Help/Support ► Computer programs

[Zook]

Since the last thread mysteriously vanished I decided to reboot the list and start from the ground up. You are free to discuss and argue about your favorites and offer suggestions to add the list but please, DO NOT add every program you have ever used in your entire life. I want to keep this short and sweet. If you do offer something, please supply a URL to the OFFICIAL website if you can.

All free unless noted otherwise. Your results may vary.

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Music Player – Spotify
Alternatives: Songbird, iTunes

Cloud Player - Spotify ($10/month)
Alternatives: Amazon Cloud Player, Google Music Beta (Invite Only)

Cloud Drive - Dropbox

Internet Browser – Google Chrome
Extensions: Speed Dial, AdBlock, Bookmarks
Alternatives: Mozilla Firefox

E-Mail Service – Gmail

Video Player – VLC Media Player

Photo Editor - Paint.net
Alternatives: GIMP, Photoshop

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Miscellaneous

TweaksLogon - change the logon screen wallpaper in Windows 7 to anything you like
PS3 Media Server - stream any kind of video or music to your Playstation 3 from your computer wirelessly
Soluto - helps fix program crashes and slash your boot up time drastically
Freemake Video Converter - convert everything to anything
CCleaner - clean up junk files and clean up your hard drive
Magic DVD Ripper - rip movies and even TV shows off DVDs and save them to your hard drive
Notepad ++ - fancier notepad
Audacity - music editing
WinRAR - extract those zip files
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Websites

Google Reader - follow various websites and blogs all on one page
LastPass - password database and instant login
VidtoMP3 - convert online videos to mp3 files, no program installation required
KeepVid - best youtube video downloader, no program installation required
mp3cut.net - trim an mp3 file online, no program installation required

 

[Jesus]

I wish I could use some of those
I broke my CP like 3 times so my dad only lets me put on like IE, MMicrosoft word/excell/etc.

 

[Zook]

ha nothing but the bare basics I see. Well with these you can't go wrong, they're stable and safe. How did you keep breaking your computer?

 

[Jesus]

ha nothing but the bare basics I see. Well with these you can't go wrong, they're stable and safe. How did you keep breaking your computer?

Well first time I was like 5 so I didnt even know how to use a computer
Second time the online games I was playing crashed my computer
Finally, I was downloading Google Chrome, and then it crashed

 

[Kazuma]

^ Must be your OS and the hardware it relies on.

What about Tune up?Lets you change your icons on your windows computer. How could your forget photoshop?

Oh and Revo uninstaller is a must if you have a windows OS.

 

[Hollow Bastion]

^ Must be your OS and the hardware it relies on.

What about Tune up?Lets you change your icons on your windows computer. How could your forget photoshop?

Oh and Revo uninstaller is a must if you have a windows OS.

Photoshop only if you don't mind paying a lot/"borrowing" the software. Otherwise, there are free alternatives, like GIMP. There's also Paint.NET for a slightly fancier MS Paint.

Also, Notepad++ for a fancier Notepad. Good if you do any programming, as it does highlighting based on language. And it has tabs.

 

[ROXAS_32]

Lets see....

Internet Browser - I mainly use Mozilla Firefox, but i also use Google chrome.

Photo Editor - I now use CS4 but i used to use Gimp. for resizing images i us irfran view.

Music Production / editing - i use Fl studios 5 though i own 9 just dont care to much for it. and for recording audio i use audacity

Video editing - i use sony vegas 9. used to use windows movie maker... it seemed to disappeared from my pc? i have windows live movie maker but it suck imo. does anyone use adobe premiere? and how would you compare it to vegas 9 and how long does it take you to render a HD video?

Music / Jukebox - Ugh im still using crappy itunes and wmp.... guess i use Windows Media Center the most though.

Video player - i use VLC right now but i go back and forth between that and GOM media player. i also have Quick Play and Windows media center.

Other notable mentions - have theses apps too

7-Zip
Tweet Deck
Revo uninstaller
Ulead Video Studios SE
Burn Aware
Daemon tools
UTorrent
YAMMM
Finale 2010

 

[Zook]

List updated .

 

[kejyx]

I need to know how is better to convert avi to webm files? Now I want to try this free avi to webm converter https://onlineconvertfree.com/convert-format/avi-to-webm/ There have been a lot of discussions today about this. This method will be the only right?