FlashFXP - Best FTP app ever (wish there was a free alternative)
Exact Audio Copy - CD extractor, compatible with LAME
LAME - best MP3 encoder becuase of --alt-preset standard
foobar2000 - a very very useful media player because of everything it has
Media Player Classic - a replacement for Windows Media Player classic version, this supports DVDs, subtitles, and a whole lot and it's very small compared to bloated WMP7 or higher
uTorrent - best torrent client due to the footprint
X-chat - I prefer this over mIRC now because mIRC is just too old-looking
Magic File Renamer - it does everything, including renaming with MP3 tags!
Sound Forge - I use this all the time to edit audio, like my mixes
Traktor DJ Studio - to make mixes
DVD Decrypter - pretty obvious...I keep it for old-time sake, still works with 90% of the DVDs coming out and out there
DVD Rebuilder - for converting DL DVDs to regular, with amazing quality due to use of CCE
GordianKnot / DGIndex - for converting DVDs (and other sources) to XviD
Nero Buring ROM 6.0.16 - not 7+! I don't need such a special graphical interface. 6 works just fine and dandy.
UltraISO - best ISO tool, better than WinISO or PowerISO.
ImgBurn - by the same programmer who made DVD Decrypter, it works with just about every type you can imagine, including GI.
Acrobat / Photoshop - obviously...
RealVNC - the only VNC protocol that supports encryption
Firefox - obviously...
Thunderbird - obviously...but mostly because of extensions also
Adobe Indesign - I find this a better quailty app compared to MS Publisher
WinRAR - obviously...
7-zip - not so obvious, 7-zip is superior to RAR in most cases
Trillian - I have a skin on this that makes it look exactly like iChat.

My Windows looks like a Mac mostly, other than the Quick Launch bar and the tray.

There's a lot of stuff otherwise, but these are to start.

WGA Crack

Norton SystemWorks
AdAware
SpyBot
Outlook -- Office generally
One Note
Total Commander -- general hacker's tool (can even replace WinZip and WinRAR)

I use IE -- haven't switched off of it -- and I'm on 24/7.

I program Full Time and almost exclusively in LabVIEW -- so that's essential for me but not for

Trillian
Winamp
Nero 6 (Don't like 7)
Winrar
FlashGet
FlashFXP
Adobe Photoshop CS
iTunes
Style XP
Azureus
Drempels
OH, and Norton AV Corp Ed 9

Zbrush
Carrara
Hexagon
Photoshop
Freehand
DVB Viewer
BS Player

A hard disk formatter. Any one works.

Also, an OSx86 installer. =P

Ok, this is the best program for Windows protection you guys can get.

Winpatrol
www.winpatrol.com (it is free)

It does not allow any startup registry entires without your knowledge and approval. MUCH better than Spybot.
If you are carefull with it, you can can surf safely without any problems and without other safeguards. Not that i am saying you should not use them, but this will dominate all of them.

Other things you should run:
AVG anti-virus (www.grisoft.com)
Spybot Search and Destroy (download.com, get this EXACT VERSION!)
Ad Aware (download.com)
Crap Cleaner (www.ccleaner.com)

This 5 program combo will protect you well. All are free.
Run Ad Aware and Spybot once per week and you once you get an idea of how much you get adjust the intervals.

I have well over 200 systems running this setup being used by non-techies (real estate agents, doctors, mortgage lenders, dentists, etc...). If it works for them, it will work for you. No major problems in avery long time. Even 98 is pretty well covered with these.



Other good programs:
Thunderbird
Firefox
Trillian
Hardware Firewall (inside your router, far better than a software one)

You should have a pretty well rounded system and pretty well protected. I actually have a guide written up for Windows to tweak it to run optimally and install all of this, but it is a little out of date, if anyone wants to see it PM me.

My best ones are...

• Firefox with FreeDownloader Manager
• Agnitum Outpost Firewall
• HyperSnap-DX
• uTorrent
• Multilizer
• VMWare
• UltraEdit
• WinRAR
• Prassi ONES
• Media Player Classic
• and of course... Photoshop!

SpeedFan was mentionned
does it make a good job at keeping a macbook pro as cool as osx applications ?

