What are your essential programs?

winamp - i have about 10 plugins for this, and it's a small player that isn't bloaty (WMP)

mIRC with nnscript - regular mIRC blows; i like being able to connect when opening it and have scripts.

MCK - used to make chiptunes

notepd.exe - notepad with custom everything and a toolbar, mainly used with MCK

mozilla firefox - tabbed browsing

openoffice.org - something to type with, assuming i don't find my office cds.

windows xp - duh, but i couldn't use linux without giving up a lot of functionality.

media player classic - does everything WMP does, but it's 4MB and loads quickly.

razorlame - mp3 encoding

oggdrop - ogg encoding

WSFTP95LE - it's outdated and such, but i still use it.

virtualdubMP2 - decodes dvds pretty well, basic video editing

putty - connecting to unix / linux command prompts at school here

CPU-z - used a lot when overclocking

speedfan - regulate fan speeds and see temps

atiTool - see temps of video card, overclock it

zonealarm - decent firewall

MuMML - frontend for MCK

AOL IM - maybe i should switch to gaim someday, but i still use this a lot.

steam / counterstrike - i play this way too much still.

so basically, yeah, those are the programs i install when i reinstall windows first.

Jam it back in, in the dark.