Random advice: - You really want to be on windows 10, not 7. It's better in all ways but one to 7. The one is the forced updating. To avoid having updates forc

Random advice: - You really want to be on windows 10, not 7. It's better in all ways but one to 7. The one is the forced updating. To avoid having updates forced on you in the middle of a day, give windows a chance to do updates by shutting down every once in a while. - Settings are spread across the settings app (start), the control panel and various control applets (right-click on start), the registry (windows+R, regedit <enter>) and files on disk (like the hosts file in windows/system32/drivers/etc). Honestly, it's a mess, and google is your friend. It bites you in the beginning, but once set up it really doesn't matter. - Secondary screens: windows+P switches modes (mirror, second-only, ...). Saves you from unplugging and replugging cables with your fingers crossed. Mixed dpi is a mess, still. You can configure the scaling of different screens separately from display settings, but apps which haven't been updated (properly) for compatibility with mixed dpi look blurry, tiny or huge on any screen that wasn't the primary screen when you signed in to windows, and sometimes look off even on that one. This is getting better, but still a pain. - People will advocate the linux subsystem for windows, and it's great, but it lives in its own walled garden. If you want access to linuxy tools from the regular cmd.exe consider installing something like msys2 to get the basics in your windows path. Or learn powershell. - Learn the shortcuts to manage your windows / virtual desktops. Windows is pretty good at managing windows. https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/4915/windows-10-tip-master-multitasking-keyboard-shortcuts https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10/4915/windows-10-... (props to Paul Thurrott for his many awesome tip articles.) - Be more careful where you get software from. If you were last a windows user in the era of download.com and the like, forget about those sites. They're all malware-ridden. Only get software directly from the vendor's site. Also, ninite is pretty good to get a basic set of software going. You don't need a third-party anti-virus, the baked in one is good enough.