Aqua-Soft ForumsI posted this list exactly 3 years ago. Some have stood the test of time and some have not. I've crossed out the ones I don't particularly prefer anymore, and added a few new ones in bold.
RK Launcher
Firefox2 Google Chrome
Photoshop cs2 cs4
VLC Player wmp11 (consistently found it to have a much better quality video playback than vlc, and supports most filetypes with right codecs)
Winroll (one of my favorites.. tiny little app that lets you hide a window)
deskpins (another tiny & useful app that I found complements winroll well; lets you pin a window to top)
Trillian Pro 3.1
Winrar (still the best imo)
QTtabbar
exact audio copy (gold standard for accurate cd rips)
handbrake (still testing it out, but so far a good h.264 encoder)
Ccleaner (haven't used it as much since win7, but still pretty handy to have)
uTorrent (still my favorite client)
AVG Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials (favorite 'set-and-forget' antivirus by FAR.. miles better than avg/avast/avira)
Mozilla Thunderbird
Microsoft Office (still miles ahead of any alternatives)
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