TAKE CARE OF UR PC

Here are some tips about pc maintanence take note.

Following a schedule is a simple way to maintain the health of your computer, but the key is knowing how often and what kind of preventative maintenance your PC needs.

The way you use your PC is the single biggest factor in determining your maintenance needs-it's even more important than how often you use your computer.

Your PC will probably fit into one of these maintenance categories:
High PC Maintenance

One computer in our home receives heavy use, including:

Frequent file creation/deletion, all file sizes
Frequent application installs/uninstalls
Frequent high-memory tasks (website programming, video editing)
Frequent computer configuration changes
Continuous Internet use
In use over 50 hours per week (full-time work and beyond)

This computer receives constant, daily wear and tear. Internet developers, graphic designers, computer programmers and gamers often use computers this way.

If this description fits your PC, your computer needs frequent maintenance-twice a month or even weekly. A recommended maintenance routine is listed at the bottom of this article.
Above-Average PC Maintenance

We use one computer in our home 50 hours a week for word processing, email and photo editing.

Computers requiring above-average maintenance are used for:

Frequent file creation/deletion, small and medium files
Infrequent installs/uninstalls
Infrequent use for memory-intensive tasks (video editing, gaming)
Infrequent configuration changes (same applications, little change over time)
Internet use is typically limited to browsing
In use over 40 hours per week (full-time work computer)

If your computer fits this description, get in the habit of running maintenance on the system regularly-start with once a month. If you find you desperately need each maintenance session-say, your hard drive is completely in pieces before you defrag-step it up, do your maintenance on that computer more often. (A recommended maintenance routine is listed at the bottom of this article.)

Average PC Maintenance


computers fewer than 15 hours a week for homework, games, email, art, music and movies:

Infrequent file creation/deletion
Infrequent installs/uninstalls
Infrequent use for memory-intensive tasks (video editing, gaming)
Internet use is limited to browsing
Infrequent configuration changes (same applications, little change over time)
Part-time use or light full-time use (often a recreation computer)

Average computers don't change much from day to day. These computers aren't used for file manipulation and are only involved in a few tasks. If you use your home computer mainly in the evenings for email, word processing and photo editing, your computer needs average maintenance.

Treat this computer the same as an above-average computer-start your maintenance at once a month. If you see little change from session to session-for example, if you try to defragment and the software says it's unnecessary-you can relax the time between your maintenance sessions.

Light PC Maintenance

Infrequent file creation/deletion
Infrequent installs/uninstalls
Rarely used for memory-intensive tasks (video editing, gaming)
Internet use is limited to browsing
Infrequent configuration changes (same applications, little change over time)
Part-time use (or full-time, if used for limited, repetitive tasks)

Lightly used computers don't change much from day to day. These computers are involved in few tasks and aren't used much for file storage. If you use your home computer just a few nights a week for email and word processing, your computer may only need light maintenance.

Start your maintenance schedule at once every three months. If you find the maintenance routine takes a long time, move to every other month. Keep in mind that it's better to do too much maintenance rather than too little.

Now that you've pinned down a starting point for how often your computer needs maintenance, you must choose what to include in your PC maintenance routine.
Recommended Maintenance Routine

Few software packages cover preventative care as thoroughly as PC utilities software (also called system utility software). Most utilities products allow you to set up regular, automatic computer checkups so you can keep your maintenance simple and convenient.

These are tasks you should perform at each maintenance session, regardless of which maintenance category your computer fits into .

Remove duplicate/deleted files
Clean the hard drive
Clean Internet activity
Perform hard drive repair
Make a system backup/hard drive backup
Optimize Windows operating system
Optimize Internet settings
Optimize memory
Defragment the hard drive
Optimize registry settings
Perform registry repair
Clean the registry
Defragment the registry

Without regular, preventative PC care, you may make an expensive visit to the computer store unnecessarily. So don't wait until your computer has a problem. Start maintaining your PC before it protests