Skaber
Capazoo

Vista Ulimta X64
IE 7
(all the best torrent sites)
Deamon tools 4.6
%120
nero 7.5.7.XXXX
Utorrent
AVG

No I'm not a theft I dont download///whats this guy talking about????

sounds like you run a mom and pop business

I like windows me

I've seen most of my favorite apps already mentioned - but here goes anyway:

Firefox - There is no other browser I'd use with Windoze..

SecureCRT - As a UNIX admin, I have to do my ssh thing in style...

WinRAR - heh, nuf said...

Cant believe only Myzar talked about Total Commander. I can't live without it. It is my screen desktop, LOL I do all from there.


First thing i made when installed MAcOS has been to look for an equivalent... I found 3. I like them by this order. Disk Order - MuCommander - XFolders

So, here is my list. It's huge: But i use all them almos in a daily basic... Yes, I live in the computer.

Total Commander
Ultraedit - still looking for something better than BBedit for MAC.
HexWorkshop - Hexadecimal editor
AVP - Kaspersky antivirus
IDA
SoftIce
W33DASM .. those 3 are dissasemblers and debugger. I like this stuff.
Camtasia - Best video capture around
Foxit PDF reader and editor. I hate Acrobat
Irfanview - Best image viewer... Found something seemed in MAC . Cocoview
IsoBuster
WinImage
UltraIso - 3 app- to manage HD images
TransMac - Can read HFS partitions
Registry Mechanic - I hate Windows registry
VoptXP - fast defragger
WebExpress - Very old html editor, but I love it. It's very simple to use
WinZip
WinRar
WinAce
WinUha - 4 obvious
Acronis True Image - Love this backup utility. Saved me a lot of times.
Ad-Aware Pro
Disk Cleaner ... 2 utils To get out all kind of spyware, trojans, etc.
Google Earth - I love to see where my friends live.
PC Wizard - Got inside of your PC intestines.
Paint Shop Pro
Photoshop
TVPaint - My 3 main drawing appz-
Leave Motion - Not in the market anymore but l use it a lot
Seamless Factory
Texture Maker - My 2 favorite programs to make texturing
Cinema 4D
ZBrush
Vue D'Esprit
Silo - My 4 main 3D appz... I live thanks to them
Unfold 3D - Make UVMapping so fast.
WinAmp - Best music player
VLC
BSPlayer - Best video players
Sketchup - Very useful to make 3d Architecture
FlashXP - Ftp Client
Firefox - No need to say
Net Transport - Download File Manager. I think the best
ServU - My own FTP
Trillian - Many friends in every messenger, so i need all in one
XNews - My news Client
Pure Basic - So fast to create some small appz that I need sometimes to use for myself
Just Basic - Reminds me my ZX-Spectrum times. LOL. Almost same basic language.
Visual C++ - Almost no use. Time ago i was programmer, now I have no time

There are more, mainly small appz that I use almost one time to month, but they are so many to just make a list. hehe

iTunes 6! not 7

System Mechanic

Firefox

Macafee AS

AVG Antivirus...


Thats it for me!

BaYlisS

groupshot (very cool free photo editing program) here
sony vegas
photo impact 12

Doesnt anyone use hitman pro

http://www.hitmanpro.nl/hitmanpro/index.php?lang=en

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Okay, being the kinda guy I am I read this and thought ... someone had to make this already, If not I wll make it for you lol.

Anyway here it is

DESCRIPTION
OpenTerminal — When you are working in the Finder and you discover that you need a terminal window you have to open "Terminal" and "cd" to the folder you were working on. With OpenTerminal you just click its icon or use the Finder's contextual menu and a terminal with the correct path shows up.
The advantage of OpenTerminal over other available tools is that it can run in the background (without using processor time) and react instantly because it doesn't have to start up first. It's also more refined than the other tools I know of: it includes workarounds more...

