Your essential tools? Software for windows

[fin23]

right then, what is your essential tool list that you use everywhere you go?

Like i always install Windows defender, firefox, thunderbird, AVG free version, spybot and some others on home users computers if they ask for some help setting things up..

What do you lot consider the things to carry around on you mem sticks?

[flukesy]

Imgburn is a must for me and WinRAR

[fin23]

yup, forgot imgburn and winrar - I was thinking more along the lines of virus removal tools and protection really... like defender. I use the free avg cusits free, personally i use Nod32..

[flukesy]

I also whack Speedfan and Grabit on, but, thats just me!!

[pete252]

I normally just do....

AVG FREE

AVG antispyware free

Firefox

Am I missing something here ?

Grabit would give me a huge raft of questions on how to use it.

speedfan - never heard of it ??

[spiderbites]

Photoshop

Nero

Imgburn

Winrar

Firefox

[Undertaker]

my essential tools

[Mule]

my essential tools

Your AVG needs updating to 8.0 and codec packs are crashes waiting to happen.

[tom999]

onenote, autohotkey, k-lite and most of the above usuals

[liveseytowers]

McAfee, Open Office, Nero 7, Firefox, XP Power tools, Winrar, VLC, Lazy mans MKV, divx codec and UTorrent and thats about it for me. I have lightroom and photoshop on the PC in the attic but just those above on the PC I use for films etc.

[DJAd]

WinRAR, Firefox, mIRC, Office 2003, Imgburn, Nero, VLC Player and shit loads of porn.

[tombott]

If I can't get people to switch to Linux I'll install the following:

WinRar
WinAce
Lavasoft Adaware
Spybot Search & Destroy
The Gimp
OpenOffice
Thunderbird
Firefox
VLC
WinAmp
Songbird
AVG Anti-Virus
Zone Alarm

I always have the latest version of Hiren Boot CD on me, and a CD with all of the above plus more.

[Mickey]

My main util is Total commander, then in needed order
Nod32
Xoftspy
Regcure
MS Office
Winamp

[XBOX4LIFE]

dreamweaver
photoshop
f secure
imgburn
nero
newsbin pro
quickpar (the dogz)
filezilla
steam
Ai booster (asus)
NSU/NSS
media player classic

[DJ OD]

WinRar
Nero
K-Lite
Open Office
Firefox
Nod32
Spybot
Snake
Acronis True Image
uTorrent

Plus few more, depending on the user. All on my usb key with an up to date WinXP or Vista iso.


DJ OD

[photek1000]

Alcohol 120% so I can load all the software from images.

Firefox
AVG Free
WinRAR

After that it depends on the machines intended use.

[WotTheFook]

1. Everest Home Edition, so I can check out the hardware and make sure the drivers are correct.

2. Unknown Device Identifier, for those really awkward bits of hardware where Windows always wants to install the wrong driver.

3. WPAKill and WGA Bypass...possibly *cough*

4. WinRAR

5. AVG Free Edition

[marcode]

opera
mirc
prism
Windows Live Messenger (and the apatch of course)
netmeter
radmin
winrar
office 07
office 03
defender
nod32
tweak ui
smart ftp
dbpoweramp
and from today, prolly the server 2k3 admin tools pack

thats just my laptop tho.. desktop has more essential shit installed than i could name or care to think about.

anyone on df shouldnt fu(king need spybot S&D/adaware.. just common sense.

[pete252]

Marcode - have you read this thread ??

Would you really install these on a mates PC - who prolly (your parlance !!) is a newbie to proper PC usage.

I think not,

waiting for a ban though having said that - he can be a grumpy (unt !!!

[marcode]

Marcode - have you read this thread ??

have you?

right then, what is your essential tool list that you use everywhere you go?

i just answered the question. i posted MY essential tools that I USE EVERYWHERE. why the fu(k would i install all the shite you guys listed (and repeated over and over) that id install on some noobs pc?

those arent essential and i certainly dont carry them everywhere.. most of its free to dl anyway.

loads of others also mentiond apps of no use to a noob.