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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:16 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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good programs for free?

i've been given lots of advice on here as to good programs that are free so i thought i'd open a thread and everyone could post free programs they like, along with brief descrips, i'm hoping i might find some from you all post, et cetera, mine are simple, and their ones that you all told me about

http://irfanview.com/ a good photo tool for working with batches

spybot we all know what it's for

adaware this as well

open office an office suit that works very well for me
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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:26 PM     #2 (permalink)
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CDex, CD ripping program. Uses the LAME encoder.

Zone Alarm Great free firewall.

AVG Antivirus Great free Antivirus program.

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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:32 PM     #3 (permalink)
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ok...

staupcl www.mlin.net msconfig-like

belarc advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html a sum up of your system

rambooster http://download.com.com/3000-2086-14...ml?tag=lst-0-2 frees up used ram

freemeter http://download.com.com/3000-2086-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 monitors cpu mem etc.

motherboard monitor 5 http://mbm.livewiredev.com/ temp monitor (cpu, case)

winzip http://download.com.com/3000-2250-10265341.html archiving

daemon tools http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/download.php virtual drives, mount cd images

mozilla http://download.com.com/3000-2356-10...ml?tag=lst-0-4 web browser

winmx http://www.winmx.com/ for hard-to-find files

winrar http://download.com.com/3000-2250-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 like winzip but imo better

atomic clock sync http://download.com.com/3000-2350-94...ml?tag=lst-0-1 sync your clock w/ an atomic server

ultraiso http://download.com.com/3000-2646-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 same as winrar but with different features

shareaza http://download.com.com/3000-2166-10...ml?tag=lst-0-1 good for bittorrents

the cleaner

just a few

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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:33 PM     #4 (permalink)
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SpywareBlaster Great Spyware preventer program.
Mozilla Great free internet browser.
Mozilla Firefox Great free internet browser. Practically same as Mozilla, only smaller in size. Stand alone browser.
BitTorrent Great torrent client.
RegScrubXP Great registry cleaner for Windows XP.

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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:36 PM     #5 (permalink)
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Extreme_Gamer:
Both WinZip and WinRAR arent freeware programs. They are only available as trials. That doesnt make them free, since after a period of time you will have to buy the software. Most people think these programs are free, but they arent.

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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:38 PM     #6 (permalink)
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i've had them for a long time it just asks me to buy them but i havent
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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:40 PM     #7 (permalink)
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I believe they are evaluation programs for a period of time. I am not sure since ts has been a while since I tried them out. But entering both of the official sites of those products I know they arent free.

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Old April 16th, 2004, 06:41 PM     #8 (permalink)
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well if i had a CC i would probably pay for them, but as i cannot get one.....
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XnView: A very good image viewer

The GIMP: Photoshop like image manipulation program

BSPlayer: Good free media player

Gaim: Multi network IM program

Foobar2000: Great lightweight mp3 player
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Old April 16th, 2004, 09:21 PM     #10 (permalink)
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Linux um its an opperating system if you didnt know that then I suggest you don't mess with it then
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