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[joeymaxx]

The best things in life are free, they say.

Windows

Old Version Site with previous versions of windows programs.

Video Card Tweaking
ATITool - Radeon card tweaker
RiveTuner - Video card tweaking. NVIDIA's equivalent to ATITool.

General System Tools
CPU-Z - Tells you things about your cpu that your bios won't.
Sys Tool - Allows you to overclock almost everything.
PowerStrip - optimise your display/GPU.
ClockGen - Quick overclocker
Sandra 2005 - Probe your system for information, benchmark your components.
Throttle Watch - Detect throttling in your pc.
Speed Fan - Monitor your fans and adjust the voltage applied to them.
Powerdesk - File management. Windows Explorer alternative with a lot of very useful tools. Demo, but it's an unlimited trial.
Pagefile Defragmenter
Unlocker - lets you delete files that claim to be in use.
Shock Utility - Turns desktop into a 3D cube.

Game Session Recording Tools
FRAPS
Gamecam

Game Server Bookmarking
HLSW - Bookmark gameservers you like.

Remote Desktop Utilities
Hamachi - Allows you to create a LAN between distant computers as well as remote desktop capabilities.

Office
Open Office (I personally use this)
Notepad++ Notepad, but with extra tools and such.
Programmer's Notepad
Win32Pad
AbiWord

Shell Replacements (full)
LiteStep

Theming Programs
Boot Skin - Change the windows welcoming screen for the better.
WindowBlinds - Redecorate desktop tools.

Expanded Panels
Object Dock - Scrolling icon dock, similar to the Mac OS X, but with useful applications.

Online Antivirus scanners:
Panda Active Scan
Trendmicro Housecall

note: Choose your security software carefully, as antivirus software are known to fight each other.
AntiVirus
AVGfree
avast!
AntiVir
CCleaner

AntiSpyware
Spybot S&D
HijackThis
Adaware
Ewido

Graphics Editors:
Paint.NET
GIMPshop
Inkscape
Irfanview

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Xchat2
HydraIRC

Instant Messengers
Trillian Basic
Pidgin

Browsers
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Maxthon

E-Mail Clients
Thunderbird
Outlook Express

VoIP/Telephony:
Skype
Gizmo

Gaming Services
Xfire
Steam

Audio Editing
WavePad
Audacity

Media Players
VideoLAN Codec (aka VLC)
Media Player Classic
Media Portal
Winamp
Foobar2000
JetAudio Basic, good Audio Player for windows
xmplay lightweight media player.

Codec Pack
K-Lite

Multiple Monitor Utilities
Multimon

FTP programs:
FileZilla
SmartFTP

3D Rendering Programs:
Blender

File conversion
Super

BitTorrent Clients
uTorrent
Bittorret
Azureus "Vuze"
ABC

Web Development
Apache
Tomcat
MySQL
PostgreSQL

Misc
Google Web Accelerator
RocketDock
Juice - RSS feed podcast downloaded.
Tversity - Turns your PC into a media server.
Auto Gordian Knot (AutoGK) - Rip DVD's to any size or quality you want automatically.
Alarm - Turns your PC into an alarm clock.
Python IDLE
- Great light weight little IDE for python, allows you to run individual bits of code without needing a main.
Dev-C++
- IDE for C/C++
JCreator LE
- IDE for Java small and unbloated.
Vixy.net - Downloads YouTube videos and can convert them into any audio format.
RenameMaster - File management. Prefixes, suffixes, lists... Everything you could want for renaming multiple files at once.
MozBackup - Backup mozilla programs.
Daemon Tools Useful for mounting disk images usually '.iso'.
Autohotkey - Make your own keyboard macros.
Notepad ++
Picasa - Google program for organizing photos.
Taskbar Shuffle - A helpful program that let's you choose your taskbar order.
irfanview - Image viewer.
RazorLame - Encode mp3's.
Mp3tag - Edit mp3 tags.
XAMPP- 'Easy to install apache, mysql and ftp package.'

[joeymaxx]

Linux:

Web Browsers:
Mozilla Firefox
Flock
Opera
Ephipany

Email Clients:
Mozilla Thunderbird

Graphics Editors:
The GIMP
Inkscape

Instant Messaging:
Pidgin

VoIP/Telephony:
Skype
Gizmo

Compilers:
GCC/G++
Geany

Productivity Suites
Open Office (Recommended)

Music Players/Downloaders:
amaroK

Misc
XAMPP - 'Easy to install apache, mysql and ftp package.'

