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! 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

And pretty soon I’ll post a comprehensive list of my tools directory and maybe even give you access to my tools repository! ;)