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Vorpal
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I think I'm going to start from complete scratch and make a new set of ghost images with more fall back points.
These is my ghost image log file (notes) I made the last time.
I'm wondering what everyone else does on a fresh intall. I used Atomic XP a few times.... but haven't in a while. I know there's so many good tweaks, but the time involved in setting an XP system back up usually gets me rushing just to get it over with.
Just curious... thanks.
(the log file seems to help me get through an installation really fast - like a checklist, good for helping friends with a new system)
These is my ghost image log file (notes) I made the last time.
I'm wondering what everyone else does on a fresh intall. I used Atomic XP a few times.... but haven't in a while. I know there's so many good tweaks, but the time involved in setting an XP system back up usually gets me rushing just to get it over with.
Just curious... thanks.
(the log file seems to help me get through an installation really fast - like a checklist, good for helping friends with a new system)
0. Desktop hit after installation
1.
Logged in as default user
Installed TweakXP
Selected "Show Admin Account" from Login Section of TweakUI
Selected Autologin from TweakUI for Adim
Logged in as Admin
From User Manager: Deleted install force-created user account
[from Taskbar properties]
Unselected "Group similar taskbar buttons"
Selected "Show Quick Launch"
Unselected "Hide Inactive Icons"
Selected "Clasic Startup Menu"
Selected: Display Administrative Tools
Selected Expand for: Control Panel, Network Connections, Printers
Unselected "Use Personalized Menus"
Selected "Windows Classic Theme"
[From Disk Managment]
Changed CD Drive letter to "Z" to move it out of the way temporarily
Made a 50Gig Primary Partition (NTFS) - Drive D
Made a 11Gig Extended Partition/Logical Drive (FAT32) - Drive E
(for Ghost images)
[From Explorer]
Selected List View
Selected - Use Classic Windows
Slected - View All Like Current Folder
Selected - Show hidden files/folders
Unselected - Hide extensions for known file types
Unselected - Hide Protected operating system files
[From MyComputer/Properties]
Advanced/Performance - Change VM to a 400-400 Pagefile
Turned Off System Restore
Turned Off Automatic Updates
Turned Off Allow Remote Assistance
Turned Off Memory Debug Dumps
Turned Off System Log Dump
Set Trashcan to 1%
Set Trashcan to no delete confirmation
IE - "Use Blank" set as homepage
Plugged in all hard drives, current setup:
C: System Drive 1 15G
D: Games Drive 1 50G
E: Images Drive 1 10G
F: Storage Drive 2 120G
G: MP3 Drive 3 120G
R: CD-ROM
Turned Off Drive Indexing for all drives
2.
Changed CD Key
SP1a Installed
Turned Off Error Reporting
Deleted "Unknown" User
Desktop set to best performance
Changed Mouse Pointer speed and pointer icon
Turned Screensaver Off
Basic Creative Audigy Drivers from 12/02 installed
Speaker Icon Added to desktop
Via 4.47 Drivers Installed
ATI 3.4 Catalyst Drivers and Control Panel Installed
UnPNP app was ran to disable UPnP
[From Add/Remove Windows Components]
Uninstalled MS Messenger
Uninstalled MSN Explorer
Uninstalled Indexing Serviced
Windows Updates downloaded 06/19/03 Including DX9a update and WMP v9 update
Installed MS Java virtual machine
Adobe 5.05 Acrobat Reader Installed
Quicktime 6.0 Player installed
Winace 2.2 Installed and Setup
Winamp 3.0 Full Installed and Setup
Outlook Express Setup
3. Office XP installed w/ SP2 Installed and updated
Installed Nero 551028 (Enterprise Edition Key)
InstalledVB6.0
Installed VB6 SP5
Ad Aware v6 installed and run