Ask HN: What are the first things you do on a new Windows 10 PC? Any checklists?

Re:Ask HN: What are the first things you do on a new Windows... by qohen on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:31PM (#20640709)

Ninite[0] (YC W08) is a useful site for setting up a Windows PC. It allows you to install (or update) your choice of around 100 apps and tools in 13 categories (including Compression, where you can select WinRAR) for Windows 10 (also 7 and 8) in one shot, like so:

- You first check off the apps/tools you want from a checklist on the site -- they are grouped by category

- You then download a custom installer which will install the apps/tools you selected from the checklist.

This custom installer will install the apps/tools you chose, using the latest version, skipping installing toolbars, skipping reboots, doing all the work in the background, etc. -- there's a description of all this on the page.

(There's also a pro version for managing multiple PCs)

[0] https://ninite.com/

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Re:Ask HN: What are the first things you do on a new Windows... by rorycrispin on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:20AM (#20642498)

Ive written a tool which does all of the but instead uses the Chocolatey package manager. Useful for centralising software updates, uninstallers ect

Chocolatey Quickstart: https://github.com/RoryCrispin/Chocolatey-Quickstart

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