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[Shockwave]

My new PC arrives tomorrow, for a bit of fun I want to make a list of 10 things I should and should not install on it.

Here's what I've come up with.

Things to install:

• Zero Hour Generals/Shockwave/Hamachi
• Visualstudio
• Freebasic
• Notepad++
• Ps2yabasic
• ICQ client
• AVG
• Irfanview
• Filezilla
• Firefox

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Things not to install:

• Kaspersky Internet Security. (I've had enough of it!)
• Norton
• Mcaffee
• Windows live messenger
• Blitz Basic
• Cobra
• Fbide
• Devc
• Anything by Bits.
• Lavasoft adaware

[Way.net]

Peppa Pig wallpaper

[Shockwave]

Is that to install or not?

[Way.net]

Install of course,Jacobs orders

[Shockwave]

Post your lists

Just for you Wanye..

[combatking0]

I reccomend CCleaner, though others may disagree.

[Yaloopy]

CCleaner is a gift from heaven.

[Dr.Death]

I would say Spybot  m8 

[Yaloopy]

And the Malware Bytes thing is the right job for nasties as far as I can see.

[slinks]

Blitz isn't that bad for your comp is it? I know it makes overly bloated exes, but still...

[Shockwave]

I don't want Blitz because of the bloat. The only version of that I'd consider is BMAX

This is great though I hadn't heard of CCleaner. It looks really good!

[Moroboshisan]

@Shockwave: Notepad++ is simply beautiful, they released 5.6.1 just today

why just VisualStudio (full or Express?) not MinGW?

[Shockwave]

I do most of my programming using Notepad++

[rdc]

I personally like PSPad. I'll have to check out Notepad++. I haven't seen that one.

[va!n]

@Shockwave:
Ah nice to see you get a new PC... May you tell us a bit about your new system config?
Btw, i saw two programs on your "install" list where i have to say, just take a look to this alternative programs:

# ICQ client -> Better alternative:  pidgin  (www.pidgin.im) OpenSource (ICQ, MSN... all with one nice tool)
# Irfanview -> XnView (very nice tool with a lot of nice editing options, esp save/compress settings)

Tools you should use/must have too:
- TotalCommander
- latest DX version (redis. version)
- latest KLite MegaCodecPack
- WinRar or any alternatice like 7zip
- VLC
- Aimp (great alternative for bloody WinAmp)
..

[Clyde]

Thing with blitz max is that you wont be able to run your code / other peoples help stuff for blitz3d, blitz plus, and the original pc blitz basic as its completely different.

One app i'd install is WinAmp so you can listen to Nectarine

[benny!]

...
Tools you should use/must have too:
- TotalCommander
...
- VLC

I second those both recommendations!

[Jim]

There's virtually no need for klite codecs on Windows 7.  It supports mp2,h.264/mp4/avc,divx,xvid etc out of the box.  I really very strongly suggest you don't install it.
The only things you might want to add are an mkv splitter and maybe flac if you use that at all.

Jim

[hellfire]

why just VisualStudio (full or Express?) not MinGW?

Simply because of Visual Assist
It requires a commercial version of Visual Studio, though.

[Jim]

I'm a Resharper man myself

I've also given up on AVG having used it for 10years.  The latest version has a really annoying nag screen, so I've replaced it with Avast! which seems to be going OK.

Jim