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plagued with spywares, viruses, trojans and other nasty
stuff? Are you looking for tips on PC care and computer
security? Find free help and other useful resources
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How To Reduce Computer Problems? by: Preventive Guru
How can I prevent Computer problems? This is a question
that people have asked me many times. The entire process
of reducing Computer problems can be bundled under the
banner of Computer Preventive Maintenance. Use this article
as a computer maintenance tutorial.
So what you should do as part of preventive maintenance?
Use a good anti virus program. This is the most important
piece of work in preventive maintenance. Installing the
anti virus program is not good enough. You should do following
as well.
Set-up the program to download and install updates automatically.
Schedule periodic full system scans.
Check the virus definitions date regularly and see whether
it is up to date.
Set-up your PC to Download and install “Windows Updates”
automatically. Windows updates include Operating System
patches for bugs and PC security related issues. These
patches can reduce many unknown computer problems.
Install anti Spyware program to detect Spyware tools.
Install a Personal Firewall. Most of the anti virus programs
are bundled with a Personal Firewalls these days.
Do not download and install unknown software from Internet.
This is the biggest mistake most of the PC users are doing.
This software can damage the Windows registry, which cause
lot of errors.
Be very careful when you download music from the Internet.
Always stick to one trustworthy web site.
Perform Scandisk periodically to check the Hard Drive.
Delete temporary Internet files.
Readers can find detailed information FREE on above at
www.preventiveguru.com
About The Author
This article was prepared by the Webmaster of www.preventiveguru.com
who has over 10 years of experience in computer support
and maintenance. Anybody can use this article for commercial
or non-commercial purposes as long as the content of the
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