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What software could you not live without?

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We’re searching for the 100 best programs for Windows Vista – and we need your help!
By James Stables on 08 July 2008

In our October 2008 issue we will be compiling a list of the 100 best pieces of software which power up Windows Vista. These are the pieces of software you would never run Windows without, which make a difference to your everyday life and that you would recommend to all other readers.

We want to hear your ideas to make sure no stone goes unturned and no program is left out. This is a great opportunity for the Windows Vista Magazine community to share the combined experiences and knowledge that help make this one of the most diverse magazines on the market.

Leave us a comment saying what should be in our software top 100.

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WinBubbles

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08/07/08 | 07:32

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J.B.

Photoshop Elements without a doubt
Ccleaner
Windows Live Photo Gallery

J.B.

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08/07/08 | 08:06

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J.B.

I forgot to add; Microsoft Office
Couldn't do without it.

J.B.

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08/07/08 | 08:08

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sky173d

Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate

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08/07/08 | 09:58

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sky173d

Piriform's CCleaner. Works perfectly ev erytime.

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08/07/08 | 10:00

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Office 2007.
Kaspersky Antivirus.
Convertx to DVD.
CCleaner.

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09/07/08 | 09:16

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henriklykke

wondershare DVD Ripper

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11/09/09 | 12:31

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Must have the full version of Live One Care Scanner. Soon as I hear it's available, I'll be the first in the queue for it!

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09/07/08 | 06:36

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King_Kong

Update as per OneCare: Found it, bought it, installed it, love it!

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20/08/08 | 02:08

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Live One Care. Adobe Reader. Live Photo Gallery. Windows Live Mail Windows Live Writer. Microsoft Office

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10/07/08 | 07:34

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Coltch

ATi Tray Tools - lets me get everything out of my 2900XT

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10/07/08 | 08:20

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drew532734

norton360

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18/08/08 | 11:12

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Coltch

ATi Tray Tools - lets me get everything out of my 2900XT

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10/07/08 | 08:20

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markl

Well it would have to be Firefox 3 although it's silverlight hassles are beginning to annoy me. Apart from that Expression Studio 2. Genius

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10/07/08 | 01:25

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NIKON CAPTURE NX
WINDOWS LIVE PHOTO GALLERY

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11/07/08 | 12:22

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KB6OJS

Microsoft Office 2007, with OneNote 2007. I use Outlook constantly, and I use OneNote for keeping track of all sorts of information. Wihtout those two programs, I'd be hard-pressed to function. //Steve//

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11/07/08 | 03:05

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SR71

Opera - fast, feature-rich browser.

Diskeeper 2008 - The best defragmenter. Keeps all my drives performing at their best.

VLC player - the swiss knife of audio/video players

AVG Free- excellent anti-virus.

MS Office.

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11/07/08 | 03:28

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Firefox Foxit reader AVG anti-virus Open office

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11/07/08 | 06:04

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Harvey

Corel Word Perfect - it out performs Word at every turn except one and this is only when copying web pages. In this case word is definitely better. For all other uses Word perfect is tops. Try it and be suprised.

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13/07/08 | 05:30

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nero,live photo gallery,firefox,wmp11

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16/07/08 | 09:52

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Yiannis

Onenote from Microsoft Office 2007...the best and most flexible organiser so far

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17/07/08 | 04:06

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rsvr85

Tuneup Utilities 2008 Kaspersky IS 2009 MS Office (in particular onenote, i love it!) MS Live package Photoshop CS3E Firefox 3 Windows Media Player 11, and finally; Stardock's Objectdock plus

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19/07/08 | 05:00

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microsoft office

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19/07/08 | 08:32

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brownb2

Aerofoil 1.4.3 Improves performance for Windows Vista notebooks. Specifically when on battery/mains it automatically: - Disables/enables Aero Glass - Switches power profiles between power saver/high performance - Disables/enables Vista Sidebar - Has a quick access hibernate button (since Vista's sleep/hibernate modes are much improved and faster to boot) - Is 23K - Is recommended in the O'Reilly book Windows Vista Annoyances - Is free and open source (GPL 2) See http://silentdevelopment.co.uk

