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The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby death_au » Mon May 25, 2009 3:55 am

You've just bought a new computer, or formatted your old one. You have a fresh OS on there (Win/Mac/Linux, don't care). Now, what do you install first?

The first few things that go on my windows computer are:
Firefox
Windows Live Messenger (and the Messenger Plus! Live extension)
WinRAR
Antivirus / Firewall (I haven't yet settled on specifics)
Notepad++
K-Lite Codec Pack
IrfanView (unless it's XP. The Picture & Fax viewer is good enough for me)

...I'm sure I've missed some, but they're probably the basics for me. Post what you install first.
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby vedicardi » Mon May 25, 2009 4:31 am

AVG
Steam
Firefox
MSN
Pidgin
iTunes
uTorrent
Photoshop

then just games and ****

winrar whenever it is first required
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby lordhardware » Mon May 25, 2009 4:40 am

Firefox
DirectX
DotNET
K-Lite
UTorrent
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"Check Your Hardware: Rap" 1/10
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby NBSRDan » Mon May 25, 2009 4:55 am

Assuming it's a general, personal use computer, assembled to be a parallel backup or for another person,

Drivers
Anti-virus
Anti-spyware
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Word
Other information gatherers, such as a RAR extractor or a torrent downloader
Anything important I forgot while installing the aforementioned.

If it's made to replace the current computer, I just clone the hard drive.
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby lordhardware » Mon May 25, 2009 5:13 am

heck thats a good one... winrar should be the first
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Maartah » Mon May 25, 2009 7:04 am

VLC ftw, how else am I supposed to watch my illegal anime?
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby death_au » Mon May 25, 2009 8:28 am

Maartah wrote:VLC ftw, how else am I supposed to watch my illegal anime?

That's what the K-Lite Codec pack is for :tongue:
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby The_Magus_X » Mon May 25, 2009 9:09 am

My Essential Programs:
Winamp
Winrar
OpenOffice
Windows Live + Plus
Firefox
KLite Codec Pack
uTorrent
Fraps
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby crazy.neo » Mon May 25, 2009 9:10 am

Media Player Classic Homecinema
Digsby
foobar2k
Clamwin
Microsoft Office
Opera/Google Chrome
Clamwin
uTorrent
Photoshop 7.0
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Kotti » Mon May 25, 2009 10:27 am

Antivirus
Firefox
Windows Live Messenger
VLC
Winamp
Fraps
Hitman Blood Money :tongue2:
Abiword
CCleaner
BitComet
ZEN Media Explorer (harder than you think... Had to get it from PirateBay)

Never installed WinRAR, I suppose it was included in my PirateBay edition of XP.
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Rapt0r » Mon May 25, 2009 11:01 am

Opera
WLM Plus
RapGet
WinRAR
Steam
Skype
AIM
Xfire
K-Lite Codec Pack

I haven't ran a firewall/anti-virus in over a year and I'm still virus free...

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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Scutch-Nukem » Mon May 25, 2009 11:04 am

Firefox
avast!
Winamp
Bitlord
Winrar
World of Warcraft (hur hur hur)
Duke Nukem series (**** year)
Steam + Team Fortress 2 and Counterstrike: Source
Radiohead wallpaper. (what? I like the bear logo and they're a great band.
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Spartan101 » Mon May 25, 2009 12:18 pm

Firefox
X-fire
WinRar
Audacity
Codec Packs
Itunes
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby amak11 » Mon May 25, 2009 12:46 pm

IE8
WMP11
Tugzip (aswell as it's rar extension)
Klite mega codec pack
pidgen
Office 07
Direct X
AVG free
You Hardware drivers
Photoshop cs3 or cs4 extended
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Re: The first things you install on a new computer?

Postby Lysdestic » Mon May 25, 2009 2:47 pm

sudo apt-get upgrade

That's the most important, whether it is Linux or Windows. Grab your updates.

I usually do damn near full installs on Linux, so I never really need to load up anything new. Almost all the programs I use are already there.

On windows, I usually grab the following:
Aforementioned Windows Updates
Firefox
Adobe
Flash
VLC
AVG
Open Office
Notepad++
Putty
7-Zip

I don't do windows installs often, unless I'm at work, but this is my personal list. Not the 'work list'.
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