Software beyond MusicBee

[greenday1987]

µTorrent - Getting more bloated in the last versions, but still the best. Use this guide if you want to remove all the new shit:

********* Stick to final 2.2.1 build by clicking here *************

FTFY

[Thorbjorn]

I see you didn't read it

Before all the comments of "use µTorrent 2.2.1 (build 25302) instead" some people prefer to have the latest installed.

The guide was for people who want to use the newest version. In between all the added rubbish it has some good improvements too (improved handling of magnet links etc.).

[greenday1987]

I guess, that's one piece of software that it doesn't make sense though to 99% of file sharers (read µTorrent uers)

[SimonBRT]

recently switched to qBittorrent to replace µTorrent after the latest versions started to get annoying.  no ads, no bloat, good stuff.  can't see myself going back.

[SimonBRT]

My list:

Chrome - pretty perfect, also love how it syncs with chrome on android.
Musicbee - obviously.
Evernote - the more you embrace it the more you wonder how you lived without it.  Remember everything!
Clover - Adds chrome style tabs to windows explorer.  Why windows doesn't have this natively is mind-boggling.
Ant Movie Catalogue - Not perfect but the best movie database I have yet found.  Good IMDB integration and customisability.
Lightroom - Expensive but pretty essential if you have a dSLR.
Faststone Image Viewer - Much prefer this to XnView and IrfranView. Quick, simple and deceptively fully featured and powerful.
KeePass - Simple but effective password safe.  Never forget a password again.
Advanced SystemCare Free - Possibly not the best system maintenance tool out there but keeps things simple enough for me.
IOBit Uninstaller - Prefer this to Revo.
7-Zip - Essential.
Launchy - Haven't used the Start menu since I installed it.  Great little program.

[redwing]

Launchy - Haven't used the Start menu since I installed it.  Great little program.

Thanks a lot for this tip! Much quicker than Start button plus typing.

[pbassjunk]

Sublime, Bandizip and FastStone.. thanks for these! I've been looking for each of those types of utilities for a while now. 7Zip is great but wasn't really cutting it for me, Notepad++ and Notepad2 are both feature packed but IMO unpolished.

[ma_t14]

Sublime, Bandizip and FastStone.. thanks for these! I've been looking for each of those types of utilities for a while now. 7Zip is great but wasn't really cutting it for me, Notepad++ and Notepad2 are both feature packed but IMO unpolished.

You are welcome  

[Iasc]

can anyone recommend a program for opening and editing xmlc files.

[psychoadept]

I just found this handy program for changing file type icons in Windows 7: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/file_types_manager.html

[lnminente]

Advanced Disk Catalog - Basic and fast for knowing what i have in any cd/dvd
FSResizer - For batch editing pics. I used it for changing the colors of the buttons for skinning with very good results
SuperFlexible synchronizer - synchronization between differente disk, ftp, web, etc
Autohotkey - Scripting, macros, hotkeys manager, really useful software, highly recommended.
Spek - Spectrogram for local files
Spectrogram 16 from visualization software - Spectrogram for what you are listening in the speakers. Know the quality of music before downloading.
14arenamer - A really good oldie for renaming files
Tag&Rename - Advanced tagging of mp3 files. Together with 14arenamer i use it to rename the files.
F.Lux - For decreasing color temperature at night
Notepad++ - A very good text editor
Sandboxie - A sandbox for testing software
XnView - For browsing pics, is the one i can configure nearer to the classic ACDSee 3.1. The zoom interpolation can be disabled for watching real pixels instead of added ones. Lightweight and fast to start disabling unneeded plugins
BWmeter - Check the network usage, shows different alerts, very useful for 3G connections
Proxomitron - Freedom...
Synthesia - Learn playing piano with any midi file
Emu48 - For my beloved calculators Hp48 and Hp49
Microsoft Mathematics - Very helpful for trigonometrics and graphical drawings
Native Instruments Traktor 2 - Mix your favourite songs
Mixmeister BPM analyzer - Add the BPM count to your files, is not very precise. Sometimes it doubles the real BPM. Very helpful for mixing songs or creating smartplaylist with different purposes
Speedfan - Reduce the noise of your fans while watching the temps
Tthrotle - Reduce the speed of your cpu to keep the temperature to some level

Firefox addons: about:addons-memory, brief, Cookie whitlist-with buttons, flash video downloader, imglikeopera, leechblock, memory restart, pop video, rss icon for brief, toggle word wrap, undo close replacement, click to play switch, sun cult

@Iasc: As far as i know xmlc files are not editable. They are compiled skins created using Skincreator from Steven. Would be nice having that possibility...

[Steven]

can anyone recommend a program for opening and editing xmlc files.

these can only be updated with the skin creator tool

[Iasc]

can anyone recommend a program for opening and editing xmlc files.

these can only be updated with the skin creator tool

didn't realise that. thanks Steven and lnminente

[lnminente]

Forgot to mention ManicTime, with it i track the use i do with the computer, software, documents and webs

[jackuars]

***ALL OF THEM ARE FREEWARE***

Calender/Reminder: Vueminder Lite
CD-DVD Burner: BurnAware
Copy Utility: FastCopy
Desktop Search: Everything
Dictionary: WordWeb
Disk Defragmenter: Defraggler
Disk Partioning: EaseUs Partition Master
Download Manager: Free Download Manager
File Archiver: Haozip
File Recovery: Recuva
IM Client: Pidgin
Image Viewer: Fastone
Media Player: PotPlayer
Music Manager: MusicBee
Office Suite: Kingsoft Office 2013(Brilliant tabbed UI. You'll understand why I don't use MS Office when you've used this)
PDF Reader: Foxit
Portable Launcher: Portable Start Menu
Registry Cleaner: Wise Registry Cleaner
Screen Capture: Screenshot Captor
System Information Tool: HwInfo
Torrent Client: Tixati
Uninstaller: IOBit Uninstaller
Video Chat: ooVoo
Video Converter: xviD4PSP
Virtual Drive: Winarchiver Virtual Drive
Website Ripper: HTtrack
Web Browser: SRWare Iron (privacy enriched Chrome)

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Security Softwares
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Antivirus - Avast
Antispyware - MalwareBytes
Disk Image - EaseUS Todo Backup
File Cleaner - CCleaner
Firewall - Tinywall
Folder Lock - Wise Folder Hider
Software Update Checker - SuMo (Download only Lite/Zipped version]
Software Virtualization - Sandboxie
System Monitor - Winpatrol
USB protection - Panda USB Vaccine

Browser Security Extensions (SRWare Iron/Chrome)
Web of Trust - Determines trusted websites through user ratings
Adblock
Lastpass
NotScripts
HTTPsEverywhere