Software Links Page

[FUS1ON]

Video Drivers:
nVidia Detonator http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
ATI Catalyst http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
Intel http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp?iid=HPAGE+header_support_downloa d&
nVidia & ATI Driver Cleaner utility (Free) http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745
Detonator R.I.P. Cleaner utility (Free) http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip

Chipset Drivers:
nVidia http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
VIA http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=2
Intel http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/support_intel.asp?iid=HPAGE+header_support_downloa d&
SIS http://download.sis.com/

Browsers:
MS Internet Explorer (Free) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
Mozilla Firefox (Free) http://www.mozilla.org/
Opera http://www.opera.com/

Email Client:
Mozilla Thunderbird (Free) http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/
Opera http://www.opera.com/

Browser Add-ons:
Google Toolbar w/search/popup stopper/etc ... (Free) http://toolbar.google.com/

Download Managers:
LeechGet (Free) http://www.leechget.net/en/

Instant Messagers:
Yahoo! Messenger (Free) http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php
MSN Messenger (Free) http://messenger.msn.com/
AOL IM (Free) http://www.aim.com/
GAIM Multiple Messenger Client (Free) http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

Search:
Google Desktop (Free) http://desktop.google.com/

Spyware:
Ad-Aware (Free) http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Spybot-Search & Destroy (Free) http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
Microsoft's Spyware Remover (Beta) http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

Anti-Virus:
Symantec/Norton's http://www.symantec.com/index.htm
McAfee http://www.mcafee.com/us/
Kaspersky (AVP) http://www.kaspersky.com/
AVG Anti Virus (Free) http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
Avast Anti Virus (Free) http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

System Utilities:
RegCleaner (Free) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html
Diskeeper Lite (Free) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1207
FreeRAM http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/products.html#Download

Compression Tools:
WinRAR (Winzip only better, and free): http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
WinZip http://www.winzip.com/

Desktop Office Suites:
OpenOffice (MS Office, but free): http://www.openoffice.org/

Graphics:
IrFan Viewer (Free) http://www.irfanview.com/

Pop-ups:
Panicware's Pop-up stopper (Free) http://www.panicware.com/

DVD:
DVD Shrink (Compression Software, Free) http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

Video:
RealPlayer (Free) http://www.real.com/
Windows Media Player (Free) http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.aspx
Divx (Free) http://www.divx.com/
Quicktime Alternative Codec (Free) http://www.free-codecs.com/download...Alternative.htm
Real Player Alternative Codec (Free) http://www.free-codecs.com/download...Alternative.htm

Music:
WinAmp (Free) http://www.winamp.com/
ITunes (Free) http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

Communications:
Teamspeak 2 (Free) http://www.goteamspeak.com/news.php
Ventrilo (Free) http://www.ventrilo.com/

Game Browser:
All Seeing Eye http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.html

Benchmark:
Futuremark's 3DMark05 (Free) http://www.futuremark.com/download/?3dmark05.shtml
SiSoft Sandra http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

Tweaks:
Coolbits 2 (nVidia) http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815
RivaTuner (ATI & NVidia) http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163
nVHardpage (nVidia) http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=nvhardpage

Drive Emulators:
DAEMON Tools (Free) http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php

Misc:
PC Alarm Clock (Free) http://www.coyee.com/alarmclock.htm
I Hate This Key (Free) (Disables the Windows button) http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml


This is just something I whipped up in a few minutes so it's not complete and I would like your help. If you have a program/s you would like me to add, please post the program's name, which catagory you think it belongs in and a link to where the program can be downloaded from. Thanks in advance for your assistance.!

NO WAREZ!!!

[SALvation]

Google toolbar for popups and searching with no ads or spyware:

http://toolbar.google.com/

[MR. SLiK]

Virtual CD:
DAEMON Tools V3.47 (free): http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php

Multiple Messenger Client:
GAIM (free):
http://gaim.sourceforge.net

Registry Cleaner:
RegCleaner (free):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html

[Goober]

AVG Anti Virus (free)
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php

[FUS1ON]

Thanks y'all, I'll update and clean up the thread tomorrow, keep 'em coming. :thumbs:

[Slice]

Communications:

Teamspeak 2 (free) http://www.goteamspeak.com/news.php
Ventrilo (free) http://www.ventrilo.com/

Game Browser:

All Seeing Eye (free) http://www.udpsoft.com/eye2/index.html

[merkwannabe]

Internet
Thunderbird email client (free) http://www.mozilla.org/
Search
Google Desktop (free) http://desktop.google.com/

also here's a link to an old thread I made about free software....

http://www.gamemecca.net/forums/showthread.php?t=62281

[BobtheCkroach]

Here are some free apps that I use....they're not all gaming related, but most of us will find them useful.

Music:
ITunes (music player, has awesome organization/search features) http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

System apps (i guess...)
FreeRAM (gives you a contant report of your free ram, and will try to clean up ram if you tell it to, but doesn't take up lots of processes/ram (some do...)): http://www.yourwaresolutions.com/products.html#Download

Helpful for Gaming (again, I guess is the best name for the catergory)
I Hate This Key (disables that STUPID windows key while running full screen apps): http://www.bytegems.com/ihatethiskey.shtml

Download managers:
LeechGet (it's crap-free and works well): http://www.leechget.net/en/

compression tools:
WinRAR (winzip only better, and free): http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

General:
OpenOffice (MS Office, but free): http://www.openoffice.org/

PC Alarm Clock (free alarm clock app that will play pretty much any sound file you can give it...for those of you like me that don't hear alarm clocks, it's nice to have a surround sound wakeup, if your comp is in your room): http://www.coyee.com/alarmclock.htm

[MR. SLiK]

Quicktime Alternative Codec (free):
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm

Real Player Alternative Codec (free):
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

[FUS1ON]

Thanks again you all for the help! :thumbs:

[Slice]

Under the search section you should add the google toolbar like Salvation suggested and the google deskbar which is a neat little search box that sits on your taskbar.


http://deskbar.google.com/

[Slice]

Beta version of Microsoft's Spyware removal. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

[Caged Anger]

could I also add another antivirus option that is free? I just found it a few weeks ago and have found it to be superior to even AVG. Its called Avast Antivirus and is free for personal use after filling out a registration ticket (free) afetr which you are given a key that unlocks the product for 14 monthes. When the time runs out, simply fill out a new ticvket and you get a new code. Cool?

http://avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

[T I K]

Open Source progy's, too much there to list. Its got stuff for differnet ops, so make sure it will work on your system if your wanting to try any of them :thumbs:

SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/)

[Caged Anger]

don't forget that for compression, there is an even better utility that is free.

http://www.7-zip.org/

it can make all the popular formats (zip, rar) and costs nothing. Also allows for 7zip compression which is an even better compression than the popular 2

[T I K]

Something I really have liked and has powerful features and tools, like drag n drop, can create self extracting archives, create multi-archives spanning disks, view archives, and convert one archive to another, etc. (and is free/donation) is, IZArc its an ultimate archive utility that supports many archive formats like 7-ZIP, RAR, TAR, JAR, BIN, ZIP etc. chk it out here.

IZArc.org (http://www.izarc.org/)

It also has multilanguage support :thumbs:

[T I K]

A free proggy to chk speed and mileage of those racing mices :eek: :D

A K Mouse Off-road (http://www.tucows.com/preview/194222)

[Fantum309]

Try "Advanced Window Care Personal". It's Free, Easy to use, and FAST. I've used it all of 2007 and I run it at least once a week. I've seen it bring a slow responding (near dead) machine back to life. Give it a try.