1. Install
2. Update
3. Remove Unused Programs

4. Turn off hibernation

   powershell 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

   ```powershell 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/