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0.3:
Fixes an incompatibility with the "FruitMenu" haxie from Unsanity.
After Terminal receives any AppleScript command, it no longer responds to double-clicking saved ".term" files. This is a bug in Terminal that's still not fixed. OpenTerminal now includes a patch for Terminal's AppleScript support that fixes the bug. (Many thanks to Ken Weingold for reporting these two issues!)
David Blache posted a great idea to the comment area here on MacUpdate: You can implement a "cdf" command that changes the working directory of the current Terminal session to the front-most Finder window. This can now be combined with more...
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3.9 (Version 1.3.1 for Mac OS X 10.2 still available)
iTerm support has been tested with version 0.9.2

Download link http://www.macupdate.com/download.php/2317...enTerminal2.zip

Lucky for me someone already made the CMI

I use it and it's working well for me.

here is my list, <for windows xp professional,32 bit>:

1. NOD32 -- i use this as the sniff dog
2. deep freeze 6 -- now i think you guys know this already but this program needs a little more knowledge than a mere click and install to keep your pc dynamic
3. AutoPatcher -- saves you the hustle of going to bill's site just for the puny updates,here you can choose only the most important updates you think you need
4. winamp - i only use my pc for music
5. bittorent, limewire, mirc - for downloads
6. avant browser


been using this setup for most of my friends too, and so far, non of them has problems since i started fixing their pc's last year.

Zone Alarm Security Suite (with anti-virus/anti-spyware disabled)
Spy Sweeper
Kaspersky Anti-virus
WinRAR
FireFox
Msn Messenger 7.5
FFDShow
Adobe Photoshop
Blocknote.net
Nero
style xp
flashget
azureus
alcohol 120%
NoNameScript for mIRC

XNView - http://perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html

Personally I think it is the best image viewer ever, but some will argue.

Hi!!! My name is yamil and I´m from argentina.... I would like to install mac on my pc I´ll apreciate your help for me..

My pc:
Amd64 atlhon 3000 socket 939 + venice (suport sse2 and sse3)
Mother asus a8n-sli
Memory 1gb (2 Of 512) corsair
Video geforce 6200 512 turbo cache
Audio maya 44

Thanks!!!!!

MSN, Photoshop, Sony Vegas.

Sateira cd+dvd, the best kept secret in burning software(nero ulta 160Mb+..Sateira 3.98MB) its bang for buck,not bling for buck.Nero

To start things off Windows is Ugly these programs will help fix that:
Flyakite OSX- osx lookalike bricopack, also installs a msstyles theme patcher which brings us to...
agroove.msstyles- cool windows skin, i made my own color edits with TGsoft's StyleBuilder
IconTweaker- for changing setting up custom icons
icon sushi- small freeware program for converting to .ico
Photoshop CS- need i say more
multiplugin for iTunes- allows iTunes skinning and more
RK Launcher- lightweight dock program, looks great though it's a bit buggy
Click to view attachment

Media:
Nero- easiest to use burning program on the market
DVD Shrink- simple to use and lots of options, great interface
iTunes- great interface with easy to use search and playlists, wish the equalizer was easier to get to in v7 though. hacking in support for winamp visualizations would also kick ass
Combined Comminity Codec Pack w/Media Player Classic- Forget kaazaa lite, forget WinDVD, froget BSplayer, forget Windows Media Player, forget Quicktime. no other codec pack even comes close to the functionality of CCCP. reduced to the bare minimum of codecs to reduce software conflict and bloat, it still plays every video on the planet(ogm, mkv, mov, avi, mpeg, wmv, DVDs). it just works. install the 2 codecs below and never worry about video playback issues ever again.
Real Alternative- real media codec pack, alows you to play realplayer files without installing realplayer. brilliant
CoreAVC- the best software h264 codec available. play HD content without choppy video. works better than most hardware HD decoders, save youself the trouble of buying a new video card for HD content and install this codec instead
Soulseek- a great global userbase makes this music sharing program the best. you can find just about every song ever recorded on here
Azureus- i know there are smaller, better programed torrent clients out there but i happen to like all the flashy stuff that comes with Azureus, lots of options as well
CDisplay- indispensable comic book reader for the comic/manga junkie in me. lightweight. also great for sharing photos, just drag and drop them in and hit 'w' to go into windowless mode. fills letterboxed areas with color averaged from the picture, making reading easier on the eyes (sort of like the ambilight on Philips TVs)
Alcohol 120%- usefull image mointing progam, decent compatability with disk image files.

