Things to do upon Purchasing DV5?

Hi guys, i've just purchased a hp dv5, im wondering what i should do now, cuz im a noob at this. what should i do first? do i delete the bloatware that comes with this? is there even hp bloatware? if so, how can i fix it? do i create backup dics or something? do i hav to update my drivers??
what do i do??

 

Just go to control panel > Uninstall a Program, then remove anything you aren't likey to use. Most importantly, get rid of Norton antivirus straight away! and install your own AV or a decent free one like Avira.

Then go through some of these tweaks:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=166532

But be careful, skip the ones that have warnings on them if you aren't sure.
After I did those tweaks with my DV5 it was really fast and still is

Then go to the HP website, find your exact model number and in the search and find the drivers page.
Use Device Manager in the control panel to check if your drivers are outdated compared to the ones on the site.

 

lol, does norton suck?
oh yeah, i got a really low score for the graphics on the windows exprience index(5.0) is this abnormal?

 

Yes it does, say bye bye to it lol

Actually 5's pretty high, the highest you can get is 5.9, but the windows experience index scores aren't the most accurate anyway.

I get 4.9 total on mine and I have the 9600M GT, that was after installing the latest Nvidia driver too...

 

Google Decrapifier and download it!

It is the best bloatware removal program!

 

definitely create your recovery discs. after you do that, you can nuke you're recovery partition, but i wouldn't, but that's just me. can never have to many back ups.