Topic: Suggestions On A Couple Of Software App (Read 23 times)

xd0wnthesunx · « **on:** April 02, 2005, 07:38:00 PM »

suggestions on a couple of software apps
what im lookin for is a good divx player and somethin to replace norton utilities, i recently uninstalled my utilities cause it was slowin me down to much and i need a replacement
any suggestions?
btw i dont need a a/v i already have kaspersky

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 03, 2005, 09:22:00 AM »

Both free and both work

xd0wnthesunx · « **Reply #2 on:** April 03, 2005, 11:13:00 AM »

ok i dont need a anti virus i need something to replace just the utilities part of norton
and as for the divx player well i know it (wmp) cant play my xvid formatted avi unless there is a codec out there which i dunno about

DjO · « **Reply #3 on:** April 03, 2005, 03:44:00 PM »

I use the Ace Mega Codecs pack and wmp pretty much plays everything I need to play.

What features in norton utilities do you want?

hassan · « **Reply #4 on:** April 03, 2005, 03:49:00 PM »

you can use videolan

videolan.org

Its a standalone player that has the codecs built in to the player. Can play I think anything

xd0wnthesunx · « **Reply #5 on:** April 04, 2005, 12:32:00 PM »

thanks on the divx players
as far as the utilities the things i used in norton was the cleansweep, disk doctor (i think that was the one, the one that corrects missing shortcuts and other small problems) and a good defrag

XeroKitsune · « **Reply #6 on:** April 04, 2005, 12:55:00 PM »

What version of windows are you using? If it is windows XP or 2k, MS uses a light version of Diskeeper(diskeeper is my favorite modern Defrag utility).
You actualy want a DiskDoctor like program? No offence intended but that was one of the buggiest utilities in Systemworks. Theoreticly it was suposed to fix system issues on the fly, in practice when ever a system with systemworks went to shit DiskDoctor was normaly the cause. Personaly I would recomend handeling issues as they crop up rather than using a program that tries to fix and diagnose things on it's own.
Offhand I don't know a cleansweep replacement, sorry.

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #7 on:** April 04, 2005, 01:10:00 PM »

QUOTE(xd0wnthesunx @ Apr 3 2005, 11:19 AM)

ok i dont need a anti virus i need something to replace just the utilities part of norton

chilin_dude · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2005, 01:32:00 PM »

QUOTE(hassan @ Apr 3 2005, 09:55 PM)

you can use videolan

xd0wnthesunx · « **Reply #9 on:** April 04, 2005, 01:34:00 PM »

QUOTE

fix problems caused by doing stupid stuff to your PC which I have not done since I was 15

well im not the only person running my pc, my fiance and 3 1/2 year old play on here too
and its not for covering my tracks but would a tracks eraser clean all the things cleansweep cleaned?
and for the diskkeeper, theres a full version of it?!?! i thought m$ used a full version of it but i guess i was wrong. ill have to give it a shot

thepissedoffman · « **Reply #10 on:** April 04, 2005, 07:01:00 PM »

QUOTE(xd0wnthesunx @ Apr 4 2005, 01:40 PM)

yea i just updated my wmp and noticed it does play xvid/divx now i was running an older version when i started this thread

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