Set up Windows 11 like a pro: 10 things you must do on your new laptop

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Laptops have become an essential piece of tech in our daily lives, and you don't have to be a professional or business person to need one today. Most households tend to have at least one personal computer which is shared amongst members of the family. If you've just ordered yourself a new laptop or if this is your first computer, there are a few essential things you'll want to do right away before anything else. These tasks will ensure that your laptop runs like new for longer, and you get the best possible performance that you paid for.

If you have multiple people at home accessing the same laptop, it's good to set up individual profiles for each person. This gives each user a personalised space, as if it were their own laptop. It's also useful to safeguard your sensitive information that you might not want your kids to stumble upon or worse, accidentally delete anything.

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In Windows 11, go to Settings > Accounts > scroll down and click Other users. Click the ‘Add account' button. If you don't want to use the person's Microsoft account, click ‘I don't have this person's sign-in information' and then click ‘Add a user without a Microsoft account.' Once the account is created, you can set the account type as ‘Standard' or ‘Administrator.' The latter gives you full control over Windows like the ability to install apps and change system settings, so it's best to limit that access to just a few users at home.

The quickest way to get all your files from your old laptop to the new one is to copy everything onto a portable drive, and then copy that to the new laptop. This gives you better control over how you want to organise your data on your new laptop. You can also copy data in parts, in case you don't have a large enough drive. An alternate method would be to upload your data on your old laptop to the cloud, and then simply download that back to the new laptop. This can be a