Comment I guess this is basic (Score 1) 1659
This is my 1st post here. I guess this is basic, but here are my installs outside of XP/Favs/Motherboard/Graphics/Printer/Adobe/Java/Qu icktime...updates and software.
I only shut a few things off such as the recycle bin, system restore, auto updates, remote assistance, messenger, and power options. I leave most everything else alone because I don't see much difference when I tweak much further. It's a fast machine, and I don't need to waste my time trying to get bit extra out of it. I have done that for many years now, and it's just time for me to quit that path of rationalizing my compulsive obsessive habitual neurotic disorder.
Here is my list..
1. Windows Commander "Now Totalcommander." Because I have forgotten how to use windows explorer, and it was like Windows 3.1 at the time.
2. AVG Antivirus "It's free, but most important to me is it doesn't bog my system."
3. MS Word, because it's uncomplicated and easy for other people that use my computer. I have plenty of templates to get my work done. I got it for $20.00 in a Works2004 bundle.
4. Nero 6, I love it. "I will use shareware copies of other burning programs if needed such as Alcohol 120, but this rarely happens"
5. Daemon Tools and Fastmount
6. Codec Pack All in 1
7. BSPlayer, it does the job
8. PowerDVD, it does the job, and they seem to keep it updated.
9. WinRAR, it does the job fast.
10. Azreus bittorrent, it's so easy.
11. Grabit news reader. It's also easy.
12. I use Norton Ghost to image it all. I don't install it. I use a previously installed copy on a boot CD. http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#elghost This just saves me time if I have any problems with others using my system, or incompatibilities with newly installed software.
I only shut a few things off such as the recycle bin, system restore, auto updates, remote assistance, messenger, and power options. I leave most everything else alone because I don't see much difference when I tweak much further. It's a fast machine, and I don't need to waste my time trying to get bit extra out of it. I have done that for many years now, and it's just time for me to quit that path of rationalizing my compulsive obsessive habitual neurotic disorder.
Here is my list..
1. Windows Commander "Now Totalcommander." Because I have forgotten how to use windows explorer, and it was like Windows 3.1 at the time.
2. AVG Antivirus "It's free, but most important to me is it doesn't bog my system."
3. MS Word, because it's uncomplicated and easy for other people that use my computer. I have plenty of templates to get my work done. I got it for $20.00 in a Works2004 bundle.
4. Nero 6, I love it. "I will use shareware copies of other burning programs if needed such as Alcohol 120, but this rarely happens"
5. Daemon Tools and Fastmount
6. Codec Pack All in 1
7. BSPlayer, it does the job
8. PowerDVD, it does the job, and they seem to keep it updated.
9. WinRAR, it does the job fast.
10. Azreus bittorrent, it's so easy.
11. Grabit news reader. It's also easy.
12. I use Norton Ghost to image it all. I don't install it. I use a previously installed copy on a boot CD. http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#elghost This just saves me time if I have any problems with others using my system, or incompatibilities with newly installed software.
