elgato
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: The Procrastinator's Guide to PC Maintenance |
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As you undoubtedly know, you're supposed keep your files backed up, your applications up-to-date, and your antivirus software current. Unfortunately, you are--to speak frankly--too lazy to do these tasks as thoroughly and regularly as you should, and too cheap to shell out for add-ons that would do it for you automatically. How do I know? Because...we have a lot in common.
But we don't have to reinvent ourselves to get things under control. Here are a few tricks you can use to keep up on your basic PC maintenance without breaking a sweat.
If you still use Windows XP, your operating system expects you to perform a few more maintenance tasks than later Windows versions do.
Defragmenting your hard drive, for instance, is automatically scheduled in Windows 7 and Vista but has to be done manually in XP (right-click the drive name in My Computer, select Properties, Tools, and choose Defragment Now).
We have plenty of great how-to articles explaining different backup strategies and backup plans; but if external drives and thoughts of drive images make your eyes glaze over, they won't help. Instead, think about what you have on your PC that you'd miss if you lost it.
For example, if you have irreplaceable photos on your PC that you need to back up, but you don't want to spend the time or money required to back them up to a DVD or external drive, consider storing them in a Flickr account, a Picasa Web album, or even a Facebook album.
more.. link to news article |
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Digmen1
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
Posts: 985
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| Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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I did not like that article, it said use Microsoft programs to do everything !
I like to use independent defraggers, anti virus, firewalls etc.
But yes we should also do some maintenance on our PC's. I have made up a weekly and monthly job list. |
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