
Partition Magic
uTorrent
eMule
Skype
AutoGK
Remote Desktop Connection (I know its just part of Windows, but I love it)

[DRece]

Free

• Trillian
• Winamp
• Firefox
• Zonelalarm
• Ad-aware
• AVG
• Ifranview

• K-lite Mega pack ( its not a utility but it takes care of the codecs so well for me)
• Synergy (great for not wanting to get up and click on another pc)

Purchased

• Diskeeper
• CloneDvd2
• Nero
• Ms Office
• Photo Shop

Anyone know good substitutes for my purchased programs?

[slytherock]

OK, I've start sorting everything we all put together in a usefull link page. All the work is not finnished, so you can add things to it.


Monitor / CPU Usage / Temps
CpuUsage
motherboard monitor
Speedfan
CPUCool and CPUFSB
Desktop Sidebar

ADD ONS
ULTRAMON:
MultiRes

OC Tools
RivaTuner
CPUCool and CPUFSB

HardWare Tool
PSU Calculator

Registry Tool
Regseeker
RegScrub
RegistryMechanic

RAM Tool
RamCleaner 4

Antivirus:
Norton
Grisoft
Free-AV
Avast
Zone Alarm

Firewalls
Agnitum
Kerio
Sygate
Zonelabs

Spyware tools:
adaware
spysweeper
NOD32
12 Ghosts
Symantec Security Scan
Xp AntiSpy
Spyware Blaster
HackThis
HiJackThis
RogueScanFix

Messengers
Miranda IM

Compression Tool
WinRar
WinZip
7zip
Peazip
servant salamander

Graphic
Photoshop
Photomatix

HardWare Integration
RM-X

DVD Backups
DVD Decrypter

DVD Authoring
Sony Vegas
Adobe Encore

Flash
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX
Network
Real VNC

FTP
http://www.cuteftp.com/

[Vertigo]

I want that program to DIE. I got a "iPood" for christmas. The second I plugged it into my computer, it says I have to update it. So I update the iPod. Then I get an error message and I have to restore my iPod. That was the most ridiculous thing ever. I had to restore it three times before it even worked again.

Also I wanted to get Pirates of the Carribean so I could watch it for the first time. $15 USD! lol I could get it at the store for $11.99! Oh well, I'm still going to buy it anyways. I'll make a copy of it on a DVD in case I ever have to "update" again and lose all my info.

I got a portable DVD player with my iPod too! Can't wait to hook that up to the big screen and watch some movies! :p </brag>

Few more programs I like.

StyleXP
Trillian
DivX
StartEd
OptimumPC

-SnowFire

Honestly, I know how you feel. I got mine shortly before Christmas, mostly for my studio classes at school. Before I used WinAMP pretty much exclusively, when I first installed iTunes and moved songs over to my iPod, it made a 2 gig folder named 01. And another named 02, etc. It turns out the tags were messed up on a bunch of my mp3s so I've had to go back and manually rename them. I decided to do it a little at a time and just not worry about it. As for the iTunes store, I got a few gift cards for iTunes downloads for Christmas, but in general I don't think the movies are worth it. I've noticed that in fullscreen resolution they look pixelated and sometimes freeze. I believe that they only offer the videos optimized for the resolution of the iPod, so ... I'm paying for an inferior rip of the movie basically. And in the case of the new Pirates movie, more than what I actually paid for it at a local store.

So, I've gotten a couple of the tv shows I like, especially the Comedy Central Stand Up specials, 1.99 for 30 mins of video is reasonable imo. Unfortunately, they charge the same for Adult Swim cartoons that are only 12 mins long. So you gotta be picky.