Windows 10 Sanity Setup

windows10sanitysetup.md

windows 10 sanity setup

Basic preferences

Disable all telemetry and privacy breaching settings on initial setup. (voice search, location services, etc...)

remap capslock

$hexified = "00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00".Split(',') | % { "0x$_"};
$kbLayout = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout';
New-ItemProperty -Path $kbLayout -Name "Scancode Map" -PropertyType Binary -Value ([byte[]]$hexified);

Remove unwanted programs

skype

Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft. SkypeApp* | Remove-AppxPackage

onedrive https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Debloat-Windows-10/blob/master/scripts/remove-onedrive.ps1

show hidden files in explorer

$key = 'HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced'
Set-ItemProperty $key Hidden 1
Set-ItemProperty $key HideFileExt 0
Set-ItemProperty $key ShowSuperHidden 1
Stop-Process -processname explorer

Install programs

install chocolatey

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

install programs with chocolatey

choco install zoom vscode gnupg sharex powertoys paint.net wireshark winrar winzip batch-hex-editor slack curl Firefox Fiddler audacity audacity-lame audacity-ffmpeg vlc webtorrent-desktop gimp itunes inkscape

• install firefox nightly
• set firefox as default browser

SSH & GPG

SSH

• enable optional features in windows menu, install openssh server
• start service Get-Service -Name ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Manual
• gen keys ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"
• start service start-ssh-agent
• add keys ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
• add new pub key to github

$null >> ~.ssh/config

Host remotedev
   HostName remote_dev_server_ip_address_here
   User djustice
   IdentityFile "C:\Users\davej\.ssh\id_rsa"
   ForwardAgent yes
   RemoteForward /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent /c/Users/davej/AppData/Roaming/gnupg/S.gpg-agent.extra
   LocalForward 1080 localhost:1080
   LocalForward 1111 localhost:1111
   LocalForward 1112 localhost:1112
   LocalForward 3030 localhost:3030
   LocalForward 3031 localhost:3031
   LocalForward 8080 localhost:8080
   LocalForward 9000 localhost:9000
   LocalForward 9010 localhost:9010
   LocalForward 9292 localhost:9292

GPG

• gpg --full-generate-key select dsa and rsa and 4096
• list keys gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
• export key gpg --armor --export keyidhere
• add key to github