This list is more for me, but I thought I’d put it out there so people could comment on it… maybe add some of your own. This is a list of all the software I install upon a fresh reformat of my computer. I’ll try to add links later.

Software to Install:

  • Drivers (Display, Video, Printer, Keyboard)
  • Microsoft Service Packs & Patches
  • Grisoft Anti-Virus
  • Quicktime
  • Divx
  • Winamp
  • MySQL (plus control center, java connector)
  • PHP
  • Tomcat
  • Apache
  • Eclipse (plus plugins: PHP, Lomboz)
  • Dreamweaver
  • Quicken
  • Webshots
  • Trillian
  • OpenOffice
  • burnatonce
  • Cyberlink PowerDVD
  • Paint Shop Pro
  • iMatch
  • RegCleaner
  • Tweak UI
  • Statbar
  • TortoiseCVS
  • Java SDK
  • Winzip
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • SmartFTP
  • Adaware
  • PDF Creator
  • DVarchive
  • VirtualDub
  • mldonkey
  • VideoLan