kin hell Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Now my first new computer has arrived, its time to think about down loading some “ free” Programms , being a newbie to computing and the vast range of “ free” things to down load its knowing just what to down load that will be of general use, ( excluding security soft ware ) if you could only down load -One- “ free” soft ware programme, what would it be and why..? may be your recommendations and comments may point me in the right direction, the main use of this new computer is for surfing & e. mail . The computer is running Windows XP Media Edition with the following pre- installed soft ware… Win Zip Sound Blaster Audigy Cyberlink Power DVD Google desk Top search Nearo 7 Premium NIT backup Now 4 NIT CD & DVD Maker 7 Power Quest Partition magic 7.0 Quick Time Winamp winRAR Wirless 808 Adobe Reader 7.0 Programmes ive installed Spybot search & destroy Zone Labs AVG free edition Gmail Notifier Upsmon ( UPS monitor programme ) Clean Up Thanksd Alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stats Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 yahoo tollbar ... it comes with a pop blocker and Anti Spy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 First ... what you want to DO with it ? ... mostly people have a computer, then what ? ... Free software U should'à ... A (good) virus killer : http://www.avast.com A (microsoft) beta spyware killer : http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx And another good tool ... against ad-ware : http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html Furthermore, they do not protect you superbe ! But if you are infected, you can ask me. Most [let's say all] infections I've solved. Because you will get infected by malware [as most are]. But like most diseases, one doesn't know ... ... ... they call me "the Free-Ware man" - so legal free-ware. Tell me what you want with your 'computer' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) ... and don't install toolbars ... Edited April 15, 2006 by FlyingDutchman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingDutchman Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Email : http://www.eudora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 (edited) Hello <deleted> A good browser like Opera Edited April 15, 2006 by astral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 At the top of this forum there is a pinned topic: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin hell Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 tywais , thanks for the link .. there's a lot to look at may be you could recommend one or Two...that you have have used..? Thanks Alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcm Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Hi there, What do you plan to do with your PC? Looking at the things you already have installed i would add. Opera or Firefox as Browser, Open Office(instead of MS Office) and Thunderbird as Email Client.To Chat i use Gaim or Trillian . For Torrents : Bittorrent or Bitcomet is what i like to have . All the other things you have are just fine. Don't take Toolbars. Hope that helps & Good luck, rcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kin hell Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Thanks rcm, really just at the moment learning what I can do on the new PC, just looking for some thing to down load that's a bit different / useful..? Thanks Alot ................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcm Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Hi , I found also the "Google Pack" interesting. You have the Firefox , Google earth and various other things with it. You can choose what or what not to take . So don't think about the Toolbar . Good things to take are Picasa , google Talk , Google Earth , Ad-aware, Google Desktop , Mozilla Firefox ,and i also like the Google Screensaver . hope that helps, rcm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaising Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 Load whatever software you need, or it will eat up all your hard disk space and slow down your PC. Software are cater to each and every individual own need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 An interesting site sponsering free stuff: http://www.thefreecountry.com/ Also a secure data eraser program (free): http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisherd3 Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Hi ,I found also the "Google Pack" interesting. You have the Firefox , Google earth and various other things with it. You can choose what or what not to take . So don't think about the Toolbar . Good things to take are Picasa , google Talk , Google Earth , Ad-aware, Google Desktop , Mozilla Firefox ,and i also like the Google Screensaver . hope that helps, rcm RCN, Doesn't Google desktop contain some of the nasties of toolbars? Fisherd3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaigreg Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Two great sites for freeware, etc. http://www.filehippo.com/ http://www.majorgeeks.com/ Enjoy! Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 also nonags. No nags Guaranteed spyware, nagware free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 http://www.photoleap.com/ free ACDSee8 30 day trial Gmail with Picasa2 MwSnap http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/index.html www.skype.com Free, and a $5 desktop mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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