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Post by Gareth on Mar 29, 2009 13:51:30 GMT
Here's a quick list of the software I install on my PCs.
If you use anything I don't - or think you have a better way of doing it please let me know!
I'm currently using Windows XP Pro - Service Pack 2.
(I've tried vista but didn't really like it and couldn't be doing with the hastle of trying to find drivers again for all my stuff).
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Post by Gareth on Mar 29, 2009 14:03:43 GMT
1st thing to install on any PC: Anti Virus Software. I'm currently using ESET_NOD32. Playing Music: Winamp - One of the first things I install on a PC. I can't stand windows media player, I don't know how people can use it? Viewing Pictures: ACDSee - Again I don't like windows picture viewer. ACDSee is alot better. Fixing Photo's: For once a free Microsoft product that's worth using. Windows Live Gallery is worth having installed to fix your photo's. It has a "fix" button that automatically brightens them up and making it easy to crop them - the only thing I don't like about the latest version is the auto straighten part. Some photo's I don't want to be "straightend" but I havn't found out how to turn this off yet? Disc Burning & Copying.Nero's the best for this. I wish the "in CD" function would work better as it could be really handy. But never seems to work for me and I just end up losing my data  CDBurnerXP (Despite it's name it works great on win 7 and does do DVDs). DVD Shrink is a good one to use to back-up your original DVD's. Alcohol - No not the stuff you drink!This program is handy if you ever get any iso .img files you need to open or if you want to make one from a disc. Forget Alchol. Here's one that's free and works a treat! www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.htmlFile Compression. WinZip is something you need to have installed. Also WinRar is a handy one. Video Clips - Making Logo's / Intro's for home videos etc: Bluff Titler. Image Collage - AutoCollage 2008Insufficient Disk Space? Recover lot of valuable disk space. Download Duplicate Finder NOW! |
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Post by Gareth on Apr 28, 2009 20:54:26 GMT
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Post by Gareth on Jan 17, 2010 21:30:03 GMT
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Post by Gareth on May 8, 2011 12:49:50 GMT
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Post by Gareth on Mar 26, 2012 10:30:39 GMT
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Post by Gareth on Mar 26, 2012 10:35:24 GMT
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Post by Gareth on Aug 9, 2012 15:53:50 GMT
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Post by Gareth on Aug 19, 2012 9:36:29 GMT
Install Ubuntu alongside your windows OS. Then if anything goes wrong with a hard drive / internet connection sound or graphics issue just boot to Ubuntu and you'll still be able to get on the net - check emails etc and hopefully recover your files / fix or re-install Windows. It's a life saver. Better still it's Free  |
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(If I don't get called out)...