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What r some handy ones youve come across
Tuniac - freeware media player. still in beta, but very nice (winamp doesn't exist on my computer anymore, and my mate is part of the development team of Tuniac, so i gotta brag bout it 
) - http://www.tuniac.com/
MP3 Tag - freeware mp3 tag editor - http://www.mp3tag.de/en/
is tuniac better then winamp?
EDIT - nevermind i just got it to have a look. In my opinion ill stick with Winamp for a while yet. Looks alot like itunes.
GraphicConverter on Mac is awesome, so many things you can do with the app, it's not so much like Photoshop, it's just an editing app which does everything you want and it opens a billion different image files, some that Photoshop doesn't even open!
Get the right plugins for photoshopnand you can open nearly anything.
www.irfanview.com
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support.
One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multipage TIF support.
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support.
Some IrfanView features:
* Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
* Multi language support
* Thumbnail/preview option
* Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
* Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
* Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
* Drag & drop support
* Fast directory view (moving through directory)
* Batch conversion (with image processing)
* Multipage TIF editing
* Email option
* Multimedia player
* Print option
* Change color depth
* Scan (batch scan) support
* Cut/crop
* IPTC editing
* Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
* Capturing
* Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
* Lossless JPG rotation
* Many hotkeys
* Many command line options
* Many PlugIns
* Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired"
* No registry changes without user action/permission!
* and many more
And only weighs in at 875k zipped and the plugins pack is only 4mb something....
I dont think theres a more powerful piece of graphic software comparable for it size.
) - http://www.tuniac.com/Also plays a good portion of audio and video filetypes including flash.
realmeadia and quicktime need plugins though.
wow u really love your IrfanView dont you!
i go against the odds, i use Fire Graphic - http://www.firegraphic.com/
Here are a few sites I've kept for when I want something freeware.. hope they come in usefull
>>> http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
>>> http://ddls.info/index.htm
any cool apple widgets?
i've ben using the ical widget at work, you can set it to let you know of upcoiming events up to 7 days in advance..
has anyone tried this one?
http://www.gimp.org/
i tried, but the mask was causing claustrophobia 
still I am damn impressed with the Panther on my old powermac g4 - kickin ass!
adaware seems to be good. I got recommended to that one a while back 
still I am damn impressed with the Panther on my old powermac g4 - kickin ass!Im using something called spydoctor. it was a freebee with pc user a couple of months back.
another handy tool i have is something called pixel ruler. its a tiny file and ver hand for grafic works!!!!
anyone here love to use windows explorer? My Computer icon is non exsitant on my comp. Theres a handy app called Xplorer2 (as in squared). Its much the same as explorer just a more beefed up version with some handy added extras that make life that little bit easier.
http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm
Mozilla/Firefoz as a browser
and AVAST as a free virus scanner.
a member here can agree with me if she reads this thread at how effect it is..
she was running nortin system suit... found 2 virus... Trend micros systems scan.. found another 2.. i downloaded AVAST on to her computer and scanned up another 15-10 Viri/trojans/worms etc
very hand and FREE!
Best ones i've come across are:
VideoLAN - www.videolan.org - plays many mpeg/AVI files that windows media player & realplayer couldn't play - freeware too.
mp3split - mp3splt.sourceforge.net - my favourite app lately - command line app that will split your mp3 files - just make a simple .bat text file with something like:
mp3split ps.mp3 0.00 60.00 -o 1hrdjset.mp3
and you're done - it just goes away & splits it from/to any start/finish time - perfect for recording DJ sets & other stuff live running a few minutes over either side & then splitting out the complete set later. Direct link to the Windows download here: (freeware)
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mp3splt/mp3splt-2.1-win32.zip?download
Or for those of you who don't like command line apps (or don't know what one is, how to write/run a batch file, etc) a windows GUI alternative is here that does the same thing:
http://www.codevisions.de/hp/upload/_files/mp3splitter20.zip
Streamripper - streamripper.sourceforge.net - another command line app, this one records mp3 streams for you. This & mp3split are the 2 most used apps on my PC lately.
3GP to AVI Converter - www.miksoft.net/mobile3GPconverter.htm - got 3GP files taken with your mobile phone? Convert them to AVI video using this awesome utility which you can then share with friends/family.
If your using Win95 or 98 and can't open/use that app, u need the VB6 runtime files here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb60pro/Redist/sp5/WIN98Me/EN-US/vbrun60sp5.exe
A command line version of 3GP to Raw AVI is here:
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/downloads/3gpToRawAvi.zip
That's all i got for now - more later...
nice to see you join us in this thread jj. sure you got many more up your sleeve
been looking for a decent freeware mp3 splitter for a while now. thanks. some ppl tell me nero has one inbuilt... if so ive never found it.
- more later...
A couple of good programs:
Freeware Foobar 2000 found at http://www.foobar2000.com/ it's an audio media player, very customizeable but for the more "nerdy" type
Freeware Media Player Classic found at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358&release_id=314365 it's a good visual media player, simple and lightweight. I find it better than VLC (VideoLAN) for Windows at least.
Freeware K-Lite Codec Mega Pack found at http://www.codecguide.com/features_mega.htm the best pack of codecs for watching the most popular video formats
Freeware FireFox found at http://www.getfirefox.com/ i'm sure everyone has heard of this by now, but if you haven't it's the best web browser... better than internet explorer
Freeware WhoLockMe found at http://www.dr-hoiby.com/WhoLockMe/index.php an excellent application which tells you what programs have locked what files, for when you need to move/delete something and windows denies you
Subscription Nod32 found at http://www.nod32.com/ the best anti-virus application software you can get, you don't pay per version, you only pay each year/two years, catches more than Norton/Mcafee/* and is used by Microsoft on their desktops and workstations
Freeware TrueCrypt found at http://www.truecrypt.org/ the best encryption software available to man, supports per file, partition and device encrypting.
www.litestep.net
Best shell for the windows OS i have come across, sooooooooo powerful in the right hands.
anyone know of a good mp3 splitter? the one jj has posted only accepts mpeg files :|
freeware xnview found at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html or http://www.xnview.com and follow the links. XnView is a regularly updated graphical viewer so many options and file formats supported. It's a must have!
for spyware: spysweeper, spybot search and destroy, adaware (only when i really have to)
Nod32 for antivirus.
Hey evry1. some decent software- system mechanic pro, acdsee photo editor, browsers- advant, opera/mozzila. Cant remember links sorry.
looking for good ftps try projectW.org.
Has anyone tried flashfxp?
nice scanner "EWIDO security suite"
found stuff that the others didint!