[joeymaxx]

Mac

Web Browsers
Shiira
Firefox
Safari
Flock Browser
Camino

E-Mail Clients
Thunderbird
Mail.app

Instant Messaging
AdiumX
aMSN
Microsoft Messenger
Fire

Media Players
VLC Player
Flip4Mac

Anti-Virus
ClamXav

BitTorrent Clients
Transmission

Music Players
iTunes

Graphic Editors
GIMPshop
The GIMP

Office
NeoOffice

Misc
XAMPP - 'Easy to install apache, mysql and ftp package.'

If there is anymore, please post/PM me/edit them in.

[(FG) SammyCR]

nice list there man good job =]

[(FG) Blade]

LOVE this list mate!

You might want to add XAMPP, it's an easy to install apache, mysql and ftp package.
Very good stuff.

Also, Steam?

Good call on notepad++, I use that all the time.

Oh, you might wanna add the Windows Live 2009 Suite too.

Great post!
If these boards had a reputation system, yours would have gone up! lol

[(FG) Mafialad]

nice one mate thanks for all this

and notpad++ FTW

[(FG) TheLogick]

Nice list. Im also a big fan of Notepad++

[joeymaxx]

Updated
thanks guys

[(FG) NeeDSiE]

you missed out deskspace, 3d desktop cube application giving you 6 seperate desktops in a cube formation, http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/

[joeymaxx]

you missed out deskspace, 3d desktop cube application giving you 6 seperate desktops in a cube formation, http://www.otakusoftware.com/deskspace/

I'd put that in, but it looks like you have to purchase it from the website, looks very good though.

[(FG) Blade]

I'd put that in, but it looks like you have to purchase it from the website, looks very good though.

A similar program is http://www.docs.kr/entry/Download-Shock-4Way3D-en

[joeymaxx]

A similar program is http://www.docs.kr/entry/Download-Shock-4Way3D-en

Updated

[(FG) Corkie]

cool thanks for this im still new to all this gaming and forum stuff so it will be very usefull. Thanks again.

[Game4it]

For monitoring cpu temps
Core temp. ---> http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
Real temp. ---> http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1325/..._Temp_3.00.html

For monitoring cpu,gfx,hard drive and system temps
Hardware monitor. ---> http://www.hmonitor.net/

Graphic card version of Cpuz
Gpuz. ---> http://download.cnet.com/GPU-Z/3000-2094_4....html?tag=mncol

Also For checking you net connection speeds. ---> www.speedtest.net
I find it very accurate.

If you are getting lag while gaming and want to check for lag or ping problems.
Xp users click start then run and type in cmd and hit return.This will get you a console up.In that type "ping -n 100 names.co.uk" (without commas) and hit return.That test will run for about 2 mins and will give you results of Max ping,Min ping and most importantly if you are getting packet loss which will make your games freeze and possibly disconnent from servers.
Same applies to vista users just hit start and type in cmd in the search bar to get the console up.

[(FG) DejayT]

I got min 26ms, max 49ms with an average of 30ms.

Is that any good?

[Game4it]

I got min 26ms, max 49ms with an average of 30ms.

Is that any good?

Yeah thats fine Dejay.The main thing is not to have packet loss.
You can also try different sites or put an IP in instead.
I get 26min 31max and average of 28 to forsakem-gaming.com

[(FG) juliankr]

37, 41 and 37 for me but i've got a poo internet connection at the moment. (fault on the line that talktalk says doesn't exist)

[Game4it]

37, 41 and 37 for me but i've got a poo internet connection at the moment. (fault on the line that talktalk says doesn't exist)

Thats surprisingly steady for your connection Jules Try it again this evening during peak hours as it maybe contention thats effecting you.


P.s Sorry Joeymax for hijacking your thread.

[(FG) juliankr]

Thats surprisingly steady for your connection Jules Try it again this evening during peak hours as it maybe contention thats effecting you.


P.s Sorry Joeymax for hijacking your thread.

will do as it seems to be the problem occurs mainly between midday and midnight. lol

i get fantastic dl speeds in the morning though. all my dling is now done then.