Configuration a Machine for Microsoft Software
- Category: Software Development
- Posted On: 3/4/2007
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I recently received a new laptop that needed a new operating system and developer software. I've setup machines countless times, so I might as well make a list that others can learn from...
For Microsoft software, I installed:
- Windows XP Service Pack 2
- All Online Updates
- Office 2003
- Office Visio 2003
- Office InfoPath 2003
- Office 2003 FrontPage
- Windows XP "Command Here" Power Toy
- Windows XP "TweakUI" Power Toy
- Live Messenger Chat
- Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
- Visual Studio .NET 2005 Team Suite
- Visual Source Safe 2005
- MSDN 2005 Library
- SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
- Office Project 2003
- InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET 2005
- Office 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET 2003
- URLScan for IIS
- IIS Lockdown Utility
- Baseline Security Analyzer
- Web Application Stress Tester
- XML Notepad 2007
- Windows Media 11
Additionally, I installed:
- McAfee Virus Scanner
- TextPad
- SmartFTP
- Spybot
- Fiddler
- Ehereal
- Subversion Version Control
- Tortoise SVN
- Adobe Reader
- Pdf995
- WinRAR
- 7-Zip
- TopStyle Pro
- Photoshop 7
- Macromedia MX (Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, FreeHand)
- Swish
- Cygwin Linux Emulator (w/ a bunch of packages)
- OpenOffice
- FireFox Internet Browser (with lots of add-ons)
- Thunderbird E-mail
- Opera Internet Browser
- Netscape Internet Browser
- GAIM Chat
- Google Talk
- Google Earth
- GIMP Image Editor
- MySQL 5
- Ruby (including Ruby Gems and Ruby on Rails)
- PHP
- ActivePerl
- ActivePython
- ActiveTcl
- ActiveState Komodo Edit
- DivX
- iTunes
- DeviantArt.com 3D Landscape Wallpapers (for kewl backgrounds!)
Notes
The lists above attempt to identify all of the major software I have found useful over time. However, it is in no way comprehensive and certainly lacks configuration detail. You'll find a lot of software out there, but hopefully you found something new from this list to play with.
- Category: Software Development
- Posted On: 3/4/2007
- Views: 7,383
Comments
- From Eric Swanson located in Anthem
- On 4/8/2007
create a curb (just a reminder to myself)