Transcript Keeping Your PC Clean  Inside

Keeping Your PC
Clean
 Inside
 Outside
 Do the right thing
Outside
 Use a can of compressed air or a
small vacuum cleaner to remove
dust from all external parts you
can see
 Use a soft cloth and plain water or
glass cleaner to remove rubbed in
dirt from the keyboard
 Use a soft cloth and glass cleaner
to remove material from the
monitor screen
 Always spray any cleaner on the
cloth, not the computer component
 If you use swabs, use foam not
cotton
 Never use an abrasive on the
computer or the monitor
 Always turn off the power before
cleaning your computer system,
including peripherals like printers
Inside
 Delete unwanted files when you
think about it
 Empty your Recycle Bin weekly
 Empty Internet Explorer files monthly
 Empty IE files as follows:
With IE open, click Tools→Internet
Options→Delete Files→Clear
History→and finally OK
Defragment
 After deleting all of those files, you need
to remove the space on the hard drive
where the files had resided or
defragment
 Defragmentation speeds up your hard
drive a great deal
 Defragmentation makes your programs
run faster
To defragment
 At the Windows XP desktop, click
Start→Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Disk
Defragmenter→and Defragment
 This process is similar in Windows
95, 2000, and XP
 Be prepared to wait several minutes
for the process to complete
What’s it look like?
 The following slide is a screen capture of
a separate program which also
defragments hard drives called
PerfectDisk
 I usually use the Windows application or
Norton SystemWorks application called
Speed Disk
 These and others all work well
Conclusions
 Cleaning the outside or exterior of
your PC makes it look better to you
and others
 Cleaning the inside of your PC
makes you and your computer
happy because everything works
better so you don’t end up like this
lady
Bye now!