1. Computer Maintenance Cleaning and Disk Defragmenter Charlie Bou Chantz Martin

2. Outer Cleaning PC or Labtop Once A Month Needs to be kept clean on the inside Remove the panels and air blow the inside (Also the keys and inside the ports) Disinfect the keys and screens with antibacterial liquid or alcohol

3. Inner Cleaning PC or Labtop Keep your virus scan updated, run once a week (Norton Anti-virus, Kaspersky Internet Security, and McAfee (ect.) Backup all personal information on external hard drives or Back-Up Email Regular maintenance helps keep your system stay healthy

4. Disk Cleanup Frees up disk space on your hard drive Removes unnecessary files 1.Start 2.Accessories 3.System Tools 4.Disk Cleanup (choose what hard drive you want to clean up) 5.List of items you want to delete. 6.Once a week

5. Disk Defragmenter Designed to access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk Optimize to read and write files to/from the disk by minimizing head travel time and maximizing the transfer rate Improve start up times also 1.Start 2.Accessories 3.System Tools 4.Disk Defragmenter (choose what hard drive) 5.Analyze Disk 6.Defragment Disk (May take a few minutes) 7.Once a week

6. Windows Update  Turn your computer on and begin by using your Start menu to check for updates  Windows Update is included in Control Panel. In the future, to check for updates (or if this webpage doesn’t open Windows Update automatically):  Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update.

8. Windows Update for Microsoft Vista Operating System  Step 1 Turning on Windows Update is simple. As you set up your new PC, you'll be asked if you want to "Help protect Windows automatically." Just select one of the green shield options (see screen shot below) and Windows Update will check for, download, and install new updates for your PC.

9. Windows Update for Microsoft Vista Operating System  Step 2 Open Windows Update (click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update). Click the Get updates for more products button. Follow the instructions to use Microsoft Update. Windows Update will begin to scan your PC for available updates for Windows and other Microsoft products if you have automatic updating turned on. These steps are designed to allow the user to turn on Microsoft Update in Windows Vista

10. Windows Update for Microsoft Vista Operating System  Step 3 (Install optional updates and drivers) Open Windows Update (click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Update). In the left pane, click Check for updates, and then wait while Windows looks for the latest updates for your PC.

11. Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Defragme nter_(Windows)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Defragme nter_(Windows) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_Cleanup http://www.pc- computers.com/pages.php?pageid=10http://www.pc- computers.com/pages.php?pageid=10