Essential Freeware for your computer

Every time each of us gets a new computer, we need to install software such as Firewall, Multimedia players, utilities and so on. Finding the right set of software’s can be a cumbersome task, so in this post I will try to prepare a basic list of software’s, which you can install on your pc.

Service Packs

Windows XP SP3 (Download)

Office 2007 SP1

Browsers and Plug-in

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Opera

Flash Player

Media Players

Itunes

VLC media player

Winamp

RealPlayer

QuickTime Player

Anti Spyware

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Pc-tools Spyware Doctor Google Pack Edition

Antivirus

PC-Tools Antivirues

Firewall

ZoneAlarm Free Firewall

CD/DVD Tools

CDBurnerXP (lightweight and recommended)

Nero Lite Free Edition

Messengers

Google Talk

Windows Live Messenger

Yahoo Messenger

Skype

Office Tools

Adobe Reader

Google Desktop

Picasa by google

CCleaner

HJSplit

Paint.NET