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from everything that will sneak in your computer. It is a little hard to setup if you’re<br />
a novice, but, not that much. AVAST (https://www.avast.com/en-us/index ) we put<br />
it on all the computers we refurbish and service, the free version works excellent,<br />
will not slow your computer down and if you want to buy the full version it will only<br />
cost you $49.99. Spybot ( http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html) has<br />
been around for a long time and does a pretty good job on protecting your<br />
computer.<br />
If your computer is not running right or you suspect a corruption in the operating<br />
system then do a "System Restore". Go to "Start - all programs - accessories -<br />
system tools - system restore" Follow the prompts, select a date you want to<br />
restore to (oh! 2 or 4 days ago at least) and just follow the prompts.<br />
A program to buy and install is "REGVAC" (http://www.regvac.com/regvac.htm) it’s<br />
simply the bomb! Yes! It’s that good!<br />
Run defrag on your hard drive (at least once every quarter). Go to "Start - all<br />
programs - accessories - system tools - Disk Defragmenter" Select the analyze<br />
button and follow its recommendations.<br />
One good little program to have is Cleanup<br />
(http://www.stevengould.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&I<br />
temid=69)<br />
A lot of our customers call it “the flushing program” for the flushing sound, this lil<br />
jewel is a must have, just click the link above or copy and paste!!<br />
Well, I hope this helps you on how to do some preventative maintenance in your<br />
computer, if you have a question please email us and we will gladly respond back,<br />
remember there is no such thing as a stupid question, especially when it comes to<br />
computers!<br />
Article by Peter Nadal<br />
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