Revision as of 20:13, 19 February 2016

How to manage Microsoft Windows without losing your sanity:

! ! ! FOR THE LOVE OF SANITY, DO NOT INSTALL ON PHYSICAL HARDWARE, only a virtual machine ! ! !
Install TightVNC and enable service mode (console access) and regular mode (on port 5901) for desktop session access
Install Cygwin with:
- ssh server
- rsync
Install OpenControl Center agent
Install Emergency Management Services (EMS) redirection
Install Recovery Console
Install Classic Shell
Install Firefox
Install Everything Search Engine
Put windows version on desktop
Registry edit:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\PaintDesktopVersion
Set DWORD value 1
Install JDiskReport for disk usage analysis
Use WSUS Offline Update
Update Microsoft Windows and Office without an Internet connection

sysinternals tools
Windows Servers Tools (Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit [SDK])
- Vista

Utils

WinMerge - Does visual file/folder diffs
HashTab - Provides file hashes in the file properties dialog
4t Tray Minimizer - Provides the much-needed winshade functionality to the Windows "windows manger"
gVim - Graphical vim for Windows
WinCDEmu - Mount ISO files as virtual CD-ROM drives

MFCMAPI

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 * [http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html 4t Tray Minimizer] - Provides the much-needed winshade functionality to the Windows "windows manger"
 * [http://www.vim.org/download.php gVim] - Graphical vim for Windows
+* [http://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/ WinCDEmu] - Mount ISO files as virtual CD-ROM drives
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