As a developer, what changes do you make to a vanilla Windows install?

Question

When I get a vanilla Windows system, there\'s a bunch of stuff I change to make it more developer-friendly.

Some of it I remember every time, other stuff I only do as an

Answer 1

The first thing I do is open a command prompt and then open the properties for it:

• Switch on Quick Edit. Why is this off by default?
• Increase the window size. Why limit it to the size of a postage stamp?
• Increase the vertical buffer to the maximum possible. Why limit it to a few hundred lines?
• Change the foreground colour to white instead of grey. Why make it less readable than it could be?

In summary: WHY?