whats the first stuff u install?

i am currently iso but not limited to:
dvd ripping software
word like program
good music player not itunes
winrar type program

but i need these to be free o_o help?

winrar... es best..., VLC player (movie player), Winamp (my preferred music player), Microsoft Word (going to be your best option)

Thats what i would get... even though words not free... its worth it

OpenOffice, 7zip, and Diablo 2 are the first things I install on a new machine.

This guy has his priorities straight.

winrar, ccleaner, mse, microsoft office, itunes, any and all drivers you need for sound/video/etc, flash player, java, adobe reader + any adobe products you like (photoshop etc), another browser of your choice.
all I can think of atm

Ventrillo, MSN Messenger, Webcam apps. Heroes of Newerth, Google Chrome, Flash, Itunes

Web Browser
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Audio Player
http://www.foobar2000.org/

Video Player
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Office
http://www.openoffice.org/

Winrar
http://www.win-rar.com/download.html

Utility
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

This post was edited by Patient on Nov 30 2011 03:42pm

These.
Also Google Chrome, WinAmp, Libreoffice

for me, no pc install is complete without mplayer (mplayerhq.hu).

it's a no-nonsense media player without any gui, you control it with the keyboard. this also allows easy mapping to remote controls etc. but my main reason to use it is, it's fast.

also very handy:
filemenu tools. add custom entries to the context menus of certain file types. i can for example download a video from youtube and extract the audio to mp3 with two clicks, straight from windows explorer.

This post was edited by tarchul on Dec 1 2011 02:16pm

I use:
Daemon Tools Lite with ImgBurn
Microsoft Word 2010 (Just do a little searching), alternatively, you can use Open Office
Media Monkey for music, Media Player Classic-Home Cinema with FFDShow and AC3 Filter
WinRAR