Here is a small guide to get your Windows setup with a list of commmonly used software catered towards a motion designer/content creator using Chocolatey package manager. Alternatively, you can use Ninite which has a simpler user interface to install software of your choice.
- Press
Shift + F10to bring up the Administrator command prompt. - Type the following command and press enter:
oobe\BypassNRO - Windows will reboot and you can go through the OOBE section and on the internet connection screen you can choose "I don't have an internet connection" and proceed to create an offline account.
- When finished you can install the WiFi or Ethernet adapter drivers from a USB stick or CDrom
- Open Windows Powershell as Administrator
- Copy and paste the code below, and hit enter.
irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex
- You will see the activation options, and follow onscreen instructions.
🍫 Install Chocolatey Package Manager
- Open Windows Powershell as Administrator
- Install Chocolatey with the command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
- Close and reopen Powershell, or open CMD as Admin, instead.
- Check it worked with
choco
Keep things updated:
- Keep everything up to date with
choco upgrade all - Lock certain apps to a version with
choco upgrade all --except="'speccy,vlc'"
List all installed packages + versions:
choco version allchoco install -y chrome vivaldichoco install -y discord slack zoom choco install -y libreoffice powertoys sharex 7zip quicktime vlc spotifysumatrapdf adobereaderdropbox coretemp windirstat cpu-z imagemagick searcheverything speccy googledrive choco install -y zotero
choco install -y epicgameslauncher obs obs-studio figma miro purerefchoco install -y visualstudiocode git- Python
- [Python setup for VSC}(https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58754860/cmd-opens-windows-store-when-i-type-python)
- Google Drive
- Dropbox
- uTorrent