WIN DEV VM notes

WIN DEV VM notes

- install VMWare tools

- install firefox

- install chrome

- install cygwin
  http://www.cygwin.com/
  - subversion
  - mercurial
  - python
  - nano

- install console
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

- install notepad2
  http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

- instal Mozilla Build
  http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/libraries/win32/MozillaBuildSetup-1.4.exe
  add C:\mozilla-build\msys\bin to ENV

- install Java SDK
  http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

  download Java SE Development Kit
  JDK 6 Update 16 (jdk-6u16-windows-i586.exe)

  define JAVA_HOME as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16 in ENV
  add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to ENV

- install Ant
  http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi
  define ANT_HOME as C:\shell\apache-ant-1.7.1 in ENV
  add %ANT_HOME%\bin to ENV

- install Visual Studio C++ 2008 express edition
  http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/default.aspx

  have a hotmail/msn account ready
  open VC++ and click help/register (use IE, chrome or firefox does not work)


- hard disks

  having another disk for dev files can allow you to share it
  between different VM

  also it allow you to keep the main hard disk clean
  and not defragmenting it every 2 days

  close the VM
  create a new hard disk (outside of your current VM)
  for ex "dev_shared.vmdk"

  start the VM
  run administrative tools
  open computer management
  in storage
  select "disk management"
  follow the "initialise and convert disk" wizard
  right click the new disk, create a new volume, format, etc.



- configuring Windows

  right click C: (and any other drive letters)
  in "general" tab
  uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching"

  right click "My Computer
  in "System Restore" tab
  check "turn off system restore"
  in "automatic update" tab
  select "turn off automatic update"
  in "remote" tab
  uncheck "allow remote assistance invitations to be sent from this computer"
  in "advanced" tab
    in "performance"
    click "settings"
      in performance options
      select "advanced" tab
        in virtual memory
        click "change"
          select "no paging file"
          click "set"
  restart the VM

  right click C:
  in "tools" tab
  click "defragment now"
  repeat 2/3 times

  open a DOS prompt and type
  chkdsk C: /X
  the system will ask to run on system restarts
  answer "Y"
  restart

  shut down the VM
  go in settings and shrink the hard disk

- configure cygwin bash to run VS C++ on the command line
  open your .bash_profile

  add
----
# NOTE: The INCLUDE, LIB and LIBPATH must contain windows path information and separator and not cygwin paths.
VS_HOME_PATH="/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0"
VS_HOME="c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0"

export PATH="$VS_HOME_PATH/Common7/IDE:$VS_HOME_PATH/VC/bin:$VS_HOME_PATH/Common7/Tools:$VS_HOME_PATH/VC/VCPackages:$PATH"
export INCLUDE="$VS_HOME\VC\atlmfc\include;$VS_HOME\VC\include;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Include;"
export LIB="$VS_HOME\VC\atlmfc\lib;$VS_HOME\VC\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Lib"
export LIBPATH="$VS_HOME\VC\atlmfc\lib;$VS_HOME\VC\lib;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Lib"
----



- install PageDefrag
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx

- install MyDefrag
  http://www.mydefrag.com/Manual-DownloadAndInstall.html

- optimise Windows hard disk

  in your hard disk "dev_shared.vmdk"
  mounted as O:
  create a tmp directory

  right click "My Computer
  in "advanced" tab
  click "environment variables"
  replace all the TMP/TEMP variables to O:\tmp
  reboot the VM

  run PageDefrag on reboot

  run MyDefrag to consolidate free space

  shut down the VM
  go in settings and shrink the hard disk again