5 Ways to Prepare Your New Laptop Like a Pro

Maybe you just bought a Windows 10 laptop. The cardboard still wraps the new device beautifully, and you’re ready to use it for the first time. In the minds of most people, all one needs to do is press the on/off button, a little tweaking settings Windows base and finally the laptop is ready to go. But is it that easy? Certainly not. The laptop or notebook you just bought is never really ready until you do a few things tweaking small.

Well, here are 5 ways to prepare a new laptop to make it easier to use later:

1. Run the latest operating system

In short, your new laptop should be running the latest Windows operating system. Open the search box (“search”) and type “updates”. A window will open and select “check for updates”. After that Windows will search updates the latest operating system, but you don’t have to wait for this process to finish, because you can still do other things.

2. Arrange display scaling on a new laptop

Most laptops come with high-resolution screens, which provide vivid, full colors. It’s just that presenting font and icon pixels that are too high may not be good. So you need to control the size of objects on the screen using a feature, namely display scaling. If the content above the screen is too small, you can scale it down to 125 or even 150 percent. But if you want to make the content look right on the screen, you can lower that number to 100 percent.

It’s easy. Right-click in any area of ​​the screen, and then select Display Settings. Move sliders available in the menu “change the size of text, apps…”, to the left or right. Moving to the left lowers the scale percentage, so you will get a smaller object. Vice versa. The scale change will be visible at the top of the screen. Reboot laptop after finishing with the screen setup.

3. Unhide hidden files and File Extensions

In many ways, Windows 10 will treat you like an unbelievable teenager. The operating system hides many extensions (like .jpg, .xls, .docx, for example) and then makes system data completely invisible. Whereas knowing the file extension will make it easier for you to do many things with the desired file.

Revealing file extensions and various hidden files is very easy. Open File Explorer in Windows, which can be accessed by clicking on the yellow folder icon on the taskbar. Above the tabs, click on the “View” menu. Then uncheck the “hidden items” and “file name extensions”. Next you need to click on “View” once again.

4. Turn off Cortana when not needed

Cortana is a digital assistant app that offers some of the best features, such as the ability to set up reminders, find files by semantic search, or answer questions or prepare voice commands. But it seems Cortana is not really needed now, especially if you use a laptop.

If you don’t need Cortana, you can turn off its function by clicking on the Notebook icon and then making settings in the Settings section. Then move slides “Cortana can give you suggestions” in the Off position.

5. Setting up keyboard shortcuts for all apps

Doing this means saving a lot of time. Keyboard shortcuts will help you quickly access your favorite applications (example: CTRL + T to open a new tab in your browser). Furthermore, you can set up shortcuts in an easy way. Here’s how:

• Press the Windows + R combination to open a dialog box.
• Type “explorer shell:AppsFolder” in the dialog box and then press OK.
• After that you will find a list of available applications. Choose one of them to make shortcuts.
• A dialog box will open, and a number of icons will appear on the desktop screen.
• Right click on shortcuts new and select Properties.
• Enter the combination key using CTRL + ALT + selected character in the “Shortcut key” box. You can use symbols, letters, or numbers. Then click OK.

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