I love checking Maximum PC every so often for the little roundups they do. This is another good one, with them outlining 33 good, free apps for your brand-spanking new Windows 7 installations. Definitely want to second some of their recommendations like Dropbox, ImgBurn, uTorrent <_<, and TrueCrypt. I’d also like to add the following:
Evernote – the free version works great for the majority of users and allows you to stay synced on your Blackberry, Windows Mobile device, or iPhone.
WinSCP - I prefer this over FileZilla since it’s lighter-weight, but FZ ain’t so shabby…
Defraggler – They included another free defragmenter in their roundup, but I’ve used Defraggler for awhile and what’s there to say? It works!
CDburnerXP – for when you need more than just an image-burner…
TeraCopy – helps speed up and manage copies and file moves. Grab the newest beta for fixing a hang that occurs when copying large amounts (> 10,000) files at a time!