The 'MUST HAVE' software list

Well, i love software, so i thought it would be cool to see what the first things are that everyone installs after a fresh format, and what it does that makes it so awesome. (And i am not talking about drivers.)

Heres mine:

Riva Tuner (Duh)
ObjectDock (Windows dock that looks great)
Tune Up Utilities 2008 (Maintain and keep Windows happy)
Driver Cleaner Pro (Get rid of Nvidia's nasty leftovers)
K-Lite Mega codec pack + Media Player Classic (Movies 'n Stuff)
Firefox (Internet Browser, faster than most imo)

Anything you guys use not here thats really awesome? Or what would you use in place of something i have? Let me know.

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Firefox
SpywareBlaster
uTorrent
iTunes+Quicktime
VLC Player
Nod32
Daemon Tools

 

I cant stand Daemon Tools.

Usually use Ultra ISO. Way more features, less recources, and never messes anything up for me at all. I also use Winamp instead of iTunes.

Quicktime = :bang:

 

Window Blinds
Icon Packager (GUI stuff)
MS Works suite
MS Office
Firefox
Sunbird -great free Mozilla Calendar/planner!
Diskeeper Pro (defrag utility)
Nero

 

Foxit Reader
Firefox
iTunes
VLC
RivaTuner
OpenOffice
Windows Vista

 

Drivers...
Windows updates...
Fallout 1/2
NOD32
MS Office
Opera
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack
TuneUp Utilities
CCleaner
RivaTuner
ATITool
Foxit Reader
Windows Live Messenger
******** Phone Tools
Nero Lite

Edit: what's up with Moto...?

2nd Edit:

7-Zip
CPU-Z
GPU-Z

 

Same thing thats up with ********* i think.

 

guru3d driver sweaper
rivatuner latest
tune up utilities
fraps
tweak vista
vista codec pack 4.5.6 anything newer has bad sound quality >_>

 

perfect disk 8
nod32
ccleaner
driver cleaner
tuneup utilities 07
faststone image viewer
riva tuner
ping plotter
cpu/z
vista anti lag
process explorer
orthos
super pi
cpu burn in

i could go on all night

 

rivatuner
nod32
diskeeper
fraps
drivercleaner.net
utorrent
flashget
futuremark
vlc player


these are my apps i cant live without

 

rivatuner
Foobar2000
FIREFOX 2!!!
Tuneup utilities 2008
VLC Player
MSN Messenger
Rockdock
Thoosje sidebar for XP.
ATT.

 

X fire

 

Winrar
Winamp
Foxit Reader (way faster then adobe crap)
Symantec Anti Virus (Not Norton gotta love 0% scan usage).
Fire Fox
Trillian Less Bloatware then MSN

Thats it

 

iTunes
PowerISO
Firefox
CPU-Z
GPU-Z
RivaTuner
Photoshop (I have 7.0 though)
Pidgin
3Dmark06
MS Office 2007
ModPlug Tracker
PC Tools Threatfire

 

NOD32
CCleaner
O&O Defrag 10 Professional
Utorrent
Mozilla Firefox 3.0
Mozilla Thunderbird w/Lightning
Yahoo! Widgets
Windows Media Player 11
Windows Messenger
Microsoft Office Suite 2007
Adobe Photoshop/Lightroom
RocketDock
Unlocker
Media Player Classic/ Vista Codec Pack

 

Firefox
Thunderbird w/Lightning
Pidgin

Then for other stuff I've got:
VLC
Rocket Dock
Abiword
Paint.NET or PS3
Foobar2000
CDBurnerXP Pro 3
uTorrent

 

Firefox
SpywareBlaster
uTorrent
spybot search and destroy
VLC Player
Nod32
xfire
teamspeak
winrar
nero
alcohol120
thunderbird
powerdvd
office

 

Firefox
Winamp
VLC
Winrar
Daemon Tools

I know my list is tiny.

 

Uhm i am just going to put whatever i usually have on my new install.

Drivers
Firefox + Plug-ins
Tune-up Uttilities
CCleaner
Spybot - Search and Destroy
Zone Alarm suite
Winamp + a lot of plug-ins
Itunes + Quicktime + Safari
Audacity
Nero 7
Everest Ultimate
Riva Tuner
7-zip Archive
Adobe Suite
Microsoft Office 2007 Suite
DVD Shrink
Clone DVD2
Alcohol %120
Skype
Trillian
Object Dock
GOM Player
VLC Player
K-lite Codec pack
Flashget + uTorrent
CPU-z + GPU-z
Driver Sweeper
Paint.Net

Too many..

 

Must-have software, as in, essential software very difficult to do without:

• [*]All necessary drivers (of course)
  [*]ATI Tray Tools
  [*]Document writing software (be it MSWord or OpenOffice)
  [*]7-Zip File Manager (does .rar too!)
  [*]A PDF viewer (I use Adobe Reader 8)
  [*]Firefox (or Opera)
  [*]iTunes (best music player ever?)
  [*]Adobe Flash Player (I use flash on a daily basis)
  [*]Winamp (hard to do without my daily dosage of jazz at Sky.FM)
  [*]Steam (need this so I can play some games I no longer actually play)
  [*]Driver Cleaner Pro (would be nice to keep, TBH)
  [*]CCleaner (suppose I could delete all of it manually...)

I've used color-coding to indicate hierarchically, which ones are most important (IMHO!) and which ones might not be so important.

Code:

Red = Most critical.
Green = Least critical, but still not pleasant to live without.