Setup Tips - Windows

Gary's Suggested Setup Instructions for:

Windows XP

Get XP Service Pack 2 (security updates to IE and Firewall protection)

Minimum RAM suggestion (512MB )

Run the following every other week

• AdAware
• Spybot
• Windows Defender

Applications install

FireFox web browser settings (great browser and has tab browsing)

mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/tabs

FireFox (1.5.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• General tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • History (0 days),
  • Saved Form Information (uncheck),
  • Saved Passwords (uncheck remember..),
  • Download Manager History (Upon successful download),
  • Cache (0kb)

FireFox (2.0.x) Menu Preferences;

• Main tab -
  • Location (type in where you want your default web page)
• Privacy tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck; Remember visited pages... (0 days),
  • uncheck remember what I enter in forms...
  • uncheck remember what I've downloaded
  • Accecpt cookies from sites; keep until I close Firefox
• Security tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • uncheck remember passwords for sites
• Advanced tab (in addition to what is checked or unchecked by default) -
  • Network tab
    • cache; use up to 0MB of space...

Internet Explorer settings

From Tools Menu; Internet Options: General tab (set address to what you want)

Settings button: Amount of disk space to use; 1MB

Delete Files button; Click OK

History Area: Days to keep pages in history; 0 (select clear history if you haven't done so already)

Office

Open Word, turn off recently used file option from the Tools Menu; Options

Open Excel, turn off the recently used file option from the Tools Menu; Options

Open PowerPoint, turn off the recently used file option from the Tools Menu; Options

QuickTime Updates

apple.com/quicktime/download/

Real Player

Windows Media Player

Flash player

Adobe Reader 7.0.9 or 8.0

adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html

StuffIt Expander Open StuffIt Expander; StuffIt Menu; Preferences; check both of the delete after expanding options.

Other Stuff

Run CCleaner every so often (after all  these installation and whenever you do a lot of installs or after a month or so of use of your computer)

Run the following every other week

• AdAware
• Spybot

Utilize -

• GRISOFT Antivirus
• Norton Antivirus

Have a good amount of RAM in your computer (512MB )

sometimes loose RAM or bad RAM can make your computer unstable.

Use MavDISK for backup and/or CDs or DVDs

http://mavweb.mnsu.edu