Right, finally got all the pieces of my new PC together and tonight is when win XP pro goes on. Soon as its on i'll be disabling/castrating IE and MediaPlayer. I've got a list of essential software and safety precautions:
Netgear Firewall Router - check!
Spybot S&D - check!
AVG- Free Edition - check!
Winamp - check!
Mozilla Firefox - check!
Mozilla Thunderbird - check!
Opera - check!
Have I missed anything? Can anyone recommened freeware alternatives to those above? Also looking at getting a decent freeware Winzip utility that deals with all zip/ace/rar formats - can anyone recommend one?