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Drivers and Freeware
Hi guys
Please find below a list of popular drivers and freeware for your reference. I will update this list every month, but let me know if you notice any inaccuracies or dead links. If you have suggestions, you're welcome to reply or private message me. Of course everyone has different opinions, so not all suggestions will be added in order to keep the list at a manageable size. Kind regards Jonty Drivers  Important! Always make sure you download the appropriate drivers for your particular product, operating system, language etc. Installing the wrong drivers may damage your system!Graphics Cards Desktop
Tip! It is recommended that you check your motherboard manufacturer's website for the latest specific downloads for your board.Entertainment Players Codecs
Internet Browsers Tip! Beta software is usually intended for advanced users only. It offers the latest features, but may be unstable.
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12th June 2008, 11:48 AM
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Hiya Jonty. Great list, I've got one addition though:
Combined Community Codec Pack It's a codec pack like k-lite, but better in my opinion.
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12th June 2008, 12:05 PM
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For what it's worth, I've found the following to be very useful in keeping those version numbers up to date:
FileHippo.com Update Checker - FileHippo.com CCCP is also well worth the download, much better than 90% of the other bloated codec packs out there.
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12th June 2008, 12:10 PM
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It's quite good. The fact that you can install it or use it stand-alone is very good imho as you can stick it on a USB key and off it goes on any 'Doze PC.
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12th June 2008, 12:37 PM
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Err a few I of the things I use on a regular basis.
Spybot SnD Anti-Spyware. Clear out all that clutter you pick up around the www. AD Aware SE (free edition) Alternative and for me, used as well ass Spybot SnS above. Alone they great, togeather they are brillant. and Guru3d for ya graphics drivers old and new. First stop shop when am doing a system rebuild. Dunno how deep you going with this, I got loads of 1 job stuff I can add but i'd have to go through my bookmarks, stuff like AFT Cleaner which is an often used and very important little program i carry around.
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12th June 2008, 12:47 PM
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PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives
The portable Firefox is nice. Also the bookmarks you save go into the folder within the usb stick. If you install it onto the usb key, you can use it at work without it showing up in audits.
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12th June 2008, 12:55 PM
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majorgeeks.com is great for finding random apps, and fileforum.com 's program update checker is the daddy. Firewall wise, I'd reccomend Comodo over bloaty/slow zonealarm.
Free anti-virus roundup Lifehacker Faceoff: Battle of the Free Windows Software Firewalls lifehacker.com in general is a brilliant site for productivity apps and little tiny things that make life so much easier.
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12th June 2008, 03:06 PM
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Great post & list, Cheers Jonty. I'd hand over some rep but I've given you far too much already, according to the system
 Nothing really to add, nice and comprehensive 
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12th June 2008, 03:07 PM
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12th June 2008, 03:13 PM
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Oh, almost forgot, since openoffice is up there, then scribus.net | Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing should be as well imho.
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12th June 2008, 03:51 PM
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I find the following useful:
CCleaner - Great for fixing old registry entries & removing temporary files. Process Explorer along with WhoLockMe are very handy when windows says files are locked, just right click the file to see where it's locked and close the file handle in Process Explorer. Infact, most of the SysInternals software are pretty good, AutoRuns for instance, tells you exactly what software/scripts will run on startup.
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