what next

[miriam]

I am helping a friend of mine with her pc. She has a celantron processor. I formatted the pc. install wins 98 Se, upgrade memory, and what do i do next?

[PresterJohn]

d/l the latest hotfixes/patches from the MS site

install apps (ms office, games, av, etc)

tweak the system settings

defrag the drive

[John Prophet]

well you also need the drivers for the motherboard..like the IDE drivers etc....if its a "brand" name pc like HP or Dell you can just go to their website and find drivers..else you need to find out what motherboard it is and get drivers for it.....otherwise itll run slowish.

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then, after the windows updates...

go get the cool free stuff that we all need

winzip
adobe acrobat reader
Windows media player 9
realplayer 1
adaware www.lavasoftusa.com

I also always change the "file system" to "network server"...makes it a lil faster.....right click "my computer""properties"/performance then click "file system at the bottom....then you see "typical role of this computer"..thats where you want it to be "network server"

[MDS]

after everything is set-up ghost the drive for easy set-up next time