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February 11, 2010 at 9:27 pm #2216341
Whats a good Cocktail?
Lockedby john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
So where I work we use what we call the Cocktail when we reinstall an operating system, or just when we build a system, and we are trying to make it the best group of software we can get, I will list all of the things we use and why we use them, and if you have anything you think we should change or if there is something out there that you don’t think I don’t know about PLEASE post!! (all software in our cocktail is FREEWARE)
1. Mozilla Firefox – Internet Browsing
2. Adobe Reader/Player – Self Explanatory
3. OpenOffice – Free MS Word
4. VLC Media Player – the codec/good player
5. AVG – Anti Virus
6. ADAWARE – Anti Adaware
7. Spybot – Anti Spyware
8. Malwarebytes – antimalware/scan and remove virusesOnce again if you know of any other good things, please post!!
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February 11, 2010 at 9:27 pm #2816945
Clarifications
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
Clarifications
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February 12, 2010 at 2:56 am #2816923
RE: Whats a good Cocktail?
by jay.okane · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
I always add
CDBurner XP – http://cdburnerxp.se/
Don’t let the name fool you. It works very well on 2000 / XP / Vista and 77-Zip – http://www.7-zip.org/
Great light-weight compression tool. Also handy for extracting ISO imagesPrimo PDF – http://www.primopdf.com/index.aspx
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February 12, 2010 at 11:28 am #2816119
Not offered as cocktail
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to RE: Whats a good Cocktail?
CD burnerxp is offered, thanks i forgot to list it, but we offer the adobe for pdf
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February 12, 2010 at 11:33 am #2816116
Couple
by ic-it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
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Irfanview or Picasso
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February 12, 2010 at 1:08 pm #2816088
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February 12, 2010 at 6:09 pm #2816011
I find it preferable to Adobe because …
by older mycroft · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to FoxIt
With Adobe you’ve got between 60MB and 95MB for the footprint.
Foxit (including both the Reader and the Editor) gives a footprint of LESS than 5MB.
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February 12, 2010 at 2:58 am #2816922
i’m fond of
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
superantispyware and ccleaner as well
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February 12, 2010 at 11:27 am #2816121
Thanks
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to i’m fond of
ah yes, we use ccleaner for clean up after repair, but we don’t leave it on the machine, and is superantispyware better than spybot?
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February 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm #2816096
not necessarily better
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Thanks
as opposed to different…most of those programs will scan for different things…spybot looks for bots, keyloggers, etc where superantispyware looks for other forms of spyware…and I keep ccleaner, use it to clear my history and temp files once a week instead of having to do it manually (I’m lazy 😉 )
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February 12, 2010 at 1:07 pm #2816090
Different?
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to not necessarily better
So do SuperAntiSpyware and Spybot search for the same thing?
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February 12, 2010 at 1:33 pm #2816083
after doing a bit of research
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Different?
popular consensous is that superantispyware is the better product…i did a google search http://www.google.com/search?q=superantispyware+vs+spybot&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1 i personally will be keeping spybot because i like it, but i like superantispyware too…so…personal preference i suppose
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February 12, 2010 at 11:48 am #2816111
Re: Cocktails
by pshiflet-24 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
Not to be a stick in the mud but I don’t believe that AVG and MalwareBytes are not free for commercial/corporate use. They are only free for home use.
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February 12, 2010 at 11:50 am #2816110
AVG not free
by choppit · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
Just like to point out that AVG is not free for the usage you describe…
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February 12, 2010 at 11:56 am #2816105
Spybot no longer is either.
by ic-it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG not free
Not for Corp, nor education.
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February 12, 2010 at 12:03 pm #2816103
or ad-aware …
by choppit · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Spybot no longer is either.
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Linux is free though 😉
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February 12, 2010 at 12:11 pm #2816101
AVG is free
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG not free
AVG 9.0 is free…we offer it on our website, and it works just fine, and becuase im lazy and don’t want to post to the other things, so is adaware and spybot, and the free versions work just fine
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February 12, 2010 at 12:18 pm #2816099
The point is [edited]
by ic-it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to AVG is free
If they are used in a non-commercial or non-educational setting, then yes it is free for use.
If you are putting the programs on commercial or educational systems, than you are in violation of the licensing agreement.
Edited to add; From the AVG site;
END USER SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
1. Definitions.
a. Authorized Purposesmeans (i) personal, noncommercial purposes in the case of Software known as AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition and AVG LinkScanner, and (ii) your personal purposes or the internal business purposes of you and your Affiliates in the case of other Software. -
February 12, 2010 at 1:06 pm #2816091
Yes, yes
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to The point is [edited]
I agree with you. and we don’t put them on any company computers, but we do put them on home computers so technically it is for non commercial, and we don’t charge for the programs so 🙂 loopholes i guess, lol
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February 12, 2010 at 11:57 am #2816104
Take a look at PortableApps for ideas….
by choppit · about 14 years, 2 months ago
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February 12, 2010 at 1:32 pm #2816084
Free ISO burner
by charvell · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
IMGBurn is a free ISO burning program if you have a need for one.
