Some Thoughts…

Any attempt at simplifying my life hasn’t had any impact my work computer, apparently.

The lease was up on my work laptop, so I was issued a new Lenovo T61p last week. Typically, our IT department will reinstall Windows XP on all new laptops, but because we need to be able to test our software under Windows Vista, they let me keep the WIndows Vista Ultimate that came pre-installed.

The first step was to get rid of as much of the pre-installed "crapware" as I could. I did keep the software for the fingerprint reader. though. It is pretty cool being able to use that to log in to Windows!

Here is a list of all the software I had to install and configure:

Applications

• Vista Service Pack 1 and additional updates
• Microsoft Office Pro 2007
• Firefox
  • RoboForm
  • Extensions:
    • Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer
    • AdBlock Plus
    • IE Tab
    • QuickProxy
    • Forecastfox
    • Better GMail 2
• Symantec AntiVirus
• VMWare Workstation
• AT&T Global Network Client (VPN client)
• Wireshark (and WinPcap)
• TextPad
• Google Desktop

Development Tools

• Visual Studio 2008
  • Visual Assist X
  • Syncfusion Essential Studio 3.3
  • Infragistics NetAdvantage (2007.1 and 2007.3)
  • IP*Works
  • CodeSite
  • TeeChart for .NET
• Borland Delphi 2007 (plus four updates)
  • Rave Reports
  • Castalia
  • Developer’s Express VCL
• Perforce (P4V and P4Win, plus API tools for C# and Ruby)
• ActivePerl
• Ruby
• Doxygen
• DIAB-SDS Compiler
• Help & Manual (and HTML Help Workshop)
• Inno Setup
• Consolas font

Utilities

• 7-Zip
• Foxit Reader
• Foxit Creator
• Beyond Compare (plus four plug-ins)
• CCCleaner
• Cmd Prompt Here Power Toys
• Daemon Tools Lite (for mounting ISO files)
• TreeSize Free
• XYplorer (Explorer replacement)
• GoodSync
• Revo Uninstaller
• SysInternals Suite (Autoruns, Process Explorer, etc)
• SlickRun

Not to mention configuring Windows, copying files over from my old computer, pulling down all of our source code out of Perforce and ensuring that it all built, etc.

That didn’t take long at all!

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