Old as it may be, dissing Winamp is just absurd - Windows doesn't include anything remotely adequate for audiophiles (if it did you wouldn't need be mentioning garbage like VLC). Winamp still does many things better than anything that came after it, and I include programs that can actually support Winamp plugins.
K-Lite Codec Pack is missing, in A/V or OS Add-Ons... for me it's recommended for all kind of videos playback codecs and for MP Classic install. Not sure if it's legal or not, but for me it's mandatory when formatting or installing Windows
Adding my shout-out for these:Foobar2000 for mp3/flac.
FireFox...
Irfanview for images.
True. We have replaced that now.It is ok to republish this old post for new users, but at least update it, and don't suggest LastPass...