Must Have's

[Phase]

What Software do you guys think is a must have in your opinion for Windows 7?

 

[TheTeZ]

Personally, the first few things i download when making a new install are always,

WinRAR, FireFox, Chrome, Pidgeon, GIMP, TerraCopy, Foxit Reader, Tirminal, LogMeIn Free, Hamachi, and Shredder,/Thunderbird

Im sure you've heard of most of them, but Terminal [http://www.tirminal.com/] is a great file sharing program, not p2p really... more of a i want to share this file with a friend, but its too big to e-mail. you have tirminal installed, but they just click your link, gets through firewalls instantly, and is safe, and can be further protected to your liking. logmein free is great if you leave your computer on. Hamachi isnt for everyone... some people dont have a use for it.... but worth looking into...

 

[Brian6121990]

since ima deal with multimedia stuff. heres what i got:
camtasia studio 6, mse, vlc media player, about to get photohshop cs4 extended, winrar, microsoft office 2010 beta. pretty much thats it for me. im planning on starting my codmw2 gameplay recordings so ima get dazzle dvd recorders (i was going to get easycap but too much negitivity about it and the dazzle creator thing is too much) so i use the programs about to have it all set up for my editing, recording and putting videos together programs for youtube

 

[Wishmaster]

Aside from AntiVirus & Games, the first things i always install are:

1. Acronis True Image
2. Perfect Disk
3. MeGUI / AviSynth
4. Nero9
5. Shark007 Codecs
6. Zune
7. Paint.NET
8. 7-Zip x64

 

[hybridfan]

This is what I install from a fresh OS installation...

Firefox
Thunderbird
Openoffice
Foxit Reader
Irfanview
7Zip
AVG
Klite Codec Pack with Media Player Classic
Foobar2000
CCleaner
iTunes Just because of my iPod

 

[TheTeZ]

since ima deal with multimedia stuff. heres what i got:
camtasia studio 6, mse, vlc media player, about to get photohshop cs4 extended, winrar, microsoft office 2010 beta. pretty much thats it for me. im planning on starting my codmw2 gameplay recordings so ima get dazzle dvd recorders (i was going to get easycap but too much negitivity about it and the dazzle creator thing is too much) so i use the programs about to have it all set up for my editing, recording and putting videos together programs for youtube

He said one VERY important thing i left out... i knew i was forgetting a few things.... like open office and such but the big one is VLC MEDIA PLAYER

 

[SlackerITGuy]

- CCleaner
- DiskMax
- Google Chrome
- foobar2000
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- avast! Antivirus or Avira AntiVir Personal (both are frozen solid AVs)
- PC Tools' Firewall Plus
- Defraggler
- Foxit Reader
- Digsby
- uTorrent.

 

[NoN]

could be here:

-7zip(x64)
-SyncToy 2.1 (x64) for home premium users
-RocketDock
-Open Office 2.4 (as integrated to the browser) not the one 3.0
-Exact Audio Copy
-DivX Player
-Registry Clean Expert (x64)

 

[Thorsen]

I tried again while posting and it still didn't work: 4t-min my fav. program does not work with Win 7 64x (it kills IE)

Otherwise, this is what I usually install
Autoruns
Process Explorer
ALZip
ALShow
ALSee
Winamp
CCleaner
Eraser
TCPView
Firefox
TotalCommander
EditPadLite

 

[Grimmjow]

1. Browser (if you don't like IE8)
2. drivers
3. AV + firewall (if you are not satisfied with the ones that are provided in Win) + stand alone antimalware/spyware products, (usually one or two)
4. Office
5. media players ( if you are not satisfied with the ones that are in Win)
6. codecs
7. imaging software (if you are not satisfied with the one that is provided in Win)
8. burning software
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depends what kind of needs users have,
converters, programs for video/pictures editing...etc.
cheers

 

[whs]

MSE
Macrium (Norton Ghost on Vista)
Sandboxie
Fast Stone Capture and Jing for screen capture
WM Capture and Machete for video recording/editing
MS Office 2007/10
Revo
Process Explorer
Format Factory
WinPatrol
WinDirStat

 

[karlsnooks]

Antimalware from MalwareBytes.org
Firefox from Mozilla
WOT (Web Of Trust) add-on
NoScript add-on
CCleaner from Piriform
Roboform from Siber Systems
Adobe Reader from Adobe
Secunia Personal Software Inspector from Secunia

There are other programs that I use but these are the ones that, for me, are essential.

 

[swarfega]

PerfectDisk
Shark007 Codecs
paint.net
7-zip
notepad++
filezilla
putty
recuva
steam
MSE
Windows Live Essentials
CCleaner
Winamp
Foxit reader
MS Office
Firefox
WinPatrol

 

[Dwarf]

Latest versions of the following (I usually download them and save them to a USB stick and install from that):

Drivers
Microsoft Keyboard
Microsoft Mouse
NVidia Graphics
Realtek HD Audio

Security
AdAware
Avast! Anti-Virus
MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware


Tools
Belarc Advisor
CCleaner
CPU-Z
DiskAnalyzer Pro
GPU-Z
Network Activity Indicator
Process Explorer
WinPatrol

Other
Adobe Flash
Adobe Reader
Java
Office
picture shark

 

[valtonray]

nothing that isn't already listed above. i like to keep things light.

 

[rev1775]

Hmmm,

These are always my first installs after a fresh OS install.

Ms Office
Adobe CS4
Power ISO
Paragon Partition Manager
Nero 9
VMworkstation
Audible books Manager
U Torrent
Acoustica CD/DVD Lable Maker
Winrar
Djview
Acronis Backup and Recovery.

 

[malexous]

The KMPlayer
Handbrake
InfraRecorder/Imgburn
Real Alternative
RealVNC
MediaMonkey
DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink
iPhoneBrowser
WBFS Manager
Picasa

Plus many that have already been listed.

 

[Frostmourne]

Lots of unnecessary software here. I would:

Gaming PC:

Nothing - except drivers, updates and 3D Mark Vantage/PC Mark Vantage

Other PC's:

Foxit Reader - Adobe is fat junk
K-Lite Basic Codec Pack (just ffdshow and 3 other tools really)
Teamviewer 5
MSE or another suitable app, no need for more antimalware tools
HD Tune
Keepass
Adobe Flash
DivX Web Player (if necessary)
Drivers + Windows Updates
Secunia PSI

 

[Mellon Head]

My short absolutely must have list:

MS Office
Firefox
Thunderbird
paint.net
CDBurnerXP
Winamp
IZArc
Speedfan
GFI Backup
Notepad++
Gadwin Printscreen
MSE
LCD Smartie

 

[sergiogarcia9]

- Chrome
- Winrar
- Photoshop CS4 (or another image editing program)
- Winrar
- Messenger
- Utorrent
- SIW
- PowerISO
- Notepad++
- Avast! [Free]
- Lots of codecs
- Mysticthumbs
- Restorator
- Librarian
- Office package (MS office or Openoffice)