RE: What software do you use?

[yantorsen]

"Word processing: Notepad "


why?

why not get OpenOffice its comparable to MS Office but it's free!

 

[EternalMovement]

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Thunderbird
Graphics : Photoshop/Paint.net
DVD : n/a
CD/DVD Authoring : Ashampoo Burning Studio 7
Word Processing : Open Office
DTP : Open Office
Spreadsheets : Open Office
Backup : Vista Ultimate's inbuilt one.
Virtual PC : n/a
Firewall : Windows/router
AV : Nod32
Defrag : Perfect Disk
Music Composition : n/a
Map : n/a
p2p : Newsgroups > Torrents. Newsleecher

 

[modo77]

Browser : IE7+IE7Pro
eMail Client : Outlook
Graphics : Photoshop CS
DVD : Media Player 11
CD/DVD Authoring : ImgBurn
Word Processing : Word
Spreadsheets : Excel
Virtual PC : VirtualBox
Firewall : Vista firewall + Nat router
AV : Kaspersky
Defrag : Vista defrag (you really don't need the paid for ones)
Map : Google Earth
p2p : Utorrent
Reg/file sweeper : CCleaner
Diags : Everest

 

[Kobrakai]

Browser: Firefox
eMail Client: Thunderbird
Graphics: Photoshop CS3
CD/DVD Authoring: Nero 8
Word Processing: Word 2007
Spreadsheets: Excel 2007
Virtual PC: VMWare 7
Firewall: Windows
AV: NOD32
VOIP: Ventrilo
p2p: uTorrent
FTP: Smart FTP
PC Diagnostics: Everest
Programming: Visual Studio 2007
File Compression: WinRAR
PDF: Adobe Reader
Video Playback: VLC
Music Playback: Winamp
Mounting: Daemon Tools

 

[dbmzk1]

XP and Vista 64

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Outlook Express / Windows Mail
Graphics : Photoshop CS and Adobe Fireworks
DVD : Media Player Classic
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero and ImgBurn
Word Processing : Word
DTP : None
Spreadsheets : Excel
Backup : None
Virtual PC : None
Firewall : None
AV : AVG Free
Defrag : Windows
Music Composition : None
Music Editing - None
Map : Web based - Google maps, RAC router planner
p2p : Newsleecher

 

[Rebelius]

Vista 64

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Windows Live Mail
Graphics : Painshop Pro 7
DVD : Media Player Classic / FFD Show
CD/DVD Authoring : MagicISO
Word Processing : Word
DTP : None
Spreadsheets : Excel
Backup : None
Virtual PC : None
Firewall : None
AV : AVG Free
Defrag : O&O 10
Music Composition : None
Music Editing : None
Map : Google Earth
p2p : Newsleecher

 

[Edinho]

WINXP SP2

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Thunderbird
Graphics : Photoshop CS
DVD : WinDVD
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero & Easy CD-DA extractor
Word Processing : Open office
DTP : ?
Spreadsheets : open office
Backup : none I back up manually to an ext HD
Virtual PC : ?
Firewall : NAT on router
AV : NOD32, Windows defender.
Defrag : Diskeeper
Music : Winamp Pro
Map : none
p2p : Azureus
FTP : SmartFTP
Registry cleaner : Eusing Reg Cleaner
Virtual Drive mapping : Daemon Tools

lol just seen when the thread was started holy thread revival hehe

 

[PermaChanged]

OS: Vista HP
Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Windows Mail/Web Based G-Mail
Graphics : Photoshop CS3
DVD : WinDVD
Word Processing : Word
Spreadsheets : Excel
Backup : Seperate HDD
Firewall : Router and Windows Firewall
AV : AVG Free
Music : WMP
p2p : Limewire, BitComet
Registry cleaner : Crap Cleaner
Virtual Drive mapping : Daemon Tools

 

[bledd]

winamp lite
media player classic & ffdshow
utorrent
steam
msn
firefox
anydvd
dvddecrypter
autogk
eac
o&o defrag
ccleaner
synctoy

have about 15-17 processes running at startup
no need for anything else

 

[swinnie]

OS: XP
Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Thunderbird + Outlook
FTP : Net2Ftp.com
Graphics : Paint.net
DVD : Sonic
Word Processing : MS Office Small Business 2003
DTP : MS Office Small Business 2003
Spreadsheets : MS Office Small Business 2003
Backup : Ghost
Virtual PC : VMWare Server
Firewall : Windows Firewall
AV : AVG Free
Defrag : Windows Defrag Tool
Music Composition : Audacity?
p2p : Ares

