windows - Syncing environment across multiple computers (vocabulary)

I am trying to figure out some ways to, if not solve, make it easier for one user to manage 2 or more computers, and I don't find anything useful. This may be because I am not searching for the right thing. I would like some help to formalize my problem.

Here's the setup:

I have multiple (Windows 7) computers (Desktop, Laptop, Smaller laptop) that I use in different circumstances. I would like to have access to the same core of applications and have the same settings on each of them.

Such applications include

• small tools (F.lux, Auto HotKey)


• compiler/interpreter (Python, Java, Perl, Latex)


• bigger applications like Eclipse, LibreOffice

For each of them there is a particular solution that kinda work. I have a folder that is synced across all my computers for small portable programs (compilers/interpreters) and manage the PATH and configuration manually. I use the export/import feature in Eclipse. But all of it seems like a lot of overhead. And I have found nothing that would decrease the work required to add new computers to the list.

It seems to me that this is a common problem but I have not been able to find any good reads on the subject. It may be because it's hard, but also quite likely because I am not searching for the right thing. So what am I searching for? What is the correct vocabulary to use when talking about this?

Thanks.