It was really laggy before... And now it isn't ^^.

What programs should I get that any basic computer should have? So far I got these...

- uTorrent
- avast! Antivirus
- Opera, FireFox

So what else do I need? I am thinking of sticking with FireFox or Opera, which ever is better for me. Don't tell meh anything, because I am gonna try to get used to using Opera. If it doesn't work out, I am gonna use FireFox xDD.

Any recommended Spyware Removers, Customization Programs, and that's it... I am not gonna get the uxtheme.dll patcher. Last time I used it, then everytime I right clicked, it was really slow. It took forever, but everything else was fast. But now, it is fast again. Damn it... I forgot, I deleted Windows Blinds x_x. I shouldn't have done that... but oh well. I can survive with just using Rocket Dock, to make my desktop look nice xDD. And maybe RainMeter too.

EDIT: Also have:
- 7-Zip
- Paint.NET
- Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook)

And soon to be... PhotoShop CS4 and a bunch of other CS4 stuff.

 

Rocketdock? Are you an idiot.

Get Spybot seek and destroy, change your antivirus to AVG, use firefox 3 , maybe get zonealarm as a firewall and then that's it. Then get.. whatever you want? Windows Live Messenger? Steam? mIRC?

 

Launchy... Doesn't look like I need.
C Cleaner, getting it ^^
Revo Uninstaller, getting it ^^
Rocket Dock, already have
Tweetdeck, don' need...
Mediamonkey/Songbird, I think I am gonna get AveDesk.
Postbox/Thunderbird, I might get Thunderbird depending on how good Outlook 2007 is.
Codec pack? Gotta google that.
Auslogics... Gotta google that too.

EDIT: I hate AVG... I had a few viruses one time that only avast! or Avira could detect. Good luck with AVG. I will never go with them again.
Spybot Search and Destroy. I already have it since dad recommended that.
Zone Alarm, I used to have it. Very annoying... But I might try it. Always sent me emails and filled my whole inbox >_<
And wtf is wrong with you? Rocketdock is pro...

 

A couple of little apps that help out every-so-often:

Unlocker: Helps delete files that may be in use by another program... most of the time said program has crashed or something.
Eraser: A very nice file-shredder that works with your recycle bin.

 

Personally, I think WinRAR performs better (though I do commend the open-source nature of 7-zip). Since you're probably going to pirate everything anyways, I don't think you care about the price.
Definitely get Foxit PDF Reader, it's a very good alternative PDF reader and is a lot 'lighter' than the Adobe one.
I'd say ESET NOD32 over Avast. However, if you're going to buy your anti-virus I'd say get Kaspersky, because pirating Kaspersky is a lot harder than ESET.
You should definitely try out Chrome. It's a very light and fast browser, though it does hog up some memory occasionally.
Don't bother with Zonealarm unless you don't have a hardware firewall (do you have a router or DSL modem?). Having a software firewall can get quite annoying, especially if you like to play online games or torrent.
I'd say get VLC for media. Though it doesn't have the best performance on H.264/other HD media. I've heard good things about BSPlayer

EDIT:
What OS do you have? And 64-bit or 32-bit?
Sorry, didn't read topic description.

 

VLC is a media player. No need for codec packs or anything, it should run anything you plan on watching. For music: Foobar is a fine piece of software, but it depends on how patient you are. There's a lot of customization and tweaking you can do to make it look great and work the way you want (check out deviantart.com), but it can take a while. IMO, Winamp is better for listening to quick songs rather than a media-library like iTunes. I haven't used Songbird in a while but the last time I tried it out I enjoyed the features and 'complete-ness' of it, though I felt it was a bit bloated.
You shouldn't have to worry about getting a software firewall then. And I still recommend you get a PDF reader. You're going to stumble across something eventually that's a PDF file and you're going to have to download something to read it. My recommendation: install Foxit and just forget about it.

 

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