I’m sure I’ve commented a few times on what to put on your computer, if you are running windows and are lucky enough to be given the keys to your machine by your sysadmin. Well, this seems like an ideal time to write about it, as I have a new box at work that requires my attention immediately… because I have to use it.
The first two applications to go down are:
- Firefox, because my system was running IE6 and that simply won’t do… 5 min without tags was all I could stand. I could have downloaded IE7, but at MS they still have no idea that people might be able to handle their own system better than they can… so you need to hack the kernal to get IE6 and IE7 running simultaneously. And its not as good as Firefox anyway.
- Notepad++, it wouldn’t have been the second if I didn’t have to edit an XSD file for a document I am writing. And the XSD editing isn’t as good as its XML, HTML and Javascript, or even its PHP or Java. But it is better than the other crap on my system. And it is quick to boot.
Configuration of my new windows machine:
- I need to turn off the sound, I can’t stand the stupid windows startup music, and all of the beeps distract from my music collection. Goto control panel > Sounds, set the audio to no sound. Awesome, no silly startup noise!
- No sounds seems to encourage the system beep to be deployed (who’s stupid idea was that?) so when I change the volume to almost silent with my headphones on I get a full noise BEEP! Not good for your hearing! To turn it off, open your volume control, changet he preferences to show the system bell, set it to mute. No deafing beep when changing your volume! I might be able to hear when I’m 60 now.. if not, I’ll be referring to this post and suing Microsoft.
