Windows 10 settings and software for work laptop
Table of Contents
- Settings
- DONE Settings - Display - Change the size of texts: 125%
- DONE Explorer win-e
- DONE Settings - Change system sounds - Sound Scheme: No Sounds; Inactivate "Play Windows Startup sound"
- DONE Windows Hello: Sign-in options - Windows Hello Pin
- DONE Old taskbar
- DONE Remove Cortana: Right click on taskbar, remove cortana
- DONE Remove Weather widget: Right click on taskbar, News and interest
- DONE Disable Task View when doing win-arrow for window
- DONE Disable three-finger and four-finger gestures
- DONE Disable autostarts
- DONE Outlook
- DONE Adobe Acrobat - Edit - Preferences
- Software
- FOLLOWUP Install Taskbar Tweaker
- DONE Install Always on Top
- DONE Install PureText
- DONE Change CapsLock to Shift-key
- DONE Download latest stable Firefox, login
- DONE Install Nextcloud
- DONE Install Total Commander
- DONE Install Keepass
- DONE Install and configure WSL2
- DONE Elgato control center
- DONE Install SAP GUI client from Software Center
Settings
DONE Settings - Display - Change the size of texts: 125%
DONE Explorer win-e
- View - Hidden items (so that Appdata folder shows).
DONE Settings - Change system sounds - Sound Scheme: No Sounds; Inactivate "Play Windows Startup sound"
DONE Windows Hello: Sign-in options - Windows Hello Pin
DONE Old taskbar
- Right click on taskbar
- Taskbar settings
- Use small taskbar buttons
- Combine taskbar buttons: Never
DONE Remove Cortana: Right click on taskbar, remove cortana
DONE Remove Weather widget: Right click on taskbar, News and interest
DONE Disable Task View when doing win-arrow for window
- Right click task bar, deselect Task View,
- Then go to Start -> Settings -> Multitasking.
- From the Snap menu, turn off When I snap a window, show what I can snap next to it
DONE Disable three-finger and four-finger gestures
- Settings - Touchpad
DONE Disable autostarts
- Windows key: startup
- Teams: Off
DONE Outlook
FOLLOWUP Fix outlook blurry fonts, compare with old laptop hooked up on monitor if blurry fonts visible
DONE Install hoxhunt from software center - requires VPN
DONE mail archive copied from old computer
- Copy via Nextcloud sync and then to c:\Users\TPyyhtia\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\ then setup in File - Options - Account Settings - Data files - tab.
DONE Copy rest of the Outlook settings in place manually
- i.e. by comparing settings from old computer's Outlook and keying in to new Outlook.
DONE Adobe Acrobat - Edit - Preferences
- Prevent pdf from opening to tabs but as separate documents to separate window instance (edit, you need to disable the new ui.. Go to Menu - Disable New Acrobat
- Documents: [X] Remember current state of tools pane
- Documents: [] Restore last view settings when reopening documents
- Documents: [] Automatically save documents to temporary file every x minutes
- General: [] Open documents as new tabs in the same window (requires relaunch)
- General: [] Show me messages when I launch Adobe Acrobat
- General: [] Tell me if Adobe is not my default PDF application
Software
FOLLOWUP Install Taskbar Tweaker
- Separate/Ungroup the task bar programs (http://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker)
- In order for Taskbar Tweaker to work in Windows 11, also Explorer Patcher for Windows 11 is needed.
Update : But then issues like 1551 happened, so needed to uninstall. My winver was Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1848) Observing.
DONE Install Always on Top
–> C:\Users\pyyhttu\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\always-on-top.exe
DONE Install PureText
- And map to win-v). Install from Windows store.
DONE Change CapsLock to Shift-key
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]. Create a new Binary Value: "Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,2a,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-caps-lock-key-in-windows-vista/ Then restart.
DONE Download latest stable Firefox, login
- Settings as per: https://pyyhttu.kapsi.fi/debian/firefox/firefox.html
DONE Install Nextcloud
- Sync Documents and Photos/2021
DONE Install Total Commander
- wincmd.ini & wcx_ftp.ini -> C:\Users\TPyyhtia\AppData\Roaming\GHISLER)
DONE Install Keepass
- Copy settings file back to c:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\KeePass.config.xml
- Copy plugins into their place c:\Program Files (x86)\KeePass Password Safe 2\plugins\
DONE Install and configure WSL2
NEXT Try to symlink meeting files from local file system to onedrive
- That is, if OneDrive undestands symlinks. If yes, should help with vim + orgmode performance when editing long documents.
DONE Elgato control center
- Download from https://www.elgato.com/en/downloads (Elgato Key Light Air)
DONE Install SAP GUI client from Software Center
- SAP_SAPGUI_for_Windows_7.60_x64_EN_01
DONE Figure out how to change the localization from FI to EN
DONE Disable Zscaler
As per this solution.