Some snapshots of my Windows desktop before I format my notebook tonight. Beware, the actual picture size is 1400 x 1050 pixels...




Noticed some of those very old software, like ICQ. Geez... it's already been years since I last use it... what's the latest ICQ version now ? I don't even want to know it lol

Finish re-installing my windows. Just need to do more fine tune and windows/driver updating. Guess what's the first website I typed in Internet Explorer after the fresh copy of windows is up ? www.opera.com =)

Alright, here goes the checklist for me just in case I foget...

1. BIOS update
2. Chipset update
3. Windows fix/patch (eg. Speedstep fix)
4. Display card driver update
5. Sound card driver update
6. Wire/wireless driver update
7. Install/update anti virus
8. Opera - Download, Torrent
9. Windows update
10. Optional Windows update (eg .Net Framework)
11. Direct X update - Download
12. Windows Live Messenger - Download
13. Microsoft Office
14. Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0
15. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
16. Apache HTTP Server - Download
17. PHP - Download
18. MySQL - Download, MySQL Administrator, MySQL Query Browser
19. Perl - Download
20. WinAmp (I'm still a fan of it)- Download
21. Java SE (JDK, or just only JRE) - Download
22. Adobe Reader - Download
23. Adode Shockwave - Download
24. Apple QuickTime - Download
25. Azureus - Download
26. µTorrent - Download
27. Emeditor - Download
28. Flashget - Download
29. LimeWire - Download
30. Shareaza - Download
31. WinRAR - Download
32. GIMP - Download (Installer & Runtime Environment)
33. I8Kfan GUI - Website

... gosh ! I'll stop listing here. The rest will be installed when I need them.