Nxl67170 - Windows

Introduction

This is the configuration page for the Windows 7 partition on NXL67170.

Image creation checklist

To do before creating a new image:

• Disable Windows Restore (will delete restore points)
• Disable page file
• Disable hibernation (will delete hibernat.sys).
• Perform disk clean up (will empty recycle bin, etc)
• Go to Outlook local data, and delete all cache .OST file
  better delete, then restart outlook once so that the .OST are recreated once for all (but quit before send & receive starts)

Image restore checklist

To do after restoring an image:

• Set up a new page file

Available Images

• (1st image as-of 2012-02-19 deleted)
• Image 1 (ntfsclone) — 2013-03-20 — Native, as received from IT, plus Visio and Euroglot, and some minimum applications (i.e. no install, no virtualization...).
• Image 2 (vbox snapshot) — Last permanent image. VM is reverted to that image after each shutdown
• New — changes not yet committed into an image (to redo at each new VM start-up)

Configuration Files

All configuration files can be found here.

Installed Applications

List of applications installed, by order of first appearance, and their configuration settings.

note: 2nd, 3rd, new indicate that the settings was applied in the given image, and not in the image under which the application is listed (to track settings changed after image was taken).

1st image

Outlook 2010	1st Deleted .OST file in user profile, and boot once outlook to recreate it (but quit before send & receive) 2nd Set value HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\options\DisableIMAP to 0 2nd Add account, your name Michael Peeters, e-mail address michael.peeters@nxp.com, type IMAP, incoming server localserver, outgoing localserver, user name beq06659, password (see keepassx) — (more settings) Account _archives_, root folder path INBOX 2nd Add account, your name Michael Peeters, e-mail address michael.peeters@noekeon.org, type IMAP, incoming server localserver, outgoing localserver, user name mip@noekeon.org, password (see keepassx) — (more settings) Account _noekeon.org_, incoming server 9143, outgoing server 9025, root folder path INBOX 2nd Add account, your name Michael Peeters, e-mail address michael.peeters@immie.org, type IMAP, incoming server mail.gandi.net, outgoing mail.gandi.net, user name mpe@immie.org, password (see keepassx) — (more settings) Account michael.peeters@immie.org, Outgoing server requires authentication, incoming server 9993 using SSL, outgoing server 9465 using SSL, root folder path INBOX Use mail.gandi.net for server to avoid 'The target principal name is incorrect' — requires adding line like 10.0.2.2 mail.gandi.net in the hosts file. 2nd Add account, your name Ismael Peeters, e-mail address ismael.peeters@immie.org, type IMAP, incoming server mail.gandi.net, outgoing mail.gandi.net, user name ipe@immie.org, password (see keepassx) — (more settings) Account ismael, Outgoing server requires authentication, incoming server 9993 using SSL, outgoing server 9465 using SSL, root folder path INBOX Use mail.gandi.net for server to avoid 'The target principal name is incorrect' — requires adding line like 10.0.2.2 mail.gandi.net in the hosts file. 2nd Options → Advanced → Send/Receive... → Edit... → select Archives, and click Download headers for subscribed folders. Idem for other IMAP account 2nd Right click on IMAP folder account → IMAP folders... → uncheck When displaying hierarchy in Outlook, show only subscribed folders. Then right click again → Update Folder List. Repeat for all IMAP account. 2nd For each IMAP account, select Mark items for deletion but do not move them automatically (→ Folder menu → Purge → Purge Options...) (from [1]). This fix the error message The operation cannot be performed because the object has been deleted. 2nd Select favorite folders 2nd Change count from show number of unread items to show total number of items (for sent folders) 2nd Refresh rules (and target folders) (see rules in text install log for nxl67002) 2nd Options → Mail → Reading Pane... → uncheck' both Mark items as read... → When replying to a message → Prefix each line of the original message 2nd Options → Calendar → First day of week Monday → Show week numbers in the month view and in the Date Navigator 2nd Select an IMAP folder, then Change view → Manage Views → Modify... → Conditional Formatting.... Add 2 new formatting as follows: To me only, color maroon, condition (advanced panel): To is (exactly) Michael Peeters To is (exactly) Michaël Peeters To is (exactly) michael.peeters@nxp.com To is (exactly) michael.peeters@noekeon.org To is (exactly) michael.peeters@immie.org To is (exactly) peeters-ml1@noekeon.org To me, color blue, condition (advanced panel): To contains Michael Peeters To contains Michaël Peeters To contains michael.peeters@nxp.com To contains michael.peeters@noekeon.org To contains michael.peeters@immie.org To contains peeters-ml1@noekeon.org 2nd Apply this view on all other IMAP folders 2nd Install Send & Save macro, and File → Options Trust Center → Macro Settings → Enable all macros 2nd Import old signatures to C:\Users\beq06659\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures, then Options → Mail → Signatures...', select (graphic) for new messages, (short) for replies/forwards.
Windows Explorer	1st Folder Options → Show hidden files, DO NOT hide extensions for known file types, DO NOT hide protected OS files 1st Taskbar — Use small icons 1st Pin Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe) to Start Menu 1st Unpin Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, Window Media Player 1st Folder options — Automatically expand to current folder 1st Tray — Lync 2010 → show icon and notifications for Lync 2010, Sysinternals Process Explorer 2nd Wallpaper — Pirate Mac.jpg (fill)
Office Lync 2010	1st Minimize to notification area 1st Display options → Name View 1st Migration Office 365 completed (via corporate update) + imported old contacts
Windows Command Processor (cmd.exe)	1st Pin to Start Menu 1st Defaults → Buffer size 500, Font Lucida Console, layout 132 x 5000 132 x 50, black on white
7-zip	1st v9.20, no localization files, for all users
Launchy	v2.6 Beta 2 1st Hide when it loses focus, Always on top, DO NOT auto update catalog, DO NOT check for new versions 1st Plugin pathy (access apps in system path)
Sysinternals Process Explorer	1st Installed in C:\Windows 1st Select Replace Task Manager, Hide When Minimized, Allow Only One Instance. 1st Select columns IO Read Byte, IO Write Byte, IO Other Byte, IO Delta Read Byte, IO Delta Write Byte, IO Delta Other Byte.
Sysinternals Autoruns	1st Installed in C:\Windows 1st v9.20, no localization files.
MS Office Visio Professional 2010 SP1 EN	1st Via NXP Advertised program (requested via wbi portal)
Euroglot Professional 7.6.3 EN	1st Via NXP Advertised program (requested via wbi portal)
Opera	2nd Set http://nxl67170ux:8118 as proxy (all protocol) 2nd Add Collabnet client-side authentication certificate 2nd Recover opera profile from WinXP image (keyboard/, sessions/, skin/, styles/user.css, toolbar/, bookmarks.adr, notes.adr, search.ini, speeddial.ini, operaprefs.ini (merged)) 2nd Set master password
PDF X-Change Vewer	v2.5.210 1st NO live update, NO addins
Vim	1st v7.3-789 (from Cream sourceforge) 2nd Import basic config from Linux, but far from perfect issue no context menu !!!

