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Computer Help & Tips

 

Welcome to computer help and tips. This site will help you with every little computer needs. Our sections will include many tasks to keep your computer running all year round.

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Monthly Task - Run Disk Defragmenter and Scandisk

  1. Run Disk Defragmenter and Scandisk

  2. If you have Dos or Windows 3.x go to step 8

  3. Click Start, click Programs, click Accessories, choose Defragmenter

  4. Click Defrag or Start to begin defragging your hard drive. (Note: Windows XP Defragmenter may look a little different then other versions of Windows 95, 98, NT, or ME Defragmenter.)

  5. If you have Windows XP stop at step 5. If you have Windows 95, 98, NT, or ME continue to step 6

  6. Click Start, click Programs, click Accessories, choose Scan Disk.

  7. Click Start to begin Scan Disk your hard drive. (Note: After scanning hard drive stop here at step seven.)

  8. If you are in windows close out of your session or get to the dos prompt c:\> and type defrag after defrag is complete quit defrag and run scandisk by typing scandisk. After Scandisk is complete quit and type WIN and the C prompt to get back to windows.

Monthly Task - Backing up all your documents onto a zip disk.

  1. Open your My Documents folder

  2. On the menu bar click on Edit and click on Select All or use CTRL - A on the keyboard.

  3. On the menu bar click on Edit and click on Copy or use CTRL - C on the keyboard.

  4. Open My Computer

  5. Double Click on the Zip Disk Drive.

  6. On the menu bar click on Edit and click paste or use CTRL - V on the keyboard.

  7. There you have copied all your documents on your computer to your zip disk.

Monthly Task - Check Virus Updates

  1. Don't forget to check your updates on your virus computer program or there website for the latest updates. There are many things out there that can mess up your computer.

Yearly Task - Reinstall Computer

  1. Backup all necessary documents.

  2. Create a boot disk.

  3. Restart your computer leaving the 1st boot disk in the drive.

  4. at the a prompt type format c:

  5. This will erase all the contents on the hard drive.

  6. After erasing all the contents on the hard drive your ready to install your operating system.

  7. Place your Windows Operating CD in the CD-ROM drive.

  8. Restart your computer by pressing ALT CTRL DEL keys in there sequence continuing to hold each one after they are all pressed in the continuous sequence.

  9. Now your computer is ready to install the operating system.

  10. Follow onscreen instructions as everything begins to reload back on the computer.

Yearly Task - Removing Programs that are never used anymore.

  1. To remove programs that are unwanted click start, click on settings, click on Control Panel or just open the Control Panel from the My Computer Icon on your desktop to open the Control Panel.

  2. Once your in the Control Panel Click on Add and Remove Programs

  3. Select a program that you do not want.

  4. Click the remove button on that programs.

  5. After the programs are ready or have been removed click OK

Cookies-Getting rid of cookies that clog the PC

Web cookies are simply small information packets placed on your computer when you browse websites. Not all websites have these, but many do. Websites use cookies so they can track what you are viewing, and although they won't necessarily know you by name, the website will recognize your computer when you come back to visit again. Although in some cases they are useful, most of the time they are used in tracing your browsing habits for advertising purposes. Cookies alone can not read your hard drive for information such as, "who you are", "what your income is", or "where you live". But if you input that information on a website that uses cookies, that information could well be stored in that particular cookie.

What to do: Although there are numerous software programs to help you remove unwanted internet junk from your computer, there are plenty of ways to do it yourself without paying additional dollars. There is one key folder on your machine that holds these cookies. For most its the "Temporary Internet Files" folder. In "Windows", go to "My Computer", then double click your "C" drive, double click the "Windows" folder. At this point many of you will be prompted to "show files", click where it says "show files". Scroll down until you find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Here you will most likely see numerous files of many different types. The cookie file icon will look like a little "Notepad", (see the image above), and many will start with a title of "Cookie". Many will then show your name or your computers name, followed by the @ sign, and then the website address that controls that particular cookie. You could simply right click the cookie and delete them one by one, or you could; click on one and then hold your shift key and then click one further down to eliminate a lot at one time. Other ways include;

1. From Internet Explorer 6.0, click the tools drop down menu, select internet options, look for the "delete cookies" button and press it, (pretty simple!). 

2.Go to Start, then Programs, then Accessories, then System tools, and click on Disk Cleanup. Special Note; disk cleanup will remove nearly all of the temporary internet files regardless of their type. It may then take you longer to load pages of sites you visit regularly because you have removed the images that you have already downloaded from those sites, (you will have to download them again). These last two methods may not get rid of all the cookies, so if you use either of these methods you should manually check the Temporary Internet Files folder manually, as described above.

 

 

Computer Virus Downloads

Symantec - A site where you can download the latest version of Norton Anti Virus Software.

OnGuardOnline provides practical tips from the federal government
and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud,
secure your computer, and protect your personal information. This is a legit web site by the FTC.

This web site is set up by the FTC to give tips on  guarding against spyware ,adware, phishing, and viruses and gives info where to file complaints.
Fraud online is the number one game no one knows who's on the other side of the computer window looking in , or trying to obtain  info on your personal life.
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