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30 Archived Software Forum [POLLS]·(Archived) Preferred Antivirus Programs - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Antivirus - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Personal Firewall - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Cookie Controls - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Pop Up Stopper- 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Backup & Imaging - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Defragmentation Software - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Instant Messaging Program- 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred CD Creation Software - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Memory Management - 2001 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Remote Access Programs - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Hex-Text Editor - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred E-Mail Client - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Image Viewer - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred File Manager - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Media Player -2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Download Managers - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Pop-Up Blocker - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Instant Messaging Client - 2005 Members Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Utility Software Suites - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Audio Editors - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Defragmentation Software - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Newsgroup Readers - 2005 Members Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Personal Firewall - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred File Sharing Programs - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Internet Browsers - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Office Suite Programs - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred FTP Managers - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Backup and Imaging Software - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred DVD Copying Software - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred IRC Clients - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Encryption and Password Protection - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Reg Cleaners/Editors - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Defragmentation Software - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Cookie Controls - 2005 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Image Viewers - 2005 Member Choice
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·(Archived) Preferred Anti-Virus Programs - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred DVD Copying - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Instant Messaging Clients - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred CD Creation Software- 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Audio Editors - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred File Manager - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Newsgroup Readers - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Personal Firewalls - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred FTP Managers - 2006 Member's Choice
·(Archived) Internet Browsers - 2006 Members Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Download Managers - 2006 Members Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Backup and Imaging Software - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Media Player - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Pop-up blocker - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Hex-Text Editors - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred E-mail Clients - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Utility Suites - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Office Suite Programs - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Reg Cleaners/Editors - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred File Sharing Programs - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred Remote Access Programs - 2006 Member Choice
·(Archived) Preferred IRC Clients - 2006 Member Choice
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| | | 2005 Member Choice Poll
Because our Poll included both free and pay versions of Antivirus Software, you might say there were two clear winners representing both categories.
However, the overall winner with 253 votes and 24% of the total (in what would be considered a pay product) was Norton Antivirus.
To be fair, this popular Symantec product is intended primarily for home use where Symantec Enterprise Software was also mentioned several times in the comments as a preferred business solution (and in some cases for home use as well). Therefore, votes for Norton from users of other Symantec AV products most likely helped to raise the vote count.
One thing is certain, people that have come to know and trust Norton Antivirus over the years (or other Symantec AV products), continue to remain faithful.
It is a time-tested product that almost everyone is familiar with.
Below are some highlights included in the basic version of Norton Antivirus 2005:
KEY FEATURES•Automatically removes viruses, worms and Trojan horses•Blocks Internet worm attacks•Includes email and instant message attachments protection•Provides automatic virus protection updates•Detects virus infections in compressed file archives•Defends against Spyware and other emerging threats KEY BENEFITS•Blocks Internet worms like "Blaster" at multiple points of entry •Provides more proactive protection with the integrated ease-of-use design•Protects against Internet Worms out of the box without required user configuration or interaction •Safeguards users' PC and prevents it from spreading viruses to their friends and colleagues
Other notable products in the “Pay” category and frequently mentioned by our participants in the Poll were (in order of popularity from the highest to lowest vote count):
•Kaspersky (Very popular and second in votes as far as Pay Software).
•Mcaffee
•Nod32
•EZAntivirus
•Trend Micro
While not as popular in our particular Poll, there were still a fair number of votes for several other pay versions.
(Again, continuing in order of vote count from highest to lowest):
•F-Prot
•Panda
•F-Secure
•Bit Defender
•Sophos
•Dr Web
Moving on to the number two overall winner in the Poll, AVG came in as a close second behind Norton with 211 votes and 20% of the total.
While Grisoft does offer both free and pay versions, the free version is extremely popular, and judging by actual statements in the Poll, the free version most likely represents the majority of the 211 votes it received.
Avast (also offering both a free and pay version), was the main contender as the other popular choice for free Antivirus protection. Again, use of the free version was reflected in the comments during the Poll and from discussions we have seen in the past.
With 94 votes and 9% of the total, it was not as popular as AVG, but judging from the comments, Avast users love this Software, and it comes highly recommended as a free program. As with AVG, there are some that use the respective pay versions (usually after testing the free versions and liking what they see, and for the extra features).
