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Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 25, 2006, 12:13:42 PM
The program in my case would have to be Total Commander. The program has a short-cut for just about everything and can do just about anything. For me it took over from Norton Commander from the DOS days. To me it is one of the most used programs and still in use every day, it is one of the first things that get installed after a fresh win install.

What is yours? Any REALLY good utilities that you use everyday? And you have used for a long time?
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Blunt on January 25, 2006, 12:26:07 PM
Disc defrag & defrag that works at boot stage(can't remember the name but it was free)

I defrag like an obsessive compulsive...I like to see everything neatly stacked in one chunk :blush:

I defrag before and after installing anything, and auto defrag every night...the boot defrag, which I only use occasionally, does the windows files that won't move in normal d/f (cos they're windows files in use)

I started d/f'ing like this when my old pc was slow even with 1.5 gig RAM...I got it all neat and it works a treat :P

Edit: PageDefrag  //www.sysinternals.com
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Anonymous on January 25, 2006, 12:29:41 PM
Winzip - use it every day. I bought a licence for it when it still came on a floppy disk. I still ahve the floppy disk for sentimental reasons  :blush:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Doorman on January 25, 2006, 12:47:15 PM
RegHeal: Got a thing about crap being left in the registry. I actually paid for this.  :)

http://www.fixregistry.com/regheal/index.htm (http://www.fixregistry.com/regheal/index.htm)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Thulsa Doom on January 25, 2006, 12:53:11 PM
Neighbours and Corrie!
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: sulky_uk on January 25, 2006, 02:05:26 PM
big john's free poRn site locator :biggrin:

only jesting ad-aware for me just hate spyware :tongue:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: DuVeL on January 25, 2006, 02:41:57 PM
Xfire and add-aware, also AntiVir.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: big-paddy on January 25, 2006, 04:02:40 PM
eWallet

PC and PDA application. Stores all my passwords, websites, credit card, passport, you name it details. Synchronises PC and PDA. One password to everything I know and own.

Its like having a memory :blink:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: KKND on January 25, 2006, 04:26:13 PM
Azureus dl proggie. ;)

quickpar for repair parfiles.

Grabit...

ermmmm  ;)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Maus on January 25, 2006, 04:46:21 PM
I find Windows pretty essential, myself. ;)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: suicidal_monkey on January 25, 2006, 04:54:33 PM
firefox :rolleyes:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 25, 2006, 05:42:26 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Maus@Jan 25 2006, 05:46 PM
I find Windows pretty essential, myself. ;)
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I guess you could call windows utility software ;)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: OldBloke on January 25, 2006, 07:44:39 PM
Powerdesk. It's what XP's file explorer should have been.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: BigFatCat on January 25, 2006, 09:22:26 PM
I guess Nero 6, paid $20 to upgrade from OEM 5.5 bundled with a cheapy cd writer.  CloneCD is useful for playing CD games with a BACKUP of the original.

Actually, I'll chuck in a vote for WSUS as well. I can deploy updates for the 3 machines here without any bother. Better than SUS.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Whitey on January 25, 2006, 10:07:31 PM
I run a really usefull program on any PC's.  It helps in the search for a cure to many fatal and dibilitating conditions.  There's even a forum on this site dedicated to it.  
Check out Dead Men Folding for more information and click Here (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/results.html) for some of the results....   :D



Give it a try, you know you want to  ;)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Penfold on January 25, 2006, 10:33:19 PM
Two for me :

Log me in (free) - which lets me connect to other computers over the internet. Great for looking at the office machine from home and /or troubleshooting other people's pc problems. its free and it's great.

Foldershare folder sharing and synchronisation over the internet. Share/synchronise your folders between machines - add or amend a document for example and within seconds it's transmitted to the other machines on the same list and updates them accordingly. its free and it's great. - great for real time backups as well!

PEN
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Blunt on January 25, 2006, 11:23:34 PM
come to think of it....










BF2.....................by a mile :D
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Vincentvega on January 26, 2006, 01:17:06 AM
STEAM :roflmao:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Swiss on January 26, 2006, 06:47:07 AM
Windows XP has got to be the winner nothing else would run on yer comp lol  :worshippy:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 26, 2006, 08:28:35 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jan 25 2006, 11:33 PM
Two for me :

Log me in (free) - which lets me connect to other computers over the internet. Great for looking at the office machine from home and /or troubleshooting other people's pc problems. its free and it's great.

Foldershare folder sharing and synchronisation over the internet. Share/synchronise your folders between machines - add or amend a document for example and within seconds it's transmitted to the other machines on the same list and updates them accordingly. its free and it's great. - great for real time backups as well!

PEN
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They look like something I should look into. Could come in handy when we work on documents but sit at 5 different places.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Penfold on January 26, 2006, 11:12:11 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by delanvital@Jan 26 2006, 08:28 AM
They look like something I should look into. Could come in handy when we work on documents but sit at 5 different places.
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I really love them - they're both free!!