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21/07/08 | 10:36

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danspy

AVG, saved my computer from dying
Windows Live Messenger, Talk to my friends when they're on holiday
Paint.NET, Free advanced photo editing, much better than MSPaint
Microsoft Office 2007, even though I can't afford it, it is a very useful piece of software
FireFox 3, very fast loading pages even on a weak wireless signal
Windows Live Mail, very quick at retrieving messages
AVG SafeSearch, see what sites are safe and what are not, comes bundled with AVG Anti-Virus Free
Nokia PC Suite, though there are some bugs with Vista and Nokia PC Suite It's still worth using if you have a Nokia Phone
CCleaner, clears out rubbish from my laptop

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22/07/08 | 02:40

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One of the programs that helps me out LOADS is rocket dock,witch you can download free here:
http://rocketdock.com/download

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22/07/08 | 04:29

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anandk

NOD32, Office 2007, Foxit pdf reader, CCleaner, SpywareBlaster, Tune-Up Utilities are the minimum must-haves. If the need for a 3rd party anti-spy arises then a-squared anti-malware.

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22/07/08 | 05:49

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Windows Live Suite Microsoft Office 2007 Kaspersky Internet Security ACE Utilities iolo System Mechanic Nero 8 Adobe Reader 9

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22/07/08 | 07:24

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Windows Live Suite, Microsoft Office 2007, Kaspersky Internet Security, ACE Utilities, iolo System Mechanic, Nero 8, Adobe Reader 9 & K-Lite Codec Full.

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22/07/08 | 07:26

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Paint.Net, Avast,CCleaner,Picasa and Spywareblaster.
Browsers- Firefox 3.

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23/07/08 | 06:36

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Windows live suite, uTorrent, Photoshop, Office 2007.

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23/07/08 | 07:33

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GoodSync; Acronis True Image

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25/07/08 | 03:50

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Windows Live Writer Snip Windows Mobility Center

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25/07/08 | 11:32

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cuggie

,CCleaner,Picasa and Spywareblaster. Kaspersky Internet Security,Adaware
Browsers- Firefox 3.

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25/07/08 | 03:51

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Windows Live Mail Firefox Portable PortableApps True Crypt Allway Sync eWallet Floola

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Windows Live Messenger

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25/07/08 | 07:33

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Casper

This is the software that I always end up re-installing when I get a new system or rebuild one of my current systems. Mozilla Firefox & the plugin Sage Too (RSS at its finest) Mozilla Thunderbird Adobe CS3 Design Professional Corel Painter X ACD See 2 and Photoshop Lightroom MS Office 2007 Ultimate Magic ISO J River Media Center Tag and Rename Ultra Edit xPlorer2 Professional Nikon Capture NX RocketDock Foxit Reader Flash Renamer Comodo Firewall Pro ESET NOD32 Diskeeper WinRAR

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26/07/08 | 01:14

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sdubbs

IrfanView - all around graphics and multimedia viewer

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26/07/08 | 08:00

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julianatanasoae

Microsoft Office suite (I prefer Professional or Enterprise edition), Windows Live Suite, Adobe Reader, Windows Live OneCare, Virtual PC, Virtual CloneDrive, DivX, Xvid, AC3, DVD codecs (so that they work in Windows Media Player), Yahoo! Messenger, AIM.

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26/07/08 | 12:12

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tboneturner56@hotmai

Windows Media Guide, PhotoShop Elements,
and "auto backup"

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27/07/08 | 01:17

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tboneturner56@hotmai

I also forgot to put Live One Care

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27/07/08 | 01:21

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Microsoft Money
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Norton 360

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27/07/08 | 06:38

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Remark

"ProShow Gold" by Photodex is a terrific slide show program that is comprehensive but easy to use.