* After reading the many comments, the obvious conclusion is that whatever the choice, people are finding a product that they feel comfortable with, and for the most part, sticking with it.
In this day and age, there is no denying that Antivirus protection is important and certainly just about any legitimate product is better than none at all.
It is nice to know that our participants seem to agree.
Surprisingly, there is still the “adventurous” group out there that claim they don’t use any Antivirus protection at all (31 votes representing 3% of the total). With new threats evolving every day, and different ways to become infected, this is probably not a wise choice to say the least.
Note that in addition to the enormous number of actual votes, there were also some excellent comments and opinions posted in the thread itself. Some of them offer very helpful insight as to why people use a particular product, (or why they chose “Other”), so be sure to check out the Poll and read through the thread when you get a chance for further information!
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by jabarnut edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-30 16:14:13 | | | After many votes to this poll, The clear-cut winner for most preferred anti-virus application was Symantec's Norton Antivirus. The following is an excerpt from Symantec's site about the product: Norton AntiVirus™ is the world's most trusted anti-virus solution. Now it repairs common virus infections automatically, without interrupting your work. It scans and cleans both incoming and outgoing email, and defends against script-based viruses such as "I Love You" even between virus definition updates. Protect your PC today with award-winning Norton AntiVirus!
Norton Antivirus 2002 has many features, including: •NEW! Automatic removal of many viruses lets you work without interruption.•NEW! Script Blocking detects script-based threats such as the "I Love You" and "Anna Kournikova" viruses, even before new virus definitions are created for them.•NEW! Scans and cleans outgoing email messages to prevent sending infected files from your PC.•NEW! Integration with Windows Explorer lets you use many common Norton AntiVirus functions from the Explorer menus for easy access.•NEW! Built-in links take you directly to the Symantec Security Response Web site (formerly known as Symantec AntiVirus Research Center) for additional information on specific viruses just when you need it most.•Automatic LiveUpdate checks for and installs new virus definitions when you're connected to the Internet to keep your system updated against the latest viruses.•Automatically scans email messages and attachments in standard POP3 clients, including Microsoft® Outlook®, Eudora®, and Netscape® Mail.•Protects against viruses, Trojan horses, and malicious ActiveX® code and Java™ applets, even in compressed files.•Quarantine feature isolates infected files in a protected area of your hard disk until they can be repaired.•Scan and Deliver wizard makes it easy to send infected files to Symantec Security Response experts for analysis.
Norton Antivirus 2002 for Windows has support for Windows 95B/98/Me/NT workstation/2000 and Windows XP Home and Professional editions. More details about the system requirements can be found by clicking here. Norton Antivirus version 7 is also available for Apple Macintosh, as more details are available here.
Links to company sites for all antivirus programs may be found here: •Symantec Norton Antivirus•McAfee VirusScan•AVG Anti-Virus•InoculateIT virus protection•Panda Software's Panda Antivirus
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by C0deZer0 edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-30 16:14:30 | | | ZoneAlarm was the winner in this poll with 38% of 161 total votes. It was followed by its more powerful brother, ZoneAlarm Pro, which gained 26% of the vote. Links to both products can be found at ZoneAlarm.com. A comparison of the two products can be found here.
The latest version, ZoneAlarm 2.6, is compatible with Microsoft® Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000 and XP. It is offered free for personal use and is $19.95 for business users. Some of the features include:•Simplicity: ZA is easy to set up. New users do not need extensive backgrounds in ports, protocols or firewall programming to be protected. The graphic user interface is easy to understand, with simple controls.•Activity Monitoring: Users are immediately alerted when there is a new activity (both inbound and outbound) and have the opportunity to stop it instantly.•Application Control: Gives users simple "yes" or "no" control over which applications can access the Internet. The authors of the application provide a Service and support section for their products, including a General FAQ, OS specific details for install and uninstall of the product, how to set up for various types of network connections, tips on using different types of programs and even provides a section on known issues with their product.
Although online help is available, you can also download the User Manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format for use on your local drive.
