First scan from Ccleaner

Welcome to SF!

Keep the Cookies for sites that you want your browser to "remember", (ie, site-specific Log-ins, settings, etc.)
The latest version of CCleaner has a new option to backup this list.

richc46 is certainly right about the Registry Cleaner- any registry cleaner; they can cause a lot of problems for you- especially if you don't have a good working knowledge of its ins and outs.
Just take a look at all those so-called "unused" file extensions that it's offering to 'clean'; you get rid of them and you're going to have a real mess on your hands. Sure, some of them may not be currently associated with programs on your system, but many of them are.

Windows 7 runs just fine, just the way it is. With earlier versions of Windows a certain amount of Tweaking may have nudged the responsiveness of those OS's a little bit, but I haven't found any real-world speed benefit from messing around with 7.

"If it works, don't fix it." :)

To save the cookies you click on options, then cookies

You will see 2 columns. The left one are all the cookies

The right are the saved
Put the ones you want in saved

Then once a day delete cookies
At the end of the day put all the ones you want in the saved column and delete again
Do this for about a week.

After a week, if you log into an account and then the ID is missing the next time. Log in and go to cc and put it in the right column

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33408...4-bit-support/

MSE is real time for virus and malware and is both Virus and malware scanner
But for extra safety use malwarebytes as a weekly scanner.
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Rich has you covered very well.

Here is link for malwarebytes
Free version left button at the top of the page.
Malwarebytes

My 2 cents on this Christmas Eve!

Mike

Stop with the mechanic, in general they cause problems. NOt picking on mechanic in particular
If you encounter a virus, you will be warned. Still run a scan once a week, things get by, with any AV.

See my above post I gave you the download link for Essentsials

Listen my friend
I can tell you are all excited about Christmas and your new computer, I think thats great.
Use and enjoy the computer, if you have any questions dont guess come here and we will give you the best course of action.

Wait I have a Christmas Gift for you
It is our complete index of all our tutorials. If you learn eveything in these tutorials, you will know more than Mr Gates.
Windows 7 - Tutorial Index[2]=General Tips