Tips On taking Care of your PC

    Computer in now a days are essential to our life.. for some people, no day will pass, if they would never see or use a computer in a day... for me?? well im sure of it.. coz not in a day i would look on my pc and take a look on my e-mails, chat w/my friends, and blog on my site sharing anything or some of my tips like now... Well that's why i posted this tips here so that many of you doesnt understand that There are many reasons why you should take care of your computer. Number one, is that it's a major investment for most people and you would probably like to keep it running for as long as possible. Owning a computer is not cheap.. heheheh.. and another is finding a good comptech to take care of your pc...well you dont need that... if you really take care of your PC.. It Starts from the Owner to be responsible of taking care of your PC.

  There are various things that you can do to help prolong the life of your PC, both hardware and software.. 

1. Does your PC giving it enough hours of rest? Computers are like people too! Yeah, you read it right, computers may not feel like we do but it also suffers from stress that is brought by overworking and can break down if without proper care - computers, like people, also needs to be looked after to get the right productivity that you expectfrom it.. Based on my experience as longer the hours you use your pc the hotter it gets, the lower the speed it runs.. thats y sumtyms when your in the middle of sumthing, your PC Just suddenly hungs up.. coz the reason is overUsed or overheated.. 

2. Computers are notorious for accumulating dust.. Make sure that you clean your computer at least once in three months so that it is not only free from those pesky viruses and worms but also dust-free. The keyboard is got to be the dirtiest in all the set so I suggest that you take special notice of it. I found a very helpful article on how to clean your keyboard thoroughly, a lot of helpful tips are available online as well. Your computer is not the only thing that must be cleaned; you also have to be sure to clean your workspace everyday and your environment free from pests since they will also be responsible in destroying your computer hardware. 

3. Keep your PC cool. You should always make sure that you keep your computer in a well ventilated area. and make sure that it can breathe well.. as if the air can passes through in and out of your pc, putting an intake and outake fan.. By doing this you help keep the PC cool and, therefore, will prolong the life of your hardware.. 

4. Always Shutdown your PC properly.. Sudden power failure may cause the harddrive or disk fail or boot drive fail, or worse crash on you..! you may loose all your important docs, pics, personal videos, personal infos, financial datas, mostly all of them ar priceless personal possesions on your drive.. so keep in mind that alwasys shutting it down properly...

5. Be Aware of what you install on your PC.. software Utilities, games, and other applications are essential to a computer, but not all are safe to install, coz sumtyms there are programs that is invicible or its not known yet by your anti-virus Program.. i suggest that you install only what you need for your PC, and not some fancy sofware or program.. and besides it wil be more faster it boots if your PC dont have so much Program on it.. 

6. Always check the Requirements of the Program you install on your PC.. Some people just keep installing program or games on their PC, not even reading the info and the system requirements of the program.. just keep in mind that every program has a system requirements to make the program or game run smoothly, if your Pc dont have the capability 0r the specs required by the program or game.. DONT INSTALL IT..! it may turn out that your pc would hung up on you, co your PC would insist or try to run it even though it does not pass the requirements.. in total.. it will hung or crash..! 

7. Limit your Program/game Installation.. If you keep Installing program On your Pc, theres a probability that it might have a conflict on other programs or worse, your OS will Crash on you.. So, Install only what you need and what your Pc needs, to make your PC run smoothly, and a bit faster, coz everytime you start your Pc it scans the Harddrive.. the many the Program you have Installed.. the longer it takes to boot up.. 

8. Install a reliable Anti-virus, thats your First line of defense on your Pc.. there many Anti virus out there available, but the question is are they reliable?? well the first thing to do is ask someone..someone who have deep knowledge on PC's and sofware.. i personally have my own fave Anti-virus, but in other cases there are still other good anti virus you can install on your PC..[Dont Forget that always update your Anti-Virus.. Coz, theres a Saying that " theres Virus is born everyday " So keep your Anti virus up to date] 

9. Browse on the net only those are safe sites.. the web is a big place and not all websites are safe to surf on it.. My tip is keep out of the Porno sites..! those are the sites mostly have malaware and adware that will make your pc run funny and worse may not be usable anymore..! 

10. Scan, chckdsk, defrag harddrive and delete trash/junk files... these are some of the important TASK to do on maintaining your PC in tip top shape.. 1. Scan and ChckDsk your harddrive is important to know the stability and fixing some error clusters on your harddrive. [this should be done weekly] 2. Defragmenting your harddrive on where your OS is installed, Mostly it is installed on drive C:, it makes your PC run a bit faster if you do defragmenting once in a while on your harddrive.. [these should be done 3x a year] 3. Deleting trash files on your PC.. everytime you log on your PC,on the net, or you shutdown it creates a logfile or txtfiles.. in time.. this files would file up on your pc and would occupy space if you dont clean up your PC.. there are some programs out there that the purpose is just to get rid or delete all of your junk or trash files in your PC.. [these should be done weekly]

All suggestions on all TASK should be done depending on how the PC is used.. the above mentioned TASK are suggested for home PC's only...

11. Make sure you call a Certified Comptech... if your Pc just really need to be check up.. well call the right proffesional.. Computer technicians are like doctors, that are specialize on such troubleshooting on PC's.. you dont want to end your PC on the Trash bin right?? it maybe cheap just to call your neighbor that is techy or jsut know sumthing.. but your investment is on stake here.. dont go for an alternative that would make your wallet suffer in the end.. a proffesional have ways and step in troubleshooting on such different problem on your PC..

    These are some tips that for me is so important to keep in mind for making your PC run for years.. the PC's health depends on the owner how he/she use and taking care of it.. hope you learn sumthing on my post.. this steps are based on my experience on troubleshooting PC's.. I've encounter these problems and i take all notes on cases that happen and analyze it, and make them some steps of taking care of PC, so that your wallet would not suffer on expenses, just to make your PC work again smoothly..

By: ronald3666