Misc:
Firefox- easiest program switch i ever made was from IE to Firefox, i never went back. also check out these extensions
Adblock- surfing without it makes me feel uneasy. absolutely mandatory
Adblock filterset.G updater- does the work of blocking ads for you
BugMeNot- logs in to sites like imdb.com without the need to register
DownThemAll!- integrated downoad utility. pause, resume, queue DL's. good for swiping porn off sites
Tab Mix Plus- all sorts of cool tabbed browsing edits
UnPlug- download embeded videos/flash from sites
Trillian- all-in-one chat program. works great. has neat extensions.
NOD32- my favorite antivirus yet. small footprint, unobtrusive, automagicaly updates several times a day. what isn't there to like.
WinRAR- now supports .7z so it handles almost every archive file on the net. install it and you probably won't need another zip program ever.
Oscar's Renamer- edit file names in a directory like they were a text file. great to have if you want a meticulously sorted music collection

I haven't had a single spyware app on my laptop since i bought it a year ago but if you run into those sorts of problems Ad-Aware SE isn't a bad program to have on hand.

orion platinum 7 - production suite

F= free
$= quite cheap
$$=expensive, without alternative

F- Sysinternals Tools for advanced diagnostics (check sysinternals.com)
F- Winrar archiver
$- NOD32 antivirus (4th year now, without any virus)
F- Media Player Classic - simply the best (and lightweight) player available
F- QuickTime and Real alternatives (codecs for QT and Real media)
F- FFDShow codec - all you need for divx, xvid, etc
F- Firefox with session saver
F- Internet Explorer 7 (because its faster than Firefox)
$- The Bat Voyager - portable e-mail client, VERY capable
F/$- EditPad Lite/Pro - text editor, IMO better than Ultraedit
F$- Foobar 2000 + Winamp DSP Bridge + Izotope Ozone PLugin - Best music player and best dsp plugin
F- RK Launcher - OSX dock alternative, very handy
F- Miranda IM + OTR encryption plugin for messenging (Y!, Jabber, ICQ, etc)
F- Total Commander - alternative to windows explorer and good FTP client
F- Daemon Tools
$- Nero 7 Micro pack (only the CD/DVD burner) - free if you buy a plextor burner
F- PuTTY SSH/Telnet terminal
F- XN Resource Editor for moding exes and dlls
$- ACDSee 8 pro pictures manager/viewer (i also have XNView on my USB stick)
F- TrueCrypt - the best solution for encrypted drives
F- uTorrent
F- ApexDC++
F- GetRight (because it's better than flashget or any other D/L manager)
$$- Photoshop and Dreamweaver
$$- Corel Draw X3

i just checked out a screenshot from total commander and all the buttons and gizmos made my head spin. it could seriously use an interface tuneup. i can't see how anything that complicated would ever supplant explorer.

1 Firefox - popular web browser
2 Antivir - favorite antivirus
3 VlC - videos
4 WMP10 - music, 11 is too big
5 rip4me - best dvd backup

just the essentials

Ares, gotta have my music and videos.
Kapsersky Anti-Virus 6.0, obvious reasons.
Spybot S&D and Ad-Aware 2006 are a must-have (I think 2007 is pretty much the same save for a few new features and more memory being eaten up).
Windows Defender, buggy as it sometimes is rumored to be.
Jasc Paint Shop Pro X. It can do whatever Photoshop can, but it's cheaper. ^.~
CCleaner. Love that program. Cleans up registry problems and get rids of annoyances like temporary files and things. Also enables you to uninstall programs and configure startup. Must-have for me.
Quicktime and Winamp.
And last but not least, Winzip.

Firefox - Self Explanatory
AVG - Good Anti-Virus, with tiny resource usage(Now shows as 246k for me)
SpyBot S&D - Self Explanatory
CCleaner - Easy way clean up after a few hours of porn, and keeps the computer nice and tidy.
iTunes - Works with iPod seamlessly and updates all my podcasts easily.
Photoshop CS3 - Self Explanatory
uTorrent - Gets "the job" done.
pidgin(GAIM) - Good multi-client instant message client, and unlike Trillian which forces me to pirate a new copy of Trillian Astra all the time, this one is free from the start.
Your Uninstaller! 2006 - Basically works like a normal uninstaller, but also deletes the left over files like folders and registry keys.

