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The first things I install on a new machine are:
First all the things needed for security like firewall and stuff.
I go for the sygate firewall, avast antivirus and XpAntispy
Then of course a browser. most preferably Opera and than all the stuff needed for entertainment and working. WinAmp, Photoshop, Office Apps and so on.

firefox, winamp, mirc, adobe photoshop, soundforge, winrar, spybot search and destroy, microsoft plus...

normally when i would have a fresh os installed on my machine, i would most probably 1st install the drivers then an antivirus particularly kaspersky which is good because it doesnt eat too much of your memory, then i would place utilities such as a window washer in order to wash all *.tmp andd cached passwd and then i a firewall and a spyware (spybot search and destroy) then registry mechanic which would fix any problems in registry and then i guess i would have to install all my office applications and then some mp3 players (winamp) and irc client (mirc) and other extra softwares which i found to be useful such as winrar, adobe photoshop, microsoft plus, cablenut, nero burning rom, icq, soundforge --> a good music editing software, powerdvd, realplayer --> a good player for *.3gpp files (files from a cameraphone), quicktime plugins, mozilla firefox, etc..., and also never forget to check for some software updates, virus definitions, etc...

an antivirus particularly kaspersky which is good because it doesnt eat too much of your memory

Are you sure? Did you compare it with others?
In my opinion, Kaspersky - one of most braking antiviruses.
Try NOD32.

xchat,nedit,vi,mozilla,gaim,openoffice,azureus and of course putty for windows and daemon tools.

Opera
Firefox
Gaim
mIRC
LimeWire
Winamp
Nero Burning ROM

Firefox, Skype, CDisplay(comicbook reader), fulDC (direct connect client), utorrent, foobar2000 and putty

edit: Nod32 for killing viruses too

Network Tools:

• Putty.

Browser:

• Firefox.

File sharing:

• Azureus.
• SmartFTP.

Music/chat:

• iTunes.
• Trillian.

Mozilla Firefox
mIRC
winAmp
MSOffice
Acrobat Reade
putty
aim, msn
ultraedit, hexedit
girlfriend pic

here's what I use:
Winamp/VLC media player/ MPlayer
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
Adobe photoshop CS
Whereisit?
oDC
mIRC
Azureus
eMule
Yahoo Messenger
Internet Explorer
and others but I always got the must-have-for-everybody :
!!!Hiren's Boot CD!!!

stupid me
almost forgot them protection shit:
NOD32 for antivirus and ZoneAlarm for firewall

to me essentail mean irc, and music production software( i.e. fruityloops 6, cakewalk, and cool edit pro)

Winamp & GAMUT98 v1.56, for my music and my recorder

mIRC - xchat - Yahoo! Messenger -, for chatting

Nero, CD burner

XTNDConnect, bluetooth

Chikka, for texting

Firefox, browser

ZSMC USB PC Camera, video

Supervoice, my PC answering machine

NBA Live 2005 - Zuma deluxe, games

In windows xp environment i use firefox, outlook express, msn messenger, mirc, panda antivirus & firewall, spybot and ad-aware, putty, winscp, WMP 10, media player classic, dc++, devC++ etc.

In linux environment i use firefox, gaim, xchat or ksirc, ssh, beep media player or amarok, k3b , nedit, vi, vim, gcc etc.

assential for me are BitchX, XMMS, Gaim , Anjuta IDE, Firefox , K3B, d4x, OpenOffice, Mplayer, Evolution, Gimp, Nicotine, nano and gcc.