Logmein is similar to PC anywhere or GoToMyPC just a free version and foldershare makes people sharing remotely a brezze without having to set up a server and access permssions etc.

//www.logmein.com  (make sure you use logmeinfree).
//www.foldershare.com

PEN
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 26, 2006, 11:30:14 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jan 26 2006, 12:12 PM
I really love them - they're both free!!

Logmein is similar to PC anywhere or GoToMyPC just a free version and foldershare makes people sharing remotely a brezze without having to set up a server and access permssions etc.

//www.logmein.com (make sure you use logmeinfree).
//www.foldershare.com

PEN
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Thanks for the information. Will check out foldershare.com.

A good free alternative to Logmein is also VLC. I used to use PCAnywhere but as that version got too old (had some compatibility issues) I switched to VLC.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: A Twig on January 26, 2006, 11:53:30 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Jan 25 2006, 12:47 PM
RegHeal: Got a thing about crap being left in the registry. I actually paid for this. :)

http://www.fixregistry.com/regheal/index.htm (http://www.fixregistry.com/regheal/index.htm)
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The Easy mode is rubbish, it doesnt detect everything thing then doesnt fix all of what it detects. Advanced mode is pretty hot though, I have just invested in a license as well!
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Penfold on January 26, 2006, 02:39:48 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by delanvital@Jan 26 2006, 11:30 AM
A good free alternative to Logmein is also VLC. I used to use PCAnywhere but as that version got too old (had some compatibility issues) I switched to VLC.
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Do you mean VNC?

If so then yes,. i have used that but found it didn't work so well when trying to get to or from a dynamic IP. You need a static IP address for it to work. That's why I switched to Logmein.

In addition, you can connect to logmein from any pc without having to install any software. just type in the url, udername and  password and anyway you go. Handy for those internet cafés when abroad

PEN
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Apoc on January 26, 2006, 08:25:18 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON+Jan 26 2006, 11:12 AM-->
QUOTE(ThePENDRAGON @ Jan 26 2006, 11:12 AM)
I really love them - they're both free!!

Logmein is similar to PC anywhere or GoToMyPC just a free version and foldershare makes people sharing remotely a brezze without having to set up a server and access permssions etc.

//www.logmein.com (make sure you use logmeinfree).
//www.foldershare.com

PEN
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:worship:  :worship:

Logmein is class!!!


For a giggle take remote control of the pc your sitting at  :wacko:

Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: big-paddy on January 27, 2006, 10:44:26 AM
Got foldershare and using it now to synch my work pc and laptop. Thankyou soooooo much for this.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 27, 2006, 07:04:12 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ThePENDRAGON@Jan 26 2006, 03:39 PM
Do you mean VNC?

If so then yes,. i have used that but found it didn't work so well when trying to get to or from a dynamic IP. You need a static IP address for it to work. That's why I switched to Logmein.

In addition, you can connect to logmein from any pc without having to install any software. just type in the url, udername and password and anyway you go. Handy for those internet cafés when abroad

PEN
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Oh yeah VNC. You are right, Logmein sounds well-featured. Will give it a go.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Doorman on January 27, 2006, 07:10:12 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Blunt@Jan 25 2006, 11:23 PM
come to think of it....
BF2.....................by a mile :D
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Sad TANGO.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on January 27, 2006, 07:28:15 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Apoc@Jan 26 2006, 09:25 PM
Also Powerarchiver for your Rars, zips etc.
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For compressed files I just use Total Commander. No other app needed - and then it also handles ftp, file and folder syncronisation, massive file renaming (never done better), splits and combines files with crc-checking, decodes and codes MIME, BinHex, UUE and other directly, handles folder shares and drive mappings - but the best is the excellent two-window way of handling of files combined with all kinds of short-cuts to remember folders you just were in etc.

Also the integrated text-viewer/video player (which supports text, binary, hex, multimedia, html and unicode and both ansi and ascii) is a plus. The viewer is basic, but loaded instantly as you swap through files. Also, tons of extra plugins are made, like incorporated cd-burners etc. - for free.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: mono_dna on January 28, 2006, 12:10:21 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Vincentvega@Jan 26 2006, 03:17 AM
STEAM :roflmao:
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 :lmfao:


I have to agree with Delan that Total Commander (cool name, huh?) is one of the greatest progs there is. It's the first thing I install after a windows install.

Other than that, ACDSee classic - loads fast, and have almost all features you could need.

Oh, and of course Winamp :)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Swoop on January 28, 2006, 12:54:15 PM
Total Commander

Firefox

Thunderbird

VLC Player

Gaim

Azureus

iTunes

Photoshop CS

All above are mostly my essential programs ;) I prefer open source most of the time, and if it wasnt for all the gaming issues i would be running Ubuntu Linux on this machine also. But alas so far i only use linux exclusively on my laptop for univeristy work :D :D
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: GhostMjr on January 28, 2006, 02:05:33 PM
Superb tools Pen thankyou so much! :)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Penfold on January 30, 2006, 04:25:07 PM
You're welcome Paddy & GM,

I have to say they are the most useful programs I've ever had - makes my small multi-office setup a breeze to co-ordinate.

