Asked By
superuser
4875 points
N/A
Posted on - 09/30/2016
You bring your brand new laptop home and power it on for the first time. You go through the Windows setup and done. But that’s not enough to declare the laptop as yours.  How to set up a new laptop?
How To Set Up A New Laptop To Declare It As Yours.
1) WINDOWS UPDATES
2. Click "Check for updates."
Windows starts downloading the available updates.
2) DISPLAY SCALING
-> Right-click on the desktop.
-> Click on Display Settings.
-
Move the slider to the right.
-
Restart your computer and login back.
3) REMOVE THE FILE EXTENSIONS FROM HIDING MODE
-
Go to File Explorer.
-
Open the View tab.
-
Tick the box for file name extensions and hidden items.Â
4) CONFIGUREÂ CORTANA
-
Click next in the search box.
-> From the left side of the window press the notebook icon.
A list will appear.
-> Select particular and change the settings.
4) INSTALL YOUR BROWSER
-
Download and install the browser of your choice.
-
Open start menu.
-
Go to settings
-
Open the System window.
-
Click on Choose a default under Web Browser.
-> Click on your browser.
You can keep keyboard shortcuts for apps, sync your files, change the desktop themes, and disable the time- wasting lock of the screen and much more.
Â