FIREFOX WINAMP NOTEPAD EXPLORER are the tools which 90% of the people use it when they turn on the computer
I think for my opinion Google Chrome VLC media player Photoshop Microsoft office Acrobat reader and writer.
Top 5 fave softies for me are: Firefox Chrome Media Players (any kind) Bittorrent Winzip! I'm surprised nobody said winzip!
1: Windows 7 2: Windows Live Messenger 3:Visual Studios 2010 Ultimate (for business) 4: Time-OUt V4.0 (my own software runs your pc for ya - see signature 5:Google Chrome
Windows, Firefox with firebug, Colorzilla, google toolbar and web developer toolbar, MS Office, Photoshop I use Notepad++ for blogging and development. It has all basic features of editor. It is simple and fast. See 10+ Notepad++ Tips For Fast Development
I can't choose the top five as there are many.you should have written top 10 lol CCleaner Notepad Media player classic Internet download manager Chrome Kaspersky Internet Security(i dont have it now-license expired)
Blogdesk.org lol that might be your website/blog. here we are discussing about top 5 software not top5 things without which you cannot live!!!