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burning_phoneix on 02 January 2010

avast! is a pretty good free anti-virus software.



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vlad321 on 02 January 2010
binary solo said:
If you need to put parental controls on your Firefox (which I do need) then suricate is a really good add on. Basically its the entire suricate user community that creates the database of blocked websites, but it is really easy to make your own white list.

I know most people on here aren't parents and in fact would not want their parents to see my suggestion, but if you are a parent then this is worth a look.

I try to use Web of Trust on Firefox, while it doesn't compleely block it does give me a heads up of fishy sites.

 

OT:

Good suggestions all, got a few more when someone mentioned CCleaner.

Defreaggler - Tool for defragmeting your HDD but you can defrag any given folder you want, not the whole thing. Also has an option for a quick defragment, but I have never used it to tell you about it.

Speccy - Tells you everything you need to know about your PC's hardware.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

Naraku_Diabolos on 03 January 2010

MediaCoder - enough said; converts video and music files, including converting videos to H.264 plus if you have an Nvidia card with CUDA, you can use your GPU to convert videos (it is the only video converter so far that uses CUDA the right way, plus outputting in the High Profile at Level 5.1).



jefforange89 on 03 January 2010

I use Filezilla for FTP, works great.

And Notepad++ is indeed amazing.



Wii/PC/DS Lite/PSP-2000 owner, shameless Nintendo and AMD fanboy.

My comp, as shown to the right (click for fullsize pic)
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz
Video Card: XFX 1 GB Radeon HD 5870
Memory: 8 GB A-Data DDR3-1600
Motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3
Primary Storage: OCZ Vertex 120 GB
Case: Cooler Master HAF-932
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64		 Extra Storage: WD Caviar Black 640 GB,
WD Caviar Black 750 GB, WD Caviar Black 1 TB
Display: Triple ASUS 25.5" 1920x1200 monitors
Sound: HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound card,
Logitech X-540 5.1 speakers
Input: Logitech G5 mouse,
Microsoft Comfort Curve 2000 keyboard
Wii Friend Code: 2772 8804 2626 5138 Steam: jefforange89
Soleron on 03 January 2010
Naraku_Diabolos said:

MediaCoder - enough said; converts video and music files, including converting videos to H.264 plus if you have an Nvidia card with CUDA, you can use your GPU to convert videos (it is the only video converter so far that uses CUDA the right way, plus outputting in the High Profile at Level 5.1).

I prefer ffmpeg. It supports a lot more filetypes.

There is an AMD GPU transcoder application too (ATI Video Converter).



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Naraku_Diabolos on 03 January 2010
Soleron said:
Naraku_Diabolos said:

MediaCoder - enough said; converts video and music files, including converting videos to H.264 plus if you have an Nvidia card with CUDA, you can use your GPU to convert videos (it is the only video converter so far that uses CUDA the right way, plus outputting in the High Profile at Level 5.1).

I prefer ffmpeg. It supports a lot more filetypes.

There is an AMD GPU transcoder application too (ATI Video Converter).

ffmpeg is included within MediaCoder



vlad321 on 03 January 2010

A few more I remembered which were hiding:

Update Checker - checks your PC for versions of other free software programs and lets you know if updates are available for them. Works with a bunch of free, and some commercial, software.

MusicBrainz Picard - You can use this to create audio digital finger prints and use their servers to find out which song you are listening to. No more Unknown - Track 1.

Autoruns - Great startup manager. You can filter all Microsoft programs so you can be left with all 3rd party software and executables which run on your PC upon startup.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

vlad321 on 03 January 2010

Also this is a great site for finding software you might need:

www.alternativeto.com



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

O-D-C on 03 January 2010

Winamp and Google Chrome are my suggestions for now



gurok on 04 January 2010

A couple more:

CPU-Z -- Tells you not only about a PC's CPU, but its motherboard and RAM, so you can buy upgrades without having to unscrew and check first!

BootVis -- Simply the best tool for improving Windows XP boot times around.