Alcohol 52% - Allows me to mount CD/DVD images on a virtual drive so I don't have to waste CD/DVD that I end up putting back into my computer anyways.
VLC media player - I use this mainly for .mkv files which are usually HD-DVD/Blu-Ray rips and VLC does a nice job running such quality videos, especially since my hardware is not really HD-friendly.
nero - Burns movies/music when I want to watch them on a bigger screen, or listen to in the car which doesn't have a way to plug in mp3 players.

Spyware Blaster - Keeps Internet browsing a lot more secure.
Google Earth - Makes you realize that the Earth is really really really big, and gives you photographic proof. Makes you go "OMG I can see my house from space!!!" and lastly, COME ON! It's freakin Google!

I ran a quick topic search and didn't found that one.


jv16 Power Tools

a really powerful program which I personally use for performing a deep scan in my registry and cleaning all the garbage. The other useful option is the startup manager to see exactly what's being loaded every time.

for sure "Killcopy" a russian program that helps copying Files without loosing data.

Windows Vista programs

Both of these are vista optimization programs, and work really well.
1.Vlite
2.Vispa

1. Deep Freeze - My best defense against virus, malware/adware, scripts, anything that alters any part and function of my system.

2. Kaspersky - Backup defense against virus, etc.

3. Advance System Optimizer - Aids me to do system tweaks with ease, It can do some system maintenance too like registry defrag, junk file deletion and a lot more.

4. Any Disk Imaging Software - For disk backup, of course.

5. Firefox - My standard/default web browser.

6. Thunderbird - My standard/default e-mail client.

Nod32 - Best antivirus protection I've seen with the lowest performance impact.

Daemon Tools - .Iso mounting program.

Diskeeper Professional - Defragging and beyond.

Shareaza - P2P client that connects to Edonkey, Gnutella1, Gnutella2, and has bittorrent functionality.

Office 2007 - M$ Office.

Photoshop - Helps me pay the bills.

Azureus - Torrent App.

IEPro7 - If you actually use Internet Explorer, it's a must. Ad and flash blocking, user scripts, plugins, among other things.

Free Window Registry Repair - Free and keeps Vista running smoothly.

WinRAR Crystal - For all my unpacking needs.

Acronis Disk Director - Suite of disk tools including boot manager, which helps me dual boot OSx86.

Here is My List:

OS: Windows XP/Vista (torrent sites)

Browser: IE7 (what else?)

PC Optimization: Uniblue Speed up my pc

OS EMulator:VMware

Download Manager: FreeDownLoad Manager

Audio Recording Mixing: Mixcraft

Media Player: Windows Media Player

Image Burning: ImgBurn

File Extraction: ExtractNow

Antivirus: Paretologic Anti Spyware

Registry Cleaner: Paretologic Regcure

Partioning Software: Partiton Magic 8 Pro

Torrent Downloader: Azureus

Unlocking Software: Unlocker

Chat: Google Chat

Desktop Search: Windows Desktop Search

Coding Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

CD Mounting: Daemon Tools

Document Editing: Microsoft Office 2007

Data Recovery: Active Undelete

Web Design/FTP: Microsoft Expression

Drive Imaging/Writing: SelfImage

Multimedia Editing: Ulead DVD Movie Factory

Vista 3D Window Toggle for XP: Topdesk

Just want to say this list has been in compilation for over 5 years. I have tested thousands of products and these have always come out on top so here it is. Some of these are not free but every one of them has been cracked so just search and you will find cracks. teamicu.com has them all

a disk formatting tool xD

A Windows without a CD Mounting app is no Windows at all.

Daemon Tools....?

AIM- Chat Program

WinRAR- UnRAR Pro

DAEMON TOOLS- ISO And Other Image File Virtual Mounting

Heres my list

OS: Windows Media Center 2005 SP2
Music: iTunes (For my iPod)
Video/DVD: VLC Media Player
File Extraction: 7zip (Small and Fast)
Torrent Downloading: uTorrent
Office: OpenOffice.org
Browser: Firefox
Email Client: Thunderbird.

