Student Guide for Personal Computer Maintenance

Student Guide for Personal Computer Maintenance

1. Maintaining your Notebook Computer

   • These are only a few of the possible problems you will experience of proper maintenance is not routinely performed.
     • There are tool available in Windows designed to optimize the performance of your notebook, as well as prevent problems in the future
       • To properly maintain your notebook, the following procedures should be performed with regularity:

2. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise

   • When installed, VirusScan Enterprise is configured to use the detection definitions that were packaged with the product and provide general security for your environment.

3. Updating Microsoft Windows

4. Maintaining the Hard Drive

   • Disk Cleanup
     • To keep a PC running smoothly, regular maintenance is critical. The Disk Cleanup Utility
       • In addition to releasing a potentially significant amount of hard disk space, using disk cleanup in a regular basis can improve the performance of the system
   • Disk Defragmenter
     • To keep a PC running smoothly, regular maintenance is critical. The Disk Cleanup Utility
       • In addition to releasing a potentially significant amount of hard disk space,

5. Maintaining the Battery

   • Using your laptop with the AC adapter plugged into an electrical outlet will overcharge the battery.
     • Overcharging decreases the life of the battery. Eventually the battery will be unable to hold a charge and will require a replacement.