My 2 cents: edit your startup items to kill off everything that you don't need off-the-bat. I'll second driver updates if you're using new software that requires such. Partition your HD such that Windows has its own 15-20 gig section and never install ANYTHING in there but windows updates and other related items. Lastly, get Comodo firewall w/ Avira anti-virus, both free, because they actually do something. Lastly, get plenty of ram unless you have it already.
__________________
|