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post Nov 26 2005, 07:32 PM, updated 19y ago

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This thread is for those who are looking for recommendation in a particular category of software (antivirus, download manager, IM, whatever) and other forumers are allowed to give recommendation based on the question.

For example, if you think the download manager you are using now sucks and you're looking for a better alternative, and you're unsure about the choices in the Common Software Links thread, here is the place for you to ask.

The reason for this thread is obvious - to reduce the amount of threads like:
- Please recommend me a good web browser
- Which bittorrent client is the best?
- Recommendation required for a good registry cleaner
- What compression software I should use?
etc...

And for those who want to give recommendation, please give reasons for your recommendation instead of merely stating the software name itself.

So I seek co-operation from all of you to participate in this thread instead of opening threads like that to mess up the forum.

Happy asking and recommending! smile.gif

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post Nov 26 2005, 07:36 PM

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QUOTE(wild_card_my @ Nov 26 2005, 07:33 PM)
Please recommend me a good registry cleaner
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Used tune-up utilities before and it's a good system management software overall, not just registry cleaner

CCleaner is not bad, and I'm using it now because it's free
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post Nov 27 2005, 12:56 PM

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I recommend Foxit reader for opening PDF files.
Really fast in term of installation time and loading time. Doesn't use much memory either.
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post Nov 28 2005, 07:32 AM

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QUOTE(mars2005 @ Nov 27 2005, 11:58 PM)
does anyone know the software that can switch the language between english and PRC without restarting pc each time we change it? i saw a thread regarding the switching program but i cant find it now. thanks
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Microsoft Applocale
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=74866
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post Dec 1 2005, 07:18 PM

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QUOTE(nVidiaFX @ Nov 30 2005, 01:33 AM)
What's the best software to optimize the winXP and other system tools stuff?
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I'm not sure what particular kind of optimizing are you looking for, but TuneUp utilities is good enough for general purpose. It includes registry cleaner, sys optimizations, registry defragmenter, system cleanup etc....

QUOTE(HMMaster @ Dec 1 2005, 12:47 AM)
but it cant display some of my pdf properly.
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Yeah, not 100% perfectly rendered, but so far so good with my Radeon 9550 GT
for my lousy Ati Rage in office, a lot of pages can't be displayed properly
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post Dec 1 2005, 11:39 PM

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QUOTE(tuanlam417 @ Dec 1 2005, 09:05 PM)
i am sry .....i having a problem ,my registry cleaner  is Registry Mechanic
but i using trial version ....and i want to ask ..u guy using what ?u guy crack it ?
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As mentioned, CCleaner is not bad for freeware
Don't bother asking for crack or even talking about it here

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post Dec 2 2005, 07:31 AM

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QUOTE(HMMaster @ Dec 1 2005, 08:53 PM)
o.o related to graphic card? is it like this?

Acrobat Reader
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Foxit
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I'm not sure if graphic card is the factor, but definitely PC spec matters.

My FoxIt reader problem is not serious as yours...at most can't display certain lines only
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post Dec 3 2005, 08:46 PM

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QUOTE(tuRtL3 @ Dec 3 2005, 05:49 PM)
Err.. guys... I don't know its suitable here.. but can anyone recommend some screensaver which can lock using password? ie, I lock up my screen but my comp still running.. 
and 2) anyway to lock internet explorer? without disconnecting my LAN connection? (ie I want my bitcomet run but don't want my stupid sister to use my comp and surf net and eat up my bandwidth?) Thanks alot
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1) Not quite sure what u mean, but when you use the "On resume, password protect" option, I think the background processes are still running just that you can't get back to the screen if you don't know the password.

2) Have you tried using netlimiter to cap browsing speed in IE ?
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QUOTE(doremon @ Dec 5 2005, 10:12 PM)
IS there any software that able to monitor all the system running. Exp CPU usage, hdd avaliablity, ram valid etc? TQ
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Don't think you need any third party software for it
Windows Task Manager should be able to do the job
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QUOTE(Joshua_0718 @ Dec 7 2005, 03:28 AM)
Could any1 recommend a good Peer 2 Peer (P2P) File Sharing Software which enable me to search for english songs to download? Thanks.
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I guess Limewire is not too bad
Spyware free and pretty large user base

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post Dec 9 2005, 07:22 AM

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QUOTE(Zer0 c00L @ Dec 8 2005, 11:27 PM)
any1 can recommend me alternative audio player that can support all types of audio(eg:wma,aac,mp3,) besides those winamp,foobar,wmplayer?thanx
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http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=3391940
IMO iTunes should be following the list.

