Must-Have Applications - to the author’s mind.

What would you do when your computer considerably slowed down? Windows crashes more often, Computer hangs in between tasks, it freezes when you open multiple applications or simply put, running differently as before. Perhaps you have satiated your harddrive with millions of mp3s haha, helluva lot of videos, not-so-helpful and seldom-used application. For the information of those not so abreast about computers, windows utilizes that extra free space of your harddrive as virtual memory to make your computer machine run faster. The more free space you have, the faster your machine executes programs. So what do you need to do? You may burn the mp3s, videos and other large files in Dvds . Uninstall unneeded applications and redundant programs. After these two steps, defrag your harddrive. Now, defragging your harddrive using the bundled windows software will take half a day to complete, so instead, use the auslogics defrag (google for it) and the defragging will only take less than 20mins depending on your harddrive’s size. When done, run your updated anti-virus, anti-spyware programs.

However, when your pc encounters the blue screen of death, or some other windows errors, you reinstall may reinstall windows but i recommend, clean install of the windows operating system to reset everything in their factory defaults. But first, back up all your important files, bookmarks, saved passwords, message archives, game settings/configuration files. Whenever the my pc is in dire need of harddisk reformatting, these applications are the ones i basically install first. (in alphabetical order except for the first two) Click MORE below for the list. If you have great applications in mind which is absent in the list, scribble it in the comments

Microsoft Vista Ultimate

Microsoft Office – select customize and install only the needed software

adobe photoshop or photo elements  - for thorough picture editing

adobe acrobat reader - for reading ebooks and pdf documents

AMP Winoff  -  turns off your pc automatically by assigned schedule

Auslogics – best tune up software for your pc

AVG – for your virus protection

bitcomet – for downloading torrents

Chikka – in case you ran out of phone credits

Divx player and codecs – for playing divx movies

DUmeter – for real-time internet speed monitoring

frostwire – substitute for limewire (lesser spyware)

itunes – for syncing of your ipod/iphone

joystick 2 mouse – to control your mouse pointer with a keypad

k-lite – to enable your windows media player to play any kind of video format

Microsoft encarta dictionary – for quick offline reference

Laptop Alarm – your laptop will sound a very loud alarm when someone moves your mouse, unplug a USB device, unplugs the charger, or closes the lid of your laptop (useful when you’re in coffee shops and public places)

lifeglobe aquarium – true aquarium in your desktop to soothe your tired eyes

Mozilla firefox 3 – for safer and faster browsing

Mozilla thunderbird – best mail third-party client (i can check all my 5 email accounts at a time)

multilingual speaking clock – for time announcement/reminder

muvee reveal – for my video editing

nature illusion studio – for photo visual effects

nero – for burning DVDs

otsAV DJ – Best music player for disk jockeys

picasa – for automated picture uploads

picture collage maker – the name speaks for itself

pidgin – chat client- great substitute for gtalk, msn, ym

rainlendar – floating calendar for reminders, appointments

rocketdock – to unclutter your desktop icons in a mac-like dock

safari – in case firefox lags

skype – recommended video chat in case ym sucks

spybot – second level anti-virus software, in case AVG doesn’t clean everything

super antispyware – third level anti-virus

wall master – to make your desktop change wallpaper at random

winamp – for quick mp3 playing

winrar – to uncompress zipped files

yahoo messenger – chat client