To better the chance of success with the reload of my system, I am writing a ‘script’ of procedures for myself to follow. I have started with a fairly extensive list of the applications I use now that I would like to re-install in addition to a few other apps I am using to replace some I was unhappy with.

So here is my application install list so far to install on Windows XP:

• Firefox 1.5 – Web browser
  • Web Developer Extension
  • Session Saver Extension
  • SnapBack Tab Extension
  • Sage RSS Reader Extension
• Thunderbird – Email (Replacing Outlook)
• Trillian Basic 3 – Instant Messaging
• OpenOffice.org 2 – (Replacing MS Office)
• VLC Player – Great media file player
• Azureus – Bittorrent Client
  • Requires JRE
• TextPad – Programming and Text file editing
• Quickbooks – Tracking finances
• DC++ – File sharing for non-U.S.-licensed Anime
• Creative Zen Touch Software – MP3 player
• Creative Zen Vision Software – Portable Media Player
• ConquerCam – WebCam
• WinZip – Archiving
• WinRAR – More Archiving
• Quick VCD Player – VCD Player
• Konfabulator (?) – Widget engine (may not reinstall, can use a lot of resources at times.)
• BeyondCompare – Text Comparator
• Photoshop – Image manipulation
• Adobe Acrobat – PDFs
• Eclipse – Developement Environment
• PuTTY – OpenSSH client
• CDBurnerXP Pro (?) – Free Burner Software

Post any thoughts, questions or criticisms.