Laptop Setup Instructions

Download Google Chrome • From your browser (Microsoft Edge), search “Google Chro me”, Download and install Google Chrome from google.com, following their steps as shown on their website. • You will then need to go to your downloads and run the chrome installer. You should then see a Chrome icon on your desktop. • With Chrome open, right click (or two finger tap on trackpad) on the Chrome icon on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, then click on “Pin to task bar” do the same thing to the Microsoft edge icon but instead click “Unpin to taskbar”. Make chrome your default browser • Click on the search bar with the magnifying glass and search “default programs”, then select “Defaults apps”. • Under Default apps scroll to the bottom and find “Choose default apps by file type ” in blue font. Scroll through the list to find all apps that use Microsoft edge and change to google chrome when possible. When changing to chrome, you may be prompted to stay with edge as it is the recommended browser, choose switch anyway. Move to the Next item and repeat. • .HTTP and .HTTPS are very critical and need to be changed to google Chrome. • There are 6 extensions that you can skip when going through the list: .mht .mhtml .pdf .webp .FTP .xml • Chrome is now set as the default.

Download and install Acrobat Reader (from adobe.com)

• Click on: https://get.adobe.com/reader/?promoid=TTGWL47M • When the page opens, uncheck all of the Optional Offers. • Click on the download Acrobat Reader button under Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to begin download .

Uninstall all McAfee programs

• Go to settings> apps> installed apps • Scroll down to McAfee and uninstall all McAfee apps.

Activate your Licensed Academic version of Office 365 account • You will be receiving an email with detailed instruction for downloading and installing Office 365 with an academic license.

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