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what freebie computer programs are a Must Have for general maintenance?

AAP

Plat Hero
Platinum
Spybot
Adaware
Zone Alarm


what others (and what do they do?)
 
none

1) get a damn good router and SETUP VERY PROFESSIONALLY. Linksys is out.

2) install max security in your internet settings

3) use mozilla

4) donj't dl and run stupid shit and browse susp. sites.

5) turn off computer when not using

6) if u have SENSITIVE data - keep on a computer that's not hooked up to the net.

That's it. You dojn't see major servers of corporate companies running zone alarm and spybot and all tha tshit. In fact, i had to fix a computer who'se anti-spyare fucked up the windows ip stack.

r
 
deepfreeze is the shit - it costs though.
You can set up your computer exactly how you want it and freeze it in that state. Everytime you restart your computer it goes back to where you froze it. You can set areas and drives not to reset if you need to save stuff.
 
NickyE3 said:
deepfreeze is the shit - it costs though.
You can set up your computer exactly how you want it and freeze it in that state. Everytime you restart your computer it goes back to where you froze it. You can set areas and drives not to reset if you need to save stuff.


You can set System Restore points with windows for free
 
chewyxrage said:
You can set System Restore points with windows for free

i have had computers that had soo many probs on them that the System Restore didnt work and neither did Norton GoBack.
You can get deep freeze off a torrent for free - not legal
 
kernal issues with frequent system restore.

If my computer is FUBAR I will just reformat - I've done it enough times to where I love having a fresh copy of windows on my computer. This, however, is not an option for non-tech saavy people or those who get irritated easily.

Use firefox and 80% of your problems will go away. I dont even use adaware anymore because I dont get adaware.

I dont have anti-virus software either cause its fucken annoying and a big system resource hog. I dont think Norton ever succesfully got rid of a virus either :rolleyes: AVG free is the one I recommend however, its solid and its free.

I have Vista installed on one of my computers. Its pretty cool so far except for finding a suitable wireless card with suitable drivers has been a bitch....one is currently in the mail.
 
one can buy dvd's of conference where leading security experts talk to network admins from around the world - about how to secure their computers and networks.

Some may be over your head - but some of it is damn good info and even some ridiculously easy stuff (quick, show of hands, how many know if printer/file sharing is on in your computer. or if remote access connection is enabled).

r
 
Barts PE builder with all the plugins. Its a stripped windows OS that loads completely into RAM and lets you scan your entire hard drive without loading the actual OS. You can browse the internet, anything.

Best utility Ive found
 
here is the essential app list:

anydvd - removes the copywrite protection on all dvd's

clonedvd - does direct copies of dvd's

ashampoo uninstaller - completely removes any and all traces of software

alcohol 120% - essential app for pirating stuff

tuneup utilities - keeps your computer healthy

diskeeper - best defrag program out there

ashampoo burning studio - best burning program out there

utorrent - best torrent program

msoffice - best office suite

photoshop - uh, yeah

firefox - best web browser
 
avg free and spybot search & destroy has worked well for me.

norton found stuff, but could not remove it.
 
rnch said:
avg free and spybot search & destroy has worked well for me.

norton found stuff, but could not remove it.

Norton tells you where these files are at on your computer. You can go to advanced mode on Spybot then to the tools tab at the bottom left of the windows and use the Secure Shredder to remove ANY files you want. and when i mean ANY i mean ANY files with no problems!
 
p0ink said:
aap, they were all free at the pink palace.


my account was never straightened out there.

can you do a search and see up my username (anything with AAP) in it shows up? Maybe it is EFAAP I don't know.
 
where do I get diskeeper? and is utorrent better than azureus?
 
