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2008: Programs Thread; ...share...
Topic Started: Jan 1 2008, 02:19:07 PM (310 Views)
Petrie.
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GOF Founder

2008 is now here, and maybe its a good idea to share what you use on a regular basis (with release number if possible). There's a lot of good stuff out there for Windows that probably quite a few know little about or haven't tried.


Web browser: Opera 9.25 (default), Mozilla Firefox Portable 2.0.11, Opera USB 9.23

Documents/presentations: Microsoft Office 2003, OpenOffice Portable (if the MS programs can't open a file)

Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Labs 7.0

Anti-Spyware/Malware: Kaspersky Labs 7.0, SpyBot Search and Destroy, a-squared (free version)

Audio Player: foobar2000 0.9.5

Video/DVD Player: The KMPlayer 2.3

IM: Pidgin 2.3.1 (handles all IM protocols, AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, etc.)

Image Editing: Microsoft Digital Image Pro 9.0

Video Editing: Windows Movie Maker

Audio Editing: Audacity

Audio Compression: FLAC 1.2.1 (lossless), LAME mp3 3.98 (lossy)

Video Compression: XViD/DiVX (avi), Windows Media Video 9.0 Professional
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action9000
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Web browser: IE 7

Documents/presentations: Microsoft Office 2003

Anti-Virus: AVG

Anti-Spyware/Malware: Ad-aware, Spybot - search and destroy

Audio Player: Winamp 5.5, VLC

Video/DVD Player: VLC, Winamp

IM: Windows Live Messenger, 8.1

Image Editing: Photoshop CS3

Video Editing: VirtualDub (with MPEG2 support)

Audio Editing: Goldwave 5

Audio Compression: LAME MP3 3.98 (lossy), WMA Lossless (via WMP), .wav (none)

Video Compression: XViD/DiVX (avi) via VirtualDub.

Audio/music production: FL Studio 7.4 (Beta) Producer Edition, Cakewalk Sonar 6 (Producer Edition), Noteworthy Composer 1.75 (with latest web update).
Plugins: EastWest Symphonic Orchestra Gold XP and EastWest Colossus.
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landbeforetimelover
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Littlefoot
Hmmmmmm. Okay. I'll give this a shot:

Web browser: Firefox (most recent version with all updates)

Computer protection: AVG (free edition), Spybot S&D

word processing: Microsoft office 2003 (I have 2007, but I can't stand that system :x )

Video/audio player: VLC, media player classic with vbrs converter

Image editing: Photoshop CS3 Extended

video editor: Ulead multimedia studio pro 8.0 (I decompiled the entire program and combined it with the best features that version 10.0 has without all the bulk), ashampoo movie shrink and burn (the best video compressing program on the planet!)

Audio editing: ulead audio editor 8.0 (unchanged), ultra audio ripper, Absolute MP3 splitter & converter (useful for quick conversions)

DVD ripper: magic dvd ripper

DVD decryption: Manual. Programs never do this 100% correctly.
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Tails_155
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Ducky
Um.... I don't want to make a list that's too long... so...

Browser: Opera 9.25; Wii Opera; Winamp 5.02 wit Bento; Firefox 3b4 with IETabs (I think it uses IE5); right now

Audio Player: Winamp 5.02 with Bento

and that's all I feel like putting up here, the other programs would take too long XD
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Serris
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General of the Great Valley
Web browser: Firefox v3.0.5

Computer protection: McAfee Enterprise v8.5 + SUPERAntiSpyware + Windows Defender

Word processing: Microsoft office 2003

Video/audio player: Windows Media Player, FLV Player, iTunes

Image editing: Photoshop CS3, Macromedia Fireworks

Audio editing: Audacity

CD/DVD burning: Nero
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DarkHououmon
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"Be prepared, Snappy boy. Your luck has run out..."

On this computer-

Web browser: Opera 9.63

Text Document: Open Office 2.2

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware: Panda Global Security, Ad-Aware SE Professional (rarely)

Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes, HijackThis (rarely)

Audio/Video Player: Windows Media Player

DVD Player: Power DVD

IM: Windows Live Messenger 8.5, Yahoo Messenger 8.1, and AIM 6.8

Image Editing: Photoshop CS2, MS Paint

Video Editing: Sony Vegas 7

Converter: Allok Video To MP4 Converter, iSofter DVD Platinum

DVD Ripper: DVD Decrypter

DVD/CD Burner: Sonic
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lbt/cty_lover
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I'm just a fat little dwaggy! Pwease hug me!
Web Browser: Firefox.
Word Processing: NeoOffice Writer
Anti-Virus: Mac OS X Leopard
Anti-Malware: Mac OS X Leopard
Audio/Video Player: iTunes
DVD Player: Mac's built-in DVD Player
IM: AOL Instant Messenger
Image Editing: ImagePlay, Paintbrush
Converter: iSquint, MPEG StreamClip
DVD Ripper: Instant Handbrake
DVD Burner: I don't use one.

P.S. - All of these were made for Apple Mac OS X.

P.P.S. - LBTLover, I like the photo you used for your server upload image. Saphira, from Eragon, the movie.
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landbeforetimelover
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Littlefoot
Quote:
 
DVD Player: Mac's built-in DVD Player


While Mac's default DVD player is pretty good, if your mac is a laptop, switching to VLC to play DVD's will make your battery last a lot longer. If the mac isn't a laptop, then don't bother switching. VLC is just more power efficient.

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P.P.S. - LBTLover, I like the photo you used for your server upload image. Saphira, from Eragon, the movie.


Really? I was going to change it to a different picture of Saphira because the tree branch background behind her doesn't look too good on GOF's background. I was thinking more of a snapshot with the sky behind her instead...
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pokeplayer984
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Yes, that's a new Pokemon!
Alright! Here we go! Time to give what I have. :)

Web Browser: Firefox/Google Chrome
Word Processing: OpenOffice.org 3.0
Computer protection: AVG 8.0 Free, Spybot S&D, Sophos Anti-Rootkit
Error Checker: RegCure
Audio Player/Converter: Goldwave v5.23
Video Player: VLC Media Player
IM: Windows Live Messenger
Image Editing: Photoshop Lite CS3 (Thank you SO much LBTlover! :))
Video Editing: Pinnacle Studio 10
DVD Ripper: Free DVD Ripper 2.25 (The TRUE Free DVD Ripper.)

Hmm... I think that's pretty much it. Not bad if I do say so myself. :D
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