New Build XP Pro - What to add / configure
New Build XP Pro - What to add / configure
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tvrforever

Original Poster:

3,196 posts

295 months

Saturday 15th April 2006
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Ok so it's ages since I've done a fresh XP Pro build - anybody got any recommendations for software to install and configs to make?

CommanderJameson

22,096 posts

256 months

Saturday 15th April 2006
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tvrforever said:
Ok so it's ages since I've done a fresh XP Pro build - anybody got any recommendations for software to install and configs to make?

http://pack.google.com/ is a very good starting point.

aldi

9,288 posts

267 months

Saturday 15th April 2006
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CommanderJameson said:
tvrforever said:
Ok so it's ages since I've done a fresh XP Pro build - anybody got any recommendations for software to install and configs to make?

http://pack.google.com/ is a very good starting point.


God damn, you're right, thats ace!

annodomini2

6,971 posts

281 months

Saturday 15th April 2006
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CommanderJameson said:
tvrforever said:
Ok so it's ages since I've done a fresh XP Pro build - anybody got any recommendations for software to install and configs to make?

http://pack.google.com/ is a very good starting point.


The Google stuff is full of spyware.

Norton is crap, get AVG free.

Zone alarm firewall

Ad-adware free

spybot

firefox

jaybkay

488 posts

250 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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annodomini2 said:
CommanderJameson said:
tvrforever said:
Ok so it's ages since I've done a fresh XP Pro build - anybody got any recommendations for software to install and configs to make?

http://pack.google.com/ is a very good starting point.


The Google stuff is full of spyware.

Norton is crap, get AVG free.

Zone alarm firewall

Ad-adware free

spybot

firefox



From my pen drive kept specially for this

After XP pro, (and SP2) there are around 30 XP updates from microsoft
then:
Adaware
AVG
Ccleaner
Spyware blaster
Zone alarm
Opera
Winamp

it's all free