On Your Not-To-Do List

Things Not to Install: WinZip and Codec Pack Files top the list. (Funny graphic from the article) Lifehacker adds any software by AOL, Adobe Reader, and camera-specific programs. Recommended instead: 7-Zip, Pidgin, Foxit Reader, and Picasa.

Crappy Apps to Avoid and Their Alternatives: Browser Toolbars, Internet Explorer 6 and 7, iTunes, Java Runtime Environment (no alternative), Limewire, MSN Messenger, Nero Suite, McAfee/Norton/Symantec, QuickTime, Real Player, Windows Media Player, and the forementioned AOL Messaging, Adobe Reader and WinZip.