OS installation and much more?

by Jo Escotal on April 21st, 2010

An Operating System in an essential software needed to run and manage your computer.  However many users fail to realize that after installing the OS your only halfway to your goal of making your environment stable so here is a list of things to do after installing the OS to make it more secure and stable.

1. Install an Operating System: Microsoft (Windows 2K, XP, Vista and 7) Apple (Mac OS X Snow Leopard) Sun Solaris/Ubuntu/Red Hat to name a few (Unix or Some Variants of Linux)

2. Anti-Virus Software (McAfee, Norton, AVG, Kaspersky and Bit Defender)

3. Anti-Spyware Software (AdAware and Windows Defender most popular)

4. Service Packs, Updates and Hot Fixes. (Windows 2K SP4, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 it is just a matter of time)

5. Firewall (Windows Firewall, Zone Alarm and Black ice Defender to name a few)

6. Applications (MS Office and Adobe Products are some of the popular applications most users will need for everyday tasks)

7. Browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Google Chrome)

8. Load Utilities (PDF you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash for movies etc..)

9. IDS (Intrusion Detection System the most popular is SNORT for Windows )

10. Use common sense and enjoy your computer experience

Jo Blitz Escotal
CEO
Escotal.com

 

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