[steelfist]

hey. what's aeroshell. sounds cool. is it like litestep?

[liquidplasmaflow]

If memory serves, AeroShell is a Samurize thingy that replaces the Windows Explorer interface, and has a cool Aero theme.

[sketching]

Yep, you use Samurize as an independent shell replacement or running on top of Explorer.

[OAKside24]

KCeasy - For your music needs, using openFT. [FREE] >link<
Lavalys EVEREST - See a bunch about your comp. [FREE] >link<
PicoZip - Handling my .RARs [and others] since 2003. [$$] >link<
IconTweaker - Change your icons, create themes, can't live without. [FREE] >link<
AWicons - Second only to IconWS5 for icon creation. [FREE/$$] >link<
Axialis IconWorkshop - Create icons, export to .PNGs, another cantLW. [$$$] >link<
AdMuncher - Blocks internet ads and more, great for IE6. [$$] >link<
Privacy Guardian - Deletes stuff that's hidden, you don't want, or need. [$$] >link<
Notepad - Simple text files, I love it. [FREE]
PowerDVD - Plays your DVD videos with authority. [$$] >link<
--Already Mentioned but great--
Konfabulator 2, RK Launcher , Y'z Toolbar, NeoTheme .

[Chazoul]

Running on my PC

MSN Messenger 7
Mozilla Firefox
iTunes
eDonkey2k (sorry)
Steam-Down (All Steam's games)
Adobe Photoshop CS2
And Much More

[NeoFreakTarma]

Well Photoshop is on Mac as well, but I love it.

Photoshop CS2
Illustrator CS2
Cinema 4D R9

[Raul Montana]

Adobe Products - Photoshop, Illustrator
Macromedia - Dreamweaver, Flash, Captivate
CD Utilities - Nero 6, Alcohol120%, DVD Shrink
P2P - Limewire, Bitcomet
Security - NOD32, Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Messaging - Trillian Pro
Desktop Enhance - uxtheme modded, iconpackager, yz dock
Gaming Apps- Counter Strike, Ventrilo, Red Alert 2
Internet - Firefox
Media Player - Winamp with the Enhancer DSP, Classic Media Player

I wanna get that into a norton ghost image so when i format my computer I don't have to install all that

[Ellada]

iTunes - music

Firefox - Internet browser

Miranda - Instant Messaging

Styler - toolbar

Windowsblinds - theming

FileZilla - FTP

RK Launcher - Dock

AveDesk -Widgets

Konfabulator - Widgets

Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Imaging

[AngelusNovus]

Qhy www.avedesk.com doesn't work? It's closed?

[alexbb]

Clipboard Viewer

[Futudia]

ifox with aqua-soft forum!

[SirSmiley]

Iconomaker http://www.iconempir...ee-icon-editor/ (freeware)

Allows 32 bit icons.

Everything else has been hit on?

Although I must put my 5 cents in for IconDrop even though it is an AveDesk Desklet it is in my opinion a great app.

Edit:

PodXP by Lefool. I'm liking this very much. http://www.podxp.com

[DiGital D]

Opera - the best webbrowser ever with so much Features and finally FREEWARE.
IncrediMail - Email Client. May look a little bit overloaded at the first look, but is very useful (skinnable, notifier and many more). Addware/Shareware.
Spybot-S&D - very good spyware removal tool. Freeware.

Other great tools, such as iTunes, Object Dock or DVD Shrink are already posted. Take a look. :cool:

[jsuen]

I'd have to say VirtualDub (transform/extract/mux/demux/encode avi files), EditPlus (love the ease of importing syntax libraries), Copernic Desktop Search. ZoneAlarm/SpybotS&D/PeerGuardian2 and Az'reus.

Give-ins are daily uses - iTunes, Trillian Pro3.1, Firefox (Deer Park's pretty good), ObjectDock and of course - AveDesk

[ShadyApple]

Gaim/PGP Encryption plugin (a good chatting program) http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Photoshop CS http://www.adobe.com...oshop/main.html
WinRAR (the best for .RAR and .ZIP files) http://www.rarlab.com/
Firefox (common now you cant ask for a better browser) http://www.mozilla.o...oducts/firefox/
Thunderbird (best email client imo) http://www.mozilla.o...ts/thunderbird/
iTunes (mandatory if you own an iPod like me) http://www.apple.com/itunes/
SmartFTP (pretty self-explanatory) http://www.smartftp.com/
eMule http://www.emule-pro...general.cgi?l=1
Azeures (best torrent client)
Virtual Daemon http://www.daemon-to...al/download.php
AVG Anti-Virus (best free anti-virus program) http://www.grisoft.com/doc/1
Sygate Personal Firewall (one of the best firewalls available) http://www.sygate.com/
DVD decrypter http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so...d_decrypter.cfm
VLC player (best video player EVER) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Media Player Classic (just incase theres something VLC cant play) http://sourceforge.n...cts/guliverkli/
Alcohol 120% (for burning DVD's CD's etc) http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
IfranView (does more then just view your images) http://www.irfanview.com/
FreshDownload (my favorite download manager) http://www.freshdevices.com/
Audacity (best if you like to make custom tracks and editing audio) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
NERO http://www.nero.com/
MagicISO (like ISObuster) http://www.magiciso.com/
Limewire (best P2P program imo no spyware or adware unlike Kazaa) http://www.limewire.com/

and a whole lot more but i dont feel like typing them all down.

For my windows customization i use these programs. Im sure you can find the websites here on aqua-soft.org.

