Computer Maintenance

How to perform Disk Clean Up:

1. Start Menu>>Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Disk Clean Up

2. Select Drive to Clean Up and click “OK”

3. Place Check Marks in Items to be removed Click “OK”

(If your not sure what you are deleting select the category and then Click “View Files”)

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How to Clear Internet “History”
1. Start Menu>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Dbl Click Internet Options

2. Click “Clear History”

3. Click “OK”

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How to Clear Internet “Temporary Internet” Files
1. Start Menu>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Dbl Click Internet Options

2. Click “Delete Files”

3. Put check mark in “Delete all Offline Content”

4. Click “OK”

5. Click “OK” again

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How to Run Scan disk and Disk Defragmenter with out interruption:
Start Menu>>Run >>In Run Type “MSCONFIG” then click “OK”
MSCONFIG will appear
Select “Selective Startup” then Uncheck
“Load Startup Group Items”
Click “OK”
Click Yes to Restart Computer
Upon Restart

Start Menu>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Dbl Click Display
Select the “Screen Saver” Tab
Change the Screen Saver Drop Menu to “NONE”
Click OK

Then Perform Scan Disk:

Start Menu>>Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Scan Disk

After Scan Disk Perform Disk Defragmenter

Start Menu>>Programs>>Accessories>>System Tools>>Disk Defragmenter
Select which disk to Defragment then click “OK”

After Disk Defragmenter

Start Menu>>Run >>In Run Type “MSCONFIG” then click “OK”
MSCONFIG will appear>>select “Normal Start Up” and Click “OK”
Click Yes to Restart Computer
Upon Restart

4. Start Menu>>Settings>>Control Panel>>Dbl Click Display

5. Select the “Screen Saver” Tab>>Change the Screen Saver Drop Menu to your preferred screen saver

6. Click OK

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