What programs do you immediately install on any new computer?

I'm getting a new laptop soon and I'm trying to generate a list of software to have prepared on a CD when I get it. What do you all usually install on a new computer?

ALSO! What's your preferred method of delivery for all of your programs onto a new install... Flash drive? DVD?

Feel free to critique my list.

Edit: Also, this is XP professional

Here's my brief list so far:

-Office
-Firefox
-Winrar
-Latest video drivers
-Winamp
-Video Codecs, usually the CCCP
-Steam
-iTunes
-Pidgin
-Stats4U, a little free stats package that I use all the time
-Symantec
-SpySweeper
-Home directory Service (Program that allows me to access corporate network)
-Oracle Calendar
-Remedy
-uTorrent
-Flash player
-Adobe reader
-Java
-Skype
-Bloated Webcam Software (ew.)

 

CCleaner
RegSeeker
Adaware

 

Foxit - for viewing pdf files.
Irfanview - for simple image editing.
Opera - for W2K, no IE7.
RMClock - for undervolting.

 

All the usual suspects

 

Age of Empires 3
iTunes
Medieval 2 total war
Google Earth
AVG
Microsoft word

 

Porn
.

 

Oh dear god I knew that was coming.

 

After a clean install install I immediately install .......

Necessary Drivers

Windows Updates

Avast AntiVirus

Office 2007
More Windows Updates (mostly new Office updates)

Streets & Trips 2007

All extra Browsers I want ...FireFox, Opera, etc:
Config and Add Adobe Flash to Browsers

Media Players .... Winamp, Itunes, RealPlayer, VLC, Divx Player/Codecs, etc:

Trillian Messenger

POPPeeper and/or Windows Mail Live

StatBar

Windows Washer & CCleaner

Faststone Image Viewer

Azureus & Limewire

Nero 7 & Roxio

Adobe PhotoShop, Gimp, & Paint

Daemon Tools


Let me stop now cause I can probably go on forever, being that I like to install everything at once instead of install as I need.

 

utorrent
fraps
3dmark
Security Task Manager
cpu-z
ConvertXtoDVD
VLC Media Player
Microsoft GIF Animator

And the ones that are a must, but that you will never use:
google earth

 

Hope you use something like True Image to speed things up. Damn, installing Windows, the updates, and all those programs would take me forever.

What do you think of The Gimp? It comes bundled with a couple of Linux distros I've tried, but I haven't really used it. Seems like the learning curve is too steep for a dummy like myself. You must be happy with the results the app gives you; how long did it take for you to get the hang of it?

 

I might start doing that or at least look more into it. It does takes hours to get EVERYTHING I'll need on a Fresh Install. BTW, I only list like half the stuff

Yea I like Gimp a lot and only took me a couple of days to get the hang of it. But I'm also a Photoshop user, so I had the advantage of recognizing some gimp icons right away. IMO it's all about know what the Icons do. Just Google each task you plan to do and you'll learn quickly or do a search in gimp's help files.

 

Thanks for your help guys, keep it coming. I'm getting lots of good ideas.

 

To those mentioned I'll add:
Winamp (and any other media players you like)
A PDF reader (Adobe Reader or FoxIt)
Paint.NET (less powerful than GIMP, but easier to use)
Some sort of notepad replacement (I'm using EditPad Lite right now; it's fine; there are plenty of others too)
A "dock" or app launcher (I'm using ObjectDock, but there are others)
Microsoft Visual C# 2005 Express (if you're into that stuff)
PuTTY (if you have use for an rsh/ssh/telnet client)
cygwin (Unix-ish environment; comes with plenty of nice little utilities)
Microsoft TweakUI PowerToy (on XP; may work on Vista too... not sure)

 

WinRar
QuickPar
WinAmp
Everest
CPU-Z
Adobe Reader
K-Lite Codec Pack
ZoneAlarm
Agent Email/Newsreader
Paintshop Pro

 

I'll add:

FlashGet - download embedded Flash files and torrents.
Google Earth
GreatNews - RSS feed reader
Picassa
SpeedFan
SureSync - without a doubt the BEST synch tool available. It's not free but it's the best $60 I ever spent. It will handle ANY sort of sync scenario you need including multiple masters (the acid test of ANY sync app).

Gary

 

good thread

in my case (after all the drivers and hardware related software installation, and excluding those mentioned above):

0. kaspersky internet security
1. adobe flash & shockwave plugins
2. sun micro java runtime
3. total commander
4. tune-up utilities 2007
5. deep exploration (for cad presentation)
6. rocketdock

 

These will be installed Immediately after a clean install:

• System drivers
• NOD32
• Firefox (with my favorite plug-ins)
• MS Office, Adobe Acrobat Reader
• WinRAR
• Flashget, uTorrent
• A codec pack (CCCP or K-Lite)
• Winamp, Media Player Classic, VLC Player
• MSN,Skype,GTalk
• Nero

Other stuff like SDKs and graphic tools are installed as and when I need them.

