And people wonder why I don’t want to casually migrate from machine to machine. Stuff I have installed that I want to install on the new PC (a reference for myself, but for your entertainment, too):
Office Aps
- Symantec AV* – anti-virus
- Altiris* – client for help desk software and tech support
- WinZip* – compression software
- iPass* – VPN client
- eRoom 6 client – collaboration suite
- Lotus Notes client
- JSRS – Notes-based employee reviewer package
- Windows Messenger – Exchange and .Net IM client
Yahoo Messenger- MS Office 2003 suite (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint)
- MS Outlook 2003
- … IHateSpam
- … LookOut
- MS Visio
- MS Project
Browsing and Blogging
- Firefox** – brower – see previous post for various extensions.
- Thunderbird** – e-mail – see following post for various extensions
- MozBackup 1.4 – FF/TB backup utility
- AI RoboForm** – password/identity manager
- Blogmatrix Jaeger** – RSS aggregator
- QuickTime plug-in
- Flash plug-in
- Sync2It – bookmark backup service (drop?)
- FileZilla – FTP
- SmartFTP – another FTP?
- SharpMT 2** – blogging client
- Sun Java?
- Adobe Acrobat Writer
- IE Google bar
Graphics
- Paint Shop Pro 8 – graphics editor
- MS Photo Editor – (find it where it’s hidden)
- XnView – another light graphics editor; haven’t used much
Palm Aps
(These are the client-side pieces of software; the Palm software wil stay there)
- Palm Desktop – basic conduits
- PocketMirror – sync software
- Ultrasoft Brainforest – checklist software
- SplashID – identity management
- SplashPhoto – picture gallery
- WordSmith – text editor, Word conduit
- BackupBuddy – backup software
- HealtheTech BalanceLog** – diet, weight, exercise tracker (the heart of the Geek Diet)
Games
- City of Heroes** – with all the various downloads. Need to see if there are any migration tricks out there.
- City of Heroes Planner** – character planner
- TweakCOH – external access to game options
- HeroStats – CoH stats tracker
- CoH Maps
- Dice Roller – a nice dice rolling utility
- RPG Dice – another nice dice rolling utility
Miscellaneous Utils
- iTunes** – MP3 player and organizer (migration 1, 2, 3)
- PSA Cards** – phone/address list (now defunct)
- EditPad Lite – JGSoft text editor
- XReminderPro** – scheduler
- MS NetMeeting – find it, give it a prominent icon.
- Diamondsoft Font Reserve** – font manager
- Bounceback Express – backup software for external HDD (needs HDD attached).
- MS Broadband Networking – good WiFi client/monitor – obsolete with new WiFi setup?
- Infotriever – tie-in between our travel agency and Outlook Calendar.
- Google Desktop – desktop search. Undecided on this one.
- Powertoys TweakUI
- Powertoys Cleartype
- Lavasoft Ad-Aware – spyware util
- Spybot S&D – spyware util
- SpywareBlaster – spyware util
* Should get installed as part of the standard image by the local tech support gremlins.
** Research backup/restore/migration possibilities, or use the ones I know are there.
I have the install programs for most of these — either CD or downloaded install files.
That’s a first pass, looking just at the Start menu for what’s installed. I suspect I’ll spot more if I begin looking in the actual Program Files directory …
And, of course, there’s all the stuff in the My Documents folders.
And people laugh when I say it takes me a couple of days to get a machine up to speed …
I need to do the same thing, as my laptop’s starting to become unstable. Time for a wipe and reinstall, but reinstalling all those apps…. *sighs*
Yeah. Seriously dodged the bullet on having to do it twice …
I’ve slowly started installing things. Can’t do a lot until I do a full backup of the A31p (tonight) and can restore the data files to the T41p.
Did get the current versions of MS Office and Acrobat loaded, Waiting for Godot to have my overly-large message store synced down to the notebook.
I’m veering a bit off-topic here, for which I apologize.
I’ve recently upgraded to a new motheboard/CPU, and now I’m unable to burn DVDs with my Lite-On DVD-RW. About 60% of the way through burning a data disc with Nero, my computer reboots. I’ve tried removing/changing any hardware that might be causing overheating, and I’ve updated the firmware on my burner. Anybody out there have any ideas?
Oh, and also, Windows XP has now decided that I must log on when I boot my computer or when the screensaver is deactivated, even though I’m the only user on the machine. Any way to put an end to this nonsense?
Thanks for any help, and I apologize again for the OT post.
On WinXP, try downloading the TweakUI utility from M$. There’s a setting there to autologin, as well as whether to force a login from screensaver or hibernation.