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Old 12-21-2008
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what's indispensible to you?

I like foxit, its a really easy pdf reader that's not a patch as big or hungry as the dreaded adobe
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Firefox - I can't browse without it
ImgBurn - love at first sight for burning whatever DVD's
KMPlayer -watching wharever movie without borking yout Windows with Mega-Ultra-Crap-codecs
Comodo firewall - if you don't have a router probably is the best software firewall.
IrfanView - do whatever you want with your pictures
7z - amazing (at least for multimedia content) archiver
Notepad++ - what Wordpad? What Notepad?
SpeedFan, RealTemp, RivaTuner, CPU-Z, LinX, prime95, GPU CapsViewer, Wireshark - system utilities.
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have you tried googlechrome?

I think its just about as good as firefox for a browser, which is saying something.
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When it will have AdBlock and NoScript and other gazillion of extensions, of course I'll try it.
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Terragen, the GIMP, Vista Media Center (uses AVIVO for upscaling), Firefox (with FEBE and TabMixPlus), and the Daniel_K Audigy2 drivers.

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Firefox - Ad Block - Flashgot
Yahoo Messenger
Img burn - Nero
WinRAR
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Firefox - I can't browse without it
ImgBurn - Small and a delight to use.
Ccleaner: to cleam all crap and edit start-up programmes.
Revouninstaller : to uninstall the best possible way.
Yahoo messenger and Skype.
Defraggler to defrag.
Everest Ultimate edition.
Windows media center for htpc use.
Avira AV.
Teamviewer for remote access.
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If the PDF file u use has a picture in it FOXIT won't display it properly, adobe does what Foxit doesnot hence i switched back to adobe
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what's indispensible to you?

I like foxit, its a really easy pdf reader that's not a patch as big or hungry as the dreaded adobe
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If the PDF file u use has a picture in it FOXIT won't display it properly, adobe does what Foxit doesnot hence i switched back to adobe
Foxit has no trouble displaying pictures contained within PDF files.
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