Simple useful software...nominations?
 

The most useful software I have installed on my computer is:

The Google Toolbar - search from your explorer window. And the latest version even includes a pop up blocker.

What other simple, effective programs does everyone use?  

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I to have THE GOOGLE TOOLBAR very handy
also ALTO mp3 great for converting music to mp3 wav ogg

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ACDSEE, Image management tool, if you use a digital camera or have a lot of images to manage or edit its a great bit of kit.
B.

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Just put NERO 6 on nice  ;D

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The most important software I ahve on my computer is

UltraEdit32.. like Notepad on Steroids..As a hand programmer I do all my work in that. I ahve written everything from Games written in C to Database design in MySQL ..Everything I do gets done in UltraEdit32

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Yes bluesmaster I ahve always used ACDSee. Its great for batch editiing as well and it keeps the metadata intact which is important when messing with digital pictures... Even paint shp pro loses metadata when you edit.

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vi - apparently once you know how to use it - the world *could* be yours!!

*goes to find out what it is*

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My nominations for this topic are WinPatrol and Lavasoft Ad-Aware great for stopping the unwanted junk that the internet sometimes throws at you.

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yep i use Ad-Aware to it stops most junk

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Mailwasher.... its free and works a treat for bouncing back unwanted emails..http://www.mailwasher.net

I've been using it for about 3 years now...:D

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depends on what you want to do.

video editing adobe premiere 7.0 (pinnacle studio 2nd best)
view pics on your pc acdsee
edit pics adobe photoshop or paintshop pro
write web pages notepad(freeware)
view/select your fonts the font thing(freeware)
convert wav to mp3 dBpowerAMP Music Converter(freeware)
surf the net microsoft internet explorer(netscape and the
others aren't anywhere near it)
file transfers Cuteftp
picture morphing Winmorph(freeware)

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All I'll say is go and try this out http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

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hmmm looks complicated Roy , is it easy ro uninstall if I don't like it?

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this is probably not the right place to post but does anyone have any flash knowledge?
I have a template for a game (open source) that I need to make into a proper game
no graphics are needed just programming

any help would be greatly appreciated
drak

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:rose8: http://www.freeflashtutorials.com/lessons.htmlThis may be worth a try.

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thanks Bazf i'm downloading the tutorials now i'll give it a go

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Try "Onspeed" www.onspeed.com It speeds up your dial up connection to near broadband speeds. At £24 for 12 mths its way cheaper and it works with your usual isp. Only downside is it uses compression so graphics are not always clear but hey you can't have everything!

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Xoomer, a little prog for finding position and colour anywhere on your screen. And it's free!

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Maintain webpages - Notepad, Dreamweaver, AceHTML (freeware) http://freeware.acehtml.com/
Generate and customise web photoalbums - JAlbum > http://jalbum.net/
Generate webpages from family tree Gedcom files - Ged2Html > http://www.starkeffect.com/ged2html/
Transfer family tree to Palm PDA - Gedstar > http://www.ghcssoftware.com/index.htm
CD ripper to MP3 - Audiograbber > http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/
FTP for uploading webpages - WS_FTP Pro > http://www.ipswitch.com/
Bouncing spam - Mailwasher > http://www.mailwasher.net/
Spyware removal - Ad-aware > http://lavasoft.element5.com/purchase/
Rebuild C: drive and all applications in 30 mins - DriveImage > http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/
Remote control any computer at home or work - VNC > http://www.realvnc.com/
Analyse Visitor logs - Weblog expert> http://www.weblogexpert.com/
Webcontent to pda - Avantgo > https://my.avantgo.com/home/
RSS Newsfeed - FeedDemon > http://www.bradsoft.com/