Reinstalling Windows (Steph’s PC)

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When my wife needs to reinstall Windows on her gaming PC, here's the list of things she needs to do before and after the reinstall.

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Back Up

• [x] Anything important in Downloads
• [x] Dreamlight Valley save/settings
• [x] Final Fantasy XIV (back up launcher settings and the contents of C:\Users\Jesse Millar\Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn)
• [x] Firefox (make sure it's logged in and synced to the cloud)
• [x] Logitech G HUB
• [x] Razer (manually export profiles for each device in the Device [e.g. "Mouse"] > "Customize menu with the "..." button)
• [x] Verify Steam saves are in the cloud
• [x] Wallpaper images

Reinstall

• [x] 1Password
• [x] Armoury Crate
• [x] Cricut Design Space
• [x] Discord
• [x] Dropbox
• [x] Firefox
• [x] Final Fantasy XIV
• [x] Logitech G HUB
• [x] NVIDIA GeForce Experience
• [x] Razer Synapse
• [x] Spotify
• [x] Steam
  • [x] Dreamlight Valley
  • [x] Harvestella
  • [x] Hogwarts Legacy

Reconfigure

• [x] 1Password
  • [ ] Ctrl + Shift + \ keyboard shortcut
• [ ] Discord
  • [ ] Set input and output
  • [ ] Disable in-game overlay
• [x] Final Fantasy XIV
  • [x] Restore backup
  • [x] Pin to taskbar
• [x] Firefox
  • [x] Sign in
  • [x] Wait for sync
• [ ] Logitech G HUB
  • [x] Keyboard lighting
  • [x] Keyboard macro
  • [x] Disable keyboard game integrations (hamburger menu on left > games > integrations > disable each one by one)
  • [ ] Headset lighting
  • [ ] Headset audio
• [x] NVIDIA drivers in GeForce Experience
  • [x] Turn off “In-game Overlay”
• [x] Razer Synapse
• [x] Spotify
  • [x] Don't launch at boot
  • [x] Don't auto adjust quality
  • [x] Don't normalize audio
  • [x] Don't crossfade songs
  • [x] Highest quality for streaming and download
• [ ] Windows
  • [x] Dark mode
  • [x] Hide everything (news, Cortana, etc.) on the task bar
  • [x] OS updates
  • [x] Explorer > View > Check "File name extensions"
  • [ ] Disable and rename various sound devices (Settings > System > Sound > Sound Control Panel then right click each monitor and "Test" to figure out which one is correct for my desk speakers; disable the rest and then rename for clarity)
  • [x] Uninstall Skype and OneDrive (and any other bloatware)
  • [x] Wallpaper
  • [x] Turn off "Enhance pointer precision"
  • [x] Change monitors to 144hz
  • [x] High performance power plan
  • [x] Disable stupid Windows notifications (Settings > System > Notifications > Uncheck last three boxes)
  • [x] Set accent color
  • [ ] Set account avatar
  • [x] Disable all features of the lock screen
  • [x] Lock screen wallpaper
  • [x] Configure clock timezone and week start day
  • [x] Turn off Xbox Game Bar (Settings > Gaming > Xbox Game Bar)
  • [x] Disable unwanted startup apps
  • [x] Unpin everything from start menu

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Logitech G HUB

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Razer Synapse

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Windows

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Armoury Crate "Aura Sync"

All you have to change is the dropdown in the top-right of this screenshot (ignore the "No devices available" warning in the screenshot; not sure why that was there when we were taking screenshots).

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Dreamlight Valley