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Old 05-27-2004, 01:29 AM
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Show off your software setup

(Can a mod move this too the comp forum?)
Here you can list what programs you use for diffrent things, like internet browsing, IM'ing, FTP, IRC etc.

Reply with all programs that apply. Mine:

Instant Messengers: AIM, MSN, Yahoo

Spyware / Adware removal:
Spybot SD, Ad-Aware

Internet Browsing: IE 6

FTP client:
WS-FTP Pro

FTP Server: WinXP built in FTP Server

Media Player: WMP 9, Quicktime

Music Store: Napster 2.0, ITunes

P2P: Kazaa Lite 2.4.3

IRC Client:
XChat

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): OpenOffice

Email Account: Hotmail, SBC Yahoo! Email

Anti-Virus: Norton Internet Security 2004

Firewall: Norton Internet Security 2004

Operating System: Windows XP Pro SP1

ISP: SBC Yahoo! DSL


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Old 05-27-2004, 02:56 PM
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Cmon people post your setup. It doesn't take that long...I just want to find out what the best an most populer software is. People could use these lists to find out what software they should use for what job. Here is a list you can copy and paste:

Instant Messengers:

Spyware / Adware removal:

Internet Browsing:

FTP client:

FTP Server:

Media Player:

Music Store:

P2P:

IRC Client:

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office):

Email Account:

Anti-Virus:

Firewall:

New ones:

Operating System:

Visual theme:

ISP:


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Old 05-27-2004, 03:24 PM
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nothing fancy, but it gets me from day to day:

Instant Messengers: mostly AIM, but I have MSN just in case

Spyware / Adware removal: weekly run of Ad-Aware and Spybot

Internet Browsing: mainly Firefox, but sometimes I still have to use IE6

Media Player: mostly Winamp, but occasionally WMP when I want surround sound

Music Store: depends what's cheapest

P2P: blubster for music, ares for everything else... all the rest got blocked by my school

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): MS Office

Email Account: main one is Yahoo, then I have the school's account, and a Hotmail account, and a few others that I use when I dont want the main ones getting spammed

Anti-Virus: McAfee

Firewall: built in windows firewall, plus now i'm on DSL behind a firewalled router

Modding: i've got t-clock2, samurize, and 3r-1c (volume bezel thing from macs)

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Old 05-27-2004, 03:33 PM
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Instant Messengers: MSN, Yahoo Messenger

Spyware / Adware removal: Spybot, Adaware

Internet Browsing: MyIE2, IE6

FTP client: IE6

FTP Server: Linux, though not sure what flavor as I don't run it.

Media Player: iTunes, WMP

Music Store: Kazaa Lite

P2P: Kazaa Lite

IRC Client: mIRC

Office Suite: MS Office 2002, MS Works 6.0

Email Account: Yahoo.ca, gmail.com, (web mail) sympatico.ca (Outlook)

Anti-Virus: Freedom, Norton 03 (alts)

Firewall: Freedom, BlackIce, Zone Alarm Pro. (alts)

XP Theme: Windows Classic

ISP: Sympatico.ca

OS: Windows XP - Linux Mandrake 9.1

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Old 05-27-2004, 03:33 PM
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Instant Messengers: AIM and MSN

Spyware / Adware removal: Spybot 1.3 and Adaware

Internet Browsing: Avant Broswer. I sometimes use IE6

FTP client: Smart FTP

Media Player: Winamp for mp3 and WM9 for videos

Music Store: None

P2P: WinMX

IRC Client: None

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): MS Office

Email Account: Main one is Hotmail. I also have a Rogers account

Anti-Virus: Norton 2004

Firewall: Zone Alarm (version 4)


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Old 05-27-2004, 03:42 PM
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Instant Messengers: Trillian Pro

Spyware / Adware removal: Ad-Aware / Spybot

Internet Browsing: IE6 / MyIE2 / Opera / Mozilla

FTP client: SmartFTP

FTP Server: IIE6/FTP or Linux (Can't remember the name...)

Media Player: WMP9

Music Store: n/a

P2P: n/a

IRC Client: mIRC / Telnet ()

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): Office 2003

Email Account: Outlook / Webmail

Anti-Virus: NAV 2003

Firewall: Router/NAT

OS's: Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2003 (Ent), FC2

Theme: Classic Windows, Bluecurve

ISP: Cox Communications/Cox.net

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Old 05-27-2004, 04:09 PM
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Mine is...

Instant Messengers: MSN, Xfire, AIM

Spyware / Adware removal: Spybot search and destroy, Ad-aware 6

Internet Browsing: IE 6, AOL 9.0 (the biggest pile of crap ever)

FTP client: ?

FTP Server: ? (Im probably gonna sound stupid but whats FTP?)

Media Player: WMP 9

Music Store: n/a

P2P: Kazza lite

IRC Client:n/a

Office Suite: Microsoft Office 2003

Email Account:Hotmail, AOL, Yahoo, school account

Anti-Virus:Norton 2001

Firewall:McAfee Personal Firewall

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Old 05-27-2004, 04:32 PM
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Instant Messengers: Adium, MSN Messenger

Spyware / Adware removal: None

Internet Browsing: Safari

FTP client: Transmit

FTP Server: PureFTP

Media Player: Windows Media, VLC, Quicktime

Music Store: iTunes

P2P: Acqlite, XFactor, Poisoned

IRC Client: X-Chat Aqua

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): Office 2004

Email Account: Speedpost.net

Anti-Virus: None

Firewall: Router

OS: Mac OS 10.3.4
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Old 05-27-2004, 04:50 PM
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Instant Messengers: AIM

Spyware / Adware removal:Ad-aware/Spybot/Norton

Internet Browsing:Mozilla, and IE6

FTP client:SmartFTP

FTP Server:.. now why would I tell you that?

Media Player:Winamp 3

Music Store: Kazaa ^^

P2P: Kazaa lite

IRC Client: NetCat

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): MS office

Email Account: @mindless.com

Anti-Virus:Norton

Firewall: Zone alarm
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Old 05-27-2004, 05:06 PM
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When on XP:

Instant Messengers: Trillian Basic

Spyware / Adware removal: Ad-Aware, Spybot

Internet Browsing: IE 5.5, 6

FTP client: IE 5.5, 6

FTP Server: Good ol IIS

Media Player: WMP9

Music Store: Uh...well does Kazaa Lite count?

P2P: See 'Music Store' -- eMule, Shareaza, Bittorrent

IRC Client: Trillian

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): OpenOffice.org

Email Account: gmail

Anti-Virus: Anti-Vir, NAVNT 2001

Firewall: Hardware

When on Fedora Core 1:

Instant Messengers: GAIM

Spyware / Adware removal: Not many spyware apps that affect Linux

Internet Browsing: Mozilla or Epiphany

FTP client: Mozilla

FTP Server: Don't use it on Linux

Media Player: Totem (Hey, it may a video player, but it atleast does MP3s, pain in the arse on Fedora)

Music Store: Isn't Linux about being free?

P2P: Don't use it on Linux

IRC Client: BitchX

Office Suite(Microsoft Office, Start Office): OpenOffice.org

Email Account: gmail

Anti-Virus: Not many viruses on Linux

Firewall: hardware, NAT

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