A few programs ideas for a fresh install?

AtticusAtticus Dryden, Ontario, Canada.
edited January 2009 in Science & Tech
Hey

I'm starting fresh on my Asus laptop with Vista Home Premium 32bit. What are a few must have programs that play nice with Vista - eg. security, burning, video? Thanks!

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  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Eset NOD32, GOM Player, Daemon Tools, CCleaner, etc.
  • mas0nmas0n howdy Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Things that get installed in the first few minutes on my Windows rigs:

    Daemon Tools
    ISO Recorder v3
    FRAPS
    Folding@Home
    Firefox
    RivaTuner
    Synergy
    FoxIt
    K-Lite Codec Pack w/ Media Player Classic
  • DogDragonDogDragon Jacksonville, Fl Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    If you doing a fresh install Why do vista? I would put xp on, you know most things already likes
    xp including alot of hardware you may want to plug into it.
    Like
    whatlaptop.jpg

    ;D I really like that pic :D
  • siruspernotsiruspernot TN
    edited January 2009
    He might like playing games and only Vista gives you DX10. That depends if his graphics card is DX10 capable. If it isn't, the main benefit of Vista over XP is gone. Back to to the question

    ESET NOD32 Antivirus
    7-Zip or WinRAR (I just started using 7-Zip, I like it)
    CCleaner (for cleaning temp files)
    PowerISO (for dealing with disk image type files)
    Nero Ultra (latest)
    Office 2007
    Foxit reader (better than adobe acrobat reader, doesn't use stupid adobe background process)
    Skype (better at video chat and file transfers than live messenger)
    DVD Decrypter
    DVD Shrink
    RipIt4Me (use in conjunction with the previous two apps for backing up your DVD collection)
    Windows Live Messenger
  • mas0nmas0n howdy Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    7-zip
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2009
    Unlocker, Launchy, WinRAR, Firefox 3, FoxIt PDF Reader, Notepad++. I slipstream these items into my CD.
  • RichDRichD Essex, UK
    edited January 2009
    Avira
    Online Armour Free
    OPEN OFFICE (as good as microsoft Office and Free)
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
    WinRAR
    GIMP
  • BiowareBioware
    edited January 2009
    Firefox :)
    Also, I would go to portableapps.com and look around there
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