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Easily install popular programs after a reformat with Smart Installer Pack
by Lee Mathews Apr 24th 2009 at 1:30PM
That's when something like the Smart Installer Pack might come in handy. It's a pre-packed set of popular applications that you'd likely want to install on your own system (or a friend's) after a fresh format.
It includes a host of apps like Firefox, Chrome, OpenOffice, Winamp, Skype, Daemon Tools, Picasa, Winamp, Thunderbird, Adobe Reader and Flash, WinRar, Rocket Dock, CCleaner, and more. Everything downloads in a single file, so you won't be cluttering up your drive with a bunch of separate installers.
SIP has two drawbacks. First, the installers are interactive, not silent, so you'll have to click through manually. Second, there are a few apps I'd normally install instead - like 7zip and Sumatra PDF. Shortcomings aside, this is still a handy way to get a system up and running quickly with a solid group of commonly-used programs.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
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Malloc said 3:00PM on 4-24-2009
I tried WPI and it worked fine onmy computer, but when I copied it to my flash drive it was so incredibly slow that it was useless. Anyone else have that experience?
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nyne69 said 10:32AM on 4-25-2009
i used wpi from a usb stick on a daily basis with no problems, i have my preset apps which ive chosen then run it and update as i see fit with no errors what so ever
Peter said 5:54PM on 4-24-2009
This sounds good in theory, but what happens when one of the apps is updated? Don't you then have to re-download the whole installer package? These types of packaged installers will get out of date absurdly quickly.
After a reinstall, I usually just go to each vendor's website and download the most current version. Sure it takes a little longer, but once you're done, there's no updates to install.
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master811 said 12:35AM on 4-25-2009
"Everything downloads in a single file, so you won't be cluttering up your drive with a bunch of separate installers."
Ya know, that's why folders were invented.
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Bolivar Baez said 3:26AM on 4-25-2009
At the end of the day you will still be having multiple installers vs. just one installer.
master811 said 7:33AM on 4-25-2009
True, but as was said above once one program gets out-of-date you will need to re-download the whole thing again and besides if the installers aren't silent, then that defeats the overall point of having an all-in-one installer in the first place.
Matthew said 9:20PM on 4-26-2009
I like appsnap but hasn't been updated in a while"
http://appsnap.genotrance.com/
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supernova_hq said 10:29PM on 4-27-2009
Tell me when windows has apt-get or yum (with a respectable repository).
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Bily4b said 12:06PM on 4-29-2009
where i can download it from?
the thr link of official website its not working
could anyone upload it again plz
thnx
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mohamed.elgamal said 7:35AM on 4-29-2009
I LOVE YOU BOSSY
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