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Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by Fredderson Unsolved. DangSquared 2 Bronze. Things to do after a clean install of Windows Windows software update I would like to see if there are any key things I am missing on this list that are crucial to the performance and health of my laptop.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 3. Hi DangSquared, Thanks for posting. So we're going to speed up that process with a bundling service called Ninite , which will help us download and install most of what we want in one go. From there, I have recommendations for a few more go-to apps and the other essentials you'll need to game.

Ninite builds a custom installer for you that groups up all of the applications you want, then installs all of them in one go. It's mercifully free of the annoying toolbars and free offers and other adware most installers try to sneak onto your PC, and it saves you loads of time going to each individual website to grab the basic software you'll want on your PC. It's simple, and it works perfectly. Ninite also offers a lot of software you probably don't need, but none of it's forced on you.

I picked out the software I'd tell most people to install on a new PC, but you can add or remove whatever suits you. Here's the quick version of where to start. Once you download your custom installer, you're almost done. Run it, sit back, and watch your PC fill up with the utilities you'll be using all the time.

Not sure what all of the above are for? Keep reading for a breakdown. If you don't need the explainer, jump down to what to install next. It also has a great mobile app. Enjoy it before bloat or business decisions make us sad. Might as well get it now. Free and lightweight and it'll never bug you to pay for it.

In the. Please see my reply to Greg Carmack. What "backup disk" do you have? If it's a factory recovery disk it should be more than one or it's just a repair disk with the bootable repair tools on it. If you have a backup image stored to use, then that will restore it to the same condition it was when the image was taken.

So if the problem existed then you would have the problem back If these are just file backups then do full scan with Malwarebytes if you're worried about reimporting the problem. If they're already reimported then do the scan of the entire system. What is the condition of the install you just did now? The reason I ask you to do this is because no one of millions who have followed the install in that link have ever come back to report problems that I have seen.

It is also a great learning experience that will make you permanently the master of your PC because you will learn what works best and have applied it with your own hands. You can restore the System Image backup and then Upgrade it to latest version. I hope those automated file backups work because I see a lot of failures with lost files. I personally would never use those but instead the most reliable method which is to keep your files sorted into User folders and then periodically drag or copy them to external.

This way if Windows ever becomes irreparable you can restore C in 20 minutes from recovery media, and your files will be current and safe in their own separate partition. If they are left on C they will be dated from when the image was taken. I would have one great Clean Install at the base of all of this, so look over these steps in particular everything to remember to back up since people reinstall enough now that no software maker would stay in business if they didn't make this easy to do.

Keep me posted. It plays anything you can throw at it! Here's my list. Development E-Texteditor - Light text editor with similar capabilities to textmate on the Mac. Great for fast editing. It's also opensource. Netbeans - Great for debugging code, refactoring and general coding. I use this most of the time. Adobe Fireworks - Good graphics editor. It's not too pricey, but comes with the essentials for web graphics.

Photoshop is overboard here. Charles Proxy - Allows me to debug web connections, simulate slower connections, dynamically rewrite cookies and lots of other cool stuff. Allows one to mimic your production environment on your desktop Great for learning Linux too.

Media Spotify - All the music you want for free. Browsers Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Internet explorer all for testing my weblayouts.

CCleaner - Removes a lot of the junk programs leave around your computer. Reclaim GB's : Truecrypt - Keeps files very secure. Web Developer Toolbar - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. Firebug - Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse.

It's stable and works well. Bazaar - Bazaar have a native client for Windows. Very easy to use, great alternative to git with it's horrible URLs. Tortoise GIT - Not as stable as one hopes, but it's a good solid effort, should improve with time. Messaging Digsby - Fantastic multi-IM client.

Supports all the popular protocols. Ps, that's about it. Hope someone found this useful. Matt Hanson. Check out InstallPad.

Mark Brackett. Vivek Kumbhar. AV and a decent web browser on every computer, all the rest depends on why it is being used for. Chris Upchurch Chris Upchurch 4 4 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges. Brad Gilbert Brad Gilbert 2, 2 2 gold badges 21 21 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. David Hicks. Ole Lynge. David Schmitt. Wow, only two mentions of anti-virus software. Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Pidgin Putty notepad2 Those are my defaults, depending on what I do with the machine I will do more or less developer stuff.