 

Omitting examples already given, I'll also add ObjectDock, Last.fm, Power ISO and AVG.

 

Cool ..... :wink: :laugh: :tongue:

 

Instead of installing, my first thoughts go to uninstalling things. In windows I
-kill every form of autorun for removable media
-disable any form of automatic update
-disable the eyecandy effects (I don't give a damn, and they suck resources)
-uninstall all sorts of bloatware but even potentially funcional software like Microsoft Works, Roxio's CD stuff, McAffe AV.
-keep that WMP monster away from me, by associating media files with Media Player Classic (yep, I install that) with Real Alternative and Quicktime alternative.

And then I install
-drivers for the external devices, if any
-a zip archiving software (7zip)
-a pdf viewer (Adobe Reader) and virtual printer (cutePDF)
- djvu viewer
-Mathematica reader
-a light antivirus (Antivir)
-a Unix style environment (Un*x Tools, MinGW)
-my compilers
-a light text editor with syntax highlighting
-Open Office (I dumped MS Office even if for certain things it was better)

 

Here is my list.

Drivers for all hardware
flash and shockwave player
Sun Java
Audacity (voice recorder/mixer/sound editor)
MS office
Antivirus software (mine is norton)
Auslogics defragmenter--FREE!
Adobe reader
ccleaner
Divx (codecs only)
Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird (email)
Irfanview (my favorite software for 10 years)
Nero burner
Kompozer (web designing software)
Quicktime (itunes too if you have an ipod)
VLC media player (play anything and everything)
Media player classic (I keep it on my jump drive, single exe file, small size, plays all)
Real player (listen or watch 'real' online streams)
Sync toy (file or folder synchronization utility from MS)
Winamp
Wordweb (free dictionary)
7-zip (open source file archiver)
MP3 gain (mp3 normalizer)
Chat software like Yahoo messenger
Windows defender (Anti-spyware from MS)
Auslogics Registry Defragmenter--FREE
Auslogics system information
paint.NET (Graphics editor)
Most of the software I listed above are freeware. I will add more as I recall them.

 

My list is as follows:
Drivers
Winrar
CCCP
Adober reader
java
Comic Book Reader
Quicktime
Ashampoo Burning Studio
Microsoft Office
DirectX
Utorrent
Daemon Tools
awxtools
Altough after the drivers i jumble the programs except Daemon Tools and awxtools since Daemon needs a reboot and awxtools needs daemon

 

How do you all get these files onto a clean install? Also, why do you all recommend using CCleaner or other such tools?

 

• i get all drivers updated
• update windows
• update windows 15 more times because there are always more updates
• defrag
• install ccleaner
• office 2007
• photoshop
• dameon tools
• virtual pc
• visual studio
• divx codecs
• vlc player
• aim
• filezilla
• audacity
• adobe reader
• java
• shockwave
• firefox
• power dvd
• azureus
• peer guardian
• spybot
• google earth
• dvd decriptor
• dvd shrink
• quicktime
• zonealarm
• norton antivirus
• winrar

 

• PDFcreator
• gvim
• allsnap
• TClock 3 or AlfaClock Free
• Truecrypt
• Sizer
• VirtuaWin
• Sysinternals tools (using the si_installer)

 

Drivers
Winamp
µTorrent
Trillian
Daemon-Tools
Firefox
Opera
Yahoo! Messenger
Microsoft Office
Adobe Reader
SonicStage
HostsMan
Disc2Phone
WinRAR
SpywareBlaster
Time Synchronizer
Microsoft Calculator Plus
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
nVidia PureVideo Decoder
IrfanView
Internet Download Manager
Debugging Tools for Windows
CCleaner
Possibly others, depending on what I want to ruin that day.

 

utorrent
AVG antivirus
Auslogics disk defrag
CCleaner
Ad-aware 2007
Avast antivirus
A-squared free
Spybot search&destroy
Paint.net
Firefox-
Downthemall!
Fasterfox
Gmail manager
Mcafee siteadvisor
No go buttons
Noscript
Undo closed tabs button
WOT
Firetune
VLC media player
Open office
Avira Antivir
Update drivers, and install new codecs
Winrar
All my music, anime, movies.

 

Undo closed tabs button

Is that for IE7? Cause I know that's standard in FireFox.

 

No it's not for IE7, and it's not standard in FF. Well, as far as i know.

 

Whats it for then?

It is standard in FF. Just right click on Tab bar and you'll see it on the menu.