 

[neil_g]

Browser : Fireforx and IE7 (for some work apps)
eMail Client : Outlook 07
Graphics : Paint Shop Pro 9
DVD : Realplayer
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero
Word Processing : Word 07
DTP : Nowt
Spreadsheets : Excel 07
Backup : HP Dataprotector
Virtual PC : VMware
Firewall : Don't do software FW, Watchguard hardware based
AV : Sophos
Defrag : Windows
Music Composition : Nowt
Music Playback : iTunes, Realplayer, MP11
Map : Multimap
p2p : Utorrent

 

[Speedy]

Browser: firefox
Email client: Mozilla Thunderbird
OS: Vista Home Premium X64
Security: PC-Cillin internet security 2008
DVD: Nero Showtime
Office: MS Office 2007 Professional
Music: Winamp
Burning software: Nero 8
Graphics: AutoCAD 2008 (3D modelling) and Photoshop CS3 extended for drawings.
Defrag: O&O Defrag Professional

 

[OzZie]

Broswer: Firefox
Email: Windows Live Mail (Link)
Graphics: N/A
DVD: Media Player Classic
CD/DVD Authoring: Nero 7
Word Processing: Office 2003 (SP3)
Backup: Acronis True Image 11
Virtual PC: N/A
Firewall: Windows SP2
Anti-virus: Nod32
Defrag: O&O
Music Composition: Cubase 4, Reason 4, Pro Tools.
Map: Google Maps
P2p: uTorrent

 

[joffy]

Browser : IE7
eMail Client : Outlook 07/Windows Live Mail
Graphics : Paint Shop Pro X2
DVD : Power DVD
CD/DVD Authoring : Ashampoo/ImgBurn/ConvertXtoDVD
Word Processing : Word 07
Backup : True Image
Firewall : Router/Kaspersky 7
AV : Kaspersky 7
Anti Spyware: SuperAntiSpyware, Threatfire
Defrag : Perfectdisk
Music Playback : AIMP2
Map : Multimap
p2p : Utorrent

 

[mr.sly]

Browser : Opera
eMail Client : Outlook 2007
Graphics : Photoshop CS3
DVD : Windows Media Player (Or Media Center)
CD/DVD Authoring : None
Word Processing : Word 2007
DTP : Publisher 2007
Spreadsheets : Excel 2007
Backup : None
Virtual PC : None
Firewall : Windows Firewall
AV : None
Defrag : Vista
Music Composition : None
Map : Google Maps
p2p : None

 

[Van Hellseek]

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : Hotmail/Gmail
Graphics : PS and PSP
DVD : VLC
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero
Word Processing : Open Office
DTP : Publisher
Spreadsheets : Open Office
Backup :
Virtual PC :
Firewall : Zonealarm
AV : AVG Free
Defrag : Xp default
Music Composition :
Map :
p2p : Utorrent

 

[mattyfez]

Browser : Firefox/IE7
eMail Client : Hotmail
Graphics : MS paint/Photoshop
DVD : VLC
Audio playback : winamp
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero, apex, winavi
Word Processing : MS word
DTP : none, but have MS publisher
Spreadsheets : MS exel
Backup : USB drive
Firewall : xp/router
AV : AVG Free
Defrag : Xp default
p2p : azureus

also use sybot, ccleaner, winrar, daemon tools, power iso, google earth, peer guardian, skype (not for a while)

 

[.Griff.]

Browser : Firefox
eMail Client : WLM
Graphics : PS CS3
DVD : VLC
CD/DVD Authoring : Nero
Word Processing : Word 2007
DTP : N/A
Spreadsheets : Excel 2007
Backup : N/A
Virtual PC : N/A
Firewall : XP
AV : NOD32
Defrag : N/A
Music Composition : N/A
Map : Live Maps
p2p : utorrent

 

[yaboy]

Browser : IE; Firefox
eMail Client : N/A
Graphics : Photoshop 7
DVD : VideoLAN
CD/DVD Authoring : IMGBurn
Word Processing : N/A
DTP : N/A
Spreadsheets : N/A
Backup : N/A
Virtual PC : N/A
Firewall : Windows
AV : Avast Home
Defrag : PerfectDisk 8
Music Composition : Audacity
Map : Google
p2p : Utorrent; Newsleecher