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  1. My partial can't-live-without list by HorsePunchKid · · Score: 1 · on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users?
    My short list of must-have software on a Windows box:

    These are the basic things I would require regardless of what kind of project I was working on. There are probably another half a dozen or so programs I would almost always install (Process Explorer, Firefox, Putty, KeePass), but these are more likely to be subject to individual preferences.

  2. My partial can't-live-without list by HorsePunchKid · · Score: 1 · on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users?
    My short list of must-have software on a Windows box:

    These are the basic things I would require regardless of what kind of project I was working on. There are probably another half a dozen or so programs I would almost always install (Process Explorer, Firefox, Putty, KeePass), but these are more likely to be subject to individual preferences.

  3. Re:Well, here's my take by LPetrazickis · · Score: 1 · on Asa Dotzler on Why Linux Isn't Ready for the Desktop

    Sounds more like spyware than a virus. The difference is that viruses are written by individuals, while spyware is written by corporations. Anti-virus applications don't remove spyware because the corporations that write spyware would sue them. You want Spybot Search & Destroy or some analogue.

    Also, you should find a utility for digging through startup items. Stuff like FindFast and Office Startup needs to be eradicated. I'd recommend X-Setup, but it seems to have turned into shareware since the last time I had a use for it.

  4. Re:[win]+e by skadus · · Score: 1 · on Firefox Breaks 25 Million Downloads

    Well, yeah, that works too, but for my purposes it's faster to use Run, since I know exactly where my destination is. Opening Explorer requires that I clickclickclick to where I want to be. "D:\files\pictures\hentai\tentacle" also shows up right in the autocomplete menu, too, so I don't have to use the mouse to get to my pr0n. ;)

    And who doesn't have Windows set up to be double-pane all the time? :p X-Setup does it for you, but there's also a way to do it with the "Folder Options" menu under Tools. Under the File Types tab, select the Folder filetype, and change the default action to explore. 9 times out of 10 (barring some weird calls to Explorer) you'll get the double-pane view.

  5. Re:Almost... by dcam · · Score: 1 · on Public Exploit For Windows JPEG Bug

    Xteq is also very nice. Useful as an interface for a collection of registry hacks.

  6. Re:Another Simple Reason: APPARENT speed gains by mst76 · · Score: 4, Informative · on Windows Accelerators - Do They Really Work?

    > I remember finding a registry tweak a LONG time ago which eliminated the short delay between displaying 'trees' in the start menu.

    For anybody interested, it's [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\MenuShowDelay], the value is milliseconds delay (400 default). If you don't like mucking with the registry directly, get yourself X-Setup, it's like TweakUI, only ten times better.

  7. Re:TweakUI by mst76 · · Score: 1 · on First Ten Programs on New Install?

    X-Setup beats the pants off TweakUI.