Other applications either included or mentioned in this poll are:•Norton Personal Firewall•Tiny Personal Firewall•Sygate Personal Firewall•BlackIce Defender•McAfee Personal Firewall•Look-n-Stop Personal Firewall
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by MSeng edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:47:36 | | | Cookie Pal was the winner in this poll with 31% of the total votes. It was followed by cookiewall which gained 25% of the vote. The web site to Cookie Pal can be found at here at Cookie Pal .
Cookie Pal is a complete Internet cookie management system for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. Cookie Pal works with your web browser to give you complete control over the cookies which are accepted by and stored on your system.
Cookie Pal features are a clean interface,
Automatically and seamlessly accepts or rejects cookies from all or specified servers without user interaction.
On the fly adding of servers to the accept from and reject from lists.
Wildcards allow cookies to be accepted or rejected
summary list of the number of cookies accepted and rejected from each server during a session.
You can view and delete at any time.
Load and closes with with your web browser.
Can be customized to work with other software and to play sounds to alert the user.
Cookie Pal is configured to work with the following web browsers and software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x, 4.x and 5.x
Netscape Navigator 3.x and 4.x
Opera 4.x and 5.x
Neoplanet
America Online 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0 for Windows 95/98/ME
CompuServe WinCIM 3.0.1 and 4.0 and 2000
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.
Eudora E-mail
Windows Media Player and RealPlayer
It can be customized by the user to work with most other Internet software which uses cookies.
Registration costs $15
Online help is available through their Cookie Pal Tutorial which will give you a step by step guide to set up Cookie Pal. And Cookie Pal's support page.
Other applications either included or mentioned in this poll are:
Cookie Cutter
Cookiewall
Cookie Jar
Cookie Terminator
Cookie Crusher
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by FastEddie edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:48:03 | | | Pop-Up Stopper was the winner in this poll with 28% of the total votes. It was followed by PopKi which gained 19% of the vote. Links to other software in the poll can be found below.
The latest version of Pop-Up Stopper stops Internet Explorer pop-up windows without adjusting proxy settings, or adding sites to a list. Surf in style with this free tool, allowing pop-up windows only when you want them! Unique control feature makes it simple to allow only the pop-ups you want, such as opening hyperlinks or new browser windows.
Pop-Up Stopper requires that you are using a compatible Operating System and Browser. Pop-Up Stopper is supported by most Windows Operating Systems including Win 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.
it's features include :
Now even easier to Install and configure, and easier to control
Eliminate pop-up windows without adjusting proxy settings.
Play a sound to notify you when a pop-up has been blocked
Stops pop-under windows
Online help is available which will provide you with a guide to its features and also a FAQ section.
Other applications either included or mentioned in this poll are:
PopKi
Pop-up killer
Surf Pal
Proxomitron
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by FastEddie edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:48:44 | | | | Drive Image won this poll with 46% of the votes. A close second was Norton Ghost with 38% of the votes. Drive Image offers the following benefits: •Support for Windows XP.•QuickImage™ Windows interface allows you to configure and execute imaging sessions. You're no longer forced to operate while in DOS as you are with other imaging software. •QuickImage scheduler allows you to schedule regular backups of your entire hard drive or individual partitions. Once your schedule is set, you do nothing more-the backups will happen automatically. •Improved performance allows you to create and restore images faster than ever.•Support for a greater number of CD-R/W drives, including IDE, SCSI and PCMCIA drives.•VF Editor allows you to custom-build your own Virtual Floppy files, removing the need to create and boot from floppy diskettes. •Supports hard drives as large as 80GB. You can download a demo version of Drive Image HERE. Drive Image is $69.95 for the full product or $49.95 for the upgrade. Check out their website at Drive Image.com.
| Hardware\Software | Minimum | Required |
|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium | | RAM | 16MB | 32MB for FAT32 or Hard Disks larger than 4GB | | Hard Disk Free Space | 16.5MB | | CD-ROM Drive | Any Speed | | Operating System | Win95/98/Me, NT Workstation 4.0, Win2000 Pro, WinXP, DOS 5.0 | | Video | VGA | Super VGA | | Removable Media | 3.5" floppy and CD-ROM |
Other products in this poll can be found by clicking the following links:
Norton Ghost
NTI backup
Handy backup
Backup MyPC (Formally Backup Exec by Veritas)
Retrospect
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by Jaime edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:49:12 | | | Norton Speed Disk came out ahead, although by just a bit. Throughout the polls uptime Executive Software's Diskeeper was a very close runner up.
