MS Visual Studio

Installation

Install any version including the Express Edition.

Service Pack

Install the SP1.

WebInstaller

Install the WebInstaller platform.

DirectX

Check their web site.
Install the runtime.
Install the SDK.
Install the Windows SDK.
Install the Code Metrics.
Install the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 Version 7.1.
Install FxCop 10.0 executing %Program Files%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1\Bin\FXCop\FxCopSetup.exe

Windows Phone 7

Check their site.
Install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 beta 2.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 update.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 fix.
Install the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7 XNA Game Studio 4.0.

Windows Azure Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

Check their site.
Install the Silverlight Toolkit.
Install the Windows Identity Foundation Runtime.
Install the Visual Basic for Windows Phone Developer Tool RTW.

Kinect

Check their site.
Read the README file.
Install the Kinect for Windows SDK.
Install the Kinect for Windows Developer Toolkit.
Install the Kinect for Windows Runtime.
Install the MS XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0.
Install the Kinect for Windows Language pack.
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Install the Windows Speech Platform Runtime 10.2.
Install the Windows Speech Platform SDK 10.2.
Install the Kinect for Windows Language Pack 0.9.
Install the Kinect Services for Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3.
Download the Kinect Programming Guide.

Expression Blend

Check their site.

Mathematics

Check their site.

Robotics

Check their site.

Column limit

Visual Studio 2010 and 2012

1. Install Paul Harrington's Editor Guidelines extension for VS 2010 or VS 2012.
2. Open the registry at:
   VS 2008: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Text Editor  VS 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\Text Editor
   VS 2012: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Text Editor
   VS 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Text Editor
   and add a new string called Guides with the value RGB(100,100,100), 100. The first part specifies the color, while the other one (80) is the column the line will be displayed.

About SFU Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5

You can download and install it from their site.

Subsystem for Unix-based Applications and Services for Unix (SFU/ SUA/ Interix Community)

You can download and install it from their site.

SUA 5.2 x64 (Windows 2003R2 x64)

• 872958, 931134, 932143, 942878, 948918, 949653, 951150, 953602, 957796, 959543, 973389, 977615, 981194
• additionally for Win2003 R2 SP1: 921207, 929143, 936051, 942868, 945449, 945660
• additionally for Win2003 R2 SP2: 929143, 936051, 942868, 945660, 957390, 969274, 971518, 977615

SUA 6.0 x64 (Windows Vista/2008 x64)

• 949653, 951150, 957796, 959543, 973389, 977615
• additionally for Vista/2008 SP1: 969874, 973389
• additionally for Vista/2008 SP2: 969874, 977615

SUA 6.1 x64 (Windows 7/2008R2 x64)

• 981194

Debian port

http://debian-interix.net/

About Interix

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/bb496474.aspx

http://www.suacommunity.com/SUA.aspx

http://www.suacommunity.com/dictionary/index.php

Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5 (3.5)

• 2004-01 SFU 3.5 en,ja for WinNT 5.0,5.1,5.2 i386

Windows Server 2003 R2 (all editions) Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (5.2)

• 2005-12-06 WinNT 5.2 R2

Windows Vista (Ultimate and Enterprise editions) Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (6.0)

• 2006-11-08 WinNT 6.0 (2007-01-30)

Windows Server 2008 (all editions) Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (6.0)

• 2008-02-04 WinNT 6.0

Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications in Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 (6.1)

• 2010-03-11 WinNT 6.1

How to install

Installing Interix Subsystem, Base Utilities and SDK from the Command Line

Windows Services for UNIX version 3.0 uses Microsoft Installer for installation. As a result, you can install individual modules of the product from the command line. If previous components of Windows Services for UNIX have been installed, you must include these components in the addlocal parameter of the installation command line, separated by a comma (,). If you do not do so, these products are removed during the installation of Interix. If you install Interix SDK automatically, the Interix subsystem and the base utilities are automatically included in the installation.

To install Interix from the command line:

1. Log onto the Windows computer with an administrative level account.
2. Open a command window. Click Start, click Run, type in cmd and click OK.
3. Insert the Services for UNIX version 3.0 CD into the CD drive. (Drive D: for this example.)
4. You can install various combinations of the Interix subsystem and interix SDX. These include:
   • From the command prompt, to install the Interix Subsystem and Base Utilities: msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="BaseUtils" [targetdir="install path"]
     
   • To install Base Utilities and the GNU Utilities: msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="GNUUtils" \ [targetdir="install path"]
     
   • To install Base Utilities, UNIX Perl and GNU Utilities: msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="GNUUtils,UNIXPerl" \ [targetdir="install path"]
     
   • To install the Interix SDK, including Base Utilitiesmsiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="InterixSDK" [targetdir="install path"]
     
5. To install the GNU SDK and GNU Utilities (includes Interix SDK and Base Utilities): msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="GNUSDKSDK,GNUUtils " \ [targetdir="install path"] 
   
6. Default install path is "\SFU".Note:Services for UNIX should be installed in a directory without spaces in the path to prevent problems with some components of SFU. Microsoft recommends that you install SFU to the default directory.
   
