Laptop-ing on a Sunday

I wasn't expecting myself to be up so earlier today but I actually got up around 12:30 PM. I know that sounds late, but for a night guy like me who usually gets up around 4:00 PM, that's waayyy early.

Anyway, I actually helped one of my friends buy a laptop last Monday and I promised i'd fix it up today so he dropped by our place around 3:30 PM. I spent close to an hour trying to figure out how to share my Internet connection using WiFi and ended up having using the WiFi connection to simply transfer some of the installers instead. I removed some of the pre-installed trash on his laptop, like trial Microsoft and Norton software, and replaced them with more effective and efficient freeware like Open Office and Comodo internet Security. I also installed a couple of utilities from Piriform and desktop add-ons from Punk Software. I also then copied my music and video collection, together with the software I use to manage them - iTunes and Vuze, and then downloaded Google Earth and Google Sketch Up just for fun.

After installing all the stuff I told him he needed on his laptop, I gave him tips on how to maintain the system and then ran all the scans once, which included a complete in-depth registry and disk clean-up scan using Comodo System Cleaner and and a fast follow up clean up using CCleaner. We ended around 9:30 PM which was 6 full hours from when we started, me, partly satisfied for what I was able to help him out. :-)

P.S.: Wish we had the time to install all the updates. :'(