What is Fragmentation according to webopedia.com
Fragmentation
Refers to the condition of a disk in which files are divided into pieces scattered around the disk. Fragmentation occurs naturally when you use a disk frequently, creating, deleting, and modifying files. At some point, the operating system needs to store parts of a file in noncontiguous clusters. This is entirely invisible to users but it can slow down the speed at which data is accessed because the disk drive must search through different parts of the disk to put together a single file.
Norton Speed Disk 5.1 - Consumer
Norton SpeedDisk v5.1 for WinNT/2000 Pro Optimizes Everything!
Norton SpeedDisk v5.1 for WinNT/2000, provides powerful analysis and optimization tools to maintain peak performance of your hard drives. It not only defragments volumes, it completely optimizes them. Unlike fragmentation utilities, Norton SpeedDisk optimizes everything, including the MFT (Master File Table), PageFile, free space, open files and metadata. Moreover, it doesn't require the system to be rebooted at all, or require key processes such as AntiVirus protection to be turned off or a lot of free space to be available on the disk.
Key Features:
•Complete optimization of Windows NT and Windows 2000 drives
•Performs full optimization while your PC is up-and-running
•Uses intelligent analysis to place file types in the optimal order for best performance
•Limits re-fragmentation through the intelligent placement of files
System Requirements:
•Intel 80486/66 processor or higher
•Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation) with Service Pack 3, 4, 5, 6 or Windows 2000 Workstation
•32 MB RAM or greater
•20 MB hard disk space available
•NTFS and FAT cluster sizes (512 bytes, 1K, 2K, 4K, 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K)
•CD-ROM drive or network connection
•16 color VGA monitor, 256 color recommended
Current Version: 5.1
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows NT
Product can be downloaded directly from Symantec Store for the cost of $49.95
Comparison review of both products by PCWorld
Other applications either included or mentioned in this poll are:
Defrag Commander Personal Edition ver1.31
O&O Defrag 2000 Professional Edition
Defrag Commander ver1.31
PerfectDisk 2000 ver4.0
PageDefrag ver2.10
(Note: At the time that I created this poll, I was unaware that this defrag program only defragged the registry hives, event logs and Pagefile.)
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by cjsmith edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:49:44 | | | After a lot of replies to the following Poll, The winner was .Net MSN/Microsoft Windows Messenger, but by a very close win over AOL Instant Messenger.
MSN/Windows Messenger is Microsoft's Instant Messaging Program. Its newest version features include:•Integration with .NET, and providing alerts•Voice and/or Video conversations•Make worldwide phone calls with its built-in internet phone call software•Ability to use voice recognition software to talk instead of type•Proxy Server support•Join an IM on-the-fly (For example, you're IMing with one person, and you want someone else to come in on the conversation. With MSN Messenger, you can simply invite the person into the same IM window, and continue from there)•Watch for new email (through Hotmail, MSN and Passport integration)•Invite friends to play a game (Using MSN Messenger and a DirectPlay-compatible game) Windows Messenger (built into Windows XP) allows for extra options, like:•Seamless integration of video into instant messages (requires a PC camera of some kind)•Use remote assistance so that a friend can help through some issues you may have•Work with a friend on the same program•Brainstorm with someone using Whiteboard•Quicker access to the available features.
Out of the universal IM programs, Trillian was the clear-cut winner, taking the majority of the votes for universal IM programs. Trillian's features include compatibility with AIM, MSN, IRC, ICQ, And Yahoo! messenger accounts. More details may be found by clicking here.
For all IM Programs listed in the poll, click the following links:
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by C0deZer0 edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:44:29 | | | According to the results of the Poll Recommended Apps - CD Creation Software, Ahead NERO was the choice with 55% of the vote. It was followed by Roxio Easy CD Creator which received 39% of the total responses.
