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Poll Results: Was this guide helpful?

 
  • 52% (130)
    Very!
  • 27% (68)
    Fairly so.
  • 9% (24)
    Only slightly.
  • 9% (24)
    It was horrible.
246 Total Votes  
post #21 of 66
9/10/05 at 6:18pm
I highly recommend MPlayer to those who have slower machine. http://www.mplayerhq.hu

It can play most video formats out there and doesn't require any codec installation!
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post #22 of 66
9/10/05 at 6:55pm
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Originally Posted by thelostpatrol
I agree about NO to Realplayer, that program is damn awful. There should be a list of NO programs, too... that'd be useful.

M.
I've scaned for Spyware and viruses and nothing came up. can I unistall this program and find a new one?
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post #23 of 66
9/10/05 at 7:25pm
Oh and does the Quintessential Player support realmedia streams?
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post #24 of 66
9/13/05 at 8:18pm
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Originally Posted by suddste223
I've scaned for Spyware and viruses and nothing came up. can I unistall this program and find a new one?
You can get the RealAlternative codec, which comes with the third-party program called Media Player Classic (loosely based on WMP 6.4). It has all you need for video playing, believe me.

Without any of the hassle on top of that.

M.
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post #25 of 66
9/14/05 at 11:03am
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Startup Managers – Extremely handy for making sure your system has all of the available resources it needs to perform at its best. Can also decrease boot time substantially.
I need help with this progam. I downloaded it and installed it, but i cant find it anywhere. I cant even find it in the control panel where i can uninstall programs.

Edit: Nevermind. I found out.
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post #26 of 66
10/8/05 at 7:38pm
I would like to recommend K-Lite Codecpack, It has the quicktime codecs and real player codecs. No need to install those at all! It includes Media Player Classic!
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post #27 of 66
10/9/05 at 5:15am
With regards to firewall, i'd recommend Kerio personal firewall over Zonealarm... Kerio is a bit more instensive to set up, but it's free.
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_home.html
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post #28 of 66
10/15/05 at 3:14pm
Sygate Personal Firewall (great alternative, free and robust)

More info here:
Sygate

download here:

Download at Tucows
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post #29 of 66
10/15/05 at 5:50pm
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Originally Posted by oolatin
Sygate Personal Firewall (great alternative, free and robust)

More info here:
Sygate

download here:

Download at Tucows

I Had Sygate, Now I Recommend Kerio.. It does so much.
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post #30 of 66
11/18/05 at 12:07pm
Unlocker is a good addon to windows when you get this message everytime you try to delete something:

"cannot delete folder:It is being used by another person or program. close any programs that might be using the file and try again"


it is free and you get it here
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post #31 of 66
11/18/05 at 12:13pm
I almost forgot about "konfabulator", it allows you to run "widgets" on the desktop. Widgets are very good utilities with lots of different uses (rss feeds, alarm clocks, webcams viewers, desktop photos...........lots of stuffs).

First install "konfabulator" it is free now and you get it here

Then you download the widgets from the same site.....look at the widget gallery and download whichever you find useful and run them with konfabulator.

Do not miss this....they are great.
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post #32 of 66
11/19/05 at 6:01pm
Nice!
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post #33 of 66
11/29/05 at 8:33pm
I just my new lappy and was fast to load Itunes!!! I'm gonna load those other programs now tho...Thanks for the websites
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post #34 of 66
4/18/06 at 8:13pm
I believe the software you listed up there covered all the bases.
But I think you should include some ultilities programs, such as O&O Defrag 2000 Free and some Registry "scrubbing" software.
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post #35 of 66
4/26/06 at 10:50pm
nice guide
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post #36 of 66
4/30/06 at 12:26am
very very usefull those are the exact programs I found to the best over 4 years of trying out programs. I wish i stumbled upon this guide before going through all those bad programs like AVG.
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post #37 of 66
5/15/06 at 3:59pm
I like it,

but why would people vote it "horrible" (15) , Thats just wrong

at least you go more than 73 "very"
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post #38 of 66
5/15/06 at 9:14pm
Jealous people. C'mon, you can be an über-smart l33t computer user, but this is far from horrible. I've found it to be very useful.
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post #39 of 66
5/16/06 at 3:29pm
Very useful thanks!
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post #40 of 66
5/18/06 at 12:19pm
Windows Updates. In that process I would install Microsoft Update and let it do it's thing. Even after it installs all the updates, run it again until it says you are current.

Also, if you have an external hard drive or a bunch of blank dvds, NORTON GHOST! Creates a snapshot of your laptop's hard drive so if you want to reformat, you just reload from your image disk instead of going through all those steps.
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