Windows Awareness Question

[James Moore <jhmfa () RIT EDU>]

I need a resource to take someone through step by step what they need to
do when they buy a new PC.  It was assembled months ago, it doesn't have
50 patches it needs, and ...

I have been asked for a "Where do we start" article.  When I help
friends out at home, I burn the latest free firewall, free antivirus,
free ad-aware, and free anti-spyware to a CD, load that before
connecting to the network, and then start windowsupdate after everything
else is loaded.  

How do you advise users of home systems, and students?

Jim
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Jim Moore, CISSP, IAM
Information Security Officer
Rochester Institute of Technology
13 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY 14623-5603
Office: 585-475-5406
Fax: 585-475-7950 

"In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he
seems" - William Shakespeare (Henry V, Act 2, Scene 4)

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