One of the first things that I needed to do with my new laptop was to install the antivirus protection software.  And while the laptop came with a 30 trial, I already had a subscription for my other machines and opted for using that instead.

So, I loaded the antivirus CD into the drive and waited.  Since my new machine is windows 8.1, I didn’t know what to expect.  Moments later, a box popped in the upper right hand corner of the screen asking me to click on it for instructions.  But, as I was moving there with my mouse, I bumped the edge of the screen and another box appeared.

Unfortunately, before I could close the new box, my CD box disappeared.  This happened several times before I successfully made it to the CD box.  That is when I realized that this new machine was not going to be plug and play.