Need patient help I have a bunch of beginner's questions

countrygal52

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Good Morning,
I need to ask very basic questions so I need patient help and would be really grateful if someone will help me out. I have just bought a new laptop that comes with Windows 8. My old laptop which is still working has Windows Vista. So I am trying to set up my new laptop but there are so many things I just don't know so here I go:

1.I want Google chrome as my browser so should I get an antivirus before I download Google Chrome?

2.There are so many sites where I can download Google chrome and I do not know which one to choose, do you have any suggestions?

3. After I have downloaded Google I would like to get rid of the start up page with all the 'charms' (I don't know if this is the right term) and download a program that would make my start up page look 'normal' (like windows 7) - I saw that there are various programs that can do that - do you have any suggestions?

thank you so much for your help.

Fulvia

p.s. I live in Italy but I got my pc from the States . I lived there for a few years so all my programs are in English and I like it that way but find it difficult to get help from forums in Italy because of the language on my pc.
 

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    windows 8
Good Morning,
I need to ask very basic questions so I need patient help and would be really grateful if someone will help me out. I have just bought a new laptop that comes with Windows 8. My old laptop which is still working has Windows Vista. So I am trying to set up my new laptop but there are so many things I just don't know so here I go:

1.I want Google chrome as my browser so should I get an antivirus before I download Google Chrome?

2.There are so many sites where I can download Google chrome and I do not know which one to choose, do you have any suggestions?

3. After I have downloaded Google I would like to get rid of the start up page with all the 'charms' (I don't know if this is the right term) and download a program that would make my start up page look 'normal' (like windows 7) - I saw that there are various programs that can do that - do you have any suggestions?

thank you so much for your help.

Fulvia

The first thing to do is install an antivirus unless you want to depend on Windows Defender & Firewall.

Download Chrome:

https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/


Set Homepage :

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
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    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
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    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
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    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
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    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
    Browser
    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
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2.There are so many sites where I can download Google chrome and I do not know which one to choose, do you have any suggestions?
A good site for the latest versions of Browsers in general is the following: Browsers Downloads - FileHippo.comI get my Chrome downloads using this site.

3. After I have downloaded Google I would like to get rid of the start up page with all the 'charms' (I don't know if this is the right term) and download a program that would make my start up page look 'normal' (like windows 7) - I saw that there are various programs that can do that - do you have any suggestions?
Personally, I work in the Desktop nearly all the time. I, too, like the look and feel of a Win7-like desktop, so I have installed Start8 and ModernMix from Stardock. But, there are free versions of start menu apps you can try. Look in the Customization section.
 

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Why go to a third party site for GOOGLE chrome? Just go to Google and download it. As to your 3 question I am trying to remember how I did that without installing any 3rd party software. Will post when it comes to me.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro
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