Minimum Software Suggested for New PC

1. XP Home / XP MediaCentre Edition


2. MS Office [minimum MS Word, EXCEL, Powerpoint] / OpenOffice [Free alternative to MS OFFICE]


3. Mozilla Firefox


4. Mozilla Thunderbird


5. Filezilla for FTP File Transfers


6. MSN Messenger / AOL Messenger/ ICQ / GoogleTalk / Yahoo Messenger [recommended/popular]


7. Nero / Easy CD / DeepBurner/ Clone CD


8. DVD Shrink


9. Windows Mediaplayer 10


10. WinDVD7.0, RealPlayer, Quicktime


11. IRFanView


12. Power Desk*


13. Zone Alarm [not required if XP SP2 installed and Firewall turned-on]


14. AVG [best freeware alternative, light on system]/ Avast - Antivirus


15. Adobe Acrobat


16. Adobe Elements / Picassa


17. Latest Java Version


18. Utilities such as Aida, Keyfinders for Product Key recovery***

PS: Additions are Welcome :)