what are the first programs/tweaks/settings you do after a fresh install?

I order Tin Foil Hat

 

Cue T-S with yet another post about Vivaldi and how rubbish Chrome etc are...

 

Personaly I fisrt install Macrium Reflect to put all my files back from my backup

 

Thanks button is back. What happened to Like button, is it coming back too?

 

Me like the like button

 

Maybe someone would prefer an useless and fanboyish message like yours?

 

The thanks button was here yesterday, but smaller, don't know about Like button.


Ask DAZ

 

The report button is still there so we can report lobo for going off topic all the time Nice to see you sobered err woke up there Mate

 

off topic

 

Rocket dock yeah I must say that is the most "usseless" progs of the whole list

 

Second I install an photo of my mother in law as background to remind me to get the fullest out of life right now

 

Launchy is not in my top ten also, works sometimes/sometimes not, lol

Or maybe they have made it alot better since I used it?

I install Acronis Backup first and make backup after every 5 programs installed, I hate clean installing.

 

^^ Not install any of that s**t ^^

 

find my win Se7en backup disk and reinstall

but usually

eSet Nod v8
Clover 3
WinAmp
VLC
Nero v8
Chrome

 

1) disable telemetry and app telemetry
2) disable driver downloads
3) disable Windows Defender
4) enable netfx3 for a few programs I still use
5) run dxredist
6) install vcredist 2010 and 2012
7) install video card drivers
8) connect internet and run windows update
9) reboot and install a few progs: chrome, winrar, 7z, hashtab

That's about it. I'm fairly plain.

 

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Nowadays, a fresh install of Windows means I just got a new laptop, so the first thing I do is shrink the drive, install Linux (right now my distro of choice is Mint KDE) in a dual-boot configuration with a nice-sized chunk of NTFS partition for shareable data. Then I start shucking all the preinstalled bloatware/malware out.

I use several Firefox profiles for different browser environments, so I spend some time installing the necessary add-ons for each profile. Gotta do this in both Windows and Linux.

I usually install Libre Office, and occasionally MIcrosoft Office when the need arises, then Calibre, Amazon books and Amazon music. My schematic design software, klink for tethering to my phone. Backup software to auto-save to the NAS. Printer interface.

Wallpapers, dark themes... you can see why I used to build standalone installation discs for XP.

 

Use winaerotweaker to fix the volume control...Make it go up and down instead of side to side. OCD strikes again!

 

I'm with you. It's not OCD when it makes more sense to make it go up and down to the vast amount of humans.