Comments on: My Must-Have Windows Software http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software A blog about software Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff-Flowers http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-248 Jeff-Flowers Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:11:32 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-248 Hello Ms Gina; nice to see that you are keeping busy. Here is the software I like to use when I run Vista: -Portable Firefox with Flashblock* -Notepad2* -Foxit Reader* -Foobar2000 in Portable Mode* -VLC* -Putty* -Mame* -Exact Audio Copy -Lame* -Flac* -Paint.Net -uTorrent* *Portable software or software that can be extracted and run from my home directory (C:\Users\jeff\Apps). I run as a regular, unprivledged user in Windows for security reasons. I developed my love for portable|installerless software when I was a Mac OS X user and kept it when I moved to Vista. Hello Ms Gina; nice to see that you are keeping busy. Here is the software I like to use when I run Vista:

-Portable Firefox with Flashblock*
-Notepad2*
-Foxit Reader*
-Foobar2000 in Portable Mode*
-VLC*
-Putty*
-Mame*
-Exact Audio Copy
-Lame*
-Flac*
-Paint.Net
-uTorrent*

*Portable software or software that can be extracted and run from my home directory (C:\Users\jeff\Apps). I run as a regular, unprivledged user in Windows for security reasons. I developed my love for portable|installerless software when I was a Mac OS X user and kept it when I moved to Vista.

]]> By: Rafael Perrone http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-225 Rafael Perrone Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:08:25 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-225 You mentioned you POP your gmail to Thunderbird once a month. Now that we have offline gmail, do you still do that, or have you switched completely to offline gmail? You mentioned you POP your gmail to Thunderbird once a month. Now that we have offline gmail, do you still do that, or have you switched completely to offline gmail?

]]> By: Grzegorz Jacykowski http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-99 Grzegorz Jacykowski Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:27:57 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-99 Hi Gina, Short update from my side: As PDF reader I use for a long time nice little app called <a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/" rel="nofollow"> Lightweight, quick - and does really what is expected - and nothing more... And - PDFCreator is my choice. PDFTKBuilder is another useful tool for PDF... As audio player - foobar2000 - highly customizable and with very high audio quality algorithms implemented. Grzegorz Hi Gina,

Short update from my side: As PDF reader I use for a long time nice little app called
Lightweight, quick – and does really what is expected – and nothing more…
And – PDFCreator is my choice.
PDFTKBuilder is another useful tool for PDF…
As audio player – foobar2000 – highly customizable and with very high audio quality algorithms implemented.
Grzegorz

]]> By: marybethcarroll http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-96 marybethcarroll Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:18:27 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-96 Thought for sure I'd see <a href="http://www.getdropbox.com/" rel="nofollow">Dropbox</a> on this list... Thrilled to see you back to blogging, hopefully recharged and inspired. I admire your courage stepping away from something as successful as Lifehacker. Thought for sure I’d see Dropbox on this list…

Thrilled to see you back to blogging, hopefully recharged and inspired. I admire your courage stepping away from something as successful as Lifehacker.

]]> By: Ted Avery http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-49 Ted Avery Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:42:57 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-49 Hey Gina, so glad to see your content again, I've missed it from Lifehacker! I must say, I like your articles more now that you have the freedom to write entirely about what works best for <b>you</b>, I feel like the tips are all the more helpful. May I suggest putting a link on ginatrapani.org? I had been checking there periodically trying to see where you would be after Lifehacker and had no idea you were writing here till Lifehacker linked. Finally, awesome list, but I really think you should give Windows Live Photo Gallery a try instead of Picasa. You're probably hesitant as I was as Google is usually a safe choice over Microsoft in every other aspect, but it really does offer a lot more control in making tweaks <i>along</i> with the "I'm Feeling Lucky" type options Picasa offers. Hey Gina, so glad to see your content again, I’ve missed it from Lifehacker! I must say, I like your articles more now that you have the freedom to write entirely about what works best for you, I feel like the tips are all the more helpful.

May I suggest putting a link on ginatrapani.org? I had been checking there periodically trying to see where you would be after Lifehacker and had no idea you were writing here till Lifehacker linked.

Finally, awesome list, but I really think you should give Windows Live Photo Gallery a try instead of Picasa. You’re probably hesitant as I was as Google is usually a safe choice over Microsoft in every other aspect, but it really does offer a lot more control in making tweaks along with the “I’m Feeling Lucky” type options Picasa offers.

]]> By: Gina Trapani http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-38 Gina Trapani Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:28:04 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-38 Thanks for the catch (and the compliment), Theo! Link fixed. Thanks for the catch (and the compliment), Theo! Link fixed.

]]> By: theo http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-37 theo Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:25:28 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-37 Hi Gina Yay! You're back bigger and stronger! The first link in this article has a double http. http://http//lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php Theo Hi Gina

Yay! You’re back bigger and stronger!

The first link in this article has a double http.

http://http//lifehacker.com/software/windows/geek-to-live-how-to-format-your-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp-from-scratch-157578.php

Theo

]]> By: earth2marsh.com/ http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-35 earth2marsh.com/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:02:14 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-35 I moved from CutePDF to <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/" rel="nofollow">PDFCreator</a>--it's open source for one reason... And what about <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/" rel="nofollow">AutoHotkey</a>? Otherwise, I'm right with you. I probably learned about some of these from you too, so thanks. And congrats on the new blog too. I moved from CutePDF to PDFCreator–it’s open source for one reason… And what about AutoHotkey?

Otherwise, I’m right with you. I probably learned about some of these from you too, so thanks. And congrats on the new blog too.

]]> By: rodaniel http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-34 rodaniel Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:54:56 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-34 I'm a big fan of <a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/" rel="nofollow">CCleaner</a>. It's one of the very first things I slap on a Windows PC to scour for orphaned Registry entries and junk files. I've used it on dozens (maybe hundreds) of PCs without issue. I also swear by <a href="http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html" rel="nofollow">Mp3tag</a> for cleaning up and managing my MP3 file tag metadata. I’m a big fan of CCleaner. It’s one of the very first things I slap on a Windows PC to scour for orphaned Registry entries and junk files. I’ve used it on dozens (maybe hundreds) of PCs without issue.

I also swear by Mp3tag for cleaning up and managing my MP3 file tag metadata.

]]> By: me.yahoo.com-a-TpfGTlo91YiXU_jhd0ArowY.tIgSl.12-a577d http://smarterware.org/262/my-must-have-windows-software#comment-30 me.yahoo.com-a-TpfGTlo91YiXU_jhd0ArowY.tIgSl.12-a577d Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:26:22 +0000 http://smarterware.org/?p=262#comment-30 Are there any particular advantages of EditPlus over something like Notepad++ or just used to it? Are there any particular advantages of EditPlus over something like Notepad++ or just used to it?

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