#+TITLE: Windows 10 settings and software for work laptop #+SUBTITLE: #+DESCRIPTION: #+KEYWORDS: # Export underscore as underscore instead of highlight in HTML: #+OPTIONS: ^:nil num:nil # Include usable macros from https://github.com/fniessen/org-macros: #+INCLUDE: ../org-mode/macros/org-macros.setup #+INFOJS_OPT: view:showall ltoc:nil path:https://iki.fi/~pyyhttu/debian/org-mode/js/org-info.js #+HTML_HEAD: * Settings ** DONE Settings - Display - Change the size of texts: 125% ** DONE Explorer {{{kbd(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 [[https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/Preferences_by_version/Windows/07_12_2022.html#:~:text=Users%20can%20switch%20between%20the,Disable%20New%20Acrobat%20(Windows).][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 [[https://ramensoftware.com/7-taskbar-tweaker-on-windows-11-with-windows-10s-taskbar][Explorer Patcher for Windows 11]] is needed. Update [2023-06-18 Sun]: But then issues like [[https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/issues/1551][1551]] happened, so needed to uninstall. My winver was =Version 22H2 (OS Build 22621.1848)= Observing. ** DONE Install Always on Top - http://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/keep-window-always-on-top/5213/ --> =C:\Users\pyyhttu\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\always-on-top.exe= ** DONE Install PureText - And map to {{{kbd(win-v)}}}). Install from [[https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/puretext/9PKJV6319QTL?hl=en-us&gl=us][Windows store.]] ** DONE Change CapsLock to Shift-key #+BEGIN_SRC 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. #+END_SRC ** 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 - See https://pyyhttu.kapsi.fi/debian/wsl/wsl.html *** 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 CLOSED: [2022-03-31 Thu 14:42] *** DONE Disable Zscaler As per this [[https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/xm2jng/disable_zscaler_startup_only_launch_it_when/][solution]].