Essentials

[himtuna]

What are the essential software you need to install when you just got a new comp or formatted it. Here is the list of some softw I feel are must
1)Ms office
2)K lite Mega codec pack
3)Safe xp
4)Game xp
5)What's running
6)copernic desktop search
7)Hijack This
8)Disktective
9)Internet security package
10)Auto Patcher
11)Macromedia Flash
120shock Wave player
13)Sun Java J2Se environment
14)Windowa Media Player 10
15).NET Framework
16)Direct x
17)Service packs
You can submitt your posts regarding any softw which you like to add or delete from this list.

 

[vignesh]

I am happy I don`t use windows as my default OS...

 

[himtuna]

Then what do you use ?

 

[vignesh]

I use GNU/Linux.Right now I use Ubuntu.All that is needed is there in the default install..Nothing extra needed but extras are always available..

 

[ashnik]

i'll add
18)spybot
19)adaware
20)opera (IE su*ks)

 

[Vishal Gupta]

There is already a thread running for the same thing:

Softwares you frequently use

Wrong section too!

 

[bharat_r]

I'll add
21)Real Player or Real Alternative
22)FireFox

I didn't find Game xp useful atall.
It made my PC to behave strangely.
&
I liked FireFox better than Opera.

 

[club_pranay]

intel chipset drivers for old mobos... 845/865 etc
winrar

 

[kumarmohit]

I'll add
21)Real Player or Real Alternative

When Klite Mega Codec Pack was mentioned Real Player already got mentioned since both Real Alternative and Quicktime Alternative are parts of Klite MegaCodec Pack.. So installing RA above Klite might cause troubles

BTW

add

7 Zip or IZArc for archival and compression(both freeware)

 

[yrana2002]

You forgot DAP, the best dwnload manager & Intel Indeo codecs for flawless media play.
Savvy

 

[vishalbhatia]

Norton Internet Security
Microsoft Antispyware
Open Office 2.0
Nokia PC Suite 6.6
Nokia Multimedia Coverter 2.0
Nokia Multimedia Player
iTunes 6 + Quicktime 7
Intervideo Win DVD Player
Intervideo Win DVD Creator
Intervideo Hometheater
Sonic Recordnow 7.0
Real Player 10
Microsoft Windows Media Player 10
Divx Play Bundle 6.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0
GIMP Image Editor
HP Image Zone Plus
Latest secirity updates & Patches
Media Center Edition Theme

 

[godsownman]

You forgot the Firewall and Antivirus . Yahoo messenger also , MSN if you wish .

 

[himtuna]

Well,
Norton antivirus
S&D, ad-aware
firewalls
all come in Internet security Package Why to mention them seperately . It depends on user which they want to install.
About IEs, really I forgot to add.

 

[himtuna]

intel chipset drivers for old mobos... 845/865 etc

explain!!!
Winrar --- I don't ve enough info.(Is it like winzip?)

 

[himtuna]

You forgot DAP, the best dwnload manager & Intel Indeo codecs for flawless media play.
Savvy

Check K-Lite Mega Codec pack

 

[himtuna]

[quote="vishalbhatia"
Open Office 2.0
Nokia PC Suite 6.6
Nokia Multimedia Coverter 2.0
Nokia Multimedia Player
iTunes 6 + Quicktime 7
Intervideo Win DVD Player
Intervideo Win DVD Creator
Intervideo Hometheater
Sonic Recordnow 7.0
Real Player 10

Divx Play Bundle 6.0
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0
GIMP Image Editor
HP Image Zone Plus
Latest secirity updates & Patches( I already mentioned )
Media Center Edition Theme[/quote]


...
Do you really need them as essentials.

 

[sakumar79]

Essential:
Java RunTime 1.5, DirectX 9.0c, DotNet Framework, MSConfig for Windows2000 systems

System Tools:
Windows XP - Tool to Remove Hot Fix entries, AVG Antivirus, Kerio Personal Firewall, Lavasoft Adaware, Spybot S&D, Power Toys, Last free version of JV16, FreeRAM XP Pro, Page Defragmenter, Run As User, TuneXP, XP Antispy, XSetup, ZipGenius, Polder Backup

Office Tools
Acrobat Reader, Crimson Editor, OpenOffice.org 2, Comparator

Multimedia Tools
Photofiltre, DivX, WinAmp Classic & Latest, Picassa, Desktop Architect

Internet
ePrompter, Opera, Google Toolbar, Magitime, Slimbrowser, Star Downloader, Eudora

All of above are freeware except Eudora which is Ad-supported.

Arun

 

[himtuna]

@sakumar79
Good job!
Why you need two browsers
Opera &
Slimbrowser?
Opera has a very good integrated search toolbar including Google, download, Amazon etc.. and Download accelerator. Unless you D@l a lot of movies you need not have any seperate acc.
Ms.Config What's this????? Is this
>>>start>>run>>msconfig.?

 

[sakumar79]

I use Slimbrowser instead of Opera for the rare cases where Opera cannot render webpages correctly (this can happen when the scripting is not standard compliant). Also, I check for PCPitstop occasionally for evaluating system performance and this page uses ActiveX scripts which wont run in Opera...

Star Download is again for rare cases - nowadays I have Broadband so I rarely use it, but just in case...

MSConfig is a great utility for managing the startup processes. It is available by default with Win98 and WinXP but in Win2k it is not available by default. I have one system with Win2k so when I have to reinstall OS on that system, I keep a copy of the msconfig available for Win2k by separate download.

Arun

 

[club_pranay]

intel chipset drivers for old mobos... 845/865 etc

explain!!!
Winrar --- I don't ve enough info.(Is it like winzip?)

explain? i dont know what to explain? have a look here

WinRAR is a popular powerful archive manager. It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.... more info here....*www.rarlab.com/