BRAND NEW COMPUTER - First things you download

[Nervous Ferret]

stfu and answer the question

[VonErich Lives]

me, Anti-Virus and updates.

[samichna]

Besides gay porn?

[Bad Company]

Necessary Software for your PC.

Security:

Zonealarm Firewall
Norton (Symantec), or AVG (free) Antivirus
Microsoft Anti-Spyware
Lavasoft Ad-Aware
ALL WINDOWS/ANTI-SPYWARE/ANTI-VIRUS/FIREWALL UPDATES.

Recommended Applications:

Adobe Acrobat Reader
WinZIP, WinRAR
MS Office
Opera/Mozilla if you prefer.
Java Runtime
Azureus (Torrent), Limewire (file sharing) if you like.

Media/CD-DVD Utilities:

Gordian Knot Codec Pack
Quicktime Alternative
Real Alternative
CloneDVD
DVD Decryptor
Nero Burning Rom
DaemonTools

Recommended hardware/Driver Updates (if competent user):

BIOS Updates (get from PC/Motherboard Manufacturers site)
Chipset Drivers
Video Card Drivers


Prob missed a few out, but that's what I use.

[Bad Company]

rofl, vega's thread that's sticked on this forum is so fucking weak.