If Santa Claus took it upon himself to put a Windows 7 PC under your Christmas tree then you must have been very good boy this year. You can hardly contain your excitement but you just don't know where to begin. So calm yourself.
Getting a new PC will seem like a good clean start, but that's not entirely true. If you got a pre-built PC from a shop, then it's likely that there are pre-installed programs that may be utterly useless. It's not that stores want to annoy buyers with the pre-installed programs but they don't know what you're doing with the computer, so they take it upon themselves to toss in stuff that might be useful. advertisement
Just uninstall the ones that don't meet your preferences. For the other programs that already come with Windows 7, you can choose to turn off those Windows features and turn them on again when you feel that you need them.
The next thing on your to-do list should be moving the stuff from your old computer into the new computer. If you've got some technical skills or you have a friend who knows his way around hardware, you can hook up your old hard drive into the new computer so that you'll have extra room for memory or you can do copy paste, but Windows 7 makes it even easier for people who aren't used to the technicalities of hardware, This is where Windows Easy Transfer comes in.
The next thing to do is have it play nice with all your other stuff, namely the other computers that you might have at home and the other gadgets that you got for Christmas.
You don't really need to try that hard to sync your other stuff with other gadget, whether it's a new camera or an old printer. Whatever worked with your XP can still work on 7.
Connecting with other computers in a network is also easier, so much so that you can connect your PC and your Mac. Try making a homegroup and see how you can connect your computers.
The next thing you’ll definitely want to do is pimp out your desktop. Sure, you can put wallpapers or change themes, but if you really want to make things look amazing, try some of the themes and desktop software available at customize.org. Everything is free there and it has a great community of users so you’ll know when something isn’t working.
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If Santa Claus took it upon himself to put a Windows 7 PC under your Christmas tree then you must have been very good boy this year. You can hardly contain your excitement but you just don't know where to begin. So calm yourself.
