To-do list after a fresh installation of Windows
After the succesfull installation of SP2 now is the time to protect your computer against viruses. This section consists of two tutorials, the first tutorial is for those who've allready downloaded or purchased antivirus software and have it at hand. The latter is for those people who don't have access to antivirus software. Don't mix up the plans, since connecting to the internet and downloading antivirus software puts you at risk of infection. Predownloading antivirus software is strongly recommended.
- Insert the medium (floppy/cd/dvd/usb) with the antivirussoftware
- If the windows autoplay function doesn't kick in goto step 3, else goto step 5
- Goto start->run->browse
- Browse to the medium and search for a file named setup.exe install.exe etc.->ok->ok
- Follow the instructions in the setup wizard
- Reboot after installation has finished
- Goto the next page of this tutorial, the steps below are for people who haven't got antivirus software at hand
Note: Do NOT connect your computer to the internet if you've followed the above steps
- Shutdown the computer
- Connect the modemcable to the appropriate port
- Start the computer
- Goto start->control panel->internet options->connection
- Enter the internet connection setup wizard and follow the instructions
- Goto one of the sites mentioned in the antivirus section of this site and download a antivirus program (do NOT choose open from location, but choose save as, save the file to a easily accesible location like the desktop)
- Doubleclick the downloaded file and follow the setup instructions
- After finishing setup restart the computer
- Immediatly update the scanner and scan your harddrive
- Continue to the next step