New Computer, what should I install.

[jackass]

Oh yeah, forgot about Steam!

And also Winrar.

[The Professor]

K-Lite codec pack is a good idea, that together with VLC and you should be sorted for video

[Stephen!]

Agreed with above, but whenever I reinstall Windows I install these first:

iTunes
Firefox
Adobe Flash plugins for IE and FF
Silverlight
MS Office 2010 BETA
WinRAR
VLC Media Player
Shark 007's Windows 7 codecs
Windows Live Messenger
STEAM + Games (dont actually install, these are stored on my data HDD)
Microsoft Security Essentials
Comodo Firewall
TweetDeck
Setup Media Center

Probably more but Im not at teh pee see.

Why not office 2010 RTM?

[Markeh]

Why not office 2010 RTM?

I might be wrong, but isn't the RTM version (which if I'm right is similar to an RC version) time limited, whereas a beta has none?

[Stephen!]

An RTM (Release to Manufacturer) is the final version that will eventually end up on the shelves.

[HotelUser]

Ok uninstall everything and then install these:

Firefox
Thunderbird
MSE
MPHC
7-zip

Extras:
Steam
Skype
Filezilla

Agreed, and don't install anything else. Crap will slow your new computer right down to utter failure.

[Tomm]

The only problem with the supposed RTM leak is that the only reference to it being the RTM is a section of the EULA that contains the text "RTM". It is highly likely that this is not the actual RTM build but a RTM-Escrow build (i.e features locked, only critical bugs will be fixed) that will not be released as the final RTM build.

[--ss--]

FrostWire and Utorrent... Also doesn't every man need a little bit of adult content on their HDD.

[Jongo]

avast! free anti virus is pretty sick, don't know many people who use it but I find it actually really good...

it would help if you gave us a bit of information on the spec's of your pc, because it might be total crap which just about handles an msn conversation of 15 people without crashing.

if you have a decent rig and like to just chill out on your pc get:
- avast! free av
- utorrent
- steam
- crysis
- cod4
- css + cs1.6
- xfire
- ventrilo
- monitor, gfx card, motherboard drivers/utilities
- atitool oc utility

then you're sorted, i really couldn't be arsed with all this PDFViewer and VisualBasics for geeks.

[iLogan]

Some basic specs:

4GB Ram
500GB Hardrive
1TB External

Erm, dunno

its the HP TouchSmart 300 PC