New Windows Setup - Which comes first, development or application environment?

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From: xfile (cou-cou_at_remove.nospam.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:48:02 +0800

Hi:

I am going to replace the current primary drive with a new HDD and to
perform a clean installation of Windows XP Pro because the current
environment is getting slower and some components are messed up with
different installation, removal, and updates of applications, Windows
service packs, patches, and development packages.

And based on the past experiences, I figured some problems seems to be
related to the sequence of program installation, such as certain components
have been changed or updated by a application or SDK installed later on but
have not been updated for all other applications using it which eventually
lead to certain problems.

So my question is, after the initial installation of Windows XP and
performed all updates for device drivers and Windows Update, shall I set up
the development environment first or installing applications along with the
environment?

By saying development environment, it was referred to things such as
FrontPage Extension, SharePoint Team Service, SDK, Starter Kits, database,
database components, and/or any other components that will be required to
develop web applications.

By saying applications, it was referred to applications such as FrontPage,
Dreamweaver, Office, and so on.

I understand that some development components also come with applications
and it might be updated when the application is being installed and updated.

But my goal is to minimize the chance of system components being messed up
as much as possible.

Thanks for any advice.

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