 

• Antivirus program
• Spyware program
• Fan control program
• Auslogics Disk Defrag
• JK Defrag
• CPU-z
• Google Earth
• Google sketchup
• Picasa 2
• CC Cleaner
• Comodo firewall
• Everest Home Edition
• Cam Unzip
• Foxit Reader
• Firefox
• Glary Utilities

Plus Paint Shop Pro 11, Office 03, Sim City 4

 

• Combined Community Codec Pack
• CCleaner
• AVG Anti-Virus
• Ad-Aware
• Yahoo! Messenger
• Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird
• OpenOffice.org
• LimeWire
• iTunes
• Canon ZoomBrowser EX
• BitComet
• Nokia PC Suite
• WinRAR
  

*shrugs* Guess that's pretty much it.

 

It's for FF. I'll uninstall my addon to check if your right. Right now, i just have to get some other things out of the way first.

 

Drivers
Symantec Corporate (required on campus)
ZoneAlarm Pro
Microsoft Office 2007 (Corporate, provided by campus)
7-Zip (best decompression tool EVAR)
VLC
DivX codecs
iTunes
Flash
Foxit reader
Ccleaner
Pidgin
uTorrent
Limewire
Videora iPod converter
Yawcam (for my integrated webcam)
Audacity
Daemon tools
Bunch o' games

Then I set up my backups!

 

I'll tell you what LIVEFRMNYC. I uninstalled it, and not only did it cause a bunch of problems with my other extensions but it wasn't there. Also No go buttons stopped working so i had to uninstall it.

 

That's werid. It should be standard. Try reinstalling FF.

 

I did not think that Undo Close Tabs was a standard Firefox feature. I have it via the TabMixPlus add-on.

 

I used to have tabmixplus in 1.5 but then when 2.0 came out all i wanted was undo closed tabs so i got this one instead. Also i think i'll keep my current FF install for now. I don't want anymore problems. =\

 

Firefox has a "recently closed tab" link in the bookmarks, which essentially does that same thing, although not necessarily with the same "undo" ease.

 

Here is how mines is. I never installed any type of Tab Plug-in. I do have Everything Checked in my Tab's options.

 

Nod32
Comodo Firewall
WinRAR
Winamp
VLC
VentriloMIX
Windows Live Messenger
lolifox
Joost

 

Ruff, Live, i know there is that feature but i dad forgotten. I didn't know that was what you were talking about. But i like my addon better though.

 

Heres my list:

Nod32
Windows XP SP3 Beta
Opera 9
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Password Corral
Firefox 2
Nero 7
uTorrent
Limewire Pro
Itunes
MagicISO
AIM
Google Earth
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise
Foxit Reader
K-lite Codec Pack
Peer Guardian
Irfanview
eDonkey
mIRC
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Advance System Optimizer
Ccleaner
Yahoo Widgets
Winrar
Unlocker
Spyware Blaster
Ad-Aware
Spybot Search & Destroy
Spyware Docter
Spyware Terminator
AVG Anti-Spyware
Webroot Spy Sweeper
System Drivers

 

There's a PROGRAM for it??? OMG TELL ME!!!!!!! j/k

-Basic AV (AVG)
-Basic Anti Spyware (Adaware)
-Zonealarm free
-MS Office
-Drivers

-Adobe REader

 

Here's my list:

Install all drivers
Install all available windows updates
Kaspersky Internet security suite
Spybot S&D
MS Office
3DMark
Adobe Reader
K-lite Codec Pack
Ccleaner
WinRaR
WinZiP
Limewire
Nero
Firefox
Auslogics Disk Defrag
Yahoo IM
MSN IM
RivaTuner
Alcohol 52%

.............

 

Hey Bigspin why don't you use Openoffice? You should give it a try man it's great. Much better than MS office.

 

1. Opera. Before anything else, even drivers.
2. Drivers to get everything working properly.
3. Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests. Best game ever.
4. Microsoft Office.

Everything else comes gradually. PDF viewer - this time I decided to try Foxit Reader instead of Adobe, RightMark CPU Clock Utility, Java, various other programs I have.

My preferred method of delivery is the CDs the software came with, or The Internet for free stuff from the Web. For data, I prefer to just use a flash drive.

 

firefox
adobe
nod32 (using ess for now)
jv16 powertools (blows ccleaner away imo)
winrar
isobuster
anydvd
clonedvd
dvd decrytper
fab dvd
perfect disk
nero burning rom
k-lite codec pack
bittorrent
emule
and others i just dont remember right now lol

 

A few more, some of which have not been mentioned:

EditPad Lite
vim
ncftp
Irfanview + plugins
PuTTY

 

A very nice free backup program; DiscWizard by Seagate aka Acronis TrueImage.
Harddrive manufacturer Seagate has made a deal with Acronis to offer their program for free under the name of Discwizard.

Thx to Macpod for the info.