Nero v5.5 is the latest release from Ahead Software AG. Some of Nero's features include:•Bootable-CD
•from floppy disk
•from hard drive partition
•Audio-CD
•Track-at-Once and Disc-at-Once
•extraction of multiple audio tracks
•speed setting of digital audio extraction
•playing tracks digital and analog
•format conversion "on-the-fly"
•variable pause-length, ISRC
•filters for de-click and de-hiss
•additional filters: wide-stereo and normalize
•compile audio cds by drag&drop from cd-rom drives
•supporting of MP3 and WMA (MS Audio) as source for audio tracks
•CD-Copy
•Track-at-Once and Disc-at-Once
•Image-copy for most reliable copy
•"on-the-fly"-copy for fast and easy copy
•complex read-error handling
•Images
•Track-at-Once and Disc-at-Once
•importing ISO 9660, HFS-images and others
•writing third party images, also from other platforms
•Burn options
•Track-at-Once and Disc-at-Once
•performance test
•multiple copies
•automated process of performance testing followed by
•automatic selection of maximum speed, simulation and burning
•dynamically disables auto-insert-notification
•80 min CD-Rs
•overburning
•Multi-functional user interface
•Explorer like
•drag & drop within Nero and from File Manager/Explorer
•built-in file browser
A complete list of features may be found here. Although Nero supports a large variety of burners, it's best to check out the information on the Supported Recorders page before downloading.
NERO can be run on any Microsoft Windows® platform, including XP. It requires a 486/33 or higher processor, 8 MB RAM minimum and a WinASPI driver layer. NERO can be purchased for $69.00 U.S., however, if you download the trial version, then the cost for a serial number is only $49.00
Information on the other applications either included within this poll or mentioned within the thread can be found at the links below:
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by MSeng edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:42:05 | | | Outer Technologies' Cacheman was the winner in this poll with 37% of the total votes. It was followed by MemTurbo which had 23% of the vote. Links to the other software in the poll can be found below.
Cacheman is a performance enhancement and memory recovery utility. By optimizing the Disk Cache and additional system settings it can prevent frequent swapping of the data to hard drive resulting in improved performance, system reaction time and even stability. Besides this, Cacheman corrects generic problems on systems with more than 512MB of RAM. Wizards help novice users to learn more about the tweaks and their results.
What can I do with Cacheman?
Optimize
- Disk Cache
- Name & Path Cache
- CdRom Cache
- Icon Cache
Periodically recover memory
Tweak several system settings to improve performance
Watch & monitor several important system values
- Overview page
- History Graph
- Logging
- Tray Icon
Create System configuration reports
Does Cacheman work on Windows NT4/2000/XP?
Yes, most settings are designed for Windows 9x-ME, but Cacheman offers even some NT4/2000/XP only settings.
Is Cacheman Freeware or Shareware?
That depends on yourself.
1. Private/Educational usage
The registration fee for Cacheman is $10. Since most users cannot afford $10, Cacheman has no disabled features and no time limit. If you really cannot afford the shareware fee you are allowed to use Cacheman as Freeware. All updates for registered users will be free even if we should be forced to change the license to Shareware only with the next major release.
2. Commercial/Corporate usage
If you want to keep using Cacheman you have to pay a $10 (Single User license) Shareware fee. Multi User and Corporate/Site licenses are available on the registration page.
THE FULL CACHEMAN FAQ CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Other applications either included or mentioned in this poll are:
AnalogX's MaxMem
MemMonster
RAMpage
RAM Idle
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by brandn8 edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:48:23 | | | In the Remote Access Poll of 2005, the following results are listed:
182 votes were submitted, and the clear winner was...Microsoft's Remote Desktop
said by Microsoft :
Remote Desktop is based on Terminal Services technology. Using Remote Desktop, you can run applications on a remote computer running Windows XP Professional from any other client running a Microsoft® Windows® operating system.
Remote Desktop is included with Windows XP, and provides a free, easy to use solution for accessing your computer over a network.
In 2nd place was UltraVNC.
UltraVNC is based off of RealVNC which was developed by AT&T Labs (which also was a contender in the poll) UltraVNC adds lots of new features that make it stand out from all the other VNC variants.
