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ggrobot
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 Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:30 pm Post subject: Windows 7 (32-bit / 64-bit) Utilities (updated) [30279] |
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Windows 7 (32-bit / 64-bit) Utilities
Here is a list of my favorite FREE software! 7-Zip - Open
source Windows utility for manipulating archives. Formats 7z,
ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR are supported fully, other formats can be
unpacked. Adobe Flash plugin - Flash
Player 10 ActiveX (Internet Ex
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psolord
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I'd add cpuz, gpuz, msi afterburner, occt and infranview to this list. As for AVG wtf?  Avast FTW! Never crossed me. AVG has done so twice!
In my commercial favorites, I'd add Internet Download Manager and CFosspeed. |
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nb411
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I use AVG internet security and it has worked very well for me (past 2 years or so).
Also I don't like irfanview, and find xnview to be much nicer. It's also free. Anyway, that's just my taste. |
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Koogle
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-XnView -its irfanview just better.
-CDBurnerXP -yeah I stopped bothering with Nero years ago.
-Winrar(commercial) - 7zip has its uses in opening packaged setup and .exe files though.
-Alcohol120% - yeah I used to use this aswel, but I just use DaemonTools lite nowadays.
-NetLimiter v3 (commercial) -Works as a brilliant firewall /detection blocker with the right setup, individual app bandwidth stats etc.
-KMPlayer/Zoomplayer(commercial) -either one leaves VLC in the dirt I'm afraid.
-VirtualDub- Quick video editing.
-PSPad or Notepad++
-Winamp+cPro addonskin or Aimp2 if you want the better tabbed playlists.
-Foxit Reader -pdf file reader
-AMP WinOFF - One of the best little PC shutdown utilities I've ever found.
-Everything - File Search http://forum.voidtools.com/ grab beta.. beats using Win7 Fail desktop search crap.
Shell extensions
-True LaunchBar & Taskix - These are the taskbar improvement Win7 could have built in, if shell team weren't noobtards.
-Qttabbar - Win7 file explorer shell is too screwed up for this awesome extension.
-StrokeIT - It would be like going back to the stoneage of computing workflow without this.
-SuperCopier2 - if you use Win7 you'd be a fool not to replace its copy/move functionality along with its bloated over-sized copy/replace dialog with this.
DonationCoder.com - always good to check for the small app junkie... |
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gx-x
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avast is THE worst AV ever regarding resources it consumes. It slows down the system to a point where you wish to shoot the authors  Avira free is way way better and you don't even feel her in the system.
VLC media player, sorry but that's one of the worst codec free players out there. KMPlayer or PotPlayer are the way to go, especially the latter one. I wouldn't even know where to begin with where and how much VLC sucks compared to those two...
as for foxit reader, it is faster than adobe reader but try opening any e-magazine with it and adobe reader and you will see why foxit sucks big time. It just reads everything half way trough and compresses the hell out of images. |
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Baconnaise
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| gx-x wrote: | avast is THE worst AV ever regarding resources it consumes. It slows down the system to a point where you wish to shoot the authors Avira free is way way better and you don't even feel her in the system.
VLC media player, sorry but that's one of the worst codec free players out there. KMPlayer or PotPlayer are the way to go, especially the latter one. I wouldn't even know where to begin with where and how much VLC sucks compared to those two...
as for foxit reader, it is faster than adobe reader but try opening any e-magazine with it and adobe reader and you will see why foxit sucks big time. It just reads everything half way trough and compresses the hell out of images. |
Why exactly is VLC worse than the km/potplayer that doesn't even have a native english client? I can't find anything that states or shows anything that makes this player better than VLC in any way.
Only info I've seen is the kmplayer died since the author gave up on it and the comunity obviously didn't feel it was special enough to carry the torch.
http://garbledzombie.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/the-kmplayer-is-dead-long-live-the-potplayer/
Did I run into a case of someone trying to be different just because?
We happen to agree on avast and adobe reader. FoxIt is a nice alternative but does have some issues here and there. |
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gx-x
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| Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Baconnaise wrote: | | gx-x wrote: | avast is THE worst AV ever regarding resources it consumes. It slows down the system to a point where you wish to shoot the authors Avira free is way way better and you don't even feel her in the system.
VLC media player, sorry but that's one of the worst codec free players out there. KMPlayer or PotPlayer are the way to go, especially the latter one. I wouldn't even know where to begin with where and how much VLC sucks compared to those two...
as for foxit reader, it is faster than adobe reader but try opening any e-magazine with it and adobe reader and you will see why foxit sucks big time. It just reads everything half way trough and compresses the hell out of images. |
Why exactly is VLC worse than the km/potplayer that doesn't even have a native english client? I can't find anything that states or shows anything that makes this player better than VLC in any way.
Only info I've seen is the kmplayer died since the author gave up on it and the comunity obviously didn't feel it was special enough to carry the torch.
http://garbledzombie.wordpress.com/2010/09/11/the-kmplayer-is-dead-long-live-the-potplayer/
Did I run into a case of someone trying to be different just because?
We happen to agree on avast and adobe reader. FoxIt is a nice alternative but does have some issues here and there. |
first of all, it has english versions, second, it's 64bit if you need it, third, it can be looked at (ie not bleeding eye ugly like VLC), it supports more formats, it has better internal decoders and encoders and tons of stuff. It reads all subtitle formats, all audio formats etc etc.
it's more intuitive, supports DXVA on all graphic cards, has many options, better reproduction, faster rewinding, supports multiple displays, audio cards, passthroughs for audio, even has internal DD/DTS decoders. (with options of down-mixing the way you see it fit if you want to, gain for every channel separately)
edit: just try it. It's simply put - better in everything. VLC doesn't always want to read subtitles, not to mention loading multiple ones together with loading mkv/avi (which also sometimes can bug in VLC depending on the "package" )
like I said, just try it:
http://www.dvbsupport.net/download/index.php?act=category&id=16
on that link you have english versions both x86 and x64.
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as for KMPlayer author, he left and he now makes PotPlayer (Daum PotPlayer) which is similar to KMP but is rewritten in C++ and is much lighter and a bit faster (also has x64 version)
regards,
Gx-x |
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Tom
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Most everything is said for what I used. I agree VLC is kinda crappy. I think it has a memory leak. I use WMedia Player and Winamp to play everything. Few mentions I didn't see
PS3Media Server. Best thing on planet to stream video and audio to Xbox and PS3
RocketDock, best shortcut/dock around. True Launchbar is just bloatware.
DriverSweeper for removing all the crap left over for various things like nvidia drivers, creative driver
CCleaner. Best registry cleaner around for free |
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Ozieo
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- Proxomitron
- Faststone Image Viewer
- MPC-HC
- HandyCache |
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So. My new SSD arrived.
What do I use to clone the old SSD (EFI BIOS, Win7x64SP1) to the new (blank) one?
I really don't feel like reinstalling everything today.
The older Acronis I have does not support the EFI partitions it seems. Anyone used Clonezilla?
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heretic
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Csimbi wrote: | So. My new SSD arrived.
What do I use to clone the old SSD (EFI BIOS, Win7x64SP1) to the new (blank) one?
I really don't feel like reinstalling everything today.
The older Acronis I have does not support the EFI partitions it seems. Anyone used Clonezilla?
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Acronis 2013 is probably the best solution now |
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I guessed as much but I would not want to invest for the sake of mirroring one single disk... I guess it won't let you do it while it's trial, will it? |
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heretic
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| Csimbi wrote: | | I guessed as much but I would not want to invest for the sake of mirroring one single disk... I guess it won't let you do it while it's trial, will it? |
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