{"id":1518,"date":"2020-12-29T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T23:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2021-12-30T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:45:00","slug":"setting-up-a-new-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2020\/12\/29\/setting-up-a-new-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up a new PC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PC World&#8217;s annual advice on setting up a new PC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 PC World > &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3040361\/how-to-set-up-new-computer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to set up your new computer<\/a>&#8221; by Brad Chacos, Senior Editor (Dec 25, 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u2026 a new PC isn\u2019t like a new car; you can\u2019t just turn a key and put the pedal to the metal. Okay, maybe you can\u2014but you shouldn\u2019t. Performing just a few simple activities when you first fire it up can help it be safer, faster, and better poised for the future. Here\u2019s how to set up a new laptop or desktop computer the right way, step by step.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Run Windows Update on your new PC<\/li><li>Install your favorite browser<\/li><li>Set up your new PC\u2019s security<\/li><li>Clean your computer\u2019s bloatware<\/li><li>Fill your new computer with software<\/li><li>Back up your new computer<\/li><li><em>Optional<\/em>: Update your new PC\u2019s drivers<\/li><li><em>Optional<\/em>: Learn about your new computer<\/li><li>Wrap-up<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC World&#8217;s annual advice on setting up a new PC. \u2022 PC World > &#8220;How to set up your new computer&#8221; by Brad Chacos, Senior Editor (Dec 25, 2020) \u2026 a new PC isn\u2019t like a new car; you can\u2019t just turn a key and put the pedal to the metal. Okay, maybe you can\u2014but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,126,1,127],"tags":[149,38,52],"class_list":["post-1518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-desktop","category-general","category-notebook","tag-pc","tag-setup","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}