What should be the top ten things i download for a p.c.?

I recently bought an hp pavillion laptop with windows vista. I usually download a few things needed for my computer like adobe acrobat and winzip. What do you think are the top ten things someone should have on their computer that is a free download? Please help. I will pick a best answer.

What should be the top ten things i download for a p.c.?
For Vista? Wow, there are a lot less things I've downloaded for Vista.





In no particular order:





1. Cyberhawk - zero day defense - light on resources but very, very good.


http://www.novatix.com/cyberhawk/





2. The AVG Security stuff





3. Auslogics Disk Defragmenter





4. tclock light - http://homepage1.nifty.com/kazubon/tcloc...


parts of the page are in Japanese, but there's enough English so you can get it.





5. KatMouse - I love this thing. Moving the mouse wheel will scroll the window directly beneath the mouse cursor (not the one with the keyboard focus, which is default on Windows OSes) Major annoyance taken care of.


http://www.code-scout.net/katmouse/





6. Code Stuff Starter - the best start up manager.


http://www.snapfiles.com/get/starter.htm...





7. NotePad++ - 'nuff said.





8. Ultra Explorer - Explorer replacement utility


http://www.mustangpeak.net/





9. Evernote http://www.evernote.com/en/





10. Ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/





I usually have Adobe Reader on disk to install, as well as Alzip http://www.altools.net/ALTools/tabid/52/...


the interface is almost too cute but its a very good tool.





All the other stuff (music, office type stuff, comes later)
Reply:Hi,





this would be my list (in random order):





1. Spyware remover (ex.: Spybot S%26amp;D)


2. Antivirus (ex.: Avast)


3. Browser (ex.: Firefox)


4. Textpad (good for editing/programing)


5. Winrar


6. Adcalls (make free phone calls to landlines)


7. Adobe Acrobat Reader


8. Most recent MSN


9. VLC media player


10. Firewall (ZoneAlarm)





Hope this helps