{"id":1237,"date":"2017-12-21T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T20:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2017-12-23T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-23T17:08:53","slug":"1237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2017\/12\/21\/1237\/","title":{"rendered":"New holiday computer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you got a new PC for the holidays, congrats. What\u2019s next? Windows 10 updates, Cortana practice, customization, privacy settings, another browser, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, backup, \u2026 fun.<\/p>\n<p>As in the past, PC World posted an article yesterday about what to do first with a new PC: &#8220;<a title=\"Set up antivirus, clear out bloatware, and perform other tasks to keep your PC humming well into the future\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3040361\/computers\/how-to-set-up-new-computer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to set up your new computer<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Best practices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Run Windows Update<\/li>\n<li>Install a second browser, e.g., Google&#8217;s Chrome<\/li>\n<li>Set up your new PC&#8217;s security &#8212; either the default Windows Defender or a 3rd party program bundled by the manufacturer + Malwarebytes<\/li>\n<li>Clean your computer&#8217;s bloatware (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Learn about your new computer (new features compared to your previous one)<\/li>\n<li>Install additional software programs (e.g., Microsoft Office or a 3rd party Office program)<\/li>\n<li>Copy personal files from your old PC (or not &#8212; if all your stuff&#8217;s stored in various Cloud services)<\/li>\n<li>Back up your new computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And it&#8217;s best to do these things when you&#8217;re not distracted or stressed by other things. And one step at a time. And practice, practice, practice. (<em>How do you eat<\/em> a <em>whale<\/em>? One bite at a time.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you got a new PC for the holidays, congrats. What\u2019s next? Windows 10 updates, Cortana practice, customization, privacy settings, another browser, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, backup, \u2026 fun. As in the past, PC World posted an article yesterday about what to do first with a new PC: &#8220;How to set up your new computer.&#8221; Best practices: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-1237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","tag-new-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1243,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1237\/revisions\/1243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}