5 tips to do as Soon as You Purchase a New Computer

You’ve got a new computer set or a laptop? Congratulations, and hopefully you will get plenty of use out of your new machine or device since it is one of the most popular and in demand machines of today’s world, whether it is for business, finance, research, multimedia, or purely entertainment (or a little of all the above).

But wait try to read some instructions first Take note you must first read each instructions posted on your desktop or laptop box. Take a few minutes and follow these 5 steps that can help increase your computer security and possibly remove some potential headaches down the road.

1. Emergency Disks

Some computers come packaged with CDs or DVDs you can use to reinstall or install the operating system and pre-installed software in case something goes wrong. Make sure that your disks will stored on a safe place so that you can re use it for emergency purposes .If such discs are included, place them in a safe place and make copies once the computer is set up.

If these did not come with your computer, read its manual for instructions on how to create them, if possible. Do so ASAP - before you go online, install new software and read each instruction posted on your manual. Make sure that you know what are the uses of each software installed on your computer system.

2. Install Security Software

security software’s are important because this software will block all the malwares and other viruses that might harm your computer system. Some computer set comes with built in security systems, you can just remove it and install with a new one if you’ve decided to use security software’s.

3. Uninstall Software

if you have a software and decided to uninstall it you can just o to your control panel and remove it but make sure that if you remove this specific software it will not harm the function of your entire computer system. Some software’s are installed and used for the audio and video function of your whole computer device. Take note most of the ports on your computer system needs some installation in order for the certain device to function well. How to go to your control panel?
Click START button (at the bottom left of your computer monitor)then click on control panelsome operating system are using ADD/Remove programs some are using Programs and featuresright click the software you want to uninstall or removethen click uninstall.

4. Consider a New Web Browser

it is always preferred to use the latest version of a browser. It is because you will have the add ons and tools that you can use in the future. If you are using an old version there will be a pop up message informing you that the browser that you are using got a latest version. It will always up to you if you want to upgrade the version of your browser.

5. Update All Software

Speaking of doing software updates, after going online but before browsing the web, right away update your operating system (including the built-in web browser). Check for updates to document readers such as Adobe Acrobat Reader and any installed multimedia players. Plus, look for updates to installed browser plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave, Java, QuickTime, and RealPlayer.

Make sure that before updating each software installed to your computer system, you must have the idea on what are the differences of the old version of that specific software to the new version.

For your new computer set or laptop you must first read the details and the capacity of your machine. This will help you learn more things about your device. Some laptop and computer set contains a lot of information on their boxes but kindly base all the instructions and information’s on the manual that is placed inside your computer box or laptop box.

You can also ask some computer experts to gather some tips and advices on how to use and to maintain the quality of your computer system. Make sure that if you’re computer technician install or remove some software’s you must ask them why and what is the purpose of removing that specific software. Try to have some research and gather some details about your computer or laptop unit in order for you to have an information on what are the features and software’s that suits your machine. You can also ask the seller of your machine for some information’s you want to know, then if you encounter some difficulties and problems while using your new machine it is always advice that you must get back to your machine seller and ask for their assistance. Or support, you can also email the manufacturer of your machine. (Contact information is also posted on your machines manual)