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Installing Windows XP in N Easy Steps

2008-06-03 22:18

It’s been a while since I last rebuilt my laptop. This time, I didn’t lose much. The big stuff (notably, pictures) resides on the file server, and a lot of stuff is under source control.

  1. 02:48 2008/05/26 Install Windows XP from CD. Set up Dvorak keyboard, regional format options, administrator password, etc.
  2. 03:09 2008/05/26 Set up my account, password, and login method.
  3. 03:14 2008/05/26 Insert driver CD. Start installing drivers. Notably, the ones for network cards.
  4. 03:15 2008/05/26 Set screen resolution, some other display properties.
  5. 03:20 2008/05/26 Set mouse acceleration and other input device properties.
  6. 03:29 2008/05/26 Reboot. Revel in the fact that I have 53.1GB free hard disk space.
  7. 03:34 2008/05/26 Realize wireless still isn’t working. Look for ethernet cable.
  8. 03:38 2008/05/26 Start the Windows / Microsoft update cycle.
  9. 03:39 2008/05/26 While that is happening, start going through the Control Panel.
  10. 03:50 2008/05/26 Microsoft Update is messing up. Add microsoft.com to the trusted zone.
  11. 04:02 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  12. 04:04 2008/05/26 Start downloading SP2. Why not SP3? Ask Microsoft Update.
  13. 04:13 2008/05/26 Firefox (might as well use 3.0 RC1).
  14. 04:21 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  15. 04:29 2008/05/26 Microsoft Update.
  16. 04:29 2008/05/26 Firefox extensions (AdBlockPlus, Flashblock, Customize Google, oops, Google Browser Sync doesn’t work… back to 2.0, Tab Mix Plus, Faviconize Tab, gTranslate).
  17. 04:52 2008/05/26 Connect to file server, map network drive, printer.
  18. 05:00 2008/05/26 Install Trillian, YGG.
  19. 05:28 2008/05/26 Beyond Compare.
  20. 05:28 2008/05/26 Microsoft Update.
  21. 05:28 2008/05/26 Subversion.
  22. 05:36 2008/05/26 7zip.
  23. 05:36 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  24. 05:50 2008/05/26 Microsoft Update.
  25. 05:50 2008/05/26 svn co Playpen.
  26. 05:51 2008/05/26 ActivePerl, WPP.
  27. 05:57 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  28. 05:59 2008/05/26 VS.Net 2008.
  29. 06:01 2008/05/26 Music library.
  30. 10:14 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  31. 10:24 2008/05/26 MSDN.
  32. 10:53 2008/05/26 Patch VS.Net 2008.
  33. 11:01 2008/05/26 DivX, FileHippoUpdater, TrueCrypt, SpecSharp, ZoneAlarm.
  34. 11:15 2008/05/26 PowerCommands for VS.Net 2008.
  35. 11:18 2008/05/26 nant.
  36. 11:21 2008/05/26 GhostDoc.
  37. 1!:30 2008/05/26 Microsoft Office 2007.
  38. 13:13 2008/05/26 Neuter Windows Media Player connecting to the internet. Play music for the kids.
  39. 13:13 2008/05/26 Start Visual Studio.Net.
  40. 13:14 2008/05/26 Microsoft Update.
  41. 15:02 2008/05/26 Realize that I’ve been forgetting to note reboots.
  42. 15:02 2008/05/26 Ensure mini-hunt stuff is back up and running.
  43. 15:02 2008/05/26 SF Fedora font.
  44. 15:07 2008/05/26 Auto Gordian Knot, CCleaner, Consolas font, Dave’s Quick Search Deskbar, Exact Audio Copy, Foxit Reader, Handy Registry Settings.
  45. 15:12 2008/05/26 iTunes, iTunes Scripts, iTunes Windows COM SDK, iTunes Library Updater.
  46. 15:12 2008/05/26 Lame, Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, Name Clip, Outlook on the Desktop, PDF Creator, DVD Decrypter, Tweak UI, URL Run, URL Run Add-In, VPN, XVid.
  47. 15:40 2008/05/26 Reboot.
