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07-23-2007, 02:42 PM
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Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...Now What?
So this baby just arrived in the mail.
SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition edit DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT edit MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit HARD DRIVE FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit WIRELESS NETWORKING Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card edit BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR) edit INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition edit My Software & Accessories ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (30-day trial) OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1 DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested My question is now what to do in terms of A  I always hear stuff like run in administaor...turn off this, turn off that etcB What antispyware,adware,virus protection should I add to itC Anything else I should do/knowD How do I transfer my 1000+ songs on my mac Itunes to this dell laptop.Once I start using it...this thread will be used for all my future Vista/Windows/Dell questions Tnxs CDS 
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07-23-2007, 03:04 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
I bought essentially the same computer except I got the 2.2ghz processor and it also arrived today.. I'm looking forward to getting home to use it.
I don't know a ton about recommended security so I went with McAfee since that is what they seem to push. As for music that is my biggest question also and I know it has been discussed a hundred times here but I don't remember all the details on taking itunes songs from one computer to the other, especially mac>pc. Get spybot here Get ad-aware here Those are two free programs I will also run besides the McAfee
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07-23-2007, 03:05 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
Mine didn't come with free antivirus...think thats only with the 2.2 or higher
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07-23-2007, 03:09 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
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Mine didn't come with free antivirus...think thats only with the 2.2 or higher [/ QUOTE ] I think I had to pay a little for it(maybe not).. I knew I was going to have to get something for it so I figured I'd buy through them since it is preinstalled You can also try avast for a free anti-virus(I think it is still free)
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07-23-2007, 04:01 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
[ QUOTE ]
So this baby just arrived in the mail. SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) edit OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition edit DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT edit MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit HARD DRIVE FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit WIRELESS NETWORKING Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card edit BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR) edit INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition edit My Software & Accessories ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (30-day trial) OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1 DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested My question is now what to do in terms of A I always hear stuff like run in administaor...turn off this, turn off that etcB What antispyware,adware,virus protection should I add to itC Anything else I should do/knowD How do I transfer my 1000+ songs on my mac Itunes to this dell laptop.Once I start using it...this thread will be used for all my future Vista/Windows/Dell questions Tnxs CDS [/ QUOTE ] 1. uninstall vista 2. install porn 3. ??? 4. profit
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07-23-2007, 05:14 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
Down load iTunes and you can get all the songs off your iPod. Othewise network them together? I think that will work, or a thumbdrive.
Check with your ISP and see if they have any free virus stuff. Cox has a nice suite, most providers do.
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07-23-2007, 05:26 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
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Down load iTunes and you can get all the songs off your iPod. Othewise network them together? I think that will work, or a thumbdrive. Check with your ISP and see if they have any free virus stuff. Cox has a nice suite, most providers do. [/ QUOTE ] ahh yes..network them..brilliant!
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07-23-2007, 05:59 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
Is networking them the easiest way?
If so can someone explain how to do it or point me in the direction of detailed instructions..
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07-23-2007, 06:23 PM
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Re: Received My First Dell Laptop (1st Windows laptop in 5 years)...No
A> Go to control panel and click on user accounts and then click on turn off User Account Control...that way you do not get all of those warnings
B> I use Norton Internet Security 2007...it is not free but it has spyware/virus/firewall and it works good for me (some people hate Norton but I researched it and it does work good)...but there are free options out there if you want them Things I did when I got my Vista laptop: -Downloaded all of the drivers and necessary apps from the Dell Driver download section and put them on a usb drive -Wiped my hard-drive with a wiping tool (note this gets rid of the Dell restore section and the mediadirect section)...I did not want to keep the Dell Restore section because I image my drive -Installed the MediaDirect partition (if you have mediadirect and want to keep it you have to do this first) -Reinstalled Vista -Installed updated drivers -Installed MediaDirect program -Installed all other needed programs -Went into Msconfig and unclicked all of the startup items that I do not need (I only have three items set for startup)...research items that you are not sure...some services can also be disabled but I have not gone that far yet -Defrag'd hard drive (if you use the Vista defrag it will be slowwwwwwww....so get a 3rd party unless you do not mind the wait or unless you do not want to buy one) -Installed an imaging program (I use Norton Ghost) -Connected an external hard rive (they are cheap) and imaged my drive to the external drive (and keep image up to date when I add things) Obviously you do not have to do all of this...I like clean installs because it gets rid of all the bloat-ware - but you can just delete the stuff you do not need. You may want to keep the Dell restore partition, I did not want it since I image my drive. Vista takes a little getting used to but I love it!
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