Essential Programs to install?

[triston220]

A programmer (someone who know's a computer language), I think, would know what applications he'd like being honest..

I suppose so.

[Jam]

Chrome
Windows Live Messenger
WinRAR
MS Word (unless you have W7)

[GommeInc]

Chrome
Windows Live Messenger
WinRAR
MS Word (unless you have W7)

What do you mean in the bit in bold?

Windows 7 tends to tell you all the basics you'll need when you start it up. It'll chuck Windows Live Essentials at you in a Windows Update, so you can get Movie Maker, Windows Live Messenger (MSN/WLM) and other programs. I think Windows 7 had something in an update that allowed you to install whatever browser you want in a list, but if not:

http://www.google.com/chrome - Chrome
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/ - Firefox

It should also moan at you about the lack of protection (Anti-Virus). I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials, but there are plenty of decent ones out there (AVG, Norton has improved recently etc).

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ - Microsoft Security Essentials
http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage - AVG Free Edition

Then you get the other stuff, like:

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/get-skype/ - Skype

Microsoft Office 2010 seems to vary in price. If you're a student go to:

http://software4students.co.uk - You can get Microsoft Office Pro Plus for about £35

If not, Microsft Office Home and Students Edition gives you the basics.

That's usually the bog-standard stuff you want.

[Lycan]

Chrome
Notepad++
Photoshop - anything from CS2 upwards.
Avast
Winrar
Filezilla
Speedfan
Ccleaner
VLC
DVDFab
Logmein

Plus the obvious Flash+Java

Would have to be those I considered the first line of install on any new machine.

[Jam]

What do you mean in the bit in bold?

I find Windows 7 WordPad to be as much use as Word from Office, but obviously anything Vista and prior is awful in comparison.

[GommeInc]

I find Windows 7 WordPad to be as much use as Word from Office, but obviously anything Vista and prior is awful in comparison.

You know what, I have never looked at WordPad for Windows 7 before you mentioned that It is like a simplified version of Word, pretty snazzy for something that comes with the OS.

[HotelUser]

When I used Windows I usually did:
Pidgin
Notepad++
Firefox (now Chrome I guess)
FileZilla
WinRAR
WInamp
Photoshop

[Wig44.]

What do you mean in the bit in bold?

Windows 7 tends to tell you all the basics you'll need when you start it up. It'll chuck Windows Live Essentials at you in a Windows Update, so you can get Movie Maker, Windows Live Messenger (MSN/WLM) and other programs. I think Windows 7 had something in an update that allowed you to install whatever browser you want in a list, but if not:

http://www.google.com/chrome - Chrome
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/ - Firefox

It should also moan at you about the lack of protection (Anti-Virus). I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials, but there are plenty of decent ones out there (AVG, Norton has improved recently etc).

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ - Microsoft Security Essentials
http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage - AVG Free Edition

Then you get the other stuff, like:

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/get-skype/ - Skype

Microsoft Office 2010 seems to vary in price. If you're a student go to:

http://software4students.co.uk - You can get Microsoft Office Pro Plus for about £35

If not, Microsft Office Home and Students Edition gives you the basics.

That's usually the bog-standard stuff you want.

http://www.isohunt.com

[AgnesIO]

Microsoft Office - Paid
AVG full internet security - Paid, but there are keys on the internet
Adobe Master Collection - Paid, like AVG I don't pay.
Steam - Free
CCleaner - Free
Defraggler - Free
Chrome - Free
Firefox - Free
WinRAR - Free
Spotify - Free, paid options
Cubase - Paid, downloaded off the cloud though

[Wig44.]

Microsoft Office - Paid
AVG full internet security - Paid, but there are keys on the internet
Adobe Master Collection - Paid, like AVG I don't pay.
Steam - Free
CCleaner - Free
Defraggler - Free
Chrome - Free
Firefox - Free
WinRAR - Free
Spotify - Free, paid options
Cubase - Paid, downloaded off the cloud though

Lol, you can get all of the paid programs you listed for free. But remember people, it's stealing!1!