Recommended Programs

Sep 27, 2006, 08:57 PM

Yeah well I'm thinking TPU should put up a "Recommended Programs" sticky.

Mainly System tweak/upkeep

Oh yeah FREEWARE/SHAREWARE ONLY
(Inlcuding commercial programs that have free versions).

Adware/Spyware Cleaners:
Ad-Aware Personal
ADS Scanner
AVG AntiRootkit BETA
BHO List
BHO Scanner
BlackLight
HijackThis
IceSword
RootkitRevealer
SOPHOS AntiRootkit
Spybot S&D
Spyware Blaster
Windows Defender Beta 2

Antivirus Free Online Scanning:
Infected Or Not, www.infectedornot.com (owned by Panda software)

Audio/video tools:
Audiograbber
dBpowerAMP Music Converter
DVD Shrink
Easy Video Converter
McFunSoft Video Solution
Total Video Converter
Video Converter 2005

Benchmarking:
3DMark 2005 Free Version
AquaMark 3
Everest Home
ScienceMark 2.0
TPUBench

Browsers:
Firefox
Opera

Codecs:
3ivx
Gordon Knot Codec Pack

Compression:
7-Zip
WinRAR

Disk Defraggers:
Auslogics Disk Defrag

Driver Cleaners:
DH Driver Cleaner Professional

File Recovery/unlock:
PC File Inspector
Restoration.exe
Restore My Files
Roadkil Unstopable
Unlocker

Firewalls:
Comodo
Sygate Personal Firewall
ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall

Image/File Viewers
Foxit
Irfanview

Memory Testing
Rightmark

Overclocking/System Control:
ATiTool
Speedfan
SysTool

Registry Backup
ERUNT

Registry Cleaners:
RegSeeker

System Cleaners:
CCleaner

System Information:
Belarc Advisor
Cpu-z
Everest Home
Sandra

Torrent:
Azureus
UTorrent

Tweaks:
WinGuides Tweak Manager

Virtual CD/DVD Emulators:
Daemon Tools

Virtual Enviorments:
Sand Boxie

Virus Scanners:
AntiVir
Avast! 4 Home Edition
AVG Antivirus
McAfee STINGER

Let's get a good list going.

& feel free to include more categories.

zekrahminator · Sep 27, 2006, 09:31 PM

Audio conversion tool-
Dbpoweramp.
That's about all I can add to such a nice well rounded list. Depending on how many more people post, I'll sticky it for you

. If nobody really cares, just stick a linky in your sig. That'll keep it popular.

gamer210 · Sep 27, 2006, 09:55 PM

You might want to and Sandra to the list. Another one I use from time to time is Belarc Advisor. Both are great if you want to find out a lot of info about your system.

Sep 27, 2006, 10:18 PM

added

ktr · Sep 27, 2006, 10:30 PM

for codec, i like gordon knot codec pack 1.9. it contains all the codec of xvid and divx and with out the spyware.

compression:
7z

torrent:
utorrent

Canuto · Sep 27, 2006, 10:31 PM

Browsers:
Opera

Sep 27, 2006, 10:36 PM

Updated

And categorized in Alphabetical order for both categories and program names.

Canuto · Sep 27, 2006, 10:43 PM

You should include firewalls, i recomend Sygate personal firewall v5.6

PVTCaboose1337 · Sep 27, 2006, 10:47 PM

For torrents, azureus, so much better than utorrent.

Sep 27, 2006, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canuto

You should include firewalls, i recomend Sygate personal firewall v5.6

Is it free?

zekrahminator · Sep 27, 2006, 10:56 PM

Okay it's earned a sticky, just make sure to add "ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall" to the firewall list, and to not add any bittorent clients, we'd hate to have the public think TPU does anything illegal

.

Canuto · Sep 27, 2006, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slater

Is it free?

Totally

It's great

Sep 27, 2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Canuto

Totally

It's great

Added

ktr · Sep 27, 2006, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PVTCaboose1337

For torrents, azureus, so much better than utorrent.

nope, well not any more that is. according to maxiumpc, utorrent is better... and i usually get 500kbs on utorrent, while 200 on azureus.

