Normally what do people do after installing windows? Install your favorite messenger, surf the net without even installing the anti virus, start downloading torrents. After that you end up with a heavily infected (virus) and a damaged (errors) system! Then what should we do to prevent this? Well, lets find out…

Actually we need to put up our defenses before the enemy comes!…. that’s warfare, actually the same theory applies to computers! Well, if you want to keep a good healthy PC you need follow some steps as soon as you install windows! Lets see what they are… shall we?

• As soon as you install windows, connect to the internet and run windows update, and make sure you system is fully updated! (especially the security updates and service packs)
• Install your system drivers (VGA,Sound  etc)
• Disable system restore if your not using it (will speed up the PC ). Right click on my computer > Properties > System Restore (Tab) > Turn off system restore on all drives.
• Turn off the indexing service to speedup the PC. Go to Start Menu > Control Panel (If in Category view change to Classic View)

• In the Control Panel go to Administrative Tools > Services > In the List Search for “Indexing Service“, Right Click it > Properties > Set the start-up type to “Disabled”
• Enable Write Cashing to increase hard disk performance (Note: Do this only if you have a backup power supply like a UPS) . Go to my computer > Right Click on a partition > Properties > Go to the “Hardware” tab > Select your Hard drive and click on properties

• Then go to the “Policies” tab > Then tick on “Enable write cashing on the disk”
• Next Restart your computer, and install your Anti Virus software.
• Next install your system utilities (You can find a set of great freeware system utilities from here
• Run the system utilities (Clean the registry,defrag registry,clean the drives) do this regularly to keep your system fresh

OK, Now your defenses are up, now you can install other software and… and do what you always do with your PC….. Enjoy!

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