8. Now find and double click on the pcdecrapifier program, it will take a little while to start as it is coming off a usb drive vise the hard drive, when it comes up it will list all the programs installed on the computer at this time, go through this list and check the
shareware items to uninstall them, that is if you do not want the program installed and do not plan on paying for using the program later if you don’t already have a license for it now. If you plan on using Microsoft office and you have the cd and a license for that one and it lists one here I would suggest uninstalling this version along with the registration/activation program for it as if you leave it in and plan on installing your version later you will come up with problems and conflicts when you try and install your version from the cd so it is better to uninstall it here first before you go any farther and spend three or more days later trying to figure out why you can’t install your version from the cd like you did before. After you have the programs uninstall it should ask you to reboot, reboot no matter what and when it comes back up to the desktop reboot again just to make sure that the registry gets set to one that works right just in case when we go forward something happens you can reboot and hopefully have a known good configuration to boot with.
9. Now after you have all the programs uninstalled and have rebooted at least twice after to make sure that all the items are out of the registry it is time to install the programs you are going to be using and want installed but there are a few things to get done before all that so please don’t get impatient and just install all the programs yet. The first thing we have to do is install a defrag program and a image creation program, I always use the Auslogics disk defragger as it is rated as one of the best and it is free of charge and that makes it even better. I have not had too much luck with image creation programs as when I need them to restore the system the ones I have had did not work and I ended up reinstalling from scratch all the time but some have used, like and recommend the Acronis True Image program but it cost money and if you don’t have the money to spend try either Macrium Reflect or Paragon Backup & Recovery free edition. I have these last two installed and made images using them and the system image option in the Windows Backup and Restore so I have 3 images that hopefully if I need one now I can use one of them to get system back up and running. These last three are free. When you make the image be sure and put a check mark in the verify when done so it will check to make sure the image created should be good when you might need it later on.
10. Now that we have the defrag and image creation software installed the first thing to do is to defrag the hard drive, it might take a while to do this as we have uninstalled a lot of programs and installed a couple. When it is done defragging reboot the computer.
11. Now we are going to make an image of the system before we go any farther so that we don’t have to start all over if something happens and totally messes up the computer to where you cannot get anything done right or in worst case it will not boot up properly. Unfortunately I don’t know of a way to test out the image you just created other than to use the program and restore it to the hard drive, if you want to you can, I have not done this, that is why I really don’t know if my image backups work or not, it is a good idea to do it but it does take time to do and I don’t know if you want to take the time and I cannot write the procedure for doing here with one now either. Make sure that you make the recovery disk with the program so that if you need to restore the images you
have a bootable cd to use to get the image restored, if you don’t do this you cannot use the program to restore the image if you can’t boot the computer and you will have to do a complete reinstall so you can install the program to use for the restore so save yourself some time and do this.
12. Now is the time to install the antivirus program, the antimalware program and the firewall program you are going to use, and no it is not time to hook up the cable for the internet connection yet as you will most likely get hid with malware and virus’s before you get anything else done and then you have to get rid of them so you can use your system to do what you want to do with it.
13. Now that we have the antivirus, antimalware and firewall system installed, create another disk image of the system before we hook up to the internet. Then be sure and reboot the computer.
14. Now we are going to hook up to the internet to update the computer with all the security updates and all other updates. If you are going to be using a router like I suggest you do so you have just a little more protection between you and the internet and it is also easier to do networking if you are. When you hook up the internet I suggest to use a cable from the router to the computer first if you are later going to use wireless you can but it sure makes it easier right now to use a cable so you don’t have to worry about cell phone or cordless phone traffic interfering with your updates. After you have the internet hooked up and have an ip address and can get to somewhere the first thing you will want to do is update the virus and antimalware programs so they can protect you from the new stuff that came up after the program was put out the you just installed, after they are updated you are going to have to reboot for them to work to their best and I really suggest you do it now.
15. After you have rebooted and are now back on the internet go into the control panel or the programs listing and do a complete windows update and update all security and critical updates first as they will help protect you from the rotten stuff on the internet.
16. After all the windows, virus and antimalware programs are updated it is time to start installing all the other software that you want installed and are going to use. This is going to take some time as you have to install them all one at a time, and most of them will tell you to reboot after the install, what I do is install three or four programs and then reboot so I am not rebooting every five minutes or so. Some programs might require other programs like certain .net framework version before you install them and there is no way to now until you start installing the program or know about before hand as the box states it or you have experience from installing it on other computers before.
17. When you have all the programs installed, you will most likely have to do some configuring in them to get them the way that you like, so do it now if you know you have to then do a complete defrag on the system and be sure to reboot after.
18. Now we are going to do another image backup so we hopefully have it the way that we want it to be all the time, don’t worry later you are going to come up with other programs you want installed or find out that one of the programs you installed you really don’t want after all, don’t worry as later you can do image backups also just don’t overwrite the ones you have now so at least you have a fairly good starting point to work from vice having to reinstall everything from scratch. It takes a little while longer to recover if you have to reinstall from scratch all the time but you do get good at it after a while doing it but it does get irritating doing that all time. Now you should have at least three image backups on your external hard drive, hopefully you will never need them but there is always a time you will.
