Set Preferences ----------- Right-click RecycleBin, select "Properties" and uncheck "Display delete confirmation dialog" box Right-click on background, select "Personalize" and select "High Contrast Black" Right-click on bottom toolbar and set to small icons In the task bar, right-click select properties and set "Taskbar buttons:" to be "Combine when taskbar is full" Add environmental variable "HOME" and set to C:\home\mfincher so emacs can find me Add C:\home\mfincher\bin to environmental variable "Path" Create C:\tmp so ange-ftp can work. Turn off error reporting, "My Computer"/Properties/Advanced system settings/Advanced/Startup and Recovery/Settings/System failure, set "Write debugging information" to "(none)" Copy Files From Old Computer ---------------------------- Copy My Documents, My Pictures, c:\home, c:\opt copy over all the old databases Copy over inetpub directories Copy over old Microsoft Mail archives, *.pst files Copy root directory of Perforce files, C:\workfiles Copy the old %AppData%\Launchy\Luanchy.ini config file over to new machine Copy Themes from %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes C:\Users\fincherm\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes Install Utility Programs ------------------------ Install Chrome, Opera, and Firefox, set up sync in Firefox to get old bookmarks and addins Install Launchy Install AutoHotKey Install ConEmu http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/ Install Notepad++ Install an alternate file manager XYplorerFree, select "Favorites/Set Box Color..." and set it to black Install Emacs Install Mouse drivers Install visual studio 2013, and p4vs plugin Install pdf reader sumatra - http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/download.html Install Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/download.html Install Mezer Tools https://www.bayden.com/mezer/ Windows-s for capture Windows-c for calipers Install 7-zip for zip/tar files from http://www.7-zip.org/ Install Process Explorer http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals Install cygwin, add c:\cygwin64\bin to "Path" environmental variable so emacs can see "gzip" Install Nant http://sourceforge.net/projects/nant Install Microsoft Programs ------------------------ Install latest version of powershell (inside Windows Management Framework 4/5) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40855 Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg.msu set powershell to use unsigned scripts: add "set-executionpolicy remotesigned" Install sql server 2008R2 Install IIS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725762.aspx?ppud=4 Download SQL Server® 2008 R2 Feature Pack to get Invoke-SqlCmd working SqlServerCmdletSnapin100 sqlps Add-PSSnapin SqlServerCmdletSnapin100 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188436&clcid=0x409What other programs and settings would you recommend?
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Friday, November 07, 2014
Setting up a new Windows 7 machine
When setting up a new Windows 7 box, I do the following:
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