Konfabulator
Avedesk w/Avetunes
Samurize
Styler (dont like WB)
RK Launcher/Y'z Dock
Rainlender
Multi-Plugin for iTunes (if it werent for this i would be using Foobar or Winamp instead)

[kaloyster]

for images editing and stuff : Photoshop CS2, Illustrator CS2, CorelDraw 12
for making my website : Dreamweaver 8, the traditional Notepad
for burning process : Nero Burning ROM 6
for file sharing : Limewire Pro, BitTornado
for anti-virus : Norton SystemWorks 2005
for chatting with you peeps : Trillian Pro 3.1
for modding : Iconpackager Enhanced, WB Enhanced 4.6, AveDesk 1.3, ObjectBar Enhanced, WindowFX Enhanced, RKLauncher
for my music needs : iTunes + Multi-Plugin
for browsing the WWW : Mozilla Firefox Beta 1 (codename: Deer Park)
for games : Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 4, Counter-Strike 1.3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
for file compression : WInRAR 3.50
for system maintenance : System Mechanic Pro 5
for videos/movie stuff : AVI MPEG WMV Joiner, Easy Video Splitter, PowerDVD

[wala]

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The Ave suite of Mac look-alike applications is very cool and useful, especially ForceQuit, if you know what I mean

[dave double u]

Just a few lifesavers that haven't been mentioned yet:

TrayIt - a wonderful little, and extremely resource efficient app that allows you to send any window/application to to the system tray.
www.teamcti.com/trayit/trayit.htm

WinRoll - low memory stamp rolling up windows.
www.palma.com.au/winroll

PopOpen - I never seem to tire from watching that effect.
www.pcreview.co.uk/startup/popopen.exe/Popopen.php

Autosizer - Manage size-wise how certain windows appear.
www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/

iColorFolder - fabulous little app that lets you change the appearance of any folder via a right-click. Used in conjunction with cmenuextender the sky is the limit.
www.icolorfolder.sourceforge.net/
www.monctoncomputerservice.com/revenger_inc/cmext.html

dBpowerAMP Music Converter - could music conversion be any easier? I think not. Convert all your music files to any format via the right-click menu.
www.dbpoweramp.com/

Orbit Dock - get a whiff of the future
www.ecocardio.com.br/orbit

[BlkDragon96]

From what i have in my dock:

~Mozilla Firefox - Web Browser - Tabbed webrowsing and extensions made easy, also skinnable and self updating, chosen over Opera and Netscape because of light wieght and extension possibilities
http://www.mozilla.o...oducts/firefox/

~Apple iTunes - Audio Media Player - At first i used to gripe about being bound to the software with my ipod but i have grown the love the external scripting interface and stylish interface, chosen over Winamp because i have an ipod and becuase if its popularity to projects like Konfabulator and AveDesk
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

~VLC - Video Media Player - I fairly recent addition to my favorite app collection, i have been using it on macs for about 3 years, oblivious to its existance on Windows, until yesterday when i finished downloading Ghost in the Shell only to find out it had a russian codec stuck to it, but never fear, VLC to the rescue, plays every type of movie file i've encountered for 3 years, chosen over WMP (Windows Media Player), Winamp and iTunes 5 for its file support and its well programmed..ness
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

~Trillian 3 - Multi-Protocol IM Client - I used trillian for a long time also, its the closest thing i could find to the phantasmal Adium for OSX, allows me to connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ and IRC all at the same time, although i would gripe that the free version doesn't support Google's Talk Protocol (actually a version of Jabber), chosen over Miranda and Gaim for configurability and themeability, i found it to be alot more stable than Miranda also
http://www.ceruleans....com/downloads/

~Azureus - BitTorrent Peer to Peer Client - Self updating, cross platform, java based application offering very unique tabbed interface i have fallen in love with, it also sports a handy feature called the "Download Bar" wich will display a torrent's progress in a little bar that stays on the desktop even while the main Azureus window is minimized, quite stable wich mean its great for leaving on over night, chosen over... haven't ever used anything else for bittorrent
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

~Continuum - Free Massive Multi-Player Online Game - Remember the good old days? this is nice little game with a great community element to it, huge international audience and customizable, player-side graphics, chosen for acceptance of dialup speed connection (xD) and price
http://www.subspaced...php?act=what_is

From what is running in my tray:

~Konfabulator - Desktop Widget Runtime Enviroment - Im always happy to support a cross-platform effort and its drop in price ($30 to free) and popularity to widget developers (http://www.widgetgallery.com/) make it a worthwhile applictaion for both Windows and OSX, chosen over AveDesk, Rainlender, Rainmeter and Samurize for price, variety in widget tasks and easy to browse widget gallery
http://www.konfabulator.com/

~WindowBlinds 4.5 - Visual Theme/Style Application - If Styler is the best of the simpler visual style application programs than WindowBlinds is the best of the complicated ones, i find its theme format to be more comprehensive and more thought dependable than .MSStyles, it offeres easy installation of new themes and neat management of theme files (i hated the knitty gritty of having to do that myself with .MSStyles, although it is a sacrifice of system resources to have it in the tray all the time, it still does the job well, chosen over StyleXP and Styler for management of files and ease of theme changing
http://www.stardock....s/windowblinds/

~Spybot S&D - Anti-SpyWare and Registry Protection - Ever have those applications that NEED to have a registry item instlled? you find out later that you actually don't need that registry item and its slowing down your startup? fix that problem before it starts, when your instlling the program with Spybot, it will stop and ask you for any and all registry changes which prooves to be very handy in maintaining a healthy registry, my only complaint is that its not self updating, chosen over Ad-Aware and Microsoft Antispyware for its very handy registry protection
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/

**not proof read or spellchecked**

[cdundee]

IconMaker 3.0 for creating and editing icons. It is a good software to create small and standard sized icons.