BIOS

• activate: power on after power failure
• activate Wake On LAN

OS

• WinXP32 Professional, SP3
• autologin Default-User with Admin-Rights and password (needed for remoting via RemoterSA)?
• deactivate automatic updates
• initial computer name: V4Client00

System Settings

• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Themes\Theme: Windows Classic
• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Desktop:
• Desktop cleanup: [ ] Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every 60 days
• Color: Black
• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Screen Saver\Screen Saver: None
• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Screen Saver\Power\Power scheme: Always On + turn off monitor: Never
• Settings\Control Panel\System\Advanced\Performance\Settings\Visual Effect: Adjust for best performance
• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Appearance\Effects:
• [x] Show window contents while dragging
• Settings\Control Panel\Display\Settings\Screen Resolution: 1024x768, 32bit
• Settings\Control Panel\Folder Options\View:
• [x] Display the full path in the address bar
• [x] Display the full path in the title bar
• [x] Show Hidden Files and Folders
• [ ] Hide Extensions for known file types
• Settings\Control Panel\Regional and Language Options\Languages\Details\Installed Services:
• das englische default layout entfernen. hier darf nur German (Germany) sein.
• Settings\Control Panel\Regional and Language Options\Languages\Details\Language Bar...:
• [ ] Show the Language bar on the desktop
• [ ] Show additional Language bar icons in the taskbar
• Settings\Control Panel\Security Center\Automatic Updates: Turn off Automatic Updates
• Settings\Control Panel\Security Center\Resources\Change the way Security Center alerts me:
• [ ] Firewall
• [ ] Automatic Updates
• [ ] Virus Protection
• Settings\Control Panel\Sounds and Audio Devices\Sounds\Sound scheme: No Sounds
• Settings\Control Panel\System\Advanced\Error Reporting: Disable Error reporting (and not notify me when critical errors occur)
• Settings\Control Panel\Taskbar and Start Menu\Taskbar:
• [ ] Lock the taskbar
• [ ] Auto-hide the taskbar
• [ ] Keep the taskbar on top of other windows
• [x] Group similar taskbar buttons
• [x] Show Quick Launch
• [x] Show the Clock
• [ ] Hide inactive icons
• Settings\Control Panel\Taskbar and Start Menu\Start Menu: Classic Start menu
• Settings\Control Panel\Taskbar and Start Menu\Start Menu\Customize:
• [x] Display Administrative Tools
• [x] Display Run
• [x] Enable dragging and dropping
• [x] Expand Control Panel
• [x] Scroll Programs
• [x] Show Small Icons in start menu

Network

• initial IP: 192.168.0.100
• Connection Properties\General:
• [x] Show icon in notification area when connected

Explorer

• View:
• Status Bar
• Details
• Create and share a directory named:

C:\MYPRJECT

• quicklaunch: RemoterSA, vvvv, cmd, explorer, calc
• Search: deactivate animated character
• Change preferred settings: Change files and folders search behavior: [x] Advanced - ...

Software

• latest graphiccard drivers
• used videocodecs (pegasus mjpeg requires commercial license + force YUV output)
• used fonts
• .net3.5
• latest DirectX End User Runtime
• Subversion Client:http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
• vnc:http://www.uvnc.com/ needs configuration!
• graphedit + run once: regsvr32 proppage.dll (for debugging directshow troubles)
• BGInfo:http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/bb897557.aspx needs configuration!
• texteditor:http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net (set file associations: txt, ini, xml, csv
• zip programm:http://www.7-zip.org/
• firefox:http://www.mozilla-europe.org/de/firefox/
• vlc:http://www.videolan.org/vlc
• xnview:http://www.xnview.de (set file associations: most used + dds; license for commercial use!)
• xmlMarker:http://symbolclick.com/

after restart:

• change ip
• change computer name