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First Ten Programs on New Install?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-can't-you-live-without dept.

reddigitaldragon asks: "Some people re-install once a year, but if you're anything like me your machine is formatted at least once a month. After the OS is in, then come the favorite/must have/most used programs to install. My first installations for Windows (I use it; get over it): Trillian, Winrar, Firefox, Winamp, SmartFTP, Azureus, NMap, GKrellM, PowerDVD. What are your First 10 installed programs?" What are the first 10 programs you would install on a Windows machine? How about for a Unix machine?

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  1. My First 10... by inertia187 · · Score: 5, Funny
    On Windows (XP), my first ten are as follows:
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB810217
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB820291
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB821253
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB821557
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB822603
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB823182
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB823559
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB823980
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB824105
    • Windows XP Hotfix - KB824141
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    1. Re:My First 10... by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forgot the very first program that is installed automagically: Win32Blaster. :-)

    2. Re:My First 10... by nocomment · · Score: 4, Funny

      klez, sobig, blaster, traxg, beagle, gator, savenow, mydoom, hotbar, and that's as far as I get before I have to format and install unix!

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  2. Wimp. by monstroyer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real men don't install programs, they write them.

    -1 : TACO! WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?

  3. Gator! by strictnein · · Score: 4, Funny

    Easy.... all of those wonderful Claria (Gator) products!

    eWallet - Give you personal info to a spyware maker!
    Dashbar - I don't know what it does, but it must dash!
    WeatherScope - I've got to know my weather!
    PrecisionTime - I've got to know exactly what time it is.
    DateManager - How else do I know date it is?
    WebSecureAlert - Who else to trust your security to than a spyware maker?

    and then...

    AOL 9.0!
    Internet Explorer 6.01
    Windows Media Player 9.0 - DRM Special Edition
    Pr0n

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    1. Re:Gator! by prockcore · · Score: 5, Funny

      What a waste, you can install *all* of those things at once just by installing Kazaa Media Desktop.

  4. Six...Seven...Eight... by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny
    My first ten for Windows (I use it; get over it):
    1. Trillian,
    2. Winrar,
    3. Firefox,
    4. Winamp,
    5. SmartFTP,
    6. Azureus,
    7. NMap,
    8. GKrellM,
    9. PowerDVD.

    Might I suggest adding a calculator to round out that list?

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  5. Bonzi Buddy by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bonzi Buddy's pretty high on my list; not only that, I don't even have to ask to install it! Friendly lil thing ends up there on its own.

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  6. Just one by PrvtBurrito · · Score: 5, Funny

    Emacs. Hell, that is ten programs. And it is as big as one hundred.

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    1. Re:Just one by KFK2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      He/she asked what 10 programs you install after installing your OS.. not what OS you install..

  7. First thing to install on a Windows machine... by Torqued · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux!

  8. Quick Everyone! He uses Windows! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the long honored tradition of slashbots, we must all mark him as foe and shame him for using an OS different from our own. For shame! For shame! How darest thou useth Windows, and how darest the Editors post a story that proclaims that windows is a good OS!!! Mark him as foe, mark him as foe I say!

    For those who are wondering, I use Linux, but have many friends who use windows because, quite frankly, they have no business using Linux. All they do is play games. Windows is great for certain uses, just not any of my uses... uh, I mean, FOR SHAME!

  9. Once a month...? by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wouldn't this guy's time be better spent reading a "Computers for Dummies" book so he wouldn't have to re-install every month?

  10. Re:What? by ghostlibrary · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is proof that Windows is easier to install than Linux-- obviously, Linux users are too scared to reinstall their OS every month, whereas for Windows, it's a joy!

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  11. What about the bottom 10? by gregarican · · Score: 4, Funny

    The least likely to apps/options to reinstall:

    1) Gator.

    2) Bonzi Buddy.

    3) Microsoft Bob.

    4) Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6 (the one that broke TCP/IP and led to the rush release of SP6a).

    5) Any recent RealPlayer release chock full of adware/spyware.

    6) Any release of Microsoft Outlook Express.

    7) Microsoft KB835742 Security Update (the recent one that causes random Win2K boxes to reboot to a BSOD or have 99% CPU utilization).

    8) The Microsoft Office "Clippy" option.

    9) Microsoft Outlook Preview Pane.

    10) Universal Plug n Play.

  12. Re:That's funny, I don't install Gator... by dillkvast · · Score: 5, Funny

    • America's Army

    That was actually the first thing they installed when they rebooted Iraq.
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