Programs
From Attie's Wiki
Windows Must Have Programs
Power Toys
HTGBack - restores the 'backspace goes up a directory' from WinXP in in Win7
KDEStyle - allows easy control over window size / position
ShellFolderFix - remembers folder position and sizes... why was THAT removed from XP?
UltraMon - adds taskbar to extra monitors and a hotkey to move window screen to screen
File Transfer and remote access
Putty
WinScp
FileZilla
Media Programs
VLC
Winamp
CD Burning
cdburnerxp
Text Editors
Notepad++
File Compression
7Zip
Internet Browsers and Plugins
Chrome
FireFox
AntiVirus (for some reason Jon rekons this is necessary...)
AVG Free
Avast