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February 12, 2010 at 2:06 pm #2816075
Used it…
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Free ISO burner
I personally use it, but we offer cdburnerxp, which do you think is better?
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February 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm #2816069
Unfamiliar
by charvell · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Used it…
Unfortunately i haven’t used cdburnerxp so I can’t compare them directly.
In my experience, IMGBurner is a simple program, so if cdburnerxp has a lot of features, it might be a better option.
I don’t do media burning (such as making audio CDs or video DVDs) at work where we us it, I really only need to write files to CDs or burn ISO images to CDs so I can use them (usually when I’ve had to download install files from EOpen and they supply an ISO instead of an EXE).
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February 12, 2010 at 1:36 pm #2816082
Personally J&B on the Rocks
by cg it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
but in a pinch, JW
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February 12, 2010 at 2:08 pm #2816073
Acromyns
by john_4 · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Personally J&B on the Rocks
What are J&B and JW?
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February 12, 2010 at 2:15 pm #2816071
re acromyns
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Acromyns
J&B http://www.jbscotch.com/ JW http://www.johnniewalker.com/en-us/AgeGateway.aspx i’ve discovered a few of the folks around here have a liking for whisky and scotch, i personally prefer Glenfiddich http://www.glenfiddich.com/lda.html?redirect=/index.html straight up on ice
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February 12, 2010 at 2:27 pm #2816068
JW is ok
by charvell · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to re acromyns
But I’m a Jameson man myself (especially the 12 year old).
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February 12, 2010 at 2:47 pm #2816064
cool
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to JW is ok
will keep that in mind, i’ve not tried Jameson yet but i am being encouraged to “expand” my horizons 🙂
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February 12, 2010 at 3:14 pm #2816059
Wisky and Scotch
by cg it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to re acromyns
Throw a little Gin in there during the fishing trips …usually come back with no bottle and no fish but have a hell of a great time…
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February 12, 2010 at 3:31 pm #2816053
Gin
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Wisky and Scotch
“shudder” vodka maybe…Australian Chardonnays 🙂
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February 13, 2010 at 8:25 pm #2816843
Gin is nice.
by boxfiddler · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Wisky and Scotch
Haven’t had any for awhile. Come spring, it might be time.
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February 12, 2010 at 6:27 pm #2816000
What are acromyns ??… Or do you mean –
by older mycroft · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Acromyns
Acronyms? 😉
In any event you’re still wrong – an acronym is an abbreviation that forms into a word like:
[b]RAF[/b] ~ [b]R[/b]oyal [b]A[/b]ir [b]F[/b]orce (pronounced RAFF)
or
[b]LASER[/b] ~ [b]L[/b]ight [b]A[/b]mplification by [b]S[/b]timulated [b]E[/b]mission of [b]R[/b]adiation
or
[b]SCUBA[/b] ~ [b]S[/b]elf [b]C[/b]ontained [b]U[/b]nderwater [b]B[/b]reathing [b]A[/b]pparatus
Regrettably ‘J&B’ or ‘JW’ do not form [u]words[/u] so do not qualify as acronyms, or even acromyns (whatever they are).
[i]My favourite tipple, as most of the peers here are aware of is the gloriously peaty flavoured [b]LAPHROAIG[/b] with no ice, just a splash of water.[/i] 🙂
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February 12, 2010 at 6:35 pm #2815997
Scotch Wisky
by cg it · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to What are acromyns ??… Or do you mean –
a blend of J&B [scotch] and JW [Wisky]
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February 12, 2010 at 6:42 pm #2815996
‘Justerini & Brooks’ and ‘Johnnie Walker’ … {Edited}
by older mycroft · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Scotch Wisky
Which are BOTH [i]blended[/i] scotch whisky.
Both brands are now owned by Diageo. 🙂
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February 12, 2010 at 6:51 pm #2815995
They are
by santeewelding · about 14 years, 2 months ago
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Inebriated initialisms.
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February 12, 2010 at 9:47 pm #2815973
Probably and …
by older mycroft · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to They are
Indubitably too.
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February 12, 2010 at 1:36 pm #2816081
freeware
by purpleskys · about 14 years, 2 months ago
In reply to Whats a good Cocktail?
a good site to keep an eye on to get decent software is http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ one can often get some pricey software for free…legally
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February 13, 2010 at 4:12 am #2815941
Java Shockwave, Unlocker, TweakUi amd McAfee site avdisor and more.
by ron k. · about 14 years, 2 months ago
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jre-6u18-windows-i586-s.exe Java and Shockwave_Installer_Slim.exe
unlocker1.8.8.exe Powerful utility to unlock files
TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe
saSetup3.0.1.152.exe -McAfee Advisor
winamp5541_full_emusic-7plus_en-us.exe
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