Essential Software for a New Pc

[///MoH]

Latest Hardware drivers
Windows updates
AntiVirus of some sort.
WinRar
Firefox
Klite Codec Pack
Winamp
Office 2007/2010
A download Manager
Daemon Tools
Adobe
Java

etc...

 

[ponder]

WinRar
Daemon Tools

You really should try these instead:
http://www.7-zip.org/
http://arainia.com/software/gizmo/index.html

 

[demOZZracy]

I dont understand why people download codec packs, it just slows down your pc. Install VLC (some other software might be able to do the same) and you will never have to worry about a codec