This is the VMware virtual machine that I've configured for development in both SharePoint/WSS 2003 and MOSS 2007. This is also useful for migration issues. All this is readily available from MSDN for dev purposes.
Note: Generally, the items listed here appear in the order in which I installed them.
Machine
OS: Windows Server 2003 w/SP1, Standard Edition
Hard Drive: 20GB
Memory: 1536 MB
Licensing: Per Device or Per User
Computer name: BASE (base.net)
Workgroup: WORKGROUP
Disabled Shutdown Event Tracker
Disabled Screen Saver Lock
Users
Administrator, Password
Developer, Password (Administrators)
Reader, Password (Users)
spsadm, Password (Administrators)
Installed
VMware tools
.NET 1.1, 2.0, 3.0
Role POP3/SMTP Server
Role Application Server (ASP.Net, not FP extensions)
IIS Reg .NET 2.0 (...\v2.0.50727\aspnet_regiis.exe -ir)
SQL Server 2005 (instance name: BASE\BASESQL)
SharePoint 2003 (WSS SP1&2, SPS SP1&2, WSSDST Upd)
SharePoint 2007 Enterprise
Visual Studio 2003 .NET (no Crystal Rpts)
Visual Studio SharePoint IntelliSense XML files
Visual Studio .NET 2003 WebPartTemplates
Visual Studio 2005 .NET (VS_TE\Setup.exe, no Crystal Rpts, no SQL Express)
Team Foundation Server Browser (VS_FS\Setup.exe, client only)
Visual Studio 2005 SP1
Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider.msi
Office 2003 Frontpage
Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Office Professional 2007
Office Visio Professional 2007
Office InfoPath 2007
Office activations
Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK and ECM Starter Kit(OfficeServerSDK.exe)
Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation (EN).exe
Visual Studio 2005 extensions for WSS v3 (VSeWSS.exe)
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
Firefox v2.0.0.6
Firebug v1.05
NOT installed
IE 7
Ports
2003 : SharePoint 2003
20030 : SharePoint 2003 (Central Admin)
2007 : SharePoint 2007
20070 : SharePoint 2007 (Central Admin)
20071 : SharePoint 2007 (My Sites)
20072 : SharePoint 2007 (Shared Services Provider)
Databases
SharePoint 2003:
SPS2003_Config_db
SharePoi1_{PROF,SERV,SITE}
SharePoint 2007:
SharePoint2007_Config
SharePoint_AdminContent_*
WSS2007_Search_BASE
WSS2007_Content_MySites
WSS2007_Content_SSP
SharedServices2007_DB
SharedServices2007_Search_DB
WSS2007_Content