rodeoseamonkey

Hi everyone, Im new, my first post, please be gentle :-) I was just wondering, having started this evening with a new PC, with Vista Ultimate as my os, I assume there must be a guide about that has a generally accepted list of tasks to undertake to set up the ultimate PC. i.e what to install (e.g. spyware, AV, etc, etc) what to switch off what to tweak what rules to follow to have the best experience possible As each hour passes, I know that things start going wrong, more things are installed, things get corrupted, bit rot starts and the PC never runs the same again - I was going to try for something different this time - get it right at the beginning - purcase something like 'deep freeze'so that it will always be that same PC. Hope I have asked the questions clearly, what do you experts do as first steps on new install to get things absolutely spot on & work best for you THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE :-)