SIR SONS IN RETIREMENT Computer User Group. UPGRADE OR BUY NEW Buy a new computer if: –Your computer is over 4 years old –You are thinking of buying a.

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SIR SONS IN RETIREMENT Computer User Group

UPGRADE OR BUY NEW Buy a new computer if: –Your computer is over 4 years old –You are thinking of buying a new Motherboard –You need more than three new internal components.

CLEAN UP THE OUTSIDE Phillips screwdriver, Compressed air, Machine oil, Q-tips, and Windex Blow accumulate dust OUT of your computer case. Remove fan(s) and heat sink and clean separately. Oil fan(s) Clean keyboard, mouse, and mouse pad

IS IT JUST ME OR IS MY COMPUTER GETTING SLOWER! BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER –Drive Image Of Your Operating System Files –Backup Files For Everything Else HAVE A PLAN TO RECOVER YOUR COMPUTER IF YOU RUN INTO TROUBLE

RECOVERY PLAN Safe Mode F8 Windows Recovery Console (for DOS users) (see Dr. Watson Recovery Disks –Backup Recovery Disks –Windows XP w/SP-2 Recovery Disk –Anti-virus App. Recovery Disk

RECOVERY PLAN Safe Mode F8 Windows Recovery Console (for DOS users) (see Dr. Watson Recovery Disks –Backup Recovery Disks –Windows XP w/SP-2 Recovery Disk ( –Anti-virus App. Recovery Disk

INSTALL LATEST DRIVERS & DATA FILES Acronis True Image v8.0 (build 826) TUT v2.51 (build 2600) Anti-virus Program Anti-spyware Program Firewall Program Windows O/S Updates Printer Drivers CD/DVD Player/Burners External Hard Drives

STARTUP & RUNNING PROGRAMS CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS RUNNING IN THE TASK BAR WAYS TO CHECK –3 rd Party Utility like The Ultimate Troubleshooter ( –msconfig Utility –Task Manager –System Information Utility

SERVICES CLOSE ALL PROGRAMS RUNNING IN THE TASK BAR WAYS TO CHECK –Computer Management Utility –3 rd Party Utility like The Ultimate Troubleshooter ( –msconfig Utility –System Information Utility MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SERVICE DOES & WHAT IT SUPPORTS BEFORE DISABLING IT.

ELIMINATE UNNEEDED FILES – Sent Message Attachments Housekeeping –Temp, History, Temporary Internet or Cache –Windows components, Installed programs, System Restore points

ELIMINATE UNWANTED FONTS

VIRTUAL MEMORY-PAGE FILE

CONVERT TO NTFS

DEFRAGE PAGE FILE PCSTATS

PageDefrag V2.3 Copyright © Mark Russinovich Sysinternals – Defragmenting c:\pagefile.sys: Fragments before: 81 Fragments after: 2 Defragmenting Hibernation File:

SCAN DISK SCAN FOR VIRUSES WITH A CURRENT SOFTWARE PROGRAM SCAN FOR SPYWARE WITH TWO OR MORE CURRENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS CLEAN OUT THE REGISTRY LASTLY, EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN

SCANDISK OR ERROR CHECKER WINDOWS 9.X AND ME RUN A THOROUGH SCAN DISK WINDOWS 2000/XP RUN ERROR CHECKER

DEFRAG

OTHER THOUGHTS? MODIFYING BIOS OVERCLOCKING

SIR SONS IN RETIREMENT Computer User Group