what kind of aps to put on new baby

I just got a new baby laptop, HP XE3 P3, 128 mb ram and 17gig HD. Besides Rain which I just got (thanks again guys) what other aps are favourites to add to make life easier?
Any suggestions would be welcome. Cheers
Brent

Zonealarm (firewall). Never leave home without it...hehe https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

http://www.zonelabs.com

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I want my Win98 Emachine back !!!

MAXXIMILIAN'S

maxx,
the laptop will be used dial up and behind a dsl connection thru wingate (just a client). does this pose any problems.

You can try , it will not harm , you can always uninstall . I'm using DSL on HP desktop , I tried a lot of different firewalls , but for some reason none of them were working . My system was slow and I could hardly open any web site .
But , hey , give it a try , if it will work , then you will run secure and bulletproof .
What OS do you have on it : ME ,or 2000 ?

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[This message has been edited by HomerJSimpson (edited 06-12-2001).]

Sorry homer,
I am running 98se. I do have a disc thaqt could put me on it but like 98 better

Hey , glad to hear .98 cool , I just figured it out , ME or 2000 because you said "new baby" , now they go with either ME or for big bucks you can get 2000 .
So you can get :
Irfanview http://www.irfanview.com/english.htm
TweakUI http://www.windows-help.net/windows98/tweakui2000.shtml
Inoculate IT , if you have on a floppy , it is not free any more .
You can get AD-Aware 4.6 , you have to search an internet for it . 5.2 is down and you may get into problems with it .
Also WinAmp if you like to listen to the music.

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They have the Internet on computers, now? --Homer Simpson

any one else have little (or big) aps or programs on the 'puters that help out. Anything such as musicmatch, or I swear by Nortons or Mcafee or this hides my files...

Irfanview without a doubt. When I need a viewer on the road, and you will, it's fast, small size and more. http://www.ryansimmons.com/users/irfanview/

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"Finest Kind"

Coops.......I CANNOT exist in cyberworld without a copy of Nortons Utilities 2001....I run 'System Check' everyday when I boot up, and 'Speed Disk' every 2 or 3 days. For me and mine, it is a 'computer-health imperative'!!!

P.S. I can usually find old/odd downloads such as 'Homer' suggested here: http://www.rocketdownload.com/


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Nothing is 'idiot-proof'.....they always come out with better idiots.

I'd say a really good & fast image viewing program would be an asset. Like:

IRFAN_VIEW




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PROPHET of the POD, c.1998
www.NUTBURGER.com

Just thought of another I use all the time, the Google Toolbar for IE. It's great to be able to search and use the built in tools instantly especially on the road. http://toolbar.google.com/

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"Finest Kind"

Since many people are agreeable w/ Irfan_View, may I suggest you take a look at:

STROUD'S APPS

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PROPHET of the POD, c.1998
www.NUTBURGER.com

this registry cleaner is a must (Regclean)
http://www.jv16.org/

And I've found Fixit utilities to be just as effective as Norton sys works. It's cheaper, smaller, faster and the AV program (pc-cillin) is very good...
http://www.ontrack.com/personal/

nonboxer,
i have a copy of norton 2000 that i haven't pu on it yet as it is running mcafee at the moment. Is there a big diff between 2000 and 2001?
fink,
i used fix-it at one time as well and liked it but had forgotten about it. Thats for the memory bump.
I dl'ed irfanview last night and only played a bit with it but it looks like a keeper.
keep 'em comin'

Hiya Coops,

Take a look at this site, it has all the popular downloads on one page for easy location and downloading:

What Every System Needs

Of course, who can forget TweakUI?

Hope this helps mate https://discussions.virtualdr.com/

Mo
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/


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Originally posted by coops:
nonboxer,
i have a copy of norton 2000....Is there a big diff between 2000 and 2001?

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To tell the truth, coops.....I've never SEEN a 'Nortons UTILITIES 2000'.....I think there was 'Systemworks' and VirusGuards w/ '2000' attached.....and 'Systemworks' has all the same utilites I mentioned before so I would guess no big difference.
As far as 'anything else' to add to your computer....sounds like you've gotten the best suggestions already.....except maybe adding command lines (given to us by 'Mosaic1') to 'autoexec.bat' in 'msconfig', to automatically empty history, cookies, and Temp folders everytime you reboot.



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