I must be in some sort of mood this morning. I figured since my last post was all Gentoorific, I’d post a little bit about my Windows XP install as well. I just found my personal install notes, so I’ll paste them in here.
I re-install Windows on my laptop every 3-6 months on average. I install all kinds of cruft and it usually starts to get pretty bogged down after 6 months. I also love the feeling of a brand new laptop install and use it as an opportunity to upgrade software that’s essential to the system and gets easily broken. So here goes!
# Windows Update!And pretty soon I'll post a comprehensive list of my tools directory and maybe even give you access to my tools repository! ;)remapkey.exe
Right Ctrl -> Caps
Caps -> Left Windows
Customize folder options
(General)
Use windows classic folders
(View)
uncheck - Display simple folder view in Explorer’s Folders list
check - Display the contents of system folders
check - Display the full path in the address bar
uncheck - Display the full path in the title bar
check - Show hidden files and folders
uncheck - Hide protected operating system files
uncheck - Use simple file sharing
configure details view and apply to all folders
Check for latest versions of apps
putty (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html)
geoshell (http://geoshell.com)
Trillian (http://trillian.cc)
PGP (http://www.pgp.com)
Tortoise CVS (http://www.tortoisecvs.org/)
UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com)
Irfanview (http://www.irfanview.com)
Servant Salamander (http://www.altap.cz/)
FireFOX (http://www.mozilla.org)
TaskSwitchXP (http://taskswitchxp.sourceforge.net/)
Winamp (http://www.winamp.com)
Install PGP
Install googlebar (http://toolbar.google.com/)
Install Mozilla Firefox
Install Trillian
Install UltraEdit
Install Servant Salamander
Add read/write to user Menu (attrib +r, attrib -r - Don’t open shell window)
(Appearance)
check - Full row select
(Viewers & Editors -> Editors)
Command = C:\Program Files\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit-32\uedit32.exe
Install GeoShell
Configure GeoShell
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Geo\GeoShell\Plugins\geOTasks0_1)
Show Captions = 0
Plugin Min Width = 0
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Geo\GeoShell\Services\Hotkey\szIDs)
App_RDP = win|r|“C:\Winnt\System32\mstsc.exe”
App_Irfanview = win|i|“C:\Program Files\IrfanView\i_view32.exe”
App_Console = shift+win|c|c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe /K cd \tools && title Console
App_Sal = win|e|“C:\Program Files\Servant Salamander 2.5 beta 3\SALAMAND.exe”
App_Putty = win|p|“C:\tools\NetUtils\putty-dev.exe”
App_UE = SHIFT+WIN|u|“C:\Program Files\UltraEdit\uedit32.exe”
App_VPN = win|v|“C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\ipsecdialer.exe”
App_PWSafe = win|p|C:\Tools\Utilities\pwsafe\pwsafe.exe
App_Firefox = win|m|“C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe”
(HKCU\Software\geo\geOShell\ShellUI\Desktop)
Desktop Top = 10
(HKCU\Software\geo\geOShell\Plugins\geoMenuLaunch0_1)
Button Caption = ""
IE Settings
(Advanced)
uncheck - Show friendly HTTP error messages
(Multimedia)
uncheck - Enable Automatic Image Resizing
Configure task manager
check - Show processes from all users
Options -> Hide When Minimized
View -> Select Columns (+Virtual Memory Size
Install Tortoise CVS
Timo Kauppinen overlay Icons
External diff application: C:\Tools\Utilities\ExamDiff\ExamDiff.exe
Configure default putty settings
(Window)
30 Rows, 100 Columns
500 Lines of scrollback
(Window -> Behaviour)
System menu appears on ALT-Space
(Connection)
90 seconds between keepalives
Set screen to non bubblified classic
Effects -> Enable cleartype
Effects -> Don’t hide underlined letters
Things Missing
Mozilla Bookmarks
Configure UltraEdit
(Backup)
Default Backup Directory - C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\Backups\UltraEdit
(Edit)
check - Use spaces in place of Tabs
Tab Stop Value/Indent Spaces = 2
(File Types)
add .php extension
Clean up start menu - Organize everything into Net, Multimedia, Utils, and Games folders for the most part
Install Ultranav driver for T40
Install Winamp
Lock down McShield
Configure McAfee as wanted, then deny set access to the following key
(HKLM\SOFTWARE\Network Associates\TVD\Shared Components\On Access Scanner\McShield\Configuration\Default)
Install winpcap, ethereal, nmap, cain, vmware
Install dameware, l0pht, mappoint, PERL
Install win2k3 admin pak and res kits
Install perl modules
ppm install Net::IPv4Addr
Clean up services
manual - server, netlogon, messenger, webclient, remoteregistry
Add perl modules
ppm install file-grep
Install Outlook, Outlook Connector for Domino, Quintessential, iTunes
Here we go again - 3/28/2005
Install bluetooth driver
Install wildpackets atheros driver
Firefox Extensions
SessionSaver - http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/sessionsaver
miniT -http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/minit
Web Developer - http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/webdeveloper
BugMeNot - http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/more-info/bugmenot
GreaseMonkey - http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
LittleFox Theme - https://addons.update.mozilla.org/themes/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&version=1.0&os=Windows&id=307