New PC Setup Steps

September 12, 2011
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[ Sep 12, 2011 ]

These are the things I install immediately when I get on a new Windows machine.

  1. Linux Tools: install tools so that you can do things like ls and grep without going insane

  2. SysInternals Tools: have these available wherever you are in the command line

  3. Update your Path: ensure that all the tools above are available from the command line wherever you happen to be

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