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Hello everyone. Since I'm bored, I decided to make a quick summarization of everything you need to do after you install a fresh copy of Windows.
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[or any other OS, but I can't guarantee you that every program listed here is compatible with other OSs].
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First of all, you want to install original copy of the OS, not a pirate version.
Why? Because you don't want to skip any important updates.
If you can't afford to pay for original copy, PM me and I will provide you with a simple little tool which will help you.
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And if Crayo allows me I will post the download link here.​


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Once you got everything done, you should install drivers that you got when you bought the machine. In case you installed Windows 7 (and I highly recommend you W7) it has auto download of drivers. So you will have everything done in matter of minutes.

Incase you don't want to install W7 and you can't find your CDs, you can download the drivers from internet. Just search for your graphic card name + "drivers", sound card name + "drivers" etc.

And if you are too lazy to do that, you can use programs like DriverDetective to find drivers for your machine. ​


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First programs that you should install, are security programs. Yes, I'm talking about Antiviruses, Firewalls and Malware/Spyware removers.

Here's a quick list of programs of this sort:​


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Once you got your security programs installed, it's time to get some tools to browse internet.


Firefox
Opera
Chrome
Safari​


Great job! Now go ahead and install any other software you may need. Image viewers, editors, media players, office programs, utilities etc.
Since I know that you are a lazy pig, I made a little list for you.​


Skype
MSN
Pidgin
Digsby
Google Talk
AIM
Yahoo!






If you have suggestions on how to improve this thread, PM me.
 
Really nice, instructive thread here. Only suggestion I would make is to change the dark blue color, as it is a bit hard to read.
Other than that, really great post.
 
Just a simple suggestion. Zone Alarm would work well under firewalls too.

Great list, thanks for it.
 
Wow, that's an amazing thread you made right there. Very informative and well organised.
 
I was thinking about upgrading to Windows 7 Ultimate. I have W7 Home Premium.

This will probably help me.
 
I'm thinking of using SongBird instead of itunes, do you guys think it's worth it?
 
.. said:
Just a simple suggestion. Zone Alarm would work well under firewalls too.

Great list, thanks for it.
Click to expand...

Adding it now, thanks.

I'm glad everyone appreciate this tut.

Updated with images.
 
I also suggest Smart Close (google it for a cnet link).

It closes all the processes your computer doesn't need to run (you can stop it from closing certain ones like your internet if you really want to). It's nice, because it speeds up your computer quite a bit...
 
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