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[combatking0]

I have also gone with Avast!, after having read it does a better job than AVG at detecting malware, etc.

[rain_storm]

I use UltaEdit32 as my IDE it has so many useful features. I dont know of any other hex editor that can be used to compile / assemble / link / run.

[JL235]

There's virtually no need for klite codecs on Windows 7.  It supports mp2,h.264/mp4/avc,divx,xvid etc out of the box.  I really very strongly suggest you don't install it.
The only things you might want to add are an mkv splitter and maybe flac if you use that at all.

I found Windows Media Player out of the box to be pretty poor at playing back videos, it will randomly stutter through a video instead of playing it (yet often it will play the same video with no issues). It also doesn't include all of the codecs I need for some of my videos.

So my install list:

• NetBeans
• SciTE (better then Notepad++)
• FileZilla
• Tortoise SVN
• Process Explorer (daaaamn useful!)
• Powershell (although this now comes with Windows 7)
• Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate Editiion (namely for Outlook, PowerPoint and Word, and if your a student it's also only £40!)
• The Gimp (the UI is actually really good on a dual-screen setup, who knew!)
• The Combined Community Codec Pack, including Media Player Classic Homecinema
• Avast (used to use AVG, but it gave me too much hassle)

I'd also like to mention VS, Eclipse, Paint.NET, ColorPic, Expression Design 2, Spotify, Folding@Home, JEdit and WinDirStat.

[combatking0]

I've had to install FastCGI to get the latest version of PHP working with my IIS install.

I'd use Apache, but we use IIS at work, and sometimes I have to bring my work home.