Essential software for windows machine?

[outofbandii]

I've a list at http://amdsoft.com/essential-software-for-new-windows-box/ - it needs updating for 2011, wondering what you guys install on new machines.

What's the best AV this year - I've been using Avira since 2009, seems pretty good in the tests, and I think Grisoft have improved a lot since I originally wrote about them sucking in 2008. Also particularly interested in the K-Lite vs VLC battle.

Any other suggestions, particular free virtual machine software?

 

[stargazr]

VLC
7-zip
Superantispyware
Foxit Reader (PDF)
Revo Uninstaller

Hardware: CPU-Z and CPUID Monitor

VMware has a free vm player -
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

 

[gevorg]

utorrent
IrfanView
Notepad++
Paint.NET
CCCP Pack
TrueCrypt
ImgBurn
TreeSize Free
DAEMON Tools Lite

 

[IamDavid]

MS Essentials
Live Mesh
Office 2K10 Pro
Foxit Reader (PDF)
Utorrent
IE9 (No more FF/Chrome or Opera for me)
WMP12--Finally, a good media player from MS.


I'm turning into a MS fanboy!!

 

[outofbandii]

Are there any good alternatives to Foxit Reader?

MS Essentials
Live Mesh
Office 2K10 Pro
Foxit Reader (PDF)
Utorrent
IE9 (No more FF/Chrome or Opera for me)
WMP12--Finally, a good media player from MS.


I'm turning into a MS fanboy!!

You really are What has you using IE9 in particular?

 

[NeoV]

Sumatra PDF reader is good too

 

[irse]

PDF Xchange reader

 

[IamDavid]

Are there any good alternatives to Foxit Reader?




You really are What has you using IE9 in particular?

Not really sure.
Main thing is I see very little hickups, it just works. Sounds dumb but i HATE hickups.. Fullscreen mode runs/looks flawless unlike my experiences with all other browsers.
Its fast enough(probably not the Fastest but oh well)

I hadn't ran IE since 6.0, no i can't see me going away from it.

 

[HeXen]

sumatra portable

 

[oynaz]

Libre Office
Royal TS

 

[Envian]

CDBurnerXP
Google Chrome
ATF Cleaner
DivX/XviD codecs
MS Security Essentials

 

[kreactor]

everything (file locator)
locate32 (file locator for fat32 drives)
dropbox (which contains: portable chrome, portable revo-uninstaller,portable foxit pdf reader)

 

[outofbandii]

What about anti-virus programs?

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Is locate32 worth installing? I use VoidTools Everything which is awesome.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

What about anti-virus programs?

Microsoft Security Essentials is my choice, but I've also used Avira in the past and found it to work good. For malware, I use MalwareBytes Anti-Malware and run it a couple of times a week, or if someone else uses my system on the internet.

 

[Raizinman]

Office Enterprise 2010
Adobe 10
Kaspersky Pure
Malwarebytes
Nero 10
WinRAR
CuteFTP
YourUnInstaller
Google Chrome
Format Factory

 

[sm625]

I have a folder called "installpack" that I copy to every new installation.

mwsnap
DemoHelper-1.2.exe
Agent ransack
divx
ac3filter
adobe reader
adobe flash player
firefox
Malwarebytes
ccleaner
ATF cleaner (xp only)
imgburn
fairuse wizard
utorrent
windows media player 10 (xp only)
IE9 (win7 only)
vlc player
a few custom autohotkey scripts
7-zip
winzip7 (xp only)
DotNetFX4.x (xp only)
Slice Audio File Splitter
mp3DirectCut
Meda MP3 Joiner
cpuid hwmonitor and cpu-z
passmark
FileDate.exe
Drive Software's free tray clock (XP only)
bandicam
PowerPointViewer
tinygrab
iTraffic Monitor
Microsoft Office Word Viewer
MagicISO
fadsoft Always On Top Maker
rthdribl (DX9 Real-Time HDR Image-Based Lighting demo)
the latest java
google earth
Century Gothic Fonts (xp only)
lame mp3 encoder
Microsoft Image Mastering API v2 (xp only)
Power Defragmenter (xp only)
paint.net