[hewee]

Originally Posted by Space Cowboy

I don't even have IE on my system and it works for me?

Still though I don't think it blocks all registry entriies. But everytime I try and install somthin spybot goes crazy and keeps poppin up askin if I want to allow whatever it's doing to happin.

I did not know that it worked that way. I never used tea timer and only use IE for updates and now and then when I have to.

So how do you update your OS without IE?

[Space Cowboy]

Avant - I'm tellin ya it rules

[hewee]

Thanks Space Cowboy.

[Space Cowboy]

Originally Posted by hewee

Thanks Space Cowboy.

No Problemo .. I've got a favor to ask of you later

Let me know if you want any suggestions on setting it up. There are allot of really neat features that really rock !!

RegSeeker

[rameam]

Space Cowboy, is Avant as good or better than Firefox? I have dialup and firefox has really sped up my Internet surfing. If it's as slow as IE, I wouldn't want to switch. Sounds like a sweet browser though. Can you actually do windows updates with it?

[hewee]

Thanks Space Cowboy but not ready to use that so will stay with netscape.

[Space Cowboy]

I'm not going to say anymore after this. The less people that know about Avant the better. You see the nastie hackers target whats popular like IE and Firefox.

I tried both and they don't compare to the speed and security and ease of use of Avant.

Everybody has their favorite and mine is Avant.

P.S. Hewee .. It took along time for me to give up Netscape also but that was back when the first version of Netscape appeared in October 1994 under the code name "Mozilla."
Cheers
Cowboy

[aarhus2004]

Please note I use Windows Millennium.

If, like me, you do frequent format and installs just for fun and exercise, it quickly becomes clear that setting-up consumes more time, much more time, than does the format/install itself. It also reveals what freeware is added and in which order. Here are the ones I use and in order of installation:

1. Anti Virus Grisoft aka AVG Free which seems to go from strength to strength, here:
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 (scroll down the page for this).

2. RegSeeker from: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Not only do I find this a reliable cleaner but I need the Tweaks it offers. And while I am at that website this:

3. HoverSnap

then this tiny one which I use constantly:

4. Control Your Desktop Icons:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,600479,00.asp

For controlling some basic StartUp items the wholly reliable StartUpCPL and from the same website Startup Monitor which warns of items being added to one's StartUp list. Both of these from Mike Lin, here:
5. http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml and
6. http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml

And for an in-depth look at exactly all that is running on your computer this cannot be bettered:
7. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../procexp.shtml

From here I download my preferred versions of Windows Media Player and that excellent registry cleaner, jv16pt:
8. http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=wmp
9. http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=jv16
be sure, with this last, you take the old version 1.3

For a profile of your computer especially of those critical and recommended updates this from Belarc:
10. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Using Outllook Express? Need a spelling checker? Here:
11. http://www.geocities.com/vampirefo/

Then there are these, easily checked-out with a Google:
ASquared or a2 (Malware Search), Aida32 (System details) or Everest (Very similar) or PC Wizard (for a different look at your computer's goings-on), CableNut and TCPOptimiser (for fine tuning your internet connection), BootLogAnalizer (how efficient is your startup?), IrfanView (for toying your images), VLC Media Player (I use it for .avi files), and for a look at your efficient or otherwise use of drive space - Treesize. Like keeping your computer clock on the mark? This is great - NISTime - 32bit. and finally for a routine maintenance of Disk Cleanup. ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter I use this, last thing each day:

http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html

Cheers.

[Space Cowboy]

Now we're cookin

On that old version site does anybody know which version of ACDSee was the last freeware version? Was there any that were free? I always thought that the early versions of ACDSee were the best for lookin at pic's. Fast and simple.

Thanks
Cowboy

[Doug Vitale]

I'd have to say that IrfanView is my favorite freeware app.

For freeware fans, the site below is a MUST:

http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm

[etaf]

http://www.pixmantec.com/products/ra...ssentials.html

this is a great raw converter for digital camera's I'm using it more and more these days, heres a quote off the website

RawShooter essentials, is a RAW workflow software tool that sets new standards for digital photography. It is a fully functional RAW converter which allows any level of user to get excellent results with the minimum of effort and knowledge. It provides the highest quality output and fastest conversion time for any RAW converter on the market today. RawShooter essentials contains core functionality such as:

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another great link is for PaintShopPro version 7 and other free software programs

http://com-puterworks.com/Free_Downloads.htm

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windows XP powertools
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

i use the photoresizer
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http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

a great alternative to microsofts internet explorer

[deh]

Don't forget MS Office's free alternative.

http://www.openoffice.org/

[ChuckE]

Originally Posted by Go2doug

For freeware fans, the site below is a MUST:

http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm

That is a useful site, but two things I wish it had are some ratings, and also a search. While the sorted categories are useful, I spent some time there trying to find a tool that I was not sure how to put it in a category. A search tool would have made it much simpler.

My favorite location for freeware is NoNags

[josdegr]

SpoofStick is a simple browser extension that helps users detect spoofed (fake) websites.

SpoofStick makes it easier to spot a spoofed website by prominently displaying only the most relevant domain information. It's not a comprehensive solution, but it's a good start.

http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/

[websurfer]

I don't know if it counts as freeware seeing as it's Open-Source, but it's free. My favorite is, of course, Linux and all it's nifty programs


BTW, Avant ie IE with added things, it uses IE's fodlers, IE's core, Ie's almost everything. It's just as vunerable as IE. You are better off with Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox, or Opera.