Hope you get as much use out of them as I do.

My only worry is that Foldershare was recently brought out Microsoft so I hope they don't tinker with it too much and it stays free.

PEN
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Anonymous on January 30, 2006, 04:33:13 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Apoc@Jan 26 2006, 08:25 PM
For a giggle take remote control of the pc your sitting at :wacko:
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No!! Don't do it! I just tried it  :crazy:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Doorman on February 07, 2006, 11:45:53 PM
Out of interest I installed Google Desktop. Now most of it is pretty useless, not to say irritating, but once you've disabled stuff you don't like (which for me was almost everything) I'm left with the Search Desktop function. It is truly amazing how quickly you can find ANYTHING on your pc. Beats the Windows search by at least 25 minutes.
:thumb:

EDIT: Nearly anything, not Windows apparently  :(   Still very good though.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on July 09, 2007, 09:50:12 PM
Quote from: Penfold;110488Two for me :

Log me in (free) - which lets me connect to other computers over the internet. Great for looking at the office machine from home and /or troubleshooting other people's pc problems. its free and it's great.

Foldershare folder sharing and synchronisation over the internet. Share/synchronise your folders between machines - add or amend a document for example and within seconds it's transmitted to the other machines on the same list and updates them accordingly. its free and it's great. - great for real time backups as well!

PEN

Foldershare has been getting quite a name. I used it for a while, but after not needing it for a while I uninstalled it. I am about to install it again. But, I wonder, are there any security holes or procedures I should take care of? I mean, it does install a client on your PC that overrides windows security...:eyebrow:
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Penfold on July 10, 2007, 12:07:09 PM
I don't know Delan.

I find folderahre great as it's synchs between offices in real time so everyone can use the latest versions of the databases etc.

I can't say I've had a probelm with it- the biggest concern is that if you delete one file - it's going to delete on the rest of the machines as well (however it is retrieveable).

PEN
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on July 10, 2007, 03:17:36 PM
Quote from: Penfold;197121I don't know Delan.

I find folderahre great as it's synchs between offices in real time so everyone can use the latest versions of the databases etc.

I can't say I've had a probelm with it- the biggest concern is that if you delete one file - it's going to delete on the rest of the machines as well (however it is retrieveable).

PEN


I have been very please with it as well. Hm, I have installed it on the 3 PCs now. Hope all is secure...
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: T-Bag on July 11, 2007, 12:19:38 AM
Mp3 TagStudio: http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/
This is probably the most useful piece of software for anyone who has a decent size music collection.
Rename the files, tag from file names, remove annoying comments in the tags etc.
So useful, it's free and fully featured, the only down side is a small advert (it really is small and unintrusive) which goes away if you buy the full version ($19 covering all future releases)
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Jamoe on September 12, 2007, 12:07:55 PM
QT Fairplay

http://www.hymn-project.org/download.php

http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=205346#post205346
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on September 12, 2007, 12:19:05 PM
Quote from: Jamoe;205348QT Fairplay

http://www.hymn-project.org/download.php

http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=205346#post205346

Pefect timing, Jamoe, will give it a go. I buy most of my music on iTunes myself as well... but listen to it on my SE phone.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Jamoe on September 12, 2007, 12:37:45 PM
Quote from: delanvital;205350Pefect timing, Jamoe, will give it a go. I buy most of my music on iTunes myself as well... but listen to it on my SE phone.

I only came across it today and haven't tried it yet (work laptop), do let me know how you get on.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Gorion on September 12, 2007, 12:41:38 PM
notepad
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: delanvital on September 12, 2007, 04:38:41 PM
Quote from: Jamoe;205353I only came across it today and haven't tried it yet (work laptop), do let me know how you get on.

It appears to be a freeware alternative to TuneBite (the app for converting I've used before). Both simply capture and re-record the music in another format (i.e. to convert a 4 min song you have to wait 4 mins :eyebrow:). I am still looking into MyFairTunes - appears to be better than TuneBite at first glance.

Edit: "iTunes Plus" which stores in m4a-format instead of m4p is btw a nice change from Mr. Jobs... not all music is available though.

Edit2: Program seems unstable. Two crashes and no luck converting. Might be my comp.
Title: What program has proven most useful?
Post by: Bob on September 12, 2007, 06:22:16 PM
Quote from: Gorion;205354notepad
Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm) anytime over that worthless one that comes included in Windows. On the download page (http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php), if you scroll about 1/3 down, there is a section describing how you completely can replace Notepad with Notepad++ (as in replacing the Windows notepad.exe with a custom-made one for NP++), which works brilliant imo :)
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