What are your favorite "Install on a New PC" Programs?

I was wondering what you guys would typically install on a brand new PC right when you first get it. My laptop hard drive recently crashed and i'm installing windows on it with the new hard drive installed right now and as i always do I am going to be installing some programs that I like to use to maintain my PC.... Here's what I install:


CodeStuff Starter - I use this to disable programs from starting up when the PC starts

AVG Anti-Virus - This is (in my opinion) the best free anti-virus software available.

Lavasoft Ad-Aware - To search for and remove spyware on a regular basis.

Firefox - Because i'm not an IE fan.

Please post up the programs you would install on your new PC...

avast - for protection
opera - for net (preferred over firefox)
cubase - for recording
and yahoo messenger

this is what i get each time i built up a new PC:


Avg anti virus
Malwarebytes anti virus<---it finds stuff Avg can't.

comodo firewall or spybot 1.0.4.

bittorrent for accerated DNS on downloading torrents.

firefox webBrowser.

settings on windows XP:
restore point off<---- some duds think that geting ther pc on a prevouis date they get rip off malerware but they are rung.some trojans horses and worms are cain strong when restore point is on it make it ahrder to find them on the regeistry.

avant browser

msn (if it isn't bind with the os)

qq (chinese chat)

thunder(http://www.xunlei.com) -- downloads e-mule, bitorrent, http, and ftp.

winRAR

kugou(music software)

chinese input software(its a must for most chinese users)

diskeeper (automatic defragmentation)

driver genius @ drivergenius.com(update & backup & recover drivers)

storm player or k-lite codec pack

adobe reader

microsoft office

and sometimes if I need to program and stuff

photoshop, dreamweaver, microsoft studio and/or notepad++, and wamp/xampp

vmware sometimes

PS:if its a vista, I do&did not install any antivirus so far I am free of virus.
for XP, I either install kaspersky, macafee, or powershadow(http://www.powershadow.com/)

PS2: anybody think I had too much?

AVG antivirus
Firefox
Spybot search and destroy
merriam-webster dictionary
K-lite co-dec this is the only way I can play .RAR I think it is or the "streamed video" that I need for work.
I will do more research, but I always like the enhancements to performance of daily tasks: duplicate finders(I found one "free" which was actually a trial and costs $20), organizers(yet to find one)
I don't use a calendar...maybe when I get a larger monitor...
some burning software for regular backups of pictures
if it has a card reader I don't need to install camera software
drivers for printer(s) and scanner(s)...maybe fax...I think the fax won't work with VOIP, though...that's what e-mail is for, no? I also have an HP bundled program for faxes over computer...

I like the basic text programs(notepad) but every so often benefit from templates and enhanced procedures/calculations performed by the "office" programs, either openoffice.org or microsoft
Word or its contenders offer the ability to paste an image and easily put text in the same file. This is helpful for tutorials or troubleshooting.


thunderbird e-mail client --only for POP available services: g-mail, my ISP, not lycos, not hotmail, not yahoo, not sure about netscape/aol...

I haven't set it up yet but something with WinAmp to play the extracted music files from SNES games(I think .smc files)

I like my research, and sometimes use the research tools on computers and Internetworks to further my recreational activities but just prefer time away from electricity to truly relax.
Which reminds me, customized add-ons for firefox: customize google, ad-aware, download video...anything that skips or strips the unnecessary and gets me to my objective quicker is a plus.
oh, and backstreet browser...lets you download parts of (or the entire?)Web sites in such a way that you can access it offline....still need some research to get it working just right...would be great for someone who wants to edit wikipedia ^^

Categories: diagnostics, research tools(Web-based(search/retrieve) or database(dictionary/encyclopedia), performance enhancers, media --where the entertainment might fit ^^

Windows
Spybot
Registry Mechanic
Adaware SE
Google Chrome
Firefox
Adobe CS3 Master
Microsoft Office 2007
MPC Star (media player with all codecs)
Steam (for my pc games)
Mostly Business stuff untill you get to the end, everybodies gotta have their "just for fun" proggys.

• AVG
• MSN Messenger
• WinRAR
• MS Office
• CuteFTP
• FirFox
• Photoshop
• phpDesigner 2008
• Notepad2
• Nero
• Media Player 10
• Daemon Tools
• K-Lite Codecs Pack
• VLC Media Player
• WAMP
• MySQL Query Browser

avast - for protection
opera - for net (preferred over firefox)
cubase

AVG, Firefox and extensions, Filezilla, Penguinet, Spybot, Spyblaster, Display Switch Platinum, Ultra Edit

Firefox
Adobe CS3 Master
microsoft office
dreamweaver
Google Chrome
MSN messenger

Firefox - http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
COMODO Firewall - http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/index.html
Avira AntiVir Personal - http://www.free-av.com/
Spybot Search & Destroy - http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
Lavasoft Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php
Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net/
VLC Media Player - http://www.videolan.org/
Notepad2 - http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html
Foobar2000 - http://www.foobar2000.org/
Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Startup Monitor - http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml
InfranView - http://www.irfanview.com/
7-Zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
CCleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/
Defraggler - http://www.defraggler.com/
Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/
Revo Uninstaller - http://www.revouninstaller.com/
Either Sumatra PDF - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sum ... index.html OR Foxit Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Either Microsoft Office or OpenOffice.org - http://www.openoffice.org/

That covers documents, text/html/code, music, videos, image editing and viewing, web browsing, security, computer clean up, zip files, PDF viewing, and a little tweaking stuff.

Of course, that only applies to Windows machines. On my Linux box, things are a bit different.