I have recently built my new pc, from scratch with windows XP SP2?

Question

Any ideas on the best free programs to install, e.g MOzilla firefox and open office etc.
All free programs, like the best for video, audio,browsers etc, no demo or trial programs please.

Answer 1

Well, you already know about Open Office, there is also Scribus, Gimp and Inkscape in the office and drawing/editing genre.

I like Firefox for a browser, though it's not really light.

I use Windows Media Player most of the time, and use CCCP for my codec pack (Combined Community Codec Pack)



Also check out this HubPage listing mostly security programs that are all 100% free:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Maintenance_-_Freeware_for_Windows_XP

No third-party download sites. Just homepage addresses.

+ IObit Security 360:

http://www.iobit.com/security360.html



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Answer 2

Browser:

Firefox (of course)



Email:

Mozilla Thunderbird



Anti-virus product:

Avira Anit-vir (and Threatfire)



Virus Scanners:

Spybot - Search and destroy

Malwarebytes Antimalware

SUPER Anti-spyware free edition

Ad-Aware



Useful programs:

CCleaner

Winpatrol

Spyware blaster

Advanced System Care

Smart Defrag

iobits registry cleaner



Other:

Frostwire (limewire pro for free)

FLV Player (useful for playing downloaded youtube videos)





And of course all the latest windows updates will help. Maybe even upgrading to SP3. All those programs are free, none of that demo or trial junk.

Answer 3

Spend some time on Filehippo.com. That site is awesome for free software. Tons of good stuff and it is all in categories for you.



http://www.filehippo.com/

Answer 4

get ccleaner for cleaning out your files



Chrome is a good browser

Digsby is a good IM client

bit torrent is a good torrent client

FLV player for your video

I use iTunes for my PC with audio, but

WinZip 12.1



and a bunch other from CNET: http://download.cnet.com/windows/3150-20_4-0.html?listType=2&sort=editorsRating+asc&tag=rb_content;contentNav



The boys at CNET are professionals, you can trust them.

Answer 5

I have put all the download links so you just have to click on them to download for windows xp sp2 :



openoffice for windows: http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/?product=OpenOffice.org&os=winwjre&lang=en-US&version=3.1.1



Firefox(web browser for windows): http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.5.3&os=win&lang=en-US



antivirus(avast home edition): http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

or avira free edition: http://www.free-av.com/en/download/index.html



email-Mozilla Thunderbird(if you want to replatce MS outlook or outlook express): http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/download/?product=thunderbird-2.0.0.23&os=win&lang=en-US



Video converting(all features of ffmpeg): http://winff.googlecode.com/files/winff-1.1-setup.exe



Audio -if you dislike windows media player(supports MP3, MP4, AAC, CD Audio, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Musepack, Speex, AU, SND): http://www.foobar2000.org/download



for writing, copying cds/dvds: http://download.cnet.com/Burn4Free-CD-and-DVD/3000-2646_4-10217894.html?part=dl-6225127&subj=dl&tag=button



Making and extracting archives(zip, etc) : http://www.thefreesite.com/easyzip111.htm



Hope this is helpful enough.

That's all I can think of and have time for right now. Got to study for a math exam in school tomorrow.