Now that all that is done I sure hope you enjoy your new computer system and don’t get hit with virus’s or malware and be sure to look out for any phishing websites, at least IE8 and FireFox will try and help you out with phishing sites as they have systems set up to warn you before you even get to sites that are known to be phishing sites.
shareware items to uninstall them, that is if you do not want the program installed and do not plan on paying for using the program later if you don’t already have a license for it now. If you plan on using Microsoft office and you have the cd and a license for that one and it lists one here I would suggest uninstalling this version along with the registration/activation program for it as if you leave it in and plan on installing your version later you will come up with problems and conflicts when you try and install your version from the cd so it is better to uninstall it here first before you go any farther and spend three or more days later trying to figure out why you can’t install your version from the cd like you did before. After you have the programs uninstall it should ask you to reboot, reboot no matter what and when it comes back up to the desktop reboot again just to make sure that the registry gets set to one that works right just in case when we go forward something happens you can reboot and hopefully have a known good configuration to boot with.
9. Now after you have all the programs uninstalled and have rebooted at least twice after to make sure that all the items are out of the registry it is time to install the programs you are going to be using and want installed but there are a few things to get done before all that so please don’t get impatient and just install all the programs yet. The first thing we have to do is install a defrag program and a image creation program, I always use the Auslogics disk defragger as it is rated as one of the best and it is free of charge and that makes it even better. I have not had too much luck with image creation programs as when I need them to restore the system the ones I have had did not work and I ended up reinstalling from scratch all the time but some have used, like and recommend the Acronis True Image program but it cost money and if you don’t have the money to spend try either Macrium Reflect or Paragon Backup & Recovery free edition. I have these last two installed and made images using them and the system image option in the Windows Backup and Restore so I have 3 images that hopefully if I need one now I can use one of them to get system back up and running. These last three are free. When you make the image be sure and put a check mark in the verify when done so it will check to make sure the image created should be good when you might need it later on.
10. Now that we have the defrag and image creation software installed the first thing to do is to defrag the hard drive, it might take a while to do this as we have uninstalled a lot of programs and installed a couple. When it is done defragging reboot the computer.
11. Now we are going to make an image of the system before we go any farther so that we don’t have to start all over if something happens and totally messes up the computer to where you cannot get anything done right or in worst case it will not boot up properly. Unfortunately I don’t know of a way to test out the image you just created other than to use the program and restore it to the hard drive, if you want to you can, I have not done this, that is why I really don’t know if my image backups work or not, it is a good idea to do it but it does take time to do and I don’t know if you want to take the time and I cannot write the procedure for doing here with one now either. Make sure that you make the recovery disk with the program so that if you need to restore the images you
have a bootable cd to use to get the image restored, if you don’t do this you cannot use the program to restore the image if you can’t boot the computer and you will have to do a complete reinstall so you can install the program to use for the restore so save yourself some time and do this.
12. Now is the time to install the antivirus program, the antimalware program and the firewall program you are going to use, and no it is not time to hook up the cable for the internet connection yet as you will most likely get hid with malware and virus’s before you get anything else done and then you have to get rid of them so you can use your system to do what you want to do with it.
13. Now that we have the antivirus, antimalware and firewall system installed, create another disk image of the system before we hook up to the internet. Then be sure and reboot the computer.
14. Now we are going to hook up to the internet to update the computer with all the security updates and all other updates. If you are going to be using a router like I suggest you do so you have just a little more protection between you and the internet and it is also easier to do networking if you are. When you hook up the internet I suggest to use a cable from the router to the computer first if you are later going to use wireless you can but it sure makes it easier right now to use a cable so you don’t have to worry about cell phone or cordless phone traffic interfering with your updates. After you have the internet hooked up and have an ip address and can get to somewhere the first thing you will want to do is update the virus and antimalware programs so they can protect you from the new stuff that came up after the program was put out the you just installed, after they are updated you are going to have to reboot for them to work to their best and I really suggest you do it now.
15. After you have rebooted and are now back on the internet go into the control panel or the programs listing and do a complete windows update and update all security and critical updates first as they will help protect you from the rotten stuff on the internet.
16. After all the windows, virus and antimalware programs are updated it is time to start installing all the other software that you want installed and are going to use. This is going to take some time as you have to install them all one at a time, and most of them will tell you to reboot after the install, what I do is install three or four programs and then reboot so I am not rebooting every five minutes or so. Some programs might require other programs like certain .net framework version before you install them and there is no way to now until you start installing the program or know about before hand as the box states it or you have experience from installing it on other computers before.
17. When you have all the programs installed, you will most likely have to do some configuring in them to get them the way that you like, so do it now if you know you have to then do a complete defrag on the system and be sure to reboot after.
18. Now we are going to do another image backup so we hopefully have it the way that we want it to be all the time, don’t worry later you are going to come up with other programs you want installed or find out that one of the programs you installed you really don’t want after all, don’t worry as later you can do image backups also just don’t overwrite the ones you have now so at least you have a fairly good starting point to work from vice having to reinstall everything from scratch. It takes a little while longer to recover if you have to reinstall from scratch all the time but you do get good at it after a while doing it but it does get irritating doing that all time. Now you should have at least three image backups on your external hard drive, hopefully you will never need them but there is always a time you will.
Now that all that is done I sure hope you enjoy your new computer system and don’t get hit with virus’s or malware and be sure to look out for any phishing websites, at least IE8 and FireFox will try and help you out with phishing sites as they have systems set up to warn you before you even get to sites that are known to be phishing sites.
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