Programs for a Fresh Windows Install

[boricua132]

Yo, I'll be building a new computer from scratch this weekend and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about programs to install.

Btw, I will be using Windows 7 Ultimate and I plan on using Chrome as my browser instead of Firefox. I use Chrome at work and love it and Firefox at home sometimes annoys me.

By the way, what do you guys think of having a sticky in this forum just listing a bunch of great apps for the different categories? I guess someone mentioned this before, but I am wondering why there isn't one.

 

[lxskllr]

7Zip
qBittorrent
LibreOffice
Foobar2000
VLC
Either Evince or Foxit for PDFs
Imgburn
Infrarecorder
Audacity
Paint.NET
Thunderbird

 

[Zxian]

Ninite

All you ever need after installing Windows, installing drivers, and running Windows Update.

I'm still a fan of Office 2010 over any of the freeware alternatives. I've had too many issues with functionality and compatibility with Office created files to really put up with it. Office Home and Student is ~$100 and worth the price IMO. People have different views on payware - mine is that some is worth shelling out for.

 

[NeoV]

7-zip
utorrent
VLC
itunes
picasa
notepad++
formatfactory
teamviewer
pidgin
MSE
google drive
Steam

Agree on the ninite suggestion - great little program for initial installs

Agree on Office 2010 -but if you aren't a heavy user, Libre-Office is really nice and you can't beat free

if you really can't stand adobe reader, Sumatra is a nice alternative as well

 

[Berryracer]

I'm still a fan of Office 2010 over any of the freeware alternatives. I've had too many issues with functionality and compatibility with Office created files to really put up with it. Office Home and Student is ~$100 and worth the price IMO. People have different views on payware - mine is that some is worth shelling out for.

Totally agree there!

Nothing comes close to MS Office

 

[oynaz]

Actually, I find that Libre Office is exactly that - close, but not quite there.

 

[lxskllr]

I wouldn't use MS Office you gave it to me. LibreOffice isn't just freeware, it's libre software. You get the source code, and the authorization to change it if you desire. You can also give it away or sell it. LibreOffice gives you the freedom of choice. MS Office doesn't come close.

 

[Charlie98]

How about Secunia PSI? Does that do the same thing as Ninite?

 

[gmaster456]

I wouldn't use MS Office you gave it to me. LibreOffice isn't just freeware, it's libre software. You get the source code, and the authorization to change it if you desire. You can also give it away or sell it. LibreOffice gives you the freedom of choice. MS Office doesn't come close.

I have no interest in changing the source code. When I use Office I need to get work done. Office 2010 allows me to do that MUCH more efficiently. And the .docx thing isn't a big deal either. Because I can still save my data in whatever format I want. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying libre office and open office are bad. In fact, I use OpenOffice quite a bit and I like the idea of ODF. But for me personally, I find Office 2010 to do much more for me.

 

[gmaster456]

Here's my list.

MSE
Silverlight
Flash
VLC
Firefox (give it another shot)
7 zip
Foxit Reader (Best PDF reader out there in my opinion)
Skydrive
Whatever Office suite you want.

 

[Revolution 11]

I suggest if you are going to make a backup, make it before you add all the extra crap, I mean useful apps, back to the OS. So get all the updates, security patches, etc. and use nLite to create a fresh OS backup that will save you countless hours for the next fresh install.

My list:
MalwareBytes AntiMalware (b/c MSE is not that good)
K-Lite Codec Pack
Firefox (I prefer 3.6 but whatever)
Thunderbird (takes some setup but much better than webmail)
Foxit Reader
7zip
LibreOffice
uTorrent (the 2.0 version, not the new bloatware)
TrueCrypt
Emulators (b/c who doesn't love old games and nostaglia)

Big Security Holes
Flash (if you need it)
Java (if you need it)

 

[lxskllr]

Speaking of emulators, VirtualBox. I'm running Win8 in that now.

 

[Revolution 11]

I knew I forgot something. Yes, VirtualBox is where all shady downloads should reside.

 

[davidthemaster3]

CCleaner
Defraggler
MSE
MalwareBytes AntiMalware
K-Lite Codec Pack
Waterfox (64 bit version of Firefox ... a lot faster than regular Firefox)
Various Firefox plugins (Adblock, Noscript, etc...)
Chrome
7zip
uTorrent
VLC
Silverlight
Flash
Java
Notepad++
Imgburn
Steam
Revo uninstaller
Office 2010
Adobe Reader
Teracopy (much better than the Windows copy utility!)

 

[boricua132]

Here's the list I ultimately decided to go with

Process Explorer
7 Zip
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Avast
CCleaner
CDex
Comodo Firewall
Clementine (music player)
CPU-Z
doPDF
Dropbox
EULAlyzer
Foxit Reader
Free Download Manager
GPU-Z
HWMonitor
Lastpass
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
PC Wizard
Picasa
Pidgin
Rainmeter
Revo Uninstaller
Skype
Steam
Teracopy
TrueCrypt
VLC

I'll probably download Notepad++ later. More of a programming tool to me and I barely know how to code

 

[Gooberlx2]

Via ninite:
7zip
Flash, Java, Silverlight
Paint.net and/or Gimp
Inkscape
Libreoffice
Imgburn
Teamviewer
Pidgin
Adobe Reader
MSE
Notepad++
uTorrent
Skype
Audacity
CutePDF
Steam
Evernote
Filezilla
Putty

Others:
Hamachi
Chrome
Live Essentials (photo gallery, movie maker, writer)
iTunes
Crashplan

 

[BURNINGchicken3]

CPU-Z
GPU-Z
coretemp
7zip
msi afterburner
skype
F@H
ms office
AVG
itunes
steam/origin
uTorrent
.net frame work
prime 95
3d mark
chrome
fraps