AAP said:
my account was never straightened out there.

can you do a search and see up my username (anything with AAP) in it shows up? Maybe it is EFAAP I don't know.

you have to go to their chatroom to get your account actived again.
 
aap, go to oink's page like you normally would, but click on chat.

tell them who you were and ask (very politely) why your account was disabled. once you find out, ask them politely if you could get reinstated and fix whatever you did wrong.

i'm out of invites. jnuts might have some, though.
 
check my other ? about diskeeper and utorrent.

about ashampoo... it removes everything? like if I down load something with a 7 day free trial after that 7 days is up, I can uninstall it, run ashampoo and then reinstall the free trial again for another 7 days?
 
AAP said:
check my other ? about diskeeper and utorrent.

about ashampoo... it removes everything? like if I down load something with a 7 day free trial after that 7 days is up, I can uninstall it, run ashampoo and then reinstall the free trial again for another 7 days?


i've been looking for something like that for a while. I've downloaded free trials and when they expired, I cleaned the registry, "everything", but still couldn't use the program/s again.
 
a creed said:
i've been looking for something like that for a while. I've downloaded free trials and when they expired, I cleaned the registry, "everything", but still couldn't use the program/s again.

i have ran into this problem also, iMesh 6.0 does the same thing. Has nothing to do with your registry or comp. I reformatted my hard drive and started from scratcha and still couldnt reinstall it for 30 free days. They must keep a record of the MAC address of the NIC
 
NickyE3 said:
i have ran into this problem also, iMesh 6.0 does the same thing. Has nothing to do with your registry or comp. I reformatted my hard drive and started from scratcha and still couldnt reinstall it for 30 free days. They must keep a record of the MAC address of the NIC

So NOTHING will do this?
 
a creed said:
So NOTHING will do this?

you can "spoof" your MAC address, I know there are programs out there that can do that but I havent used any of them. Ill ask some of my classmates to see what they have used.
 
NickyE3 said:
you can "spoof" your MAC address, I know there are programs out there that can do that but I havent used any of them. Ill ask some of my classmates to see what they have used.

I work with computer engineers.

I bet one of them could look at the source code and figure it out.
 
NickyE3 said:
source code of what? just out of curiousity

maybe it wasnt the source code.

I know they were looking at programs that had a trial period and figured out the line that causes it to expire. They then deleted that line.

You probably know a lot more than I do about that sort of thing.
 
ProtienFiend said:
hijackthis (if you know what youre doing)

damn right. and Angry IP Scanner. :evil:

Anywhere PE Viewer

and if you really know what you're doing.....VB Developer 2005 (express edition is free) + Debugger

Passware
 
pitbullrocco said:
damn right. and Angry IP Scanner. :evil:

Anywhere PE Viewer

and if you really know what you're doing.....VB Developer 2005 (express edition is free) + Debugger

Passware

there's some malicious spyware out there.

I've just gone to the point of reformatting to get rid of it.
 
SUPER Version 2006
Basically you can convert your media from one format to another...
Very useful dude :)

Also Virtual Dub for coding videos
Firefox (best browser available)
uTorrent
RegEditor
K-Lite Codec Pack
VideoLan video player
Mplayer video player


NOD32 Anti Virus (not free)
 
I also like password safe.
Its useful for storing passwords using a master password and it is competently encrypted.
 
some of these arent free, but easily attainable off torrent
cyberlink powerDVD - dvd player
Sonic MyDVD - burn videos of any format to a DVD format you can watch on your television
CloneDVD - copying DVD's, i mean backing up dvd's you already have ;)
quicktime - a must have
nero - data/mp3/audio cd burner
powerISO - great for burning images (.bin and .cue files)
daemon tools - great virtual drive simulator
DivX player - plays damn near any viedo format
WinAVIVideoConverter - converts videos to different video formats
NetAnts - download manager (easily ftp's imbedded video and audio files)
XP Codec Pack 2.0.4 -a must have for any video player
easy CD-DA Extractor - best cd ripper I have used
Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
Registry Mechanic
XoftSpy
BitComet
Zsnesw - best super nintendo emulator
Project64 - best nintendo64 emulator
WinRAR - great for compressing and decompressing files
tunebite - good for recording drm encrypted audio files into non-encrypted mp3 files
Nestopia - pest nintendo emulator
 
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