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28/07/08 | 05:26

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Windows Vista 64 bits Outlook 2007 Cyberlink PowerDirector 7.0

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29/07/08 | 01:28

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Firefox 3 with add-ons, Office 2007, Windows Live Mail, Foxit Reader, Winrar, CC Cleaner, Nod 32, U torrent, Lime Wire, Winamp, VLC, Nokia PC Suite, Vista Codecs, Total Video Converter, Roxio Easy Media Centre 10, Revo

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29/07/08 | 02:51

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Windows Vista 64 bit, Norton 360, open office.org its free just as good as word. APC ups system-would not be with out one. Saved me lots of times. Nikon D60 digital camera and software. MS media player. NASA TV live feed. M.I.T.'s web site. Zino reader for M.I.T. Mag. Check it out it's cool.

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31/07/08 | 02:28

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Vista Office 2007 - for my work To tweak my UI experience: Stardock - Winblinds Stardock - DeskScapes Stardock - Tweak Vista Stardock - Logon Studio Live Writer for blogging Live Messenger to communicate EzDetach for Outlook to save space on inbox Live Messenger for Instant Messaging Live Mesg for sharing files Speedfan to help manage temperature That would be it :-)

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31/07/08 | 12:54

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Simplyfile - Intelligent filing assistant for Microsoft Outlook http://www.techhit.com/SimplyFile/ One of the best GTD software out there. Saves me at least an hour or two per week!

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kkeaton

windows live photo
Microsoft office
ccleaner
AVG anti vires
spybot S&D
ad- adwere 2008
open office 2.0
IE7
windows media player
Adobe reader
microsoft office pubkisher 2007

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31/07/08 | 05:56

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JeffO93

MSWord MSExcel VLCPlayer (videolan.org) Mozilla FireFox Paint Shop Pro Paint.NET (getpaint.net) iTunes doPDF Windows PDF virtual printer (dopdf.com) PixelMetrics CaptureWizPro (pixelmetrics.com) IZArc (izarc.org) Google Earth TinyHexer (no longer supported)

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31/07/08 | 09:11

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boogie

AVG internet Security, Firefox 3 Windowsmail, Office 2003, Auslogic disk defrag, Auslogic regdefrag, CCleaner, Glary Utilities, Pisca, google earth,

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01/08/08 | 03:00

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carusen

Firefox 3 CCleaner Recuva Paint .NET Winamp 5.5 Total Commander Power Defragmenter Process Explorer Picasa 2 Microsoft Office 2007 SpyBot - Search & Destroy TeraCopy GOM Player Foxit Reader AVG Antivirus Google Talk uTorrent

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04/08/08 | 07:33

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AVG Antivirus

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05/08/08 | 04:40

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Jeketem

Windows Vista Enterprise or Windows XP MCE Firefox w/addons CCleaner or nCleaner VLC, AVG, Teracopy 7-zip, CdburnerXP Paint.net, uTorrent DVD Flick Daemon Tools Lite Auslogic Disk Defrag Revo Uninstaller Microsoft Office 2003 Enterprise Windows Live Messenger [I would use pidgin if it had webcam support]

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05/08/08 | 04:57

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paludan

TotalCommander

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paludan

TotalCommander

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*Internet Explorer 7
*Skype[for free webcam/internet calls, file sending, quick messages]
*Windows Live Mail
*Windows Live OneCare [kept up-to-date]
*Windows Live Photo Gallery
*Snipping tool [sure beats PrtSc!!]
*Vista Safety Scanner [vacuums Registry]
*AusLogics Defrag [Fast as..easy as..]
*Adobe Reader
*Google Earth

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06/08/08 | 05:48

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Live Photo Gallery Greeting Card Factory Live Mail Robo Form Ashampoo Magic Defrag C Cleaner

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07/08/08 | 09:03

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russoo1

advanced window care 2.8

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09/08/08 | 07:17

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lcwbut

Auslogics BoostSpeed, Vista defragmenting takes to long and thier is little info on the current state of your drive unlike the old XP version.

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10/08/08 | 04:12

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I vote for Firefox UpdateStar Foxit Reader Paint.net Skype IrfanView a-squared Anti-Malware 7-zip AVG Antivirus

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10/08/08 | 08:44

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Pctool anti-virus and threatfire. AVG anti-virus. Artificial dynamic safespace very power. Hotspotshield System mechanic 8.

