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post #1 of 18
7/9/04 at 6:42pm
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just got my new laptop yesterday, I LOVE IT!!! its great!! its much faster than any pc iv ever had!!! i have a PIII and 512mb along with a 64mb video card, dvd, etc!!! not the top of the line but should be perfect for me!!! im excited!!!

anyway, iv never really used a computer for more than just internet surfing!! i plan to get a couple games and then do some digital picture printing... but after that I dont have much to really use it...

anyone have any programs they would like to suggest... anything from simple to complex??

thanks
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post #2 of 18
7/9/04 at 6:46pm
Popupstoper --> The killter of new IE window
MSN messanger --> The connector of friendship
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post #3 of 18
7/9/04 at 6:57pm
A firewall such as Zone Alarm, Outpost, Sygate, etc. Dunno about Outpost, but the other two have free versions.

Virus scanner.

If you're gonna use IE to browse the web better load up on the spyware cleaners/protectors such as AdAware, Spybot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster, etc. The more the merrier cause some catch things that another misses. I personally recommend an alternate browser such as Firefox or Opera but they both have something of a learning curve, especially Firefox. They're not quite "out of the box friendly".

Perhaps the only other thing I'd recommend is a third-party disk defragmenter such as Perfect Disk because XP's own isn't that good. Everything else is up to you really e.g. Adobe Acrobat, FTP program, an alternate media player for movies such as Zoom Player, maybe winamp for MP3s or Power DVD for watching DVDs.

There are certain programs that I can't live without, but my needs are different to your own.
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post #4 of 18
7/9/04 at 7:00pm
Forgot to mention Nero, assuming you have a burner which most people seem to.
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post #5 of 18
7/9/04 at 7:18pm
Firefox
MS Office ($$$)
FarCry
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post #6 of 18
7/9/04 at 7:33pm
office 2003
photoshop cs
opera 7.51
adobe acrobat
dreamweaver mx 2004
back up now!
acronis true image
ad aware
spy bot
nero
stomp record now
winrar
webwasher
system mechanic
antivirus= nod32
firewall zonealarm 4.5 version DONT try the 5.0 version

i think those are some good programs u should have, depends on youre wallet
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post #7 of 18
7/9/04 at 8:16pm
zonealarm = bloatware

outpost works well, is much more flexible with its rules based model and leaves a small footprint

also, instead of a third party app popup stopper, download the google toolbar from google.com, it includes a great popup stopper as well as additional functionality

i vouch for firefox as a browser, it works great

and nod32 as antivirus is great but leaves alot to be desired for worms/trojan protection (get a separate anti trojan program)
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post #8 of 18
7/9/04 at 8:20pm
I like Sygate myself (you're right about Zone Alarm being a hog not to mention it doesn't like emule) and avast! is a great free antivirus.

Didn't know there were so many Firefox fans on here. I love it!
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post #9 of 18
7/9/04 at 9:23pm
Quicktime player..just incase you need some Quicktime files to watch.
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post #10 of 18
7/9/04 at 10:22pm
But keep away from Real Player unless you absolutly need it.
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post #11 of 18
7/10/04 at 12:06am
My programs that I'm absolutely fine with.. might need some nice new games though, the demos that came with my video card aren't that super.

I'd like to add that I have never had 1 popup or virus.. so I don't know what internet sites you are going to or what you are doing, but I've never had a problem.

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post #12 of 18
7/10/04 at 12:22am
Not having any viruses I can believe cause I've never had one either *knocks on wood* but I call bull on no pop-ups cause those things are everywhere.

Visit Hotmail for example and they have one.

Oh yeah, like the Warez P2P client. lol
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post #13 of 18
7/10/04 at 12:24am
wo0t firefox! ff > ie anyday
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post #14 of 18
7/10/04 at 2:55am
GAIM for instant messaging. Connects to all the major networks, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, IRC.

Dump IE for Firefox too. Ad and popul blocking, tabs, fewer security holes.
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post #15 of 18
7/10/04 at 5:56am
Anyone tried X-Fire?
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post #16 of 18
7/10/04 at 12:55pm
Heh, I get no popups because I use firefox. I have not gotten 1, ever.
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post #17 of 18
7/10/04 at 1:10pm
Well that goes without saying, but technically you are using a pop-up blocker. It's just included as a part of a program (or you can get a better one via the AdBlock extension).
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post #18 of 18
7/12/04 at 1:35am
Window Washer
Webroot Software
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