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PC Maintenance is important if you want your PC to run on top form. Looking after your PC properly can make sure it runs ok most of the time and regular PC maintenance also keeps the machine's performance optimal. This article will guide you through some of the most important PC maintenance tasks.
Good PC maintenance involves a number of different jobs, from keeping the keyboard and mouse physically clean, to running software PC maintenance programs to "Clean" the operating system and hard drive.
The frequency of PC maintenance will depend on how often the computer is used. Basic maintenance, such as wiping over the keyboard and the screen should be done as often as possible, at least once a week for computers that are used daily.
By following a few basic PC maintenance procedures you can greatly reduce the risk of data loss or hardware failure. The following information represents some of the PC maintenance tasks of a typical preventive maintenance program
 PC Maintenance that You can do yourself
Data Backup
There are two reasons for data loss;
- There was no backup !
- The media used failed to successfully capture the data.
To reduce the possibility of data loss it is recommended that you maintain backups on Tape, CD-RW, DVD-RW, Jazz, Zip disk, External hard drive or USB sticks. Floppy disks are no longer used any more.
PC maintenance Protection Pack
When we build a new PC for somebody we install several security programs all of which are FREE. Read the rest this article to find out what we would recommend you use.
FREE Anti Virus Protection
It's always a good idea to maintain a current version of an anti-virus software as part of the PC maintenance program. Systems can be configured to automatically perform virus definition updates and perform full system virus scans weekly. Anti-virus software can be configured to scan in-coming and out-going emails, the most common method of virus transfer.
We use AVG FREE anti-Virus or Avast Antivirus protection on all our Customers PCs after which the Customer can choose a paid version if they want to.
FREE Spyware and Malware Protection
There are a few FREE anti-Spyware programs out there and all are decent enough to compliments a PC maintenance tool kit. We use SuperAntiSpyware as its FREE and really good.
FREE Registry, files and other systems
We use CCleaner as its yet another FREE PC maintenance utility tool. It cleans up a Windows PC and it protects privacy online and can make your computer run a little faster and make it more secure and it's very easy to use.
FREE Firewall Protection
A good Firewall keeps personal data in and hackers out. A firewall may make your PC invisible on the Internet so that hackers can’t find it. A good firewall has intelligent intrusion prevention technology which blocks suspicious Internet traffic. Windows Xp and later provides its own Firewall program. If you want to use another Firewall you MUST disable/turn off the Windows Firewall as two Firewall programs will not run together.
We have used ZoneAlarm (download link for ZoneAlarm) in the past and found this FREE Firewall solution to be very effective. It has been updated recently and now offers even more protection than it used to and is said to be much better than the Windows standard Firewall.
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