Most cherished soft's ?

Hello guys and girls...

Hope everyone is doing good !

The first software that amazed me was ATGuard... One day I finally got the chance to come accross an old but complete version of it... I couldn't believe someone actually had had the idea and skills to build this multifunction firewall/filter... In fact, still use it on some configurations, firewall option disabled, just for the fun and nostalgia... but still functional on old OS's!

Another filter I loved very much and still do, i.e. WebWasher... While many people choose the excellent Proxo, I never could forget the powerful and complete simplicity of WW... Still taking care of my privacy to day.

Riding on an old W98SE bike, 98Lite (www.litepc.com) simply revolutionized my system, bringing stability, smoothness and quickness to it... Can't recall how I ever could do without it on W98SE.

Next revolution came when I understood the possibility and recognized the value of a good backup program... Completely changed my philosophy, because fears of any computer-related problems just disappeard overnight when I mastered the tools to create systematic and complete backup images of my system and files.

Good firewalls I couldn't do without, and OutPost Pro 2 in my eyes simply surpasses any other FW I have come across, even Kerio 2.14... At least I now have a FW which consistently survives the pcFlank's Exploits Test (www.pcflank.com), whatever the OS I use it on.

And of course, almost last but surely not least, Opera just has become a part of me on the web... Seems to me to be so fast and intelligent and reliable, always to be counted on, ever-evolving yet so perfect already... What a treat...

And now I can even use MwSnap to capture and share screenshots with the Wilders's members... A tool I now almost can't do without.

Ain't life great ?!

Rgds, Crockett

 

either winamp2 or trillian.. although i also cherish this old pc game called shogun based on clavell's novel.

 

Over the last (more years than I care to remember) I have probably tried every antivirus program available for windows. But I keep coming back to mcafee. except for version 5 or 5.1 it has always worked well for me. I know there are people out there that don't like it but it has always kept my computer secure with the least amount of problems. I guess that is all you can expect. So I guess I will always use it as long as they don't screw it up.

 

This one is easy: GoBack. I don't know what my second favorite software is, nothing else even comes close.

Acadia

 

GoBack is my #1 also.

 

No outspoken favorite like in nothing comes close, but I'll never forget the first time I surfed the internet after installing AdShield.

 

Thats a tuff one??
Lovin "ZONE"
So many anti's hard to pick, eScan and tds-3 would get votes!
But I Always do, Put my best and worst pic's into "Webshots" also. The ease of working with it to show off in backgrouind or the three finger salute to change or start screen-saver, (also does link to site).
And all the "never-tech's",I always help out love it when I show it to them.

Althou, I do miss "GoBACK", and wish I could find a place to dl it again, or might have gotten off A Maximum PC disc but Bro to busy with 3D ("TrackWorks"), to look for it for me. Might have to just look myself next time I beat him home from work.
Lets see where is that yellow sticky pad?

 

'Drive Image' Never leave home without it.

 

Hi guys

Sorry to sound ridiculous, but what's this GoBack soft Acadia and Beetlejuice are talking about ? Kind of a rollback program as embedded in some OS's ?!

Rgds, Crockett

 

GoBack is System Restore on steroids. Whereas System Restore only restores certain parts of your system, GoBack restores literally every single sector of your hard drive to a previous state; yes, it’s that powerful. Use with caution if you are using a partitioning software, especially if you are doing dual booting.

Acadia

 

Snagit32 has got to be the best little program I ever got, and that was years ago when it was still free. Especially for all those times when my sister just doesn't believe something I'm looking at, and then I snagit and show it to her.

 

Hmm, for me, I dont think any software has ever evoked that sense of awe and respect I seem to read in other posts

I guess if you must force me to pick it must be the first mozilla 1.0 versions?

Maybe POPfile for it's intelligent filtering?

But seriously none took my breath away or made me feel that it completely changed the nature of surfing or my computer experience.

For those to qualify it would mean stuff like discovering what a browser is after doing telnet only, or discovering POP3 when you have being webmail only...

 

There are so many great little apps, reliable and robust, that are simply worth their weight in gold. To make a decision, I'd have to pick an app that has done more than merely deliver 100% time and time again (like I said, there are a few). So I'd say it's my firewall, Outpost, because it has taught me so much - I'm still learning, too!

 

Hello;

Could you tell us more about Snagit32 ?!

Rgds, Crockett (Running on Outpost2 too tonight)

 

ahh..i couldn't choose...so i opt'd for the 7 most cherished

PaintShopPro
winamp
icq
SpywareBlaster
Spybot S&D
HijackThis
and Opera

but if i lost internet connection tomorrow...leave me with my PSP and i'm happy!

 

HI

Well... All right, Snap'... You can keep your connection

Rgds, Crockett

 

I like Paint Shop Pro 7 a lot! It has many possibilities: such as to correct pictures, create drawings, animations and so on but then comes the time when you want stg bigger so you look at Maya "Alias" the complete or unlimited edition but the pricing is very high:

Maya Complete™ 5: $1999.00 USD
Maya Unlimited™ 5 $6999.00 USD



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Another one I like, free and very light :
Pixia, version 3:

http://www.ab.wakwak.com/~knight/

I like it better than Paint Shop Pro when it's just for drawing with the mouse. My first drawing made with Pixia can be seen below...

Paint Shop Pro
IrfanView
Pixia
Ad-Aware
Spybot S&D
Opera
winamp

Uguel

 

I couldn't be without K9 Antispam or my Firebird (or KMeleon)

Both do a superb job and feel so comfortable.

 

Hi Tinribs

It's been a long time since we met in a thread !

Hope you're doing fine.

Rgds, Crockett

 

It's tough to choose only one...but I can say these are progs that I like and install again and again after a disk format or whatever:

Netscape Browser/Mail
Download Accelerator
Winamp
Trillian
OpenOffice
Diskeeper
WinRar
Ontrack DataRecovery
Abobe PhotoShop
Adobe AcrobatReader
Nero
DiscJuggler
BlindWrite
PicSecure
DivX player/plug-in
e-Mule
Kazaa Lite
and NOD32 just joined the list.

That's without mentioning the games..but that's for another forum

 

Opera
eMule
foobar2000

 

KAV
Weatherbug
IZArc
System Safety Monitor
SpywareBlaster
Ad-aware
Spybot S&D

 

A piece of software that I love is called RagTime Solo. It's freeware made in Germany and really does a bang-up job of desktop publishing. The program is so simple and intuitive that I find myself bypassing PageMaker (which I also have on my system) at least 99% of the time. RagTime is just a hell of a lot faster and easier. And it does just about everything I want done.

 

trojan hunter.. finally a good at with ease of use and speed...
opera browser, makes dial up feel like broadband
mass downloader from meta products
total uninstall.. makes trialing software better
pegasus mail
open office- chance to get rid of m$ chains
suse linux- same as above
and last but not least, the software i use the most: civilization I; II; III; and ptw