7. To include the Product Key as part of the command line, add pidkey="key" where "key" is the 25 character product key, without dashes. Note: If you are installing the base utilities with the /qb option, you will be required to choose whether you want to enable setuid behavior for Interix programs. (If you are using the /q option, setuid behavior will be disabled by default.) The choice you make will affect both system security and how certain Interix programs behave.
   
   According to the POSIX standard, a file has permissions that include bits to set a UID (setuid) and set a GID (setgid) when the file is executed. If either or both bits are set on a file, and a process executes that file, the process gains the UID or GID of the file. When used carefully, this mechanism allows a nonprivileged user to execute programs that run with the higher privileges of the file's owner or group. When used incorrectly, however, this can present security risks by allowing nonprivileged users to perform actions that should only be performed by an administrator. For this reason, Windows Services for UNIX Setup does not enable support for this mechanism by default.
   
   You should enable support for setuid behavior only if you are sure you will be running programs that require support for this behavior. Even if you do not enable support for setuid behavior when installing Windows Services for UNIX, you can enable it later.
   
8. A reboot will be required. Note: If installing from a telnet prompt, where no GUI is available, or via a script, modify the command line by changing the /qb to /q. This will install without any user interaction at all. By default the setuid behavior will be disabled. See the install.htm on the Services for UNIX CD.
   
   Note: The addlocal parameter to msiexec show above is case and space sensitive. Installation will fail if the exact case above is not followed.
   
   Note: These options may also be installed from the Installation Wizard by selecting a custom installation.

About EnableSuToRoot registry key for SUA

User Account Control is enabled by default. When User Account Control is enabled, any application or task that impersonates another user who is a member of the Administrators group (by using the su, cron, or login utilities, setuid, any of the setuid or exec_asuser family of calls, as examples) always runs in the security context of a standard user account.
Note
When an application impersonates a standard user, it will have the complete security context of a standard user. For more information about standard users, see the Microsoft Web site topic "Developer Best Practices and Guidelines for Applications in a Least Privileged Environment," Introduction section (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70243).
With default settings, an application cannot impersonate the root user. You can control this behavior by modifying the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SUA\EnableSuToRoot.

How to modify the EnableSuToRoot registry key

Important

The Administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to help protect computers and data from access by unauthorized or malicious users, and it must be enabled for users to impersonate the root user or Administrator. Because the Administrator account must first be enabled to change the setting of the EnableSuToRoot registry key, the procedure to complete this task immediately follows. You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to complete the following procedure.

To enable the Administrator account

1. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage.
2. In the hierarchy pane of the Computer Management snap-in, open Local Users and Groups.
3. Select Users.
4. In the results pane, right-click Administrator, and then click Properties.
5. Clear the check box for the Account is disabled option.
6. Click OK.
7. Close the Properties window, and then close the Computer Management snap-in.

Perform the following steps to change the setting of the EnableSuToRoot registry key after you install Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications.

To change the setting of the EnableSuToRoot registry key

1. Click Start, click in the Start Search text box, and type regedit to open Registry Editor.
2. In the hierarchy pane, open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SUA.
3. In the results pane, double-click EnableSuToRoot.
4. In the Value data box, enter 0 to disallow impersonation of the root user, or 1 to allow it.
   The default setting is 0.
5. Click OK.
6. Close Registry Editor; if prompted, save your changes.

When the value of this key is set to 0 (the default setting), impersonation of the root user is disallowed. When the value is set to 1, impersonation of the root user is allowed. When an application impersonates the root user or Administrator account, the application has the administrative security context of the root (Administrator) user.

Setuid and Administrative Privilege

If users who are members of the Administrators group attempt to mark applications with the setuid attribute, they would succeed only if they are allowed to run applications and perform tasks in an administrative security context.

The following is an example of how to mark the binary file /bin/regpwd, which is typically marked with the setuid attribute:

1. Open a Korn shell (ksh) with elevated privilege as described in this topic.
   
   
2. Type chmod +s /bin/regpwd and then press ENTER.
   
   
3. Type exit to close the ksh session.

Modify the number of connections

Better to modify in order to allow other connection and virtualization of other machines as:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\Connections\MaxNumFilters

About Text Editors

Graphical Vim

Download and install from their site.

Notepad++

Download and install from their site.
set NOTEPADPP_PATH=D:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
set %PATH%=%NOTEPADPP_PATH%;%PATH%

7Edit (HL7 editor)

Download and install it from their site.

UltraEdit

Download and install from their site.

HexEdit

Download and install from their site.

DanSharp-XmlViewer

Download and install from their site.

DanSharp-XmlViewer

Download and install from their site.

XmlCopyEditor

Download and install from their site.

XmlNotepad

Download and install from their site.

YAML for .NET

Download and install from their site.

About Code Comparison

Code Compare 2

Download and install it from the site.

P4 Merge

Please refer to http://www.perforce.com/perforce/products/merge.html

KDiff 3

Download and install from their site.

About Time Tracker

Grindstone 2

You may try to download and install it from their site.