hello every1 at accessindia! greetings to all :)
many a times, friends from this list, or even outside this list, often asks me 1 very common question. " as you knows a bit about internals of computer, being able to research on internet, and since your last xp format was 2 years ago, what basic softwares you use?" so i thought, i'll just let my opinions to be posted here at accessindia. it is not compulsory that every1 will agree with me on many terms, and maybe my small research on net maybe not very very accurate, but here is the list of softwares and websites that i use very often. i'm running windows xp service pack 3, on a 1.6 mobile centrino p4, with 2 gb of ram, and 160 hard drive. 3 years old laptop, produced by compaq. dont have the model number, sorry :) for anty virus, my favorite is free version of avira anty virus. i've seen this1 perform better then even some payed anty viruses and definitely better then other free anty viruses like avast, and a v g. although, the accessibility is a issue with it, but i've never needed to change its by default options, and i can always bring up the context menu, and hit enter on scan with avira option so there's no problem for me. because of its daily updates, ability to scan rootkits, and with little playing around, understandable, non graphical menus, i'd recommend this anty virus to all. for compressing and decompressing archived files, i use 7zip. this provides maximum compression and can also create executable files, known as SFX ( self extracting archives ) the menus are very much like win rar or winzip. and above all, it is a freeware! for the media player, i've been using kLite media player which can play almost every file type but creating playlist, and other complex audio related tasks are not possible with it. due to its simple interface, easy to use menus, and being a freeware, this have been my player over 2 years now. i've been using mozilla firefox because of web visum, and also because it doesn't automaticly runs active exe contents , jawa applets, and even it asks you to give permission if the page tries to refresh, or reload on its own making navigation hard this is also, more secure then internet explorer, hence less spywares and active exe viruses. it also have wide variety of free add-ons, making it more flexible and user oriented. Thunderbird is my mail client, because i've configured my gmail with it with imap access, and even when it is not very different then ms. outlook, due to its simplicity and frequent securities updates, this has been my mail client over an year. rest, i use ms office 2003,( cuz i'm just being lazy to install play, and learn 2007,) skype 4.0, live messenger 8.5, NVDA as my portable screen reader, jaws 10.0 as main screen reader and Kurzweil 1000 version 11.03 as other important softwares. i've also been using spybot as an anty spyware, and zoneAlarm free version as extensive firewall. presently, i'm using net from gprs of airtel, making my nokia n72 as modem using Nokia PC Suite 7.0.7.0. i've been using www.techtree.com to get the latest technology news, and www.softpedia.com to download softwares. and have important wijits at I google, which is also my homePage if you have any further queries in relation to above mentioned or any software, please feel to contact me at skype: ruchir89 msn: [email protected] email: [email protected] mobile: +919829675073 i'm also present on orkut, facebook, and linkedIn, feel free to add me :) with warm regards, ruchir. -- As long as forever, I will stay by your side, I'll be your companion, Your friend and your guide!!! www.ruchir89.wordpress.com To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