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14/08/08 | 10:30

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acetech

Windows Live One Care for my Familys 2 Pc's and 3 laptops, Crossloop for fixing other peoples pc's over the net, Windows live mail, Revo Uninstaller, UBCD4WIN

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14/08/08 | 08:19

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steveo

Nero 8 , because it has everything you need in one package, i would say the best package!

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15/08/08 | 02:43

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If you have Vista, it has the same photo gallery built in

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15/08/08 | 08:38

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mrogi

Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

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16/08/08 | 12:47

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Powerdesk 7 so I can really manage files

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16/08/08 | 10:30

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Gort999

Avast Home free Antivirus and Firefox which makes my logins easier to use. Also I have 2 other bought Bible programs but I find e-Sword , a free Bible program, to be the BEST. I also have SwordSearcher and Logos Bible Library.

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17/08/08 | 04:08

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argcpa

MS Office 2007
Acronis True Image
Adobe Acrobat 8
Outlook 2007
Google

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22/08/08 | 10:44

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langer

Microsoft Office 2007 CCleaner One Care Internet Explorer

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25/08/08 | 01:07

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tleong

IrfanView

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28/08/08 | 07:45

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convertxtoDVD - as it does dvr-ms files
windows live photogallery
WinRAR
Google earth

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29/08/08 | 01:46

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bj-lee

Rocket Dock 2007 Office Pro One care Live Office Live Workspace

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31/08/08 | 04:10

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Firefox 3 Skype WinPatrol Fineprint Rollback Rx Call of Duty 4

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31/08/08 | 11:32

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Doodles

Firefox Office 2007 start ++ Winrar Media player Classic ConvertXtoDVD Adobe Photoshop CS3 Could go on I suppose that was basically my recently used list!

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01/09/08 | 10:13

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TUGZip, ie7pro, Switcher, Adobe Reader, AutoHotKey, GoodSync, GoogleToolbar, Gvim, iconoid, MS Office, Media Player Classic.

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02/09/08 | 05:54

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The Official Hot 100 is out and view it at: http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/UK/4352741769510130738/software-hot-100-entries-100-80.html

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03/09/08 | 11:00

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Bengie

Office 2007 (Love it's Outlook) Live One Care. Spybot search and destroy.

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05/09/08 | 08:35

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First thing I install is Revo Uninstaller and PCDecrapifier. To get rid of all the pre-installed garbage.

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09/09/08 | 02:55

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Norton Internet Security, Revo Uninstaller, Weather Watcher Live, Spyware Blaster, Ad-Aware SE.

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10/09/08 | 12:38

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Check out Weather Watcher Live. I did from the previous post, It's a great FREE weather program. Absolutely no advertising, no spy-ware.

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10/09/08 | 12:44

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Microsoft Office, One Note 2007

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11/09/08 | 09:14

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Microsoft office 2007, Mcafee internet security suite,Windows Live Photo Gallery and windows media center :) !

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11/09/08 | 09:48

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tweakvi

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15/09/08 | 03:29

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Sprint Mobile Broadband and my number one favorite is Windows Wordpad.

I have used Wordpad for 12 years to write HTML. It is better than Notepad because it has better text editing abilities.

Highlighting a paragraph or a single line and drag it to another place in the document is impossible in Notepad.

You must be using the Text Document Mode to write HTML/XHTML/CSS or any of the scripting languages.

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20/09/08 | 12:41

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microsoft office 2007, nero 8, tune up 8, bitdefender total 2009!!!

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26/09/08 | 10:01

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7-Zip is really stable and easy to use

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26/09/08 | 08:10

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I have found the following pieces of software to be as trouble free as is possible under this Dire! interpretation for an operating system: Adobe Reader 9: 7-Zip Microsoft Office 2007 Revo unistaller If you were to ask people what does'nt work under vista you would need huge comment boxes i soon realised Nero 6 was to be one of it's casualties.

