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

1. Switch to classic menu
2. Increase the taskbar hight to have more shortcuts & lock the taskbar
3. Performance options -> Adjust for best performance
4. Copy all the backed up shortcuts files to Favorites folder
5. Install necessary software (JDK, DBMS stuff, Editplus, MS Office etc.)
6. Driver for soundcard
7. New network connection for Broadband ...