Regular Maintenance

Your computer is like your car. Every now and then it needs maintenance. If you preform these tasks, your computer should run more smoothly. Without them, it will chug along for a while before finally quitting.

Select the type of machine you use:
PC (Dell, HP, IBM, etc)    or    Apple/Mac (iBook, Powerbook, etc)

PC Instructions

Disk Cleanup

1. 2x click on My Computer
   
2. Right click on the "C" drive
   
3. Select properties
   
4. Click the "Disk Cleanup" button
   
5. It will search your computer, then check all boxes and click delete.

Error Checking/Scan Disk

1. 2x click on My Computer
2. Right click on the "C" drive
   
3. Select properties
   
4. Next, click on the "Tools" tab
   
5. Click "Check Now" by Error Checking.
   
6. Check both boxes
   
7. Click start
   
8. It will tell you it can't do it now, would you like to do it next time you restart.
   Click yes
   
9. Restart. The program will take about 45 to run. When it is finished it will restart.

Defragmentation

1. 2x click on My Computer Right click on the "C" drive
   
2. Select properties
   
3. Next, click on the "Tools" tab
   
4. Click "Defragment Now" by Defragmentation
   
5. Then Click "Defragment." This too will take about 45 to run.

Virus Scan

• This varies upon the program you are using. Normally the Virus Scan icon will appear in the bottom right corner of your screen, near the time. Find your Anti-Virus icon, double click on it, and do a full virus scan of your computer.

You should do all of these about once a month.




Mac Instructions

Repair Disk Permissions

1. Open a new finder window.
2. Click applications.
3. Click Utilities.
4. Click Disk Utility.
5. Select your hard drive on the left.
6. Click Repair Disk Permissions.

Updates

1. Click the Apple Menu in the top left corner.
2. Click Software Update. It will check automatically and see what updates you need.
3. Check all boxes.
4. Click install.
5. Once it is finished installing, restart your machine.
6. Repair Disk Permissions (see above).