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The pieces of Software I could not be without are Microsoft Office, Nero and AVG8 anti virus. Any version of MS Office is essential for home and work, Nero I have found to be the best for me Knocks spots of Roxio(I know it's down to Personal Preference)and I've used AVG for years, its easy to set up, does not hog all your resourses like No--on, plus I've never had a virus on any of my PC's there's no greater testimony than that

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21/10/08 | 04:58

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SUPERAntispyware WinPatrol (Full) AVG8 (Full)

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22/10/08 | 04:17

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Mozilla Firefox3
Mozilla Thunderbird2
Trillian
RocketDock&ObjectDock for sec.Monitor
TuneUp Utilities2008(TuneUp Software GmbH)
CCleaner
WindowsMediaCenter
L-Clock
PaintNet
O&O Defrag

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22/10/08 | 08:22

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dpt308

Yod'm 3D multi desk top Microsoft Outlook Windows Media player and center and zune media software wish it was all in one application. ie7 and firefox windows movie maker

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25/10/08 | 11:04

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Proshow Gold from Photodex.com

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30/10/08 | 02:04

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mrogi

Auslogics BoostSpeed. It goes with Vista like peanut butter goes with chocolate. Love it, love it, love it.

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01/11/08 | 03:34

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mrogi

Intel Thermal Analysis Tool. Keep a watchful eye on your CPU temperature.
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/392/mirrors.php

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01/11/08 | 03:42

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Advanced Windows Care.From iObit.com easy to use keeps every thing ticking along nicely, AVG v8 and ofcourse Office 2007

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09/11/08 | 11:44

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Eversoft, once you set it up it's great

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18/11/08 | 04:32

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One of mine is an add-on for the built-in firewall. It takes it one step further by adding out-going protection that the built-in doesn't do. It's called Vista Firewall Control

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24/11/08 | 10:39

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LabRat

Adobe Reader 9 OpenOffice.org CCleaner Quicken iTunes

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28/11/08 | 08:59

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Live one care. My 3 PCs protected by one program. No fuss.
Faststone image viewer. Crop, special effects, lots of tools. A full featured freeware.

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28/11/08 | 11:00

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7. Absolutely can't go a day without using it!

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04/12/08 | 04:18

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tune up utilities 2009 and registry mechanic

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07/12/08 | 05:17

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I love all the windows live products. But Windows Live Photo Gallery is the best.

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08/12/08 | 12:48

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Picasa 3, definitely best free online photo editor, and Pixelmetrics Capture Wiz Pro. Also Freewebs, and Piczo for best free website creators and hosts.

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09/12/08 | 11:58

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diplod

Outlook 2007 and Firefox 3, without question. I'd be lost without them

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09/12/08 | 04:50

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Firefox 3
CCleaner
Zone Alarm Firewall
Auslogics defrag
messenger live
Pinnacle Studio
Faststone Capture
Avast

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12/12/08 | 05:29

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TheDuke

Microsoft office 2007 Ulead Video studeo Avast Anti virus Comado Ashampoo Optimiser Auslogics Last but not least WEB Replay

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17/12/08 | 08:55

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AVAST!, Acrobat Reader, Photoshop, Firefox, 7-Zip, XNView and WinAMP! ;)

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18/12/08 | 04:34

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Mariner

Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007. Adobe Photoshop. Dell Support Centre. Paint Shop Pro. Starry Night. Bluetooth Devices. BT Total Broadband & Phone/Hub. AVG Internet Security. Windows Media Centre - WMP 11.

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21/12/08 | 02:21

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Meetior

I must admit, I couldn't live without: Regcure TuneUp Utilities 2009 WinZip12

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23/12/08 | 10:14

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Webroot Window Washer. It will wash the slack space and if you want will shred with 35 passes.

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27/12/08 | 07:08

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1.Firefox (+ mozbackup) 2.CCleaner 3.TuneUp Utilities 4.Imgburn 5.Picasa 6.Daemon Tool Lite 7.A good free antivirus 8.A good free firewall 9.filehippo.com\UpdateChecker

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01/01/09 | 02:57

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The two apps I couldn't do without are Windows Wordpad. I write my HTML & CSS document in it's Text Document mode. It has text editing effects the other's don't have. The other is Firefox. :)

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05/01/09 | 04:17

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I guess: 1. Tune Up Utilities 2. Nero burning ROM

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06/01/09 | 03:48

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mrogi

ACDSEE 3.1: this old version trumps every graphics program.

