User:Ke4roh/Basic computer setup

I often find myself setting up computers for others. Here's the quick sketch of software I set up:

• Internet access
• http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus
• Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/
• Firefox http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
  • about:config config.trim_on_minimize = true [1]
  • Adblock Plus
  • Adblock Filterset.G Updater
  • New Tab King
  • Bugmenot
  • Forecastfox
  • Google Browser Sync
  • Imagezoom
  • Linkification
  • WebmailCompose (if user is on web mail)

• Disk defragmenter MyDefrag download
  • Installation offers to create the scheduled job for you, and run during screen saver, too.
• E-mail, IM, other things at user's request
  • GIMP http://www.gimp.org
  • Pidgin instant message client http://pidgin.im/
  • PDF writer http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
  • CD burner http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ http://www.deepburner.com/
• DiskMon to add an on-screen drive activity light to a sequestered desktop machine
• Executor to run programs with ease :-)
• AutoHotkey to create keyboard shortcuts and facilitate typing special characters hotkeys.ahk
• 7-Zip compression/decompression tool

Admin tools

• Startup Manager http://www.windowsstartup.com/download.php
• Disk space management http://www.win.tue.nl/sequoiaview/
• Gamma calibration http://www.normankoren.com/makingfineprints1A.html
  • Linux:
    • Run Monica http://www.pcbypaul.com/linux/monica.html
    • Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or similar) add "Monitor" line "Gamma 1.02 1.02 1.02" where numbers are RGB.

Web development

• Firefox web development plugins:
  • Selenium IDE
  • YSlow
  • HttpFox
  • Html Validator
  • Firebug
  • Java console
  • LinkChecker
• IE JS debugger
  • Nikhil's Web Development Helper
• WinSCP
• SQuirreL SQL [2]

Misc

• Windows Open Source Index
• Open-source alternatives
• MP3 Tagger To tag them from before you knew about tagging
• Larabie Fonts - a fine collection of free typefaces
• PhotoRec to recover pictures from corrupt memory cards
• Favorite software
• The Simple Dollar's list of 30 essential free programs
• Stellarium astronomy software