Comments for How do I reduce the amount of computer maintenance I'm supposed to do?

Comment from Mary H. on 2008-08-21

2008-08-22T00:44:36Z

I will turn 72 this month and I take offense at your description "since they only check their email (the chance of virused email is LOW, for old people anyway), and browse the Better Homes and gardens recommended sites." of us.
I use my computer for many things, including doing my banking online and do not just browse the "Better Homes and Garden sites". I will admit that we all do not do the important things that you do, but, we are not all totally ignorant either. That is because we look for answers to our questions from people like you. Shame on you!
But, maybe you were talking about really old people.

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Comment from Fred on 2008-08-13

2008-08-13T07:25:29Z

I'll be shot for saying this,but in my experience anti-virus is often over-recommended.
I often have older people with their first computer being sold expensive programs, told to use them and no idea what to do with them. And not much point since they only check their email (the chance of virused email is LOW, for old people anyway), and browse the Better Homes and gardens recommended sites.

It just confuses them, and isn't worth the money of the risk they will hurt their computer more than a virus would.

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Comment from dunstergirl on 2008-08-12

2008-08-13T03:39:05Z

If you have a good firewall, antivirus, and perhaps active anti-spyware software (all of which, once configured properly, should run either all the time in the background or automatically at times you set AND update their databases automatically), and use common sense/caution when surfing, opening email, downloading free/shareware software, etc., then there should be little if any additional cleanup/maintenance needed except occasionally.

The old adage "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" applies to the Internet as much as it has ever applied to anything...

Cheers,
Lelani

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Comment from Duane E Moen on 2008-08-12

2008-08-13T01:48:16Z

I have a scan scheduled for every Monday at 6AM. It used to turn on and do just that but lately it turns on at 6AM but doesn't start to scan until about 6:30AM. Isn't that curious? This is Microsoft's scheduler.

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Comment from Lynn on 2008-08-12

2008-08-12T22:07:20Z

What do you do when Task Scheduler tells you that you're not authorized to schedule a task? I tried to schedule defrag and it won't let me, but I can run it manually with no problem.

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