I'm always building computers for work and friends, what would be the primary must have (utilities, anti-V, anti-spy etc.) essential list of programs and what would be secondary?

what kind of pc are we talking about here? like a family use, teenager use, media addicted (like me), gameing?

ps - wooo!!! im up to 2301 songs on my iPod!!

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I'd definitely go with the Anti-Malware Pro package. It contains SpywareBlaster, CCleaner (Toolbar free), CWShredder, About:Buster, Windows Defender, Ad-Aware Personal, Spybot S&D, ewido, HijackThis, the latest Firefox, Thunderbird, Firetune, and the definitions/signatures for Ad-Aware, Spybot and ewido.

For Anti-Virus, either Avast or eTrust.

For other useful freeware, simply check the Lunarsoft.net Freeware List.

interloper - If you have bothered to look about on the fourms you would see a few answers to your questions.

Wish i wasen't members group :P

well I started this thread to consolidate all the programs into one post. Makes it easier then hunting around.

well use most of the programs in Taruns Anti Malware Package in the downloads section.

Now what about other utilities like winzip, acrobat etc ? I'd like to compile all the programs everyone needs, the essentials.Then I'd like to move on to programs like partition magic , reg cleaner....anything else? they don't have to be freeware.

i would also suggest downloading TweakUI from Microsoft.

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Now what about other utilities like winzip, acrobat etc ? I'd like to compile all the programs everyone needs, the essentials.Then I'd like to move on to programs like partition magic , reg cleaner....anything else? they don't have to be freeware.

7Zip for a utility like Winzip.

For Adobe Acrobat, get FoxitPDF.

List them off and we can tell you the best ones.