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Maintaining Your Computer System

Maintaining Your Computer System. DO: Shut down your computer properly Start – Shut Down - Shut Down Start – Shut Down – Restart To end a program – Ctrl – Alt - Delete. Maintaining Your Computer System. Why?

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Maintaining Your Computer System

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  1. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Shut down yourcomputer properly Start – Shut Down - Shut Down Start – Shut Down – Restart To end a program – Ctrl – Alt - Delete

  2. Maintaining Your Computer System Why? When you turn your computer on, the computer goes through several steps. For example: Detection of hardware Check them with the existing database Check for new hardware Check if the keyboard, mouse and the monitor are connected Check for the disk drives Check for how much memory is available and so on

  3. Maintaining Your Computer System Why? Same when shutting down a computer Active process should be terminated one by one before the PC can be put to rest.

  4. Maintaining Your Computer System Why? Cause Software problems: If the power is cut off to the PC without warning: All files related to the open applications could get corrupted The operating system could get corrupted which could require you to reinstall the entire system again.

  5. Maintaining Your Computer System Why? Will Cause Hardware Problems: If the hard disk was busy writing something, this could lead to a complete loss data. The hard drive could go bad. It could damage RAM

  6. Maintaining Your Computer System Why? Will Cause Software Problems: If the power is cut off to the PC without warning: All files related to the open applications could get corrupted The operating system could get corrupted which could require you to reinstall the entire system again.

  7. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Regular Scandisk to check the hard disk surface for damage. Start – All Programs – Accessories – Systems Tools – Disk Clean up If your hard drive is damaged, Scandisk will try and fix your problem.

  8. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Defragment the hard drive every 6 months Start – All Programs – Accessories – System Tools – Disk Defragmenter

  9. Maintaining Your Computer System Why: Defragment your computer? Helps computer to run faster Organizes files on hard disk

  10. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Delete all files and programs you are not using To delete files – Point at file – Right Click – Delete To delete programs – Start – Control Panel – Add or Remove Programs – Click on Program – Click Change/Remove

  11. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Use an anti-virus program to prevent a virus. If you do not have virus protection, go to www.ad-aware.com. Run this program once a week.

  12. Maintaining Your Computer System Signs your computer is infected: You experience long slowdowns Continuously get pop-up ads that you cannot make go away. Directed to sites you didn’t intend to visit. Search results are really weird.

  13. Maintaining Your Computer System DO: Back up data on CD or Jump Drive. Point at file – Right Click – Send To

  14. Maintaining Your Computer System CD Maintenance: Do not remove a CD while it is in use. Do not store in extremely hot or cold locations.

  15. Maintaining Your Computer System Jump DriveMaintenance: Do not use magnets around the jump drive. Do not take a jump drive apart. Do not remove the jump drive while it is in use. Do not store in extremely hot or cold locations. Do not spill liquids on the disk.

  16. Maintaining Your Computer System DO NOT: Eat or drink around the computer Use magnets around a computer

  17. Maintaining Your Computer System Cleaning Computer: Note: Before cleaning anything, unplug it from the electrical wall socket. Does not need to be cleaned too often if they are kept in a clean environment Clean the computer when it looks dirty. (2) things that need the most cleaning are the screen and mouse.

  18. Maintaining Your Computer System Cleaning Materials: Soft lint-free cloth – This will clean the case Damp cotton swab – For cracks and tight places Use a damp-lint free cloth to clean the monitor. Use a dry cloth to dry the screen. Use a fabric softener cloth to remove static on the screen.

  19. Maintaining Your Computer System Cleaning Keyboard: Use a slightly damp cotton swab to clean in-between the keys. Wipe the outside of the keyboard with a damp cloth. Use compressed air to remove paper pieces and dust from under the keys. DO NOT take a keyboard apart! You may not get it back together.

  20. Maintaining Your Computer System Cleaning a Mouse: Clean the outside of a mouse with a damp cloth. Does anyone have a mouse with a ring and ball?

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