Here are just a sampling of its features:•Video driver hook: (bypasses the CPU, and gets information straight from the video card helps speed polling times)•MS-Logon: Uses your Windows login information to authenticate access rights•Encryption: Using an optional data encrytion plugin, you can encrypt the data stream through VNC (highly recommended for use over the internet)•File transfer: an embedded File Transfer with intuitive Graphical User Interface is included allowing for easy file copy between local and remote computers•Chat: Features built in chat functionality so you can communicate with the user on the other end In 3rd place by a narrow margin was TightVNC
Another VNC variant, it's known best for its Tight encoding method. The Tight encoding method is very efficient and also speeds up polling times (UltraVNC also has Tight encoding capabilities)
Special Mention:
Logmein stands out because it is accessible from any web browser, and can go through firewalls. It is the easiest to setup, and is very simple to use. Another thing to mention is that it is FREE, but does not support file transfers (except in the higher tiers) It is also encrypted, which makes it much safer to use over the internet than, some of the other unencrypted VNC varients.
Some other contenders:
•Radmin
•TightVNC
•UltraVNC
•PCanywhere
•GoToMyPC
•GoverLAN
•Remotely Anywhere
•Remote Explorer
•Lap Link Gold
•Anyplace Control
•PlanetRemote Remote Control
•TotalRC
•WinShadow
•Simple Desktop
•NetOp Remote Control
*Note: All links verified as of 10/21/05
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by fegul edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:47:18 | | | There was a total of 135 (and still counting) votes cast in a poll generated by MoerL over a period of two weeks in late August. What became evident was the fact many respondents used a combination of the two. See the definitions below (courtesy of wikipedia.org):
•Text Editor: a piece of computer software for editing plain text. It is distinguished from a word processor in that it does not manage document formatting or other features commonly used in desktop publishing. Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code.
•Hex Editor: a type of computer program that allows a user to manipulate binary (normally non-plain text) computer files. Using a hex editor a user can see or edit the raw and exact contents of a file as opposed to the interpretation of the same content that other higher level application software may associate with the file format.
Regardless, the outcome was somewhat unexpected when the top vote getter (with 42 votes) happened to be good old Notepad. Notepad is a text editor available in ALL Windows Operating Systems. Why, with so many other specialized tools available do people use such a basic component provided with the OS? Some of the responses included:•"It's the least bloated"•"doesn't require any kind of install, and very easy to use."•"Notepad does what I need"
For the techies who wanted a multi-functional program, UltraEdit32 was the choice. IDM Computer Solutions bills UltraEdit32 as "the ideal text, HEX, HTML, PHP, Java, Perl, Javascript, and programmer's editor". UltraEdit32 runs on the Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/2003 and XP platforms and the author provides free trial language-specific downloads for English, French, German, Italian, Korean and Spanish.
Other programs mentioned in the poll can be found in the list below. Note! - links verified as of 10/21/05.
FAQ written in Notepad.
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by MSeng edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:47:01 | | | It needs no introduction, and it's the one thing even the least knowledgeable computer user knows about and uses more or less frequently: email (or E-Mail).
Most people like to keep "dealing with email" as simple as possible. Simple means for most not having to install anything new onto their functioning systems, which automatically rules out email clients and leaves the alternative: webmail. If you're looking for even further reading on the benefits of webmail, see this short but sweet article on just that topic. A considerable number of users turned out to swear by webmail. GMail, Google's webmail solution, is by far the most popular webmail service among DSLR users.
Now, let's see how DSLR users like their email! According to a recent poll in the Software Forum on e-mail clients, our members found by a slight margin, that Microsoft Outlook took 34% of the 591 votes.
“Outlook 2003 provides an integrated solution for managing and organizing e-mail messages, schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, and other information. Outlook works directly with other programs in the Microsoft Office System. Outlook delivers innovations that you can use to manage your communications, organize your work, and work better with other people — all from one place. Features found only in Outlook include support for Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail accounts, Out of Office automatic e-mail replies, group calendar scheduling, multiple address books, tasks, notes, junk e-mail filtering, automatic backup, and archiving of items.”
You can view a comparison here on the differences between Microsoft Outlook vs. the third place finisher, Outlook Express.
Outlook was very closely followed by Mozilla's free alternative: Mozilla Thunderbird. Thunderbird has become enough popular to trump even the very successful Microsoft Outlook Express.
“Thunderbird is a free, open-source and cross-platform mail client for most operating systems including, but not limited to, Windows, Linux and Macintosh. It is based on the Mozilla codebase. It is a robust and easy to use client, similar to competing products like Outlook Express, but with some major advantages such as junk mail classification.”