Canuto · Sep 27, 2006, 11:12 PM

Let's not get off topic gents

Sep 27, 2006, 11:16 PM

I'm off to play some BF2, keep posting and I'll update tomorrow/later tonight.

ktr · Sep 27, 2006, 11:17 PM

speedfan 4.29
daemon tools
dvd shrink
sand boxie
unlocker
roadkil unstopable copier
hijackthis

sry, but you may need to do research on this...

cdawall · Sep 27, 2006, 11:42 PM

well i see you found dbpoweramp its cool i didnt know anyone else who had it and here are some other freebies http://www.oldversion.com/ i like the site and have never gotten any spy/ad-ware off it plus its free and legal i think at least

Sep 28, 2006, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

speedfan 4.29
daemon tools
dvd shrink
sand boxie
unlocker
roadkil unstopable copier
hijackthis

sry, but you may need to do research on this...

Added, but is Sandboxie a antivirus? And what should I put unlocker and roadkil under?

ktr · Sep 28, 2006, 02:28 AM

sandboxie - Virtual surfing without the need to create a virtual environment. its a program where you can put a virtual fence around program so that any data processed by the program can stay in the fence. if the data is harmfull, you can purge it from your machine without affecting anything. but dont know how to classify it.

unlocker - Delete those pesky "undeletable" folders and files...very useful. (utility)

roadkil unstoppable copier - Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end. (recovery)

Sep 28, 2006, 02:30 AM

Alrighty classified it as Virtual Enviorment

ktr · Sep 28, 2006, 02:34 AM

here is a site full of freeware: http://bearbottoms1.com/default.aspx

and a massive site of well...everything: http://www.lostcoders.net/

some time back i have found off a forum (will not give it out) a complied list of 165 usefull software. the package has some pirated software there for i am not gonna give it out. BUT!! it has a good list of freebie software which you can look and see what is good to put on that list.

GLD · Sep 28, 2006, 03:01 AM

Google Earth and Neo Trace?

ktr · Sep 28, 2006, 03:10 AM

neo trace aint free...

GLD · Sep 28, 2006, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ktr

neo trace aint free...

http://www.download.com/NeoTrace-Pro...4-7139158.html

Sep 27, 2006, 08:57 PM	#1
Slater Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Recommended Programs Yeah well I'm thinking TPU should put up a "Recommended Programs" sticky. Mainly System tweak/upkeep Oh yeah FREEWARE/SHAREWARE ONLY (Inlcuding commercial programs that have free versions). Adware/Spyware Cleaners: Ad-Aware Personal ADS Scanner AVG AntiRootkit BETA BHO List BHO Scanner BlackLight HijackThis IceSword RootkitRevealer SOPHOS AntiRootkit Spybot S&D Spyware Blaster Windows Defender Beta 2 Antivirus Free Online Scanning: Infected Or Not, www.infectedornot.com (owned by Panda software) Audio/video tools: Audiograbber dBpowerAMP Music Converter DVD Shrink Easy Video Converter McFunSoft Video Solution Total Video Converter Video Converter 2005 Benchmarking: 3DMark 2005 Free Version AquaMark 3 Everest Home ScienceMark 2.0 TPUBench Browsers: Firefox Opera Codecs: 3ivx Gordon Knot Codec Pack Compression: 7-Zip WinRAR Disk Defraggers: Auslogics Disk Defrag Driver Cleaners: DH Driver Cleaner Professional File Recovery/unlock: PC File Inspector Restoration.exe Restore My Files Roadkil Unstopable Unlocker Firewalls: Comodo Sygate Personal Firewall ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall Image/File Viewers Foxit Irfanview Memory Testing Rightmark Overclocking/System Control: ATiTool Speedfan SysTool Registry Backup ERUNT Registry Cleaners: RegSeeker System Cleaners: CCleaner System Information: Belarc Advisor Cpu-z Everest Home Sandra Torrent: Azureus UTorrent Tweaks: WinGuides Tweak Manager Virtual CD/DVD Emulators: Daemon Tools Virtual Enviorments: Sand Boxie Virus Scanners: AntiVir Avast! 4 Home Edition AVG Antivirus McAfee STINGER Let's get a good list going. & feel free to include more categories. Last edited by Slater; Jun 10, 2007 at 09:43 PM. Reason: Took out version infos, don't have enough time to update it :)

Sep 27, 2006, 09:31 PM	#2
zekrahminator McLovin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My house. Posts: 6,280 (2.35/day) Thanks: 105 Thanked 340 Times in 246 Posts System Specs	Audio conversion tool- Dbpoweramp. That's about all I can add to such a nice well rounded list. Depending on how many more people post, I'll sticky it for you . If nobody really cares, just stick a linky in your sig. That'll keep it popular. __________________ “Just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you should do porn.”

Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling:	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory:	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card:	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Hard Disk:	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Optical Drive:	Lite-On DVD-RW.
CRT/LCD Model:	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case:	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Sound Card:	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
PSU:	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software:	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

Processor:	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 GHz
Motherboard:	ASUS P5Q Pro
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS 9700
Memory:	Mushkin XP 4GB DDR2 1066
Video Card:	2x Radeon HD 4850
Hard Disk:	Seagate 750 GB w/ 32MB Cache
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S203N
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 2007WFP Rev A04 S-IPS
Case:	Tuniq 3
Sound Card:	Asus Xonar DX
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling 610
Software:	Microsoft Windows Vista Business 64-bit

System Name:	Gateway P7811FX (laptop)
Processor:	Intel Centrino2 C2D T9600 sktP 2.8Ghz 6mb Cache
Motherboard:	Foxconn made systemboard w/ Intel PM45 "Montevina" Chipset
Cooling:	Two Laptop Fans (one for GPU, other for CPU)
Memory:	SuperTalent Micron 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-8500 DDR3
Video Card:	Nvidia 9800M GTS 512MB discrete (1750mb shared) PCI-E
Hard Disk:	WD Scorpio Black 500GB Sata2 16MB 7200 & Samsung 830 series 128GB SSD
Optical Drive:	Optiarc 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRAM
CRT/LCD Model:	17.0" AUO WUXGA Ultrabright 1920x1200 Wide Screen Glossy
Case:	Laptop Chassis Orange and Black w/ Brushed Metal
Sound Card:	Creative X-FI Notebook ExpressCard
PSU:	120watt AC Adapter & 9cell Battery 86WHr
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64Bit

Sep 27, 2006, 09:55 PM	#3
gamer210 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: University of Texas San Antonio Posts: 121 (0.04/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts System Specs	You might want to and Sandra to the list. Another one I use from time to time is Belarc Advisor. Both are great if you want to find out a lot of info about your system.

Sep 27, 2006, 10:18 PM	#4
Slater Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	added

Sep 27, 2006, 10:30 PM	#5
ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	for codec, i like gordon knot codec pack 1.9. it contains all the codec of xvid and divx and with out the spyware. compression: 7z torrent: utorrent

Sep 27, 2006, 10:31 PM	#6
Canuto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 798 (0.32/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	Browsers: Opera

Processor:	Pentium D 930 @3.6Ghz
Motherboard:	Biostar 945P-A7A(8.0)
Cooling:	Stock cooling, 1x92mm outtake fan
Memory:	Infineon 2x512Mb DDR2-533 @641Mhz 4-4-4-12
Video Card:	Powercolor X550 512Mb Hipermemory @510/261Mhz
Hard Disk:	Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200Gb
Optical Drive:	Nec ND-3540A
CRT/LCD Model:	iMax 17" LCD
Sound Card:	Realtek AC'97 ALC655
PSU:	LC Power 550w Silent Giant GREEN POWER
Software:	Windows Vista Ultimate x86

Sep 27, 2006, 10:36 PM	#7
Slater Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Updated And categorized in Alphabetical order for both categories and program names. Last edited by Slater; Sep 27, 2006 at 10:42 PM.

Sep 27, 2006, 10:43 PM	#8
Canuto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 798 (0.32/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	You should include firewalls, i recomend Sygate personal firewall v5.6

Sep 27, 2006, 10:47 PM	#9
PVTCaboose1337 Graphical Hacker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 7,478 (2.81/day) Thanks: 798 Thanked 1,174 Times in 834 Posts System Specs	For torrents, azureus, so much better than utorrent. __________________ CPU-Z validation sig pics temporarily blocked

