The tips below offer some very simple advice on keeping your PC working correctly and efficiently.
1. Be careful what you install on your computer, remember everything that you install will take up room on your hard disk and sap some resources from your machines. Think twice, do you really need all those internet toolbars, screensavers and applications installed on your PC? It may work much faster without them.
2. Keep your Operating System and security software up to date. You need to do this to ensure that you are protected against the latest threats as well as getting the latest fixes to help your operating systems and applications run more smoothly.
3. From time to time it’s a good idea to review what programs you have installed on your computer. There may well be software that you no longer use and these can then be correctly removed (not just deleted) to free up both space and resources. You can also run the disk cleanup to remove temporary files.
4. Using the tools built in to the operating system, check your hard disk for errors and run the disk cleanup and defragmenter on a regular basis, this helps keep the hard drive running efficiently and can speed up the retrieval of data from the drive, conversely if left undone for a long period of time your machine can slow down.
5. Keep your machine clean, if your PC is full of dust then it may well run hotter than it should and this can cause damage to the components. Keep it as dust free as possible and have it cleaned out from time to time to allow good airflow. It goes without saying that you should not obstruct the airflow through the machine.
Regardless of how well you look after your machine things can still break down so make sure that you regularly back up your data correctly so you don’t loose it.
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