2nd image

Virtualbox Additions	2nd v4.2.10
PrimoPDF	v5.1.0.2 bloat automatically installed Nitro PDF Reader! try it?

Detailed System Settings

1st image

• Got PC from IT (2013-02-19)
• Disabled BitLocker
• Removed restore points, hibernat.sys, cache file, etc.
• Shrink partition (1st via DISKPART.EXE then ntfsresize)
• ntfsclone

Tuning

Disable Windows Search via Control Panel → Programs and Features → Turn Windows features on or off → Windows Search

2nd image

Tuning	2nd Disable McAfee (drivers, services, start app)
Registry - SYSTEM	Import registry from another virtual machine Disable services (match virgin win 7 config) — TBC TBC
Misc	Open all office apps, and check activation is ok
Fonts	2nd Installed Bitstream Vera, Fontin, Diavlo, Signika fonts

New

• Add to hosts file:

10.0.2.2     localproxy
10.0.2.2     localserver
10.0.2.2     nxl67170ux
10.0.2.2     mail.gandi.net                 # To avoid 'The target principal name is incorrect' error msg in Outlook

• Restore corporate env. to get latest updates (incl. Office 365 migration for Lync)

Remarks

• Install advertised program
  This works even if policy deleted (winlogon was running though), network interface set to NAT, and with most service disabled (require smshost + ccmexec).

To Do

Issues

• Issue — virtualbox shared folder \\vboxsrv\d is not visible from Administrator account. Very annoying when copying files to system32 for instance (because source won't be visible anymore).
  Temp. workaround, launch cmd as administrator:

net use D: \\vboxsrv\d

• Issue — Opera does not work with custom proxy.pac file.

To Do

• • Setup nokia - outlook sync via bluetooth
  • import old nxp signatures
  • move .ost to d: drive (or find a solution that outlook always complaining .ost is old)
  • sent mail macro + File --> Options Trust Center --> Macro Settings --> Enable all macros
  • find a f*cking rss reader that can save into IMAP (check rss2email or feed2imap)
• Doing
  • regedit, set DisableManaualArchive to 0 (trying to archive calendar manually) -- useless
  • exported calendar to separate .ST

Done & Fixed

• Fixed — Issue description
  Fix description
• Done — Description