Windows 7 Journey – Installation Hell
With every fresh install of a new computer comes the pain that is installation of all my applications. My old machine had well over 200 different things installed. Those things being applications, device drivers, and plug ins. Of course, we cannot forget Windows Update, which needs to be run periodically through the installation process. Given the number of installs that always loom large at the beginning of this process, I use this time to filter out those applications I no longer use. I also take this time to consider any alternatives to my standard toolset, which I will cover in a future. The good news at this time is that I have finished the vast majority of the installs I need to do. It was 111 separate installs, 6 runs of Windows Update, about a dozen Firefox plug-ins, and I am now running on my new computer. ...