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post Dec 15 2005, 09:00 PM

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QUOTE(dreamkiller @ Dec 12 2005, 05:20 PM)
anyone can recommend me the best antivirus for this year. I found that mcafee viruscan9.0 was a good virus searcher but then it was resource hunger and quite.

hoping to find one with speedy scan and good database in searching those junky worms and viruses.
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Antivir seems to be light and effective enough to me, though the user interface is a bit...erm..mediaval
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post Dec 17 2005, 07:41 PM

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QUOTE(snowcrash @ Dec 16 2005, 10:15 AM)
Any IM software that combines GoogleTalk and MSNmessenger?
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Since GoogleTalk is using Jabber protocol, you can use GAIM, which also supports MSN messenger

Refer to this
http://www.google.com/support/talk/bin/ans...py?answer=24073

But you can't use audio in GAIM, that's the thing smile.gif
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post Dec 26 2005, 08:04 AM

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QUOTE(wednesday @ Dec 20 2005, 11:30 AM)
is there any program to controll bandwidth secretly ? I mean i installl d program on the target machine and it hides it self with out being known ? I'm having a problem here with my big bro, his just to selfish hogggin d connection for his porns.
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You can try netlimiter
http://www.netlimiter.com/
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QUOTE(jdreamer @ Jan 4 2006, 10:51 PM)
Use what to watch MKV file ?
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http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=137373&st=0
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QUOTE(jean @ Jan 7 2006, 11:03 PM)
any designer in lowyat.net can help?
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Maybe you can ask here? tongue.gif
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showforum=27
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QUOTE(soulfly @ Jan 10 2006, 06:39 PM)
All these while I've been using ACDSee 3.1 as image viewer, and it served me quite well. However I would like to try IrfanView since it's a freeware and was told to be quite 'lite'. Besides, I'm using an old version of ACDSee because the newer ones are bloated with unnecessary things. I use ACDSee just for image viewing and some quick image conversions.

- how much resource does IrfanView take? the acdsee 3.1 takes only around 600-700KB.
- how big is the total application size? the acdsee 3.1 takes only around 2.6MB.

or is there any other image viewer to recommend?

Other than that, before this I came across and image editor which is almost similar to Adobe Photoshop. The layout wasn't that identical, but the functions and tools are just about the same. It's a freeware.... but I forgot the name. Does any of you know this program? Somehow I was thinking of giving it a try.
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Memory consumption of Irfan View is from 5MB to 14MB...
THe installation file is 884KB (IrfanView 3.98)

For the image editor, did you mean GIMP? Or it is Paint.NET?
QUOTE(ikan_semilang @ Jan 10 2006, 03:06 PM)
Which one good either Opera or Firefox? Thanks.
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It really depends

To me, I choose Firefox because it is really customizable and flexible (tons of extensions, themes, tweaks, guide etc)

But for machines with low resource Opera might be better because it consumes less resource and it would run smoother on those machines.

Either way, Firefox and Opera offer much better functionalities than the current IE version (IE 6).

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QUOTE(webling @ Jan 15 2006, 12:03 AM)
Can someone recommend some good registry cleaner softwares? Thanks.  biggrin.gif
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Try CCleaner, not only it's a freeware, it also provides other cleaning such as temporary file removing, application removing etc.
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QUOTE(navilink @ Jan 15 2006, 10:05 AM)
hey do u guys know any Flash (.swf file) player? i mean the player ... not the plugin or driver thing....the Player which can play SWF file...
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Media Player Classic can play Flash file (swf)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/
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QUOTE(j88j @ Jan 17 2006, 11:42 AM)
pls recommend me 1 of the best anti-spyware software !!!

thanks notworthy.gif

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You can refer here
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=213380

But personally I think Microsoft AntiSpyware is good with stronger realtime scanning engine

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