Care and Feeding of Your Computer
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How to Maintain Your Computer Yourself For Free |
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How to Remove Spyware and Adware (Windows 2000/XP)
Download and Install Lavasoft Adaware from click the link
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10319876.html?tag=pdp_prod
If prompted to save or open/run say OPEN
Let the program do a full scan, it may need to be updated from the net, just let it do it, it's free anyway.
When the scan is finished, have the program remove anything it finds, it may ask to restart the computer, that's ok to do.
Download and Install Spybot Search and Destroy from click the link
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
click one of the blue download here buttons
If prompted to save or open/run say OPEN
Let the program do a full scan, it may need to be updated from the net, just let it do it, it's free anyway.
When the scan is finished, have the program remove anything it finds, it may ask to restart the computer, that's ok to do.
How to Clean Up My Computer (Windows XP)
The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk by searching your disk for files that you can safely delete.
You can choose to delete some or all of the files.
Use Disk Cleanup to perform any of the following tasks to free up space on your hard disk:
- Remove temporary Internet files.
- Remove downloaded program files. For example, ActiveX controls and Java applets that are downloaded from the Internet.
- Empty the Recycle Bin.
- Remove Windows temporary files.
- Remove optional Windows components that you are not using.
- Remove installed programs that you no longer use.
- You can start Disk Cleanup, by doing any of the following:
Click Start, and then click
Run. In the Open box, type cleanmgr, and then click OK.
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Click Start, point to All Programs,
point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click Disk Cleanup.
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In Windows Explorer or My Computer,
right-click the disk in which you want to free up space,
click Properties, click the General tab,
and then click Disk Cleanup.
How to Defrag My Computer (Windows 2000/XP)
- Double-click My Computer
- Highlight a local hard disk drive by clicking on it once.
- Right click the highlighted local drive
- Click properties
- Click the tools tab and click the defragment now button.
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Disclaimer (the little writing at the bottom of the page)
At Kabelco Electronics we sincerely hope the information contained herein has enabled you to successfully
maintain your personal computer, Whilst every care has been taken in compiling this information,
unfortunately errors and omissions do sometimes creep in. The advice contained herein is general purpose
and provided FREE of Charge. If by some use/misuse or accident or some other reason, by following this
"general purpose" help, you manage to screw it up completely, Kabelco Electronics, or it's employees/agents
will not be held liable for any loss, however incurred. We are able however to fix most screw-ups in our
modern workshops, between the hours of 9am to 5pm most weekdays.
You use this information at your own risk. |
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