Windows Setup

Licences

Make sure you have the following licences deactivated and saved:

Windows
AdGuard
VMware
Uninstall Tool

Files

Save the following file locations to an external drive:

Software

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

choco -?

choco install 7zip -y
choco install adobereader -y
choco install auto-dark-mode -y
choco install etcher -y
choco install googlechrome -y
choco install libreoffice-still -y
choco install vscode -y
choco install firefox -y
choco install notepadplusplus -y
choco install picpick.portable -y
choco install powertoys -y
choco install python -y
choco install spotify -y
choco install microsoft-windows-terminal -y
choco install uninstalltool -y
choco install vlc -y
choco install vmwareworkstation -y
choco install winscp -y
choco install wireshark -y
choco install usbpcap -y
choco install partitionwizard -y
choco install filezilla -y
choco install mp3tag -y
choco install 1password -y
choco install git -y

The following apps can't be automatically installed, these you will have to install manually:

AdGuard

Settings

This is a little checklist for settings to configure after the initial boot:

Separate Admin Account

Registry

Show Seconds In System Clock

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"ShowSecondsInSystemClock"=dword:00000001

Enable Verbose Logon Status

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"VerboseStatus"=dword:00000001

Printers
Background
Colours
Lock screen
Start
Taskbar
Default Apps
Startup
Accounts
Privacy
Enable WSL Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

Relevant Note(s): macOS Setup