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Optimizing your windows system. Windows updates. Updates Security updates Feature updates Driver updates Service pack A group of features & Security updates. Windows XP update & Windows 7. XP uses an online updater Win 7 has a built in updater Category’s High priorities
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Windows updates • Updates • Security updates • Feature updates • Driver updates • Service pack • A group of features & Security updates
Windows XP update & Windows 7 • XP uses an online updater • Win 7 has a built in updater • Category’s • High priorities • Holds most of you updates • Software (Optional) • Holds updates for office and added • Hardware (Optional) • Drivers for you system
Watch out! (Handling updates) • Drivers and windows update • Bad or corrupted updates • Updates with holes • When do new updates hit? • Tech republic
Disk Clean up utility • Help you manage all you temporary files • Internet files • Recycle bin • Downloaded programs
Registry • Clean registry • Helps clean up old versions of programs • Cleans up code that you don’t need • How? • CC cleaner is a good freeware that cleans your registry for you. • Risk?
Disk defragmentation • What is it? • Win7 automatically start • Will it slow you down? • Should you enable automatic disk defrag with SSD?
System configuration (MSCONFIG) • General • Allows you to choose different types of startup. Normal, diagnostic, custom • Boot • Allows you to look at all the OS’s you have installed. • Service • This shows a list of services that are running on your computer (like task manager) • Startup • Shows you what programs will start up when the computer starts up • Tools • Lists tools that you can use in windows