• OS install.
• OS: Dark mode.
• OS: Windows Update.
• OS: Apps > Installed apps, get rid of crap.
• OS: Sign in, facial & fingerprint recognition.
• OS: Unpin shit from Start.
• OS: Windows Terminal → default terminal application.
• OS: PowerShell > Admin > Winget install browsers & applications.
• Brave: LastPass extension.
• Brave: Set up profiles & sync.
• Brave: Set new tab page.
• Brave: Set up settings.
• Brave: Set up search.
• Brave: Set up ad filters.
• Brave: Install Tampermonkey filters.
• OS: Mouse pointer size (3).
• OS: Windows features.
• OS: Install FiraCode Nerd Font.
• OS: Explorer > Options.
• OS: Install Fira Code font.
• Install SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition
• OneDrive: Turn off 'backups'.
• OS: Taskbar turn off search & widget.
• Notepad++: Enable dark mode.
• OS: PowerShell: set-executionpolicy Unrestricted -scope currentuser
• Install CrowdStrike.
• Install DriveStrike.
• Install Vanta.
• Notepad++: Style Configurator, FiraCode Nerd Font Mono + enable global font
• Visual Studio Code: Set up sync.
• Terminal: Default profile: 'PowerShell' (which is 7.x)
• Zoom: Set up video & audio settings.
• OS: BitLocker, verify enabled, backup restore key.
• OS: Set up PowerShell profile script.
• Terminal: Defaults > Appearance, Font FiraCode Nerd Font Mono, Font size 10.
• OS: PowerShell: Oh-my-posh set up.
• Git: Set up settings.
• AHK: Set up auto load & new bin location.
• OS: Desktops set up.
• OS: Language & regional set up.
• Visual Studio: Install desktop dev.
• Visual Studio: Extensions.
• Install Microsoft Office.
• OS: Taskbar, Visual Studio, run as admin.
• Install Paint.net.
• Anki: Set up & sync.
• OneCommander: Set up favourites.
• OS: Set up backups.
• OS: Set up start up apps.
• Visual Studio: Set up snippets.
• OS: Set up screen saver to keep Vanta happy:
  • Screen saver: (None)
  • Wait: 60
  • On resume: ✔

# Dev Tools
winget install --id 'Microsoft.SQLServer.2019.Developer'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.DotNet.Framework.DeveloperPack_4' -v 4.6.2
winget install --id 'Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.6'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.DotNet.SDK.7'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.PowerShell'
winget install --id 'Git.Git'
winget install --id 'OpenJS.NodeJS'
winget install --id 'WinMerge.WinMerge'
winget install --id 'JanDeDobbeleer.OhMyPosh' -s winget
winget install --id 'Docker.DockerDesktop'
 
# Browsers
winget install --id 'Brave.Brave'
winget install --id 'Google.Chrome'
winget install --id 'Opera.Opera'
winget install --id 'Mozilla.Firefox'
 
# IDE / Text Editors
winget install --id 'Notepad++.Notepad++'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.VisualStudioCode'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.Professional'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.AzureDataStudio'
winget install --id 'Microsoft.SQLServerManagementStudio'
 
# General Apps
winget install --name 'One Commander'
winget install --id 'WinDirStat.WinDirStat'
winget install --name 'Sysinternals Suite'
winget install --id '7zip.7zip'
winget install --id 'SumatraPDF.SumatraPDF'
winget install --id 'GIMP.GIMP'
winget install --id 'Zoom.Zoom'
winget install --id 'Spotify.Spotify'
winget install --id 'PeterPawlowski.foobar2000'
winget install --id 'Lexikos.AutoHotkey'
winget install --id 'Anki.Anki'
 
# PowerShell modules
Install-Module BurntToast

• Paint.Net
• Microsoft SQL Server 2019 - Developer Edition (64-bit)
• Mp3 Direct Cut
• LTSpice
• Fritzing

Open a prompt and check that each of these commands work. Version numbers are as of 22-12-2022 and will obviously change over time.

>  dotnet --version
6.0.404
>  node -v
v19.3.0
>  npm -v
9.2.0
>  git version
git version 2.39.0.windows.1
>  docker-compose version
Docker Compose version v2.13.0

1. Start → RegEdit.
2. [Registry Editor] Address bar → Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem
3. [Registry Editor] Set LongPathsEnabled to 1 to enable long filenames.
4. Reboot.

From admin prompt:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

• Fonts. See Fonts setup.
• Bin setup.

See Chrome / Brave Setup.

• Git. See Git Cheat Sheet.

1. Open SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
2. [SSMS] Connect to your local instance.
3. [SSMS] In the Object Explorer, right click your local machine and select Properties.
4. [SSMS, Server Properties] Select the Security page.
5. [SSMS, Server Properties] “Server authentication” → SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode.
6. [SSMS, Server Properties] Ok.
7. [SMSS] In the Object Explorer, right click your local machine and select Restart. Give it a few seconds to do its thing.
8. [SSMS] In the Object Explorer, navigate to (Your server) → Security → Logins.
9. [SSMS] Right click the sa login and select Properties.
10. [SSMS, Login Properties] Select the General page.
11. [SSMS, Login Properties] Override the default password with a known password. Note it down in a safe place as you will need it later.
12. [SSMS, Login Properties] Untick Enforce password policy.
13. [SSMS, Login Properties] Select the Status page.
14. [SSMS, Login Properties] “Permission to connect to database engine:” → Grant.
15. [SSMS, Login Properties] “Login:” → Enabled.
16. [SSMS, Login Properties] Ok.

Refer to this documentation.