Greeting windows user! It's time to set up a system! This file might look like gobbledygood (due to incorrect line returns) That will be fixed when you install and use Emacs to edit text files.

But first, the best thing to do with a new system, especially one that doesn't have installation media, is to make an image of the drive. Boot to linux and use dd to copy for a portable way to do this on all machines (not using a proprietary backup imaging mechanism). This way you can always go back to the factory state of the system.

Next, make sure you have virus protection installed before going on the internet:

*2009.06.19 14:39:41 installed avast

Dear user,

Your registration of avast! 4 Home Edition was successful. You must now insert your license key into the program.

Your license key is:

---------- cut here ---------- W53815684H1400A0511-2DEH102U ---------- cut here ----------

Next steps: 1. Check that you have installed avast! antivirus on your computer! To download avast antivirus now, go to http://www.avast.com/eng/programs.html 2. Highlight the license key above, then right click on it and select “Copy” 3. right click the blue “a-ball” in the bottom right corner of the screen, then left click “About avast!” 4. Left click “License key” 5. Right click in the empty License Key box then select “Paste” 6. Click “OK”. Your license key is now inserted and the program can now be used free of charge for a further 12 months.

For a video demonstration of how to insert the license key, please click on the following link: http://www.avast.com/files/tutorials/insert_key.htm

Please note that under the license conditions avast! 4 Home Edition is for home, personal and non-commercial use only. Commercial versions of avast! can be found at http://www.avast.com/eng/desktop_solutions.html

If you experience any difficulties inserting the license key, please click here: http://www.avast.com/eng/faq-registration-license.html

Thank you for choosing avast! antivirus software.

The ALWIL Software team.

*2008.05.14 11:06 set up windows explorer to be best view tools -> folder options

*2008.05.14 11:03 configure desktop to be in classic windows theme change background to black

*2009.12.28 20:46:31 firefox install firefox install copy all urls for firefox

*2008.05.30 18:34 emacs Install and configure emacs http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/MsWindowsInstallation change where emacs starts running in windows by adjusting the properties of the shortcut used to launch emacs. also [2009.12.28] or just make a shortcut to the runemacs shortcut supplied with emacs

*2009.12.28 08:43 for now just copy emacs startup files locally with windows it is not possible to link to directories, so any time you make changes to the configuration files that you want available on other machines, you will want to copy those files into your main (synchronized) repository manually anyway. Plus, with windows, there are usually special configurations that are not needed on other systems.

*2008.05.30 17:56 emacs init windows http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html#Installing-Emacs

I just went with the root of C:

3.5 Where do I put my init file?

On Windows, the .emacs file may be called _emacs for backward compatibility with DOS and FAT filesystems where filenames could not start with a dot. Some users prefer to continue using such a name, because Explorer cannot create a file with a name starting with a dot, even though the filesystem and most other programs can handle it. In Emacs 22 and later, the init file may also be called .emacs.d/init.el. Many of the other files that are created by lisp packages are now stored in the .emacs.d directory too, so this keeps all your Emacs related files in one place.

All the files mentioned above should go in your HOME directory. The HOME directory is determined by following the steps below:

1. If the environment variable HOME is set, use the directory it indicates.
2. If the registry entry HKCUSOFTWAREGNUEmacsHOME is set, use the directory it indicates.
3. If the registry entry HKLMSOFTWAREGNUEmacsHOME is set, use the directory it indicates. Not recommended, as it results in users sharing the same HOME directory.
4. If C:.emacs exists, then use C:/. This is for backward compatibility, as previous versions defaulted to C:/ if HOME was not set.
5. Use the user's AppData directory, usually a directory called Application Data under the user's profile directory, the location of which varies according to Windows version and whether the computer is part of a domain.

Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs.

also [2009.12.30 09:19:36] I am using the TortoiseHG distribution on windows now. One install and everything is ready to go. Sweet! started [2008.05.30 17:14] mercurial windows http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mercurial+windows&btnG=Search mercurial windows - Google Search http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WindowsInstall WindowsInstall - Mercurial http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/BinaryPackages BinaryPackages - Mercurial http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall EasyInstall - The PEAK Developers' Center http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#windows-notes EasyInstall - The PEAK Developers' Center http://mercurial.berkwood.com/ Mercurial binary packages for Windows and Mac OS X http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergeProgram MergeProgram - Mercurial http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ KDiff3 - Homepage http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/MergingWithEmacs MergingWithEmacs - Mercurial

*2008.05.14 11:01 python Gotta have it: :) python http://www.python.org/download/ pil http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

*2008.05.30 14:58 python path windows This allows python to be found by just typing "python" in the Command Prompt:

http://www.imladris.com/Scripts/PythonForWindows.html Right-click on the desktop icon for your machine (captioned My Computer, if you haven't renamed it) and go to Properties. This pops up a dialogue box of system information; click on the Advanced tab and then on the Environment Variables button. In the new dialogue that pops up, click on the Path variable in the System Variables box; then click the Edit button.

Place your cursor in the Variable Value textbox, right before the final double-quote of the string. Type a semicolon (to separate the previous value from the one you're about to add) and then type the location of the python executable on your system-- probably something like C:Python . Click OK until you're out of all the dialogue boxes. Now, when you type python at any DOS command prompt, Windows will be able to automatically find and run the correct executable.

*2008.05.30 14:56 7-zip works well for tar, gz files on windows.... yay! Free and Open source... thanks guys! http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

*2009.12.29 21:20:50 miro http://www.getmiro.com/download/for-windows/ installer requires network access

*2010.06.25 12:56:31 vlc vlc is good too http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

*2008.05.14 17:26 launcher launchy http://sourceforge.net/projects/launchy/files/ http://www.launchy.net/ also [2009.12.30 09:22:21] doesn't seem to find emacs by default added a special case to runny plugin C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersStart MenuProgramsStartup should be starting automatically... not sure that it is

*2008.05.14 16:39 http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client

*2008.05.14 17:22 http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

*2009.12.30 09:25:36 resorted and cleaned up start menu items

*2009.12.30 09:36:00 http://www.gimp.org/windows/ GIMP - for Windows http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/faq.html GIMP - Windows installers http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/pycairo/1.4/ ftp.gnome.org http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/pygobject/2.14/ ftp.gnome.org http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/binaries/win32/pygtk/2.12/ ftp.gnome.org http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html GIMP - Windows installers

*2009.12.30 09:42:43 http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ Audacity: Download http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3 Audacity: How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder? http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ Lame MP3 Encoder Binaries

*2008.05.14 16:40 ssh putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

*2008.05.14 18:10 http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=com.ubuntu%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=boj&q=blender&btnG=Search blender - Google Search http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ blender.org - Get Blender

*2009.12.30 10:29:15 stopping here for another image this is a good place to get back to syncing and then removing local copy of mercurial notes these will surely be outdated by the time the instance is reloaded no need to keep them there plus that ensures a clean start

*2010.06.25 13:10:17 vnc http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

*2009.12.29 22:55:34 rsync http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=rsync+windows&btnG=Google+Search rsync windows - Google Search http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp DeltaCopy - Rsync for Windows http://www.rsync.net/resources/howto/windows_rsync.html http://www.rsync.net/resources/howto/windows_rsync.html http://sourceforge.net/projects/sereds/files/ Browse SysAdmin Tools from ITeF!x Files on SourceForge.net http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650 cwrsync - Rsync for Windows | ITeF!x

C:Program FilescwRsyncbinrsync.exe D:clientslarry_humesprojects

"C:Program FilescwRsyncbinrsync.exe" -av /cygdrive/d/clients/larry_humes/projects/ /cygdrive/c/c/clients/larry_humes/projects *2008.05.30 17:13 updating windows sendto folders in windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q310270/

*2008.05.14 18:16 http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#en-US

*2010.06.25 13:34:37 http://www.bing.com/search?q=windows+sip+phone&pc=Z004&form=ZGAPHP windows sip phone - Bing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SIP_software List of SIP software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_VoIP_software Comparison of VoIP software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk Google Talk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumble_(software) Mumble (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype Skype - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia