Sanders Media

Today, I’m here with a reminder to maintain your computer. There’s no reason you can’t get 3 to 4 very productive years out of your computer. Here are some things that will help.

1. Use compressed (canned) air to blow out your computer if you have a desktop. I would suggest you do this at least twice a year. Dust in your computer case has a nasty habit of causing computers to overheat and underperform.
2. If you leave your computer on all of the time, shut it down at least once a month.
3. Run virus and spyware cleanup software at least once a week.
4. Backup everything. I can never emphasize this enough. Yet again, I have a client who may lose her files because she didn’t back them up. External hard drive are inexpensive, and online services, like Mozy, provide unlimited space.
5. If you do all of these things, and you still have a problem, call me.