Other Build Book Posts
Posts in the Build Book sequence are intended primarily as an aide-mémoire for myself; a series of steps to go through for a consistent build experience. They tend to be to the point, prescriptive and tailored for me personally.
General
- Do not use Windows Enterprise because this edition does not get patched and upgraded like normal Windows does.
- To enable Remote Desktop, you need to go into Control Panel in the VM and enable Remote Desktop. Remote Assistance can be disabled.
- When using RDP to connect to a VM to specify no domain, enter the user name as “\phil”.
- Create a HOME environment variable at
C:\Users\philor similar. Cygwin will use this as your home directory.
Install Cygwin, dotfiles and Chocolatey apps
We need to install Cygwin first in order to get Git. Run this from an elevated command prompt (not ConEmu) to install all my Cygwin tools:
@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/philipdaniels/dotfiles/master/setup_cygwin.ps1'))"
Then create a directory ~/repos and install my dotfiles:
git clone git@github.com:PhilipDaniels/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
./00install_dotfiles.sh
See Emacs\EditWith.reg and the script in the PowerShell folder to install Visual Studio snippets.
From an elevated command prompt
./setup_choco.ps1
This will install chocolatey itself, and a large list of programs. To upgrade all chocolatey apps, do
choco upgrade all -y
Chocolatey installs most apps into Program Files normally, but a large
proportion are put in C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin. This folder should get
added to your path, but if it isn’t use the PathEditor.exe program to do so.
Optional Post-Installation Steps
- Profile is at:
%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows. Open your Windows Start Menu folder and create shortcuts to the apps that you will be using frequently. This makes them available by searching by pressing the “Win” key. - PATH The chocolatey setup installs a utility called
PathEditor.exewhich you can use to adjust the path. It is in the bin folder mentioned above. - Fonts Download fonts from https://github.com/chrissimpkins/codeface and install them all (search for ttf in the unzipped folder).
Commands for Debugging TCP in Windows
nbtstat -n
route print
route delete 0.0.0.0
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /flushdns
To reset TCP/IP : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357 http://www.timdavis.com.au/general/windows-7-default-gateway-0-0-0-0-problem/
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
netsh winsock reset c:\winsock.txt
Then reboot.
Check if these services are started and set to automatic.
DHCP Client
DNS Client
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
TCP/IP Netbios helper