10 Essential Freeware Programs to download for a Fresh Install

Having recently reinstalled my PC yet again, I thought I'd share a brief list of must have free programs which I always download and install on any fresh copy of Windows.

1. Microsoft Security Essentials (freeware - requires valid Windows licence) - virus and spyware protection is a must and it won't bog down your PC either
2. Sun Open Office (freeware) - essential for documents, desktop publishing, spreadheets and presentations
   
3. Adobe Reader (freeware) - opening PDF files can be difficult without it 
4. Mozilla Thunderbird (freeware) - for email
5. Irfanview (freeware) - for viewing images
6. Paint.NET (freeware) - for editing images
7. Mozilla Firefox (freeware)- web browsing mainly for its plugins and standards base (using it less than Chrome these days though
8. Picasa (freeware) - an essential photo management tool
9. Windows Movie Maker (freeware) - a nice little suite for creating movie files and uploading them to services such as YouTube
10. Filezilla (freeware) - for uploading files to the web

I can survive without anything else installed.