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O.P. Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
Okay, so my dad has a new PC And hed like me to install some various shit for him.
On my PC i have alot of crap that i couldnt be stuffed going through, and some would be useless to him.

So id like to know, What are a few programs you guys think are essential for a new PC? (Its mostly just an officey sorta tool pc, but you can suggest cool programs he may not need anyway)

Dont suggest..
Ad Aware
Firefox
Hijack This
Norton products
Spybot S&D
WinRAR or WinZIP
DVD Shrink
Tweak XP Pro
Itunes
Microsoft Office
(I have them allready)

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07-25-2005 07:11 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
Winamp? Unless you want to use WMP.
07-25-2005 07:17 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
Microsoft antispyware
MSN Messsenger & PLus!(Y)
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
mIRC, Shareaza,Google Desktop Search
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07-25-2005 07:42 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
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Dont suggest..
Ad Aware
Firefox
Hijack This
Norton products
Spybot S&D
WinRAR or WinZIP
DVD Shrink
Tweak XP Pro
Itunes
Microsoft Office
(I have them allready)

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umm msn with msgplus? 100% essential
07-25-2005 07:43 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
clcl http://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html (muli clipboard thing)
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
VLC/VideoLAN Client
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07-25-2005 07:57 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install

Also get the latest drivers for video/audio cards, just after fresh install is a good time, because there are no old ones there. Compress hard disk if it's NTFS, and if it isn't, make it NTFS (I just remembered that I haven't done that, I will now). Set screen resolution higher, and enable ClearType.
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07-25-2005 08:32 AM
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RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
IE has an ftp client, and Shareaza has a bt client 8-)
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O.P. RE: Essential Programs For A Fresh Windows Install
He wont be downloading shit so i dont need bit torrent, im not allowed games on it :p i have my own pc for that. and he wont be using MSN, but if he does then plus will be making an appearance :p
07-25-2005 10:12 AM
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