Anyway, just wanted to add a post of free cool program options many of you might already now but that some others don't. I strongly encourage the usage of this applications as they are totally free and have been developed by very talented hard working persons.
Open Office (free alternative to MS Office) - http://www.openoffice.org/index.html
Mozilla Firefox (great and free alternative to IE explorer) - http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
Mozilla Thunderbird (free e-mail client to complete the Open Office package) - http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/
Mozilla Lightning (free calendar to include in Thunderbird) - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/2313
Winamp (free media player especially for music) - http://www.winamp.com/
VideoLan/VLC (free media player especially used for video) - http://www.videolan.org/
Bitcomet (free torrent client to download torrents
Google Desktop (powerful free application to search within your computer and add gadgets) - http://desktop.google.com/
Picasa (free photo application to arrange/edit pictures and create/share albums) - http://picasa.google.com/
Google Talk (free chat and calling application) - http://www.google.com/talk/
PSI (powerfull and free messaging application to chat with your contacts from different services http://psi-im.org/
That's it for now. Any questions feel free to comment or send me a e-mail.
Regards!