Microsoft has seen the light and declared this to be the year of the Windows creative. And as a result, many artists will find new Surface Pros, Surface Books or Surface Studios stuffed inside their (enormous) Christmas stockings in the next few days.
Others of you will also be unwrapping a variety of Windows tablets and convertible laptops from makers like Dell, HP and Lenovo.
And many among these two groups will be disaffected Mac creatives who haven’t touched Windows in a long time (if ever).
You will all have many questions.
To all of you, we offer this holiday gift: a newbie’s guide to the steps you should take to get your new device up and running with a minimum of hassles.
Read on and save yourselves hours of potential aggravation. And if there’s anything we’ve forgotten to cover, reach out to us in the comments section below or via Twitter or Facebook.
Since tapping through 21 pages can get tedious with even the fastest connection, here are direct links to each.
TIP #2: RUN WINDOWS UPDATE. AGAIN. AND AGAIN.
TIP #3: PROTECT YOURSELF WITH WINDOWS DEFENDER
TIP #4: INSTALL MANUFACTURER UPDATES
TIP #6: PAIR YOUR PEN & TWEAK YOUR SETTINGS
TIP #7: CHOOSE ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD OPTIONS
TIP #8: CHECK OUT THE INK WORKSPACE
TIP #11: SET YOUR PEN SENSITIVITY
TIP #12: TRY A DIFFERENT PEN TIP
TIP #13: INSTALL THE WINTAB DRIVER
TIP #14: EXPLORE SOME WINDOWS STORE APPS
TIP #15: INSTALL SOME DESKTOP ALTERNATIVES
TIP #18: STEADY YOUR STROKES WITH LAZY NEZUMI PRO
TIP #19: CREATE AN ON-SCREEN TOOLBAR
If you find any of this advice or any of the other content we offer here useful, please support us by turning off your AdBlocker for this domain, clicking on an occasional ad, starting your Amazon buying sessions from one of our links or donating via the links found at the top of the home page!
Your generous support is even more critical in the new year as I fight to keep this site alive and up to date with the content that matters most to you. Thanks!
