Once you receive your new laptop or desktop you should always take good care of it so that you won’t have to contact your IT provider or Tech Support for your issues. Make sure to do the following:
- Update everything: Make sure to update your drivers, operating system, and applications for new features, better functionalities, and bug fixes.
- Using antivirus and antimalware tools: Antivirus software is very helpful since it will protect your system from malware. Running antimalware scans daily will help you determine if there are any harmful threats, viruses and trojans on your computer. They can also eliminate those threats
- Clean up your hard drive: Using a disk clean up tool is necessary since it removes cache data, temporary files, and system files that accumulate over time. We also would recommend uninstalling applications you hardly news to free up disk space and improve system performance
- Defrag or Optimize Storage: Doing this process will improve the hard drives speed. Degrag is only available on original hard drives while optimization is available on SSD hard drives.
- Backup Everything: Always backup your files using an external hard drive or cloud backup. Cloud backups allows you to backup your files online. I highly recommend using an external hard drive since you can access the files offline.
- Manage Startup Programs: To speed up your computer, it is highly recommended to uninstall or disable any programs that will run when the Operating system boots.
- Clean Up: Always clean up your computer hardware to prevent dust, grease, and grime from entering them.
- Monitoring system health: The task manager determines what software uses a lot of resources. If an application is slow, it is highly recommend you close it. Also you should use monitor the temperature of your computer to make sure your system is not overheating.
- Best Security Practice: Always use strong passwords and two way authentication to protect yourself from other people accessing your computer. Also when checking your email avoid clicking on suspicious links.
- Perform System Resets: If your computer is having issues, make sure you have a restore point created so that you can revert to the backup that is working. Unless your computer is sluggish run a factory reset.
- Optimize Internet Connection: Maintain your router by upgrading its firmware for a stable Internet Connection. Make sure to secure your wireless access point with a higher encryption and strong password so that no one outside your place doesn’t access your internet.
- Use Power Efficient Savings: To save energy or prolong battery life it is necessary to run a power plan. Make sure sleep or hibernation mode is setup
- Check system logs: Check your computer for any hardware or software errors. ALWAYS CHECK GOOGLE regarding solutions to those errors found.
By doing these practices, your computer will not only be faster and secured, but it will extend the life of your computer.