Whats the first five things you download onto a new pc?

[gabrielcrowe]

Ubuntu bleeding edge
... 4 ubuntu updates.

[pinbrook]

First 5 downloads.....

kaspersky
firefox
thunderbird
skype
itunes
windows updates

First 5 tasks

disable all msn stuff inc auto load messenger
remove crap from start up menu and task bar
change default opening browser page
configure windows security and firewall
change to classic windows views

[Mike Hughes]

I remember one time I had a new PC and tried downloading the drivers for the BT jellyfish dsl modem on dial-up before downloading AVG, zonealarm, etc. It turns out the first five things I downloaded were various worms, trojans and viruses and took me the rest of the day to get rid of them.

Mike

[TraceyHand]

and that is why the first thing I install is my AV software!
I don't even download Firefox until I've done my AV.
Most of the rest of the 'essentials' are from backups/discs anyway.

[TraceyHand]

having said that, hubby bought a new laptop recently from Tesco (nice little Acer thing)

First thing we installed was an AV.
Ran a scan and it found a Trojan
Turns out this trojan was a 'freebie' with one of the junkware programs installed on the laptop and I found several references to it online as being bundles in these systems.

Thanks Tesco, eh?

[pinbrook]

Most of the rest of the 'essentials' are from backups/discs anyway.

i tend to download essentials from the web rather than disks - just to make sure i get the latest versions. The only thing to come from backups is keys.

[TraceyHand]

i tend to download essentials from the web rather than disks - just to make sure i get the latest versions. The only thing to come from backups is keys.

I would agree but it depends why I'm installing in the first place.
I tend to download (on old/previous machine) BEFORE transferring so I have all the installs on a disk before I start.
I find it's quicker to get up and running on the new machine that way.

[grantglendinnin]

Thanks Tesco, eh?

Boycott them - it's not like I have a grudge against Dobbies

[Mike Hughes]

Did someone mention spotify?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7925455.stm

Mike

[Darren B]

Anti virus
FF3
MS Office
Firebug
Photoshop & Paintshop Pro (i know its 6)

[nileshpa]

Apart from AntiVirus & Firefox, I add

AdAware from Lavasoft
SpyBot
Belarc Advisor

For those who don't know Belarc, it outputs the PC's hardware & software config in HTML format including driver versions, Software keys etc. I tend to save this data on a separate data drive & use it if I everthe PC needs a rebuild.

Nilesh

[Jan]

skype
cix
napster

... I can now chat and listen to music, I don't need anything else (and most other things I use come of a disk anyway)

Regards,

[jont]

Just got a new machine today so my actual 5 installs were :

1. PhotoShop CS2
2. Actinic v9
3. FileZilla
4. WinZip v7
5. TaskBar Shuffle

Firefox and Chrome were already installed and a 30 day Kapspersky trial running

[Duncan Rounding]

I thought I'd try Taskbar Shuffle - it works great. Another good thing it does is allow you to minimise Actinic when it hogs the desktop! Thanks for that Jonty.

EDIT: No it doesn't - spoke too soon.

[wesleythorne]

top five for windows pc has to be
five hours of windows update first
then
zonealarm
firefox
thunderbird
actinic
openoffice