Keep Your New Computer Acting New
You finally refreshed your old system and now you
want to make sure you keep your new computer running
like the first day you purchased it-virus free, fast
and efficient. What can you do?
To keep your computer acting new for as long as
possible, there are a few steps one must take.
- Remove the bells and the whistles. If you
bought your computer at a big-box store, then
more than likely your computer has come with a
lot of extra, excuse the term, junk on it. All
of these extra bells and whistles includes
installation tools, trials and a whole array of
junk software that you will probably never use.
Remove all of it asap! These extras are only
taking up space and resources.
- Install Antivirus and anti-malware- This
step should be one of the first things you do
after unwrapping your brand new system.
Remember, viruses and outbreaks get worse as
time goes on and many times, end users do not
even notice them until their computer is
unusable. This might be obvious for some of you,
but make sure that there is only one antivirus
software program on your computer.
- Regular maintenance- Set up Disk Cleanup and
Defragmenter to occur at regularly scheduled
intervals. Also, set up both your antivirus and
anti-malware for regularly scheduled scans and
daily updates.
- Disable unnecessary services- Windows
machines have plenty of services that are simply
not needed. No matter what the PC is used for,
you will find unnecessary services running.
However, make sure you know what a service is
and does before you disable it.
- Turn off Aero- If your computer is already
sluggish, it could mean it barely has the
resources to run everything necessary. You can
give it a bit of a boost by turning off the Aero
feature. This will disable all of the fancier
GUI elements of the OS but give you back some
speed.
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