Software And Stuff
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Windows XP Professional - Same OpenOffice 2.0.1 - Same WinZip 9 - Switched to ZipGenius[^] WinRAR 3.5? - Switch to ZipGenius Norton SystemWorks - Comcast offers McAfee for free. They're all the same. CD/DVD Burning package - Nero came with my machine. Email - Been using Eudora at home forever and have no interest in anything else. Don't want email to include everything. Keep them separate so that I may change applications if I felt like it. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math
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Been using AVG[^] for anti-virus: free and seems pretty good. You could just get the Microsoft Action Pack[^]: you get everything for a couple-hundred pounds: full and legal XP Pro, Server 2003, SQL Server, Office Pro, Project, Visio etc, etc. www.merrens.com
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me
How about replacing both with 7zip. http://www.7-zip.org/[^] It has a better compression algorithm and it is completly free. John
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Michael Martin wrote:
CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice
I used to use nero but the new version stinks IMHO. I switched to the free version of DeepBurner[^] Jerry
I also recommend DeepBurner. Jon Sagara Look at him. He runs like a Welshman. Doesn't he run like a Welshman? Doesn't he? I think he runs like a Welshman. Sagara.org | Blog | My Articles
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Michael Martin wrote:
Since Johnny Howard felates Dubya so much couldn't you Yanks make our Aussie dollar worth a bit more?
BTW, if I had a clue as to what that was maybe I could answer it. I think I got Bush and dollar values out of it so far. :-D Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
BTW, if I had a clue as to what that was maybe I could answer it. I think I got Bush and dollar values out of it so far.
Little Johnny Howard is 1 of only 2 world leaders (elected leaders of their country) who agreed with and followed Georgie to war. Felate means gives head jobs (blows jobs to you Yanks) too. So I think Georgie should make our dollar worth more. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote:
Since Johnny Howard felates Dubya so much couldn't you Yanks make our Aussie dollar worth a bit more?
BTW, if I had a clue as to what that was maybe I could answer it. I think I got Bush and dollar values out of it so far. :-D Jeremy Falcon
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It also has one of the worst interfaces known to mankind. :laugh: I tried that already, it's too much a pain to actually navigate a DVD with. Jeremy Falcon
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Michael Martin wrote:
WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me
How about replacing both with 7zip. http://www.7-zip.org/[^] It has a better compression algorithm and it is completly free. John
ZipGenius[^] handles 7Zip files, RAR and WinZip just nicely. I also prefer the interface to 7Zip. I used WinZip for years, switched to 7Zip at home for a month (couldn't handle how it works), then switched to ZipGenius. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS - Math
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Michael Martin wrote:
WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me
How about replacing both with 7zip. http://www.7-zip.org/[^] It has a better compression algorithm and it is completly free. John
John M. Drescher wrote:
It has a better compression algorithm and it is completly free.
It's better than the compitable algos by WinZip (so they work with most programs), but not better than the new stuff they put out with WinZip 10. Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
BTW, if I had a clue as to what that was maybe I could answer it. I think I got Bush and dollar values out of it so far.
Little Johnny Howard is 1 of only 2 world leaders (elected leaders of their country) who agreed with and followed Georgie to war. Felate means gives head jobs (blows jobs to you Yanks) too. So I think Georgie should make our dollar worth more. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
Felate means gives head jobs (blows jobs to you Yanks) too.
Ah, I knew of fellatio. I reckon that's the root word then. I'll get on the phone with the federal reserves to see what I can do. :-D Jeremy Falcon
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Sorry, I didn't have my perv hat on this morning. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Here's a big list of freeware that you can use for various sorts of stuff : http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=320017[^] Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
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Does that handle MPEG-2 decoding for DVDs? Jeremy Falcon
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Ray Kinsella wrote:
AVG or Avast should do the job nicely ... and Migrate Outlook to Tunderbird
Thanks for the recommendations and link Ray, also it's Mick not Mike. Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
also it's Mick not Mike.
Just like it's "become" (or any other variant) not "gotten". cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice
Does this qualify? I just used it for the first time yesterday.
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
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Sorry, I didn't have my perv hat on this morning. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon
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Does that handle MPEG-2 decoding for DVDs? Jeremy Falcon
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me
Have you considered 7zip? I find it an very handy tool, especially with 7zfm (7zip file manager). Personally I also find it's much fast than WinZip. Plus it's open source, has wrappers for most useful programming languages and supports the more important (well for me) formats like zip, tar, bz2 and a few others.
Michael Martin wrote:
Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none.
I'd recommend Avast as well in fact I used to use Trend Micro PC-Cillin and when I removed that and put Avast on it found several viruses that Trend had missed or regarded as safe. For firewall I use Zone Alarms, the free version is good but of course the pro is better. Ed
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
I ditched Nero when v5.5 wouldn't play nice with my new DVD burner and v6 hosed my system. Quite sad because v5.5 was da bomb. For burning data discs and ISOs, I like DeepBurner[^] (free, get the "portable" version which doesn't even require an install). --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
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So anyway, I have been getting legal and all with my and my wifes software of late (phucking Microsoft, shrinkwrap on the Windows XP Professional packaging was too tight, so the package was warped and so too was the Certificate of Authenticity, so it doesn't sit or stick correctly on the computer). So I am now looking for free or cheaper software to replace the dodgy stuff I was using. Windows XP Professional- now legal Office 2003 - now replaced with OpenOffice 2.0.1 WinZip 9 - Legal and on the Wifes WinRAR 3.5? - Buying next week for me Norton SystemWorks - Any recommendations on an AntiVirus and Utilities? Currently using none. CD/DVD Burning package - Image to iso or similar would be nice DVD Playing software Email - going to use Thunderbird, can it read/import .pst? Any other recommendations? Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash 24/04/2004
For email, I just use Netscape's built-in email. Re .pst files, when I choose Tools > Import, Mail, Netscape does give an option to import both Outlook and Outlook Express. I don't use .pst files so haven't done a full test. http://openoffice.blogs.com