I try to keep all installed items to a minimum. Instead, I use portable apps. My "must have" apps include:
Firefox Portable Evince Portable (PDF Reader) Putty Portable WinSCP Portable (FileZilla Portable is also popular) PeaZip Portable WinDirStat Portable Others I would consider including: Some kind of VNC (UltraVNC, TightVNC, etc) 2X Client Portable (For it's RDP client) A file explorer, like Explorrer++ or FreeCommander A screenshot utility like Lightscreen. InfraRecorder Portable VLC Portable LibreOffice Portable, or AbiWord Portable. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jonathan [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:54:05 -0800 Subject: things to include in a vm template? > Hi everyone! > > It has been a while....I've been quite busy and haven't had much time to do > anything here other than occasionally lurk.... > > I'm in the midst of building some Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 templates > for my new vSphere 5 environment. I'm close to being done, but am thinking > about tools i should include over and above the stock OS install. I'm > interested to hear what you guys install when you build servers... > > For instance, perhaps things like: > > primopdf > msinfo > a telnet client, such as putty > adobe reader (I'm torn on this one because of how many security concerns > there are with Adobe Reader, historically, but it sure would be handy to be > able to view a PDF on the fly) > Portscanner, such as SuperScan or AngryIP > > I'm curious to hear about your add-ons and tweaks. I've already got the > builds pretty well tweaked for performance, but if you have any specific > tweaks that have been helpful, I'd love to hear those too. I used this as a > sort of base guide: > > http://www.jasonsamuel.com/2010/05/07/how-to-build-a-vmware-vsphere-vm-template-for-windows-server-2008-r2/ > > I made a few of my own modifications, but didn't stray too far from this > one. A lot of the tweaks and settings already in this made sense to me. > > Thanks, > -- > Jonathan, A+, MCSA, MCSE > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
