a question about softwares your PC must have

Yeah couldn't find that in your big text.

 

after the OS

- vid+sound card
- winamp
- photoshop
- flash
- acid music studio
- winrar

 

Graphics and sound cards are hardware, not software.

 

Oh, and Compilers+Linkers etc. the whole lot and IDEs if you're a programmer

 

i meant the software drivers ^_^

 

short,simple summary [SSS]

legend:
? - not sure.


OS:
-Windows XP

Anti-Virus:
-Sygate
-Spybot
-AVG
-Ad-aware
-Nod32
-Comodo personal firewall

Web Browser:
-Firefox
-Skype

Media Players:
-K-lite

Bittorrent:
-uTorrent
-ABC torrent client

Burning Programs:
-Alcohol 120%
-Daemon?

Photoshop:
-Adobe?
-Ultraedit?

Office Suite:
-Open Office
-MS Office?

Drivers and Utilities:
-7zip
-Direct X
-Microsoft Framework
-Video Card Driver
-Audio Driver
-CCleaner
-Revo Uninstaller
- flash
- acid music studio
-WIN-ASO
-Windows washer

Entertainment:
-Emulators
-P()r/\/? (from wayloon)

for programmers:
-Compilers
-Linkers etc. the whole lot
-IDEs

is there anything else?
(assuming your the typical user with average knowledge about computers)

notes:
-fixed the spelling
-removed quicktime, and real player.

questions:
-I read once that its not advisable to have two or more anti-virus because it would result into the softwares fighting among themselves. Is there a nice combination of softwares so that this wont happen?

 

The GIMP isn't a type of Photoshop, as you drew in your chart. Also, you spelled "suite" wrong. If you get K-lite, what's the point in getting Real Player? Real Alternative is included in the K-lite Codec Pack.

 

Honestly, i didn't read through all the other posts so i apologize for any repeated programs and my laziness:

Must have's:
Comodo personal firewall (free)
Nod32 anti-virus
Spybot S&D (latest)
Ad-aware 2008
CCleaner - Registry cleaner
Win-ASO - Registry cleaner and optimizer
Windows washer - Cleans junk and temporary files (I have it set to use bleach with NSA 9xwash on all files.)

Others:
Windows XP Pro SP 2 (NEVER SP3)
Fire fox 3
Nero 8 Pro
PowerISO
Daemon tools
Audacity
DVD decrypter
DVD shrink
DVD Santa
Photo shop CS2
Adobe illustrator
WinRAR
7Zip
K-lite codecs pack
3D max 8
ABC torrent client
Ares P2P

I recommend all of the above.

 

Firefox
Utorrent
Messenger client
Spybot Search & Destroy
Anti-Virus <---Don't wanna say for flaming reasons
Open Office <--- If your too lazy to torrent Microsoft Office
iTunes+ Quicktime <It sucks but you need quicktime
Winrar
PeerGaurdian 2


And Whatever drivers you need

 

your software is dependent on what you use your PC for.

For example:
You might not need Padus Discjuggler at all if you don't use it for burning backups of dreamcast games.
You might not need Nero at all if you don't have a Sony DVD burner like I do.

It all depends on what you do.

 

Quicktime is bullshit, you can always just get a KLite codec for Media Player Classic.

 

Quicktime (and iTunes) like to create startup shit.

Anything that does stupid crap like that either gets completely disabled (in services.msc) or uninstalled.

I always get reader_sl in the startup from Acrobat.

 

not sure about the rest cause i haven't heard of them, but he's right about Quicktime, ITunes and pretty much anythin from Apple (i believe they made them?) i once installed it for mine, created maybe 10 startup files the second they finish, and slowed my slow enough computer down to the point i can barely do anything :-\
which reminds me, instead of 7-zip you may want to try something called IZarc, it supports, i think maybe over 37 different file types (i didn't count). although i find it a bit harder to use when compared to 7-zip

 

after you have installed a load of programmes or even one.

go into RUN and type msconfig then go to start up and uncheck everything that says its runs form a programme folder. your pc should now turn on in a few seconds.

 

Better yet, use portable applications if you can and put it in your flash drive. Some programs you're not going to use more than a few times, and it's better to get a portable version rather than have it fill up your installed programs/ registry. Oh, and ALWAYS have the Win XP recovery CD / a Linux distro Live CD/ something along those lines available at all times. You never know when you'll need it.

 

how would you create a portable version?

Just install it to the portable drive?
What happens to the registry then?

 

HEHE

 

The portable programs just temporarily installs itself onto your computer and removable drive, and they temporarily make changes to your registry I guess (some). I could easily be wrong though.