Auslogic Bootspeed: this thing is so good it's scary.

Process Explorer: Mark Russinovich is the Lamb of God.

CPU-Z: powerful punch in a tiny program

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06/01/09 | 08:53

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infiro

Totalcmd Firefox Foobar2000 Daemon Tools FastStone Image Viewer Neo Utilities MeGUI uTorrent GIMP OpenOffice.org Stardock ObjectDock Avira AntiVir Personal Comodo Firewall

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06/01/09 | 11:09

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pjamme

Without a Good Antivirus you might as well watch TV or Read. I vote for NOD32

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09/01/09 | 06:55

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Tricky

The very best replacement file manager for Windows Explore.. xplorer² v1.72

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29/01/09 | 08:05

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Microsoft Office 2007- excellent package
OneNote - best and most useful software I've ever used. I use it many times each day.
Windows Vista sidebar - especially the sticky notes the currency converter and the calendar

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29/01/09 | 11:33

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Above all other software one must have an excellent firewall,anti-virus suite. Pitty the magazine does not do a FULL roundup of the very best internet security suites on sale in 2009 and the one which uses the least resourses of your PC, Plus best value suites for both novices and those who think they know it all about internet security suites but dont really.

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04/02/09 | 12:32

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Joe003

#1 Auslogics Defrag. #2 CCleaner #3 Kiwee winks & windows live Messenger #4 windows side bar(cpu meter,iStat cpu stocks,radio margaritaville,clock, weatherman) #5 cartoonist 1.3 #6 NORTON Internet Security

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15/02/09 | 01:06

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kodlum

Office 2007 Firefox Avast The Bat Mailwasher Pro CCleaner Nero 9 iTunes

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15/02/09 | 02:51

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Here's my list (in alphabetical order): Ad-Aware Free Anniversary Edition Auslogics BoostSpeed AVG Anti-Virus Free Fraps Gmail Notifier iTunes Mozilla Firefox WeatherBug Windows Defender Windows Live Messenger ZoneAlarm (free edition)

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16/02/09 | 03:01

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munday

Flight simulator X

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19/02/09 | 11:52

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I am a new Vista user and still becoming acquainted. I miss Outlook terribly. I could not live without Excel.

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21/02/09 | 05:51

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I could not live without the following: 1. MS Office 2007 2. Windows Live Messenger 3. Windows Media Player 4. Internet Explorer 7 Marecheau

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20/03/09 | 03:37

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Byfar the best Vista/XP tool bar: Gizmo toolbar

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21/03/09 | 02:01

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WILLIAM-G-PASTUSZKA

For me would have to be,
Windows live onecare,Mail & Messenger,Adobe reader 9,Internet explorer 8,Microsoft office 2007 home & student edition.

And last but not least google software.

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30/03/09 | 12:05

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WILLIAM-G-PASTUSZKA

Oh almost forgot i love using windows media centre in vista has to be the best version so far.

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30/03/09 | 12:08

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tonyw

CCleaner,stopzilla (paid version)

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19/04/09 | 11:58

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Recycle Bin

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03/05/09 | 12:59

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WILLIAM-G-PASTUSZKA

Gmer-Rootkit detector software

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05/05/09 | 11:50

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MSN Premium for my email

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06/05/09 | 08:18

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sourour

Revo Uninstaller and Tuneup utilities

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25/05/09 | 11:59

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Free Download Manager - Brilliant and quick. Spotify - Free Music Encarta - Encyclopedia for doing the kids homework!

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26/05/09 | 04:51

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sclinac

http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/dvd-ripper-platinum.html The dvd ripping software

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27/05/09 | 07:19

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sky173d

Double Driver Backs up all your drivers and restores them whenever you need them. Back up takes 5-10 minutes. Restore a minute. Whenever you have to do a clean install you don't have to spend hours installing drivers.

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30/05/09 | 04:59

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VLC media player, Winamp and WMC for television, AnyDVD, CloneDVD, FIrefox.

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03/06/09 | 05:49

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roboform password manager,i have 1800 passwords,its impossible to remember everyone!

