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What are must have programs for my laptop?

post #1 of 19
7/27/05 at 12:59pm
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I ordered the Asus Z70v Refreh (see sig) and im getting all the programs already and putting them on CDs so when the lappy comes i will be all set. Doesnt have to be MUST HAVE ones, just nice apps and stuff, like temp monitering and stuff

Thanks
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post #2 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:08pm
chc
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post #3 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:10pm
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chc? what is that?
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post #4 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:16pm
centrino hardware control

http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm

lets you undervolt, check temps, monitor batt level, check hd temps, adjust speed settings, performance levels

and very easy to use
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post #5 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:26pm
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Centrino Hardware Control
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post #6 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:28pm
uhhh...didnt i just say that??
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post #7 of 19
7/27/05 at 1:45pm
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Yes, i didnt have the page refreshed, so i didnt see it
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post #8 of 19
7/27/05 at 2:06pm
The MUST have program on a laptop is

The OS!

Everything else is up to you heheeh
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post #9 of 19
7/27/05 at 2:40pm
A firewall, I use ZoneAlarm. Antivirus, I used Symantec. CHC as someone already mentioned. I use Diskeeper for defragmenting cause it really rocks. Office 2003!

I've found MediaMonkey to be a pretty good music organizer and player.

I also have Photoshop and Dreamweaver for web design and photo editing.

It pretty much depends on what you use your laptop for. Bare necessities are OS, antivirus, firewall, and CHC.
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post #10 of 19
7/27/05 at 2:58pm
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Oh and Counter Strike Source of course
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post #11 of 19
7/27/05 at 3:01pm
Here is how I pick what I like to keep in my stable of must-haves:

1. System monitoring software (e.g., Centrino Hardware Control, Mobilemeter etc.)
2. FTP Client/Server (I use WFTP)
3. VNC Software to tunnel into my desktop from work/vacation (I use UltraVNC)
4. Software to monitor wireless signal strength/quality ( I use INTEL's software)
5. HDD Defragger (I use Exec Software's Defragger)
6. Anti Virus Package (I use Symantec AV Corporate Edition)
7. Firewall (I am behind a firewalled router so that minimizes the need to put up a software firewall but I left Windows XP SP2's built in firewall enabled anyway.
8. For extra pizza'z I have Konfabulator with the Weather widget(plugin) and others

There you have it. Everything a laptop owner should have in his/her bag-of-goodies.
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post #12 of 19
7/27/05 at 3:45pm
There's a sticky at the top of the forum
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post #13 of 19
7/27/05 at 4:14pm
This is the first I've heard about the Centrino Hardware Control. Does it help that much with battery life? Where do you get it from?
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post #14 of 19
7/28/05 at 1:22am
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Originally Posted by Ransomed1
This is the first I've heard about the Centrino Hardware Control. Does it help that much with battery life? Where do you get it from?

Here you go http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm
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post #15 of 19
7/28/05 at 4:33am
spy-bot and ad-aware for crap removal, and a registry cleaner. for antivirus i use AVG (FREE!)

a nice linux partition wouldnt hurt either
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post #16 of 19
7/28/05 at 5:35am
Security: PC-cillin Internet Security (cheaper and better than Norton b/c it uses less resources), Spy-Bot, Ad-aware, Hi-jack This!, SMAC

General Software (in no particular order)
Executive Diskkeeper
Cyberlink PowerDVD
Acronis Disk Director or Partition Magic
K-lite Mega Codec Pack
WinRAR
Nero
Alcohol 120%
Daemon-Tools

Just for Fun
ACDSee 7.0
Adobe Creative Suite
Rainmeter (monitoring program)
Windowblinds (skins windows)
Icon Packager (replace sytem icons all at once)
Lclck beta (skins the windows system clock)
Miranda (multi chat program, highly customizable)
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post #17 of 19
7/28/05 at 5:36am
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Originally Posted by tlo
spy-bot and ad-aware for crap removal, and a registry cleaner. for antivirus i use AVG (FREE!)

a nice linux partition wouldnt hurt either
Well Linux is going on for sure, I`v been using linux for about 2 years now and its gonna get about 10gb on my HD, probabely Suse
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post #18 of 19
7/28/05 at 11:21am
I'm surprised nobody mentioned this, and if someone did, I didn't see it.

Firefox.
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post #19 of 19
7/29/05 at 11:41am
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Freak4Dell, Firefox doesnt have to be mentioned, its a natural thing to have that
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