Essential Computer Programs

[Comraddict]

yeah i have hardware one. Seriously software firewall is just a software. So what if programs are having internet activity?

 

[Grohan]

OS: Windows XP
Security: Ad-Aware, AVG, hardware firewall
Web browser: Opera
Media players: Winamp, DivX player
File archiver: PowerArchiver
Image editing & viewing: Gimp, Irfanview
Essential games : Civ 3 & 4, Steam

I guess I got the most essential ones listed...

 

[croxis]

I use 7z as my archiver, VideoLAN for my media player, Winamp for music. The rest arnt legal

 

[Genocidicbunny]

i always make sure to have these on as soon as i finish updating windows and office:
:Gtalk
:Trillian Pro
:Foxit Reader
And some other ones, but those come only as soon as i remember them

 

[Perfection]

Sim City 2000, the rest is mere details.

 

[Ultima Dragoon]

MSN Messenger or equivalent, just in case you don't want to e-mail. Echoing Irfranview and saying Google Earth for those with broadband.

 

[Plexus]

ABC (bittorrent client), Trillian, Firefox, Thunderbird, Winamp, OpenOffice, WinRAR, Photoshop and Illustrator are the first programs I install, and the only ones I regularly use.

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

open office, firefox, just basic editor and DC++

 

[Red Door]

Windows XP, AIM, iTunes, Civilization 4, Civilization 3 (and every expansion), Excel, Python IDLE, PhotoShop, GIMP, Word, Notepad ++, Windows Media Player, Party Poker , eMusic Download Manager (I have eMusic subscription), DXTBmp, Mozilla Firefox, Ad-Aware, and WinRAR.

I have all of those on my computer, plus I put them on all of my family's computers.