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Windows

The following instructions target Windows 11. For previous versions: Windows 10.

Configuration​

Power options​

  • Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options
    • Choose what the closing the lid does > Change settings that are currently unavailable
      • Enable Hibernate

Display​

  • Settings > System > Display
    • HDR
    • Advanced display > Choose a refresh rate
    • Graphics > Customised settings for applications
  • NVIDIA Control Panel
    • Display > Set up G-SYNC > Enable G-SYNC
    • 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings > Program settings

Features​

Applications​

Utilities​

  • Password manager: 1Password, or KeePass (with KeeTheme) for example

  • WinDirStat

    winget install WinDirStat.WinDirStat

  • Windows Terminal

Binaries​

Software development​

  1. Visual Studio Code

  2. Git

    Update git

    git update-git-for-windows

  3. Notepad++

  4. MongoDB Compass

  5. Rider or Visual Studio 2026

  6. WebStorm

Office​