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Windows Media Classic
Light-weight, functional, needed for
Real Alternative.
Foobar2000
Best media player for audio files, FLAC, ogg, mp3, aac and all the formats wortha damn. Great, customizable interface, lots of community support, great plugins and support with other applications, and light-weight and clean.
Mozilla Thunderbird
It's fast, clean, supports RSS, and has a spam filter. It isn't susceptable to exploits and has frequent updates.
VCDgear
Indispensable VCD utility, rip, burn, encode, repair.