Comments for What should I be doing to maintain my computer?

Comment from James Nell on 2007-08-19

2007-08-19T18:44:20Z

Hi
I have been running the same win xp pro instalation now for the last three years , throughout hardware upgrades , even a new motherboard and xp is still running fine , never reinstaled , this is how i keep my pc in good order:
1. antivir free edition runing 24/7
2. sygate firewall on all the time
3. winpatrol plus
4. AVG antispyware gaurd running 24/7
5. I run full virus check once a week
6. I run Norton systemtools windoctor once a week
7. I run Ad-aware once a week
8. I make a new restorepoint once a day and keep 4 old ones on backup
9. I run motherboard monitor 5 and sysmetrix to keep a eye on temperatures and other system actions
10. I open my pc case once a month to clean the fans and blow dust out of system.
11. I Run explorer proceses as seperate proceses
12. My pc never gets switched of , only when i do upgrades or cleaning of components.
13. My broadband conection is active 24/7

I find win-xp pro to be the best os there is , I do run vista as well but just to learn the os as a second os on a seperate partition. but my xp - tweaked with x-setup pro and customised with style-xp , Yahoo widgets and a few others to make the system look and operate beter and more stable than vista. I never get crashes , mabe a lockup now and again due to unstable codecs , but rarely and no harm done.
I never install any new software without first making a restorepoint.
And last but not least i always read all the Ask Leo articles as i get the newsletter updates because there is very interesting articles.

all for now
Keep well

James Nell- [Email Address Removed]

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Comment from Ken Crook on 2007-08-18

2007-08-19T06:31:39Z

When vacuuming the computer use the brush attachment not the straight hose. Once when cleaning the keyboard I thought "the brush works good, the hose will work even better". Wrong!! It sucked some keys right off the keyboard. I had to dig through the dust bag for all the little parts and then spend an hour putting the keys back on the keyboard. Not fun!

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Comment from Andrew Goodall on 2007-08-18

2007-08-18T08:22:36Z

CCleaner works for me and it is a great way of removing stubborn programs like Symantic security. I found using the config remove all programs failed to remove some of the Symantic files but ccleaner did it and it is free:-)

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