Thread: Useful Tools & Applications

Hi all, I haven't seen a sticky topic about this, so I've decided to open this topic ( dont know if its in the right place :/ )

AUDIO PLAYERS

Windows Media Player 11
Winamp 5
Quintessential Player
foobar2000
Songbird
CD Art Display
iTunes

VIDEO/TV/DVD PLAYERS

Windows Media Player 11
Media Player Classic
VideoLAN Client / VLC media player
BSplayer FREE
JetAudio
GOMplayer
TV v2.0
KMPlayer

ARCHIVE TOOLS

7zip
FilZip
TUGZip
Universal Extractor
QuickZip


ENCODERS

SUPER (audio/video)
LameDropXP (MP3)
FLV to MPG batch converter
dBpoweramp


WEB BROWSERS

Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
SeaMonkey
Flock
Google Chrome
OperaTor
Safari


E-MAIL CLIENTS

Mozilla Thunderbird
POP Peeper


CODECS, CODEC PACKS & DSHOW FILTERS

K-Lite Codecs Pack
Nimo Codecs Pack
XP Codec Pack
Coda Codec Pack
FFDshow


INSTANT MESSENGERS & VOIP

Windows Live Messenger
Yahoo! Messenger
ICQ
Miranda IM
Trillian Astra
Pidgin
Teamspeak
Skype
Xfire
Ventrilo


ANTIVIRUS

AVG Free
Avast! Home
Avira AntiVir
Comodo Anti-Virus
PC Tools AntiVirus
VirusTotal


ANTISPYWARE

Spyware Terminator
Spybot S&D
Ad-Aware
SpywareBlaster
Proxomitron
Malwarebytes AntiMalware


FIREWALL

ZoneAlarm
Comodo Firewall
Filseclab Personal Firewall Professional Edition


TEXT EDITORS & PROCESSORS & OFFICE TOOLS

AbiWord
Import/Export Plugins for AbiWord
Tools Plugins for AbiWord
OpenOffice
Notepad2
Notepad++
Nvu
PrimoPDF - Converter
Foxit Reader


2D GRAPHICS, PICTURE VIEW

Paint .NET
Gadwin PrintScreen
Avatar Sizer
GIMP
AIColorPicker
IrfanView
IrfanView Plug-ins


AUDIO TOOLS

Audacity
Audiograbber


PC MAINTENANCE AND OPTIMIZATION

CCleaner
Recuva
HD Tune
SIW
CPU-Z
SmartBackup
Advanced WindowsCare Personal
ISO Buster
TweakUI
RivaTuner
XP - AntiSpy


DOWNLOAD MANAGERS & P2P PROGRAMS

Free Download Manager
FlashGet
FileZilla
JDownloader


FTP

Core FTP
SmartFTP Client
FileZilla


EMULATORS & GAMING TOOLS

DOSBox
Daemon Tools
Xpadder
VDM Sound
Hamachi


CD/DVD BURNING

ImgBurn
CDBurnerXP
Alcohol 120%

BEST FREE E-MAIL PROVIDERS

Gmail
GMX Mail
AOL Mail
Yahoo! Mail
Gawab Mail
Free Temporary E-mail

USEFUL SITES

OldVersion.com
FileHippo.com - Download Free Software
Gizmo's Freeware Reviews
Cnet Downloads



So, I've made this list to help people when they need some help with virtually anything regarding pc's.

you just enter the name of the programs in the list and voila.. download it for free

Cool. A good topic. Thanks for the info!

Yeah, thanks

thx for sharing dude

don't forget songbird as an audio player. there's still a couple bugs but it's still amazing.

edit:
added links to everything and updated the names etc...

and stickied

and added vandyke's tool

K. what would people reccomend out of these choices...whats the best: antivirus/anitspyware/firewall/web browser/ and wtf does the PC optimization stuff do...(clean cookies?)

antivirus- avg free or avira antivirus
antispyware- malwarebytes
firewall- windows default or comodo
web browser- firefox or chrome

some of the optimization stuff deletes unused files and other crap and some of it lets u tweak your pc's settings exactly how u like them. i'd recommend ccleaner for reg maintenance(run it every so often), tweak ui if u have windows xp, and cpu-z to find out your system info. btw only play around with your settings and stuff if you know what it does and how to fix it if gets messed up.

Safari

Imho best web browser

ih and iTunes one of best audio players (but foobar is better )

added the mac stuff and a list of good free e-mail providers