PC World - USA (2019-02)

104 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019

HERE’S HOW

W

hat makes your house your

home? Is it the furniture?

The art? A few favorite

collectibles arranged on

the shelves? Your PC doesn’t have to be any

different. If you’re new to Windows 10, we’ll

show you how to personalize your PC to

make it feel, well, yours.

From the moment you first power on

your PC, you’ll be asked to choose how to

manage your privacy and security. But once

you complete that short process, the fun

begins: you’ll be able to select

backgrounds, configure your Start menu,

and select apps and shortcuts. Think of this

story as a complement to our previous

tutorial on how to set up your new PC

efficiently and effectively (go.pcworld.com/

supc). This is the fun stuff.

THE WINDOWS 10 OOBE

Any time you buy a new PC, you’re almost

certainly going to walk through what

Microsoft calls the “Out of Box

Experience,” or OOBE. While the OOBE is

simply a series of setup screens narrated by

How to personalize your PC

A PC doesn’t have to be a tool; it should feel like an extension of who you are.

BY MARK HACHMAN

IMAGE: MARK HACHMAN