What do you do with your new pc first

[film]

Hi ... i was just wondering what do you think should be the first things to put on a new pc ( security , apps and just anything really )

[macker]

Firefox or Opera

[Sparda]

I disable all the crap in windows that anoys me, then install Firefox.

[cooper]

The first thing you should do is to reinstall the thing on YOUR terms. These days companies tent to brand the PCs they sell, so their website becomes the default startup page in IE, that sort of nonsense.

God knows what other crap they decided to provide you with. Just reinstall the thing (you should've gotten the CDs for it along with it) and make the machine do YOUR bidding.

[Famicoman]

Uninstall stuff. Oh, what would I install...ah...everything at once.

[JoshuaH]

Yea, If its a Windows running computer, Uninstall loads of their shit they get paid to put on there.

[Rab]

firefox, zonealarm, avg, remove windows messenger, messenger live, office, windows update.... still doing windows update lol, it's taken most of the day :)

still do to... office update, visio, ftp, java, octaga... whatever else i think of... browsers, extensions....

[moonlit]

Unscrew and remove the side panel?

[Guest]

One word, Linux :roll:

[armadaender]

Remove: All third-party bullcrap, useless programs and anything else that I don't need.

Install: Zonealarm, ad-aware, firefox, ccleaner, utorrent, etc.

[anyedie]

personally for me the first thing that my new computer gets is a BIG HUG. after that i agree with armadaender.

Remove: All third-party bullcrap, useless programs and anything else that I don't need.

Install: Zonealarm, ad-aware, firefox, ccleaner, utorrent, etc.

then i install mandriva linux beside it

then i hook an extra monitor to it... even if it doesnt work... MoWhoWaHA HA HA

[VaKo]

Yeah, a quick reinstall with an nlited copy of windows... works nicely.