What do you first do when you log on to your computer

For me , first log-on : Scan for viruses/spyware

The , Check ma offlines and e-mails

www.google.com

research ,

Check mail and run out

Get Windows Media Player on.

press enter,
avg scanner comeson
msn and yahoo mess starts automatically
check offlines an emails
other stuff follows

Mozilla Thunderbird comes up and downloads all my mail. I log onto Nairaland and check for undread replies. If I'm going to code I start up Zend Studio and then Windows Media Player.

After that, anything goes.

I never turn off my computer, except daing, ocassionaly. My computer is always on ( i think tghat's bad).

But when i off it, and turn it on, Mcfee virus scan comes up. And i sign unto yahoo mess, check my mail, and offlines. Reply some offlines if the people r not there. And reply my mails. Other things follow.

Like play my music, or burn some music on limewire, or burn movies. Or do my homework if i have, infact i dont plan wat i do on the computer. But the first thing of course, is to sign on yahoo messenger, cos that way, i wont have to sign on yahoo mail again, i just click the mail button.

Don't turn mine off either. BTW (hot-angel ) there is nuttin wrong leaving your system on. Its meant to be on at all times as long as you have a good cooling system and a firewall (if you are using broadband internet).

Nairaland!!!!!1

Ynot:

Don't turn mine off either. BTW (hot-angel ) there is nuttin wrong leaving your system on. Its meant to be on at all times as long as you have a good cooling system and a firewall (if you are using broadband internet).

Thanks, i use Mcfee, and yeah, my computer has firewall, i also use broadband.

That's true. My system is almost always on although I have to restart periodically because Windows tends to get sluggish after three days because it caches applications.

You don't even need to reboot your computer. If you browse a lot, always delete your 'temporary internet files' folder to free space on your hard drive.

Windows caches the programs you use frequently in a Prefetch folder. The reason is that Windows XP is configured to prefetch application and program components so that when you load them to memory; it appears to be very quick. When XP boots up, it will prefetch portions of the files you use the most. It loads all associated files, libraries, and pointers necessary to run the program in advance, the preloaded subset makes your system appear quicker.

However, XP will retain a copy of a portion of a program in the prefetch folder even if you only use it one time. Since you may not use the program again, you may impact the performance of your system by having portions of a program you do not use loaded in your system's memory. So, XP systems with very low hardware resources (such as memory and hard disk space) will definitely be affected by an over-bloated prefetch folder.

The solution:

Click Start --> Run --> type Prefetch --> Enter and the prefetch folder will pop up.

Delete the files in this folder except the layout.ini file (its a configuration file used by defrag.exe) and your system will be relatively faster.

You can also disable this in the Windows Registry.

First thing I usually do is open MSN messenger then I check my mail
then I usually browse the net for a bit
once i've checked everything I want to i'll play a game or something

Check email and log in to msn messenger too. then I check all my favorite bookmarks.

Thanks Ynot -- you're a real Windows Guru .

first thing i do when i launch ma[i] fedora core 5[/i], is to press F12 key, and my yakuake drops down. The first command i find my self typing always is ls -s.Don't know y i do that bt kind of use to it. Then i do amarok & so it  runs in the background. win+x to make it play the default play list. then other things follow.

I have a LAN actually, made up of:
- a P4 WinXP Laptop = I use it for surfing
- a P4 Fedora Core Machine = i set it up as a mail/file/mp3 server
- a Firewall Machine(linux) = as firewall/proxy server
- a P4 Win2000/XP desktop = has C++, VB, etc = for application development/WebDesign
- a Cisco 2950 switch
- a P3 WinXp = just for hacking

as much as possible, my firewall machine and mail/file/mp3 server are always on.

The first thing I do when I log on to my computer, usually the P4 WinXP is to do security checks here and there, check my logs, etc , If everything is fine, I check up on Client websites, to see if things are ok. If all is well, then i check my mails first, and after, google+Nairaland.

Never goes off only for required restarts by some applications, but as for now it has had a 3 week up-time, no restarts whatsoever

First thing I do:

Go to MySpace and check my messages! Then its to Facebook to see if any friends left me a message on my wall. Then I go to MSN.com and read all the news about the celebrities.

my yahoo msger automatically pops up
i check my mail, play some music and login on to nairaland

Nairaland is so addictive

Soon as i start up,
, Log on to messenger to check offlines(and who is on!!)
log into gmail to download me messages,
Log into yahoo,
And ofcos, my media player sould have been up and running a long time ago by now!!

After his, anything goes

Sign in to yahoo messenger immediately

go in2 msn init

Since all my messangers are preset to sign in automatically,i just put on my winamp.

Yahoo messenger, the Firefox to check list of connected clients on the firewall/gateway, then i check my webmail and then i load GTA3 and play away till my boss comes in.

For me, I connect to the internet via my reltel phone and check my mails then anything follows. And pls (dont laugh), can somebody tell me what firewall helps to do when u r on the net?

Protects ur computer against unauthorised entry,be it worms or viruses or humans

thanks Niterider, though I didnt know what it does but I have always let it work.

No mention at all

@ Ynot.
Thanks for the lil bit of info pasted earlier.It came in very handy

You're welcome niterider.

When I log on to my computer, I usually check my email right away. I dont do the whole "virus scan" deal because I'd like to think that my computer is immune to all viruses.