System Name:	Whim
Processor:	Intel Core i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3
Cooling:	Cooler Master Hyper 212+
Memory:	2 x 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte GTX 670 2gb
Hard Disk:	WD 640gb Black (Main), WD 2tb Black (Secondary)
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-RW Drive
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus VE228 and Samsung 2053BW
Case:	Cooler Master 430 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard > PA2V2 Amp > Senn 595's
PSU:	Seasonic 650w
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate (Tweaked)

Sep 27, 2006, 10:56 PM	#11
zekrahminator McLovin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My house. Posts: 6,280 (2.35/day) Thanks: 105 Thanked 340 Times in 246 Posts System Specs	Okay it's earned a sticky, just make sure to add "ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall" to the firewall list, and to not add any bittorent clients, we'd hate to have the public think TPU does anything illegal . __________________ “Just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you should do porn.”

Sep 27, 2006, 11:12 PM	#15
Canuto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portugal Posts: 798 (0.32/day) Thanks: 12 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	Let's not get off topic gents

Sep 27, 2006, 11:16 PM	#16
Slater Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	I'm off to play some BF2, keep posting and I'll update tomorrow/later tonight.

Sep 27, 2006, 11:17 PM	#17
ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	speedfan 4.29 daemon tools dvd shrink sand boxie unlocker roadkil unstopable copier hijackthis sry, but you may need to do research on this... Last edited by ktr; Sep 27, 2006 at 11:53 PM.

Sep 27, 2006, 11:42 PM	#18
cdawall where the hell are my stars Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: some AF base Posts: 16,021 (6.43/day) Thanks: 457 Thanked 2,753 Times in 2,222 Posts System Specs	well i see you found dbpoweramp its cool i didnt know anyone else who had it and here are some other freebies http://www.oldversion.com/ i like the site and have never gotten any spy/ad-ware off it plus its free and legal i think at least __________________

System Name:	Deployment build
Processor:	Phenom II B97@4080mhz 1.6v (24/7 4800mhz max clock)
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair V Formula
Cooling:	Coolermaster V10 96w TEC, Scientific Rulian fans
Memory:	4x4GB Wintec ONE 1800 9-10-9 1.62v (24/7)
Video Card:	Sapphire 7950 3GB 1150/1400 1.27v
Hard Disk:	2x32GB STT SSD's raid 0, 1TB Samsung F3's, 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11
CRT/LCD Model:	STi 22"
Case:	Thermaltake Commandar MS-I Epic Edition
Sound Card:	E07K USB DAC->Fischer FA-002W High edition
PSU:	Antec TPQ-1200
Software:	windows 7 ultimate x64

Sep 28, 2006, 02:28 AM	#20
ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	sandboxie - Virtual surfing without the need to create a virtual environment. its a program where you can put a virtual fence around program so that any data processed by the program can stay in the fence. if the data is harmfull, you can purge it from your machine without affecting anything. but dont know how to classify it. unlocker - Delete those pesky "undeletable" folders and files...very useful. (utility) roadkil unstoppable copier - Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not recoverable in the end. (recovery)

Sep 28, 2006, 02:30 AM	#21
Slater Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	Alrighty classified it as Virtual Enviorment

Sep 28, 2006, 02:34 AM	#22
ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	here is a site full of freeware: http://bearbottoms1.com/default.aspx and a massive site of well...everything: http://www.lostcoders.net/ some time back i have found off a forum (will not give it out) a complied list of 165 usefull software. the package has some pirated software there for i am not gonna give it out. BUT!! it has a good list of freebie software which you can look and see what is good to put on that list. Last edited by ktr; Sep 28, 2006 at 02:41 AM.

Sep 28, 2006, 03:01 AM	#23
GLD Join Date: May 2006 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 953 (0.37/day) Thanks: 59 Thanked 119 Times in 69 Posts System Specs	Google Earth and Neo Trace?

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Video Card:	Sapphire 2G 7850.
Hard Disk:	WD 500G sata 3.0 blue.
Optical Drive:	ASUS DVD burner.
CRT/LCD Model:	Sony 19" lcd, digital.
Case:	Blue Chenming 301KB.
Sound Card:	X-Fi Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer, Logitech 2.1's.
PSU:	PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610.
Software:	Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.

Sep 28, 2006, 03:10 AM	#24
ktr Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bay Area, California, USA, Earth Posts: 6,158 (2.37/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 708 Times in 595 Posts System Specs	neo trace aint free...

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