Computer Help & Tips

House keeping tip 1 - Defrag

Defragmenting your hard drive is an integral part of keeping your PC healthy, the defrag utility which ships with windows is very simple to use and can give a boost to your PC's performance. Fragmentation is caused when an operating system breaks a file into pieces because there is not enough space on the storage device where the file was originally saved. The process of defragmenting can be time consuming, but it is one of the easiest ways to increase the performance of your PC, the frequency of which a PC should be defragmented will directly depend on the amount and type of usage. First of all make sure you have enough time to complete the defragmentation, the amount of time will depend on how much use your PC has had since the last defragmentation.

House keeping tip 2 Update

Windows Update is the online extension of Windows designed to help your computer continue to work better and run better. Windows Update has a central catalog called Product Updates that includes new product enhancements such as system files, device drivers, service packs, and new Windows features. These enhancements will be recommended to you based on what is needed for your specific computer.

House keeping tip 3 Protect

Always ensure you have an up to date anti virus package running on your system, try to also install some anti spam and anti malware protection.

House keeping tip 4 Security

Change the default router access password & enter a password / key  for your wireless network access. All routers come with a default user name and password. Default passwords are well known and freely published, in the event that you forget your password the router can be reset to factory default setting. At which point you can entrer all your deatils for network conncetion & security