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profdlp
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This Weeks Utilities Discussion

NOTE: To understand what is going on here, you should first read the topic "SM Recommended Utilities" in the Short-Media Pub!

http://short-media.com/forum/showthr...=&threadid=701


The SM Recommended Utilities topics for this week are:

1) Defrag Programs

2) Registry Cleaner

3) MP3 Player

Please recommend up to three programs in each category using the following format:

$ - <Name Of Program> - for programs you would pay for.
F/S - <Name Of Program> - for freeware/shareware programs
XXX - <Name Of Program> - for programs you wouldn't use if they paid you.

As an example, here are my recommended programs:

Defrag:
$ Norton Speed Disc
F/S Disckeeper Lite
XXX No Choice

Registry Cleaner:
$ No Choice
F/S NBG Clean Registry
XXX No Choice

MP3 Player
$ MusicMatch Jukebox
F/S Winamp
XXX RealOne Player

Any additional comments you want to add are welcome, but please make your recommendations obvious enough so I don't miss them - I want your input to be included in what will eventually become a master list of our members favorites.


Prof

(This weeks categories will remain open for one week)
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Bad_Karma
The Moon In The Stream
Bad_Karma
230 Posts
Defragmenter:
$ Diskeeper
F/S no choice
xxx Microsoft disk defragmenter

Reg Cleaner:
$ no choice
F/S RegCleaner 4.3....
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/index.php
xxx no choice

.mp3 player:
$ no choice
F/S dbpoweramp
www.dbpoweramp.com
xxx windows media player
danball1976
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danball1976
2,634 Posts
Defragmenter:
$ Diskeeper Home Edition
F/S WinXP Defragger (basic version of Diskeeper)
xxx O&O defragmenter - even slower than Win98 defragger

RegCleaner
$ No Choice
F/S Easycleaner v1.7f
xxx No Choice

MP3 PLayer
$ No Choice (does PowerDVD MP3 encoder count?)
F/S Windows Media Player 9 (not 8 or any previous versions)
xxx Real Player (all versions)
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TheBaron
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TheBaron
2,777 Posts
Defrag
$ Norton Systemworks (i like it all)
F/S No Choice
XXX No Choice

what i REALLY need is a scandisk program that actually WORKS with xp pro.

MP3
$ Musicmatch
F/S Winamp or WMP 9
XXX Anything by Real, IE Integrated Media

Regcleaner
$ Norton Systemworks
F/S Supercleaner, Ad-Aware, ME
xxx no choice
Spinner
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Spinner
5,003 Posts
Defrag
$ Norton Speed Disk
F/S Win XP Defragger
XXX No Choice

Regcleaner
$ Norton WinDoctor
F/S Regcleaner 4.3
xxx no choice

MP3
$ Real Jukebox Plus 2
F/S WMP 9
XXX Real One
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MERRICK
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MERRICK
334 Posts
Defragmenter:
$ Diskeeper
Diskeeper Lite
xxxNo Choice

Regcleaner:
$ No Choice
F/S Regcleaner 4.3/Regclean v4.1a/RegMaid/Spybot S&D
xxx no choice

MP3
$ Cool Edit Pro (For editing a single song playback-has long loadtime no playlist capabilities)
F/S Telos Audioactive Player http://www.prosoundreview.com/showpr...php?product=67
XXX Windows MediaPlayer/Sonique/Musicmatch Jukebox/Anything by Real
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Necropolis
Back from the wilderness
Necropolis
1,762 Posts
Defragmenter:
$ Perfect Disk 5
Diskeeper Lite
xxx no choice

Regcleaner:
$ No Choice
F/S Regcleaner 4.3/Spybot S&D
xxx no choice

MP3
$ no choice
F/S Winamp 2.93 (Dont want to use Winamp 3, too system hungry)
XXX Realplayer
SimGuy
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SimGuy
2,049 Posts
Defragmentation:
$$: Executive Software's DisKeeper
F/S: Executive Software's DisKeeper Lite
XXX: Microsoft Defragmentation Tool


Registry Cleaner:
$$: NONE
F/S: Format.com file from MS-DOS 6.22 Floppy
XXX: NONE


Audio Player:
$$: Microsoft Windows Media Player 9.0 & 6.4 (NOT 8 or 7)
F/S: WinAMP 2.xx or 3.xx
XXX: Real Network's "RealPlayer" or Creative MediaSource Player
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profdlp
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profdlp
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Cool Post Now!

This weeks topics will be closing tomorrow. We will have three new areas to discuss then.

Make your opinion known about mp3 players, defrag programs, and registry cleaners while you still can!


Prof

PS: Thanks to all those who have already responded.
Shorty
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Shorty
9,543 Posts
Defragmentation:
$$: O&O DeFrag
F/S: M$ Built-In
XXX: Norton


Registry Cleaner:
$$: NONE
F/S: NONE
XXX: NONE


Audio Player:
$$: None
F/S: WinAMP 2.9
XXX: Real, quicktime & other proprietary players.
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profdlp
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profdlp
21,407 Posts

Thanks, Shorty

Good to see the big guys setting a good example!


Prof

(Pimpin' my project again. )
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