Essential Software for a New Pc

[Rainy]

Building a new pc, what are some of the most essential/best software that needs to be loaded before pc is used daily

 

[ponder]

Before connecting it to the net install firewall & anti-virus.
http://www.techsupportalert.com/

 

[LazyLion]

Building a new pc, what are some of the most essential/best software that needs to be loaded before pc is used daily

an operating system

 

[DJNgoma]

an operating system

+1, lmao.

MaximumPC has a few links.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/maximum_pcs_32_totally_essential_apps
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/13_steps_any_new_computer
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/howto_purify_your_new_laptop
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/33_essential_utilities

 

[kingrob]

Well, depends which route you wanna take :

The Windows route :

Windows 7/Home/Pro/Ultimate
Microsoft Office 2007/or beta of 2010, it's free to use for 6 months (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Microsoft Security Essentials
an Adobe Acrobat reader/freeware PDF reader
TuneUp Utilities 2010 (personal choice)
+ all the patches since release date.

The Linux route :

Wait till 29 April 2010 and get yourself Ubuntu 10.04.

It includes free Office software + everything else.
There is a link somewhere of all the "missing" software to install, once you have installed Ubuntu on your pc.

Enjoy building your new pc!!

 

[RSkeens]

Assuming this is a Windows based system, device drivers and DirectX, decent antivirus scanner, firewall, e - mail client (free = Thunderbird or commercial = Outlook), an office suite and lastly FireFox / Chrome / Opera web browser.

 

[agentrfr]

Install Windows 7 first...

Then do this in this order to make your PC do anything jsut about.

Download latest graphics drivers. Install. Reboot.

Then install this order:
Antivirus + Firewall (Bit Defender if office PC, NOD32 if games/home)
Firefox mozilla.org
Office 2007 (Incredible Corruption)
Adobe Reader http://get.adobe.com/reader/?promoid=BUIGO
uTorrent http://www.utorrent.com/
jDownloader jdownloader.org
FDM http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
k-lite Mega Codec Pack http://www.free-codecs.com/download/k_lite_Mega_codec_pack.htm -------->(When choosing install option, select option Lots of Stuff (choice 7 I think) then tell it to make Media Player Classic default for all audio and video. Its amazingly fast and high quality)

If using for games, install these too:
Steam www.steampowered.com
xFire www.xfire.com

Thats my usual list for a new PC. Now its hip and ready to handle almost anything.

 

[agentrfr]

Oh and use Winamp to manage iPods. It does everything iTunes does, but faster and less hassle. www.winamp.com

 

[Synaesthesia]

Microsoft Office 2007/or beta of 2010, it's free to use for 6 months (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Microsoft Security Essentials
an Adobe Acrobat reader/freeware PDF reader
TuneUp Utilities 2010 (personal choice)
+ all the patches since release date.

This exactly. Although I don't use TuneUp. Google Chrome.

 

[noswal]

Just for the sake of being obvious... download firewall software on an existing pc and copy it onto new disconnected pc

 

[NeonNinja]

Ccleaner, Advanced System Care, TuneUp Utilities, OpenOffice, Antivirus (updated defs), Mozilla Firefox, Media Player Classic/codecs.

 

[D4N]

Assuming you're talking about a windows based PC:

Antivirus : Microsoft Security Essentials / AVG / Avast
Software for opening archived or compressed files (RAR): 7zip / WinRAR
CD/DVD Burning Software: Imgburn / CDburnerXP
Media Player: VLC Player
Better Internet Browser: Firefox / Google Chrome / Opera
Better Notepad: Notepad++
Wordprocessing / Producitvity: Office 2007 / OpenOffice.org
Image Viewer: Irfanview + all its plugins
Hexadecimal Editor: HxD
PDF Viewer: Adobe Acrobat / Foxit Reader

Software required by other software: .Net Framework / DirectX

 

[davemc]

FreeCommander (Replace Windows file explorer)
emergeCore (Replace Windows desktop interface)
Virtuawin (Virtual desktop manager)
Rainlender (Desktop calendar app)
Speedfan (Motherboard monitor)
Samurize (Desktop meters + Speedfan integration)
Launchy (Indexes Programs folder for you for fast launching)
Firefox
Thunderbird
OpenOffice
EclipsePHP (PHP and other IDE)
VMWare (The work VM's)
GFI Backup
World of Warcraft
Ventrilio
Lowerping

 

[davemc]

I kicked free-commander for Q-Dir ... much better.

 

[demOZZracy]

The way I do mine (in more or less this order, using Windows7):
* Eset Nod32 Antivirus
* Office 2007 (one of these days I'll obvioulsy move on to 2010)
* Firefox
* Foxit PDF Reader
* PowerISO
* Imgburn
* VLC Media Player
* Windows 7 Manager

But this is obviously personal taste, some people would rather install TuneUp utilities than Windows 7 Manager, MPC over VLC etc.
And also keep all your software/driver up to date.

 

[steve-rsa]

RightMark CPU Clock for way better battery time on a laptop.

 

[K T]

Don't forget you can use portable apps for a lot of the software that you use every now and again. Doesn't clutter things up with millions of installs.

 

[Cosmic_Nomad]

winrar...

 

[medicnick83]

I do mine;

OS
Anti Virus (and I update it)
Windows Updates
Office Software with updates

Then the other programs...

 

[kaisterkai]

Well, depends which route you wanna take :

The Windows route :

Windows 7/Home/Pro/Ultimate
Microsoft Office 2007/or beta of 2010, it's free to use for 6 months (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Microsoft Security Essentials
an Adobe Acrobat reader/freeware PDF reader
TuneUp Utilities 2010 (personal choice)
+ all the patches since release date.

The Linux route :

Wait till 29 April 2010 and get yourself Ubuntu 10.04.

It includes free Office software + everything else.
There is a link somewhere of all the "missing" software to install, once you have installed Ubuntu on your pc.

Enjoy building your new pc!!

Is office 2010 out?

Has anyone used it? is it any good?