Computer Care, Can I Do It Myself?
With all the available resources has, you can also ask: “Why do I need a computer expert to receive must be my computer?” The short answer is, you do not need. Just as you do not need a technician to repair your car, repair your stove, or do other maintenance or repair work. If you have the knowledge and time, you can easy to repair and maintain your own computer. But be careful, it involved several possibilities “tricks” in the preservation of your own computer. If you choose your own car repair, a company will not sell a carburetor that your car break down. Unfortunately, this is not true for computer maintenance. There are many programs out there that either do not know what to do, exercise useless, or are simply dangerous to install. You, the computer technician to determine which programs can use to safely how. In this article we will discuss are some of the programs and what the do-it-be hobbyists. Registry Cleaners monitor Web sites such as Fast Finally. com and double my speed. com to promote themselves were long overdue. These (and other) sites offer the products to download and install, that improving the performance of your computer. These programs are usually cleaner registry. The Windows registry is simply a database that the operating system, need to save everything you know to perform to your specifications used. In addition, it is possible for all other programs to make their information write in here too. Since Windows 95, the registry has been recommended for the storage of user preferences, settings and other variables of a program must not be forgotten. Over time you will be crammed your Windows registry with useless information, delete the uninstallers usually due to no data that they should. The concept of a Registry Cleaner is that it can detect and remove these parameters orphans, often improving the performance of the computer. The problem with the registry cleaner is that they are often not recognized as a parameter and remove the unnecessary, the problems with installed programs or Windows itself caused. Registry cleaners are good, but you should never blindly advise to delete something. You should always check each entry to verify that they can be safely deleted. And remember, there are freeware programs that a great job of cleaning your Windows registry. CCleaner is recommended to do the mental computer. (To Google and search for CCleaner Go.) Applications Anti-Malware (spyware and viruses) purification and prevention is one of the most important aspects of computer maintenance. If you catch a virus on your system, please contact to all sorts of misdeeds – including deleted files, you will get your address and RIP spam e-mails in your name, and stolen your credit card and banking details! Spyware can be just as bad – it is typical “watches” what you do on your computer, steal reduction of keystrokes, logging, and also to keep your passwords. In addition to these problems, spyware and viruses are often poorly written, causing performance problems on your system. There are dozens of applications on the market, remove malware from your system right. And many of them do a good job. But here’s the catch – many programs as anti-virus or anti-spyware themselves, viruses and spyware! The psychic saw too many computer cases, which have installed the owner – with the best intentions – an application of anti-malware in their system to only open the door, they find themselves with advertising and performance issues more as they “never before seen. So how can you ensure that you do not install one of those $ #% & programs Firstly, if you inform a popup message that your computer by viruses, and click here is infected, receive a virus cleaner download not! Without exception, these programs are scams. The downloading of these applications, your system for viruses more than you thought existed. In fact, if you see this window, you end up with an OK button and Cancel. Do not click on either, if you click Cancel, it will still install a virus. Instead, you click the little X to close in the upper right corner of the window. Secondly, if you use a search engine on the Search for anti-malware programs, take care before you, you follow the links. malware authors designate their applications are very similar – or even exactly the same as – legitimate programs to sow confusion in the hope in the right place to download. For example, if you download Spybot Search and Destroy (a good anti-spyware) want and searched for it in Yahoo, the first result, you will find to be even Spybot. Clicking on the link takes you to a page, it is Spybot Search and Destroy, but in reality is an application that acts as a gateway for viruses to make in your system, says. So, again, you should take the time to learn what is and what not to install certain. The mental computer has a very simple recommendation. Microsoft interest Keep your computer free of malware. If they have a good job of prevention against the virus from entering your system, it is one less thing that Apple can beat them more. To this end in September 2009 Microsoft has released an excellent anti-malware program called Microsoft Security Essentials (www. Microsoft. Com / Security_Essentials). In the past, the mental computer cons recommended all-in-One with the argument that no program catch everything. But Microsoft Security Essentials is just as good. He does a good job as – or better – any other application, or a combination of applications, in blocking all types of spyware or viruses. Start monitors not as popular as other programs can greatly speed of system maintenance, proper use of a splash screen to your computer. A boot monitor to tell you, loaded what programs, drivers and the process when you start your computer. When you start your computer, the operating system automatically be many other components – a fax application, the elements of the printer, video or mouse drivers, to name a few them. That’s good – they are necessary for the proper functioning of the computer. But even add as many applications autorun settings for their own convenience, not yours -. For example, programs such as Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office tells the operating system pre-load some of its components, such as Windows starts. This opens their software more quickly if necessary. The disadvantage is also if you do not actively use their software, your computer is connected to the memory of those components. Better not pre-load of components and let the software take a second or two longer to load, and speed up the system. Another popular application is it to update programs automatically start. are these applications at regular intervals to check the Internet for updates. If one is found, the program, a window will show an update screen is available. Not only can these applications consume processing power, they be a nuisance. so easy to avoid unwanted software will automatically run a Microsoft recommends that the mental computer application called Autoruns http://technet (. Microsoft. Com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902. Aspx). With Autoruns you decide which applications should run when the computer starts. But again, we turn all the applications. Make sure you know what to disable. Conclusion As you can with the tools in this article, it is quite for everyone, possible to maintain the health of your computer is recommended. But as with all technical, make sure you know what you are doing before any further tinkering.
