My Golden Rules of Personal Computer Management

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Bil Simser — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:05:29 GMT

Two things that I have to slightly disagree with (well, at least the way it works for me).

First, I don't keep anything on my desktop. In order to access an icon on the desktop I have to see it. Since all my windows run maximized (I mean, why bother with a window when you have the rest of the screen to use) I have to constantly minimize windows to get to the desktop. True, there is the Win-M key (or whatever it is to do it) but for me the extra hassle of remembering that key as well as pressing it, well, I might as well just find the program in my Start Menu or on the Quick Launch.

The second thing is that I gave up on the D: is for Data mantra long ago. It was a good idea and I practiced it for a long time but eventually I found out a few things. It was flawed. Many programs just refused to separate data and application and in most cases, it wasn't obvious where they kept their files. Most would keep them in "My Documents' which is really more of an alias isn't it. So config files, the default place where things got opened to, etc. would all stem from there. You could redirect that but it was always something you did after the fact so some programs or files were there anyways. Also that bloody hidden Application Data folder is there and sometimes doesn't like to be moved. Then there's the fact that you have to actually do the moving. So a new computer setup would also require about 15 minutes of hunting down all the places where you set this stuff AND you have to reconfigure any apps after the fact to do it. In my books, it's just not worth it so while it's extra tape space, I will backup my C: drive including the OS and Program Files directories. There's always something, some little config file or something that will be written to C: that you'll miss.

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Bil Simser — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:52:24 GMT

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TidyMan — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:36:20 GMT

I'm confused as to how well having 20 items in the "system notification area" (aka systray) maps to the "lean and clean" philosophy...

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Adam Weigert — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:43:00 GMT

Where did you get that Windows XP theme? I see it all over the place but can't find out how I can have that slick looking theme... :)

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Adam Weigert — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:57:15 GMT

Ha ha, never mind, found it ... now I'm happy ... :)

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