New laptop -- going from an obsolete MacBook (Apple discontinued OS support for the chipset) with battery issues that are to be expected after 6 years (it's on it's second battery), to a slightly outdated refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad (allowing me to put off Win8 for a few more years or until MS gives up on pretending that production desktop/laptop machines are iPads, anyhow).
Annoying because I need to start from scratch.
Which means I have to:
Boot Windows, try to authenticate the OS.
Configure the WiFi for my home router and cellphone hotspot (and maybe the school WiFi while I'm at it).
Check the Windows Firewall settings.
Maybe have to try again to authenticate the OS once I get a working internet connection.
Download: Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, AVG, NoScript.
Uninstall or hide bloatware.
Install: Firefox (and enable NoScript), Thunderbird (and configure it for my email accounts), LibreOffice, AVG, and see if my old unused copy of Office will work on Win7. See if Win7 recognizes my old printer.
Import my bookmarks.
Import my old files.
Run a scan with AVG.
Run a scan using whatever security stuff Windows has built in.
See if there's a backup utility to save an image of the cleaned-up drive and OS configuration before I start using the computer.
THEN, finally, I get to use it.
Blah.
Might tackle it tomorrow.
