List of most necessary programs

[Shadow.97]

If you are like me you will need;
Java 7 jre/jdk
skype!
µtorrent
Maxthon(browser)
Paint.net (getpaint.net)
MySMS (send text messages with your computer)
VLC media player
Notepad++

Actually, I don't have more than a handfull of programs at the moment.
I use what i Really really need list;
Games;
Minecraft, Guildwars 2, League Of Legends
Music/Media/Movies; µTorrent, Spotify(good for making playlists for Grooveshark), LoL Recorded, Teamspeak 3, Skype
Archivers; Winrar 64bit + 7Zip, also RAR Password unlocker to crack easy passwords from the archives.
drawing; Sai painting tool 1.1, paint.net.
browser; Maxthon Cloud browser, and Internet explorer 64bit.
Other; Java 7 JRE and JDK, Visual Studio Ultimate 2012 with MSDN
That's what i have installed as of now.

[humbert]

Now that you mention games, do you have a monthly subscription to any of these? I think Guildwars 2 needs one because it's an MMO. Also, in your post concerning the ping rates you're getting, you didn't mention what server you have to and a ping to. It'll probably be a little slower than the one in Copenhagen.

VLC is OK but I prefer Windows Media Player Classic.

Do you have any ad blocking software on your browsers? I believe Maxthon does this to some extent, but not IE. BTW, why would you use IE if Maxthon works off the IE engine?

[Shadow.97]

Now that you mention games, do you have a monthly subscription to any of these? I think Guildwars 2 needs one because it's an MMO. Also, in your post concerning the ping rates you're getting, you didn't mention what server you have to and a ping to. It'll probably be a little slower than the one in Copenhagen.

VLC is OK but I prefer Windows Media Player Classic.

Do you have any ad blocking software on your browsers? I believe Maxthon does this to some extent, but not IE. BTW, why would you use IE if Maxthon works off the IE engine?

No, no monthly subscription. Guildwars 2 is one time payment. (But you can buy things ingame with money).
Also, I had a subscription once on Runescape but I decided that it was not worth paying the money for it. As I didn't find enough time to play it.
Copenhagen is the closest with the lowest response time. Lower than Malmö, even if Malmö is closer they might not have the same performance on their measuring servers. (It says which server and distance on the signs with the speeds/ping measuring times)
Yes, Maxthon works with both the IE engine and the one firefox/chrome uses(I think) you press a button and you change the mode. Though, there is some bugs with the network in my school with blocks my login with Maxthon, so I launch IE and log in, and change browser.
The reason why I don't like Windows Media Player is because it doesn't read all file formats I require it to.
And yes, there is built in Ad-blocking and also some extensions which blocks all adf.ly links and commercial links which shows like 10 ads, let you wait 5 seconds and then do what you wanted to do.

[humbert]

The reason why I don't like Windows Media Player is because it doesn't read all file formats I require it to.
And yes, there is built in Ad-blocking and also some extensions which blocks all adf.ly links and commercial links which shows like 10 ads, let you wait 5 seconds and then do what you wanted to do.

As I mentioned on the other post, I was referring to MPC (a.k.a., W Media Player Classic). I have no other codecs on my system other than the ones that come with Windows 8, and so far I've yet to see a video or audio format this thing can't play. Add to this the fact that it's very straightforward, easy to use and highly configurable.

[gelapir]

Adobe photoshop, antivirus, team viewer, skype

[Daniil]

Adobe Photoshop? I suppose that's not be better choice. Typical user don't need it, and user who realy need it mostly have enough knowledges to set it up from downloaded distrib.
Skype? Yes, acknowledged.

[humbert]

Adobe Photoshop? I suppose that's not be better choice. Typical user don't need it, and user who realy need it mostly have enough knowledges to set it up from downloaded distrib.
Skype? Yes, acknowledged.

I agree. I'm not too versed on the whole subject of photoediting, but clearly for professionals Adobe Photoshop is the way to go. The majority of us can easily survive and smaller, less bloated photo editors.

[gelapir]

Ok, so when will be that programs ready for download?

[Daniil]

@gelapir - I don't know, comrade. Now I'm working on other thematics (mostly programming), so I can't say exactly.

[Vasudev]

have anyone tried win 8 firewall control by sphinx soft .It is very good & no compatibility issues with any AV's incl. MSE