I thought I’d make a list of applications I usually need after a fresh windows install and what order I install them in. Since this time I’m using Windows 7 (W7) Beta I’ll be commenting about major differences I take notice of about W7 along the way too – I’ve had tastes of Vista before so I know my way around their new control panel and other menu changes. Note I’m running the 64-bit version so some of my links are to 64-bit apps/drivers.

Windows 7 bugged me about anti virus right away so I grabbed that first…
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Here my chronicle of fixes and tasks I had to go through while setting up my HDTV HTPC / home server.

I upgraded from an older xUbuntu to xUbuntu 8.10 64-bit and the first thing I had to do is restore the windows file share where I backed up configurations, samba shares, and my Adaptec SATA Raid 1210SA. Then I had to conquer ATI’s proprietary drivers and restore my previous install’s server functionality. Next time I’ll be finishing up the HTPC portion by configuring my TV Tuner with mythTV and installing Boxee as well – and maybe integrating the two together if possible.
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