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04/06/09 | 02:25

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Anything by Uni Blue

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05/06/09 | 07:30

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Wisdom

Roboform and QuizCreator

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08/06/09 | 07:06

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ANY OF THE XP OPERATING SYSTEM.

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09/06/09 | 03:20

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Norton 360 Version 3
Mozilla Firefox 3
Windows Live Messenger
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Photoshop CS4
ArtRage 2
Google Earth

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10/06/09 | 09:36

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Piriform CCleaner
Glary Utilities
Open Office
Google Chrome
AVG Antivirus
VLC Media Player

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14/06/09 | 11:22

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Forgot to add -
Reg Cure
Incredimail
Auslogics Defrag
Keyscarmbler
File Hippo Update Checker

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14/06/09 | 11:34

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Definitively: CopyTrans It helped me recover all my husband’s music from his iPod after I (kind of) lost his laptop. Guess you can say it saved our marriage as well :-)

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17/06/09 | 08:14

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Marelin

Absolutely. Using CopyTrans and CopyTrans Photo - they are just great.

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17/06/09 | 11:36

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loujmjr

AVG Free
Spywareblaster
Spybot search and destroy
AdAware
Musicmatch 7.5
MyPDF Creator
Frontpage

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22/06/09 | 03:10

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TommyB

Visual Studio 2008
XMPlay
Miranda
Photoline 32
Office 2007
And of course my BattCursor

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29/06/09 | 10:11

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what is the point of putting more than one piece of software in a post?

If i like one of 5, but not hte others, i am not going to vote for it.

this has become a pointless exercise

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09/07/09 | 01:53

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Most of the above but Digsby too!
Outastandingly simple & useful

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12/07/09 | 11:52

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For security it has to be recovery discs.
Sony Vaio recovery is by far the best in my opinion, as it has step by step instructions, compared to Dell who supply a disc but minus adequate instructions and description of content

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16/07/09 | 08:21

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baughie

facedub and ccleaner the later is a god send

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18/07/09 | 05:04

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Joe003

C Cleaner Windows live Messenger Vicman Cartoonist 1.3 Malwarebytes Smart Defrag. Fx Visor Radio Margaritaville ( Gadget ) I stat cpu moniter ( Gadget )

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21/07/09 | 09:40

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dmcallister1506

Sun Virtual Box Microsoft Office 2003 (still the best ever) Microsoft Accounting 2009 (easy to use even for me)

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23/07/09 | 09:52

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kodlum

RoboForm Office 2007 home The Bat Pro Skype mailWasher Pro XPlorer2

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24/07/09 | 06:57

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ptgizmo

As an over the road truck driver... MS-Excel MS Streets and Trips (Excellent!!!) Drivers Daily Log PC Miler EverNote (Excellent!!! - my #1) Windows Live Apps iTunes for my iPhone and iPod Fortora Fresh Finance

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03/08/09 | 06:20

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gavinjb

OpenOffice
Firefox
Thunderbird
TrueCrypt
Picasa
Photoshop CS3
MoneyDance (now that Money is no longer maintained)
Bibble Pro

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13/08/09 | 10:42

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Civilization 4 and all of its offspring!

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15/08/09 | 11:58

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1Eress

Office 2003 thet work great with Vista, IE7+IE7Pro(and IEToys), WMP11, CCleaner, PowerTranslator Pro, WinBubbles, MzRamBooster, Unlocker, Auslogics BoostSpeed, VistaGlazz 1.1, Icon Packager, Logon Studio Vista and Windows Live Mail

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18/08/09 | 11:57

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1Eress

Add KIS 2009 and Prevx 3

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18/08/09 | 12:03

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Microsoft Office !!

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19/08/09 | 11:01

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CCleaner and Infraview

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29/08/09 | 08:18

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CCleaner Gimp Taskbar Shuffle Auslogics Disk Defragmenter Digsby Live Mesh My Weather Skype Carbonite XMarks foe IE

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01/09/09 | 10:52

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Windows Live Mail Itunes Virtual DJ WinZip Office Live

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04/09/09 | 11:50

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Office 2007

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14/09/09 | 06:47

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* Microsoft Outlook
* Kaspersky Anti-Virus
* Adobe Photoshop Elements

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