Win7

INTERNET
Browser: Chrome, Chromium, Firefox
BitTorrent client: uTorrent 2.0.4, Deluge, qBittorrent, Transmission-Qt
IRC client: Quassel, HexChat
Universal IM client: Miranda, Pidgin
Binary news reader (usenet): SABnzbd
FTP client: FileZilla, WinSCP
Cloud storage: Dropbox, Box, ownCloud
SSH client: PuTTY Tray
Email client: Thunderbird, Opera mail, Outlook


MULTIMEDIA
Music player: foobar2000, MusicBee, AIMP
Video player: MPC-HC (+ madVR)
Media converter: ffmpeg, Handbrake, MediaCoder, VirtualDub, MeGUI
CD ripping: Exact Audio Copy
DVD ripping: AnyDVD
Image viewer: Irfanview, FastStone, XNView, Honeyview
Image manip (raster): Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Paint.NET, Krita
Image manip (vector): Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Corel Draw
Video editor: Sony Vegas Pro, Adobe Premier Pro, Blender VSE
3D content creation: Blender, Modo, Sculptris, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Lightwave, Maya
Video game ecosystem: Steam, GOG
Voice chat: Mumble, Skype, Ventrilo, Teamspeak
Screencapping/broadcast: Open Broadcaster Software, Fraps
Clipboard manager: Ditto


OFFICE & DOC/FILE TOOLS
Office: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Google Docs (online)
Text editor: Notepad++, Sublime Text, Notepad2
PDF viewer: SumatraPDF, Foxit, Adobe Reader, Chrome


SYSTEM & ADMINISTRATION
Archive manager: 7-zip, PeaZip, FreeArc
Disc burner: ImgBurn
Defragmenter: Defraggler
File recovery: Recuva
Hypervisor: VMWare Workstation, Virtualbox
Encryption: TrueCrypt, DiskCryptor
Antivirus: Avira, Malwarebytes AntiMalware
Console/terminal: cmder
Image mounting: Virtual CloneDrive, WinCDEmu
File search: Everything
System cleanup: CCleaner (+ CCEnhancer)
Computer info: CPU-Z, GPU-Z, HWMonitor, Speccy, CoreTemp, Process Explorer, WinDirStat
Scripting & automation: AutoHotkey, PowerShell
Partitioning: EaseUS Partition Master, GParted LiveCD
Stress/test: FurMark (GPU), Prime95 (CPU), MemTest86+ (RAM), HD Tune (HDD), CrystalDiskMark (HDD)
POSIX/UNIX env: Cygwin
Firewall: Windows default, TinyWall
File manager: Explorer++, QTTabBar
Password manager: KeePass
File checksum/hash: HashTab, RapidCRC Unicode
Sandboxing/gen security: Sandboxie


MISCELLANEOUS
TeraCopy
doPDF (print to PDF)
f.lux
Eraser
Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
Universal USB Installer
Microsoft Sysinternals suite
Advanced Renamer





HOSTING RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Wiki service (like Wikia, but one that isn't hostile towards it users. Maybe whatever Wowpedia.org uses?)
- Social bookmarking service, if any of them allow for more interactive content so we can have guides on usage/config too
- Google Sites page