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Ok so i lost my flash drive with a gig of programs for fixing testing and cleaning out computers. My problem is that i cant remember everything that i had on it, If you all could help me out with the tools which you use, it would be greatly appreciated.
Hmmm,
SpyBot Search & Destroy
A-Squared
Ewido
AdAware
MemTest86
Prime95
Lspfix
Everest
SiSoft Sandra
Belarc Advisor
CrapCleaner
CDcheck
SpywareBlaster
WinPatrol
WinPooch
Freestone Video Card stability Test
Take your pick of AV and Firewall products :D
Hey, you didn't say if you were also interested in tools you have to pay for?
Errrr................ and a DVD rewriter an a pack of ammo aren't that expensive? ;)
The other things I carry (that Nihil hasn't mentioned) are:
Latest Nividia drivers
Couple of Nero patches I've needed in the past
Couple of MS DLLs I've needed
HiJack This
Zone Alarm
Kerio
Avast
AVG
Firefox
Thunderbird
Freezip
Filezilla
HJSplit
Produkey (recovers products keys for when customers 'lose' the installation disks for office etc)
Cain
Truecrypt
I'll usually have a linux distro like Back|Track on CD too.
To add to the list
Stellar Phoenix Linux
Microsoft Antispyware
Registry Mechanic
Ethreal
Ettercap
powerdefragmenter.exe,
SpeedFan for monitoring/testing ambient box/HD/CPU temperatures and voltages.
Nvidia Forceware Utility would take care of the gpu temperature monitoring.
Latest BIOS update.
Latest Printer Drivers
All the latest drivers for the peripherals.
Lastly a good old diary for noting all the entries in your flash drive..just in case..
Just an observation...aren't the lists too skewed towards spyware/av removal programs?
hmmm...need to check out freestone..thanks nihil.
:cool:
Perhaps these might be useful for checking controlling what is actually running where you come across performance and potential conflict issues?
Process Explorer 9.02
Startup CPL 2.8
Also a defragmenter?
Power Defragmenter 2.0.105
I guess that Adobe Acrobat Reader might come in handy as well?
Couple of tools here:
http://www.panterasoft.com/index.html
Hard drive health and a flash media recovery tool :)
Win ASO RegDefrag 1.2 might come in useful for a badly screwed up Registry.
surely there is like some ULTIMATE MEGA BADASS list somewhere ;)
I think this list does a pretty good job of that actually. Although, I'd say that I much prefer WinRar over any other compression utilities.Quote:
This link has a few you can try out... http://lists.thedatalist.com/pages/New_Links.htm
And this list is what to avoid... http://spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti-spyware.htm
I appreciate the help guys, I will in the next day or two list that which i have accumulated for use on my flash drive. It'll probably be up on friday as its the only day i do not work. Till then keep up the good work.
so here's the list
Portable Apps:
Firefox
Winrar
Nero
PDF Reader
Portable Uninstaller
JV16 power tools
U3 Programs:
Avast or Mcafee (depends on drive)
Putty
File Shredder
Challenger (encryption)
Trillian
OpenOffice
Edit Pad Lite
Maxthon browser
AV & Trojan:
AVG
The Cleaner
Tauscan
F-Secure
SpyWare:
Ewido
Spysweeper
XoftSpy
Windows Tools:
Registry Mechanic
Wintasks pro
Hijack This
Xplorer 2 (explorer replacement)
Speed Defrag
Autoruns
MstIsUsedBy
Unlocker
ccleaner
Windows Installer Cleanup
Winsock Fix
Updates:
Service Pack 2
Autopatcher
KeyFinders:
RockXP v4
KeyFinderThing
Unknown Devices:
Aida32
Astra
Everest
File Recovery:
GetDataBack
Recover My Files
Zero Assumption Recovery
And the myriad of registry tweaks that I have accumulated to fix problems with windows or programs, and those that tweak windows. If there is interest I may put a registry file up that explains them all.
There are a lot of other programs on my flash drive now but these are the main ones, I am looking into putting a PE onto it but we shall see.
Hmmm,
Go here: http://www.roadkil.net/
"Unstoppable copier" is nice :cool:
And I was thinking this thread was about physical tools..
I'll just hijack the thread a bit to show what I use for any PC related problem..
I use a Victorinox Cybertool and have had it on me every day for 4 years now.. so it needs replacement in about the next couple of months..
I especially like the #8 #10 & #15 Torx bits cause you can never find a torx when you need one !! And the back of one of them is also the IKEA standard hexagon.. Without any bits it's ideal for those screwon thingy's around 'old' PC ports :)
Should I just get a new one (I'd buy the 41 instead of the 34 this time.. for the Saw and file and all that) or should I buy something different ??