Must have programs list

[Ryuken]

Since i'm building my new computer soon, i'll need a must have program list. programs for music,bit torrent, spyware/adware protection, antivirus, and all those good programs that u guys use.THX

[Diso]

Winamp

Divx Codecs

Winzip/Winrar

Illegal p2p programs or w/e u want to call them

Mozilla Firefox

Ad-Aware -spyware

Anti vir -spyware

Aol-Aim-ICQ-Msn-Mirc

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Illegal p2p programs or w/e u want to call them

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haha, that's funny

[Ghosty]

Torrents/Illegal:

Azureus(If You Have/Want Java)

BitCommet

Kazaa Lite K++

 

Ad/SpyWare:

Nortan AntiVirus 2004

 

AntiVirus:

Nortan AntiVirus 2004

 

Media:

Windows Media 7 Or 9

Winamp

Divx Player

 

Browser:

FIREFOX!

 

Chat:

mIRC

MSN

Aim(Vary Optional)

 

Codecs:

-Video

DivX

Xvid

-Audio

Aec

 

Burning:

Nero 6 Ultra(Contact me If You Need Serials)

 

Zippers/Packers:

WinRar

 

Whats All I Can Think Of Now.

Edited October 17, 2004 by 666Ghost

[Daeval]

-FireFox

-Thunderbird

-Winamp

-Nero

-DivX Codecs

-AdAware

-WinRAR (Zip support is native in XP)

-Anti-Virus of Choice

-Office Suite of Choice

-Instant Messenger of Choice

 

And of course DRIVERS! I like to DL all the latest/best drivers for the hardware I'm going to be using, along with the software above, and burn it to a disk for handy installation to a new system.

 

Then, run Windows Update until you're out of good things to get and you've covered pretty much all the absolutely necessary stuff with me. But then there's the optionals:

 

-ABC (Torrent Client)

-eMule

-EditPad Lite

-WinXP PowerToys (Open Command Window Here, Tweak UI, Power Calculator, and Virtual Desktop Manager)

 

And for some reason I can't seem to do without Acrobat Reader for more than a week after a new install, so I just install it with the OS. Heh.

 

And that's damn near everything, aside from games and school/hobby apps, that I have installed!

[Ryuken]

thx for ur list guys

[Agozer]

latest ffdshow alpha and AC3 audio codec

[someboddy]

Don't forget to get Hello World 3.0.

[Gryph]

Norton 2004 sucks!! IT'S SO SLOW! Don't use it! Use 2005 instead.

[AntiWinner22]

I'll add programs that others have failed to mention:

 

Trillian (All chat programs in one. Free, too.)

 

Solo AntiVirus (resources are never used. I think it uses 5K of RAM. I say that is good.

 

Sygate Firewall (no resouce usage either. Really good, though. I love it)

 

Overnet Lite.52 (Get the programs I mentioned here. )

 

Anon.

[Shibathedog]

doesnt overnet lite not work anymore or it got shut down or something?