Must Have Software

I thought it would be nice to start a topic in which we could share must have software you have installed on your computer. (Utilities, Editing software, Media Software, Games, browsers, feel free to post what software you love having on your machine)


For me I have to have,


REVO Uninstaller-great for completely removing any program

http://download.cnet.com/Revo-Uninstaller/3000-2096_4-10687648.html

Edited by John1017 - 01 Dec 2012 at 4:22pm

Steam for pretty much all my games.
Chrome is my primary web browser, Opera is my secondary.
For system monitoring I use HWmonitor and GPUz.
Adobe Elements 10 for some pretty basic video editing.
Aside from a bunch of games there's not much else that I use software-wise.

I really like the idea of this thread, wonder what others are using on their systems.

1Password from AgileBits for password generating, saving, and maintenance.

O&O Defrag for non-SSD drives in my system.

I like GPUz because you can set it to record data to a text file.  It records the data every second allowing you to go back after a gaming session and see how the card performed over time.

Yep I use CCleaner too.

Good Thread!

Anti-Virus:

ESET Smart Security 5. Period.

ESET Smart Security

Hard Drive Diagnostics:

HDTune

HDTune

Videocard Testing/Utilities:

Furmark

Furmark

MSI Afterburner

MSI Afterburner

Heaven

Heaven


Blue Screen of Death Viewer: (Haven't needed this since DS)

Bluescreenview

BlueScreenView


Games:

Steam

Steam

Origin

Origin


Music Creation:

FLStudio

FLStudio 10

Massive

NI Massive

Logic 9 Studio

Logic 9 Studio

EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestras Platinum

EWQLSO Platinum

Adobe Audition CS6 (with the Master Collection Suite)

Adobe Audition CS6


Regards,

Xii

Hey John, thanks for adding that. I just realized -- I don't have any blu-ray software. Thanks for reminding me.

Originally posted by Brandon @ xii, so I was curious as to why you believe this Anti- Virus software is the best period.

Thanks for asking. I hope you don't mind but I'm going to respond to this with all the things that I believe make it not only a better AV but also a better deal (subscriptions).

First off I love their threat-center which keeps you on top of threats to PC's worldwide. ESET's all-in-one package, Smart Security 6 also enables you to track your PC if it is stolen but isn't limited to that feature alone. It has a very well built firewall, is not intrusive at all, provides real time scanning of all your files with a low footprint. In other words, it does a big boy job with little system resource punishment.

Eset has never missed an "in the wild virus." In the wild viruses are real viruses that have been reported to Wildlist organizations by at least two independent reporters. ESET is the only solution in the world that has never missed an In-the-Wild virus since May 1998. ESET has zero misses where some vendors had over half-a-thousand. If you think an anti-virus solution across multiple Operating Systems is better, you'd be hard pressed to back that with facts. Check here and here.

They are industry proven. They have the most testing awards of all leading testing platforms such as; AVG, Microsoft System Essentials/Windows Defender and Norton.

Also, in closing, they offer more industry proven, reliable results than any other provider for the money. With the addition of "Gamer mode," you don't even see popups anymore and can game in peace without interruptions.

Again, thanks for posting!

Regards,

Xii

I go with the Smart Security - its the all-in-one solution.

I've been using ESET Smart Security 5 and it has been the best antivirus software I have used. I agree with everything xii said above. I am updating to ESET Smart Security 6 right now, with high hopes.

It might be double kill but I also use Malwarebytes Pro 1.7

I've never had a problem with ESET. Also, note, using more than one anti-virus can actually cause issues.

Regards,

Xii

Eset is a great app, I have been using it/nod32 for many years now, but you guys need to keep in mind that you have to set it correct also, so make sure you have it setup this way:



Edited by DST4ME - 11 Feb 2013 at 8:38pm

Thanks DST - that is a good post.
(Off-topic): I hope you can stay around for awhile this time, your PC brought me to Digital Storm, I'd love to learn lots from you.

Regards.

Xii

Hi DST4ME,

What are your thoughts in HDTune?

HDTune is used a lot in benching drives, it tho does not support some ssds smart data.

at the end there is a free version, if you want to test your drive and etc, its ok.

otherwise you always check disk or chkdsk /f/r from command prompt to scan and fix/repair bad sectors of the drive.

most manufacturers have their own software, if you have an intel for example it has its own software.

Edited by DST4ME - 01 Mar 2013 at 12:02am

Ya corsair is the only one, not sure why and hdtune can't read their s m a r t data either.

Just curious, what is the purpose of CCleaner?

would you recommend it?