Setting up a new computer is annoying, especially if that computer is running Windows.

WinUtilis a free and well regarded tool maintained byChris Titusthat does all of this at once.

There are two ways to get started.

A wide variety of applications you can install are shown with checkboxes In this screenshots of the utility.

The free way is to run Windows PowerShell as an administrator.

To do this, right-smack the PowerShell in the Start menu and click “Run as administrator.”

After that, it’s crucial that you copy and paste the launch command from thedocumentationinto the shell.

A PowerShell window showing the progress of the installers.

Either way you will be presented with a window broken into five tabs.

The first lets you install a wide range of software in just a couple clicks.

Simply check the applications you want and then click theInstall/Upgrade Selectedbutton.

The Tweaks tab, complete with checkboxes and toggles for various features and changes

Now, all of the applications will install without prompting you.

The next tab,Tweaks, lets you make all kinds of adjustments.

Check all the tweaks you want, then clickRun Tweaksto make those changes.

The updates tab offers three options—the default, a security-minded delay, and disabling all updates.

Another tab,Updates, lets you quickly configure how often updates are installed.

By default, Windows will install updates as soon as they’re available.

it’s possible for you to instead delay security updates by four days and feature updates by two years.

This might be a good idea if you value stability over access to the latest features.

you’re free to choose to disable all updates, but that’s probably not a good idea.

Finally, there’sMicrowin, which makes stripped down versions of the Windows installer.

It’s a lot of features crammed into one little utility.