Managing Microsoft Windows

Manging Windows Machines While Maintaining Sanity

How to use 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