Sorry for digging out such an old topic, but I had to I can't belive that nobody listed Total Commadner... Does everybody use Explorer to manage files ? Really? This is the only tool, I can't work without. The rest can wait ;] Maybe it's because I was raised on stuff like Norton Commander/Dos Navigator Ok.. here is rest of software that installs just after windows: codecs (ffdshow, ac3, qt alt., rp alt.) Nero Maxthon (aka MyIE2) IrfanView Winamp Winrar and much much more I do not install, because they don't need it (to be honest, Maxthon, IrfanView, Winamp, Winrar and of course Total Commander is also on that list...). I keep them on the second partition, just run few reg's and all is up and working. I install only that software that is hard to install with reg's only, like Nero, some codecs, IDEs like BCB/VS, Office etc. PS. hello.. it is my first post on this forum