System Requirements for Windows, Linux & Mac’s are found here
Some other of e-mail clients covered in this [POLL] that folks noted they used are listed below:
Note: Links Verified as of 10-14-05
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by illJazz edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-29 10:46:48 | | | From Wikipedia:
An Image Viewer or image browser is a computer program that displays a stored graphical image;
it can often handle various graphics file formats.
Such software usually renders the image according to properties of the display such as color depth and display resolution.
Some people use full-featured bitmap graphics editors as image viewers.
A person with, for example, Adobe Photoshop may have no need for a separate image viewer. Others may find that full-featured bitmap graphics editors load too slowly and keep a separate viewer for simply displaying images.
Many image viewers feature:
Basic viewing operations such as zooming and rotation.
Slide shows
Printing
Cataloging
By nearly a 2 to 1 margin above all others in the 2006 Member's (multiple choice) Poll the runaway winner for an amazing third time according to those who replied is: Irfanview !
Second Place was the built in Microsoft Windows Fax & Picture Viewer which is included with the Operating system in latter Windows builds.
And ACDSee is still the main choice for those who actually paid for an application, however many suggested they prefer an Older Version.
Also notable is that about one quarter of those responding indicated that they utilize more the than one viewer depending on their immediate needs.
So...
What is IrfanView ?
IrfanView is a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003.
It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals.
IrfanView is trying to create new and/or interesting features in its own way, unlike some other graphic viewers, which whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView! (for example: XnView is stealing/cloning features and whole dialogs from IrfanView, since 5+ years).
IrfanView was the first Windows graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple (animated) GIF support.
One of the first graphic viewers WORLDWIDE with Multi-page TIF support.
The first graphic viewer WORLDWIDE with Multiple ICO support.
Some IrfanView features:
Many supported file formats
Multi language support
Thumbnail/preview option
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
Multi-page TIF editing
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
IPTC editing
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
Capturing
Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
Lossless JPG rotation
Many hotkeys
Many command line options
Many Plug-Ins
Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired"
No registry changes without user action/permission!
and much much more ...
Other Image Viewer Applications appearing in this year's poll
(listed in descending preference order) were:
FastStone ImageViewer (free)
Other
Picasa (free)
Microsoft Paint (included with the OS)
XnView (free)
The Gimp (free)
Microsoft Office Picture Manager (included in the Office Suite)
Adobe Photoshop Album SE (free)
CompuPic
ThumbsPlus
VuePrint
iPhoto
None
Corel Photo Album
Firehand Ember
Ulead Photo Impact
Cam2PC
FlipAlbum
Imagstik (free)
Pixels (free)
Ulead Photo Explorer
Studioline Photo Basic
Ultimate Paint
Xequte MegaView
Some of those Others that captured 6% of the votes were:
Paint.net
Directory Opus
LView Pro
FuturixImager
Graphic Workshop Professional
PolyView
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by steve1a edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-28 09:27:36 | | | Satisfactory, light, sufficient, just fine. These are just some of the comments made by BBR members who participated in our 2005 Member Choice poll describing the file manager they most like to use.
Wikepedia definition of File Manager
The file manager and a clear winner with 60% of the votes is ubiquitous
•Microsoft Windows Explorer.
Seven Tips To Manage Your Files Better
In terms of popularity it was followed by (Taking 19% and 11% of the votes respectively):
• Powerdesk
•Xplorer^2
The most votes for a Non-Windows file manager went to:
•Nautilus
Some other File Managers we reviewed:
•Accelman
•FileAnt
•TotalCommander
•A43
•Ac Browser
•freeCommander
• ExplorerXP
•AB Commander
•Waz Tree II
•EF Commander
•Directory Opus
•Konqueror - KDE
•Finder - Apple
Note: Links Verified as of 9/3/05
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by Cudni edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2006-07-07 10:40:17 | | | The top vote getter according to our poll with 32% goes to Windows Media Player 10 !
Second place @ 22% went to WinAmp and the top “other” write in candidate was VLC Media Player.
Many of the responses noted that a fairly high majority tend to use a variety of different Players for either their audio, video and/or other types of media playback needs.
So what gives Windows Media Player 10 the leading edge ?
