Hello all,
My first post here. I just bought a Toshiba Satellite x205-29359 . Vista Ultimate.
My current PC OS is XP Home Edition. A couple years ago, I found a great site which walked me through "the right way to install XP".
It took me a couple days to go through the very detailed process, but ever since then, I have not had one pop up, virus, not one system crash or any other problem. It was a complete solution which really worked (and still does) This site did not try to sell anything. All the programs were freeware. http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm
After doing the setup, go directly to "Securing windows XP". http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/security/page_1.htm
The site walked you through all the settings for xp, and what services could be turned off. It also had links to may free programs such as Spybot, Ad-Aware, Spyblaster, Microsoft security baseline analyzer, CCcleaner, etc. and in exactly which order things should be installed.
My question is: Does anyone know of a site which does this same thing for Vista? I am totally new to Vista, and I'd like to get it set up correctly right away, before I put a bunch of programs and files loaded into it. I just checked, and tweakhound does have a page for Vista - http://www.tweakhound.com/vista/index.htm
But does anyone know of a better one before I start using the tweakhound site for vista?
BTW, I was researching getting the optional insurance on the notebook. I looked at Toshiba's plan and several others on the internet. But then I called my insurance company. We have homeowners, auto, umbrella through them. They told me I was insured against theft, damage due to tornado, fire, etc, but not for damage or loss due to my own fault. So they put a rider on my policy for replacement value of the notebook if anything happened due to my fault. (spillage, dropping, losing it, etc) It's only $26/year, which is 1/4 to 1/8 the prices I was getting online, so I would highly recommend going this route instead of purchasing laptop insurance online. FYI
Thanks,
Eddie
My first post here. I just bought a Toshiba Satellite x205-29359 . Vista Ultimate.
My current PC OS is XP Home Edition. A couple years ago, I found a great site which walked me through "the right way to install XP".
It took me a couple days to go through the very detailed process, but ever since then, I have not had one pop up, virus, not one system crash or any other problem. It was a complete solution which really worked (and still does) This site did not try to sell anything. All the programs were freeware. http://tweakhound.com/xp/installxp/installXP1.htm
After doing the setup, go directly to "Securing windows XP". http://www.tweakhound.com/xp/security/page_1.htm
The site walked you through all the settings for xp, and what services could be turned off. It also had links to may free programs such as Spybot, Ad-Aware, Spyblaster, Microsoft security baseline analyzer, CCcleaner, etc. and in exactly which order things should be installed.
My question is: Does anyone know of a site which does this same thing for Vista? I am totally new to Vista, and I'd like to get it set up correctly right away, before I put a bunch of programs and files loaded into it. I just checked, and tweakhound does have a page for Vista - http://www.tweakhound.com/vista/index.htm
But does anyone know of a better one before I start using the tweakhound site for vista?
BTW, I was researching getting the optional insurance on the notebook. I looked at Toshiba's plan and several others on the internet. But then I called my insurance company. We have homeowners, auto, umbrella through them. They told me I was insured against theft, damage due to tornado, fire, etc, but not for damage or loss due to my own fault. So they put a rider on my policy for replacement value of the notebook if anything happened due to my fault. (spillage, dropping, losing it, etc) It's only $26/year, which is 1/4 to 1/8 the prices I was getting online, so I would highly recommend going this route instead of purchasing laptop insurance online. FYI
Thanks,
Eddie
