hydrairc another good windows irc client (back when i ran windows)
I also prefer Opera over firefox because it has all the things i want built in rather than extensions as well as it just feels faster.
CDex is a good free ripper as well.
When I do fresh format/renistall i usually hit up all the windows patches, get microsoft baseline security analizer. get all it's recommeneded patchs, then install all software WITHOUT rebooting until everytihng is installed if possible. I've never had problems needing to reinstall. Then again if you run an apple or *nix you don't need to reboot unless it's an os update.
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