Here are some things I have run across to make my life in chat a little more  "fun".
mIRC - a chat program
ZoneAlarmPro - to see if and when your being nuked or hacked (and who's doing it)
Winamp - also needed to hear sounds and songs
mIRCScripts - mIRC with attitude
mIRC addons - mIRC add ons
More mIRC Scripts - Hot Scripts
Get Winzip here
The best scripts I have ever seen in my irc life:
Siren For women
Odysseus The male 'SirenScript'
and my personal favorite
Here are a few popup/sound files, these files are zipped up so make sure you have
winzip first.


angels.mrc
candy.mrc
nochat - to block those annoying private messages
flirt.mrc
flirties.mrc
hotpops.mrc
naughtys.mrc
PopuPacks
texplay60 - needed to hear sounds and songs
texplay56 - for those that prefer the old txplay


To load popups, go into mirc and type in the text box:  /load -rs filename.mrc
(filename being the name of the popup file you want to load eg) /load -rs angels.mrc

ATTENTION: if by chance after you load your popups or anything else from here.....and it doesn't work, right click on the file and only check Archive, make sure there are no others checked....then reload it ... have fun! 
If you have any questions about anything here....just go to my chatroom and ask someone  ......just push the "Chat with us Now!!" button!
When your mIRC is open and ready to start:

first, add a new server:
description:  anything you like I use the name of the server.

Something like this:

IRC
server: ircqnet.icq.com
port 6665,6666,6667,6668,6669,7000
If you have any questions about anything here....just go to my chatroom and ask someone  ......just push the "Come chat with us !!" button!