  48. 15:45 2008/05/26 I have the wrong VPN client. Uninstall.
  49. 15:45 2008/05/26 Stamp 2.8
  50. 15:45 2008/05/26 Install custom keyboard layout (yes, even more custom that just plain Dvorak).
  51. 15:59 2008/05/26 Flash, Shockwave. Go through IE self-configuration first.
  52. 16:06 2008/05/26 Mike’s Ad Blocking Hosts File.
  53. 16:06 2008/05/26 Notepad2. Replace notepad.exe.
  54. 16:11 2008/05/26 SysInternals.
  55. 16:17 2008/05/26 Keyboard shortcut for Password Safe / subversion integration.
  56. 16:34 2008/05/26 Palm desktop. Outlook conduits.
  57. 17:18 2008/05/26 Quicken, Palm software.
  58. 20:21 2008/05/26 My VS.Net Macros.
  59. 20:26 2008/05/26 Run FileHippo.
  60. 20:29 2008/05/26 Run CCleaner.
  61. 22:21 2008/05/27 Configure Trillian.
  62. 22:21 2008/05/27 Trillian spell check, message split plugins.
  63. 22:27 2008/05/27 Computer is sluggish / sound is weird. Reboot.
  64. 22:37 2008/05/27 Keyboard shortcuts for FireFox, IE, Beyond Compare, Trillian, DevEnv, Command Prompt.
  65. 23:02 2008/05/27 Configure command prompt.
  66. 23:24 2008/05/27 Configure subversion.
  67. 23:36 2008/05/27 Configure DQSD.
  68. 23:49 2008/05/27 Configure Google Browser Sync.
  69. 23:50 2008/05/27 VPN.
  70. 00:08 2008/05/28 Reboot.
  71. 00:19 2008/05/28 Windows Media Player Controller.
  72. 08:55 2008/05/28 Dell Drivers
  73. 08:58 2008/05/28 WinZip
  74. 08:58 2008/05/28 Uninstall 7Zip.
  75. 09:00 2008/05/28 Uninstall Bonjour.
  76. 09:04 2008/05/28 Uninstall some Windows components.
  77. 09:20 2008/05/28 Reboot.
  78. 20:45 2008/05/28 Import VS.Net settings from work. Put under source control.
  79. 20:57 2008/05/28 Put visual theme under source control.
  80. 21:08 2008/05/28 Move the IE temp cache. Curse MSFT for forcing you to log out for the change to happen.
  81. 21:36 2008/05/28 Remove some MS Office components.
  82. 21:37 2008/05/28 Skype.
  83. 21:43 2008/05/28 Configure Firefox. Put under source control.
  84. 21:52 2008/05/28 Web cam software.
  85. 22:39 2008/05/28 Microsoft Sucks. They insist on installing MSOCache for office installations. 1GB of redundant data.
  86. 00:04 2008/05/30 Configure display for blind-Nick.
  87. 00:04 2008/05/30 More Start Menu keyboard shortcuts.
  88. 00:04 2008/05/30 Configure iTunes. iTunes shortcuts.
  89. 00:07 2008/05/30 Cleanup KB / Service Pack uninstalls.
  90. 00:07 2008/05/30 No Skype at startup.
  91. 00:28 2008/05/30 Attempt to run as a power user.
  92. 00:30 2008/05/30 Configure TweakUI.
  93. 23:57 2008/05/30 Configure VPN.
  94. 00:49 2008/05/31 Clean up Start Menu.
  95. 16:48 2008/05/31 Toddler Keys after Alex rediscovers opening my CD tray.
  96. 17:32 2008/05/31 Tangentially related: uninstall U3 from my thumb drive.
  97. 18:16 2008/05/31 Reboot.
  98. 21:09 2008/05/31 Tweak more Explorer | Tools | Options | View settings.
  99. 21:31 2008/05/31 Clean Startup stuff.
  100. 12:23 2008/06/01 Set up BlueTooth sync with Palm.
  101. 14:30 2008/06/01 As Administrator: Run [playpen]\tools\Registry\Windows Tuning - Tweaks.reg.
  102. 14:33 2008/06/01 As Administrator: Fix path.
  103. 14:39 2008/06/01 As Administrator: GPEdit.msc | Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Turn Off Autoplay.
  104. 22:03 2008/06/01 As Administrator: Tweak services.
  105. 22:44 2008/06/01 Put startup stuff in current user, not all users so that stuff doesn’t run in the admin account.

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