Firefox- Internet
Trend Micro PC Cillin- AV
uTorrent- Torrents
Photoshops CS3- It's better than GIMP
AIM, MSN, Xfire, Skype- Sorry but no all-in-one client covers all of these
Fraps- So I can know my FPS
Office 07- Better than OpenOffice and iWork (in my opinion of course_
And all of my games

I try to avoid iTunes for Windows as much as possible. I despise it, it's a performance hog and just looks out of place in the Windows environment. Plus the only BSODs I get are when I'm using iTunes. In fact just yesterday my friends PC BSOD'd because of iTunes.

I've been using iTunes since it first came out for the PC and I have never once experienced a BSOD because of it...

office 2007 - work. no, openoffice won't meet specs.
QiP - icq client software, free.
MS virtual PC 2007 - essential virtualization tool
remote desktop, remote assistance
ultraVNC - remote control
paint.NET - freeware imitation of photoshop, i'm not a pro and this suits me more that the real thing.
vdownloader - download videos from youtube etc.; does not require installation
utorrent - torrent client
irfanview - the ultimate picture viewer
infrarecorder - cd burning tool, opensource, but works only on some burners.. i'm lucky, though..
itunes - ipod, music.. and yes, it's a good app, if you know how to use it.
itunes art importer - cool and simple app.
zune desktop theme - because that default blue theme got ugly as the time passed on.
powerarchiver - best archiving tool. ever.
object dock - dock for win
media player classic + k-lite codec pack - all you need to watch video
total commander - the ultimate file manager + freecommander 2007 at work.
bonkenc - opensource audio encoder, can manage almost all formats + cdripping + cddb
daemon tools - who needs cd's anyway?
+ dozens i've forgot...

Operating System : Windows XP Pro SP2 (soon to be SP3) if you want media center for its skin, just Download it (google Royale Theme)

Anti Virus/System Tools
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition -Extremely small footprint, as good as norton antivirus(symantec liturally owns Norton.. as in they have purchased the company) w/o annoyances.
Spybot S&D
HitMan Pro - does everything, its free.
Perfect Disk - Disk Defragmenter/ faster and more options than default windows defrag

Common/Needed:
Adobe Reader
EasyBCD - Edit Vista Bootloader
SpeedFan - Accurately monitor system load and temperatures
Winrar - Best archiving program
MS Office 2003 (way better than 2007, 2007 is too complicated and definately bigger footprint)
Vmware Workstation- Emulate Operating Systems.

Benchmarking:
Prime95- Very good stress tester
Cpu-z- See processor info
Sandra - Simple benchmarking program where you can benchmark everything
3D Mark -Best video benchmarker


Media:
Daemons tool- Best mounting Tool/Small Footprint/Free
DivX Codecs - Best Media codecs for video playing.
WinAMP- Unless your an apple fanboy or need itunes for your iPod, use this. Much smaller footprint, better for listening to music on your computer
uTorrent- small footprint, not flashy, efficient Torrent App.
Nero-To make disks of any type
PowerISO/MagicISO- For those nasty file formats such as apples .DMG and the stupid .Daa format

Other:
Acronis Disk Director Suite- Partitoner, i think its better than Norton, and personally i dont like Norton (other than Symantec) also Partition magic doesnt work on my comp.

If possible, avoid Installing iTunes/Quicktime, they are possibly the worst 2 programs you can put on windows (it is fine for mac).
Use Winamp and WMP+DivX Codec instead or just Winamp

I build and rebuild atleast 3 computers a week (be it my own or for someone else) and i fix about 20 computers a week (hardware, viruses, etc.) These are the programs i use, i have good experience and these are simple programs that work. For Antivirus Symantec corporate is all you need. And run Hitman pro once a week.

Internet - Firefox
Antivirus - Avast! Home Edition
iTunes - Music
Rainlendar2 - The best Desktop Calendar out there. Small, cute, effective, and extremely useful. Check it out!
Start Menu - Vista Start Menu: Because really, the start menu you find in Vista and Xp just don't cut it. This has been the best small application I have found.
Unzipping - 7-Zip.
Video - VLC

A must have program for Windows users are AVG Free, its one of the absolute best antivirus programs. It uses very little CPU power, is fast and the best, its FREE!

AVG Free

Adobe Acrobat
CCCP
Firefox + ADBlock
Microsoft Office 2007 or Open Office
Nero
Newsleecher
Norton Anti-virus
PowerPost
QuickPar
uTorrent
WinRAR