can you give most effective way to maintain a good performance of a personal computer?

Answer 1

OK, that should be easy.

1) Environment: do not place your PC in a place that's very dusty, too hot or too cold. Most PCs have a comfortable temperature range, but what works is to keep it in a cool, dry place, just like it says on the box.

2) Power: always use a conditioning powerbar, or one with a UPS and surge protector built into it. What they do is clean the electrical current and even out the really strong or really weak current, making sure you PC only "eats" quality electricity.

3) Everyday use: even though sometimes your PC may act like it's out of whack, I assure you there's always a good reason why it won't do what you want it to do. Don't get frustrated and start banging on the keyboard or worse, on the PC chassis. Very often, a simple operation called "REBOOT" will fix the problem. That means restarting your PC.

4) Troubleshooting: if that doesn't work, the problem can be of two kinds: hardware(the metal parts inside), or software(the programs and operating system that command the metal parts). If you don't feel confident repairing your PC by yourself, get some advice or get a professional to do it. Most PC stores will ofer some type of technical assistance and services. You can also get advice on the phone from the PC maker's technical support phone line. The number is usually available on the company's website.

5) Security: one thing you will definitely want to do is to connect to the Internet. The rule of thumb there is, do NOT click on any links or ads that look too good to be true. Chances are, if "they" are the ones trying to reach you in their ads, they want something from you. It could be just marketing(they advertise free stuff if you go and check out their product), or it could be a lot worse, they could be sending you viruses or spyware programs. You should never accept any unsolicited files or programs from people and companies you don't know. If you ever get spyware or viruses on your PC, they may be very difficult to remove, and even after they're long gone, your PC might have problems, be slow and just not work properly.

Make sure you have antivirus and anti-spyware software installed BEFORE you get on the Internet! This will keep your PC relatively clean of bad programs.

6) Maintenance: there are a few things to do - first, if you are using Windows, it comes with a software tool called Disk Defragmenter. This tool takes all the information on your hard drive and organizes it in a way that saves space and avoids file corruption(when a file gets mixed up, partially lost or can't be read anymore). You should run this tool at least once a month; even once a week.

As far as cleaning goes, wipe the outside and any metal parts with STATIC-FREE cloths. Very important - static electricity can zap your PC into oblivion. If you want to clean it better and provide a minimal, teeny-tiny bit of protection, you can mix some water and fabric-softener and wipe the outside of your PC with that. It will act like a barrier for static.
Again, if you don't feel confident fixing your PC, you shouldn't nose around inside the box, but if you think the inside might be really dirty and dusty, go and get a "canned-air" spray. Open the box and spray the air to loosen up the dust - that should do the trick for any PC.

Finally, love and respect your PC :-D It's not just a toy to play games, it's powerful tool that can do many great things for you - for work, for fun and for communication.

Answer 2

#1 Don't open an e-mail or attachment from anyone you don't know. This will keep you from getting 99% of viruses.

#2 Get Adaware Personal for free from lavasoft.com, update and run it regularly.

#3 Don't load Anti-virus software on your machine, Norton and McCaffee both suck very badly. If you ever suspect your machine might have a virus - download one of the many excellent free virus scans that are available on the web, and once you determine what you have, search for manual directions for removing it, or download a program specifically for removing and cleaning up after that particular virus.

#4 backup all of your important data regularly - so if you do have problems then you have copies of it - don't blame a computer failing for your own failure to gaurantee the safety of your data

#5 if you have a wireless network, learn how to secure it, so noone messes with you

#6 run scandisk and defrag from time to time - especially after dumping a lot of data off of the drive.

#7 Check your 'processes' tab in task manager - make a list and search for each item to find out if and how you can remove it

#8 run a registry scanner from time to time (and keep a backup of it as well).

#9 (and most important) DONT LOAD A NEW O/S ON YOUR MACHINE UNLESS YOU KNOW IT CAN HANDLE IT AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL REASON FOR DOING SO.

Answer 3

First, make sure to keep it clean. Regulary clean dust out the case with compressed air. Also, keep all you anti-virus software upadated. Important is also defragmenting your hard drive occasionjally, especially if you use things like games that regularly pull data off teh hard drive. If you computer starts making any strange noises, such as the fan sounding weird, it is important to get that fixed quickly. If yopu fan stops workng, you pc could overheat beyond repair

Answer 4

well it depends on what your using it for games..music..or just job related apps./or just for the on-line.each has its own way to be as good as it can be(gamers)like speed so they get your larger hard drive,graphic card,memory,even over clocking the prosier(music)sound card, maybe a larger hard drive,memory"ram" just to keep it smooth(for anything else you PC will maintain itself,if you use you PC allot i would run weekly defrag and scan disk,keep all your virus,ad-aware porgies up to date and keep an eye on your hard drive try not to pass 3/4 full it needs that last 1/4 so it can run its apps

Answer 5

You should do relatively regular virus/adware/spyware scans, reformat the hard drive every once in a while, and if your computer is really running slow, you might want to consider more RAM, and if you built it yourself, faster RAM.

Answer 6

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