Windows VirtualBox Install Process

1. Install
2. Update
3. Remove Unused Programs

4. Turn off hibernation

   powercfg.exe -h off
   

5. Turn off page file

6. Clean C: drive, purging old system files and prior windows installations

7. Install Chocolatey and Packages

   Set-ExecutionPolicy AllSigned
   # this next line enables tls1.2
   [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
   Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
   choco install -y firefox vlc adobereader 7zip
   choco install -y teamviewer
   choco install -y tailscale
   choco install -y pandoc gpg4win grepwin kdiff3 vcxsrv notepadplusplus putty.install wiztree winscp winfsp rclone unifying fritzing winmerge ffmpeg
   choco install -y git.install --params "/NoShellIntegration /NoCredentialManager /GitAndUnixToolsOnPath"
   choco install -y gitextensions
   choco install -y syncthing
   #choco install -y miniconda3 --params="'/AddToPath:1 /InstallationType:AllUsers /D:C:\Anaconda3'"
   #choco install -y google-drive-file-stream dropbox
   

External References

• https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/
• https://techwizard.cloud/2019/04/13/powershell-tip-exception-calling-downloadstring-with-1-arguments/