Some might say “it is because it came pre-installed”.
Others seem to indicate that they like the true “Multimedia” Player features and overall ease of use...
While the selling points that Microsoft tout are:
“Windows Media Player 10 gives you more music and more choices, and for the first time makes it possible to sync high-quality music, video, and photos to the latest portable devices.”
New Streamlined Design
A whole new look giving you quicker and easier access to your favorite digital media.
Choice of Online Stores
A world of music at your fingertips. With Windows Media Player 10, you are just a click away from the world's largest collection of digital music.
Choice of Devices
Sync your music collection to over 70 different portable music devices.
Smart Jukebox Features
Remove the hassle of organizing even the largest digital media collections.
Others Included in this Poll were:
Windows Media Player 9 series
Windows Media Player Classic 6.4
(available in Windows 98, 98se ,ME , 2000 & XP: start/run: mplayer2)
MusicMatch Jukebox
RealPlayer
QuickTime
J River Media Jukebox
Quintessential Player
ZoomPlayer
JetAudio
iTunes
Foobar 2000
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by steve1a edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2007-09-30 16:14:47 | | | (See the definition of Download Manager here).
Curiously enough, the most frequent answer to the poll was "None" (67%, with 287/428 votes).
This could be due to a couple of reasons:
• Most recent browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Opera...) come with built-in managers which could suit the needs of the average user (especially for not really large files);
• "Download managers" are often - wrongly - considered mere "Download accelerators".
Many users feel no need of a Download Manager, since they use a fast connection.
Other voters find Download Managers useful even with DSL/Cable, when dealing with slow servers or when the connection closes in the middle of the download. Not every server allows full-speed downloads, and a Download Manager can significantly improve the transfer speed through simultaneous connections.
2nd place goes to FlashGet (7%, with 34/428 votes), closely followed by GetRight (6%, with 27/428 votes).
Some of the features listed in FlashGet homepage:
•Speed: the ability to split files into up to 10 parts, with each part downloading simultaneously. Up to 8 different simultaneous download jobs;
•Organize: categorize files with FlashGet's integrated & simple-yet-powerful file management features;
•Mirror search: automatically search for the fastest server available;
•Automatically have FlashGet dial up, hang up & shut down the computer when you're not around!
•Schedule to download files
•Manage your copious downloaded files with FlashGet's simple yet powerful user interface;
•Superior ease-of-use
•Control the download speed limit so that downloading files doesn't interfere with your web browsing;
Other download managers listed in the poll:
LeechGet
Net Transport
Fresh Download
Star Downloader
Mass Downloader
Free Download Manager
Internet Download Accelerator
These were omitted, but mentioned by users:
Download Studio
Download Express
Internet Download Manager
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by Fin edited by lilhurricane
last modified: 2006-08-10 20:00:28 | | | This poll ran from approximately 7/11/05 - 7/21/05, and the clear winner with 39% of the total vote was Firefox.
Apparently, having a browser with a built-in pop-up blocker is becoming the selection of choice, as Internet Explorer made a good showing as well with 15% of the vote.
Other Popular Choices:
•Google Toolbar
•Proxomitron
•Opera
Also included in the poll:
•Admuncher (beta)
•AbsoluteShield IE Popup Blocker 1.40
•AdsGone Popup Killer
•AdShield 3.0,AdSubtract 3.0
•AnalogX POW! v 1.58
•AskJeeves
•Avant
•Crazy Browser
•Enigma
•Free Surfer Companion v 1.3.0.0
•GL-AD POPUP TERMINATOR
•Hitware Popup Killer Lite
•Internet Explorer (Windows XP SP2)
•Maxthon
•MEAYA's Popup Ad Filter
•MyPopupKiller
•NoAds v2005.02.12
•Norton Internet Security
•Pop-down 2.0.1
•PopKi v2.0
•Popup Killer and Tracks Eraser 2.0
•PopKiller 2.2
•PopUp Ad Smasher
•PopUpCop
•Popup Manager
•Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition
•Pop-Up Stopper Basic Edition
•Pop-Up Stopper Companion Edition
•Pop-Up Stopper Professional Edition
•Pop This!
•Spyblocker Software's POPUP ELIMINATOR
•STOPzilla!
•Surf Pal
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